About a week after Troy and Ryan had their fall out, RENT rehearsals started.

"December 24th, 9 pm, eastern standard time" sang Ryan.

"Wow", said Gabriella, "He's so good"

"Well duh" said Sharpay, "He's my Twin." Sharpay flipped her hair and Gabi rolled her eyes.

"How do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day…" sang Ryan further.

Troy stood in the wings waiting to come on just staring at Ryan. How could he have been so stupid? Ryan was the one positive thing in his life and he screwed everything up.

"How do you write a song when the chords sound wrong, though they once sounded right and rare? When the notes are sour, where is the power you once had to ignite the air?" He sang as he ran on stage wielding a guitar. He stared at Ryan as the music played on. Ryan stared back. His bright blue eyes bored into Troy's face clearly saying, "How could you?".

"RYAN!" yelled Ms. Darbus, "Do you plan on singing anytime soon?" Ryan snapped out of his angry trance.

"Sorry" he said softly staring at the floor, "Can we start over?" he yelled to Darbus.

"We might as well", she said, "Troy you were late." Troy sighed and ut his hand over his eyes.

"Late?" he asked.

"Yes. You were supposed to be sitting on the couch when the spotlight comes up." She said in frustration. Troy sighed once again and they continued with the scene.

Later that night, Troy was sitting on his bed reading a letter that he had received from his grandma when his doorbell rang. He jumped off his bed, ran down the stairs, and flung open the door. There stood Chad, Sharpay, and a cute brunette wearing a skintight tank top and a short jean miniskirt. Chad steeped inside and the two girls followed.

"I brought you a present", he said, "Parents home?" Troy shook his head.

"Good" Chad said nodding as he closed the front door behind him. "Troy you know Sharpay of course" Troy nodded to her in greeting, "and this", said Chad wrapping his arm around the brunette, "Is my second cousin once removed, Anna." Troy couldn't take his eyes off of her fantastic body and her sparkling blue eyes, eyes that reminded him of another's…

Chad gave Anna a little push and she fell towards troy who caught her around the waist. She smiled at him and he blushed. Her perfume enticed him and a sudden heat flooded his body. A heat he hadn't felt since…

He suddenly had the urge to kiss her. And then, as if she could read his mind she said,

"Do you want to kiss me?" in a sweet yet sensual voice.

He nodded like a shy schoolboy then dove in for the kiss. No sooner had the kiss begun, than Troy found himself shirtless and sitting on the edge of his bed, running his fingers through Anna's soft hair as she sucked him. He felt his eyes roll back and he thrust himself into her mouth. In and Out, In and out, over and over again.

"Oh God Ryan!"

Anna pushed herself away from him.

"What did you just say?"

Troy blushed and ran his fingers through his own hair.

"Nothing" he said. He pulled her towards him again and she didn't fight him. But instead of returning to what she had previously been doing. She crawled up next to him on the bed and slid her shirt off over her head.

"And now", she said, "The real fun begins."

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Troy lay beside her stroking her naked back. He kissed her ear and realized, there had been no magic while they were screwing. That was all it had been, screwing. Not making love. He missed Ryan's smile and the soft noises he would make as he slept.

"Ryan I miss you so much." Whispered Troy into the darkness. And with that he drifted off to dreams filled with a petite smiling blonde with shining blue eyes….