Hello everybody, I'm back with a new story. This one is going to kinda be like the oneshot I wrote with larabaybee. (If you haven't read it, you should go kill yourself… or read it cause she did an awesome job with it. I guess it falls into the Ryan-Centric category, I still don't get all that stuff, but PLEASE give it a chance, I promise it will be good. This story goes along with my other story, "Gabriella's (not so) Better Half" but I don't think its necessary to read that before this, but it might make it easier to understand. Here goes, and I don't own anything btw.
My Way
"Hey Ryan, how do you think you did on your final?" Gabriella asked me as she ran down the hall and gave me a hug, I loved the feeling of her being close to me.
"Well, probably not as well as YOU, but I think I did alright." I replied with a shy grin.
"I'm sure you did fine, you always manage to get by, even though you like NEVER study, or really ever do your work…" she said.
"What are you trying to say, that I'm lazy?" I asked playfully.
"More or less…" she said with a laugh, her beautiful laugh.
I must say, I really do enjoy these playful fights we get into.
"Your still on for tonight right?" she asked me.
"Tonight? What's going on tonight?" I responded, even though I knew exactly what she was referring to.
"HELLO, the beach? Celebrating the start of the most awesomest, coolest summer EVER… well, at least 'til next summer." Gabriella said with a smile.
"Oh yeah, of course I'm going, 7:30 at the beach, I'll be there." I replied, as I saw someone creep up behind Gabriella, giving me a 'shushing' gesture.
Gabriella looked at me a little strangely, noticing I was looking at something behind her, but before she could turn around, he slid his hands in front of her eyes.
"Oh wow, let me guess who this is… Jason maybe?" Gabriella said with a giggle.
"Wow Gabi, that hurts, it really does." Troy said as he removed his hands from in front of her eyes, spun her around, and gave her a kiss.
"How are you?" Troy asked her.
"I'm fine thank you." Gabriella answered with a smile, her eyes never leaving their comfortable stare on his.
Troy looked up at me, "Hey Ryan," he said as he gave me a high five, "How'd you do on that final?"
I was about to open my mouth to answer, but before I could…
"Ummm, your late, I already asked him that." Gabriella said.
"Oh, well EXCUSE me." Troy said with a laugh, I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
He looked back to me, "You gonna be there tonight right?"
I started to talk, but she cut me off again.
"Ummm, you late on that one to." Gabriella said.
"You know what?" Troy asked her, as he pulled her closer to him.
"What?" she replied.
"I love you." He said.
They kissed, and I rolled my eyes again, before saying, "I'll catch you guys later."
I don't think they even heard me, she never did. Don't get me wrong, Gabi and I are like, best friends. I can tell her anything, and I trust her completely, but that's all I'll ever be to her, her best friend, nothing less, nothing more. But I wanted more, I wanted so much more. But things like that don't happen to me, I don't get that lucky. I really wish I could tell her, but I don't wanna complicate her relationship with Troy.
I started walking out of school and I saw my sister Sharpay, talking with her boyfriend.
"Hey guys." I said as I came up to Sharpay and Zeke.
"Hey bro." she replied.
"What's up Ry." Zeke said, as we smashed fists.
"You ready to go Shar?" I asked her.
"Yeah." she said, before turning back to Zeke, "So I'll see you tonight right?"
"Of course." Zeke said.
She gave him a quick kiss, and we walked back to my car. I was pretty quiet, I guess she noticed.
"You okay Ry?" she asked me.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied instinctively, I don't like it when people think something's wrong, not that it mattered with Sharpay.
We got into the car and I put on my seatbelt.
"It's her again isn't it?" Sharpay asked.
I let out a faint smile, Sharpay always knew what was getting at me, maybe it was the whole "twin telepathy thing," I really don't know. I simply nodded.
"Ryan…" Sharpay said, "You have to seriously get over her. Gabriella is with Troy, and I'm sorry to break it to you, but their not breaking up any time soon."
"And I don't want them to." I said, keeping my eyes on the road.
"Yes you do." She said, and I smiled, because deep down, I really did.
"So maybe I do." I said with a laugh.
"You want me to find you someone Ryan, I know a TON of girls who want you. They ask about you all the time, it's a little annoying actually." Sharpay suggested.
I shook my head, I didn't like the idea of being set up.
"I'll do things my way." I replied simply.
Sharpay wasn't content with that. "Are you sure Ryan, cause, as much as you try and act like it, you aren't happy."
"I'm fine Shar, really." I replied.
"Alright, but if you change your mind, Danielle likes you… or so I've heard." she said.
"I said I'm gonna do things my way." I responded.
"Whatever you say." Sharpay said, obviously not satisfied with my answer.
"Hey Shar, can I ask you somthin?" I asked.
"Sure Ry." She answered.
"Does it make me a bad person, if whenever I see Troy, especially with Gabi, I wanna walk right up to him, and kill him?" I asked.
Sharpay let out a laugh, "Not at all Ryan, not at all."
I know it was a little short, but I just wanted to get it started. Hope you guys liked it, I promise that it will get better as the story goes on. Read and Review.