Second part, I'm glad you liked the first chapter. The reviews meant a lot to me, because I wasn't expecting so many people to actually read it ;p

Disclaimer; I don't own High School Musical.

"Sharpay?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think people liked the first chapter? Do you think they're back again to read more?"
"Of course they are! I'm the main character, so they crave more of me."
"I'm a main character too!"
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Then I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you."
"That's okay."
"Good, 'cause I love you, Gabriella."
"I love you too."

- again, totally uncalled for, but I'm just a little crazy.

Just a Play?

.ii.

It was the first dress rehearsal, and Sharpay was dressing herself into a white summer dress, which Nadine wore in the scene where her and Kim had their first kiss. Until now, she and Gabriella had managed to avoid the kiss completely. They had snuck their way out of it every time Darbus implied that she wanted to see if they had any chemistry at all.

Sharpay wasn't worried about chemistry, because all the other scenes were perfect now, and Darbus had told them, very clearly, that today was the day. There wasn't much to do about it, they could only hope it wasn't as bad as they liked to believe it was.

She checked her appearance in the full length mirror, and nodded herself an approval. She looked really gorgeous in that white dress. It fitted her tan very well, and it gave her eyes a weird intensity. Plus, it only reached her like, mid thigh, it could barely be called a dress, so half the guys at the school would be drooling over her long, tanned dancer legs, when she swirled around on stage with Gabriella in her arms.

She made her way out of the dressing room, humming one of the solo songs she had. Nadine had two, while Kim had one. They had like three duets, and then there were a few mixed song with some of the other characters, where they all sang, kinda like a We're All in This Together ending, which may be a cheesy thing, but Kelsi's plays were always like that.

She always wrote the Disney ending. Even for a story about a lesbian couple, where one of them had a boyfriend, and was cheating on him like crazy with a girl she met in the park and had instant connection with.

Troy was Sharpay's boyfriend, and they had one kiss too (yum)!

She made her way into the auditorium, which were filled with all the actors and actresses. She could see Gabriella and Kelsi going over a dance move Gabriella hadn't gotten right yet, so she hurried up to them, noticing how Gabriella looked very good in the green dress that she was wearing.

Green was one of Gabriella's colours. Along with blue and red too. Those three was top 3. While Sharpay herself wore white, pink and black the best.

But that dress was really good for Gabriella. It hugged her body in all the right places, and her hair was down and wavy, just the way Sharpay always told her suited her. And then she had on a pair of black strappy heels, which didn't exactly help when she was trying to dance.

"Oh, thank God!" Kelsi muttered, as Sharpay came onto the stage, "Here's Sharpay, you two need to get that dance straight! Sharpay, help her, she moves like a robot in this one!"

"Sure," Sharpay said, totally forgetting to tell Kelsi to back off and mind her own business. She forgot to say that she didn't want to help Gabriella at all without getting paid. But that didn't matter, because she wanted to help her, and be with her, so maybe it was time to let her guards down around a few people.

"Gabs, you just need to go like this…" Sharpay begun, as she showed her the first little dance trick. The song was kinda hip-hop, so it was a bit difficult. That was, of course, until the music slowed down, and they met in a slow dance, their cheeks resting against each other. "See?"

"Oh…" Gabriella smiled, "I see…" she mumbled, "Try it one more time, please?"

"Sure…" Sharpay said, and then she broke into a series of moves, while Gabriella just watched, admiring her strong dancer legs. They were perfectly tanned, and she was so skinny and beautiful. That dress really showed off all her assets. The right ones, that is.

"I think I get it now." Gabriella smiled, "Want to do it together? We can put on the music?"

"Of course!" Sharpay smiled, and quickly made her way towards the CD player, where she hit track 7, which was the song they were doing. She hurried towards her place, and when the music started, they both broke into some serious hip-hop moves, singing along on their lines. You had to have a really good breath, but luckily both of them had.

When they'd been on that for almost two minutes, the music slowed down, and Gabriella twirled Sharpay into a close embrace, pressing their cheeks together.

"How long are we supposed to dance like this?" she whispered, as the music was just playing, no lyrics for either of them.

"About a half minute, I think, and then it speeds up again." Sharpay whispered back.

"Oh…" Gabriella paused, "I like your dress."

"Really?" Sharpay questioned, "Because you look good in yours, girl!"

"Thanks." Gabriella said, still moving them round and round. She was kinda the lead. One of them had to be the one in control, and since Kim seemed to be the one in the characters' relationship, they'd decided for her to do it. They didn't get to finish their dance, because Mrs. Darbus had turned off the CD player, and was applauding them.

"Nice work, girls!" she said, "You're getting better!" she took a seat, and watched the two girls breaking apart, blushing like crazy, "Now, act 3, scene 9, please?"

"Yes, Mrs. Darbus." Sharpay said, making her way into the middle of the stage, where someone had put the necessaries. A bench for that matter. They were back at the place Nadine and Kim first met each other. The park.

"…take your places!" Mrs. Darbus ordered, "Great, and from around the middle, we need to see if you two can manage the kiss. I know you can do the other stuff, it's the kisses that I'm worried about."

"That's no problem at all, Mrs. Darbus." Sharpay assured her, even though she was lying through her teeth. She'd been fearing those kisses since she read the script, and this kiss wasn't even the passionate one, this was just the first kiss kinda thing.

"No, it really isn't." Gabriella said, taking a seat on the bench, where Sharpay did the same. They turned sideways, so they were looking at each other. Then they slowly breathed out, getting into character.

"Okay then…action!"

Sharpay let out a deep sigh, "I don't know what this feeling is, Kim… I'm not sure if I like it, or if I want it to go away."

"I don't." Gabriella said, "Because I'm not afraid of this shit, Nadine! I'm not afraid of my feelings!" she stood up, and started phasing around the bench, throwing her hands in the air, "I'm not the one who has a boyfriend, or the one who doesn't know what she wants. I want you to figure this out, Nadine! We haven't even done anything yet, and you're still afraid of your feelings."

"I'm sorry…" Sharpay whispered, tears spilling down her cheeks, "I didn't mean to hurt you with this, but look, Tony is important too, we've known each other forever. I don't want to hurt him. I've only known you for a few weeks."

"So that makes it okay to hurt me?" Gabriella questioned, shooting her an evil glare. She let out a sigh, and sat down next to Sharpay again, "I… I want you, Nadine. I'm sure you're the one."

"But…" Sharpay trailed off, biting her lip slightly, "How can you be so sure? You don't even know me. How can you just-" she was cut off by Gabriella's lips crashing into hers.

Sharpay was stiff for a second, just as her character should be, but when the script said for her to loosen up, she did too, as she became comfortable with Gabriella's lips on hers. She moved her hands to rest around her neck, and Gabriella's moved to her hair.

The weird thing about this kiss, wasn't even the kiss. The weird thing was that it didn't feel weird. It didn't feel wrong, it felt absolutely perfect. Natural. They fell into the kiss, their lips naturally caressing each other.

Gabriella couldn't believe it. This was nothing like she'd imagined. Sharpay's lips were different. They weren't hard and rough like a boy's, they were soft and tender, like she imagined her own to be.

"…and cut!" Mrs. Darbus yelled, and the kissing girls broke apart, "That was great you two! That felt so natural, even for us to watch! What was I worried about? Of course my two stars can pull it off!"

"Uhm yeah…" Gabriella mumbled, as she took a quick glance at Sharpay. She stood up from the bench and made her way onto the front of the stage. Sharpay quickly followed, a few feet behind Gabriella. She had a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach, and she definitely didn't like it.

"I think I'll give you two a quick break." Mrs. Darbus told them, "We'll take the scene with Taylor, Chad and Troy." She held them back, as they were on their way to their dressing rooms, "You did a good job," she told them, "I understand this can be weird. I'm proud of your work."

Sharpay and Gabriella shot her another smile, and then they hurried towards their dressing rooms, walking, shoulder by shoulder, not saying a word. They got there, and their dressing rooms were right next to each other.

"So," Sharpay said, awkwardly tapping her high heel into the floor.

"So." Gabriella repeated, nodding her head a little, "It wasn't as tough as I'd feared."

"No." Sharpay said, turning towards her dressing room, "It wasn't."

So, now I need you to review me again, please? I'd love you forever, the reviews mean a lot to me, especially because this story is a little weird.

Toodles, Stessa ;p