Hello there. I'm Ryan Evans. Why am I here, you ask? Why am I in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the storm? Why am I so lonely and depressed? How did I lose everyone I care about and everything I've worked for so fast? When did my life suddenly turn upside down? Well, I can answer those questions in two words.

Love stinks. That's all there is to it. Forget about all those stories about princesses and princes and finding your one true love. Because the fact is, that's not how it works in the real world. Love is never that simple. There are twists and turns and tons of roadblocks in the way. And once you get, then what? It destroys you, that's what. It gets inside of you and tears you apart. Trust me, it's just not worth it. Get out of it while you can, until it gets you too.

Now I know why they use to have arranged marriages. It saves everyone a whole lot of trouble from falling in love. The worst thing is, you can't help who you love. And you can't fall out of love either. Once you're in there's no way out. Sometimes I think it would be better if you could choose who you love. But then everyone would fight over who would love who. It just wouldn't work that way.

Getting to my point, the reason I'm here is because I fell in love with, in society's eyes, the wrong person. Love is the reason why I'm so miserable. How? That's a long story. But I've got time. I don't really have anything to do.

You might want to know what happened after callbacks for the winter musical. Sharpay and I formed a truce with Troy and Gabriella. We're now friends with them and Chad and Taylor. Sharpay still has her old attitude and personality, but she's a lot nicer now. She's not perfect, but at least she's trying. No one can change overnight, right?

Anyway, getting to my story, I was walking home from school with Troy one day (Sharpay and Gabriella had gone to the mall together) when he asked me a question. In fact, if I wasn't so down on myself right now and if I was thinking clearly, I could probably pin this all back to Troy. And that, my friends, is where my story begins.

A/N What do you think about it so far? Sorry it's so short. But prologues usually are pretty short.