A/N: Writer's block is a bitch.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Chapter 16: The Perfect Storm part 2
Previously on Teenage World:
"Ryan, why are you doing this? Why are you pushing me away too?" [Sharpay]
"You have no idea of what I'm feeling Sharpay!" [Ryan]
"I couldn't let you go without saying goodbye." [Ryan]
"Oh Ryan, you have no idea how much it means to me that you're here! Now I can leave happy." [Derby]
"We should ask Bolton if her pussy's as cold as she is!" [Gabe]
"Sick! Troy 's beating the shit out of Gabe!"
Hayden saw red, and slammed Gabe against the lockers and broke his nose.
" BOLTON ! ROSNER! DANFORTH! JOHNSON! GARETT! RICHARDS! I WANT YOU ALL IN MY OFFICE IMMEDIATELY!
"Are you aware that I have enough grounds to have you all expelled from school?!" [Matsui]
They split up into their respective groups, when they saw Ryan and Sharpay get pulled into the office.
"Your mother was involved in a car accident." [Matsui]
"She died before they could reach the hospital. I'm so sorry." [Matsui]
"No! NO!" [Sharpay]
Sharpay stood from her seat to run out the door, but suddenly she clutched her temple and crumpled to the ground.
To be continued . . .
Friday, January 11th 2008
9:09 AM
1st period (Darbus)
Hayden sat uncomfortably in his desk. He stretched his legs and slouched further down into the tiny seat. A groan escaped his lips as he tried to shift his weight more comfortably. Great. Not only is this lesson boring as fuck, but this stupid desk is too small! Hayden tried to ignore his discomfort and actually pay attention to what Darbus was saying-but, it all came out sort of like: "Blah blah blah. Blady-blady blah, blah blah blah blah. Blah." He groaned again, before turning his attention to the two vacant seats across the room. They still haven't come back. What happened, Sharpay? His mind began to flood with thoughts of the beautiful blonde, but his reverie was soon interrupted by a crumpled note thrown at his head.
"What the-?"
He looked down at the note, and carefully opened it, trying not to draw attention to himself. It was from his cousin Aaron, who sat a few seats up.
What happened in the principal's office? A
He looked over to his cousin, before turning his attention back to the back to the note. He quickly scrawled a response and hurled it forward to his cousin. Aaron swiftly caught the note in his hand and opened it under his desk.
Matsui flipped a bitch and gave us all detention with Darbus for two months! H
Aaron stifled a laugh before replying.
Sucks to be you! A
Hayden received the note and glared at Aaron. He wrote a couple of words on the crumpled sheet, and chucked it at his cousin's head.
Thanks a lot, cuz :p H
Haha you know it! So why don't we chill at your place afterschool? A
Hayden rolled his eyes before replying.
I have detention! H
I meant after that :p A
Oh…haha sure. H
Cool. Oh man coach is gonna be so pissed at you! He's already put up with you always being late because of basketball practice, but he's gonna flip once he finds out that you have detention every day! A
"FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He'd forgotten all about that…
"LANGUAGE! DETENTION AFTER SCHOOL, MR. ROSNER!" said an outraged Mrs. Darbus.
Hayden groaned and slammed his head on his desk, while Aaron laughed his ass off.
Friday, January 11th 2008
9:17 AM
Nurse's Office
Ryan sat grimly with his face between his hands. A sigh escaped his lips as he glanced over to his sister lying on the cot next to him. What are we going to do?
Suddenly, Sharpay began to stir in her sleep, and Ryan took her hand as her eyes began to flutter open. She quickly sat up and looked around, trying to take in her surroundings.
"What happened, Ry? She said groggily.
"You blacked out."
Sharpay sat quietly, trying to recollect what had happened. "So, it wasn't all a dream, was it?" it was more of a statement than an actual question. Ryan remained silent, trying to think of words to say.
"I wish it was," he stated grimly.
Sharpay looked distraught, much the same way as he felt. His whole world was crashing down around him, but one look at his sister, and he realized that right now he needed to be strong for the both of them. Ryan gently tugged on Sharpay's hand and pulled her into his arms. Sharpay leaned into his chest and cried freely. And for the first time in years, she was just his little sister.
Friday, January 11th 2008
6:00 PM
Hayden's house
Hayden walked through the front door the apartment, and dropped his keys on the kitchen counter. "Mom, I'm home!"
He glanced around the kitchen, looking for his mother, but she was nowhere in sight. "Mom?"
"In here!" came her voice from her bedroom. Hayden made his way over to her bedroom, and found her standing at the foot of her bed folding laundry.
"Hey there beautiful," he said and wrapped her in a warm embrace.
"Sorry, buddy, but flattery won't work here," she teased. "Where where you, I thought you'd come home after practice?"
"I'm sorry mom, I…er-sort of got detention…" he said and rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"Detention? What on earth for?" she prodded.
"I got in a fight…"
"A fight??! Hayden! What were you thinking??" she said and brought her hand to his face, searching for injuries.
"I'm sorry mom. It's just…I…ahh! I don't know!…This guy, Gabe, he said some really horrible things about Sharpay…and…well, her boyfriend hit him, and he was in trouble…and well I kind of jumped in, and now I have two months of detention" he said all in a jumble with his hand still at the base of his neck.
"Alrighty then…Well the parenting code says I should punish you…buuuuut, I think that two months of detention is punishment enough," she said with an amused voice.
Hayden smiled to himself-he honestly had to have the world's greatest mom. She was cool, fun, and loving. He couldn't have asked for a better mother-although sometimes he wished she wasn't so young and beautiful; that tended to be a problem when it came to guys his age…But he loved her nonetheless, and wouldn't trade her for the world.
"Although, I'm eating the rest of your cookie dough ice cream!" she added with a laugh.
Hayden laughed with her despite the loss of his favorite ice cream.
"Alright sweetie, I need to get going to work again. So I left dinner in the fridge, all you need to do is heat it up a little in the microwave. Oh and I made some extra in case Aaron drops by."
"Okay mom, I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Yeah, be careful Hayden, please don't get into any more trouble," she said with pleading eyes.
"I'll try," he teased.
She glared at him before grabbing her keys. She started for the door, when the doorbell rang. She opened the door, only to find Aaron on the other side.
"Hey Aaron, come to keep my delinquent son some company?" she said with a smirk.
"Why hello, Samantha, may I say that you're looking even more beautiful than the last time I saw you?" he said with a grin.
"Very funny Aaron, and that's Sam to you-Samantha makes me sound old," she teased. "Come in silly, dinner is in the fridge."
Aaron smiled brightly and wrapped her in a hug. "Haha thanks, Sam."
"Anyway, I'd better get going. Have fun guys!" she said with a wave, and was out the door.
Aaron closed the door behind her and turned to face Hayden. "Have I told you lately that your mom is awesome? And a total milf too!"
"Dude, that's my mom you're talking about! And she's your aunt too! Have some decency!"
"Aww come on Hayden, you know I'm just kidding," he said, placing an arm around Hayden's shoulder.
"But are you…?" Hayden shot him a quizzical look. Aaron chuckled and made his way to the kitchen.
"Well not about her being hot, because we both know that's definitely true-"
"Aaron, my mother-" he warned.
"-But alas, I'm well aware that she's my aunt. Sam's the greatest, you should be really grateful to have her as a mother."
Hayden smiled proudly, but the smile soon faded. "But she's been overworking herself…"
"Yeah, I noticed she looks tired-and worried," he said with a concerned expression. "Is everything okay?"
Hayden hesitated for a moment before answering. "We've been having some, er…financial trouble lately…"
"You guys don't have enough money?" asked Aaron, genuine concern written across his face.
Hayden bowed his head, his cheeks flushed with embarrassment. "No…no we don't."
"Hayden, if you guys need money-" he started.
"No. My mom would never accept it, and neither would I. Besides, I'm working now, and maybe-"
"Hayden, we both know that isn't gonna be enough. Living here is really expensive. Look, my dad has lots of money, I'm sure if my mom talked to him-"
"No, Aaron. Please don't insist."
The two boys shared a moment of silence. Then after a minute Hayden finally spoke. "She's been working two jobs, you know. She wakes up at 5:30 every morning to go to her first job and she gets home at 2 to come do stuff at home, just to leave again at 6:30, and doesn't come back 'till midnight. She's 34, Aaron. She shouldn't be working this hard. And even with me working part-time, it still isn't enough," he said with his head between his hands.
Aaron looked at his cousin, and best friend with sympathy. He sat beside Hayden and gripped his shoulder reassuringly. "We're gonna figure something out. I know we will."
Friday, January 11th 2008
7:10 PM
Ryan & Sharpay's house
Ryan walked out of Sharpay's room and closed the door. He felt okay leaving her now that Troy was watching over her. After noticing their absence for the rest of the day, Troy had rushed over to their house to find out what happened. He had been by her side ever since. He really must love her, he thought as he made his way down the hallway. He smiled happily, but it soon faded as he passed by his mother's room. He walked through the doorway, breathing in her familiar scent. Seeing his mother's things, all just the way she left them, brought pain to his heart. So Ryan fought back the tears that were threatening to fall, and closed the door.
Then he was walking down the stairs, when the doorbell rang. Ryan rushed over to the door and opened it, revealing the last person he wanted to see at the moment-his father. "What do you want?" he said harshly.
"Ryan, I understand how you must be feeling right now, and you have no idea how sorry I am that your mother passed away, but right now we need to be a family and stick together."
"We need to be a family?" Ryan looked disgusted, "We need to stick together?? You should have thought about that while you were cheating on mom! But now it's too late, because she's DEAD!" he spat.
"Ryan-"
"You know what? Just save it." Ryan was about to slam the door in his face, when Troy and Sharpay appeared at the top of the stairs. "Dad? Wh-what are you doing here?" said an overwhelmed Sharpay.
"Sharpay, princesss-"
"Don't call me that," she said bitterly. "Now answer my question, what are you doing here?"
"I've come for the both of you," he said simply.
"What?!" said the twins in unision.
"Now that your mother is dead, I'm assuming custody over both of you. You surely didn't think that you'd be living here by yourselves now, did you?" he elaborated.
"We're. Not. Going," Ryan said through clenched teeth.
"You can't do this dad, we don't want to live with you-not after all that's happened…" said Sharpay, while taking hold of Troy's hand.
"Mr. Evans, Ryan and Sharpay have been through a lot today, I really think-" Troy began, but was quickly interrupted.
"No one asked for your opinion, boy. Just because I offered you special treatment in Lava Springs, does not mean that you have permission to tell me what I can and cannot do with my children," he warned Troy. "Now, Ryan, Sharpay, you're coming with me whether you like it or not. So we can do this the good way, or the bad way, you pick," he said with a tone of finality.
Ryan looked like he could kill. Sharpay looked at her father with disbelief, before turning around and heading back up the stairs, pulling Troy along with her.
Friday, January 11th 2008
7:25 PM
Troy's Room
Troy sighed and lied down on his bed. He really didn't want to leave Sharpay while she was so upset, but after they returned to her room, she decided it was best if he didn't stick around while her father was there. So he reluctantly bid her farewell, and returned home. He stared at the ceiling for a few minutes, but then stood up when he heard the sound of several cars. Probably moving vans…he thought to himself sadly. He really didn't want Sharpay to go. He had really been enjoying having her so close. There were definite perks to having you girlfriend live next door. He walked over to his balcony, and leaned over the rail. Yup, moving vans. Troy bowed his head in defeat before turning back to his room.
He walked to his bed and lied back down. After a few moments he turned his head to look at the picture of Sharpay on his nightstand. Gingerly, Troy picked up the frame and brought it closer. He lovingly traced the outline of her lips with his fingers, admiring the beauty of his beloved Sharpay. He sighed again, and placed the frame back atop his nightstand, his hand still resting around the frame. Finally, Troy withdrew his hand and moved it to open the drawer of his nightstand. He reached inside and carefully pulled out a chain with the letter "T". He fingered the necklace in his hand, with a thoughtful look on his face. "This was always meant for you, Shar," he whispered to himself. "Only you."
To be continued . . .
A/N: Okay so kind of a lame ending, but hey it's something right? As usual more drama to come! Until next time :D!
p.s i lied, theres actually a part three to this!
xoxo~Summer