Chapter 1: Something Beautiful

"Get your fat ass downstairs, Sharpay!"

Sharpay yawned, and looked up at the poster of Amy Lee taped to her ceiling. After contemplating whether she should go to school or not, she rolled out from under her Snoopy blanket and decided to go. It was Picture Day, and people who were absent that day had to stay after the next, to get a retake. School was hell to Sharpay, and staying longer than she had to was like adding salt to a fresh cut.

"Don't get your granny panties in a twist, I'm coming," Sharpay called to her older sister, Daina. Daina was Sharpay's guardian ever since their mom died, and their dad went to prison. She was a gorgeous red-head who had the measurements of Barbie. Of course, you could call her perfect; that's what sickened Sharpay about her sister. She was jealous.

"Why is it that you can NEVER be downstairs in time for breakfast? What do you do up there?" Daina complained as she poured herself a second cup of coffee. Sharpay just sighed and got herself some pancakes from the freezer.

"I don't know. Get the fuck outta my business." Sharpay snapped as she sat at the kitchen counter.

"Today's Picture Day isn't it?" Daina smiled, totally ignoring her sister's rude comment.

"Yeah? So?"

"So don't tell me you'll be wearing those silly gray capris, and those god-awful canvas sneakers again." Daina snorted.

Sharpay's face flushed. "It's called Converse, Daina. Con-verse."

"Call 'em whatever you like, they're still ugly."

Sharpay fumed. "Shut the hell up. God Daina, why do you always have to be such a bitch?" She spat as she ran upstairs to take a shower and get dressed.

"You'll thank me later!" Daina said, laughing at her sister's childish behavior.

After Sharpay stepped out the bathroom, she opened the door to her room, only to find Daina sitting on her bed, holding a blow dryer as if it was a gun.

"Today, Sharpay Evans, I'm gonna shoot you into something beautiful."

Sharpay tried to keep her face blank, but she couldn't help but smirk at her sister's corny joke. "That was really unfunny."

"Sorry!" Daina threw her hands in the air apologetically. "I only had a couple minutes to think of it. But anyway, sit down, I'm gonna give you a makeover."

"A what?"

"Shar—" Daina started.

"No way!! There is no freakin' way I'm going to let you turn me into Gabriella and her stupid cronies." Sharpay snatched the dryer from her sister's hand and pointed it towards the door. "Out."

Daina moaned. "Sharpay, you're not being fair! You always look a drab, and I usually don't mind, but the one day I want you to look cute, you get all shitty on me!"

"But—"

"No, lemme finish. You are the most unfashionable thing that has ever been in my presence, and I'm tired of it! Shar, just give me one day to make you look like a girl, and you can go back to being the worthless slob you're so content on being! Okay?"

The two sisters glared at each other for what seemed like an eternity before Sharpay sat down at her mirror. "Fine. But just this once. You're lucky I love you."

"Yes! Sharpay, I swear you are going to just love it when I'm done!!" Daina's face was filled with delight. She led her younger sister to her vanity table and began working.

For those of you wondering, I will NOT be continuing my previous story, Just Another Girl.

I had already typed about 10 chapters, and after a hard drive failure, I lost EVERYTHING. So, I went out, bought another computer, and here I am, back again writing another story. I was not about to start again writing the old story (Losing everything discourages a person), and besides I had ALOT more ideas. So now I'm taking it one at a time.

Well anyway, I have alot of ideas for this story, so I really hope you'll read, and review. All opinions are accepted. )