Shadow.

Chapter 1

I was six years old
When my parents went away
I was stuck inside a broken life
I couldn't wish away
She was beautiful
She had everything and more
And my escape was hiding out and running for the door

Somebody listen please
It used to be so hard being me
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
My chains are finally free
Don't feel sorry for me

All the days collided
One less perfect than the next
I was stuck inside someone else's life and always second best
Oh, I love you now 'cause now I realize
That it's safe outside to come alive in my identity

So if you're listening
There's so much more to me you haven't seen
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally see
Don't feel sorry for me-

Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Everything's cool now
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Everything's cool now
Oh, my life is good
I've got more than anyone should
Oh, my life is good
And the past is in the past

I was living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
I'm living in a new day
I'm living it for me
And now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally see
Don't feel sorry for me
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me

Living in, living in, living in the shadow
Living in, living in, living in a new day

Okay in this fic Ryan and Sharpay are still twins but they have an older set of twin siblings who are just becoming famous.

The story will be told in Sharpay's P.O.V unless stated otherwise and is based on the song Shadow by Ashlee Simpson. (Lyrics above)

It will take place when Sharpay and Ryan are in high school and Richard and Scarlett have just signed a mojor modelling, acting and all round performance deal which put them on the brink of everything Sharpay and Ryan were so desperate for.

The day was a typically sunny day here in California and I was preparing myself for my first day of high school and also for any questions I may be asked about my 'famous relatives'.

Ever since I was six years old all the focus had been on them, all my friends always talked about something concerning them and any guy I liked wanted her.. not me, to them I was invisible. It felt to me that nobody really cared about me or Ryan all I ever felt was coldness directed towards us, everybody's warmth, love and attention went to them. My parents left with my older brother and sister to help their career and Ryan and I were left all alone at home with some stupid nanny. Even she didn't care about us and isn't her job supposed to be surrogate love that our parents can't always provide?. The only reason she was there was so she could boast about how she lived in the house that the fantastic oldest Evan's Twins came home to at the end of a hard schedule.

In my old school me and Ryan had been fairly popular but like I said that was mostly down to people wanting to find out about Richard or Scarlett and sometimes both of them. I was hoping that this year would be so different. Maybe some of the people in this new school wouldn't even know she was my sister and he my brother. Anyways I can't really complain I mean I am popular and Ryan and I usually make co-captaincy of the Drama Club as well as me being head of singing clubs and piano club. So maybe our popularity wasn't all down to them, maybe we did have a lot to do with it ourselves.

Okay so now you guys are all informed let's leave for school.

On my way to school, I was alone as Ryan was ill, I heard somebody shouting me from behind and when I turned to look I saw my hugest crush standing behind me. He was also one of my best friends but I desperately wanted more. However I had suspicions about him fancying my sister just like every other guy I liked.

"Hey. Did you enjoy your holiday in Italy?" I asked him.

"Yeah I did. It was fantastic but it would have been better if you could have been there too. I hate that you had to stay here all vacation with that woman your parents pay to live with you." He said.

"Well, you know if you'd have asked me to go with you I would've came Troy. Not like I had a lot here anyway. I spent almost everyday bored on the internet reading stupid rumours about Scarlett and Richard just to amuse myself since Ryan went on holiday with Jason." I told him.

"Man now I feel bad. I didn't think you would come because I don't know I just didn't think you would." He said. When he said this I noticed he began to blush slightly though I had no idea why. Then we carried on our walk to school talking about the things we always did.