A/N: Okay… oneshot… maybe twoshot I dunno, tell me what you think… be brutally honest. Implied Troypay
"Five! Four! Three! Two! ONE!" About a thousand students screamed from around the school. "SCHOOL'S OUT!" That just about says it all doesn't it?"
I was standing across the room from him, Troy I mean. He was with Gabriella, as always. It's not that I had anything against her, she was nice, smart and funny. Everything anyone could ever want. She was perfect, in every way. And she made him happy, which was good.
"Shar! Chad owes me twenty bucks! He said I couldn't make it through the year." It was Ryan.
"Yeah, you can go remind him if you want." I said.
"Thanks Shar!" He said running off.
Maybe it was just supposed to be this way, like in all the movies. The shy braniac with the heart of gold gets the guy and the mean ice witch is left wondering what could have been. Great, now I sound like a country song, just what I need.
At the front entrance they were handing out the yearbooks, on the front it said 'East High: Years to Remember'. Yeah right, more like years that you wished that you spent stressing more over bumping into someone in between classes than you did about midterms or what ever. Unless you were Gabriella, in which case midterms were your life, that and Troy Bolton. There I go again! For some reason I just can't bring my self to hate her. I mean, all she did was fall for the wrong guy, or more likely I fell for the wrong guy. But either way, she got Troy.
"Hey Sharpay! Sign my year book?" Zeke asked.
"Sure, I'll trade you." I said handing him my year book.
Zeke, you rock almost as much as your crème Brule! Just kidding, much love- Sharpay I wrote into his year book.
I passed his book back as soon as he gave me mine. Sharpay, I spent an awful lot of time hiding the glass that broke every time you tried to hit a new high note, don't let it go to waste. Go for it- Zeke I smiled at his response, we had become really good friends, I had to find ways to avoid date offers but still, over all Zeke rocked.
"Thanks Shar." He said.
"Anytime." I said plainly.
"Okay… bye." He said sensing that I was in a bad mood.
"Hey Sharpay!" Kelsi said with Jason following her.
"Hey Kels, sign?" I asked handing her my yearbook.
"Duh!" She said handing me hers.
Kelsi, your stories are more touching than Dickens, more understandable than Shakespeare, and more thought provoking than Dr. Seuss, don't stop writing them! LYLAS – Sharpay I smiled at what I wrote and gave Kelsi her year book back.
Sharpay, You are the most dramatic girl in school! This means you are most likely to take over the world. You rock- Kelsi P.S. When you do take over the world, can have New York? I laughed. Kelsi had really come out of her shell. And I was happy for her. I just wasn't quite in the jump for joy mood.
"Ryan! I'm signing your yearbook!" I said.
"But we live in the same house! What's the point?" He asked, he was over with Chad and Taylor.
"I dunno, I just want to okay?" I said, shoving my yearbook in his face.
"Fine, just sign mine too." He mumbled.
"Duh!" I said. Ryan, you rock, but the whole hat thing is getting kind of old. Lot's of smilez – Sharpay
"You gave me advice on the hats too?" Ryan complained. I rolled my eyes and looked in my year book. Sharpay, THIS IS POINTLESS! Love ya – Ryan
"Ha-ha you're hilarious." I said sarcastically.
"Want to sign mine Sharpay?" Taylor asked.
"Sure." I said. I traded year books with her and started writing. Taylor, you're smart, stubborn, and you do what it takes to get the job done, sounds genius to me. Rock the math camp – Sharpay
Sharpay, You and I are polar opposites, but we can agree that we are not spending vaca at a smelly gym watching the team train. Save me! – Taylor I laughed. "Let me guess, intense summer training program and full time couple?" I asked.
"Yes." She said. "Please help me."
"No can do. I'm going to LA for the summer to intern in Hollywood." I said.
"Lucky… you don't have a boy friend who makes you stay after the games and watch him play every single day!" Taylor complained.
"If I did it would be worth it." I said sadly. Going back to Troy land in my head.
"See Taylor! Just for that I'll sign your yearbook." Chad joked.
"Yeah, sure why not." I said. I gave my book to him and opened up his. Chad, we all love the fro, don't let anyone cut it off. HAGS – Sharpay
I got my book back and looked at what he wrote. Shar, You're the most awesome mountain lion ever. Have fun in Hollywood – Chad I laughed. He was referring to this thing he said months ago about comparing me to a mountain lion.
"Thanks guys, I'm going to go signature hunting." I said. I walked aimlessly around for some time, most of the signatures I got were date offers and asking for fashion advice. I really wasn't thinking about that though, my mind was stuck on Troy, what was wrong with me? I mean we haven't talked in forever, well, not like we used to. We were best friends until someone better and nicer and funner than me came along.
I was just drifting around thinking about what he promised ten years ago. 'Friends forever, nothing will ever change that, not the NBA, not Hollywood not even the third most awesome girl in the world, right after you and my mom of course.' I smiled at how I somehow remembered his exact words, but then again, I didn't want to remember those words, they just sort of followed me when ever I thought about him. Great, now I'm turning back into a country song, oh joy.
I was busy 'drifting' when I crashed into a pole, smooth, I know. I pretty much stumbled back then fell. "Hey! Are you okay?" Someone asked.
I squinted, it was Gabriella she put out her hand for me. "Yeah, just… distracted." I said taking her hand and pulling myself up.
"You took a pretty big fall, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure." I said. "So…" I started, as you can tell this was somewhat awkward. "What are you going to do over summer vacation?" I asked.
"I'm staying here. Troy and I are spending the summer together, it's going to be really special for me, he is my first boyfriend you know." She said shyly.
"That's great. Troy and you seem pretty happy together." I said.
"We are." Gabriella smiled and looked like she was thinking happy thoughts, making me a little less happy. "So what are your plans for vacation?" She asked.
"Oh nothing, just an internship at Hollywood." I said, it seemed less appealing than it did the day before for some reason.
"Wow! Congrats!" She said.
"Yeah, it should somewhat help my acting career." I smiled, maybe getting away from my life for a few months would be a good thing. Especially in the acting capitol of the world.
"What are you guys talking about?" asked Troy, I didn't even notice that we were walking towards him.
"Sharpay is interning in Hollywood over the summer! Tell him Sharpay!" Gabriella squealed. It almost made me feel bad that I was madly in love with her boyfriend because she was so happy for me.
"What she said." I shrugged.
"Wow, Albuquerque won't be the same without you." He said, though I could tell that he was just saying it because he felt like he owed it to me to say something nice after ignoring me for a year.
"Don't worry, you won't notice I'm gone." I said, before I realized the truth in that statement.
At first Troy looked scared, as if he thought I meant it in a literal way, but then he calmed down when he realized that it was just a saying. "Um… do you want to sign my year book?" Gabriella asked, feeling cut out of the conversation.
"Sure." I said. I took her book and figured out something to say. Gabriella, you rock at what you do and can be yourself, don't change that. Have a fun vacation with Troy. Yours truly – Sharpay
I picked up my book and read what she had written. Sharpay, you love what you do so keep going. – Gabriella I smiled, this was a typical Gabriella thing, she left a compliment, nothing personal or funny or cute or something that would make someone remember the year. It was just a compliment. A boring compliment. Don't get me wrong, it was way nice but you could say it to anyone, it wasn't… I don't know… personalized, she probably wrote that for everyone, including Troy. "Thanks." I said plainly.
"Are you up for signing mine?" Troy asked.
"Sure." I said, trying to act bored. We traded books and Troy immediately started scribbling something into my year book. I thought for a minute, what should I say? Should I tell the truth? I mean, really, would it make a difference? Then something in my head spoke up. 'It's too late… I might as well tell him anyways.' It was the cold and ugly truth, it was too late, and if I was going to say something, I would had to say it now… so I did.
"Here." Troy said handing me back my book. I looked inside. Sharpay, Have a great summer in Hollywood. See you next year – Troy. I blinked back tears, there was nothing wrong with what he wrote, it was just that I was on his copy list, the list people that you write the same fill in the blank message to because you have nothing else to say to them. I knew that I did the right thing with my yearbook message.
"Okay, thanks guys, I've got to go pack for Hollywood." I said with as much of a smile as I could manage to put up.
"Alright, have a nice summer." Gabriella said.
"Yeah, take care of yourself." Troy said slinging his free arm around Gabriella's waist. It was apparent that he hadn't read what I had written yet.
"Right back atcha." I said with a small half smile then I walked away.
Once I had gotten a good distance away, I heard them talking again, I stopped and despite my brain telling me to get as far away from him as possible, I stayed and hid behind a bunch of people passing by. "What did she right Troy?" Gabriella asked.
"I didn't read it… I can't." He said.
"Why?" Gabriella asked.
"Because… what if she wrote something… that I was afraid to say?" He asked.
"That makes no sense! What did you write anyways?" Gabriella asked.
"Just some random 'have a good summer' crap." He said, as if he were angry at himself.
"Is that all you wanted to say?" Gabriella asked.
Troy sighed. "No…"
"What did you want to say?" She asked.
"… I…I… I don't know." He said.
"Troy, if you don't read what she wrote then I will. This is important, you two used to be best friends!" Gabriella said, proving that even though I tried desperately to hate her, she was a good person.
Troy looked reluctant, as if he almost was afraid of what I said. "Okay." He said quietly. I watched him flip through the pages of his yearbook until he got to the signature section. He moved his finger along the page until he stopped where I must have signed. He read along the section where I had written, and I swear, I saw a tear roll down his cheek, I blinked, it must have been some kind of mistake, he stayed totally cool, not showing any emotion.
"Well? What did she write?" Gabriella asked.
Troy sighed and closed his book. "Exactly what I hoped she wouldn't." He said weakly. He seemed to regain composure then he turned to Gabriella. "Come on Gabs, let's go."
"Okay." She said and they left together.
I don't quite know how I felt at that moment, it was like I was snapped back to reality, this was it, it was over, no more false hopes or trying to talk when we both would have rather been somewhere else. It was like we had grown way apart, but in a way, we still needed each other. It was weird… like I missed him, only I felt… relieved somehow.
I was walking home alone, since Ryan decided to hang out with the guys before the party that I had spent months planning for started, it seemed like away funner idea before I got all depressed. I was throwing it, so naturally I had to be little miss sunshine when the guests arrived. But for now I could just mope. I was just walking home, thinking about stuff, like what I wrote in Troy's yearbook, I smiled when I thought about it:
Troy, ten years ago you promised that we would be best friends forever and nothing would ever change that, but you lied, something changed that. So I just wanted to say, have a nice life. With love – Sharpay