Chapter 4
A week later Troy was standing in the drive with Ryan smiling falsely as his brother strapped his nephew into their car, "Its only six months Troy then I am done." Alex said to him but Troy's expression didn't change. "Hey I'm coming home, please don't do this again." he said Troy snapped out of his mood.
"I do this every time because I worry about you. More to the point I worry about you my nephew and my sister in law, so don't you dare tell me how to feel Alex I will worry if I want to worry." Troy said before grabbing hold of his brother and hugging him hard. "You take care of them both and I'll see you at Christmas." Troy said to him as he let go before hugging Jen just as tightly. "Make sure you email me every week okay, I want to hear from you all and that idiot I call my older brother will forget to do as I asked." Troy said to her she laughed.
"I will make sure he emails and I will to." Jen said to him kissing his cheek. "Take care of that young man." she said.
"I intend to we'll see you at nana's." Troy said to her.
"Yes you will." Alex said Troy opened the back door to the car bending in to kiss his nephew.
"Your dads a natural screw up so don't blame him, and your need to make sure he puts his pants on the right way in the morning because he sometimes forgets to do that." Troy said to his giggling nephew.
"You mind not scaring my son about my habits." Alex said to him.
"You know I am trying to make sure you don't teach him those habits." Troy replied as he closed the door waving to Lucas through the window. "Can you please get out of here before I get mushy about my nephew in front of my boyfriend." Troy said his brother laughed as Troy placed an arm around his boyfriends smaller waist Ryan leaned into the embrace.
"We should get going or we'll miss our flight." Jen said to them all.
"Take care and come home safely." Troy said to him with a smile on his face.
"We will." Jen said then they watched as the three of them left the house.
"Damn it I promised myself I wouldn't do this." Troy snarled as he grabbed his car keys of the side inside the door and headed for the garage Ryan went to go after him.
"Leave him be honey, trust me you don't want to be around that fire storm right now he'll calm down." Sarah said to him. "Come in go up to his rooms make yourself at home he'll be back in an hour." she said Ryan nodded. "It got harder for him when they went into Iraq, you fear tight spaces I'll give you a guess as to what his scared about." Sarah said to him he nodded as he headed up the stairs to Troy's bedroom.
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Troy trudged into the house two hours later, "Troy honey Ryan is up in your room." his mum said to him as she came out into the hallway. "How are you feeling?" she asked him.
"I'm fine momma." Troy said as she hugged him. "I just needed to get my head straight." Troy added to her.
"Its okay Ryan understood, go see him and Troy don't worry about your door we trust you." Sarah said.
"Why now?" Troy asked.
"Because we both know that neither of you are ready for that stage." Sarah said to her son meaning her and Jack.
"Thank you for trusting me." Troy said.
"I have always trusted you Troy, I know my little boy." Sarah said Troy blushed. "Not so little anymore though apparently, I don't know if I tell you enough that I am proud of you." she said to him Troy smiled.
"You tell me enough momma." Troy said.
"Go see that gorgeous boyfriend of yours." Sarah said to him with a smile.
"Thanks mom." Troy said as he walked up the stairs to his room.
Troy knocked on his own door before opening the door to his room before entering the room, he found Ryan on his bed reading one of his books from the shelf the radio was on his teddy next to Ryan.
"You found my secret." Troy said to the blond who looked at him.
"The books or the teddy?" Ryan asked a grin on his face.
"Both I guess." Troy said scratching the back of his head wistfully.
"You have a teddy," Ryan said giggling.
"I have two that is Matt's its jumper as an M on it, my one is usually hidden away in the wardrobe." Troy said to him with a smile on his lips as he retrieved the bear in question. "I keep his close to me when I sleep lately I have slept with it in my bed." Troy said to him softly fighting back tears.
"Hey Troy I get it." Ryan said as he sat down next to Ryan on the bed he closed the book to look at Troy properly surprised to see the tears falling from his eyes. "Troy." Ryan said softly.
"I miss him okay, I miss my brother and feel like I am wrong for filling the hole he left." Troy said Ryan was gob smacked to say the least to hear that from Troy and see how vulnerable he was right their Ryan wrapped his arms around Troy pulling him to him awkwardly. "Some days I don't know how I can get through it and their isn't anyone in this house or among my friends how I feel." Troy sobbed into his boyfriends shoulder great body sobs that shook him as well.
"Troy he would want you to be happy, he wouldn't want you to be alone." Ryan said rocking his boyfriend. "He would be so proud of you all." Ryan added Troy pulled back to look at him.
"Thank you." Troy said to him.
"What for?" Ryan asked.
"For teaching me to love someone again." Troy said to him with a wet smile. "For being my knight in shinning armour." he added then pulled them down onto the bed. "Hold me." he whispered.
His parents found them a couple of hours later sleeping on the bed Troy cuddling a bear they both recognized instantly, Ryan cuddling Troy his arm protectively wrapped around Troy's waist, "I didn't even know he still kept that." Jack said to her softly trying not to wake the sleeping pair.
"Of course he does, our son misses his twin honey his just good at hiding it." Sarah said.
"Why does he hide it? We all miss Matt." Jack said.
"Because I didn't want to hurt you." Troy said from his position on the bed. "I heard the door open." Troy said softly.
"Honey if he helps you sleep at night then what does it matter." his mum said as she sat down on his side of the bed brushing hair from his eyes so she could see him properly. "Its ten years this year honey I know that, but you could have and should have said something there is no reason you should go through that alone." Sarah said to him he smiled sadly Ryan was stirring next to him and Troy could feel the boys arm tighten around his stomach.
"Hey." Ryan murmured sleepily to the adults.
"Your sleeping with my son in his bed I think we had a rule about that." Jack said teasing his sons boyfriend.
"Sorry." Ryan mumbled.
"Don't worry about it, it seems like you gave him the comfort that we couldn't when he needed it most." Jack said to him as he sat down on the bed next to his wife.
"I think during half term I might drive up to see him." Troy said to his dad.
"I think he would like that." Jack said.
"I think I need to." Troy said to his father who smiled.
"I think you do to." Ryan said softly placing his cheek on Troy's.
"I'd like you to come to church with us on Sunday Troy." Jack said to him.
"No." Troy said his tone left no room for debate.
"Troy honey you need more than a visit to your brothers grave." Sarah said.
"I… fine." Troy said closing his eyes.
"We'll leave you both to get freshened up." Jack said to them the two of them left them to get refreshed Troy stared at the door then at his boyfriend.
"What?" Ryan asked him softly.
"I was wondering if you'd come with me for support." Troy said.
"I would love to, I'll tell my parents." Ryan said with a smile. "Maybe we should bring Chad and Gabriella, they can understand then where your coming from." Ryan said to him.
"Can you make the calls, its not a conversation I want to have more than once." Troy said to him with a smile Ryan nodded.
"Why didn't they screw at us?" Ryan asked.
"You mean because I closed the door behind me?" Troy asked he nodded. "Mum said that rule was done with, she said that they knew we weren't ready to go to final base together yet and they could tell." Troy said the blond blushed.
"Uh Troy when is your birthday you never celebrate it when your at school." Ryan said Troy laughed merrily.
"I don't celebrate it there because its not during the school term, I was born on Christmas morning." Troy said to the blond who stared.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yeah me and Matt were Christmas babies." Troy said to him.
"Wow, your going to be eighteen a whole half year before me." Ryan said with a smile.
"I would have graduated already if it wasn't for my birthday." Troy said to him Ryan laughed.
"You probably don't have the smarts yet." Ryan said laughing at the indignant look his boyfriend gave him before he was tackled to the bed hands mercilessly tickling him all over as he was laughing. "Your smart really smart." Ryan said Troy stopped his crystal blue eyes staring into Ryan's as he lent down to kiss him properly Ryan didn't react at first but slipped his arms around Troy's neck as Troy let his body drop on top of his boyfriend Ryan grunted. "Your heavy." he moaned as he turned them over so he was on top.
"You saying I'm fat blondie." Troy said playfully.
"No your all muscle." Ryan said. "Your still heavy." Ryan said. "You were crushing me." he said as Troy's hands found his bum and gripped it he moaned.
"We aren't doing that." Troy said. "I just wanted to get a feel." Troy said to him with a grin.
"I know." Ryan said.
"Your penis doesn't seem to have gotten that message." Troy said laughing at the blush on his boyfriends face.
"No more than your own TJ." Ryan said Troy smirked at him.
"How did you know my middle initial?" Troy asked.
"I saw your name on the register." Ryan said.
"You know no one has called me that in a long time." Troy said to him with a smile. "I kind of like it." Troy said to him the blond smiled.
"Jermaine why did your parents call you that?" Ryan asked.
"I don't honestly know." Troy said to him kissing his nose.
"You know mine?" Ryan asked.
"I heard your sister call you it enough Ryan Alexander Michael Evans" Troy said to him the blond laughed. "You have a very nice bum Ryan Alexander Michael Evans much nicer than your sisters at any rate." Troy said to him Ryan giggled as he felt hands squeezing his bum.
"Why thank you Troy, you have a nice body." Ryan chuckled.
"Can you get up of me because I am tempted to do something I promised I wouldn't." Troy said to the blond who nodded rising to his feet. "See the mess you leave me in Evans." Troy said shaking his head looking down at the bulge in his trousers.
"Like wise Bolton." Ryan said right back at him Troy looked down at his boyfriends jeans and laughed as he headed to the bathroom he pulled his t-shirt of before splashing cold water on his face.
"You need to shave honey." Troy said to him.
"I shaved last month." Ryan said Troy laughed.
"Alright for some I guess but your bum fluff is irritating my skin something chronic every time I kiss you." Troy said to him Ryan laughed.
"I don't know how to shave properly." Ryan said Troy laughed before moving over to his electric shaver plugging it in he looked at Ryan asking him. "Sure." Ryan said.
Troy spent ten minutes shaving his boyfriend who allowed him to do it without a fight, Ryan was surprised to see just how gentle his boyfriend was when he was done Ryan ran a hand over his face and smiled as Troy kissed him.
"Much better." Troy said to him Ryan laughed.
"It irritated your skin really?" Ryan asked.
"I keep getting a rash." Troy said to him he nodded.
"Just shave gently every couple of days, don't go against the grain and your be fine shave down wards not up. This is going to sting honey so I apologise for it in advance." Troy said as he sprayed aftershave on to the skin of his boyfriend who hissed at him.
"Much better." Ryan moaned.
"Sorry Ry but it's a coming of age experience." Troy said as Ryan gripped a nipple of Troy's pinching him. "Owe you husband beater you." Troy said laughing as he rubbed his nipple.
"That almost didn't work I could find a hold." Ryan said. "You have the smallest nipples of any one I have ever seen." Ryan added.
"Seen a lot of them have you as your ass is being pounded?" Troy teased him.
"I am a virgin just like you thank you, I get my kicks in the locker room after practice." Ryan said Troy was rolling up.
"You take measurements or something?" Troy asked.
"Yes." Ryan said.
"How do you know I am a virgin, believe it or not my parents don't know me as well as they like to think they do." Troy said to the blond who just gave him a look. "Okay okay. I am but that doesn't mean to say that I wouldn't know what to do when the time was right." Troy said to his boyfriend who laughed at him.
"Oh I know you will." Ryan said.
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"Do you think that they are up to something up there?" Jack asked his wife.
"No I don't, Troy as never broken a promise to me Jack. If he wanted to go that step neither of us would have a problem with it his eighteen in a couple of months." Sarah said to him he smiled at her sadly.
"He is isn't he my little boy is growing up." Jack said.
"I am and I am not a little boy anymore." Troy said from the door way his dad blushed.
"Troy do you have protection in your room." Jack asked him Troy blushed crimson.
"Get some." Sarah said.
"Momma I said I wouldn't do something like that until we were ready." Troy moaned.
"Troy your both teenagers and if your going to do something then I would rather you had protection and supplies." Sarah said Troy ducked his head.
"Can we not talk about my sex life." Troy said to his parents. "Which by the way doesn't exist yet." Troy groaned.
"We'll pick it up." Ryan said to his boyfriends parents. "Mum and dad brought me the same thing a few days ago." Ryan said to his boyfriend who blushed while he giggled. "Actually I think they just stole my sisters supplies because we all know how much of a jock slut she is." Troy laughed at that comment.
"She's with Jason right now I believe." Troy said to his boyfriend. "I actually feel sorry for her." Troy said to him. "His my friend but his not the brightest person in the world." Troy said his dad chuckled. "No wait I don't feel sorry for her." Troy said to his laughing boyfriend. "You should make it up with her, you know she won't even try because she is self absorbed." Troy said to him.
"She hurt the one I love." Ryan snarled.
"Ryan she may have hurt me and sure as hell we are never going to be close friends I can guarantee that, but you don't want anything to happen god forbid and your not talking to her trust me you never want to feel like you should have done more." Troy said to him Ryan stared at him. "Make your peace with her I have your back." Troy said to him he nodded.
"So what do you two plan to do with your day?" Jack asked.
"Chad Gabi Zeke and Jason surprisingly invited us to go bowling with them." Troy said Ryan stared at him. "Not my idea you can geld Chad later." Troy said to him with a grin Ryan grinned. "I almost feel sorry for him." Troy said to his dad.
"You need money?" his mum asked Troy raised an eyebrow. "Oh right stupid question." she said he laughed.
"You know I am staying at Ryan's tonight right?" Troy asked.
"Yes honey we know." Sarah said Jack winked at him as he picked up his bag.
"Which of the cars you want me to take?" Troy asked his boyfriend.
"The Aston." Ryan said as Troy picked out the keys to said car.
"I guess dad gets to use the mustang tonight." Troy said to him with a grin. "You get stains on my seats old man you and me are having words." he said his mother blushing as they left his dad laughing his head off.
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They pulled into the car park a half hour later their friends waiting by the entrance of the bowling alley, it was raining so they parked close to it as they could manage then made a run for it across the court to get out of the rain.
"Remind me why I forgot to bring an umbrella." Troy said as they reached their friends.
"Your parents were talking about our sex lives to us." Ryan said laughing at the blush creeping on to his boyfriends cheeks.
"Don't remind me of that fact in front of our friends and your murderous looking sister." Troy said with a smile Ryan looked at his sister then laughed harder. "Your sister might kill you if you keep this up." he said to the blond as they headed into the building and the noise of the music and games drowned everything out.
"Ryan why don't you take your shoes of I got the games for everyone." Troy said.
"No Troy." Chad said.
"Look guys this day is on me, I need some friendly therapy." Troy said to him with a smile.
"Troy your sure?" Chad asked.
"I wouldn't have said so if I wasn't." Troy said to him with a grin his friend laughed.
"Okay but I am paying you back sometime." Chad said.
"Sure thing." Troy said with a smile as he arrived at the desk. "I'd like a couple of the lanes for the rest of the day." Troy said to the attendant placing his charge card on the table.
"You had better be good for this kid." the man said.
"Just run it up." Troy snapped at the man who did just that. "Why is it Ryan that they assume because I am a teen I can't be rich as well?" Troy asked the blond who was talking to his sister they both gave him a look.
"Dumb question." Troy said to him he nodded.
"Sign here." the man said annoyed.
Troy signed the paper before pointing out his friends, "They are all with me they'll need shoes." Troy said handing his and Ryan's over giving him the sizes he needed the man nodded as the payment went through Troy took the receipt placing it in his wallet before taking the shoes for him and Ryan. "Ryan…" Troy said softly Ryan turned smiling at him. "Hey Sharpay everything's taken care of you should sort out your shoes." Troy said to her she nodded. "How goes it?" Troy asked Ryan as she walked to the desk.
"Good she misses me." Ryan said.
"You miss her, don't lie to me Ryan I know you." Troy said to him he nodded.
"I want her to apologise to you." Ryan said.
"Sharpay apologise don't hold your breath." Troy said to him Ryan nodded Troy place a hand against his cheek. "Don't use me as an excuse for not making up with your sister." Troy said to him as he leaned into Troy's hand.
"Troy its okay." Sharpay said to him. "His right." she said.
"Who are you and what have you done with my sister." Ryan said to him with a grin.
"I'm sorry, for outing you to the world I hurt my twin and I almost lost my twin." Sharpay said. "I miss him. I was jealous of him for landing you." Sharpay said to him.
"I get that, I also get the thing about twins a hell of a lot better than you and Ryan do. So listen closely Sharpay you hurt him again I am going to make it my business to make your life hell on earth." Troy snarled at the blond girl. "Now shall we go play some bowling." Troy said to the two of them their friends now behind her.
"When did you become so unbelievably scar?" Sharpay asked him.
"The same day you outed me." Troy said with a smile she chuckled. "I'm protective of him like you should be." Troy said to her.
"Hey I can protect myself." Ryan said indignantly.
"You know what I mean." Troy said to his boyfriend.
"I do and I don't like being treated as property." Ryan said pouting.
"Your not property you do have a sexy bum that I wouldn't mind owning though." Troy whispered in his ear Sharpay heard and giggled.
"Can we start before I have to watch my brother having sex in this place." Sharpay said indignantly.
Troy watched the group set things up he watched Ryan interact with everyone else and smiled happily, "Ryan said you wanted to take us with you on a trip to see Matt." Gabriella said as she sat down next to him on the bench.
"I couldn't face telling someone else again." Troy said to her.
"You hid it so well it must be hard to see Ryan and Sharpay as they are." Gabriella said to him.
"Some times I won't deny that, but its hard when ever I see a set of twins being twins." Troy said to her.
"I can't imagine." Gabriella said to him.
"He was my identical twin, it was like he was a part of me." Troy said to her. "I saw him die." Troy said to her in a bare whisper the raw pain in his voice. "I held him before they loaded him into the ambulance, he wasn't conscious I don't think but I spoke to him." Troy said Gabriella nodded in understanding.
"You coping?" she asked.
"Some days better than others, it helps having my friends and Ryan around me." Troy said to her. "When they aren't I work out a lot more than I probably should or go for long drives." Troy said to her with a grin.
"He loves you a lot." Gabriella said to him Troy looked up to share a smile with his boyfriend who was staring at them Ryan smiled as Gabriella took his hand in hers. "You better not lose him." she said to him.
"I love him a lot, it seems mad since we have not been together for all that long." Troy said to her.
"Troy your up." Ryan said to him.
"Baby can you go get me in a drink please some kind of soda would be good." Troy said.
"Sure thing." Ryan said as Troy picked up his bowling ball.
"Thanks baby." Troy said with his cheesiest smile.
When he came back Chad was sitting with Gabriella and Zeke, "Hey dude your in my seat." Troy said laughing as he made to get up. "Don't worry about it Chad, I'm going to talk to Gabriella and Jason." Troy said to him.
"Hey." Jason said as he came and took a seat next to Sharpay.
"They giving you a cold shoulder or two?" Troy asked them.
"A little." Jason said to him.
"You'd think that if me and Ryan are willing to move on they would let things go sorry guys, I'll talk to Chad and Zeke I know that Gabriella isn't giving you a cold shoulder." Troy said to them they nodded. "So this serious?" he asked pointing at the two of them.
"Yes." Sharpay said. "I was trying to make him jealous enough to ask me out." Sharpay said.
"You could have just asked him you know, I did with your brother it must be a blond thing your to dense to get the message." Troy said to her with a smirk she punched his arm playfully. "Lets start over." Troy said to her.
"I'd like that, did Ryan pick you up I didn't see your car in the parking lot?" Gabriella said.
"She was to busy kissing me." Jason said to him Troy laughed.
"No I drove here, you saw the mustang in the student parking lot at school?" he asked.
"That is your dads." Sharpay said.
"No its mine, but I didn't bring it with me. I brought my Aston Martin this afternoon at the request of your brother." Troy said to her.
"You own an Aston Martin?" Jason asked.
"Red." Troy said.
"Hey guys." Ryan said as he sat down next to Troy.
"I need to talk to my best friend and Zeke." Troy said to him. "They are giving these two a hard time." Troy added.
"You don't have to do that." Jason said.
"Yes I do, they are giving you guys a hard time because of what Sharpay did to me if I can forgive you they can move on or I will bang their heads together hard." Troy said to him with a grin on his face Sharpay giggled. "Ryan its your go." Troy said to him as he pointed at their lane.
Troy walked over to his best friends bench.
"I want you two to leave of Sharpay and Jason." Troy said to Chad.
"But dude." Zeke said.
"For a start your treating him badly for who his dating, we are a team it stops as for Sharpay if I can accept her apology you can leave it alone." Troy said to him Chad looked surprised but shared a look with Zeke.
"We will do but if she hurts you or Ryan or Jason she's going to get it." Zeke said to Troy.
"You won't have to do a thing Ryan will kill her." Gabriella said to them.
"I had to persuade him to even talk to Sharpay believe me he will kill her if she does anything to Jason." Troy said to them. "Besides I think it is serious between the two of them." Troy said to his friends.
"Your kidding me." Chad said with a smirk.
"No I am not, Sharpay wants to go out with Jason. Apparently some of her stunts were to try and get him to notice her, she wanted to make him jealous." Troy said to him Chad gaped.
"How did you find that out?" Zeke asked.
"I asked them." Troy said to him with a smile on his face.
"Okay I'm willing to give her another chance." Chad said to Troy Zeke nodded.
"I'm glad to hear that." Troy said.