Chapter four

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"Okay...can we change the subject now please?" Troy asked, getting a little frustrated.

"Aw, we made him mad." Sharpay mocked.

"Yes you have." Troy smirked.

He was mentally kicking himself for telling Chad and Sharpay about the dream he had a couple nights ago. Now they wouldn't stop taunting him about it. For some reason, that he still didn't understand, he hated thinking about it. It was seriously bothering him, and he wasn't really sure why. He would have liked to believe that if Chad and Sharpay found happiness with each other that he would be happy for them, but for som reason he just couldn't stand the idea of them together. Then that would just make him feel like a lousy friend.

"Relax Troy, if me and Sharpay suddenly fell in love you would be the first to know." Chad reasured him, even though it still didn't make him feel any better. If anything, it made him feel a litte worse.

"Yeah..like I said, can we please change the subject?" Troy asked, shifting uncomfortably in his seat. They were at a dinner in town where they spent a lot of time. It was kind of 'their' place.

"Sure, but I need to talk to you real fast." Chad began, giving Troy a knowing look although Troy had confusion written on his face. "Privately." Chad finished, looking over at Sharpay to make sure she was okay with it. She gave him a small smile telling him she was fine with it. With that the two boys got out of thei seats and started toward a place in the corner to talk. Troy sent another confused look to Sharpay over his shoulder as they walked away. Sharpay just shrugged at him, saying that she didn't know.

"Okay, if this about the dream it really didn't-"

"It's not about that." Chad cut him off. "Infact it's not about Sharpay at all. This is all about you. Okay, well I guess ma and Shar do kind of play a part in it, but-" Chad rambled on.

"Chad, have you tried making sence?" Troy cut him off this time.

"Right sorry." Chad said, looking to the ground then back to Troy. "We need to talk about this whole Jessica thing." Chad said finally.

Troy sighed and rolled his eyes. "Listen I already had this talk with Sharpay okay. It's one date, it's not like she's my girlfriend or anything." Troy said with annoyence in his voice.

"I just want to know why your even going out with her."

"Because...because I like her, okay." Truthfully, Troy wasn't exactly sure why he had asked her out.

Chad studied him for a moment before something struck him. "Is part of it because she happens to be pretty, blonde, have brown eyes, and seeminly rich."

Troy was truely confused now. "No, and what does any of that have to do with anything?"

"Troy, she's just like Sharpay except without the bad attitude, bitchyness, and over dramatic personallity."

Troy once again rolled his eyes. None of that had ever even occured to him. "This has absolutely nothing to do with Shar. I liked her so I asked her out okay. Now can we please drop the damn subject." Troy said, more harshly than he intended. He turned around, ready to walk off.

"You know,if you have a thing for Shar maybe-"

Troy turned around fastly. "Like I said, this has nothing to do with Sharpay!" Troy accidently yelled the last part, catching everyones attention, especially Sharpay's.

Troy looked at Sharpay for a moment. Confussion was written all over her face. He turned to look at Chad who looked a little concerned for his best friend. He didn't mean to make him so mad, he just wanted an anaswer.

"I'm out of here." Troy said, though some what grinded teeth. With one last glance at Sharpay he was out of there.

Sharpay stood up and looked at Chad expectidly. "What the hell was that?"

"Well obviously that was me pissing Troy off."

"Yeah...I got that, but what all happened?" She really just wanted to know what the hell she had to do with their conversation.

"I asked him about Jessica and the conversation took a wrong turn you could say." Chad said, sitting back down. Sharpay soon followed, sitting next to him.

"Yeah, I could tell." Sharpay said, nodding her head.

"I should probibly call him and say sorry."

"You do that later. Now you tell me by what he meant when he said 'this had nothing to do with Sharpay'."

"I'd really rather not."

"Pretty please." She asked, giving him a puppy dog pout that no man could resist. Although Chad had been around it enough, it still had a pretty big effect on him.

Chad sighed, once again being tricked by how adorable Sharpay Evans was. Chad told her the whole story, and let's just say she was a little surprised at the outcome.

"Well obviously it wasn't because of me." She said, leaning her head on Chad's shoulder.

"Well...maybe, maybe not." Chad said unsurely as he played with Sharpay's hair. He had a habit of doing that.

"Aw, aren't you two cute." The waitress in her mid thirties gushed. She was apparently new because they knew everyone here by now.

"Oh, we're not dating." Sharpay corrected her, lifting her head from Chad's shoulder lightly to look at the waitress.

She just smiled at the two. "I guess we'll see how long that last." And with that, she was gone.

Sharpay and Chad just looked at each other before they started laughing. They were use to people confusing them for a couple. Whenever they would go out people would say 'aww, what a sweet couple' , and when Troy and her would go out people would always say 'aww, what an adorable couple'. They were so use to it by now that it never got awkward for them. They just acted like couples sometimes. It wasn't because they were into each other, it was just that they weren't afraid to show their affection. They were comfortable with each other, but sometimes people mistook that for being 'couplely'.

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"Hey Jessica." Troy smiled, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Hi Troy." She said flirtly, taking a seat across from him.

"So are you ready for the best date of you life?" He asked, turning on the charm.

"Completely." She smiled as he took her hand and led her to his car. During the car ride they just talked about their interest, like their favorite bands, music, books, and their comman hate of brussel sprouts.

When they walked into the restaurant they were greeted by a cheery hostest who showed them their table. The restaurant wasn't really Troy's taste but he figured that it would impress Jessica. He really wasn't all that sure why he wanted to impress her so much. Sure he liked her, but not a whole lot. For some reason he wasn't able to get what Chad had said out of his mind. Chad was kind of right though. Jessica did look quite a bit like Sharpay. Long, wazy, blonde hair. Big brown eyes, and full pouty lips. Sure enough, she did look like Sharpay. Only to Troy, Sharpay was so much better. Okay, I seriously need to stop thinking like that. This has nothing to do with Sharpay. Troy tried to convince himself.

"So...what all have you been doing this summer?" Jessica asked, breaking the silence that had come over them the last few minutes.

"Oh, just hanging out with Chad and Sharpay mostly." He said looking out at his plate. When he looked up at her she had a slight frown, and he remebered that she wasn't all that fond of the two. Dang, I already messed up! Troy thought.

"Well, that's cool." She said, returning her gaze to her plate.

Troy gulped. "How about you?" He asked, trying to save himself.

"Well I pretty much go to the swimming pool everyday and hang out with friends."

"Cool." He smiled happily, glad that he had gotten the subject changed.

"How come I never see you at the pool?"

Crap, he we go again. "Well uh..Sharpay has a pool so I always go over there." Troy said awkwardly as he scratched the back of his neck.

"Listen I know me and Sharpay don't really get along, but you shouldn't feel awkward about it. I completely understand. I mean you two were friends way before I cam along." She smiled (fake) sweetly at him. Not meaning a word she had said.

Troy smiled up at her thankfully. "Thanks for understanding."

"Of course." She said, widening her forced smile. The first thing I do when me and Troy get together is to definitly get rid of Sharpay. I can't stand that girl! Jessica thought to herself as she and Troy continued their date. Evans better whatch her back!

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Okey dokey. Well i hope you like it. Now the drama begins. Well please review (they make me happy) and tell me what you think, cuz I love to hear your opinions!

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