Hey you guys! Sorry for being a super awful author lately but my ADD has been really bad and I can't sit at a computer for as long as I used to be able to. Anyway, I am back and active! I really hope you enjoy this story and please R&R!
Fun Fact of the Day - The name really has nothing to do with the story; I took it from a song off of the LOVE ACTUALLY soundtrack.
Chapter 1
New York City at Christmastime is the nicest time of the year, but as a certain blonde woman walked through the streets today, the air seemed to have a special icyness to it. Meet Sharpay Evans. The new face of...the world. Her face, it seemed, was plastered everywhere; magazines, billboards, jumbotrons, etc. Why, you ask? Sharpay Evans, in a single year, won two Grammy's, and Oscar, a MoonMan, and three Tony's. She was definitely kicking ass and taking names.
Usually, Ms. Evans, in her free time, would be caught at a spa or jet-setting with one of her famous co-stars. But today was special. Today, Sharpay had a plan. Today, Sharpay was on a mission.
Basically running through the streets of New York to reach her final destination, the blonde beauty attracted many stares from onlookers around her. Ignoring every fan that called out for an autograph or a picture, Sharpay Evans finally reached her destination: a tall, glass building that stood high in the middle of downtown. The door was opened by a kind man for her and her heels click clacked in the lobby on her way to the elevator. Once on, Ms. Evans punched the button for the twenty-third floor and began the impatient ride up.
Troy Bolton, owner of Bolton Agencies, had been doing the same thing all day that he usually does. Nothing. What does nothing consist of, you ask? Basically, he watches re-runs of old basketball games and interviews someone every once and a while. That's the life... While watching his senior year playoff game from high school, he heard the faint ding of the elevator and just decided to ignore it . He heard a series of click clacks get louder and louder and then suddenly stop near his office. Someone cleared their throat behind him. "I'm busy." he barked lazily.
"So, Bolton, I see you're still as much of an asshole as you always have been." The voice from the doorway said matter-of-factly.
"Sharpay Evans." Troy said as he spun his office chair around slowly. "What the hell are you doing in my office?"
"Nice hospitality Bolton. What? It's been almost five years and that's what I get? No hello?" Sharpay was smirking to herself, but Troy didn't say anything. He kept looking her up and down. "Fine. I'll tell you why I'm here." She walked closer to him and sat down at one of his desk chairs. Troy noticed the denim cut-offs she was wearing ride up even further up her leg. Only then did he realize what shirt she was wearing.
"Nice shirt Evans." Troy slightly smiled to himself. Sharpay was wearing a AC/DC long-sleeved t-shirt that Troy had bought her when they went to the concert freshman year of college. "Trying to win me over for this seemingly devious plan you have?"
"It actually didn't even cross my mind when I put it on this morning... And my plan isn't devious; it's fool-proof." She paused for a minute to re-gather her thoughts. "I believe we can help each other."
Troy looked at her skeptically. "In what way?"
"Look, it's no secret that your company has been losing a lot of business and talent lately. What do you need to get it going again?" Sharpay leaned back into her chair.
"A bank loan?" Troy said with a confused look on his face.
"No Troy! You need me!"
"What? I need you?"
"Yes. You need a star to sign with your agency. I just happen to be the biggest star in New York and Hollywood right now, and I'm looking to sign with an agency."
"That sounds like a good plan, but what do you get out of this deal?"
"I need you to pretend to be my husband." Sharpay said just as Troy was taking a drink of his coffee.
Almost spraying his drink everywhere, Troy responded, "Excuse me? Your husband?"
"Yes."
"Are you pranking me, or something? 'Cause this has got to be a joke." He said chuckling. Then he realized the serious look on Sharpay's face. "Are you really serious?"
"Completely. I'm not asking you to actually marry me; I already have a ring and everything." she paused briefly and proceeded. "I'm going home to my parents this year after not seeing them since Christmas of my freshman year of college. When I talked to them on the phone last night, I kind of told them I was married. They asked who and I told them they would just have to wait until Saturday to find out. Then I got to thinking about people who would give up their Christmas to hang out with me; um... no one. Then I remembered you. I know your parents still live down there and I figured you would be going down to visit them for the holidays anyway." Sharpay was talking so fast that Troy could barely understand her through his state of shock he was still experiencing. Troy had to slightly raise his voice.
"Sharpay! Stop talking... Now!" Sharpay shut up and he continued. "So, you're telling me that if I go to Albuquerque with you for Christmas and pretend to be your husband, you will sign with Bolton Agencies?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying."
Alright everyone, that was the first chapter of All Around Us! Woo Hoo! R&R to tell me what you think of it so far!
-Haleigh-
