"Hey Troy. What's up?" Gabriella asked after they met up again outside the gym.

"Hey Gabbi!" Troy said, giving Gabriella a hug. "Have you decided if you are going to audition for the fall musical yet?" he asked, saying musical like Mrs. Darbus.

"I don't know but I am seriously thinking about it. The winter musical was so much fun. I really liked it." Gabriella said, smiling. The Twinkle Towne musical was a huge hit. Even Chad and Taylor came. Which was a big deal since at the beginning, they had tried to stop them. They were still in conversation 30 minutes later when, the school's "Ice Queen", Sharpay Evans, came walking through the doors, her twin brother Ryan by her side.

"But Sharpay, you do know that in basketball they shoot baskets, right?" Ryan was telling Sharpay.

"Really? Well, seeing how I could care less-Oh. Hey Troy. Hey Gabi!" She said Troy with a bitter tone and Gabi with a friendly one so Troy knew something was up.

"Hey Sharpay and Ryan." Gabi said. She knew Sharpay but she was one of Ryan's best friends.

"Hey Troy. Hey Gabi." Ryan said.

Gabriella smiled. She really liked Ryan. But she couldn't love him since she loved Troy. But she did like Ryan. A lot.

Troy had to talk to Sharpay, he needed to apologize. He and Sharpay had gotten into an argument earlier…

"Hey Shar." Troy said, walking into homeroom.

"Hey Troy." Sharpay said, smiling. She was glad they were becoming closer again.

"Hey Troy. Hey Ice Queen." Chad said. Chad, Zeke, even Troy laughed at the reference to Sharpay.

"Okay class, let's get to business. Sharpay what's wrong?" Mrs. Darbus asked annoyed when she saw Sharpay packing her stuff.

"I-I-I have to go." Sharpay said, tearing up on her way out. Troy could hear a muffled cry as she left. He had tried to get her attention all week but it wasn't working too well. Now was his chance.

"Sharpay, I need to talk to you." Troy said, putting his arm around her and taking her out of ear shot of Ryan and Gabriella. Though he could have proclaimed his love for Sharpay then and there and Gabriella wouldn't have cared.

Surprised, all Sharpay could manage was a "yeah" and they walked off together, leaving Gabi and Ryan absorbed in a convo of their own.

"What do you want? To insult me again?" Sharpay asked as soon as they were out of earshot.

"Okay, first off, I didn't mean to laugh. Okay? It wasn't on purpose." Troy said. Wow still as pretty as ever.

"Then why did you? You hurt me. But then, you wouldn't care. You haven't been nice to me since about 8th grade." Sharpay said, remembering.

It had been the most interesting friendship. Sharpay Evans, the school's drama nerd and Troy Bolton, the school's basketball guy. They were best friends and everyone knew it. They would always be talking to each other or staring into each others eyes or just hanging out. Eventually, they began to date. They knew each other even better than Chad knew Troy and Ryan knew Sharpay. They had been extremely close. But as basketball became Troy's passion and drama Sharpay's, they began to drift apart, feelings still buried deep within them.

"Look, I'm sorry. You think we could still be friends?" Troy asked the blonde girl in front of him. I really hope she agrees. She's so pretty in this lighting. But she's always pretty. Sharpay's always pretty.

"Earth to Troy!" Sharpay said, snapping her fingers at him. "Hello!"

"Oh sorry. Okay, so are we going to attempt this friendship?" Troy asked, hoping she would say yes.

"I guess so." Sharpay replied. Gosh, how could I say no? So cute…and dreamy…but we're only friends. FRIENDS. Nothing more. She inwardly sighed, not knowing that Troy had the exact same thoughts running through his head at the time.

"Excellent." Troy said and genuinely smiled. Sharpay smiled back. Wow, what a pretty smile. And this lighting suits her nicely. She looks as pretty. No, better. Hold on a minute! This is Sharpay Evans, the school's Ice Queen. I can't have feelings for her still. Besides I love…he couldn't finish the thought though, Sharpay was the only face that came to mind.

First Chapter...what do you think? Oh, I hope you like it!
---Rachel!