Author's Note: Inspiration finally struck me to write a Rypay FF after 2 years of wanting to do it. This is my first attempt at a Rypay story, so I personally think it's not that good, but anyways, I decided to put it here anyway so you can all see for yourself. The title of this story is based on Alicia Keys' song "Teenage Love Affair", because I think it fits the story. It is set after HSM2, just like how it is in our RP site. Oh, and yes...it's twincest, so if you don't like it, I'm not forcing you to read it.

Special Dedication: To my boyfriend Pax, of course…he's always the inspiration. He's my own Ducky. ) And to my little sis/BFF Sammy, who's also the Gabriella in our RP site, which you should check out (link in my profile)...and speaking of the RP site, I dedicate this to the Pervy family as well (miss you all!).

Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own HSM, Alicia Keys, and stuff…I only own ideas.

I seriously never thought my first teenage love affair would be with him. Of all the hot and gorgeous guys in the world, I fell in love with him. But don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not complaining.

I'm 17 years old, and thought I was foolishly and truly and deeply and madly in love with another guy that I totally went into extremes just to make him mine. And then it turned out that I was just too blind to see that clearly this guy does not belong to me. I hated to admit it but, he's someone else's someone...and even I, Sharpay Evans, the most beautiful, talented, and powerful girl in East High and probably in the whole Albuquerque, can't do anything about that. I had to admit, even bitterly, that even I can't interfere with fate…

But I never thought fate would lead me to this. I think it's playing a joke on me.

It was just last summer, after the Midsummer Night's Talent Show in the country club owned by my parents, that fate started playing with me. I don't know if that was my punishment for trying to change everything to work in my favor or something, but if it is…then I gladly take that punishment.

Now, let's go back to what happened last summer. I knew I did a good job of putting up a front (of course, I always do) that everything was good, that I had finally accepted everything. I clearly deserve an Oscar for that. True, I had to admit, my brother Ryan deserved that Star Dazzle Award more than I do, and not just because he's my brother, of course, but I saw with my own eyes how hard he worked to put the show together…and yes, he worked harder than me, I had to admit that.

But that doesn't mean I wasn't hurt, or that I had forgiven them entirely. I may be the "Ice Princess" as they call me, but I'm still a human, obviously…with feelings and such. But what had hurt me the most was my own brother/partner/best friend turning his back on me…leaving me alone. And I don't blame him, I can't, but I blame them instead. The Wildcats – they turned my brother into a monster that I almost didn't recognize him. Okay, maybe that was a little overdramatic, but what do you expect? This is ME telling the story, and you gotta admit, behind the dramatics, it's true.

Ryan and I grew up together, literally. We had always been together since birth. Mom had even said that neither of us liked being in separate cribs when we were babies. We were each other's only playmate, and because of that, we were each other's only friend as well. But of course, I sometimes had to play the older sibling role, and Ryan knows that. For 17 years, he had always followed me, did what I wanted him to do whether he liked it or not, wore whatever outfit I told him to wear…he basically became my "poodle". And I felt no need to change that since he was not complaining anyway. That was just how things were between us. It was our normal routine.

That was until last summer. When I said that "everything changes", I didn't know and expected that Ryan changing into someone I don't recognize was included. If I could only take those words back and eat them, I would have swallowed my big pride and done that. But it was too late to even attempt that. Ryan Evans was not my poodle anymore. He left me for those Wildcat freaks and became one of them.

And I…I was left alone. Though they invite me to their parties, talk to me like we're already super friends just to make me feel that I'm not really alone and that I belong in their stupid group, I knew that in reality, I was still alone and their pathetic smiles couldn't do anything about that, unless the smile belongs to Ryan…which I happen to not see directed at me anymore, partly because I myself had been avoiding him…which brings me back to what happened after the talent show.

After the talent show, we – rather, they celebrated under the stars. Zeke was trying to make me feel better by offering pastries and cakes that he baked. The guy's sweet…too bad I just don't like him and I never, ever would. I did my best to act all 'Yay! I'm happy!' while Troy and Gabriella – ugh – kissed under the fireworks. How much cheesier could they get? Okay, fine…I know, I'm just bitter about it.

So everyone was happy that night - everyone but me. Even Ryan looked happy, or if he was just pretending then he was really doing a good job, like me. So as not to ruin the mood, I just avoided him and left the "party", I knew that's what he would like anyway. He wouldn't want to deal with an emo Sharpay anymore.

As I went back to my room alone, with no Ryan following behind me, I just…I felt empty. For the first time in my life, I felt empty…I have no one. As these realizations sunk in, all I did was crawl up on my bed and cry. Even Boi didn't care, he just looked up at me when I went inside the room and when he saw me crying, he just went back to sleep. Of course I didn't allow that, so I picked him up and hugged him while he whimpered and I cried myself to sleep, wishing that tomorrow would be better...or at least everything would just go back to the way it was before - when I was the princess and the star, Ryan was the prince, we were a team…and I wasn't alone.

But if someone ever told me when I woke up the next day about what would happen that day, I probably would have just laughed so hard about it…because what happened the next day was seriously unexpected and totally shocking at best.

Just like what I have said, everything changes.

So there…I'm working on the next part already if you're interested. This story is based on the RP in our RP site, so if you want to have an idea on what would happen next, you should check it out (link's in my profile). ) I also made references to my boyfriend, Pax's (EdwardIsIntoIncestNow) Rypay story entitled Origins, which you should check out too because it's so damn cute and amazing. )

But that's all for now. Tootles! -- May