Part 2

"Sharpay?" Gabriella called out, not yet turning around, her body frozen with a sudden stab of fear that constricted her whole way of moving. She continued to sit there in shock, still contemplating what to do. Second after second, Sharpay's sexual shouts of pleasure ran through Gabriella's whole being, a constant reminder of the activities taking place right behind the very stage she would be performing on in a couple of days. She had never heard such sounds before, let alone from someone like Sharpay. As much as she didn't want to admit to anyone or to her own self but knowing that something sexual in nature could be going on right behind her stirred something unfamiliar and wild deep down, stretching from the tightness constricting her heart down to the now burning sensation between her legs. She got up and approached the big curtain hiding Sharpay and the reason for her insistent cries of pleasure. Her shaky hand pushed a small portion of the thick red material to one side, the fear gone, now replaced by an oncoming freight train of need and wonder. Before she could notice, her foot tripped over an electrical wire, sending her down to the ground like a fallen tree. .

"What the hell?" Ryan screamed, scrambling his sweaty body off of his sister, grabbing a piece of clothing from the pile behind him. It took him a while to notice it was the finely toned tan beauty that he and Sharpay were admiring earlier that day. The air reeked of sex, and Gabriella didn't know what to do or say. She just laid there, in the same position she fell into, her arms secured underneath her breasts, and her legs intertwined like a badly made pretzel. They all stared at one another with empty expressions, the awkwardness and the unfamiliarity of it all overwhelming their ability to speak. Sharpay was still lying on her back, the silence keeping her from movement, not wanting to be the first one to make any sort of sound.

Gabriella lifted herself up from the floor and cleared her throat. "I'm sorry for interrupting..." she said softly, taking steps backwards towards the stage, the urge to run away quickly kicking into her system. Though she wanted to run away, part of her wanted to stay and find out what was going on. Her back hit the curtain and she just stood there, holding on as if her legs were about to give out any second. Ryan composed himself and put on a pair of red boxers. He began to speak, trying to make up the right words to explain all this to Gabriella.

"You weren't supposed to see al this…" he started off, motioning at Sharpay to get up from the floor. She obeyed, taking a seat next to him, covering her breasts with a piece of clothing.

"How long has this been going on?" Gabriella asked, surprised she even spoke up. The look of curiosity on her face made Ryan wonder.

"For a couple of months…" Sharpay mumbled, the words shocking Gabriella. A couple of months? She could not believe it.

"Does anyone know?"

"Do you think anyone knows?!" Ryan rolled his eyes at the innocent brunette. How did they not hear her coming? How could they let their secret be revealed to anyone without wanting it to be told? He cursed himself silently.

"If you guys are wondering if I'mma tell, I'm not." She approached them once again, showing the sincerity in her dark brown eyes. "I would never do that…" She sat in a spot close to the siblings, trying to avoid the near nakedness of their bodies, but the sweat and smell of sex was hitting her hard and fast.

Sharpay let out a hard pitched laugh, breaking Gabriella free from her indecent thoughts. "I thought as much, because if you did, you would so most definitely pay. And you can bet that. Just because you know you're hot and smart doesn't mean you're free from punishments missy!" The cattiness in her voice made Ryan raise an eyebrow.

"You weren't saying that in Chemistry class when you were staring at her ass…" Ryan said, giving her a nudge in the ribs. Now it was Gabriella's turn to laugh.

"Staring at my ass? Sharpay…are you…" She was afraid to say it, but Sharpay cut into the question with such frustration it made Gabriella sorry she asked.

"No I'm not! But I do like to admire once in a while. Well, I can't even say at this point yet because I've never experienced it anyway." As they continued, the atmosphere became calm and serene, and the three classmates eased more and more into the conversation, walls of secrets falling with each passing minute. They confessed the details of their sexual relationship, how they longed for sex but were afraid to look for anyone to start with, so they eventually found one another to experiment with.. Before long, they were all huddled in a circle on the floor, laughing about fellow acquaintances and loves, more and more coming out into the open. Eventually, Ryan threw the boulder that was Troy on Gabriella's shoulder. He asked her about their sexual relationship and she swallowed hard, afraid to tell them the truth.

"Well?" Sharpay asked, excited to hear all the juicy details.

Gabriella paused before sighing. "Um…me and Troy…we have a really good relationship, but none of that. I've wanted to but he seems to just want to keep it safe for now." Both Sharpay and Ryan gave each other confused looks. Ryan asked her why.

"I don't know but I guess he wants to things slow." She said what she thought was the problem, but she knew in her heart there was something else lurking under Troy's reason for not wanting to be intimate with her. Time after time she had tried to tempt him, to relinquish everything she had to him, but as wonderful as she was in giving it up, he had turned a blind eye to her needs. Then, one day, after school, she had walked in on Troy in the gym with Chad, the two kissing passionately in the middle of the floor. They had no words to explain, only excuses to ease their guilt. Even after the whole fiasco, she had chosen to forgive him because of his promise that it was a one time thing. 'A one time thing…yeah right.' She thought, cursing the day she ever let that one go.

"Damn, he must be a fool not to jump on your bones." Ryan inched closer to Gabriella, looking into her eyes, hoping that she would see how serious he was. "If I were him, I'd make love to you whenever you wanted, fulfill every desire." Sharpay looked on, starting to get a little antsy over where the conversation had started to go. She now had the mental image of Ryan making love to Gabriella, the two going at it like hyenas…and she loved it.

"Um…that's very nice of you to say." She took his compliment with the same lame girl next door attitude she was sworn to uphold. One side of her wanted to experience what he was talking about while the other kept that side in check. She smiled shyly at the two, admiring their pale smooth ivory skin, the way their blond highlighted hair shined under the theatre lights. Before she knew it, before their smiles melted away her secret hatred for Troy's affair, she was beginning to fall victim to their interesting personalities, their good looks and warm company. She looked at her watch and caught sight of the time. "Omgosh! It's 6:00! Gotta be getting home."

"Do you have to leave so soon?" Sharpay asked, taking Gabriella's arm into her grasp, a pleading look in her eyes. She wanted to stay, but she knew her mother would just worry.

"We don't want you to go so quickly. Stay for a bit more. I'm sure we have so much more to do" Ryan said, moving his hand up from her sleeve to her neck to her forehead, brushing back a tiny wisp of hair that fell from her ponytail away from her eyes. "You know you want to." And with that, he moved in and kissed her.