Crisp, white snow lay on the ground as Sharpay looked out of her window.
She hated this time of year but nonetheless there was something that always made her look out into the beautiful, pure, innocent looking snow that had settled on the ground. There was just no way she could stop herself. No matter how much pain this time of year had cost her, she still liked to look at the snow falling.
After the accident Sharpay's family, or rather what was left of them had moved to Albuquerque from New Jersey and none of the school mates she had encountered since then knew what had happened to her that winter before they had met her.
The memories still remained in Sharpay's heart and mind and although it had been 3 years she still couldn't bring herself to talk about what had happened. Her relatives had even suggested she go to counseling so that keeping the pain in didn't lead to giving her serious mental health problems but Sharpay simply refused.
She believed that her and her twin brother was all that the other needed to survive; after all he was the only member of her immediate family left.
At school she was so cold to everyone other than Ryan, her twin brother, that she had earned herself the ironic nickname "ice queen". But in all fairness she only acted the way she did so that nobody would want to get close to her, at least then she wouldn't have to go through the pain of loosing anyone ever again. The only outlet Sharpay and Ryan could find for their emotions was acting and they were very good at it.
Sharpay finally managed to snap herself out of her daze and proceeded to her wardrobe to dress for school. Due to the bitter snow setting on the ground outside she settled on a pair of dark denim jeans with diamantes decorating the rims of each pocket, a simple t-shirt with 'Drama Queen' written in pink shining cursive font. She carefully applied her make-up and put her hair up in a side pony, leaving her curls cascading down over her right shoulder. Once she was happy with her appearance she walked out of her room and walked downstairs and out of the front door. Just as she reached the car she saw Ryan just getting ready to start up.
"Nice timing sis. I was just about to honk the horn to get you to move it."
"Well, you know me… I'm perfect." She stated and stuck her tongue out at him.
They drove the rest of the way to school in silence and went straight to homeroom.
They were the first there, which wasn't any different to usual, but what was weird was that two seconds later the basketball team walked in.
"Might have known the drama nerds would be first to homeroom." Chad said. Then turned to the twins and continued, "Are you pissed off today Sharpay? Is that why the whole town is covered in snow, so we can all feel as cold as your heart?"
Sharpay couldn't take the put downs today so she responded by saying, "Shut up Chad or you'll see exactly how icy my attitude can get." After saying this she whipped her hair around and had a quiet conversation with Ryan concerning today's audition. All the while she cold feel two pairs of eyes on her, one burning holes in her back and the other just looking on. One of these pairs of course belonged to Chad, but the other pair belonged to a person who had just somehow caught a glimpse of feeling and emotion that was real and not put on within Sharpay and couldn't believe what he had just seen.
Could it be possible that the "ice queen" was not as untouchable and cold hearted as she had appeared to be since her arrival in the school three years ago?
'I might go and watch the audition today, just to see if she puts any of that emotion into her performances. Maybe that's why she gets the lead all the time, maybe all of her deepest emotions are only shown through her acting.'
The bell rang and the rest of the class piled in one after another, gradually blocking the two boys eyes from Sharpay's awareness.
"Okay class. As I am sure, you all know about today's auditions. However I have an announcement to make…………. The auditions will no longer be held in pairs and I will be assigning songs to each individual. The main reason for this is to check your adaptability as well as your adequacy at individual performances. Also any last minute signups will therefore be given the same opportunity as nobody will know until they go onto the stage which song will be assigned to them."
Following this announcement Ms. Darbus registered each pupil and the bell rang signaling the end of homeroom.