Author's Note: Sorry for the wait! Here's chapter three! Enjoy!
Chapter Three: Zeke Talks About Sharpay
If Zeke didn't know any better, he should know that his girlfriend was going to play her old role as a Ice Princess.
But, Zeke didn't know, and noone knew either, except for Sharpay herself.
"You know that junior, Jenna, right?" he asked one day at practice, while Coach Bolton was out.
"Yeah. We all do." Chad stated, dribbling a basketball aimlessly, while Troy and Jason looked at Zeke.
"Why?" Troy asked.
"Well, she accused Sharpay of making me her slave." Zeke replied, and Chad dropped his basketball, and watched it roll for a few minutes before looking at his teammate.
"Everyone knows how she treated you, dude. Even freshmen knew it."
Zeke glared at the curly-haired jock, but he knew Chad was right.
"Yeah, but she changed ever since she got back from the lodge." Zeke said, dismissing the statement about how her whole personality make-over was slightly because of him.
Because even though Zeke made his dream come true, he still got teased for it.
"Sharpay would never change, Zeke. Even if she is nice, there's still a Mountain Lion under that blonde hair of hers." Chad said.
"How would you know?" Zeke asked.
"Because we've all known each other since preschool, that's why! We all know Sharpay couldn't change even if she liked you as a boyfriend." Chad stated, getting up from the bench, and leaving the gym, without much of a good-bye to them.
"Don't worry, Zeke. You know that's just Chad's way of being worried or concerned." Troy pointed out to a silent Zeke.
"Yeah. Right." Zeke said.
Chad never expressed any concern to any relationship (unless it was with Troy and Gabriella's, his own with Taylor, or Ryan and Haylie's).
But, never with Zeke and Sharpay's.
Unless he wanted to make fun of them, of course.
After sitting in silence for awhile, the guys finally got up, cleaned up the balls that were scattered, and went into the direction of the locker room to get ready to go home.
Zeke was surprised to see Sharpay waiting outside the gym, with a smile on her face. Ryan was nowhere at her side (probably with Haylie, no less).
"Hey! How did practice go?" she asked after she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Um, it went well." Zeke said, and Sharpay frowned.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing. Just...nothing." Zeke replied, and mentally hit himself.
This was not going as he planned: asking her if she still liked him would be a complete flop, and it wouldn't be good for the both of them.
He decided to let it go when she asked, "Did you want to come over later?"
Zeke shook his head.
"No...I'm just going to lay low today. Maybe tomorrow?"
Sharpay flashed him another mega-watt smile.
"Sounds good to me!"
