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Love Was Never Easy

-Chapter 1: You Made Me Breakfast In Bed-

"Sharpay!" Newt yelled. Sharpay was not paying attention. She was collapsed onto the couch. She had just had a long night working with her best friend, Mikayla, on a new music video. She had been dancing and singing all night. She could barely talk, her voice pretty much all the way gone, and she couldn't even get up. Newt would be lucky if she could roll over to make eye contact with him.

" Pay?" Newt said. Sharpay groaned at him. "Oh. There you are! How was-" He looked at her carefully, barely moving. "I have a feeling it was tiring..." He said quietly.

"Mhmmm," She said.

"Well, want me to carry you up to bed?" Newt asked.

"Mhm," She said, with a little more energy.

"Okay," Newt said. She had her face jammed in to the couch, so he grabbed onto her sides and rolled her over in his arms. "That's better..." he said, then grabbed onto her back with one arm and lifted her totally up with his other arm underneath her knees, carrying her bridal style. Sharpay managed to get her arms around his neck, rubbing her head against his shoulder. Newt smiled to himself as he walked up the stairs with her in his arms. He got to her bedroom and set her down. "That okay?" Newt asked. Sharpay nodded with a smile on her face. Newt turned around to walk out of the room, but she grabbed his hand.

"Stay," she said, acting like he was a dog.

"Sharpay, I'm not a dog, okay?" Newt said.

"STAY!!" Sharpay said and he quickly lay down next to her.

"Woof," he said, quietly.

"Good boy!" Sharpay turned around and kissed him.

"I thought dogs couldn't kiss humans. I thought that was a 'doggy no-no'?" Newt questioned, a confused look on his face.

"Nope. It's not. Cause you're special!" Sharpay said, then snuggled up close to Newt. Newt smiled to himself as he put his arms around her protectively.

"Good," Newt said, smiling and stroking her back gently. Sharpay smiled as she put her arms around him too. She rested her head on his arm that was underneath her and started to fall asleep.

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The next morning, Sharpay awoke to the smell of chocolate, strawberries, blueberries and coffee. Where's Newt?, she asked herself as she got up and walked downstairs to the kitchen. There was a bunch waffles laying on a platter. Some where strawberry, some were blueberry, some were chocolate. "Mmm...They smell so good!" Sharpay said, sniffing the air and closing her eyes. She felt Newt's arms wrap around her waist. "Baby, go back upstairs!" Newt said.

"Why?" Sharpay asked, sounding like a little kid.

"Because I said so...and because this was supposed to be a SUPRISE! NOW GO UPSTAIRS!" He said, then pushed her towards the stairs. She did nothing other than move as much as he had pushed her.

"GO!" he said then pushed her upstairs and she lay back down.

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Newt smiled. Sharpay was upstairs, eating and he was looking at pictures of him and Sharpay, back in their East High days. Newt sighed. Everything was perfect then. Literally, not that it wasn't now. It was. It really was! He sighed. How could he do this to her? He really wanted to tell her, but he just couldn't-couldn't break her heart. Sharpay's soft foot steps were heard through the kitchen. He closed the file on his laptop with the pictures in it. He sighed. This was going to be hard. But he had to tell her.

"Hey Newty!" Sharpay said and walked past him, kissing his cheek.

"Hey..." Newt's voice was soft and barely audible.

"What's wrong?" Sharpay asked, sensing something was wrong from the softness of his voice.

"I-I don't know if I should tell you...I mean, you just had a big meal. You might throw up on me." Newt said, trying to make an excuse. Sharpay laughed, thinking he really had good news, even though it really wasn't.

"C'mon! Just tell me!" Sharpay said, sitting down next to him.

"Okay...Well, I got this offer. Well, not me. DC3 did. And..Sharpay," Newt took her hands, "I have to go on this tour thing...and it will be for 1 year. It's around the world. I'm sorry...I-I have to do this. Meena and Cory already agreed to it. They can't perform without their guitarist." Newt said. Sharpay was shocked. Her voice wasn't even there.

"N-Newt...You're leaving me?" Sharpay asked, tears filled her chocolate eyes.

"Sharpay, I-I don't want to. Why would I? I have to. I need money...I mean, we're famous, but we need money, Sharpay. I really think that this tour would be an awesome experience for me too. I mean, I've never traveled to like...China before! That would be so awesome!!" Newt said.

"Newt...I'm sorry. But...I-I don't think you should go." Sharpay said.

"But Sharpay! I have to!" Newt said, giving her a serious expression.

"I know! But...I don't want you to!!" Sharpay said, being stubborn.

"Sharpay! I have to! I'm going to go, whether you want me to or not. I swear, I'll spend as much time with you as I possibly can, when I'm not packing or rehearsing," Newt said.

"Newt! No! Don't!" Sharpay grabbed onto his hand as he stood up.

"Sharpay, I have to. I'm gonna go upstairs..I-I have to go get my phone and my laptop charger," Newt said, running his fingers through his light blonde hair and resisting her grip on his arm. Sharpay was left there; standing alone, feeling as though he had poisoned her with his food.