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Chapter 4:

"So……friends?" Gabriella asked as she and Troy walked up the path leading to her font door.

Troy smiled. "Friends."

She returned the smile. "Good."

"Goodnight, Gabriella," Troy said and kissed her lightly on the cheek.

"Goodnight, Troy," Gabriella replied before disappearing into the house.

Tonight Troy and Gabriella had decided to just be friends. Neither of them felt like there was anything romantic between them anymore, so they agreed to quit dating.

Troy sighed and slowly walked back to his car. As he began to drive away, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Ryan made his way into the living room and found Sharpay eating a large bowl of popcorn and watching 'A Walk to Remember'.

"Hey, Shar, do you really think this is the best choice of movies?"
Sharpay merely nodded.

Ryan suddenly grabbed the remote and turned off the TV.

"Hey!" Sharpay protested.

"We need to talk."

"About what?"

Ryan held up a wrinkled piece of paper. "I found this in the trash can."

"What?"

"I think that you know what it is. How did it get in there?"

Sharpay looked away from her brother. "I put it in there. Why were you going through the trash?"

"I was scraping off my plate and accidentally dropped my fork in the garbage, that's when if found this paper. Why did you throw it away?"

"Because I don't need it."

"Oh, and why not?"

Sharpay stood up. "I'm not going," she said simply and walked into the kitchen.

Ryan immediately followed. "What do you mean you're not going?"

"Just what I said, I'm not going." She grabbed a water bottle out of the fridge and took a drink.

"What? You have to!"

"No. I. Don't!" Sharpay quickly stormed out of the room and up the stairs.

Ryan reached for the phone and quickly dialed. "Dad, I think you should come home as soon as you can."

Sharpay sighed and leaned against her locker. She had been avoiding Ryan all day; she even drove separately that morning. Now it was free period and she was trying to decide what to do.

"Hey, Sharpay."
She looked up and rolled her eyes at the sight of Troy Bolton. "What do you want?"

"I was thinking about what you said yesterday and you're right, I've never really cared or even tried."

Sharpay raised her eyebrows dramatically. "Ya think?" She started to walk down the hall, her heels clicking with every step.

Troy quickly walked beside her. "Will you just listen to me?"

Sharpay stopped abruptly. "Fine."

"If you'll let me, I'd like to try and get to know the real Sharpay."

Sharpay shook her head solemnly. "It's too late for that, Troy." She again began to click down the hall.

"What do you mean?" Troy yelled after her, but she didn't respond.

"What are you trying to do, Troy?"

Troy spun around to see Ryan approaching him. "What?"

"Why are you trying to be my sister's friend all of the sudden? Is this some silly bet? Because if it is I'll-"

"Whoa, slow down, there's no bet. It's just that after talking to her yesterday, I realized that there may be more to Sharpay than meets the eye."

Ryan stared at Troy cautiously before slowly nodding. "Okay, but if you hurt her than you'll see a side of me that you've never seen before and that you'll never want to see again." With that Ryan turned around and walked away.

Troy's eyebrows knit together. What in the world was going on? Sharpay suddenly seemed insecure and Ran was being overly protective of his twin sister. There was something going on and he desperately wanted to know what it was.

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