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Alright so here's chapter two, it has slash in it, so if you don't like it you could probably skip it and still get what the story's about. I do believe there are some good lines in it though and the Slash isn't graphic at all. But here is chapter two, I'll switch back to Chad's POV for chapter three.

Petting the Mountain Lion

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Ryan laced his fingers with Troy's and pressed his forehead to the other boys. "Are you sure?"

Troy smiled and nodded, "Why wouldn't I want you to come? You're my..." Troy thought seriously then smiled. "boyfriend." It felt good to finally say that specific word.

Ryan still looked a little bit unsure, "But what if they find out? That'll be the end of it. They probably won't ever talk to you again."

"It'll be okay, I'll have you. Besides, you've got to be tired of hanging around just Sharpay, you've been doing that since the womb."

An indignant look crossed the smaller boy's face, "I happen to like my sister thank you very much. And who said your friends we're so cool? Chad? The only thing his mind can comprehend is which play you told him to run."

"Hey!" Troy gently slapped Ryan on the arm.

"Ow."

The smile on the athletes face immediately changed to a look of concern, "Did I hurt you?"

The blond smirked, "Of course not, it takes more than that to dent an Evans."

"You'd need a truck to hurt Sharpay." was the muttered response.

"Hey! I take offense to that, she's not just my sister, she's my best friend, and besides, how much do you actually know about her? Did you know she's had a 4.0 since eight grade? Or how bout that her first kiss was from a girl on a dare? Or how bout she has a lucky rabbits foot and she won't perform unless it's in her left side pocket? We've had to sew pockets in her costumes to make room for it before."

"Ryan?"

"What!"

"You're not helping me like her anymore."

"Oh."

"And it's not like you're so nice to my best friend either. He's not just a frizzy haired jock."

"Whatever."

"No seriously, he's the way he is because he's overshadowed by his older brother, who's like a genius. Basketball is kind of his outlet to all of that. His parents are both college professors, and his little sister just won this really huge middle school science fair."

Ryan giggled at the thought of a middle school fair being a huge accomplishment.

"Laugh all you want, but she's going to Washington DC next week for it."

"Wow."

"Yeah wow, he's a lot different than you think."

"Well, so is Sharpay."

"Okay Love, I'll make you a deal. I'll get to know Sharpay better, if you try and get to know Chad better."

Ryan had a thoughtful look on his face, "Alright, I think I can agree to that."

"And we can start tomorrow. When you come hang out with me and my buddies, bring Sharpay."

"I don't know about that... I mean Sharpay around a bunch of jocks?"

They both shuddered at the thought. "Well, at least Zeke likes her?"

"Please Troy, you and I both know that Sharpay can't stand Zeke, she only tolerates him because of the cookies."

Troy gave Ryan a puppy dog look that just made his heart melt. Not being able to resist, he leaned in and gave the other boy a sweet kiss, "Fine," Ryan pouted, "you win."

"Alright! Trust me she'll get along great with some of them."

Ryan rolled his eyes a bit. "Yeah sure..."

Troy wrapped his arms around the other boys waist pulling him as close as possible, "Trust me, it'll be great."

The only response he received was Ryan pressing his lips on his. The only noise was a small content sigh, "I love you."

Ryan pulled back, "And I love you, Troy Bolton, I love you so much."

"So, you'll meet me tomorrow? The Supreme Bean, six pm?"

The blond nodded in affirmation, "Six pm."

Sharpay gave Ryan a weird look, "Why would I want to hang out with your boyfriend and his basketball drones?"

Ryan gave her an exasperated look. "I just thought it would be fun, besides, you need to start getting along with Troy, what happened to you having a huge crush on him anyways?"

"He's gay, that's what happened." She flipped her hair over her shoulder.

"Oh right." Ryan smiled, thinking about Troy and how great he was, his shiny brown hair, his clear blue eyes, great smile, lovely voice, tight ass...

"Hello?" Sharpay snapped her fingers in front of Ryan's face, "Are you there?"

He blushed, "Sorry, just thinking."

"Anyways, what's in it for you? Why the sudden interest for your Troy Toy and I to spend time together?"

"Because, you're my sister and he's my boyfriend, you have to at least tolerate each other."

"Why?"

"So, when we get married you'll be willing to give me away of course."

"Ooohkay."

"It won't be so bad. Zeke is there, you love his cookies, and Kelsi will be too."

Sharpay thought about it, she did like cookies, and she would never admit it, but ever since the winter musical she had a soft spot for the shy composer. She really was a sweetheart. "I guess I can make an appearance."

Ryan jumped up and hugged his sister, "Thank you, thank you, thank you! We'll have a lot of fun, don't worry!" Ryan ran out of the room to call Troy before she could even respond to him.

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For the reccord beta readers rock!

And the next chapter will be posted in like 2 hours or so.