"Oh my god! Pumpkin!" shouted her mother in shock as she ran to her fallen daughter's side.
When Ryan had given Sharpay the news with his arms wide opened to her, her eyes nearly rolled all the way back into her head and her body ended up hitting the floor in less than three second. Now her family crowded around her to make sure that she was ok. When her mother found her still breathing she told the male half of the family and they were able to relax.
"I guess she got so excited about me being back home that her body couldn't it all." Ryan explained to his parents as they lifted her onto the couch.
"You might be right, Ryan." said Rick gently laying Sharpay's head down on the cushion.
"And I think she might not be eating well," said Ryan, "After all she did skip lunch today."
"What?" asked his mother concerned. "That's not like Pumpkin at all."
"She has been acting a little moody lately." added Rick.
"Moodiness, not eating, I wonder what could be wrong with her." said Mrs. Evans.
"Maybe it's that time of month?" questioned Ryan innocently.
"Maybe it's time for you to shut up?" mumbled Sharpay.
The three looked at Sharpay in surprise as her eyes slowly opened, turning into a glare that was sent towards Ryan. "Oh look, she's awake." said Ryan with a smirk.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" she asked slowly and venomously.
"Pumpkin!" said her mother in surprise.
"Sharpay, there will be no such language in this house." said Rick sternly.
"Shut up!" Sharpay shouted back before turning her attention back on Ryan. She rose to her shaky feet, but quickly held herself in her normal manner. "How dare you think you can just waltz back in here with a wave of your fingers?" Sharpay hissed as she took step after slow step towards her brother with an accusing finger pointing towards his chest. "How dare you think that no one in this house will remember what you've done? How dare you embarrass yourself, and me, like that in front of the entire cafeteria?!"
"What is she talking about, Ducky?" asked their mother looking towards her son. "I thought you said Pumpkin skipped lunch?"
"Skipped lunch?!" said Sharpay outraged, still glaring at her brother. "I had to leave lunch just to escape his craziness!"
"What are you talking about, Sharpay?" asked Rick as confused as his wife.
"I'm talking about-"
"What she's talking about," said Ryan loudly, interrupting his sister, "Is the apology that I made to her during lunch."
"Apology!" shouted Sharpay with death in her eyes, "You call what you did an apology?!"
"What happened?!" screamed their parents.
"Here is what happened," Ryan started to explain, "I was feeling so bad about all the trouble I had put Sharpay through that I decided to make a formal apology to her during lunch. And to make sure everybody knew that I was sorry about my reckless actions in the beginning of the year I waited until everyone was in the cafeteria. So when all the students were at lunch I walked into the cafeteria and gave a big heartfelt speech about the stupidity of my actions and my deep regrets about what I had done, pouring my entire soul and being into my words, making sure that everyone could understand my feelings. I wanted them all to know that I had changed back to who I was before, but better, and happier. And after that I walked straight up to Sharpay, got on my knees, and in front of everyone, apologized to my beloved sister and asked for her undying forgiveness. Sadly, I am not yet ready for that forgiveness and Sharpay, also understanding that, left the cafeteria. Of course, I don't blame her for still having any hard feelings towards me. After all, what I did is unforgivable, unforgettable, and made me lose everyone's respect for me. Hopefully, one day I will be able to regain the trust of the one's I love, and more importantly, the trust of my only sister and twin."
Ryan's parents listened as he weaved his story together with beautiful words, tearful and emotional tones, and gestures that punctuated parts just right. And all Sharpay could do was watch as her last line of defense was enraptured by the words of the devil incarnate. As Ryan wrapped up his story with a final smile to his parents and one big grin to his sister, Sharpay's face changed from one devoid of all emotion to one filled with such anger and rage that you just wanted to look away. Again she started to approach her brother with a raised finger, and hate radiating from every part of her body, causing Ryan to take steps backwards trying to keep away from his sister's imminent wrath.
"You," she hissed out unable to think of more to express her feelings towards her soon to be dead twin, "You … you … you evil, cheating, conniving, dishonest, malicious, vile, obnoxious, revolting, devious, disgusting, manipulative, corrupt, foul, little creature. You devil spawned son of a bitch!"
By now Ryan was backed against the wall of the study with his sister still approaching him with her clawed hands. His hat had fallen off of his head when he hit the wall and he was scared to pick it for fear of any movement would cause his sister to attack.
"I am going to rip the skin off of your bones and feed the strips to Boi before I strangle you to death and dump your body in the river!" screamed Sharpay, launching herself at her brother.
Ryan closed his eyes tight and turned his head away from the sight of his animalistic sister awaiting the pain that would soon follow. Three seconds past and the pain still hadn't come yet. Normally he would be dead by now. Opening one eye he saw Sharpay thrashing about wildly towards him, trying to sink her perfectly manicured nails into his eyes.
When he opened the other he was able to see Rick holding back Sharpay while his mother cowered in the corner at the fierceness of her daughter. Ryan quickly took the opportunity to side step out of the path of Sharpay's rage and run over to his mother to give her hug. As they watched Rick drag the wild Sharpay out of the room they hugged each other closely as Mrs. Evans stroked her son's hair back over and over again.
"I hope Pumpkin will be ok." whispered his mother worriedly.
"Don't worry, Mom." said Ryan with a smirk that was hidden from his mother. "She'll adjust."
