A/N: Here's my new fic! I promised it would come and here it is. It starts about 2 months after where "The Sequel" finished. As said in the summary, they are putting High School Musical on the stage so it's going to be fun with our favourite cast again! Yay! There are going to be a couple of new characters in it, and I own them, but I do not know any of the real people mentioned, and I definitely do not own any of them, or anything to do with High School Musical. Ok, so here goes. Enjoy!

The cast of High School Musical 2 had been promoting their movie for a couple of months. Vanessa and Zac were still dating and the general public had no idea. They were as happy as ever and the rest of their friends were still teasing them about how cute they were. Especially Ashley and Lucas. But they now had a reason to be teased too. They had been dating for a couple of weeks, but they weren't so used to the public displays of affection yet. So they kept their relationship a lot more quiet and discreet. Everyone knew they were together, but they weren't as obvious as Zac and Vanessa.

Corbin now spent a lot of time whining about how he was the fifth wheel, but it hadn't been so bad while they'd been promoting, because he'd been hanging out with Chris a lot.

So that brings us to now, where they were all sitting in a café after finishing their very last interview together. Zac and Vanessa's hands were subtly linked under the table and Lucas had an arm casually placed around Ashley's waist. Everyone was drinking coffee, except Vanessa who had a vanilla milkshake. Corbin, as usual, was eating. He had a huge plate of pancakes in front of him that he was eating at lightning speed.

'So that was our last interview.' Vanessa said glumly.

'Yep.' Zac said, squeezing her hand.

'And now we go home again?' she asked.

'Yep.' Zac repeated.

'Not so fast.' A voice said. They all looked up. Kenny was standing by their table.

'Kenny! What are you doing here?' Lucas asked, holding up his hand for a high five.

'I've come with some good news for you guys.' Kenny said, slapping Lucas and Zac's hands.

'Really? What's going on? Are we making a third movie?' everyone exclaimed all at once. Ashley simply sat with a smug look on her face, not saying a word.

'Ash? Do you know something?' Vanessa asked, staring intently at the blonde. Ashley shrugged.

'I think Kenny had something to say.' She said, avoiding Vanessa's question. Vanessa eyed her suspiciously before turning her attention back to Kenny.

'Ok, well you guys know that you've finished all the promoting for the movie now, but I have another offer for you. Disney has asked that we put High School Musical on the stage and tour with it. What do you think?'

'Are you serious?' Zac gasped.

'Dead serious.'

'Oh my gosh, this is awesome!' Lucas exclaimed. 'I'll do it! Definitely! Ash? Are you going to sign on?' he asked, turning to look at his girlfriend. She grinned.

'I already have.' She said, making everyone else gasp.

'What?' Lucas asked, clearly confused.

'I've been signed on for quite a while. Kenny, do you want to explain this?' she said, looking at Kenny.

'Yeah I'll take it. Ok, well Ashley was so depressed when she was fired from the suite life and I had to cheer her up somehow. The last thing I wanted was a tearful and depressed actress attempting to promote my movie. No one would have watched it! So I told her about the musical. I made her promise she'd keep it a secret though. I wasn't allowed to tell you until yesterday, so she's been illegally informed of a Disney project. So whatever you do, don't let anyone know that any of you knew before today, ok?'

'Yeah sure.' Zac said. 'I think I can speak for Nessa as well and say that we'll both sign on. Right Ness?'

'Absolutely!' she said with a grin. 'What about you guys?' she asked.

'I'm in.' Corbin said.

'Me too.' Chris agreed.

'Yep.' Olesya said.

'What about you Monique?' Vanessa asked.

'Of course!' she cried. Everyone cheered and hugged each other.

'We're going on stage!' Vanessa squealed as she hugged Ashley.

'I know!' Ashley squealed back.

'Umm girls? We're making a scene. How about we go back to the hotel and then you can squeal as much as you want.' Zac said with a slight chuckle. The girls agreed and it wasn't long until everyone was gathered in Vanessa and Zac's room and a party ensued.

'I'm so excited that we're going on stage!' Vanessa exclaimed to Zac.

'I know! It's so cool!' he replied, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her. 'That means all the more time we can be together before we get separated again.' He whispered. Vanessa giggled, and then her face dropped and became serious again.

'I don't ever want to be away from you again.' She murmured into his ear, her arms tight around him.

'Hey, don't go getting all serious on me now.' Zac said. 'This is a celebration! Now come and dance with me.' he said, pulling her towards where Ashley and Lucas were dancing.

The gang spent the night dancing and singing karaoke before collapsing with exhaustion. They'd had a tiring couple of months. The next day they had a meeting with the Disney executives. They were informed that they would be meeting their assistant stage manager (asm) in 2 days time and then in a couple of weeks they would fly to LA and sit in on final auditions to help pick some new chorus members. In the meantime they would be getting to know their asm, as she would be the one they would spend most time with on tour. Aside from each other, of course.

'Wow. This is huge! I'm so excited!' Vanessa squealed.

'I think Ashley's been rubbing off on you.' Corbin commented.

'Shut up!' Vanessa and Ashley said simultaneously, slapping him across the head.

'I swear, you two get more like sisters every day.' Zac said cautiously, not sure if he was earning himself a slap or not.

'We know!' the girls chorused, linking hands and skipping out of the room.

Zac and Corbin laughed, following the girls out of the room.

That night they had a sleepover in Corbin's room.

'Lets play truth or dare!' Ashley called out after a few boring hours of watching movies. The boys groaned and protested, but eventually the girls talked them into it.

'Ok, Corbin, truth or dare?' Ashley asked. Corbin, who was sprawled out on the couch looked thoughtful for a moment before answering.

'Dare.'

'Ok…I dare you to call Kenny and tell him you've decided not to do the musical.' Ashley said with a smug look on her face. Corbin's mouth dropped open.

'No way! He'll kill me!'

'You chose dare.' Ashley said matter of factly. To Corbin's dismay, the other occupants of the room agreed. After a lot of arguing, Corbin finally made the call.

'Ummm hi Kenny. I have something to tell you. I don't want to do the musical. Uhuh…ok. Yep, that's cool. Ok, bye Kenny.' He said as he hung up the phone. 'He didn't even care!' he exploded. Ashley burst out laughing.

'I told him. I'd planned this dare. He knew you were going to call. And he knows you do still want to do the musical. Sorry Corb, but it was just so funny.' She giggled. Corbin looked murderous for a few minutes before finally calming down and continuing the game.

The game went on for an hour or so without too much happening until Zac realised Vanessa was asleep. She was lying with her head in his lap, her eyes closed tight and her breathing steady.

'Uh, guys? As much as I hate to cut the game short, I think Nessa's fallen asleep. I think we should probably call it a night.' Zac said quietly, trying not to wake Vanessa.

'Aww, that's not fair!' Ashley whined. 'The game hasn't even gotten interesting yet!'

'Sorry, Ash, but Vanessa's not going to be much use, and we're too smart to let this game go too far. We know what you're like.' Zac said with a laugh.

'Fine.' Ashley pouted, crossing her arms across her chest.

'Aww, baby, its all good.' Lucas said, putting his arm around her shoulders. Ashley relaxed against him, still pouting but not looking so annoyed.

'Fine.' She agreed. 'I'm going to bed.' She got up, pulling Lucas up with her and they left. Corbin held the door for Zac as he got up holding Vanessa in his arms and made his way back to their room. He had laid her down on the bed successfully, without waking her, when her cell phone rang. Zac cursed loudly and tried to find it before she woke up. Too late.

'Zac?' she mumbled, rubbing her eyes. 'What's going on?' she pulled her cell phone out and answered it. It turned out to be her mom. They talked for a few minutes before Vanessa finally ended the conversation.

She hung up the phone and curled her body into Zac's.

'How long was I asleep?'

'Not long. About half an hour, I guess.' Zac answered, stroking her hair.

'Oh. I'm tired, Zachary. Can we go to sleep please?'

'Yeah. Unless you want to fool around first?' Zac asked with a hopeful look on his face. Vanessa slapped his arm playfully.

'Not tonight baby. As much as I love you, and as much as I want to, I'm tired and I really need some sleep.' Vanessa said, falling backwards onto the bed and climbing under the covers. Before long they were both asleep.

The next morning they went shopping. As much as the boys complained, Vanessa and Ashley managed to convince them to go to the mall. After nearly 5 hours of shopping, they sat down to eat.

'Are we going home after this?' Corbin asked. The girls shook their heads gleefully.

'Nope. We've still got at least 5 shops to visit, not to mention all the ones we'll find to look in on the way to those 5.' Ashley said with a grin. Lucas groaned and leaned against her. Zac did the same to Vanessa.

'Aww baby.' She said, stroking his hair. Ashley wasn't quite so sympathetic to Lucas.

'Suck it up, Luke!' She said, slapping his shoulder. He groaned again.

'We'll get you some food to put some more energy into you.' Vanessa said softly to Zac, placing a hand on his thigh. He smiled weakly and nodded.

'Must we keep going?' Zac asked.

'Yes, Zac. I need new clothes. You don't want to see me in the same old clothes for the next year, do you?' she said. 'If you don't complain for the rest of the afternoon, you might be able to help me choose some new underwear…' she whispered suggestively. He sat up straight.

'Right! Well let's get lunch over with! We've still got shopping to do!' Zac said, suddenly full of energy. Vanessa laughed, looking at his eager face.

'Well? You heard the man!' she said. 'Lets do this!' they ate fast and were soon on their way back into the depths of the mall. When they had finally finished with all their shopping, they headed back to the hotel. Zac collapsed on the bed when they finally made it back to their room.

'You know, Nessa, helping you buy underwear was not enough of a reward for that day of torture. However, seeing you in it might just make up for all that shopping I had to put up with.' He said, his voice weary but his eyes alight. Vanessa laughed.

'If you're good I might try it on for you later.' She said with a wink before heading into the bathroom.

Zac lay on the bed, just about to fall asleep. Vanessa had been in the bathroom for ages. He heard the bathroom door open, but he didn't look up. Until he heard Vanessa cough. He sat up and his eyes widened. Vanessa was standing in front of him, leaning against the doorframe. She was wearing a very short black lace nightie. As far as he could tell, she was wearing very little under it. He stared at her for a moment before he found his voice.

'That looks a lot better on you than it did on the hanger.' He managed to choke out as she made her way over to the bed.

I'm going to finish it there because I don't want to put anything too suggestive in here. I'm sure you all get the point i'm trying to make. I hope you liked the first chapter, although i wasnt very confident about it. But i won't know what you thought unless you review! Yay! But please, no flames, because I do not appreciate them.