Shock, arguments and break-ups…

Lockdown by Tertiary Genesis

Chapter 8: No

The Wildcat explained about the master code to the Drama Queen, and she allowed him to try it. He entered the master code and the green LED flashed, as sounds of the door unlocking could be heard.

Sharpay squealed in delight, and then burst into the previously locked room with Jason in toe.

Needless to say, they were surprised by what they saw.

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Ryan and Troy broke their kiss when they saw the intruders burst in through the door. It was the first time they had seen peoples other than each other for what seemed to them to be a really long time. For the past few hours or so, their entire world had become just that room and each other, and the arrival of other people forced reality to come crashing down on their little bubble.

Sharpay gasped at the sight before her. Her twin brother was straddling her crush lying on the floor in the middle of the tiny drama room. He was practically on top of the other and she could have sworn that they were making out just as she entered though they were not anymore.

The actress quickly surveyed them, still completely dumbstruck by what she saw. Her brother's legs were on either side of the captain's, their stomachs were flushed together and Ryan's hands were on either side of Troy's head, supporting the weight of his upper body, while Tory's hands were on the small of Ryan's back.

Troy noticed where Sharpay's gaze had landed and quickly removed his hands from their position on the other boy's back though it did not do much in normalizing the situation as Ryan was still lying on top of him. He looked up at the blond and saw panic raging through his eyes. Troy was certain that his own expression mirrored that of the boy above him.

They were in a tight situation and Troy knew it. How could he have been so stupid? Why did he not just stop when he saw that people were clearly trying to enter? He was being naïve and narrow-minded and now he would have to pay for that dearly; but he got to kiss Ryan. Was that worth what he was going to have to endure now? Did he regret kissing Ryan? Would he regret it later? Troy was snapped out of his thoughts when Sharpay spoke. He had almost forgotten that she was there, caught up in the thought that her presence had triggered.

"Uhh… Ryan… you… umm… left your cell phone… at home…" Sharpay managed to stammer out, looking away from the tangled bodies on the floor.

Sharpay was clearly flustered and still shocked at the sight before her. Just earlier that day she was contemplating the sexuality of her twin, and now to have evidence contrary to what she believed, had her thinking about her drifting relationship with her twin.

They had been growing further and further apart since the summer when her brother became a "wildcat" but she thought their Geminial bond would be enough to push through that. They had shared a womb, and she thought she knew everything about her fraternal twin but clearly, she was wrong. Ryan is gay?!Were there signs that she had somehow missed? She was with him most of the day; she would have seen it, right? Maybe she needed to pay more attention to her brother. What else about Ryan did she not know about? He could be cutting himself and she would not know. Maybe she was just wrong. Ryan is probably not gay and she is just misinterpreting what she is seeing. She knows Ryan and he cannot be gay…

The Drama Queen could not handle the overload of thoughts running through her head. She desperately tried to change the subject away from the two boys who were still on the floor. Why could they not get up already? This would be so much easier if they were not on top of each other. She dug her hands into her purse to busy herself and wrapped her hand around the very reason she had come to school and forgot when she saw the boys. Her Crème de la Mer seemed like a great distraction. She pulled it out of her bag, walked over to the boy and brandished the cream in front of his face.

"I found my cream in your room. You stole it!" Sharpay tried her best to sound mad at Ryan while continuing in her attempts to ignore the fact that he was still lying in Troy.

The two boys on the ground seemed to be frozen in their position, not wanting to move in case it draws the attention of the entire world, which was something both had always wanted, but not at that very moment.

Ryan watched as his sister waved around the jar of cream in front of his face but maintained his look of shock, confusion and sheer terror on his face. He was freaking out internally, and it seemed as if his external self had just shut down. He could not think clearly and his sister's reaction to his position puzzled him to paralysis. She had just seen him making out with Troy and could obviously see him on top of Troy, yet she just rants on about her cream as if it were a perfectly normal situation. Ryan appreciated that he was not the type to stare agape when he was shocked or else his mouth would have been wide open. What was going through her head?

"Well… What do you have to say for yourself? Huh?" Sharpay huffed as she shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

With one hand on her hip, the other holding out her Crème, Sharpay tried her best to look angry and intimidating in this truly awkward situation. She looked at her brother and he seemed completely dazed. He was obviously in no state to answer her and his non-answer just served to remind her of the position she found her brother in. Her distraction was not working so she quickly turned around and was met by another Wildcat whom she had forgotten was there.

"Jason, talk to Ryan!" She demanded, not wanting to turn around, and felt a need to exert some power on some subjects.

Jason ducked his head around the glaring ice princess and peered at the blond boy who was still on top of his captain. "Umm… why are you on top of Troy?"

Troy had not seen his teammate behind the towering figure of Sharpay until then. He knew that Jason came looking for him before but he did not realize that he was with Sharpay when they entered. His team would soon find out that he was gay. Even though he himself was comfortable with his homosexual tendencies, he was sure that others would not be so tolerant. Even if the team accepts him and even supports him, awkward situation such as in the locker rooms would ensue. His mates would feel less comfortable around him.

Maybe he could somehow, still keep his secret. Jason did seem genuinely confused when he asked the question. Maybe he could sweep this whole deal under the rug. Troy looked up at the boy above him, who was glancing between his sister's back and Jason's face and seemed as if he was about to answer when he was cut off.

"Obviously, they tripped over some of these foam things all over the floor, and just fell on each other. Someone seriously needs to tidy up this room, and turn on a few more lights. Why do you only have a few lights on, Ryan?" Sharpay asked this question without turning back around to look at her brother. She kept her gaze on Jason, who seemed to be accusing her brother of something she believed him to be innocent of. She was trying to defend Ryan, but at the same time trying to convince herself that she was right, and maintain the delusion she had created for herself.

"But I thought I saw them kissing…" Jason attempted.

"THEY WERE NOT KISSING!" Sharpay snapped back.

Jason was taken aback by this sudden outburst from the Drama Queen before him. He had caught sight of them kissing when he and Sharpay had entered and was immediately hit by confusion as to what was going on. Troy was gay? How was he supposed to react to seeing his captain making out with another guy?

The Wildcat did not have anything against homosexuals or homosexuality in general, but to see one of your mates all over some other guy was just too much. Does he tell everyone else? Should he? Could he? Would he?

The basketball player could see Sharpay just glaring at him as his mind continued to process his shock, confusion and sudden recoil at Sharpay's defensive attack. The glare of the mountain lion was becoming too strong; even when he was not looking at her, he could feel it. He spoke up to clear the tension between the figures in the room that were standing.

"Well it looked like- …" Jason began, sounding like a sulking child.

"It may have looked like they were kissing," Sharpay cut him off again, emphasizing the word looked with her hands, "but you must have seen them at a funny angle. They were clearly not kissing."

"They so were."

"They so weren't"

"Uhh… yeah, they were."

"Uhh… no, they weren't."

"Yeah-eh"

"Nuh-uh"

Sharpay and Jason were arguing like a couple of little kids, mimicking the other's response, yet reversing it for themselves.

"Maybe we should just ask them," Jason suggested, peering again around the female twin, at the two figures still on the floor.

Sharpay broke away from her immature argument with the wildcat and turned her head, looking over her shoulder at the two horizontal figures.

The two boys quickly, and awkwardly, got up from their position on the floor, to stand beside each other opposite the other two teenagers who had recently been added to their milieu. Neither of them really wanted to depart from the other but they knew it was necessary.

The moment they moved apart, both boys felt the separation immediately. The sudden loss of warmth from the other man's body hit them so hard that both boys let out an audible gasp and suddenly looked away from each other and the two intruders.

Ryan shifted his weight between his feet and held his right elbow in his left hand. This was a seriously confusing and awkward moment. His sister seemed to be analyzing him at that moment. She always seemed to be analyzing him, whether it was his clothing, or his dancing, or merely his intelligence.

The blond kept his eyes on his toes, not wanting to look up and see the piercing gaze that he could feel sweeping across his person. He could tell his twin was looking for something inside him. Reassurance maybe? He could vaguely remember her arguing that he was not kissing Troy.

Troy. This was another factor in this confusing and awkward moment. Just moments ago, Ryan was on top of the basketball team captain; just moments before that he was kissing that basketball captain, and now he was missing the closeness he was feeling. Just this morning, Ryan would have never thought he would be caught out for kissing a guy, a kiss that he instigated.

Come to think of it, Ryan initiated the kiss both times, and he was supposed to be the straight one. So many things have happened since that morning, so many changes were taking place in Ryan's world and he was struggling to keep up. He had somehow managed to turn gay and get himself a secret boyfriend in one day. Things were moving excessively fast.

Sharpay turned back to Jason, looking away from her brother who seemed to look extremely uncomfortable. She had totally forgotten why she had turned to look at him in the first place, being caught up in trying to mentally ask her brother "Are you gay?" Looking back at Jason, she was reminded of her argument, though not exactly sure where they were up to, so she decided to renew it.

"How could they have been kissing? Troy is with Gabriella." It pained her to remind herself that Troy was with some other girl, but it seemed to be her best ammunition for her brother's defense, even though she was not sure if she was fighting for the truth.

Troy had been building himself a tiny room inside his own mind, in which he could retreat in times like this, when the world around him was getting to be too much for him to handle; but he was thrown out of this room and back to reality at the mention of Gabriella. Troy already had a girlfriend, and here he was creating another relationship, a secret relationship. He felt like he was cheating on her.

Sharpay and Jason were still arguing but Troy could no longer hear what they were saying.

Troy had retreated into his mental hideout but now filled with guilt over Gabriella. Should he hold off on dating Ryan until he has broken up with Gabriella? Does he want to break up with Gabriella? Gabby is a sweet, kind, caring person and Troy did not want to hurt her. Does he love her? Does he love Ryan? Love is a strong word. He knows that he wants to be with Ryan. Even now, when there is only a one-foot gap between them, he could feel the distance.

The brunet looked over to Ryan, who was looking beautiful in the light coming through the door. Is it okay to want someone while you have someone else? Troy was feeling great pangs of guilt for wanting Ryan and having Gabriella. Could he have both? No. Which does he give up? Which could he give up?

Ryan feels a new gaze upon him. He looks up and sees Troy staring at him, deep in thought. He could see a sad expression on the playmaker's face. He could not discern the expression, as Troy's thoughts seemed quite distant. The best Ryan could make out was that Troy was either feeling guilt or regret.

Ryan could now see what was happening. He believed that Troy was realizing that he had made a mistake, and did not actually want a relationship with the blond. This realization seemed to make things less complicated; but he could not help feel his heart shatter, all the same, at the thought. He was fighting the feelings since they began creeping in and when he finally let them in, they destroyed him from the inside. He felt numb.

Nothing had happened yet. Troy had not officially broken off their relationship yet, but there was not much of a relationship to begin with. Nothing had happened yet. Ryan's eyes began to water. He suddenly noticed that his sister was tugging on his arm. Jason and his twin had apparently stopped arguing and were preparing to leave the room. He followed her out to the corridor.

The light was so much brighter outside, that the boys who were trapped in the drama room needed some time to adjust.

Sharpay decided she would take her brother straight home and so was going to leave the school through a back door, taking a shortcut to the parking lot.

Jason was going to take Troy back to the cafeteria to have what was left of the pizza, if there was anything left. They were going opposite ways and as Jason lead Troy back towards the cafeteria, the captain looked back towards Ryan. He had the same look of regret on his face, and Ryan felt a single tear escape his watery eyes, before turning away from his solitude companion and followed his sister out of the school.

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TBC...

Sad end, I know, but things are not over yet…