"Troy, how could you?" asked Gabriella, tears forming in her eyes.
"It's just…uh…well…" Troy stammered.
Gabi cut him off. "It's just what, Troy? How would you have liked the Ice Queen more than me for so long and not have told me? Troy, we've been dating for eight months!" she said, tears now spilling down her face.
"You see, Sharpay and I have known each other for so long, and-" Troy replied.
Once again, Gabi cut himoff. "And now you can go get her Troy. Because we're over." And she ran off, crying.
Ryan stopped dead in his tracks. He could've sworn he heard crying coming from the music room. He walked a few steps back and peered into the small room-he was right. There was Gabriella, huddled in a corner, arms crossed, holding a napkin to wipe away her tears. His heart dropped. He'd had a crush on Gabriella ever since he'd first seen her. He, of course never made it public, because of 1.Troy, and 2. Sharpay.
He quietly walked over. "What's wrong?"
She jumped and wiped her tears quickly. "Nothing." She answered. She could tell he wouldn't buy it.
"Yeah… so that's why you're crying…"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Why not? It'll help."
"OK, no offense or anything, why are you doing this?"
"Doing what?"
"Caring."
He laughed. "Do you honestly think I'm exactly like Sharpay?"
She shrugged. "You are twins."
He shook his head, "I hate when people judge me like that."
"Sorry."
He shook his head again, "Nah, it's OK, I'm kind of used to it now."
He decided to change the subject, "Have you tasted Cookies N Cream over at Baskin Robbins?"
She laughed and shook her head.
She laughed! Ryan thought. His heart had skipped a beat.
"Oh! You haven't lived!" he exclaimed.
She laughed again. "Have you tried Mint Chocolate Chip?"
He shook his head. "Oh. My. God. Seriously? NO! You're kidding!" Vanessa said with bugged-out eyes.
Ryan laughed. "I'll wait for you at the front gate." He stood up and peered down at Vanessa, now in a much more comfortable position, and eyes vibrant again.
"We'll both start living" he said.
"OK" She smiled.
After he left, something hit Gabriella. Had she just agreed to a date with Ryan Evans, her enemy's the reason for all her sadness twin brother?
Sharpay was waiting for her brother Ryan at the back gate. "Ughh." She speed dialed his number.
"Hello?"
"Where are you? I've been waiting here for 10 minutes!" practically screaming in his ear.
"Um, I'm going somewhere, so walk yourself home, Sharpay." He suggested, afraid of getting yelled at again.
"Ryan, sometimes you can be so stupid." Sharpay said and she hung up.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps behing her. It was Troy!
"Hey Sharpay." For some reason he seemed a little more nervous than he usually seemed around her.
"Hi Troy. What's up?" she said, flipping her hair back and batting her eyelashes.
"Nothingmuchwillyougooutwithme?" he said, now squirming and afraid to look at her.
"I'm sorry. Did you just ask me out when you're still dating Montez?" she asked.
"I dumped her for you" he said. Maybe I should have kept her. Sharpay is too good for me, he thought.
"Troy, of course I'll go out with you. Ryan won't take me home, anyway." She said, now silently thanking her brother.
"Cool! Let's go get some ice cream." Troy suggested, relief on his face.
"Ew. Too fattening." She grimaced.
"They always have those low-fat sorbets."
"Ooh! Okay. Let's go, Troy!"
And off they went.