Disclaimer- I do not own anything to do with the high school musical series... so don't sue me!
Author's Note: I am in love with the new style pairing that has pounded in my head with the great actor from Sharpay's Fabulous adventure, so this is all you crazy PeyPay fans like me. And miss Ellie... thanks a lot for making the rest of the world addicted to Austin Butler.
Chapter 1: A Familiar Stranger:
"Feels like I have always known you
And I swear I dreamt about you
All those endless nights I was alone
It's like I've spent forever searching
Now I know that it was worth it
With you it feels like I am finally home"
I bit my lip as I arranged my books in my hands. It was my first year at the University of Albuquerque and I was determined to be a slightly new person. Over the summer, I had decided I was 18 it was time to leave my drama queen days behind me and just focus on my love of theater.
I walked into the coffee shop and smiled as the aroma of coffee beans and fresh pastries filled the air. Yeah I could get used to college life. My roommate Juliet was a little nutters, but we both were drama majors, so I figured we could get along eventually... That was why I was in the coffee shop. I lost the coin toss of the morning, so it was my turn to buy coffee for our morning class.
I smiled at the girl behind the counter and ordered two lattes with extra whipped cream. She handed me the hot drinks quickly and I nodded at the clock on the wall... Sharpay Evans will always be fashionably late; I shook my head and laughed that I really hadn't changed all that much. I adjusted the books in my arm to hold the two drinks when I bumped into someone spilling both my drinks all over my new white dress. That was what I got for wearing something besides pink.
"I am sor..." My voice cut off when he turned around and smiled at me with piercing blue eyes and blond hair that shined like the sun. He was beautiful is his black button up long sleeve shirt with the top few buttons undone. He had a type of glamour and charisma that I had never seen before.
He grinned at me as he handed me some napkins. "A gorgeous woman never has to be sorry for anything. But it looks like you need some new coffee."
"And a new dress..." I pouted. So I hadn't changed at all... But I couldn't act like a diva in front of him. I couldn't but my shield of armor on fast enough. If he looked at this moment, he could probably see through my soul.
"Say no more." He replied grabbing the coffee out of my hands and pulling me out of the coffee shop.
I rushed after him without a choice, not sure why I followed, or why I didn't let go. Juliet was going to kill me for leaving her with the theater crazies without coffee, but I knew if he looked at me... I would never tell him no. He left me speechless, made my brain freeze and my heart skip a bit, as he smile sent shivers down my spine.
"Where?" He shushed me and pulled me across the courtyard towards the theater building. I raised my eyebrow at him, wondering what exactly was on his mind.
He pulled out a set of keys and we snuck in the back of the theater to the costume closet. He flipped the switch and held his arms open. "welcome to Closet de Leverette."
I laughed a little and looked around. "I can not just wear something that the school owns." I said shaking my head and biting my lip.
He shook his head and tossed me a glittery pink dress that looked somewhat normal, and smirk. "the school doesn't own these. The new director person that is teaching here for the fall does. He brought it with him for the theater production he will be directing."
"Then I can't just take it... "I said looking at him and putting my hands on my hips. Even if I could wear it, I couldn't change in front of him. The more I looked at the dress, the more I realized it was totally my style. I sighed and shrugged. "fine but you have to look away."
"Good. Then we can both get to class." He nodded and walked behind the rack of clothes so he couldn't see anything. I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if I wasn't so polite. If I just kissed his perfect soft pink lips crazy. If I gave him all of me in the closet. I closed my eyes and envisioned what he would feel like, taste like, moves like.
I shook out of my daydream and quickly changed between my two dresses. "Thanks." I said when I was down and he spun around the rack and grinned at me.
"I guess I better let you out to go to your class." He responded as he opened the backdoor that we used to get in. I walked out the door but he didn't come. I looked at him confused. "I will send you your dress... I just have to clean up the evidence."
I nodded. There were so many things I wanted to ask him, but nothing came out of his mouth. The door shut just in time to hear a soft feminine voice scream my name. "Evans!"
I turned around and shrugged. "I am sorry... but I spilt coffee on my dress and had to change clothes. I was on my way to get you new drink and meet you in class."
"You skipped our entire first class... Now it is time for acting 101 in the theater. Rumor is that the new director man on campus is teaching it. Some of the Nutters in class say he is young and smoking. Peyton... something."
"Leve..." I looked down at the last name on the piece of paper I was holding with my schedule on it... no, there is no way! I stared at the door and thought about his incredible lips and style all over again.
"Let's go... The sooner we get to class. the sooner we get to meet him and I can go back home to catch up on all that Soapy drama." Juliet said linking my arms and leading me towards the theater. She got her career start as a child actor on a soap opera. She was studying at Albuquerque trying to land a role on the big screen by catching the eye of this director that everyone was talking about.
We entered at the back of the theater and I froze when I saw him standing center stage with a single spotlight and a single stool. There was no way that he would be the person that everyone was talking about. The Hollywood director everyone was talking about was my coffee man?