Author's Note: Consider this a missing "scene" from You And Me Together, where Haylie tells Gabriella and Taylor that Ryan had kissed her. Plase vote in the poll for my new Zekepay/Rylie story that I'm going to do sometime this week! Happy reading, and enjoy!

Chapter One: First Kiss

It wasn't her first kiss.

It was just a swift kiss on the cheek because they were both nervous.

Haylie Anderson was still smiling after the peck on the cheek as she exited the auditorium, leaving Ryan Evans in sort of a shock.

They were going to kiss (not on the cheek at all), but the bell cut them off before they could, and Haylie was sort of disappointed, and Ryan knew that.

Now it was going to be hard to look at him because whenever she did, all that came to her mind was that kiss.

Possibly, it was going to change the way she felt about him, even though some of her new found friends guessed she liked him well enough already, and Haylie denied she wasn't flirting with him at all: of course she wasn't!

She knew well enough that Sharpay Evans didn't want her near her brother, but Haylie couldn't help it that she and Ryan had every class together!

It was at that moment that Haylie was so wrapped in her thoughts that she didn't look where she was going, and slammed right into someone.

"Hey!" the person yelped, and Haylie quickly got up, blushing.

"I'm so sorry!" she stated, and the person started to laugh, revealing who they were: Gabriella Montez, Haylie's new "best" friend, and girlfriend of Wildcat basketball star, Troy Bolton.

That made Haylie blush even more as she covered her face with her hands.

"Gabriella, I'm so sorry!" Haylie repeated, and she helped the brunette to her feet, and was still wearing a smile.

"No worries. Just make sure Troy doesn't hear about it." Gabriella replied, and Haylie shook her head.

"What are you doing here so late?" she asked, and Gabriella nodded towards the gym.

"I was watching Troy practice." Gabriella said, and she raised an eyebrow.

"What about you? Why aren't you with MacKenize?"

The question made her blush again, and Haylie avoided her friend's gaze.

"MacKenize had to go home early, and I stayed because--"

"I know you, Haylie. You can tell me." Gabriella explained as she and Haylie started to walk.

"You'd laugh." Haylie pointed out, and Gabriella's smile turned into a frown.

"Of course not! I'd never do that!" Gabriella responded, shocked at Haylie's quick accustion.

Haylie nodded slowly.

"Promise you won't tell? Especially not Sharpay?" Haylie asked, and Gabriella's eyebrow rose even higher.

"I promise." Gabriella stated, stopping, and doing an "X" a cross her heart, and Haylie smiled.

"Alright. Well...um...Ryan kissed me." Haylie reported, and Gabriella giggled: quite loudly, to Haylie's horror.

"Gabriella!" Haylie protested, and Gabriella's giggles were toned down, and she grinned at the small blonde who was looking at her in shear horror.

"Haylie, really?" Gabriella asked, and Haylie nodded.

"Yeah." Haylie replied, and Gabriella's grin got bigger: if that was even possible.

"Come on, we have to tell Taylor!" Gabriella said, grabbing one of Haylie's hands.

"No! Were not going to tell Taylor!" Haylie explained.

Taylor McKessie was the other best friend of Gabriella and Haylie's.

"Why not? She'd like to know." Gabriella insisted.

"I know, but something like this would get around if alot of people knew. What if Taylor blabs, and some of the basketball team overheard? Or worst, Sharpay?" Haylie asked, and Gabriella's grin shrank into a frown.

"Taylor is not like that, Haylie. She would respect your privacy, and keep it a secret, like I am."

To show Haylie that she was saying the truth, she did the key and lock motion, and Haylie smiled yet again.

"Okay. I trust you." Haylie commented, and Gabriella grinned as they headed down to the science wing, where Taylor was working on a worksheet for Ms. Quest.

She looked up when Gabriella and Haylie entered the classroom, and she gave the two girls a smile.

"Hey guys. What's up?" she asked, and Gabriella nudged Haylie in the side.

"Ryan kissed me!" Haylie yelped, and Taylor raised an eyebrow, much like what Gabriella did.

"Really? That's great, Haylie." Taylor exclaimed, and now it was Haylie's turn to raise an eyebrow.

Didn't Taylor dislike Ryan because his sister was Sharpay, the Mountain Lion?

Taylor glanced in Haylie's direction.

"Haylie, we all considered Ryan as a little nicer than Sharpay." Taylor replied, and Haylie looked at her.

"But...everyone told me they were cocky." Haylie responded, and Gabriella and Taylor looked at each other.

"If Chad told you that, that isn't true. Sharpay may be cocky, but not Ryan." Taylor told her, and Gabriella nodded.

"Ryan just seems cocky because he hangs around with Sharpay all the time." Gabriella added, and Haylie looked at her two friends.

"So...you don't care I like Ryan?" Haylie asked them, and the two girls shook their heads.

"Of course not! You can like anyone you want, Haylie." Gabriella commented, and Haylie blinked.

"Everyone is paired up with a jock--"

Taylor looked at her.

"Incase you didn't notice, that's the cheerleaders and Gabriella. Ever since Troy and Gabriella broke the clique system, anyone can like anyone, or date someone outside their clique. And if you really like Ryan, then you shouldn't follow what everyone is doing."

Gabriella and Haylie just stared at the black-haired girl, and Taylor gave them another smile, as well as a shrug.

"Hey, I have an older sister who tells me these things." Taylor said, and Gabriella and Haylie burst out laughing, and after a while, so did Taylor.

The three friends soon calmed down, and Haylie had another concern to discuss.

"If he kissed me, then wouldn't that make our friendship a little weird? I couldn't look at him, and then have Sharpay question me as well." Haylie stated, and Taylor looked at her.

"Like I said: No one cares anymore about the clique system, and you shouldn't care about Sharpay thinks. You can like Ryan if you want." Taylor informed her, and Gabriella nodded her again, agreeing with Taylor.

"No one will look down on it like they did at your old school. Your free to like anyone now."

Haylie considered what her two friends told her:

She shouldn't care about what Sharpay thought, or what anyone thought, in that matter.

As along as she liked Ryan, that's what all that matters.

Gabriella smiled at her.

"Come on, I'll drive you home."

They exited the classroom, saying good-bye Taylor, and proceeded towards the student parking lot.

Haylie felt as if she and Gabriella were being watched, but as she turned around, she saw no one there.

Gabriella frowned as she saw what the blonde was doing.

"What's wrong?"

Haylie looked at Gabriella as they contuined to walk again.

"I thought we were watched. I guess not."

Gabriella laughed as she swung an arm around her.

"You and your scary movies!"

Haylie smiled as she let Gabriella lead her down the ramp, but she still had that feeling that someone was indeed watching them.

A certain blonde-haired, blue-eyed guy that kissed her.