Author's Note: Here's chapter one! Enjoy!
Chapter One: Ryan And The Missing Hat
"Dude, where's your hat?" Chad Danforth asked Ryan Evans, who wore a smile on his face.
His spikey, stuck-up blonde hair was visable to the people around him, and the basketball team, Kelsi Nielsen, Gabriella Montez, and Taylor McKessie were all shocked to see him without a hat on.
"Maybe I didn't feel like wearing one, Chad. Did you ever think about that?" Ryan asked.
"I didn't, but...man, your a legend for your hats like your sister is because of her personality!" Chad explained, while everyone else laughed. Well, it was basically true. Ryan was a legend for his assortment of hats, while his twin sister, Sharpay Evans, was known for her ice princess personality.
And if noone knew that, they'd be in big trouble, I'm sure.
"So...really, Ryan. Where did it go?" Troy Bolton asked.
Ryan rolled his blue eyes.
Did everyone have to be so concerned over a hat?
"I don't know...I mean, I had it on me this morning, and..."
That's when everyone smirked, and they instantly knew the soluation: Haylie Anderson, Ryan's girlfriend of almost two years, and a summer.
"Maybe it was a blonde, curly-haired little girl?" Troy asked.
Ryan blinked.
"Uh...Lilly?"
"No. I ment Haylie." Troy stated, and everyone snickered.
Ryan smiled.
"Oh, right...could have been her." Ryan replied.
"Ryan, it was her! How many blonde, curly-haired girls do you know in this school?" Chad asked.
That's when everyone broke out in laughter, and Ryan shook his head.
"Well, only her." Ryan muttered.
Just then, the group at the table spotted a small, blonde curly-haired girl coming at them, and they knew it was Haylie, wearing Ryan's hat.
The hat itself was white and black, striped, and was one of the famous newspaper boy hats, and one of Ryan's favorites besides his fedoras.
"Hey, everyone." Haylie replied, sitting beside Ryan.
Everyone just looked at her, including Ryan, and Haylie looked back at them.
"What?" she asked.
"The hat." Gabriella stated.
Haylie touched the top of her head, and she grinned.
"Oh! Right! Yeah, I stole it from Ryan, and it's nearly lunchtime...geez, it took him long enough to find out!" Haylie said, giving Ryan the hat back, and he placed it on his head.
Suddenly, a voice broke the silence, before anyone could say anything. "Ryan, were going out to lunch!"
Sharpay walked over to the table, and glanced at Ryan, and Ryan looked at her.
"Shar, another time, okay? I kind of want to eat with Haylie and her friends." Ryan told her, and Sharpay frowned.
"Um, no, your not...you agreed to go out to lunch with me, remember? This morning?"
Ryan vaguely remembered agreeing, but he was sitting down.
"Whether I did or not, I'm staying. You can if you want." Ryan stated, and Sharpay twirled around, furious.
Now, here was the other thing: Ever since Haylie and Ryan started going out, Ryan started to stand up for himself against her, and Sharpay lost all her power to control Ryan...well, not all of it.
"Are you sure you want to eat with us? Because you can go with Sharpay." Haylie stated.
"No, I rather not. She might just try to talk me out of hanging out with you guys." Ryan stated, and everyone just looked at him.
"But--" Troy started, but Ryan already got up to go get his food, before anyone could get a word out.
