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Chapter 6: its always a good time.

Troy

" its 1 in the afternoon" i said skeptically as i looked across the table at Naomi pouring two shots of tequila.

" yeah but i need you drunk for what we are about to do" she said "not so drunk that you are out of control, just tipsy enough that you think you get a superiority complex"

i looked at the small brunette stunned " why?" i asked curious. We had gotten back to Naomi's after she had refused to tell me where we where going and then she told me to have a shower. For some reason she had a lot of man's clothing in her closet something about always stealing something off of a guy when she takes him home. I had never been around a girl so open about her sex life but i wasn't exactly complaining. she Let me pick a shirt and shorts so i wouldn't spend the rest of my day in cloths i had worn the day before. She assured me they where all washed.

"do the freaking shot!" she snapped, i took the shot glass and salted my hand we did the shots on three and sucked on the lemon, i could still taste the alcohol though" how do you feel about party crashing?" she said raising her eyebrows back and fourth. The gesture was funny but I didn't know what she was getting at.

" depends on the party and how much treble its going to cause" i said flatly. I wasn't about t go picking fights. She poured another shot and slid it down the table, i was going to quickly get overwhelmed at this rate but didn't want to look like a wuss and say no, we did the shot lick shot suck and this time i began to feel the buzz

" you're no fun troy" she said

" maybe you're just too much" i said, she smirked and poured two more shots. I shook my head in protest. " I'm not doing another shot Naomi"

" take the fucking shot!" she said i took the shot and began to feel woozy. " okay that will do, we're crashing the east high one year party"

my eyes widened and i felt the pang of nerves set in " i don't think i want to do that" i said shaking my head. She went to grab the tequila again but i took the bottle. " no , I'm not ready to go there drunk or not"

" troy!" she said with a warm smile " face your demons"

The way she said it was as if it would be so easy a thing to do, aside from it being a little inappropriate the idea didn't even sound appealing. " how did you even know about the stupid party anyway?"

" i called Ryan while you where in the shower" she said " said you ditched him"

I felt a pang of guilt " he said that?" i asked a little crushed, i didn't want Ryan to be upset with me, i did like him there was something about him i was drawn too.

" in so many words yeah" she said " then he told me about the party, i was against it the second i heard about it, he doesn't belong there"

" what are you Ryan's keeper?" i asked a little taken back. I know they are friends but who was she really to be making that kind of call?

" no, I'm his friend" she said " unlike you" i frowned and grilled her.

" i am so his friend" i said defending myself. Who was she to make such assumptions? I had known Ryan for years.

"oh yeah?" she asked with a smirk. " all those years you ignored him in high school sounds like great friendship, me and Ryan talk troy, i know a lot about him and i know a lot about you"

i stared at her unbelieving, what could she possibly know about me? She said so herself Ryan and i weren't friends so why would he talk to her about me? " you're going to come back to Albuquerque and suddenly have an interest in Ryan that's great but what is that worth if you aren't there to help him?"

i had never thought about it that way, i had never thought i needed to help him, i didn't know much about him to begin with, i know what he told me about new york what he had gone through maybe he was just as broken as i was and i was to self involved to notice. He had changed , just like i had. " oh my god" i said hitting my head off of the table. I needed to suck it up i needed to go to this party if not for me i had to do it for Ryan. I poured two shots and we took them back and now i could feel the spinning feeling in my head. "lets just do this" she smiled and jumped excitedly.

" sick, I'll drive" she said with a wink getting up and crossing the room. I was narrowing my poor judgement down to alcohol and it was pretty much Naomi's plan, the fact that Gabriela used to be able to get me to do anything plagued my mind as i watched Naomi pull on her boots.

" seriously?" i asked " drinking and driving?"

she scoffed " troy i am not drunk" she said " i have quite the tolerance and i also have confidence in my driving skills" i wish i could say the same.

" just try not to kill me" i mocked.

" pshhh Danica Patrick bitch!" she said throwing up gang signs, i stood up and followed her across her apartment stumbling a little in my buzzed state. " whoa there ya lush!" she punched my arm and we left the apartment, her in devious excitement and me in nervous trepidation.

In the drive over my leg kept shaking and Naomi kept taking her eyes off of the road to watch my leg shake and it really only made things worse. " did i say Martha, i meant... i meant, shit"

" there is no avoiding this troy" she said with a snicker. I rolled my eyes.

" i could always just not tell you where she lives" i said " did you think of that?"

she turned and looked at me impatiently and i looked at the road in front of us, she was still looking at me " troy..." she said i was beginning to get a little nervous, a light was coming up and if she didn't start paying attention soon she would run right threw it.

"Naomi..." i responded looking back at the road. The light was only a few yards away now and the traffic was going the other way.

" troy" she said pointedly. She wasn't going to stop, this girl was that stubborn that she would run a red light and possibly cause a fatality for the both of us. Out of nowhere i heard the screech of the tires turning and the horns of other cars honking as we turned at the intersection onto birch and continued down birch all the while Naomi looked right at me with seductive impatience.

" 1100 Alexandria drive" i said " Jesus, you could have killed the both of us, are you sure you aren't drunk... whats wrong with you?"

" troy how old are you 50?" she asked with a giggle, i was starting to get a little annoyed by her care free nature. I thought Ryan was care free and now i know where he got it from , Naomi was ridiculously reckless and as much as it annoyed me i found it incredibly attractive. I had never met a girl who drank like a father and lacked the social graces of a mother.

" you cant just do stuff like that" i said

" why not?" she asked simply and even though there where so many reason i could give my mouth could not produce them, it was illegal but so was underage drinking and pot and b&e at the old house on green tarries and sleeping in a public park may be legal but is no doubt frowned upon. I had done enough less than respectable things in the short time i had been back in the real world what was one more thing?

" i guess no reason" i said settling into my seat more comfortably now that she was paying attention to the road. She put both hands on the wheel for the first time on both rides i had taken from her.

" rule one" she said with a devilish smile. " don't take anything to seriously, you're 19 have some fun before there is none to be had"

i nodded, as crazy as it was i needed to start embracing things and stop finding reasons not to do them, this party for example was soothing i shouldn't be worried about, there is nothing wrong with me going and if i feel awkward at all i have no doubt Naomi will be either the reason or the remedy. I took a deep breath as we closed in on Maratha's street. " okay what do we do now, what do we do?" my hands where clammy and the glare of the sun was hurting my eyes and my hangover.

" we chill first of all" she said parallel parking on the street. She pulled out a compact mirror and a stick of eyeliner. " do you know how to do a wide cat eye?" she asked.

I looked at her incredulously " no!" i said she sucked her teeth. " why would you even think i could do a... what the fuck is a cat eye?"

" Ryan knows what it is" she said.

" yeah well Ryan also lived under his sisters rock for his whole life you pick up a few things when Sharpay Evans is you're sister" i said and i knew it was true because until i started getting to know her i had no idea my complexion favoured turquoise. I shook out the thought.

" ugh don't even get me started about her" she said " valley girl with out the valley"

" shes not that bad" i found myself defending her why? I have no idea. But i was. " she cares about Ryan a lot, that's all that matters to me"

" yeah okay she said unconvinced getting out of the car. It seemed Naomi knew best weather she did or not was unknown. I don't know why it annoyed me when she said that stuff about Sharpay, i was not a huge Sharpay fan to begin with but something about the way she said it like she knows her because she knows a million girls like her. When it comes down to it Sharpay may be a stereotypical blond rich bitch but Ryan was once just a clone of that, regardless of how he felt or how he is now that is how people saw him, hell that's how i saw him. I couldn't help but try and suppress the feeling that maybe the new Ryan was a creation of Naomi's doing.

We walked to the crowded cox household and it made me wonder if Maratha's parents where home at all , and if they where would they have a problem with me being there? If Naomi knew i was walking beside her internally freaking she would make me take a shot. I felt drops of sweat dripping down my back and i took a shakey breath, i had never been both hot and bone numbingly cold at the same time before but there was a first for everything. " i can hear your teeth like the click of a keyboard Bolton" she scoffed intertwining our arms. I looked down at the connection and blushed. She laughed " oh no honey this is just for show, cant let them think you came alone... and don't act like you could find a hotter piece of fake girlfriend ass lover boy" her confidence made me grin in amusement. Anytime i doubted this girl she made me laugh or said something that changed my mind she was perfectly imperfect.

We walked up the front steps and i felt a tinge better then i had thirty seconds ago upon getting out of the car. But before we had time to knock the door burst open Sharpay stood there stunned i saw Ryan standing behind sharpay saying bye to someone awkwardly he turned and saw me at the door.

"troy?" he asked with a look of confusion.

"troy!" sharpay said with a plastered smile the sentiment made me want to laugh because clearly from the look written on her face shit was about to hit the fan.

" sharpay!" i said with the same enthusiasm. She giggled like someone who didn't find anything the least bit funny.

" sharpay?" Naomi asked from beside me sizing up Ryan's sister for the first time, Sharpay gave her a pointed look and Ryan rolled his eyes.

"Naomi..." he said flatly

Sharpays head snapped to look at Ryan and an amused smirk replaced her bewildered humiliation. " Naomi?" it was clear Sharpay was interested in meeting Ryan's friends though i believe this was the first time it has actually happened. Ryan though was not having it, he took a hold of my hand and yanked me down the steps.

" ha ha we all have names, awesome! leaving now" Ryan said unimpressed. I let him pull me and Sharpay and Naomi looked at the interaction with raised eyebrows. " what are you doing here?" he asked and i was a little caught off guard, he had said himself this morning i could come if i wanted so why was he so bent out of shape about it?

" um because i wanted to come" i said " to see you" he blushed and looked down. Sharpay and Naomi looked on from the door and i couldn't imagine how awkward it was for the both of them to be next to each other having heard about each other for so long but never actually meeting. And on top of that wondering about why ryan and i where so awkward.

" well it was a bad idea" he said.

" why was it a bad idea?" Naomi chimed in walking towards us.

" well for starters, life runnier" he said accusingly " chad is here" he looked at me searchingly. I felt the pit of my stomach turn as i looked on towards the house. I didn't want to see chad, ever i would go the rest of my life and never want to see him.

" chad" i said in just a breath.

" yeah i sort of just called him a cunt" he confessed " so... i don't know, do you still want to go in? We can if you want"

" no" i said looking him in the eyes. " I'm done with that" i looked down at his hand and absentmindedly squeezed it and Sharpay cleared her throat.

" are you two like together?" she asked standing awkwardly at the front door of Maratha's house. He quickly let go of my hand and i felt a little hurt but knew it was for the best for now that no one knows.

" yeah sorry about that" he said blushing in embarrassment.

" seriously?" Naomi sighed " we aren't even going to go to this lame party?" me and Ryan both shook our heads chuckling at the irony that he was just about to leave when i arrived.

" why did you call chad a cunt?" i asked curious. Ryan's face grew a shade more red and he chocked on his words for a few seconds before Naomi decided that what she had to say was more important.

" well now that that is settled" she said " get in the jeep both of you" i rolled my eyes at her demand as i dwelled on the question Ryan never got to answer. " if i am not drinking here i am drinking at home"

" no Naomi" Ryan stopped her she sucked her teeth. " you shouldn't have brought troy to this party, after what i told you" he said and my face scrunched in suspicion as to what he had told her, had he told her of my past? Well of coarse if he hadn't josh would have but i wanted to know how long Ryan had been telling Naomi about me, how long had Ryan's feeling for me been rooted? " you think everything is a good time but its not, people could have gotten hurt tonight"

" Ryan i thought i was doing what was best" Naomi said calmly looking down at her boots.

" you think everything you do is the best" he mocked

" its because i am awesome" she said " now are you getting in the car or not?" Ryan looked back at the house and we all noticed sharpay still standing there looking like a child who wasn't invited to play with the rest of the kids, it was a look she had mastered during her more devious phases.

" we cant just ditch sharpay" i said out of nowhere. Naomi looked like she wanted to say something clever but Ryan pinched her.

" well are you coming or where you planing on becoming a mannequin at forever 21 with that deer caught in a headlights posture!?" sharpays raised an eyebrow but none the less walked down the steps towards us.

" are you always this...?" i started.

" retarded?" Ryan suggested, Naomi answered that with a punch to both of our shoulders. I rubbed my arm surprised by the small girls force.

" suck my dick Ryan" she said getting into the jeep.

A/N: so another chapter up and ready for reading, i hope someone out there is liking it, thank you to those who have left reviews next chapter is in progress