Ryan's baaaaaack!!!! Well, apparently, not everyone was friends and/or dating like i thought in the first one, so we'll forget that ever happened!! ;) This is the sequel to Behind the Scenes: With Ryan Evans. This story is a little more serious than the first one, but there is a little bit of humor in there. I don't think I'll be able to get another chapter up for a while, because school's starting, and I'm a little freshie (fun and joy there) so it'll be hard to get into the groove of things. I will try as hard as I can to update. Enjoy!
Well, I'm back, and incredibly wrong. This summer was anything but peaceful, relaxing, and un-drama-filled. It would've been, if Sharpay wasn't dead set on having Troy be her boyfriend. He and the other Wildcats wouldn't have ended up at the country club, and none of this would have ever happened. Then again, we wouldn't have made this group of new friends. And apparently Sharpay is a better actress than I thought. She was pretending to be friendly with everyone else over the school year, (including Zeke, who she probably hurt the most when she dumped him, and started chasing Troy,) and had everyone, including me fooled with her niceness act.
Well, anyway, the story starts out, as you all know, at the end of the school year………..
Every teacher in the school was letting their students' basically just chill until the bell rang, but of course the one teacher who didn't, was the teacher we all had. Ms. Darbus of course. With two minutes until the bell rang, nobody was actually listening to her. Well, except for some strange reason, Jason was. I don't think anyone will ever figure out why he does and says some of the things he does. I mean, asking Ms. Darbus about her favorite summer memory? Of course she was gonna go on about it for who knows how long? Well, luckily there were only about 30 seconds left, and all we had to do was count down the seconds to summer, completely drowning her out. Then, we were finally free!
So, while I was getting my stuff from my locker, I noticed Gabriella trying to be nice to Sharpay, (which is more than I can say about Sharpay acting towards Gabriella.) It looked like she was doing the warm up exercises that we taught her and Troy. Of course, Mr. Cool-Basketball-Guy wouldn't be caught doing that. Anyway, it was kinda funny, cuz she scared the crap out of Sharpay. Well, just because Sharpay wasn't gonna be nice, didn't mean I wasn't gonna try and make friends. So, after listening to Troy and Gabriella flirt for a while, I decided Kelsi would be my best bet, seeing as how Sharpay seemed to pick on her a lot. I was about to talk to her, when I heard Sharpay making fun of Gabriella. Again. Then she started to talk to Kelsi, almost nicely, which was surprising. Although Kelsi got a good one on her, with the "hiding" jab, (which come to think of it, is probably true!)
At that point, I could tell that Sharpay was gonna retort, so I decided to distract her. You know, how she could forget about everything, because it was summer, and she wouldn't have to worry about any Wildcat spirit for 3 whole months. Now, this might have actually worked, if she hadn't had her "brilliant" plan, inviting Troy…….oh whatever. That's done now. Then she starts up her little rant on how she and Troy are meant to be………again. I swear, she's been over that a million times. And yet Troy doesn't seem to get it. Oh well. Then it was finally…….summer!!!!!
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Well, we just got done with our 2 week trip to New York. Saw some great shows on Broadway, went shopping, and best of all, got to sleep in. That is probably the best thing about no school and summer. Sleeping in. Then it was off to our family's country club, Lava Springs. Now, I had wanted to take my car, which I had gotten for my birthday, (Sharpay got the pink one) but Sharpay insisted that we take her car, because she was older, and was entitled to drive a car first, (like that makes a lot of sense) so it was a couple of miles in a bright pink convertible, with Sharpay's initials plastered all over it. Oh the joy. At least Sharpay let me pick the music we listened to. When we pulled up, Sharpay had everyone waiting on her already, and Fulton doing everything she wanted. And then she, again, forgets I exist, and thinks she was gonna win the stupid Star Dazzle award by herself.
Then Fulton handed me the award which was surprising, because whenever we had won it before, I was lucky if I got to look at it, let alone hold it, because Sharpay had always clung to it. So while Sharpay and Fulton discussed something I could care less about, I admit it, but I was getting a little caught up in a fantasy of mine, that I knew would never happen, but hey! I can dream can't I? What was my "fantasy" you may ask? Winning the Star Dazzle award myself of course. Not me and Sharpay, but just me. Now I knew that was completely never gonna happen, and was stupid to even think about, (well, I admit I was wrong there,) but I should have my acceptance speech ready, right? Just in case.
Then as we were walking out to the pool, Jackie, Lea, and Emma, Sharpay's "friends" or more so, the self-proclaimed "Sharpettes" came running up, in all their Sharpay-worshiping glory, completely ignoring me, and then sitting in my chair, and blocking my view with their stupid, big pink, floppy hats. And then Sharpay goes on about the stupid musical again. I was seriously getting sick of her complaining about it. The other girls finally moved off my chair, and just when I was finally getting to relax for the first time in a while, Sharpay starts going on about how she wanted everything to be "fabulous." Lots of fun and joy there.
I had found an interesting article about Dancing with the Stars, when the next thing I knew, Sharpay had fallen in the pool, and all the Wildcats were rushing to her rescue. And it figures that it was Gabriella that rescued her from the water. No awkwardness there right? Although when Troy asked her if she was a member at the club that her parents owned, I had –a silent of course-laugh.
Sharpay then had to go complain. First she went to Mr. Fulton, because he had obviously hired them in the first place. This is where I found out that she had organized for Troy to come work at the country club. I guess Fulton hadn't expected for her to act that way after the huge favor he had done for her, so he decided to lay the blame on someone who could deal with Sharpay, who you know Sharpay realized by screeching her name at the top of her lungs right in my ear. But of course, she had to put her hair up and stuff before we went out in public, so half an hour later (okay not really, but it seemed like it) we were in the yoga room. I don't think Sharpay knows it's rude to walk over people, instead of around, but manners class had to wait until later I guess.
See, at least I was polite, nodding, smiling, and tipping my hat to various people. Anyway, Sharpay starts yelling at Mom, who I am proud to say didn't flinch, which is more than I can say about most people (including me) when Sharpay is yelling at them. The yoga helps her be calm I guess. But I guess Sharpay gave up on her extremely, because she actually asked me to help her out, which rarely happens. Well, my mom and I actually get along, and yoga is one of the things we like to do together. The handstands are our signature thing. I talked a little with my mom, while Sharpay went storming off somewhere.
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Later, after supper, Sharpay said she felt like going up on the roof of the country club, and wanted me to come. I thought she had finally cracked, until I saw, of course, Troy and Gabriella, having a little romantic picnic, on the golf course, which in itself was kind of stupid, for a couple of reasons. 1. They could get in trouble because a) They were employees b) They weren't even playing golf c) and you weren't supposed to have food on the golf course. 2. They could have easily gotten hit with stray golf balls, or run over with a golf cart.
Well, Sharpay called Fulton, and told him to turn on the sprinklers. I'm surprised he fell for it, seeing as how he was on the fourth fairway earlier in the day, and saw that it wasn't dry. Apparently, he was convinced, and just as they were about to kiss, the sprinklers turned on, interrupting them. But they used it to dance and run around in the sprinklers. Which looked like fun. And here comes my big confession.
I am extremely jealous of Troy Bolton. He was friends with almost everyone in the school. He was great at sports, and everyone acknowledged it. He had the perfect girlfriend. He also took the one thing I really had that was mine that no one had ever threatened. Before, I hadn't really cared about the fact that he was Mr. Basketball Star, with everyone fawning over him. I had the theater, and enjoyed it. He, however, took that one thing away from me. And until he did theater, nobody thought it was cool. But Troy Bolton did a theater production. Now it's cool. And another thing: he could have just about any girl in the entire school, and he picks the one girl I had a crush on. Yes I admitted it. I had a huge crush on Gabriella. Had. Now I know it is pointless. But she wasn't a cheerleader or anything special like that. But I liked her. But then of course, Troy comes, snatches her up before I had a chance, and takes my role, and is corrupting my sister as well, causing the one person who stuck by me to turn away from me, and towards him. Isn't my life just wonderful?
Okay I just read over what I wrote, and I am most definitely ripping that part out. If that got out, well, let's just say, my life would kind of over. And I'm not being over-dramatic here. If it gets out that I pretty much hate Troy Bolton, my life would be very painful. Just about all of East High would be against me, Sharpay would hate me, Gabriella wouldn't even want to look at me, and even some sort-of friends, like Kelsi, would turn against me. I should probably edit this part out as well, now thinking about it. And I am definitely not leaving this in a place that Sharpay can find it. Because she can keep a secret sooo well. Back to what I was saying before.
It looked like fun, running around in the sprinklers, but of course, Sharpay would have nothing to do with that. She got that evil smile of hers, which made nervous every time I see it, and next thing I knew, Fulton was out there, yelling at Troy and Gabriella.
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The next day, I was heading down to the kitchen to get a snack, when I heard a piano. I saw it was Kelsi playing, and decided to go say hi, but then Troy and Gabriella walked in, and started talking with her. I decided to wait and see what would happen. It was interesting what I heard. Gabriella seemed to still like the theater and stuff, but Troy didn't like it anymore. I couldn't stop an idea from forming in my mind. I quickly pushed it away, and listened as Kelsi started to play, and Gabriella started singing. Troy joined in then, crushing the idea I had, and the song sounded awesome, as did they. They were dancing around the piano, totally getting into the song, when the rest of the gang came, and started singing with them. And then when they finished, Kelsi started talking about them being in the show, which, unfortunately for us, they agreed to do. So, using the walkie-talkie that Sharpay had given me, I called her, using our code names I insisted we make up. (Hey, I had been watching a lot of CSI: Miami at the time!) Sharpay decided Goldenthroat was good. Because she had a "golden throat." rolls eyes It sounds really golden when she's yelling in your ear. (Yeah probably have to rip that part out too, because she is now definitely gonna find this and read that part.)
I decided on Jazzsquares just to spite her for making a big deal out me using them in our performance of "What I've Been Looking For." I'm a cruel brother, I know. Whatever.
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I found Sharpay and my mom in the spa, looking like someone had thrown up on their faces. I guess that was the avocado facial. But I relied the bad news to Sharpay, and she says it was good. Then my mom asked me if I wanted a seaweed scrub, which I had no idea what was, but politely declined. (I did enjoy the fresh cucumbers though.) Then Sharpay decides we were gonna play golf. Now I don't like golf for a few reasons.
1. It's the most boring sport, next to fishing. (A/N: My brother's two favorite sports. Go figure.)
2. I'm not that great at golf.
3. My dad always corrects me when I make mistakes playing golf.
4. Sharpay is dangerous when she is holding a metal club, and is in a bad mood. (Even when she's not in a bad mood, she's still dangerous.)
Needless to say, I wasn't in the golfing mood, but I didn't really have a choice in the matter. So after lunch, there I was standing on a golf course, waiting for my dad.
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When Troy and Chad showed up as our caddies, I knew the motive behind my sister's plot, but that didn't exactly cheer me up. And when Chad and Troy basically ignored me that just made me feel even better. Then my dad arrived. (Now people know where Sharpay gets her drama genes from. Can you say "dramatic entrance?") Sharpay is "Princess" and I am just "son." Wow, I feel special. Although I was surprised that my dad thought I was working out. All I had really done was yoga. Then the wonderful day of golf began.
It started with Sharpay singing praises to Troy, (and completely ignoring Chad) my mom hitting her ball, as usual, way off to who-knows-where, and then I had to comfort her.
Then my dad started to ask Troy for advice on the game. Now, I normally wouldn't have minded, seeing as how he was on the golf team and all, but has my dad ever asked me advice on sports. Nope. And, contrary to popular belief in those fan fictions out there after the movie, my father does NOT abuse me or Sharpay in any which way or form. I have no idea how that idea popped up. Anyway, after my dad hits his perfect shot, my sister, for some odd reason, goes and smacks Troy in the back of the head, and runs off. Girls. (A/N: Well, obviously she's flirting, but Ryan, being a guy, can't see that. I could. Just wanted to make that clear! ;) )
Then it was my turn. My dad corrected everything in my posture, and then fixed my hat. He always does that, and it gets really annoying after a while. And when I'm hitting it, nobody pays attention. Well, at least Sharpay and Troy were flirting, and Chad was watching them. And then my mom cheats for me. Hey I'm not complaining!
Next Sharpay has the "brilliant" idea for Troy to try a shot. He of course hits it perfectly, and everyone cheers. Of course. Then Sharpay drives off, practically giving me a face plant, pulls Troy into my spot, and drives off. I could tell Chad wasn't too happy about Troy getting special treatment, but he must like Taylor a lot, if he was willing to put up with this, just to get a car. And that leaves me to do Troy's job, which I shouldn't have to. Again, Troy takes all the good out of my life, and I'm stuck with the crap, this time doing his job, while he gets paid to play, and ride around in a golf cart.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. Troy's convorting (sp?) about with my sister, and then makes a date with Gabriella, which he misses because of hanging out with Sharpay. Wow that's really being loyal to your girlfriend. Then when the disastrous golf game was over, I thought we could relax with dinner, and then take a nice long uninterrupted, Troy-Bolton-free nap. (And my dad starts out dinner with talking about my mom stepping on the golf ball, which he's told a million times before. Yeah Sharpay definitely takes after him. They both go on and on and on about some things. Jeez.) But of course not! Troy is invited to dinner. My dad is talking about getting Troy a scholarship at a school. A boy who he's known for less than one day and completely ignores his son. I'm sorry, but that just made me a little mad. He hasn't even talked about college with me or Sharpay yet.
Then they talk about basketball for a little, which is pretty boring, and how awesome Troy is and everything. Then Sharpay is like, dressing him, at the table, which must have been very uncomfortable. evil laughter (Okay not really.) I think my mom sensed how uncomfortable I was, and gave me occasional supporting glances. Then they were about to start talking about golf, when Sharpay brings up the whole singing thing. Peter calls him a triple-threat. He knows I'm in the theater. What am I, a grilled cheese sandwich? (A/N: From Hannah Montana, don't own.) Apparently. Now I'm hoping at least my mom will back me up. "Oh how wonderful! Troy can sing in the talent show!!" Guess not. Thanks Mom. Now they want Troy to sing a little. Thank God he doesn't. It was kind of a lame excuse though. And I know I was making faces and stuff during this, but I was fed up. Then Sharpay gets him to promise to sing with him later, which he agreed to do. (Big mistake buddy.) (My family gets very embarrassing sometimes, especially when they were making such a big deal out of dessert.)
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The next day, I bumped into Kelsi, and we got talking about the talent show. She was really excited for it, and had some pretty good ideas. Now I wasn't really in charge of the show, my sister was. So when she came over by us, I decided to throw a couple out at her. (Because I knew Kelsi was too shy to.) Does she even take a second to listen? Of course not. She completely ignores me, turns to Kelsi, and demands something that is Kelsi's personal property in a way. (Hey, she wrote it, and didn't publish it.) I was regretting telling Sharpay about the song, and was getting fed up with the way she was acting. Then she goes and dumps me, and says she'll be singing with Troy. She made me learn a song in a different language (Hawaiian) wear a completely ridiculous outfit at one point, and run around in it, being her stupid stage crew, and then completely dumps that idea. I mean, what the heck was I supposed to do with that outfit. It was so weird.
Then she said she would find me a song. Well, I didn't believe that for a minute, and finally had the last word for one. Later in the day, I was walking over to the club's movie theater, because I had nothing else to do, and even though there were no good movies playing, it was better to watch one of those, instead of Sharpay and Troy flirting. Imagine my surprise, when Gabriella Montez invited me to the baseball game! Well, she had tried to be nice to Sharpay, who was a lot meaner than I had been, so I guess it shouldn't have been that much of a surprise. But hey; I like baseball, and Gabriella had invited me. I wasn't about to turn that down to watch some weird animated movie about a rat that cooks. (A/N: Ratatouille. Don't own. I don't hate the movie either.)
And of course the first thing Chad assumes is that I was trying to spy on them, which really wasn't the case at the time. Then they started talking about the talent show, and how they weren't gonna do it, when Gabriella intervened, and basically signed me up for directing it, without even asking me. (Not that I was complaining or anything…..) But then Chad gets all "I Don't Dance" which I had to correct him on. How do you think I got good at baseball? Dancing is my biggest talent, and that is what helped me be good at baseball. But of course, Chad is the average thick-skulled jock, so he didn't believe me. I think I proved him wrong, when I practically won the game. (Watching the replay, I think he was out, but oh well.)
And just in case anyone is wondering, the reason that Chad and I switched clothes is because teams do that to show their support for the other team. NOT anything else that anyone happened to be thinking of. Well, I had made a new friend at least. Actually, I had earned the respect of the rest of the gang that my sister never had. Something to be very proud of. And Gabriella was very impressed with me, which was pretty nice.
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The next day, I went out looking for Gabriella. I had dressed for the occasion, knowing how much school spirit my new friends had. Now, whenever Sharpay goes shopping (very often) she always brings me home stuff, stuff that I would normally never wear (e.g. pink shirt and hat) but acts like I should, because she went out of her way to buy it for me. This was one of those times. She bought me the matching swim trunks and hat, when she was going through one of her school-spirit stages, even though I would never wear swim trunks and a beach hat to school.
Anyway, she started saying how everyone had finally separated me from Sharpay, and asked me for some help with a dance. Now that I could do. I started showing her, spun her around……..right into Troy. Now as awkward as that was, I was secretly glad that he was jealous. I did try to smooth things over by complimenting him on what my dad said. Then Gabriella brought up the game, which made things even more awkward, and I mentioned going to Gabriella's house afterward, which had been lots of fun, but Troy basically rubbed in my face that he was Gabriella's boyfriend, had dibs on her, and that I should stay away. I decided to bow out after that, (theater term,) but didn't go far. After I had left, Troy just walked away without saying anything to her. Basically, he was free to run around with any girl he wanted, while making sure his girlfriend didn't even talk to any other boys.
A few days later, we were in the middle of one of the rehearsals. Kelsi had written an entirely new song. There were two leads. Everyone had agreed that Gabriella would sing the female lead, and then Chad said that I should sing the other. I protested at first, but everyone else agreed, and I was forced to do it. (Note: Hey, I am an actor. I knew how to keep my crush a secret.)
Then after that rehearsal, Gabi gave me a hug and congratulated me, which was nice, and who walks in but my lovely sister. She gets all mad at me, but I finally got the final word. I had seen Troy and Sharpay's rehearsal, and well…..it sucked. And ours rocked.
But, of course, Sharpay had to have things her way, and made Fulton force everyone to work on show night. I didn't have that problem, but then I couldn't perform either. Needless to say, I wasn't pleased with my sister.
The day of the show, Gabriella wasn't there, and Taylor told me, she had quit, and broken up with Troy. I didn't know what to think of that. Then I heard my sister screaming. Again. If you have never heard Sharpay scream………..well actually I'm surprised you haven't heard her scream. It's kinda hard not to hear her. But Kelsi found me later, and told me and everyone else, that Troy had refused to sing with her. Now that was very interesting. And now she wanted me to sing with her. Well, that was not going to happen.
The show was halfway through, when I went to her dressing room. She treats me like crap, and then expects me to just up and help her. Well, I finally said no to her. I had never really defied her like that before, and it felt awesome! I did have a plan though.
Taylor was one of the few people who had a car, so I sent her to go and get Gabriella. Kelsi had to be playing for some people in the show, and the guys had kitchen duty. So when Troy came in, Chad made up with him, which was part of the plan. He did want to make up with though, it wasn't just an act. Then Troy turned around, and apologized to me, which came as a surprise. It worked though, because I convinced him to tell Sharpay he would sing with her, because then she would let us be in the show. Kelsi went to listen in, and came back and told me that it had worked. Now, Troy had basically taken over my life, and I willingly gave him my part, and my only chance to be with Gabriella, so he could possibly make up with her. Again. (I still to this day, don't know why I did this.) But I gave him the music to "Everyday" had Kelsi teach it to him, and all I could do was wait for Gabriella to hopefully have listened to Taylor and showed up. I wasn't disappointed.
At the end of the song, we all went up on the stage to finish up the song. Then Fulton came up, and it seemed like he was gonna give the Star Dazzle Award to Sharpay, which was stupid, because she really didn't do anything, but she did the most surprising thing of her whole life. She turned around and gave the award to me!!! I have never been so shocked in my life. But hey; I'm not complaining.
After the show, we all went over on the golf course with the lanterns to hang out. Troy and Gabriella had their first kiss, but I wasn't even jealous, because I was having too much fun with my friends.
The next day, was the staff party, which we all sang and danced (Even Chad danced!) at, and just had a great time ending the summer. It was definitely a summer to remember. And next up? Senior year. Should be very interesting.
R&R pretty please!!! Thanks for the reviews on the other stories btw!! Mucho appreciated!! No flames please!