Hey guys!

This is my New High School Musical FF that I really had a great time writing.

It takes place about 2 days after the movie. 'kay?

Disclaimer: you can pick out what I own/Don't own.

This was a disaster. It was an achingly gorgeous, ruined little mess of a masterpiece. It was a sure-fired horror that no one else was around to watch the miracle of a sunrise over the Albuquerque mountain range. With the world and everyone in it stuck in an exhausting, conceited groove there are very few people who make the time each and every day to watch it. But only two of them are actually able to see the beauty of it for what it is. The pair of teenagers are in the middle of a golf course, sitting on the rounded ledges of a building. The louder of the two has her arms wrapped around her ribs, and the softer has them both in his lap.

This was a ritual for the Evan twins. In all their years of coming to Lava Springs, they had always come out to the golf course to watch the sunrise. It was one of the few things that they still did together and had in common. Sharpay, with her 'girls' and 'her' Troy was constantly drifting away from her brother. And Ryan, with his dancing and new friends was caught between moving on and clinging to Sharpay for another school year.

Sharpay glanced down and swung her legs. Her legs, revealed by a short jean skirt, were slightly chilled. But as the backs of her legs met the brown, clay sides of the buildings were instantly warmed. "We should get back."

Ryan blinked out of the slight trance he had fallen into, and looked at his sister's profile. "Are you actually going to do something today?"

Sharpay tossed her blonde hair over her shoulder. "I do something everyday, Ry." She smirked. "It's just different than the things you do."

Ryan arched a plucked eyebrow. Two could play at this game. "You're so right, Shar." He smirked back at her. "I really don't spend my entire day plotting to destroy relationships."

Sharpay laughed, wrapping an arm around her brother's shoulder. "It would have worked, Ryan, if it weren't for you. You and your incredibly good personality." She sighed.

"I don't know if that's a compliment or not."

"Neither do I, Ryan… Neither do I."

"You said it, Shar! How can you not know what you meant?"

Sharpay rubbed her forehead. "I don't know. I've been kinda off these last coupla' days."

"Yea, you've only bossed me around half as much as usual." Ryan stated in a perfectly serious voice.

Sharpay gave him a shove. "You suck." But then she started to laugh, and Ryan followed suit.

"But really, is there a reason you want to get back to the resort?" Ryan gave Sharpay a serious look.

"I want to get a chance to talk to Troy… I guess… Before I do my usual." She muttered, flipping her legs back over the ledge and standing up.

"I think you owe him that much. You almost completely ruined his summer. Maybe his school year. And after that? Maybe his entire life!" Ryan's voice grew more and more dramatic as he built up the effects of Sharpay's plan. He walked around Sharpay and quickly shook her.

Sharpay groaned. "Yadda, yadda." She scoffed lightly. "You know you liked the time you got to spend with Gabriella."

Ryan released Sharpay, turned around, and pulled the trapdoor open. He climbed down the rickety ladder before he answered. "Sure I did. But I'm not going to ask her out while she's with Troy."

Sharpay pranced past him, her high heels digging into the green on her way to the golf cart. "Well," She started, her voice floating back to Ryan's ears. "That's where I come in. You get Gabriella, and I get Troy." She slipped onto the pink seats, and slid over to the passenger side.

Ryan rolled his eyes and sat behind the wheel. "I'm not supporting you making them break up!" He looked over at Sharpay, grabbing her face gently and making their eyes meet. "Don't do it. I'll… I'll ask Kelsi out. She's pretty."

Sharpay pulled her chin out of Ryan's grip. "Ry, she's terrified of me. She can not be your girlfriend!"

"She's not terrified of you." Ryan replied as he carefully navigated between a pond and a sand trap. "She's just… intimidated…" He tilted his head, black and white hat sliding off slightly. "Along with half of the population." He added as an afterthought.

Sharpay laughed again, pulling her feet underneath her and sitting on her knees. She waved her hands excitedly as she spoke. "Listen, I'll deny it if you ever repeat it, but I'd much rather have Gabriella as a sister-in-law than Kelsi." She smiled, making 'fireworks' in the air with her hands. "And you already get along with Troy. It's perfect!"

"No, Shar, it's not. Don't do it. It's not right. Just let things pan out." He slid to a soundless stop in front of the club. "I actually have a good feeling about this. Now, let's go in, get something to eat and change. And that idea that I just know is still flitting around your head?" He tapped Sharpay's left temple. "Forget it."

With that, he twisted on his heel and walked through the glass doors. Sharpay stood there for a moment longer before running in after him. "Ryan, wait! Ryan!"

Okay! What did you think?

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