"Ring it up, here's the card." Sharpay said handing the store clerk her dad's credit card. She was on one of her many shopping sprees and spending more than she was supposed too (as usual.)
She was then going for a manicure.
After a while of waiting Sharpay started to get bored, "Excuse me? What the hell is taking so long?" She asked.
"Um, ma'am your credit card has been declined." The clerk informed her.
"That's impossible, its top of the range, my dad got it for me 3 days ago." She explained impatiently, "Try it again."
The machine beeped telling them it didn't work again.
"Look ma'am." The clerk showed her on the screen in big red letters and flashing was the word DECLINED.
"Here try this one." Sharpay said handing the lady a second card.
The same thing happened, Sharpay becoming frustrated looked in her designer Guess handbag and brought out her pink Louise Vuittone purse and checked if she had cash on her. Nothing!
She looked around and wondered what to do.
"Um, can you keep the stuff on hold for me I'll be back to collect it." She told the woman who nodded and took all the stuff and put it behind the counter.
Sharpay grabbed her bag and searched for her cell phone (top of the range of course.)
She pushed speed dial and it immediately started ringing.
"Hello." A voice said on the other line.
"Ry, its Sharpay, something is not right!" She exclaimed on the phone while exiting the shop.
"Calm down sis, what's up?" He asked calmly (Ryan being mellower than his sister who was a drama queen.)
"THE CREDIT CARDS HAVE BEEN DECLINED" She shrieked into the phone, passer Byers stared at her and shook there heads.
"CALM DOWN!" Ryan yelled back at her.
"Do not tell me to calm down, try buy a new hat with a credit card it'll be declined!!" She said to him into the phone.
"Go wait for me by the fountain by the food court." Ryan told his sister who was grunting on the other line.
"Fine." She said in a semi tone"
She walked with empty hands to the fountain but stopped abruptly.
There sitting at Al Fresco's were the people she dreaded the most.
Troy Bolton with his girlfriend Gabriella Montez and the rest of the wild cat clan including Chad, Taylor, Zeke, Jason, Kelsi and Martha.
She thought of not going to the fountain which was right opposite the restaurant but she had too, she needed to figure out what was going on with the credit cards and that's where she had said she'd meet Ryan.
So being who she was she wasn't going to run away from the problem she would walk past the restaurant pretending to not notice them even thought it was a big group.
She strutted past and wincing at the sound of Gabriella's voice.
"Sharpay?" She called out and Sharpay acted like she didn't hear and carried on walking until she reached the fountain.
"Sharpay!" Gabriella and Taylor called too her this time she was sort of looking in there direction so she couldn't just let it slide. Sharpay looked at them and waved and smiled like she just saw them there.
The gestured for her to go there, she couldn't say no, she hurried over to them but hoped that Ryan would soon arrive so they can discuss the matter. Where was he anyway? She thought to herself.
"No shopping bags wow that must be a miracle." Troy joked.
"I only just got here." Sharpay lied.
"You seemed to be waiting for some one though?" Gabriella asked.
"My brother, who should be here any minute now." She hoped praying in her head.
"You look worried, like something is bugging you?" Kelsi asked concerned.
"Not at all!" Sharpay said sarcastically none of them realizing it.
"Oh look here comes Ryan. " Sharpay said relieved when she saw her brother strutting towards them.
"Hey guys!" Ryan exclaimed when he saw everyone, he gave them all a smile.
"Hey Ry." They all chorused smiling back.
"Can I steal my sister away quick, we've been here forever and she hasn't bought anything some thing is not right!" Ryan joked and Sharpay gave him a dirty look.
"Sure" some of them said and Troy said "no problemo."
"Bout bloody time." Sharpay shot at him.
"Sorry something happened that I got distracted." He told her and she didn't even nod.
"What's up with the credit cards, I needed to shop and as you clearly stated to everyone that I hadn't bought anything, its amazing you didn't tell them the story why." She flared up.
"Shar!! Breathe it's going to be fine, all we have to do is phone dad and he'll explain to us what's going on." Ryan said to a deathly glaring Sharpay.
"Fine, but don't you dare say it's going to be fine because in case you haven't noticed WE HAVE NO MONEY TO SPEND!" She yelled at him, every one turned to stare.
Ryan gave her a dirty look and speed dialed there fathers cell phone.
"Hello, Richard Evans." The familiar voice on the other line said into Ryan's ear.
"Hey Dad, it's Ryan." He said getting the, that-was-an-obvious-statement look from his sister.
"Well Sharpay and I are at the mall and she said that when she tried to ring up her clothes the credit card had been declined." Ryan said jumping into the main story.
"Both of them. " Sharpay chirped into the speaker.
"Yes, both of them." Ryan mimicked.
The twins dad grunted nervously on the other end unaware to Ryan who was looking at his sister with a tired expression.
"Yes well, that just means Sharpay has over used her credit cards this month so she'll have to come home and get the platinum visa." Richard covered up.
"As usual." Ryan said to his dad who let out a little laugh. "Yes, yes well son I'm in the middle of something big so I'll see you two later." His dad said to him.
"Ok, sure bye dude." Ryan said to him and they ended the conversation.
"Well what did he say?" Sharpay asked her brother impatiently.
"He said…" And Ryan explained everything again to his sister who gasped in shock.
"I haven't overworked my cards, this is the new one daddy got me 3 days ago, today would've been its birthday." Sharpay told Ryan who let out a laugh.
"It's birthday, sis you give your cards birthdays?" He said laughing through that.
"And names." Sharpay said to Ryan who let out another howl.
"Stop laughing Ry." She complained to him.
"Sorry, I'll stop but that was really funny" He said to her and she scowled at him.
"Whatever, anyway can I use your card coz I have a few items being held for me and I need them." Sharpay told her brother who handed her his card she grabbed it and fluttered away while calling out "Thanks, I'll call you when I'm done." In a sing-song way.
Ryan watched her go and nodded and laughed at her sisters obsession of shopping.
He turned to go but shot a look over at the table where everyone was sitting.
He trotted over and they all looked up.
"Every thing settled?" Gabi asked him and he nodded giving her a grin, "Just one of Sharpay's many antic fits."
They all nodded in agreement.
"So do you want to join us?" Gabi asked looking at every one to ask if it was ok.
"If you guys don't mind." He said and they all shook there heads, "Come on sit, want anything to drink?" Taylor said in a friendly way.
"No thanks." He replied.
The group enjoyed a fun afternoon laughing at people's sense of dress, thinking of what to do for the next musical and just being plain silly.
And while Sharpay shopped using her brother's credit card, she didn't realize what was in stall for her, neither did it seem so did her brother.