Disclamer: I still don't own High School Musical, but I wonder High School Musical 2 is up for sale.
Silence.
It mixed in a pink room, with only the sounds of faint breathing coming from a petite blonde already fast asleep. What is her name, you ask? It's Sharpay Evans, or as the East High student body now knows her as the Ice Princess, although it was uncomfortable to hear people call her that, she had gotten used to it. They never knew why she was like that, it never crossed their minds and she never bothered to tell them. Why should she waste her time pouring her heart out to people who could care less about her? They wouldn't care. They never did. They never will. The only one who cared enough to talk to her was her brother, Ryan.
A bright exciting afternoon in the Bahamas, awaited both Sharpay and Ryan Evans, it was already their 13th birthday.
"Ryan! Sharpay! We have a surprise for you!" shouted an elder of the Evans family.
"Yes Aunt Kathy?" A younger Ryan had asked.
"Come outside you two" With that the twins came running outside into the rather large, gorgeous backyard of their family summerhouse. It had set up for the big event, which had been planned for the day. Streamers, party favors, and other decorations had been hung around the fence of their summer home adding a little more fun to the house.
"Yes, Aunt Kathy?" Sharpay questioned sounding a little surprised.
"Look up, we hope you enjoy the surprise" The middle aged woman had said
They both up looked up into the sky and saw a large blimp with the words, "Happy 13th Birthday, Sharpay and Ryan!" They were thrilled to see it knowing their parents had planned the whole idea.
"Wow! It's huge!" Sharpay had yelled
"Your parents are also aboard on the blimp" She added.
Sharpay looked closely at the people standing in side, "I see them! It's mom and dad!"
Ryan waved but at that very moment something terribly wrong had happened. The blimp had partly caught on fire and would soon reach to their parents, "Get them down, it's on fire!"
The guests at the party thrown for their birthday had frantically panicked. Screaming for help to save Mr. and Mrs. Evans but they wouldn't be able to reach them. They all knew that the blimp would have burst before anyone could even get help in time. That day both of the Evans twins had lost both of their parents on their on birthday, a was a day no one could surely forget.
Sharpay awoke screaming with tears running down her face. She had always hated that one memory she had of her parents. She blamed the accident on herself because it just so happened on her birthday. Nothing had been the same ever again; it had already been 4 years ago. At times she felt like she wasn't able to live without either of them, good thing Ryan was there or else she would have nothing else to live for.
After 4 hours of tossing and turning on her bed, the only thing she could really do now was just get up. Looking beside her alarm clock buzzed 7:00. Time for another day at East High. Oh joy. About an hour later Sharpay came down the stairs dressed and ready for another day at school. She slowly sat down at the counter waiting for Ryan to finish his breakfast that he had offered her.
"Sharpay, are you alright? I heard you scream this morning." Ryan asked in a worried tone
"I'm fine, I just had the dream... again"
Ryan knew this had happened before and stayed silent.
"I just can't stop thinking about it" Sharpay said softly
"Well, it has been 4 years..."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sharpay asked with little anger in her voice
"Maybe you shouldn't think about it."
"You're saying you want me to forget about them?!"
"No it's just that -" Ryan had been interrupted before he had a chance to finish his sentence
"No Ryan! Just because you've already forgot about them doesn't mean I should!" Sharpay replied
"Shar, I didn't mean it like that, I meant just don't let it completely take over your life"
"It's so different though Ry, mom and dad aren't here anymore" Sharpay had taken a breath
"I know Shar, but we're gonna get through this." Ryan told her
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, we're gonna get through this... together, I'm positive we are. I'm not going anywhere."
"Please don't Ryan. I'm not willing to lose you too."
"Same here, life wouldn't be the same without you." Ryan smiled a little and glanced down at his watch, "Whoa, 8:10, we should get going."
"Ok, we shouldn't be late again, Ms. Darbus would kill us. Oh, and Ryan? Thanks for putting up with me during these times." She smiled at him. He smiled back and they both headed out the door to the dreaded, horrible, torturing, time consuming place or as we like to call it; East High. With every clique you could think of, from jocks and cheerleaders to the skater kids, band geeks, math and science nerds, overachievers, and so on and such forth. One important group you absolutely cannot forget though, the Drama Club, which Ryan and Sharpay are the presidents of; of course, who else could fit the job?
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Sharpay let out a sigh before entering the halls on a Monday morning. Giving them all the famous 'Ice Princess Glare' and the occasional ' What are you looking at?' she made her way to her locker without troubles, and left everyone hearing the ever-popular heel clicks of Sharpay's stilettos.
Opening her locker, and giving herself a quick check in her mirror, with the same daily routine running though her mind.
"Keep yourself together, Sharpay. Remember, tomorrow's your birthday but don't let anyone know. They might think you would be going soft and besides they wouldn't care even if you shouted it to the world." Sharpay thought to herself.
Down the hall, there was Gabriella Montez, the school's new girl and einsteinette with her little science geek, decathlon pals. The new girl who had stolen the lead from Sharpay in the winter musical. She had ruined her untouchable series of plays and musicals she was in, all that work done in 17 school productions all lost to a shy, new brainiac who had stage fright. Gabriella turned and looked at Sharpay. She shot a smile at Gabriella and turned around. Thank goodness for Drama Club and acting lessons. Luckily, Sharpay got to see her favorite person as she turned around.
Only to see Troy Bolton; the king of East High, the newly appointed Arnold in the Twinkle Towne play in the winter musical, or more importantly the captain of the basketball team. There he stood with almost about half school in the palm of his hands. People gathered around him, including those who look for a glimpse of the limelight or just extremely huge fans. They sadly, but surely started to disperse from the Wildcat Superstar; must take a rest once in a while right? Leaving only Troy himself, and his fellow teammates to discuss about their practice the day before.
The bell finally rang, signaling time for first period. All students slowly started gathering up their books and such, Sharpay couldn't help to notice that she felt a pair of eyes on her, and surely enough blue eyed and sandy haired boy was staring right at her with his back leaned against his locker. She looked over at him, locking eyes and then turning her head towards the other direction.
"Hmm... why is Bolton staring at me?" She turned back to her locker and took out a book. "He's not looking too bad today..." Sharpay had thought about what she said about Troy and looked at him, "Did I just say that about Troy Bolton?" She rolled her eyes and walked to class.
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"Troy." A voice said.
No answer.
"Troy?" This time it was a recognizable voice.
Still no answer.
"Troy!" Someone yelled, the only person with that voice, Chad Danforth.
"What?" Troy jumped.
"Dude, what's up with you today?" Chad looked at the direction Troy was staring towards. "Don't tell me you're getting a thing for the Ice Princess."
"No way, man. Have you lost it?" Troy said with a slight unsure feeling inside him.
"Ha, yeah you're right, no way you're falling for the Ice Princess." Chad laughed. "Hey, we should get to class before Darbus nails us again."
Troy nodded as he and Chad walked towards Ms. Darbus's room.
"No way do I like Sharpay. She's got nice legs though." Troy thought and shook it off as he entered Ms. Darbus's class, and prepared for a boring class full of long lectures about 'The Chapel of the Arts'.
A/N: So there it was chapter one, sorry it was kinda boring, I had to get that out of the way though. There's most likely is gonna be Troypay moments in the next chapter. About that Troy thing near the end... I don't know what guys have on their minds, I could ask my friends but I really doubt they would tell me anyway. I promise the next chapter will more interesting to read. Ooh and on that note, the updates might be a little slow, I have to go to school starting Monday but I'll update as soon as possible. Please read and review, should continue it or quit while I'm behind? By the way thanks for everyone who commented or added this story to their alert!