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All Jocks

Chapter 2

"What if I Was Gay"

Ryan entered the cafeteria and looked around briefly before focusing on where he was going instead of the people he figured were looking at him. He took a deep breath and went to stand in the lunch line. Troy was sitting around with all of his friends just laughing and joking when he noticed the new boy walk in, noticing that the poor guy looked nervous. Troy went to get up and go greet him when he felt a hand on his chest, looking down at it he followed the offending hand up to its owner. "Chad? What are you doing" he asked curiously.

"Me? What are you doing?" Troy frowned. "Well, for your information I was going to go say Hello to the new kid, he's in our first class." Chas just shook his head. "I know he is, Troy, look how he's dressed. Do You really think these guys" gesturing to their friends "would accept someone like him?"The way Chad said "him" really got under his skin for some reason, but he just shook it off. Troy rolled his eyes and tried to walk over to Ryan again but was once again stopped by Chad.

"Come on man just let it go." Chad said,Troy huffed and nodded and returned to his place at the table, still watching Ryan out of the corner of his got his lunch and paid for it, then turning to survey where he was going to sit, spotting an empty table he thought 'Good, empty,' then took another deep breath and headed over to the table. He sat his food down and pulled a book out of his bag and read while he ate.

Troy sighed 'He hasn't made any friends yet, he's eating alone' he thought sadly. 'Screw this' was his next thought as he got up before Chad could notice, walking over to the table where the blonde was sitting. The boy didn't seem to notice Troy's presence at first so he cleared his throat which made the boy jump and flinch.

Ryan's POV

'This food is awful, but this book is pretty good.' I mused to myself while I enjoyed my much needed silence and peace, that is until someone cleared their throat.I almost jump out of my skin, making the bruise that I'm sure is forming on my abdomen hurt, making me wince in pain. I look up and see who the offender is,"T...Troy?" I mange. He gives me a, what I can only describe as dazzling, smile and I blush slightly and advert my eyes."Hey Ryan." He continued and I'm trying really hard to focus on his words but it just isn't working.

"W...what?" I ask softly. Troy laughs and says "I said how is your first day going? Have you made any new friends?" and all I can manage is a shake of my head no 'Great, he probably thinks I'm an invalid.' Sighing, I was just about to speak up but then someone else approached with a basketball in tow. My eyes get a little wider but I advert them to the book I was reading to keep Troy from seeing my reaction.

Regular POV

Once Chad had realized where Troy had run off to, he decided he needed to "save" him, grabbing his basketball he headed over. The two occupants of the table didn't know he was there until he was right on them, seeing the new kids eyes get kinda big and look away. 'Jeez jumpy much? It's not like I'm going to hit him with the ball' Chad thought to had caught Ryan's reaction as well but chose not to address it right now, placing the ball on the table, Chad leaned on it.

"Come on El Capitan, it's time to practice some free throws, just because you're the captain doesn't mean you don't need practice" Chad joked. Ryan spoke up softly "C...Captain?" He asked,looking between the boys. Troy had a shy grin and his hand on the back of his head. 'Why am I blushing?' he thought but pushed it to the back of his mind as quickly as it had appeared there. "Yeah...I'm the Captain of the Basketball team" he said a little embarrassed by the attention that was on him. "Oh...you're a jock..." Ryan said softly, it wasn't a question, just an observation but he sound disappointed.

Troy smiled and said proudly "Yeah I am", not noticing the disappointed tone, "Come on man" Chad pushes. "I think my free throws are just fine thank you very much, I'm just gonna talk to Ryan here for a little longer." He shot Chad a look that said 'don't start'. Chad was about to give up when Ryan spoke up again, "No, it's okay go practice I have to go anyways." He looked to Chad "Nice to meet you". The blonde gathered his stuff and was walking away before Troy could really even process what happened, huffing he mumbled "good job Chad" and walked off. Chad just sat there confused 'What'd I do?' He thought.

Ryan made it out the doors of the lunchroom and he could finally take a breath, 'That was close, guess they didn't want to make a scene in the Cafeteria' he thought as he walked towards his locker. Once he reached his locker Sharpay was waiting on him, sighing relief at the familiar face, he greeted his sister "Hey Shar. How's your day going?" She carried on about boys and classes and everything else, but he wasn't really listening.

The bell rang and he sighed again, 'Time for gym' He thought sadly.

Ryan walked into the gymnasium and saw everyone standing around with, who he assumed to be the coach, in the spotted Troy and the other boy from the cafeteria, they had their Wildcat basketball uniforms on. 'Bolten' was written on the back of Troys and 'Danforth' on the back of the other boy's jersey, he noticed.

They continued laughing about something after the coach had said be quite, the blonde then saw the Coach slap Troy upside his head and tell him to hush, which Troy laughed and obeyed. Ryan's face screwed up at the scene he had just witnessed 'Are the coaches allowed to do that here?' he thought."Okay everyone, I'm coach Bolton, most of you know that and you also know this will be a second study hall for everyone not on the basketball team. We use this class for an extra practice. So take your seats on the bleachers and do something productive with your time" Ryan understood now,'His father' he thought to himself.

Everyone not on the team headed for the bleachers as Ryan saw Coach Bolton put his arm around Troy and ruffle his hair, to which Troy laughed and headed out to the court. The blonde smiled sadly 'Maybe I should have taken up sports...then maybe dad would actually like me.' shaking the thought from his head, he pulled out his book again while the boys started practice.

About 20min before the period was over Coach Bolton told the boys to go shower up, looking up the blonde saw Troy wave at him as they headed into the locker room. Ryan just pretended he didn't see it and looked back at his book, making Troy frown a little bit as he proceeded to the locker room. Seeing this exchange, Chad screwed his face up and followed his friends into the locker room.

When they got in the locker room Chad chose to speak up, "What are you doing Troy?" He asked. Frowning, Troy responded, "What do you mean?" he asked. Chad sighed, "With the new kid..." Chad was cut off by Troy "Ryan" he correcte. Shooting his captain a look, he continued "With Ryan...he obviously doesn't want a friend. I mean he ignored you and barely talks" Chad reasoned."I think he's just shy. Everyone needs a friend, Chad" Troy defended. "If you hang out with him people are gonna think you're...you know..." Chad reasoned.

Troy's face screwed up, he knew what Chad was saying but he wanted to hear him say it. "They'll think I'm what exactly?" He looked pointedly at his friend who now had his hand on the back of his neck looking everywhere but Troy.

"...gay..." Chad whispered like it was the worst thing ever, Troy huffed. "What if I was?" He found himself asking and not knowing why. Chad's eyes got big "Are you?" he asked incredulously. Troy cut his eyes at him, but he wavered a little bit "N...No! but if I was, would you just stop being my best friend?" Chad was mad now "Of course not! You're my BEST friend! Do you think something like that would change it?" He asked.

Troy smirked as the realization hit Chad, he sighed. "You're right, it shouldn't matter. We can both try to make him feel welcome." Chad said defeated as the bell rang. "I forgot my books on the bleachers. I'm going to run and get them. I'll catch up with you." He told the captain as Troy grinned and nodded okay. Chad walked out of the locker room mumbling "Stupid Troy...making me be a decent human.." as Troy laughed to himself. Chad stopped walking when he heard a noise from the hallway that leads into the gym, walking over he was shocked at what he found.

-With Ryan-

The be finally rang and everyone started to leave, but Ryan wanted to finish up his chapter so he hung back for a minute, marking his page he got up to leave. The blonde heard voices coming from the hall that leads out of the gym. "I have to talk to coach Bolton real quick." one male voice said, making Ryan freeze up, to which the other responded "You're not even on the basketball team," making Ryan relax as he walked for the hallway.

He got half way down only to be greeted with the wall, someone had slammed him against the brick wall.'That's going to leave a mark' He thought sourly, looking up to see who had done it. The offender was the same guy from earlier 'Just my luck' he thought bitterly. His thought was cut short by a fist connecting with his face, his attacker rared back again to hit him a second time. He closed his eyes but nothing happened as he heard another voice "What's going on here?" The voice asked.

He couldn't see who it belonged to yet, 'I know that voice' Ryan thought through the pain as the bully responded to the voice "None of your business Danforth" he spat, causing Ryan to flinch. The blonde could hear the smirk in the next response. "Well you're in MY gym so I believe I'll make it my business, or do we need to ask coach Bolton who's business it is?" he asked, causing the bully to huff and drop Ryan, who immediately got up and collected his thing.

One more push from the bully, against the wall,as he mumbled "Not worth it". Ryan was trying to regain composure as he heard footsteps coming towards him, they stopped in front of him and the person offered him a hand to which he flinched away. Mumbling a "Thanks", the blonde got up and headed out of the gym.

Chad's POV

I had just peeked around the corner to see the ne...Ryan pressed against the wall by one of the neanderthals on the Football team, Bryce I think it is, looked like he was about to hit him. I sigh, I can't let them do it, it's not the type of person I am. "What's going on here?" I ask, Bryce responded that it's none of my business, in which I asked if I needed to ask the coach whose business it is.

Cringing as he pushes Ryan against the wall again, I walk down to give him a hand. He flinched away but I saw a bruise forming on his jaw, sighing 'I was too late, I thought I stopped it'. I was going to tell him that I was sorry for how he was being treated but he jumped up and left, and now I have a dilemma, "Do I tell Troy..."

Ryan's POV

I made it to my next class, my jaw already swelling, but I just ignored it and came in and sat in the back. The only free seat, ironically, was by Troy. 'Great' . Feeling his questioning eyes on me, I kept my eyes on my desk, I wouldn't be able to keep the tears away if I looked up. I refuse to cry, they won't get the satisfaction.

Troy's POV.

I hear the door open, looking up I see Ryan. 'What the...' I thought, his face looks like it has a bruise forming, it's puffy too. I keep looking at him, knowing he can feel it, but he refuses to look up. I make a mental note to talk to him after class, as I hear the door open again. It's Chad this time, slipping in looking...guilty? I automatically get angry 'Did Chad do this to him?!' I thought, 'I'll talk to them both after class' I continued to think,with a frown.

The frown lasted the entire class period.