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Okay, so everybody wanted to know Ryan's mistake so here it is. I'm really sorry it took so long! I made it long for you guys! I hope you like it!
PS: THIS CHAPTER IS RATED T FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE AND MINOR SEXUAL INTERACTION. So if you guys don't want to read about that, then I recommend you not read this chapter and wait for the next one.
This Is War
Chapter 2: Is It Really A Mistake?
"And do you, Ryan Evans, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
Ryan thought for a while. He's wanted to do this for a long time now and all he has to do is say two words to make it all happen.
"I do."
"You may now kiss the bride."
Ryan and his new wife were leaning in for the kiss. His wife isn't a brunette though. His wife is a blonde. A beautiful blonde. But before their lips could even touch, someone from the crowd started to shout.
"I object!" The woman shouted. Ryan jerked his facing the crowd and saw the face of none other than Ms. Gabriella Montez.
"Gabriella?" Ryan shouted. "Why are you objecting?"
Gabriella suddenly ran up to the couple, pushing the bride away. "You wanna know why? Because I love you! I've loved you all along but I was too much of a coward to say it. And I realized that I don't want you to be with anybody else but me." Then Gabriella did the unthinkable and pulled Ryan's face and kissed him.
Suddenly Ryan felt like his head was getting damp. And then he realized… it was all a dream. He opened his eyes and found himself kissing his pillow while his roommates are laughing hysterically by the corner. Ryan also realized that they dumped cold water on his head so he would wake up.
"Ha ha, very funny guys." Ryan said as he got out of bed and headed to the bathroom to freshen up.
When Ryan came out, his friends continued to make fun of him. "Hey Ry, who were you 'making out' with?" Benny, a fellow junior in college, one of his friends and roommate said, putting air quotes around "making out".
"Oh, Ry, here's a replay." Ivan, a senior in college, another one of his friends and roommate said while he grabbed a pillow from his own bed and started imitating Ryan kissing his pillow.
"Oh Leslie, come here and give little Ryan a kiss." Benny said.
"Okay, big boy." Ivan said in a girl voice and came to Benny and pretended to kiss him.
Ryan started laughing. "Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha… shut up." With that, Ryan returned to the bathroom to take a shower and prepare for his class. When he finished his shower, he put on faded black jeans and an orange polo shirt with rolled up sleeves. Since the winter musical when they were juniors in high school, Ryan didn't wear sparkly or highly decorated clothes anymore. But there is one thing that he kept wearing. His hats. So he put on a tan packer hat. (A/N: I'm not sure if that's what it's called, but it's the hat that Lucas wore when he did "Bop to the Top" or when he did "We're All In This Together") Then he put on orange suede sneakers.
A few hours later, Ryan was sitting in theater arts class next to Sharpay. A few minutes into class, Ryan found Sharpay passing him a note.
So, I heard you were making out with your pillow this morning. What's up with that? Ryan read. Then Ryan grabbed his pen and started scribbling away. A few seconds later, he passed the note back to Sharpay.
So, you heard it too? It was nothing, really. Just a dream. Sharpay read. She then looked at Ryan and rolled her eyes.
Okay, so what was the dream?
I can't tell you that.
Why not?
Just because.
Ry.
What?
WHAT'S THE DREAM?
I CAN'T TELL YOU!
WHY NOT?
Ryan didn't want to answer Sharpay, so instead of writing back, he ripped the note and stuffed the pieces in his pocket. Sharpay just started scribbling on another sheet of paper and passed it to Ryan.
What is your problem?
If I get started, I could go on forever.
I know how you feel. Listen, there's gonna be a party at Noah's dorm tonight. Are you coming?
I don't know, I haven't heard about it yet. What time is it at?
I think it starts at seven. So are you gonna come?
Don't know yet. Who's gonna be there? And what are we gonna be doing?
Oh, you know just a few intimate friends. Drinking some "punch".
What do you mean about intimate and punch?
Come on Ry, this is going to be our first real college party. Mom and dad have always had us on a leash. Don't you just wanna break out and try it for once?
Well, I do imagine what it would be like.
So… are you in? Leslie's gonna be there.
Okay, I'm in. But Shar, if we get into any trouble, I blame it all on you.
Deal. See you later!
As Ryan read the note, the teacher suddenly called on him.
"Mr. Evans, care to answer the question?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't understand the question, could you repeat it please?" Ryan said.
The teacher sighed. "What are the names of the two feuding families in 'Romeo and Juliet'?"
"Oh, um… the Montagues and the Capulets."
"Very good Mr. Evans." Their teacher said. Ryan let out a sigh of relief. He then looked at Sharpay who gave him two thumbs up.
A few hours later, Ryan, Sharpay, Benny, Ivan, and Leslie met for lunch.
"Did you guys hear about the party that Noah's gonna be throwing?" Benny asked.
"Yeah, I'm coming, are you?" Leslie asked. As Leslie asked that question, Sharpay nudged Ryan and gave him a look saying, 'I told you so'.
"I don't know about these two, but Ryan and I are coming." Sharpay said.
"Sorry guys, but I'm not coming. I've been to those college parties once and when my parents found out what happened… let's just say what they did is confidential." Ivan said.
"I'm coming." Benny said. "Do you guys know who else is coming?"
"Zeke and Troy are coming." Sharpay said.
"Really? But I thought students weren't allowed out of campus after seven in USCLA?" Ryan asked. Sharpay just shrugged. "So, is anybody else gonna be coming?" Ryan asked.
"Um… a few of the cheerleaders and the football players." Leslie said.
"Are you sure the dorm's big enough?" Ivan asked. Leslie just shrugged. "All I know is it's gonna be a blast." Leslie said, the she gave Ryan a flirtatious look. Too bad Ryan didn't notice.
That night, at seven, Sharpay, Ryan, and Benny arrived at Noah's dorm. Leslie was already there.
"So, you guys ready to have some fun?" Noah asked. Everybody nodded. "Good, we'll just wait for the rest of the guys and we'll get this party started."
A few minutes later, Noah's dorm was packed and suddenly, Noah got everybody's attention.
"Hey, so are you guys having fun so far?" Everybody shouted 'Yeah!'
"You guys wanna have some more fun?" Again, everybody shouted 'Yeah!'
"All right then, let's bring out the booze!" Then everybody shouted and cheered.
"Booze? What?" Ryan asked Sharpay.
"Come on, Ry, just one. Please?"
Ryan sighed. "Fine. But remember, if we get into any kind of trouble, I'm telling mom and dad that you forced me to."
Sharpay sighed. "Fine." Suddenly, Noah thrust a bottle of beer into their hands and said, "Enjoy."
"Bottom's up big bro." Sharpay said as she opened the beer bottle and started chugging every drop. Ryan opened his bottle carefully and started drinking slowly. Suddenly, he felt a little light headed, happy, like all his troubles went away. He was feeling great. Now, he has the urge to get another one. And he did.
"Yo, another one right here!" Ryan shouted to Noah. Sharpay smiled.
"Yeah, and one over here too!" Sharpay shouted. Noah brought them two more bottles of beer.
Half an hour later, Sharpay had drunk five bottles while Ryan had drunk seven. They didn't want to admit it but the truth is, they were both wasted.
Suddenly, Zeke approached Sharpay. He was hiccupping. "Hey Zeke!" Sharpay said, and then they kissed ferociously. Then they broke apart.
"Hey, where's Troy?" Ryan asked Zeke.
"Couldn't make it. Had the cold." Zeke said. Then he turned to Sharpay. "Wanna dance?" Zeke asked. Then Sharpay took his hand and they both got to the middle of the room and started dancing. If grinding their bodies together is considered dancing.
Then Ryan leaned his head back and closed his eyes. Suddenly, he felt a pair of hands taking his and lifting him up. Then, he felt someone's body grinding into his. Then he opened his eyes and saw none other than Leslie Davis in front of him. The girl he's been crushing on for almost two years. Then Ryan delightfully joined in the "dancing".
Then, after a few songs, Leslie, who is also drunk, pulled Ryan into the bathroom and did their "business".
(A/N: Okay, I'm not gonna go into detail with that. You guys can just imagine for yourselves.)
The next morning, Ryan realized that he woke up in his own bed in his own dorm. But he was only wearing a wife beater and boxers. He immediately looked at the clock and found that he only had ten minutes until class starts. He hurriedly went to the bathroom, brushed his teeth and combed his hair. As he was combing his hair, he noticed that there were a lot of red marks on his neck, hands, arms, shoulders, face, and chest. Probably just a rash, he thought. Then he went back to the room to get his clothes and he put them on. The same clothes that he wore the night before. Then he put on cologne to get rid of the stench since he didn't bother to take a shower. Then he grabbed his book bag and ran to class.
When he got to class, Sharpay looked at him funny.
"What?" He whispered. Sharpay just shook her head.
At lunch, Ryan, Sharpay, Benny, and Ivan met up. Leslie was nowhere to be found.
"Hey Ry, what are those red marks on your face, neck and hands?" Benny asked as Sharpay grabbed her twin's hand to look at it.
"I don't know. Probably just a rash." Ryan replied.
"That is not a rash. I know a rash when I see one." Ivan said.
"Then what is it?" Ryan asked as he inspected his arms.
"I know what it is." Sharpay said as she gave Ryan a dirty look.
"What are you talking about?"
"Come with me." Sharpay said as she pulled Ryan to the side.
"What is it?" Ryan asked.
"Did you do anything last night? At the party? With a girl? More than just hugging and kissing?"
"Are you trying to say something?"
"I'm trying to ask if you did it with someone last night."
"Why do you ask?"
"Because those aren't rash marks. Those are lipstick marks."
"Now that you mentioned it, it's coming back to me now. I remember a girl pulling me up to dance and then I remember being inside a bathroom and a blonde girl taking her shirt off."
"EW! Who was it?"
"I remember thinking that I like her."
Sharpay gasps. "Leslie." She said. Ryan's eyes widened.
"You don't think she didn't show today because of that, do you?" Ryan asked. Sharpay just shrugged. "Oh, and Shar, don't think I don't know what happened between you and Zeke last night either." Ryan said as he walked back to the table, leaving Sharpay open-mouthed.
A few minutes after they went back to the table, Noah approached them.
"Hey, do any of you know anyone who owns a pair of orange suede shoes? I saw the left one in my bathroom floor this morning and I was wondering if you guys knew who it belonged to."
Then Ryan looked at his feet and saw that he was wearing the other orange suede shoe on his right foot, and a sneaker on his left foot.
"Um... I'll take that now." Ryan said as he reached for the shoe in Noah's hand.
The next few days, Leslie started hanging out with everybody again. But she's still a little distant.
A few weeks later, Leslie knocks on Ryan's door in the middle of the night. Ryan answers the door and Leslie pushes him in.
"I need to talk to you." She said.
"Can't it wait until tomorrow?" Ryan asked sleepily.
"No. It's really important. I'm pregnant. And I think you're the father." She says. Ryan fainted. Leslie just slapped him again to wake him up. Then he stood up again.
"Oh, I thought for a while, you were serious." Ryan said, trying to laugh at the situation.
"I am serious." Leslie said. "You're the dad of this little kid I'm carrying. You have to be because you're the only one I've slept with so far."
Ryan was speechless. Knowing that you have a child with someone you're not even married to while you're in college is a little overwhelming.
"You better not leave me Ryan Evans. I don't want to raise this kid alone. After college, we are going to be living together so say goodbye to your after college plans because we will be taking care of this baby. But I'm not marrying you if that's what you're thinking."
Ryan was speechless for a while but regained speech again. "O-okay." Well, it's my fault too. So might as well do it. But what would mom and dad say? Ryan thought. Then Leslie left his dorm leaving Ryan standing still.
Ryan Evans you made a HUGE mistake. Ryan thought.
So what do you guys think? You hate it don't you? You love it? Let me know in your review! I know that last part was kinda rushed but I had to rush to update quicker!
Next chapter is what happens six years after college! And I'll try to update by this weekend! Hey, give me a break, I have a life too!