Chapter 15
Summer that year ended far to early for all of them, Troy and Ryan had been pack for a week and a half, Taylor had left to go her own way to university which hadn't been all that hard to watch but it was now the turn of Chad and Troy knew this was one that would be the hardest of them all they had been close since he had come to this state.
"Hey we need to get out side Chad is ready to go." Ryan said to him as Troy stood up. "Your see him at Christmas." Ryan said.
"I know, its just his always been my scratching post so to speak, when I needed someone to talk to we would get together to play some basketball and we would talk I'm going to miss that." Troy said to his boyfriend as they walked down the stairs out into the street Chad was at the driveway with a grin on his face as they approached.
"Hey you two, I would have thought you'd be gone by now." Chad said to them.
"Tomorrow is when we go, I have Chuckie to contend with as well." Troy said to him. "I can't believe this summer as gone so quickly." Troy added.
"I know but I'll see you both at Christmas, I am coming home for Christmas." Chad said to him.
"I know, its just the first time I won't be able to play some hoops with my best friend." Troy said to him Chad smiled. "I know its stupid but it is the small things that matter." Troy said to him Chad laughed. "Take care of yourself, you have our numbers and emails so you have no excuse not to keep in touch. Or I will come down their and kick your scratchy head self into next year." Troy said Chad laughed as they hugged.
"I'm going to miss you to big guy." Chad said as they hugged.
"You have a long drive ahead of you, call when you get there and have stopped having fun for a moment." Troy said to him Chad laughed. "Or email, and for heavens sakes find yourself a boyfriend." Troy said Chad blushed deeply.
"How long have you known?" Chad asked.
"Long enough." Troy said kissing his cheek. "Take care of yourself." Troy said pushing his stunned friend towards his car. "And take care of my car." Troy said Chad laughed. "Be safe." he added Ryan watched the two interact and understood that the two of them would always be brothers now friends they shared so much of their life together.
"I'll email you the hotness when I meet him." Chad said Troy and Ryan laughed as Ryan hugged his friend.
They watched Chad drive of and Ryan knew that Troy was having a hard time, he didn't know if he could help with the pain so he wrapped his arms around Troy from behind and heard the sigh escape his boyfriends lips.
"I didn't think it would be that hard to say goodbye, you me and Chuckie are the last to leave." Troy said to him Ryan laughed. "Chuckie told me you talked to him about us." Troy said Ryan tightened his hold on Troy's waist.
"Yeah I figured that the two of you were more than friends, when you called him Charlie something I know he hates any one else other than you calling him that including his own parents I might add. It didn't matter to me you know that right, we both have past boyfriends and girlfriends for you." Ryan said Troy laughed as he turned around to look at the blond.
"You okay?" Troy asked.
"Yeah I am." Ryan said. "I can't wait to get out of here though." Ryan said to him.
"You and me both." Troy said kissing Ryan's forehead softly.
"Come on we need to check we have everything." Ryan said to him Troy laughed as he watched Ryan skip up the drive of the house.
"Troy a moment." Jack called from the garage, Troy looked at Ryan then walked into the garage.
"Hey dad." Troy said to him.
"Troy you know that your going to be missed around here." Jack said.
"Alex told you what I said at the beach that day didn't he?" Troy asked Jack nodded. "Look I can't help how I feel about what happened that day, and your damn right I'm angry with you and mum, maybe you being their would have changed nothing. You left us to be looked after by Alex, his riddled with guilt for what happened that day." Troy said to his father.
"Troy we have apologised enough for that." Jack said.
"No dad you haven't." Troy said angrily. "No amount of apology is ever going to be good enough for what happened with Matt, he is my twin and I live with the emptiness every damn day. I forgave everything else and I love you both but it doesn't change what happened that day, I'm sorry." Troy said to his father then he hugged him.
"Its okay Troy I understand." Jack said pulling back to look into his sons eyes and managing a smile. "Your not my little boy anymore, that is hardest to take in you know." Jack said Troy smiled at this. "Matt would be proud of you like the rest of us." Jack said.
"I wish he was here with us now." Troy said.
"We all do." Jack said to him.
"I love you both, its just not easy to forget that day for me." Troy said.
"Troy we have never forgotten that day, your stuck at that day because it was Matt. Grieving works differently for all of us." he added Troy laughed but he agreed for once.
"I'm sorry." Troy said to him.
"Its okay, your mum was upset that you blamed us but I do get it." Jack said to him.
"I'll be home for Christmas." Troy said.
"You want to tell me you guys are planning on moving to Australia when you graduate?" Jack asked.
"We both love it there, we haven't decided anything yet dad but it's a good bet that we will move there unless I get a better offer in this country job wise." Troy said to him.
"Troy you know that we will support you both if that is what you have decided." Sarah said to him from the door way.
"We love it there mum, this as always felt like a house ever since I spent my summers with nana, Australia that house feels like home." Troy said to his mother who smiled as she stepped down into the garage to hug him. "We brought an eight bedroom mansion five miles from nana, its on the beach, Ryan and I fell in love with it the first time we saw it. Ryan and I are marrying next summer, we want to fly out our friends and family to England where its legal for us to marry." Troy said. "We were hoping you'd help to organise everything." Troy said as Ryan stepped into the garage.
"A year to organise everything." his mum said to him.
"To little time?" Troy asked.
"No just enough time I think." Jack said to him. "Your both sure?" he asked.
"Yeah we are both sure." Ryan said to him.
"Then that is what you will have." Sarah said. "Anything you would like specifically." she asked.
"I'd like Gabriella to be there if you can wrangle it, but we'd settle for all our friends around us." Troy said to her.
"I will try to do what I can about Gabriella." Sarah said.
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The following day Troy was backing the Ferrari out of the drive as Ryan sat in the Aston Martin on the street three cars loaded full of gear from their house as well as two cars from Ryan's, "You think we got enough cars for this trip." Troy asked Ryan.
"Yeah I think so." Ryan said to him.
"I'll see you there then." Troy said getting out of the car kissing his boyfriend on the lips their parents and Troy's brother watching them. "You want to bet on who gets there first." Troy asked him with a smile.
"Sure its your money anyway." Ryan said.
"Our money." Troy said to him.
"Your account." Ryan argued.
"Ours, when we are married that's when it becomes a joint account thanks to a promise I made dad, but it is our money." Troy said to him Ryan stared. "You're my husband in all but law Ryan and next summer is when it becomes official when that happens it becomes a joint account." Troy said to him Ryan nodded.
"Your sure?" he asked.
"Positive, now why don't we get this show on the road." Troy said to him. "Your on the insurance for both of these cars so if they stop you your not going to have any problems." Troy said to him with a smile on his face.
"I love you Troy." Ryan said to him.
"Right back at you ace." Troy said kissing him on the lips before walking back to his car. "I'll see you in Cambridge mister." Troy added.
"Troy drive safely." Ryan called after him as he shut the door to the car.
"You to honey but if we don't get going dad is going to kill me." Troy replied to him.
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The fact that they arrived pretty much together in front of student halls annoyed Troy, he had been stuck in traffic that he could have avoided if he had pulled of the interstate earlier than he had, Troy had been at least two hours ahead of the others because he didn't have to stop as often as the others. "You managed to get here with me." Troy said shaking his head.
"You managed to get stuck in a traffic jam." Ryan said to him.
"Lets go check out where we are." Troy said to him with a smile on his lips as they entered the dorm common area, the board had room assignments on it. "I do hope he managed to get us into the same dorm room." Troy said to him. "Or we are looking for a house a lot sooner than we wanted to." Troy said to his boyfriend as he scanned down the list. "Aha we are three down from Charlie." Troy said as he walked to security.
"Can I help you?" the security guard asked.
"Troy Bolton and Ryan Evans here to pick up room keys." Troy said.
"Drivers licenses or passports?" the guard asked Troy handed over each of them to him as did Ryan. "Only needed one boys." the man said handing the passports back to them. "A list of the rules for the dorms your across campus." the man said.
"Thank you, can you tell us whether Chuckie Brown as checked in yet?" Ryan asked.
The man tapped into his keyboard.
"Yes his been here a couple of hours." the man said.
"Thanks for the information, the army carrying our luggage should be here very soon." Troy said to him the man laughed.
"Sounds like a big family." the man said.
"No just really small cars." Troy said the man snorted. "If you see a Ferrari and an Aston Martin on your rounds that will be us." Troy said the man who had been sipping a coffee nearly choked on his drink as they walked out into the parking lot for visitors their family standing by the door. "Your late old man." Troy said to his dad who laughed.
"You got caught in traffic." Ryan said Troy blushed.
"He deserved that." Alex said Troy laughed.
"You know where we are going?" Sarah asked him.
"Yeah sure do, follow me." Troy said to them.
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Three hours later and the group were slumped somewhere in the room drinking sodas, Ryan and Troy were sitting on top of the joined single beds which were against the one wall which would have been Ryan's side of the room with the window under the bed on one side.
"I can't believe that we can unload everything in three hours, our whole lives are in this room." Troy said to him with a smile sighing happily. "First day of we get these beds are going for a comfortable bed." Troy said to his boyfriend their parents were laughing. "We get rough we might break them." Troy said Ryan blushed while Alex laughed.
"You planning on keeping the whole dorm awake?" Alex asked.
"Maybe, Ryan is a screamer you know." Troy said Ryan punched their was a knock on the door Sarah answered Chuckie was standing in the door way. "Hey Chuckie come in." Troy said. "We were just getting settled, you know everyone in the room where is your dorm mate." Troy said to him their was a sound from beside the door.
"His a little shy." Chuckie said to him. "His name is Nick." Chuckie said to him.
"Nick get in here would you, we may be gay and proud of it but we don't bite unless asked nicely and not before some foreplay." Troy said to the wall as the whole room stared at him Ryan and Chuckie laughed as the two men came into the room.
Nick was about Troy's height with dirty blond hair similar to Troy's own and grey eyes.
"Hi." Nick said to them.
"Oh hey Nick, your not so shy this is most of the family." Troy said to them with a grin on his face.
"Hey." Nick said to them all.
"This one next to me is the blond bombshell Ryan." Troy said to him with a grin on his face. "Don't mind him if his a little dumb, it's a blond thing you know." Troy said as Ryan punched him on the arm pushing him over onto the bed properly.
"I resent that." Ryan said to him while Troy laughed.
"Grab up some floor or bed space guys." Troy said to their friends new and old. "You don't snore do you Nick he is a light sleeper." Troy asked him with a grin on his face.
"No not that I know of anyway." Nick said.
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The next day the four of them were walking around the campus looking at the welcome fair and the games and god knows what else, Troy had brought a hamburger and was munching away on it while they were looking around.
"You going to eat that all on your own." Ryan said to him Troy laughed as he handed over the hamburger to his boyfriend. "Thank you." Ryan said.
"If you remember I did offer to buy you one." Troy said to him.
"I wasn't hungry enough to eat a whole one but a bite on yours would be great." Ryan said before biting down on the burger with a happy sigh.
"So when did you guys get together?" Nick asked.
"Almost a year ago, we celebrate our anniversary in a couple of weeks." Troy said to him.
"I thought you had forgotten." Ryan said.
"Not likely I have a photographic memory." Troy said to him with a smile. "As punishment for that insinuation I challenge you to a dual on that thing over there." Troy said to Ryan who laughed.
"Your beat the crap out of me." Ryan said.
"That's half the fun we can fight up their and you can hit me as hard as you as you like and it wont be assault." Troy said to him with a grin on his face Ryan gave him a look Troy shrugged the blond laughed. "That's assuming you didn't turn yourself into a porker." Troy said with a giggle as he took of towards the duelling podium an mock angry Ryan chasing him.
"They always like that." Nick asked.
"Usually, Troy's been through a lot." Chuckie said to him as they went after their friends. "You get to know him well enough he will tell you about it most likely." Chuckie said to the man who nodded his head in acceptance.
"I thought I would miss home a lot more than I am, partly thanks to you guys." Nick said to him.
"You and me both, you know that their not the only ones to be gay." Chuckie said.
"I know, you know it doesn't bother me at all that you are or that they are, my younger brother is gay my sister is bisexual." Nick said. "I myself am very straight." Nick said. "So please let me know if your bringing anyone back to our room please." Nick said to him with a smile on his lips.
"No problems you have like an entire gay family?" Chuckie asked.
"My parents are divorced, my dad is gay its strange you know my mum lives with a female lodger I am pretty sure she is screwing around with." Nick said Troy came up beside them laughing his head of. "What is so funny?" Nick asked.
"I thought I had the monopoly on strange families I was wrong." Troy said to him Nick laughed.
"No I got that one tied down, you signed up for that?" Nick asked.
"I signed us all up." Troy said to him.
"Sounds good." Chuckie said to him.
"Ryan ate my burger by the way." Troy said to them.
"I did didn't I, I guess I was hungry." Ryan said to him with a grin on his face.
"You are starving me." Troy moaned politely Ryan and Nick laughed. "So what is it like being in a house full of homosexuals Nick its bad enough with two of us." Troy said to him with a grin on his face Nick chuckled.
"My brother is so camp its funny and as big as any wrestler on TV you know muscle Mary is that what you call it." Nick asked Troy nodded laughing. "My sister is like any other girl, except for the fact that she likes girls." Nick said to him.
"Never met a lesbian I didn't like." Troy said with a smile.
"You and me both." Ryan said.
"Of course I don't know of any lesbians that I have met as of yet." Troy said Nick laughed.
"You're the ones with the luxury cars in the lot." Nick said Troy laughed.
"I guess we can't deny that." Troy said to him with a smile on his lips. "Its my money, I have rich parents and grandparents but I am what you could call filthy rich." Troy said to him with a smile on his lips.
"Your rich how?" Nick asked.
"Investment and I own a largish company which is constantly growing alongside my brother and nephew who's to young to do anything about it." Troy said. "I had a twin brother as well but he died when I was eight in front of me, so I have protective issues with my boyfriend and self loathing issues with myself." he added Nick stared. "I can't hide behind the pain forever, a new year a fresh start, its time to move on." Troy said Nick patted him on the shoulder as Ryan smiled kissing his cheek.
"Look at the fagots." someone said from beside the duelling platforms Troy straightened up Ryan placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I won't do anything stupid Ryan promise." Troy said as he walked towards the man. "Did I hear you right." Troy demanded politely.
"You heard me right fagot." the man said.
"This free." Troy asked the attendant.
"Sure." the attendant said to him.
"Good if you can beat this fagot up their weasel you can say what ever the hell you like but if I beat you up there, your going to walk over or stumbled over to my boyfriend and best friend and your going to apologise for your mouth." Troy said to him with a growl.
"Your on." the man said. "Your going down." he snarled.
Troy climbed up onto the podium opposite the idiot that had picked a fight taking the pummelling stick from the attendant, "No low blows okay." the attendant said to Troy who laughed at him.
"I may be gay but I don't need to hit him there to hurt him." Troy said to him.
They stood of against each other Ryan cheering with Chuckie as the whistle was blown Troy backed of after getting a blow thrown at him by the opponent, Troy stepped forward swinging the thing around his head and down whacking him across the side of the head sending him flying into the soft matts below with a thud.
"If your going to talk like a man dude you should hit like one I have an ex girlfriend who hits better than that, now go apologise to my boyfriend." Troy snarled at him as he stumbled to his feet clutching his face as Troy dropped down beside him.
"Fine." the man snarled as he walked over to Ryan. "I'm sorry." he said to him.
"Say it like you actually mean it." Troy snarled at him.
"Troy its not a problem." Ryan said to him.
"Yes Ryan it is, we should not have to put up with this." Troy said to his boyfriend.
"I know we shouldn't but we do." Ryan said.
"I'm sorry for what I said to you all." the man said.
"Thanks, I'm sorry I gave you a whack as hard as the one I gave you." Troy said the man nodded. "Your going to have a bruise in the morning." Troy pointed out.
"Good thing classes don't start this week." he said. "I'm Shawn by the way." Shawn said to them.
"Troy and you probably need to do some sucking up before your fully forgiven but its nice to meet you." Troy said to him Nick and the others laughed Ryan smiled. "This is Ryan his my fiancé that's Nick his the straight dude of the group and this one is Chuckie and his my best friend from back home a basketball nerd like me really." Troy said to him.
"So what is it you're here to study?" Shawn asked them.
"Performing arts." Ryan said.
"Sports scholarship, science as a secondary." Chuckie said.
"Law." Nick said Troy smirked.
"Law and Politics." Troy said to him with a grin on his face. "I'm majoring in two subjects and a handful of minors, I used to play basketball but I have a genius IQ under this sporty exterior." Troy said to him Nick laughed.
"How good are you?" Ryan asked.
"I'm better than Gabriella is." Troy said to him Ryan gaped. "I was scared of people knowing the true extent of my ability in academic's I liked people thinking of me as a jock." Troy said to him Ryan laughed.
"So you looking forward to the start of lessons?" Nick asked.
"Now I have a study buddy sure." Troy said. "I can think of lesser things." Troy said to him. "Like shagging Ryan into our mattress." Troy said to Nick who giggled.
"I'll see you around guys." Shawn said to them as he headed of.
"I think we made sure that his not going to cause us problems." Troy said.
"Your fighting him wasn't clever." Ryan said.
"Ryan I get that we want to make friends and I think we just did, but I won't take that from anyone it doesn't mean I am going to beat everyone up who gets like that." Troy said. "I dealt with this the only way I knew would help." Troy said to him.
"I know, I just don't want us in trouble before we got started." Ryan said kissing him.
"I'm happy we are here." Troy said.
"So am I, I'm glad I am here with you Troy." Ryan said to him.
"What am I an extra hand." Chuckie asked with a smile on his lips.
"Charlie you're an ex boyfriend so yeah." Troy said to him Ryan and Chuckie laughed.
"How comes you get to call him that and no one else does?" Nick said.
"You'd have to ask Charlie that." Troy said to him Nick laughed as Chuckie chuckled.
"Lets get something to eat since Ryan stole my burger, why don't we go get some take out and eat it on the grass or something?" Troy suggested.
"Sounds like a great idea." Chuckie said to them.
"Yeah sounds good." Ryan said.
"I only know the Chinese which is near by." Troy said to them.
"Me to." Nick said.
"We should have explored after your parents left yesterday." Chuckie said.
"What at midnight?" Troy asked Chuckie laughed.
"True." Nick said.
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Half hour later they were sitting on the green with a large bucket of KFC, something that they have stumbled over while walking nearby the campus, Troy was helping himself to hot wings side order he had gotten with it as well.
"You think I'm going to be fat look at you eating." Ryan asked.
"Hey I am not getting fat I work out daily, I eat like a horse because I have a high metabolism and I love food." Troy said.
"Very true porker." Ryan said with a smile Troy growled pushing him onto the grass.
"Your making that up later Evans." Troy said playfully. "I expect at least a blow job." Troy added Nick giggled while Ryan blushed.
"Your get that and more." Ryan said to him Troy smiled. "Tomorrow we buy a new bed." Ryan added.
"I wish you'd just let me buy a new house here." Troy said to him.
"We are staying here for the first year Troy." Ryan said.
"I know I know I just miss my bedroom and bed." Troy said to him Ryan laughed. "What I have a nice bed." Troy pointed out to him.
"You do have a nice bed, you have a better bum though." Ryan said to him Troy laughed as he grabbed a breast of chicken from the box. "I would have thought you were a thigh man not a breast man." Ryan said to him Troy giggled.
"I am a chicken man." Troy said to him. "I like a thigh just as much as a breast or a drumstick." Troy said to him.
"Is everything about sex with you two?" Nick asked laughing when Troy looked at his friends. "You forgot that we were here." Nick said Troy nodded guiltily.
"That happens a lot." Chuckie said to him