Fic: Keeping in Touch (3/?)
Fic was originally posted on idontdance.
Title: Keeping in Touch (Part 3 of ?)
Author: cleverboot
Rating: PG-13 for now
Pairing: Chad/Ryan (eventually)
Summary: Everyone always promises to keep in touch after high school.
Author’s Notes: And so the Chyan-y stuff begins, mwhahaha! Also: I am totally writing a side-fic (in actual narrative prose form, I promise) sometime soon about what happened before this fic, the summer after their senior year. Warning: HSM3 spoilers within. Read at your own risk.
Previous Parts
Part 1, Part 2
Keeping in Touch
Part Three
By cleverboot
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: All
Subject: Playin’ ball
Okay. Don’t get me wrong. I loved playing ball with the Wildcats. Probably the best thing I’ll ever do. But practicing with the Red Hawks? It goes BEYOND amazing! They have got serious game. We are going to whip some Cal Bears ass in November!
From: Tay4Prez
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: RE: Playin’ Ball
Promise that you’ll at least TRY to pass your classes? Basketball isn’t going to be your whole life, you know, despite what you might believe now.
From: Fabulus1
To: HoopsAllTheWay, All
Subject: Athletes are just like chimpanzees
Is basketball all you Neanderthals can think about? U of A has a beautiful campus, an award-winning faculty who are renowned across the country, and an ever-expanding and innovative drama department, with a post-graduate student acceptance level into film school higher than any other in the state and all you can think about is, “Bounce ball! Throw ball! Me score!” Frankly, I think it’s disgusting.
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: Fabulus1
Subject: Get off my back, Princess
How about you get off my case? At least until classes start. Is that really too much to ask for, just one more week before I have to fully accept that you are still going to be an active part of my life for the next four years?
From: Triple_threat
To: HoopsAllTheWay, All
Subject: RE: Playin’ Ball
You wish. But hey, you keep telling yourself that, Danforth! Maybe if you do it enough, you’ll convince yourself that it’s true. But when you’re crying into your U of A hoodie after the Bears and I kick your Red Hawk ass, you can think back to this moment and realize that I tried to warn you and spare you the humiliation by telling you to Give up now!
From: Fabulus1
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: You have only yourself to blame
Well, see, I would leave you alone, Danforth. But tragically, I have found myself unable to ignore you, however much I try. It’s your own fault that I actually pay attention to you now. If you and Ryan hadn’t decided to put on that horrifying display out by the golf course two weeks ago, then maybe I would have been able to keep myself from noticing you even slightly. However, I just cannot seem to stop myself from perpetually thinking of you now as “Chad Danforth, the ape-jock I caught fooling around by the golf pond with my poor, vulnerable brother”!
From: Sunny_n_Sweet
To: HoopsAllTheWay, All
Subject: RE: Playin’ Ball
I’ll definitely come back to Albuquerque to see the Red Hawks and the Bears play against each other! I can’t wait!
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: Fabulus1
Subject: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
It was not a display! You were the only one who saw us and you know it! It was a mistake, a one-time thing that happened completely by accident! We were both drunk, he was on the rebound after that thing with Alex the yoga instructor (which you totally already knew!), and YOU were just being NOSY. If you could keep your nose out of other people’s business for two seconds, Princess, then your precious peace of mind would still be in tact. It’s your own fault. Ryan and I dealt with it and we’re fine, we’re still friends, no complications added. If you aren’t fine, then it’s your problem, so don’t take it out on me!
From: Fabulus1
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: It is SO my business
Oh, it’s fine and good for YOU to say that you’re over it! YOU don’t have the image of your baby brother being molested by a waiter ingrained in your retinas!
From: Triple_threat
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: RE: Playin’ ball (again)
Chad?
I was totally expecting a snarky reply back by now. What are you doing that’s more important than trash talking with your brother, dude?
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: Fabulus1
Subject: I did not molest him!
He’s not your “baby brother”! You’re only, like, two seconds older than him! And, I repeat, We Were Drunk! It was a drunken accident! And you are nosy!
From: GottaDance
To: Fabulus1
Subject: RE: Athletes are just like chimpanzees
Be nice! I’m an athlete too, you know.
From: Fabulus1
To: GottaDance
Subject: RE: Re: Athletes are just like chimpanzees
You’re an Evans. You’re therefore an exception by nature.
Even if your taste in men is horrific.
From: GottaDance
To: Fabulus1
Subject: RE: Re:
Huh?
From: Master_ChefZ
To: Fabulus1
Subject: RE: Athletes are just like chimpanzees
I have lots of different interests! I like ball, sure, but I cook, too! And I watch tv and read sometimes and I like comic books and computer games. And I’m even starting to like watching musicals!
From: Master_ChefZ
To: GottaDance
Subject: Hey dude
Hey man, how’s New York? Quick question: What are Sharpay’s favourite musicals?
From: Triple_threat
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: Where are you?
Chad? Hello?
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: GottaDance
Subject: Your sister
Dude, your sister promised not to tell anybody about… you know, the thing a couple weeks ago, right? Because she’s being bitchy at me right now and I’m getting nervous that she might blab just to get me back.
From: GottaDance
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: RE: Your sister
Yeah, she promised. But why would she bother? And what would it matter if she did? We were drunk. Everyone does dumb stuff when they’re drunk. It’s a universal truth.
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: GottaDance
Subject: Please?
Can you just ask her one more time to keep quiet about it? I mean, it’s our business, no one else’s. We got over it, but some of the others might have more of a problem with it.
From: GottaDance
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: (None)
Fine, whatever. Your secret drunken jaunt through Gay Town is safe with me. I’ll make sure Shar shuts up about it. May your heterosexuality never be questioned again.
From: GottaDance
To: Fabulus1
Subject: Lay off Chad
Shar, if you don’t stop pestering Chad about the whole making out with me thing, I will tell Mom and Dad about you and the ski instructor in Aspen last year. Don’t think I won’t.
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: GottaDance
Subject: Come on, Evans
Dude, you know I didn’t mean it like that! I just don’t think it’s anyone else’s business.
From: GottaDance
To: Master_ChefZ
Subject: RE: Hey dude
Shar likes Wicked (she wants to play Glinda), Spring Awakening (which we make fun of, but love-and she wants to play Wendla), and Gypsy (enough said). Those are only her current obsessions, of course. They change regularly. Also, don’t bring up Hairspray. Shar hates the fact that she is too blonde and skinny to ever play the main character in that one, so she pretends to hate everything about it, even though she actually loves it. It’s best to just not mention Hairspray altogether.
From: Fabulus1
To: GottaDance
Subject: Traitor!
Bastard! I hate you! What ever happened to sibling solidarity?! Fine, whatever. I’ll just do my best to pretend your boytoy doesn’t exist. It shouldn’t be very hard!
From: Triple_threat
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: Seriously dude, wtf?
Where ARE you?
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: Triple_threat
Subject: Chill, man!
Sorry. Had something to do. But yes, right.
Red Hawks + Bears= Us kicking your ass!
From: GottaDance
To: Piano(wo)man
Subject: Fair warning
Be careful of any messages you get today from the rest of them who are still in Albuquerque. They all seem to have gone completely crazy.
From: Piano(wo)man
To: GottaDance
Subject: RE: Fair warning
…Okay…?
From: GottaDance
To: Piano(wo)man
Subject: RE: Re: Fair warning
Don’t ask. Just trust me.
Title: Keeping in Touch (Part 3 of ?)
Author: cleverboot
Rating: PG-13 for now
Pairing: Chad/Ryan (eventually)
Summary: Everyone always promises to keep in touch after high school.
Author’s Notes: And so the Chyan-y stuff begins, mwhahaha! Also: I am totally writing a side-fic (in actual narrative prose form, I promise) sometime soon about what happened before this fic, the summer after their senior year. Warning: HSM3 spoilers within. Read at your own risk.
Previous Parts
Part 1, Part 2
Keeping in Touch
Part Three
By cleverboot
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: All
Subject: Playin’ ball
Okay. Don’t get me wrong. I loved playing ball with the Wildcats. Probably the best thing I’ll ever do. But practicing with the Red Hawks? It goes BEYOND amazing! They have got serious game. We are going to whip some Cal Bears ass in November!
From: Tay4Prez
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: RE: Playin’ Ball
Promise that you’ll at least TRY to pass your classes? Basketball isn’t going to be your whole life, you know, despite what you might believe now.
From: Fabulus1
To: HoopsAllTheWay, All
Subject: Athletes are just like chimpanzees
Is basketball all you Neanderthals can think about? U of A has a beautiful campus, an award-winning faculty who are renowned across the country, and an ever-expanding and innovative drama department, with a post-graduate student acceptance level into film school higher than any other in the state and all you can think about is, “Bounce ball! Throw ball! Me score!” Frankly, I think it’s disgusting.
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: Fabulus1
Subject: Get off my back, Princess
How about you get off my case? At least until classes start. Is that really too much to ask for, just one more week before I have to fully accept that you are still going to be an active part of my life for the next four years?
From: Triple_threat
To: HoopsAllTheWay, All
Subject: RE: Playin’ Ball
You wish. But hey, you keep telling yourself that, Danforth! Maybe if you do it enough, you’ll convince yourself that it’s true. But when you’re crying into your U of A hoodie after the Bears and I kick your Red Hawk ass, you can think back to this moment and realize that I tried to warn you and spare you the humiliation by telling you to Give up now!
From: Fabulus1
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: You have only yourself to blame
Well, see, I would leave you alone, Danforth. But tragically, I have found myself unable to ignore you, however much I try. It’s your own fault that I actually pay attention to you now. If you and Ryan hadn’t decided to put on that horrifying display out by the golf course two weeks ago, then maybe I would have been able to keep myself from noticing you even slightly. However, I just cannot seem to stop myself from perpetually thinking of you now as “Chad Danforth, the ape-jock I caught fooling around by the golf pond with my poor, vulnerable brother”!
From: Sunny_n_Sweet
To: HoopsAllTheWay, All
Subject: RE: Playin’ Ball
I’ll definitely come back to Albuquerque to see the Red Hawks and the Bears play against each other! I can’t wait!
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: Fabulus1
Subject: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
It was not a display! You were the only one who saw us and you know it! It was a mistake, a one-time thing that happened completely by accident! We were both drunk, he was on the rebound after that thing with Alex the yoga instructor (which you totally already knew!), and YOU were just being NOSY. If you could keep your nose out of other people’s business for two seconds, Princess, then your precious peace of mind would still be in tact. It’s your own fault. Ryan and I dealt with it and we’re fine, we’re still friends, no complications added. If you aren’t fine, then it’s your problem, so don’t take it out on me!
From: Fabulus1
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: It is SO my business
Oh, it’s fine and good for YOU to say that you’re over it! YOU don’t have the image of your baby brother being molested by a waiter ingrained in your retinas!
From: Triple_threat
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: RE: Playin’ ball (again)
Chad?
I was totally expecting a snarky reply back by now. What are you doing that’s more important than trash talking with your brother, dude?
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: Fabulus1
Subject: I did not molest him!
He’s not your “baby brother”! You’re only, like, two seconds older than him! And, I repeat, We Were Drunk! It was a drunken accident! And you are nosy!
From: GottaDance
To: Fabulus1
Subject: RE: Athletes are just like chimpanzees
Be nice! I’m an athlete too, you know.
From: Fabulus1
To: GottaDance
Subject: RE: Re: Athletes are just like chimpanzees
You’re an Evans. You’re therefore an exception by nature.
Even if your taste in men is horrific.
From: GottaDance
To: Fabulus1
Subject: RE: Re:
Huh?
From: Master_ChefZ
To: Fabulus1
Subject: RE: Athletes are just like chimpanzees
I have lots of different interests! I like ball, sure, but I cook, too! And I watch tv and read sometimes and I like comic books and computer games. And I’m even starting to like watching musicals!
From: Master_ChefZ
To: GottaDance
Subject: Hey dude
Hey man, how’s New York? Quick question: What are Sharpay’s favourite musicals?
From: Triple_threat
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: Where are you?
Chad? Hello?
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: GottaDance
Subject: Your sister
Dude, your sister promised not to tell anybody about… you know, the thing a couple weeks ago, right? Because she’s being bitchy at me right now and I’m getting nervous that she might blab just to get me back.
From: GottaDance
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: RE: Your sister
Yeah, she promised. But why would she bother? And what would it matter if she did? We were drunk. Everyone does dumb stuff when they’re drunk. It’s a universal truth.
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: GottaDance
Subject: Please?
Can you just ask her one more time to keep quiet about it? I mean, it’s our business, no one else’s. We got over it, but some of the others might have more of a problem with it.
From: GottaDance
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: (None)
Fine, whatever. Your secret drunken jaunt through Gay Town is safe with me. I’ll make sure Shar shuts up about it. May your heterosexuality never be questioned again.
From: GottaDance
To: Fabulus1
Subject: Lay off Chad
Shar, if you don’t stop pestering Chad about the whole making out with me thing, I will tell Mom and Dad about you and the ski instructor in Aspen last year. Don’t think I won’t.
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: GottaDance
Subject: Come on, Evans
Dude, you know I didn’t mean it like that! I just don’t think it’s anyone else’s business.
From: GottaDance
To: Master_ChefZ
Subject: RE: Hey dude
Shar likes Wicked (she wants to play Glinda), Spring Awakening (which we make fun of, but love-and she wants to play Wendla), and Gypsy (enough said). Those are only her current obsessions, of course. They change regularly. Also, don’t bring up Hairspray. Shar hates the fact that she is too blonde and skinny to ever play the main character in that one, so she pretends to hate everything about it, even though she actually loves it. It’s best to just not mention Hairspray altogether.
From: Fabulus1
To: GottaDance
Subject: Traitor!
Bastard! I hate you! What ever happened to sibling solidarity?! Fine, whatever. I’ll just do my best to pretend your boytoy doesn’t exist. It shouldn’t be very hard!
From: Triple_threat
To: HoopsAllTheWay
Subject: Seriously dude, wtf?
Where ARE you?
From: HoopsAllTheWay
To: Triple_threat
Subject: Chill, man!
Sorry. Had something to do. But yes, right.
Red Hawks + Bears= Us kicking your ass!
From: GottaDance
To: Piano(wo)man
Subject: Fair warning
Be careful of any messages you get today from the rest of them who are still in Albuquerque. They all seem to have gone completely crazy.
From: Piano(wo)man
To: GottaDance
Subject: RE: Fair warning
…Okay…?
From: GottaDance
To: Piano(wo)man
Subject: RE: Re: Fair warning
Don’t ask. Just trust me.