Quarter after six AM, alarm clock screams at Ryan to wake up. Rubbing his eyes, he reached over and hit the top of the alarm clock as hard as he could. He didn't want to wake up. Not yet. Another five minutes would have been nice. But, that was a bad idea. He knew that he should go downstairs and get some breakfast, as well as make some coffee. Yes, that would wake him up. A nice, hot, cup of coffee. The thought brought a smile to his lips. Carefully he pushed away the covers and stood up. He was only in his boxers. Good body for a boy his age. It was in pretty good shape, and had muscles, but not big ones. He did a lot of Yoga, which kept him in shape.

Before heading out of his bedroom, he grabbed a plain white tshirt. As he opened the door, he finished getting the shirt on. Slowly, he descended down the stairs into the front hall. Turning left, he headed into the kitchen. He was the only one awake. As always, he was the first up. Although, he knew that Sharpay would be awake aswell within minutes. Either way, it didn't matter. He walked over to the toaster and stuck two pieces of bread inside then turned to the coffee pot.

Ryan had just finished with the coffee pot when his toast popped. He grabbed the peanut butter and a knife and walked back over to the toaster. Carefully, he took the toast out of the toaster. Placing it onto a plate, he spread a thin line of peanut butter on each piece of toast. Before sitting down, he grabbed a glass and went into the fridge. He grabbed the jug of orange juice and poured it into the glass. With that, he walked back over to where his toast sat on the counter. Grabbing it, he walked over to the table with his toast and orange juice. He sat both down on the table as he got comfortable in the chair. Slowly, he picked up a piece of the toast and bit into it. He wasn't really hungry, but knew he would regret skipping breakfast if he tried to. It happened to him much too often. As he finished the first piece of toast, he took a sip of his orange juice. Sitting the glass down, he grabbed the second piece of toast.

By the time he was done the toast, his coffee was ready. Chugging down the rest of his orange juice, he brought the dirty dishes to the sink and placed them inside. Then he grabbed a coffee mug and poured some coffee into it. Then he went over to the fridge and grabbed the flavoring. Once there was enough for him, he stired it in then headed back upstairs to his room. When he felt awake enough, he would get dressed.

Ryan looked down the hall as he heard a noise. He had just approached the top of the stairs. As he saw his sister, he gave a small smile and headed into his room. Sharpay had just gotten up, late as always on the first day back, and was about to have a shower.

Closing his bedroom door behind him, he turned his stereo back on. Too lazy to change the CD, he listened to the same one as the night before. It was a mix CD that he had made, that held a lot of his favorite songs. So, he didn't mind listening to it again. As the music started to play, he hummed along with it. Although he loved to sing, he didn't want to. Atleast, not at that moment. He walked over to his bed, the cup of coffee held tightly in his hand. He sat down and leaned against the headboard. As he sat there, humming to himself and every so often sipping on his coffee, he tapped his toe to the beat of the music. The song that was on at that moment was: "I Miss You" by Blink182. One of Ryan's favorite bands. Although, some people would have never guessed this.

Even with his music playing, he could hear his sister come out of the bathroom and go into her bedroom. Slowly he turned his head to look at the clock. It was now nearly seven. With a sigh, he stood up, finishing the rest of his coffee. He walked accross his bedroom to his dresser and started to look through it.

Finally after looking through all his drawers, his outfit was ready. He grabbed a pair of black jeans, a white longsleeve button up shirt that had blue stripes on his shoulders and a blue design on the right side of the shirt over the chest, and of course a hat to match his shirt. He also, of course, grabbed boxers and a pair of socks. Slowly, he headed back over to his bed and set the outfit down. Carefully, he removed the shirt and boxers he was currently wearing, and replaced them with the clothes that were on his bed. A few moments later, he was fully dressed. The hat, of course, was on slightly to the side. He looked into the mirror and smiled.

Ryan headed over to where his empty coffee cup sat. He walked over and picked it up. Then he started to head for his bedroom door. Before leaving, he shut his music off. Then he walked back down the stairs into the kitchen and put his cup into the sink.

Pulling out the cup he had used for orange juice, he went over to the fridge. As he waited for Sharpay, he decided that he was going to have some more orange juice.

He was just finishing his orange juice when Sharpay walked down the stairs. She looked over at her brother as she reached the bottom. She placed her hand on her hip, as if expecting him to say something. When he didn't, she let out a loud sigh and rolled her eyes, shaking her head.

"Well?" she snapped. "How do I look?"

Her long, blond, curly hair sat over her shoulders. She was wearing a pink strapless dress over a pair of black jeans. Over top of the dress was a small white jacket. Her large plastic hoop earings were the same shade of pink as the dress.

"RYAN!" she snapped again, tapping her foot. She was getting impatient.

"You look...good." Ryan said, hardly even looking at her. He had only said that so she would stop. He knew that if he didn't answer her she would just get more annoying and wouldn't leave the house.

"Good." She smiled happily. Then she went to the door and grabbed her school bag and car keys. Then her happiness faded. "Lets go, Ryan!"

"Coming, sis." Ryan rolled his eyes, walking to the door. He picked up his bag and walked out to the car with her in silience. With a sigh, he climbed into the passengers side of her pink convertable. Neither of them talked on the way to school. Which, Ryan was actually thankful of. He didn't really have anything to say to her at that moment.

As they reached the school, Sharpay pulled into 'her' spot. She had claimed it the day she started to drive. No one dared to try to park there. Both of them stepped out of the car and walked inside of the school together. After checking the list, they went to their homeroom. Of course, it had been Mrs Darbus. Again. Ryan almost wished they hadn't bothered checking. They were two of the first people there, for once. Sharpay refused to go inside because of that. But, Ryan didn't really care. He brought his bag in and sat it down on the top of his usual desk. He then looked around the room. Inside so far was Taylor McKessie and a few students that Ryan didn't really talk to. He walked over and sat down in the desk infront of Taylor.

"Hey Taylor, hows Gabriella doing?" is what he really wanted to say. But, he decided against that. Clearing his throat, he smiled at her. "Hey Taylor. How excited that this is our last year?"

Taylor looked up and seen Ryan. If the summer hadn't went as it did, she wouldn't have answered him if he came to talk to her. But once she realized that he had a heart afterall, she couldn't really be mean to him. "Hey Ryan. Yes, and no. How about you? What are your plans for after highschool?"

"I don't really know yet. Probably going to end up on Broadway. Or, atleast I hope." He laughed, giving a shrug. "How about you? Off to college afterwards?"

Taylor smiled brightly as she nodded her head. "Yeah, I am hoping so."

"You will be able to get into any college or university you apply for. I'm sure of it." Ryan told her truthfully. She really could. There was no doubting that she was the smartest girl her age. Well, maybe Gabriella was a bit smarter. But, if so, not by much. Both of the girls were very smart, with very bright futures ahead of them. They could do anything they wanted to do. Ryan was sure of it.

Taylor didn't answer him. It wasn't that she was trying to be rude. But, her attention had been torn away when Gabriella entered the room. She had seen her right when she had been about to answer Ryan. A smile crossed her face as she beckoned Gabriella over.

Ryan nearly froze as Gabriella walked over. He looked up at her and smiled as he stood up, offering the seat to Gabriella. She thanked him as she sat down. He kneeled down on the floor beside Taylor's desk. Finally, Ryan broke the silience that had fallen over them since Gabriella had arrived. It wasn't an awkward silience. But, he wanted to talk to Gabriella. Badly.

"So, how was your guys' summer?" he then lowered his voice slightly. He didn't want anyone to overhear him. "My sister didn't ruin it...did she?"

"The beggining of the summer wasn't so great..." Gabriella sighed slightly. "I did get in a lot of trouble with Mr. Fulton at the beggining."

"But, it all started to come together after the Baseball game." Taylor added with a smile.

"Yeah. Most of the summer was good after that." Gabriella agreed with a smile. She then put her hand gently on Ryan's arm. "I know I've told you this many times, but you did wonderfully at that game. You really did."

Ryan smiled, she had told him many times. But, it felt good every time that she did. Every compliment that she gave him made him feel good. Even if it was one that was repeated a lot. He wanted to tell her how he felt. He wanted to tell her so bad. But, that wasn't the best idea. Especially since he could now hear Troy and Chad enter the room. Well, he didn't exactly hear them. But, he did hear Taylor call Chad over. As Troy approached Gabriella, Ryan could see something. Although they both acted as if they were happy. Ryan could see something in Gabriella's eyes. An unhappiness of some sorts. He didn't know what was wrong, but he wanted to.

Sharpay's jaw dropped as she looked into the classroom. She knew that he was friends with them. But, it still made her mad. She glared at the back of his head for a second then headed into class. She sat her bag down on her desk and looked over at her brother. He caught her glance. She sighed loudly, shaking her head. Her sigh made everyone else around Ryan turn and give her a dirty look. Chad went to say something, but Ryan gave him a look telling him not to. He was actually surprised that this stopped him. But, was glad. Although his sister could be a snot, he didn't want his new friends to make her mad.

As the bell rang, Ryan walked over to his seat.