Soooo... Hope you guys like this chapter, there's quite the plot twist if i do say so myself. Oh and watch out for a cliff hanger!

Chapter 5

The silence seemed to stretch on forever. Ratliff couldn't believe the words that had left Ross' mouth. There was no way that he could be in love with him. He suddenly became aware of how close the two of them were sitting. He quickly shuffled back a few inches.

Ross sighed angrily and ran his hands through his hair in frustration. Why did he have to say anything in the first place. Now Ratliff was probably going to be scared of him and not want anything to do with him.

"Say something, please", Ross begged.

He couldn't take the silence anymore, he would rather be screamed out than to just have Ratliff staring at him the way that he was.

Ratliff scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. He could deal with Ross being gay, that was fine, but being in love with him, that wasn't fine. They had been best friends for years, they'd gotten changed in front of each other! Ross was right, this did change the way he though about him, but how could it not?

Suddenly things began to click in Ratliff's head. The jealousy and anger when him and Rydel were together, the storming out of practice. A part of Ratliff wished he never came in here to comfort Ross. He'd rather not know about his feelings.

"Ross….you know I don't think about you like that…I'm not gay and I'm in love with your sister…"

Ross gulped. He could feel the rejection coming, Ratliff didn't love him. But why would he? He's in love with Rydel, and now Ross has probably screwed up any chance of friendship they had left.

"I-I should probably go", Ratliff said, getting up abruptly.

He made his way over to the door.

"No wait please" Ross pleaded.

Ellington paused for a second before shaking his head and leaving the room.

Ross sighed and lay back down, staring at the ceiling. Way to go Ross, he thought, you just have to screw up everything.

Rocky sat in his room, with an ice pack pressed up against his nose. It hurt like a bitch, and was double it's usual size. If he wasn't so pissed off, he'd probably be proud that Ross could throw such a good punch.

He knew that he probably shouldn't have pissed Ross off like he did, but he thought that if he made fun of Ross for being gay, no one would suspect him to be gay as well.

That's right, Rocky was gay.

He didn't know how it happened, or why it happened, but it wasn't something he could help. He probably should be trying to support his brother, and maybe they could both deal with their problems together, but he was too scared of being judged or made fun of, that he felt the need to treat Ross the way he did.

Out of all the siblings, him and Ross were probably the closest, so that made Rocky feel even worse about what he had done. If he could go back, he wouldn't have laughed at him or made fun of him in the hallway, not only would that have been the right thing to do, but it also would have saved him a broken nose.

He heard a knock at the door and grunted, signalling them to enter. The door opened, and in walked Ratliff. The two of them were pretty close, especially over the past few months, since him and Ross drifted apart.

"Hey", Ratliff called out and took a seat next to him on the bed.

Rocky just gave him a nod and readjusted his ice pack.

"How's your nose?"

Rocky threw him a glare. "How does it look?"

He pulled the ice pack off his nose and Ratliff made a face at his noses disfigured form. Rocky waited a few seconds before putting the ice pack back in place.

"Maybe next time you shouldn't piss off Ross"

Rocky just looked down at his patterned bed sheets. He already felt bad enough about how he treated Ross and he didn't need Ratliff in here telling him off. Tears welled up in his eyes as he started to think about how fucked up his life got in the past hour. Maybe he needed to tell someone, to get the weight off his shoulders.

Ratliff was somebody he could trust, they had been friends for years. Ratliff wouldn't judge him. Maybe he could even help him.

"E-Ell…C-can I tell you something…"

"Sure… anything"

Ratliff was a little bit more cautious, because last time someone told him something, it turns out they were in love with him.

Rocky tried to form the sentence in his head, but he just couldn't find anyway to say what needed to be said. It wasn't easy to tell your best friend you were gay. Rocky finally decided that the best way to tell him was to show him.

Without warning, Rocky leant forward and smashed his lips against Ratliff's.

Ross still lay in his room, but he wasn't crying anymore. Now he just felt sort of empty, and lonely. He knew all along that there was no way that Ellington would ever like him back, but it still hurt. He wasn't even gay. He was in love with Rydel, and no matter what Ross did, it wouldn't matter.

Then there was the whole Rocky issue. The guilt over what he did was eating him alive. He just doesn't understand why he was so damn angry at the time. He knew that in order for things to get better, he would have to apologise.

With that thought, Ross slid off his bed and out of his room, down the hall towards Rocky's. He was just going to go in there and apologise, fingers crossed that Rocky accepts.

The room to Rocky's room was slightly ajar, so he pushed it open quietly and his heart completely dropped at the sight in front of him.

Rocky and Ratliff were kissing on the bed.