(That's What You Do)
When You Love Someone
Chapter Four
Tongues and Candy
Sharpay groaned and turned onto her back, staring at the ceiling. She really didn't have the power to move. She just woke up, and usually she'd be all energetic and hyper, but today she just felt like lying there. Of course if she just kept lying there, she'd never see Gabriella and that was really a downside. Plus, she really needed to crack Ryan. She had no idea why he was being so difficult. Why didn't he just tell her what was up when she asked? He acted like he thought she knew, but she didn't, and that was the problem.
Her door burst open and she turned her head to the side, to find Ryan grinning goofily at her, "'Morning sis!" he said, a hand on the doorknob, "You might want to get out of bed. Mrs. Johnson cooked us breakfast."
"Ryan!" Sharpay said, and threw the closest pillow after him, "Get lost, would you!?"
Ryan caught the pillow in his hand and stuck his tongue out at her, "Oh, I see someone's cranky. You better go to bed early tonight, you wouldn't want to be this way tomorrow."
Sharpay sat up in bed, hair spilling across her neck, "What's the big deal about tomorrow?" she whined, and rubbed her sore eyes, "I know it's Gabriella's birthday, but we're not even hanging out! She's going to dinner with her mother."
Ryan shot her a confused look, "Whatever you say, sis." He mumbled, before he threw the pillow back to her and left, closing the door behind him.
Sharpay hammered a closed fist into another fluffy pillow, letting out a deep sigh. She hated Ryan sometimes. Why did he have to act this way? He was such an annoying brother. She didn't get why people had always told her, they wished they had a twin brother. She'd love to exchange hers and get a baby sister like Rosa or something. Ryan was stupid compared to her.
Sharpay pulled her messy hair into a loose bun and got out of bed. She wasn't in a rush, but she did have to swing by Gabriella's house before school, so she had to leave early. She turned on her stereo on the way to her walk-in closet. She did a happy dance when one of her favourite songs came on. It always reminded her of Gabriella.
"This morning was a fight to get up, Those words still ringing in my head, Never felt like such a fool in front of anyone, I guess that's what you do when you love someone…" she sang softly as she went through her clothes, trying to find the perfect outfit. She wanted to look nice today. She was going to the mall right after school. She had to find the perfect gift for Gabriella. She had been looking for months now, but never had she found something good. She wanted to give her something special and personal, but she also wanted to find her something nice. And it had to be exspensive so Gabriella would know how much she cared.
She hated the fact that she couldn't find anything and today was the absolute last chance. She didn't want to bring her present for Gabriella to school with her tomorrow and give it to her there, so she'd probably step by Gabriella's house later and surprise her. She was thinking right before midnight, slipping in through Gabriella's balcony. She knew it was corny, but she wanted Gabriella to have the gift before her actual birthday was over. She didn't know if her plans would come true though, because so far she didn't even have the slightest idea about what to give her.
She hated that. Gabriella was her best friend and she should know what to get her. But she didn't, and she hated herself for it. And she didn't even have that much time to really find the perfect gift, because she had hip-hop class later which was always a good thing. She had enjoyed it before, but after Gabriella joined the class too, it had been the best. She loved dancing with the other girl, because they always goofed off, and on more than one occasion, they had ended on the floor, falling on top of each other.
Sharpay eventually got changed into some clothes she believed would do and went to fix her hair and make-up. When all that was done, and she believed she was beautified enough, she grabbed her stuff and went down the huge staircase, softly humming 'When You Love Someone' on her way.
She bounced into the kitchen and placed her stuff on the table, before she took a seat on one of the barstools. Ryan was sitting right in front of her, happily sipping his breakfast smoothie. Sharpay offered Mrs. Johnson an appreciative smile when she placed one in front of her too.
Just then, Vance and Amy Evans made their way into the kitchen, dressed in their usual business attires. Vance was wearing his suit and his glasses, which meant he had a meeting, while Amy was dressed in a black pantsuit, with a white shirtwaist underneath. Her short blonde hair was styled and she was caring a briefcase underneath her arm, while trying to read through some papers. Her high heels said click when she walked across the marvel floor.
"Morning Daddy." Sharpay said, as Vance kissed her on the side of the head, "Morning Mother." She continued, before sucking her straw again, taking in the delightful taste of strawberry, banana and lemon.
"Morning Princess." Vance said, placed his briefcase on the table, and opened it, to get his papers out, "Mrs. Johnson? Amy and I will have to take our breakfast with us, we're leaving in a minute."
"Of course Mr. Evans, I'll get them ready for you." Mrs. Johnson replied, before she turned around to pour the smoothies into two plastic cups with lids on.
"Duckie," Amy said, as she closed her briefcase, after she had read her papers and stuffed them in there, "Will you be home tonight, we all wanted to go out for dinner at that new Italian restaurant in town? It has gotten very good reviews in the paper."
"That's right, son." Vance said, and looked Ryan in the eye, "Mr. Walters was there at the first night. He has spoken nothing but good words about it. We thought we ought to try it out."
"Sure," Ryan replied and smiled at his father, "I'll be there. I don't have any plans."
"What about you, Sharpay?" Amy asked, and turned to her daughter, her smile stiffening a little, "Will we be graced with your presence at dinner for once or are you spending the evening with that Montez girl again?"
"Her name is Gabriella." Sharpay told her mother, before she turned to her father, and shot him her sweet-smile, "And I have hip-hop class today, Daddy. I don't think I'll be able to make it for dinner. I could step by later, but… Gabriella and I usually hang out."
Her father got a soft look on his face, and Sharpay knew she had won. She had thought she would anyway, because she was a father's girl, "Oh Princess, of course you have to do your hip-hop class. We're not paying those money for nothing. And if you and Gabriella want to, you can always step by for dessert as soon as you're finished. We wouldn't mind."
Sharpay's smile got even huger, and she leaned up to kiss her father's cheek, "Thank you Daddy." She sweet-talked, before turning back to her mother, a somewhat triumphant smirk across her face. She had never really gotten along with her mother that well.
"Why are you spending so much time with that girl anyway?" Amy continued, and Sharpay could feel she wasn't about to give up on this subject. She often spoke aloud about her thoughts of Gabriella, and it was made clear that Amy didn't want her daughter to be around 'that girl'.
"She's my best friend." Sharpay simply replied, and resisted to roll her eyes. She hated that her mother was like this. Why couldn't she just accept everything? She accepted that Ryan had joined the baseball team, and yet she couldn't accept this.
"What happened to Lea, Emma and Jackie?" Amy asked, referring to the three girls Sharpay always used to hang around with, whenever it was possible.
Sharpay groaned, "They weren't my friends, Mother. They only hung around me because I'm me. I'm dang fabulous and they knew it. And when it really mattered they really didn't support me as much as friends should." She finished, and looked her mother in the eye, "So excuse me, Mother, that I have found a true friend. And weren't you the one who wanted me to spend time with my 'chumps'?" she used air quotes to annoy her mother a bit more, "What happened to that?"
"I didn't expect you to practically fall in love with her." Amy said, and shook her head to herself, eyes on table.
Sharpay spit out her smoothie before she even knew she had done it. She stared with wide eyes at Ryan and quickly wiped off her mouth with the back of her hand, "Excuse me!?" she spat, turning her head to her mother, who was now looking up at her again, "What did you just say?"
"Well, I'm just saying that sometimes it seems like you girls are awfully close, and…" she trailed off and shrugged a bit, not really knowing exactly how to continue.
Sharpay rolled her eyes like the true Drama Queen, she really was, "Yes, we are awfully close, Mother. But I love Gabriella. She's the only true friend I've ever had. It's not like Ryan stood by me when I really needed him during summer."
"Gabriella didn't do that either, Shar." Ryan butted in from across the table, and ignored the angry look Sharpay shot at him for meddling, "You guys had a huge fight during summer. You weren't exactly best friends, you know."
Sharpay glared at him once more, before turning back to her mother, who looked at her with a demanding look in her eyes, "Yes, I know, Mother. Gabriella and I did have a huge fight during summer. But we worked it out. And we forgave each other. She's my best friend, so drop it."
"Yes, Amy." Vance said, and placed a hand on each of Sharpay's shoulders in protective way, "Let the girl be. You can't decide which people Sharpay hang out with. I'm just happy she has finally found someone she really enjoys being with."
Amy nodded, knowing she had lost this battle for now. She grabbed her briefcase again and carefully accepted the smoothie Mrs. Johnson handed her. "Thank you." she replied, before she hurried out of the kitchen and into the hallway to get her coat.
Vance leaned down and placed his mouth next to Sharpay's ear, "I'll see you later honey. You and Gabriella should step by the restaurant and get some ice cream. Mr. Walters spoke wonders about their cookie dough." He whispered.
Sharpay turned her head to look at him, and shot him an appreciative smile. He winked at her, grabbed his briefcase and smoothie, and was out of there too. Sharpay waited patiently until she heard the front door go, before she turned around to the table again and groaned loudly.
Ryan smirked, "Learn it, sis."
She stuck her tongue out at him, "Just 'cuz you're Mother's favourite." She said, and jumped off of the barstool, to leave for Gabriella's. She ignored his protests, telling her that yes, he might be their Mother's favourite, but she was Daddy's Princess. She just hummed to herself and tried not to think of what her mother had accused her of. She had no right to say such things to her daughter, no matter what. She hated that Ryan didn't even support her, and that their mother just kept on insisting. At least her father was a bit supportive.
"I'm leaving for Bri's!" Sharpay let Ryan know. But she didn't even wait for his response. She hurried out of the front door and into her pink convertible, quickly speeding off.
--ooo--
"-I mean, I was just thinking, that if we picked 'Girls in gangs' as our subject, we'd be able to do a lot or our own research, which could be totally fun!" Gabriella finished, as they took a stop in front of Sharpay's locker. She had just been telling Sharpay all about the idea she got yesterday when she was almost asleep. She thought it was kind of awesome, but for some reason Sharpay didn't seem to think so.
"But Bri…" Sharpay said, and turned around from her open locker, "We have to use Calculus and Creative Writing as our subjects. I don't think we can actually answer that in an assignment with those two subjects, do you?"
Gabriella shrugged. She had been so proud of what she had thought of, and now Sharpay just blew it off, "I dunno. We could always try." She settled for saying, hoping Sharpay would at least give her pros for getting an idea.
"But…" Sharpay paused and offered Gabriella a smile, "I like your idea, Bri, it's not that. It's a very interesting subject, but… Ms. Farber mentioned something about Holberg and his epistles. And something about ladies and rest for the brain. I think we have to look closer to the papers she gave my class. Did Mr. Edwards give you anything?"
Gabriella couldn't help but be amazed by Sharpay. Where did she think of these things? Of course it would be smarter to look into the stuff their teachers gave them. The assignment was vague, you just had to use the two subjects. No one mentioned what you were going to do with them, because perhaps their teachers wanted them to think of it themselves. And Sharpay just did all the work.
"You're a genius, Shar!" Gabriella said, and wrapped her arms around her friend, "I'll find the papers tonight so we can get started soon. Will you be able to hang out today?"
Sharpay pulled back from Gabriella and made a face, "I'm sorry Bri, I have plans." She replied.
Gabriella knew it probably was nothing, but she hated when Sharpay couldn't hang out because she was doing something else. It always made her feel bad about not being included. She decided to play it off, though, "With who!?" she gasped, and dramatically placed a hand on her heart, "Your new best friend?"
Sharpay threw a guilty face, "Yes," she said, voice low, "yes, it is. My new best friend…" she looked thoughtful for a few seconds, "Kelsi! My new best friend Kelsi."
Gabriella waved a hand in front of her face, much like Janice on 'Friends', "Oh my God… Oh my God… You've got a new best friend?"
Sharpay sighed, closed her locker, and turned back around, "I didn't mean for you to find out this way, Bri. I honestly wanted to break it to you gently. But…" she let out a huge sigh, "When you ask like this, I cannot lie. So, here's the deal:" she placed a hand on Gabriella's shoulder, and pulled a serious face, "I'm gonna miss you."
Before either of them knew what had happened, they both broke into a full belly laugh. Sharpay leaned back against her pink locker and clutched her stomach, happy that she hadn't taken any of her books out yet. Gabriella leaned forward, hair spilling across her neck. She couldn't keep herself from giggling loudly, and soon she was gasping for air. Not only because their little 'role-play' had been funny, but also because people now were giving them odd stares.
"You're going to be the death of me, Sharpay Evans." She managed to choke out, as she moved around and rested herself next to Sharpay, against the row of lockers.
Sharpay gazed softly to the side, her brown eyes warm when they caught Gabriella's, and Gabriella couldn't help the fuzzy feeling that soared through her body, "If I'm going to be the death of you, I'm afraid I'll die with you." she whispered, a smile on her lips, "I know my life won't be this fun without you, and then there's really no point of living."
"Aw!" Gabriella said, and quickly launched to the side, wrapping her arms around Sharpay's neck with a soft giggle. She just couldn't help herself. She loved that blonde princess so much. She didn't know what happened to her senses when she was around her; something just changed. Everything felt good, and she just… she was just so amazed. "You're so cute." She whispered.
Sharpay threw one of her girly giggles, and buried her face in Gabriella's neck. Gabriella involuntarily shivered, and ignored the fact that they were standing in the middle of the school's hallway, "You're so cute too." Sharpay whispered back, and while Gabriella had expected her to move her face after this, she didn't do so. She kept her head in place, mouth moving gently over the sensitive skin of Gabriella's neck every time she breathed.
"Uhm, Sharpay?" she questioned, and gently tried to push her blonde crush off of her, but with no success, "Aren't you going to move?"
"You smell nice." Sharpay decided, and sucked on her neck with little pressure.
"Sharpay!" Gabriella shrieked and finally pushed her off, moving her hands to cover her neck, "You're crazy!" she said, as she shot her a glare and opened Sharpay's locker, to take a look at herself in the mirror. Luckily, nothing was really shown.
Sharpay giggled, "Chillax, alright? I didn't put pressure in it."
Gabriella rolled her eyes, "But you could have." She just said and moved away from Sharpay's locker, so she could get her stuff together.
Sharpay grabbed her books, while Gabriella kept on rubbing her neck. She couldn't believe Sharpay at times. That girl had to have lost some brain cells while she grew up, there was no doubt about it. She was so smart in some places, but when she did stuff like this… Gabriella really believed there was only air in her brain.
She dropped her hand to her side, and let her gaze wander to the golden star on Sharpay's locker again. She couldn't help but love it. It was so Sharpay. Yet she still wanted one for herself too. At first when she had met Sharpay, and hadn't known her, she had believed it was too much, and Sharpay was too self-centred, but after getting to know her friend, she realized Sharpay was just silly and had the golden star there because she thought it was fun.
Gabriella knew she had it specially made at some place at the mall, and she had often wondered if she should go have one made. But she wouldn't want anybody to call her copycat or something like that, so she had quickly blown off the idea. That'd just hurt her. Even if it was only Sharpay, Troy, and a few other people's opinions that actually mattered.
She reached a hand up and trailed a finger over the star, just as Sharpay closed her locker and faced her with a cheery smile. Her hand was up in the air, where the door to the locker had just been, and Sharpay made a face, "Want to touch me that bad?" she asked, and bit her lip, "You know, you could just ask? I bet we could arrange some amazing kitchen sex if you are really up for it."
Gabriella moved her hand a bit further and whacked Sharpay on the side of the head, "Shut up." she whispered, and rolled her eyes, "I was just amazed by your star. It has nothing to do with you. Get your face outta your cloud."
"But I like my cloud." Sharpay said, in a matter of fact tone, "It's pink."
Gabriella shook her head at her friend and decided that she'd just about had enough of Sharpay right now. If she didn't move, they'd be stuck there all day and miss their classes. She leaned forward and kissed Sharpay's cheek before she turned around and hurried down the hallway, to find her own locker.
Back was Sharpay, a hand on her cheek, and a satisfied look in her eyes, as they wandered to the golden star on her locker. She might just have found that something special.
--ooo--
As always, they had a rather weird lunch. It was inevitable. They were all so different people, they couldn't just sit around a table and discuss something they'd all join in on. Some were quiet, if the subject wasn't really one they preferred, and the others talked. Mostly though, Sharpay spoke enough for all of them, and she didn't care what the others wanted to talk about. She started this lunch, by sitting down in front of Kelsi, and asking her if she got rid of the guy yet.
Kelsi's eyes went wide, "Uhm, no." she simply replied and shrugged a bit. She then paused, by the look Sharpay gave her, "…was I… supposed to do that?" she questioned.
Sharpay rolled her eyes and determinedly reached across the table to grab Kelsi's cell phone, which was lying next to her lunch box. Kelsi made a go for it, not wanting Sharpay to read through her texts, but the short pianist was too slow.
"Give it back!" she said, wide eyes through her round glasses.
Sharpay smirked, "No. I'll get rid of him for you." she turned her gaze downwards to the cell phone and tried to figure out which buttons to push, "Now if only I knew how these cheap cells work." She scrunched her nose up in that cute way, Gabriella loved, "Bri?" she questioned, and nudged her shoulder to hers, "You know how to work this?"
Gabriella gave Sharpay a look, "Just give Kelsi back her phone, Shar." She said.
Sharpay gave her a pouty look and slid the phone across the table to Kelsi again, "You're no fun." She said, before she digged into her lunch. It was Elena's work again, and she found this particular thing rather weird-looking. She took the 'thing' up and held it out to exam it. "What's this?" she asked Gabriella. Now, she liked Elena's food, but some of that Spanish stuff was not always that tasty, "Should I be worried?"
Gabriella reached into her own lunch box and grabbed hers. She happily took it to her mouth and bit into it, "It's Pepitos!" she happily mumbled, through her food, "It's Spanish, and it's basically just meat in bread. A sandwich with meat."
"Really?" Sharpay questioned and carefully took a bite, to the amusement of everyone around the table. She chewed it carefully for a few seconds, before swallowing. She had a happy smile on her face, "It's good!" she said, before taking an even huger bite. "It's only meat and bread?"
"Yup." Gabriella said, and bit hers too, "Ma makes the best Pepitos."
"I thought Pepitos was a kind of candy." Ryan questioned, from across the table. He had been watching the two girls with amusement.
"Candy?" Troy piped in, a curious look on his face, "I've never eaten candy named Pepitos."
"Pepito." Sharpay quickly corrected him. She then noticed their odd stares, and decided to elaborate, "It's candy. From Denmark. Dad brought a whole bunch of them when he visited Copenhagen for business. They're these small colourful balls with liquorice inside. They taste alright, but not if you eat too many."
Chad gave her a curious glance. Whether he wanted to taste this candy or found her information weird, she didn't know, so she decided to shrug it off, "What?" she rolled her eyes, "I liked them okay? They were… good."
"Yeah, they actually did taste okay." Ryan quickly added, a shot a smile in his sister's direction.
"Thank you, Ryan." Sharpay said, before she took another huge bite of her Pepito and got lost in her food. Gabriella smiled in her sandwich, because she couldn't help it. Nothing shut Sharpay up like food. Seriously. That girl could eat probably whatever, whenever.
"Anyway," Chad said, and everyone turned to look at him, "I had this weird conversation with my brother. His friend in preschool was able to roll her tongue, so he asked me if I could. I can't, but it made me wonder if some of you could."
"Mhm, I can." Taylor said, and turned to her boyfriend to show him. Chad got a huge smile on his face and clapped his hands excitingly. Taylor turned back around, "Any of you can?"
Gabriella shook her head, "I can't, but I've always wanted to be able to. You can't learn it though, you have to be born with the ability. I think it's unfair." She bit into her sandwich again and chewed slowly.
Martha giggled a little, "I can't do it either, but it's not like I'm crying over it."
"Let Bri cry if she wants to!" Sharpay said and protectively placed an arm around Gabriella' shoulders, "I think it's cute, alright?"
Gabriella giggled.
"Why don't you show them what you can do, Shar?" Ryan chipped in, from across the table.
Sharpay immediately whipped around in her seat, blonde hair cascading into Gabriella's face. She blinked a few times and brushed her lips off, before looking at Sharpay. She was giving Ryan the eyes, and everyone knew that that meant he had done no good, "Ryan." She hissed.
"What?" he questioned, as if he didn't know he had upset her.
"Tell us, Sharpay!" Troy quickly said, his blue eyes shining. They could all tell he wanted to know about this. But it was probably only because Sharpay didn't want to tell it, so he wanted to hear it, "What can you do? Something with your tongue?"
Sharpay let out a huge sigh, "Okay, but no freaking out, alright? One of my friends found it totally creepy and our friendship was never the same."
"It's not gross, is it?" Taylor asked, wanting to be prepared if she had to cover her eyes.
Sharpay rolled her eyes, "No, it isn't. There's just not that many people who can do this." She gave them all a look, and they kept quiet, watching her. She then opened her mouth a bit and stuck her tongue out. First, she rolled it into the 'known' u-shape, but then she stretched it out again, and turned it around so it was standing vertically. The left side of it up, and the right side of it down.
"How the hell are you doing that, woman!?" Chad shrieked and placed a hand on his mouth, as if it was hurting him, that she was doing that.
She quickly shrugged her shoulders and turned it the other way around, so the right side was up, and the left one was down. Then she pulled her tongue back in and giggled.
"Fuck and death, Shar." Zeke said, an eyebrow cocked, as he stared at her, "How did you do that?"
"I dunno…" she said, and went back to her sandwich.
"It's a shame she's not a boy." Martha whispered. It probably hadn't been her intention for everyone to hear, but they did, and turned to her wide eyed, "…what!?" she shrieked, "I was just thinking…" she motioned downwards and Ryan shook his head.
"We knew what you were thinking, Martha." He replied.
"Yeah," Chad added and shuttered, "thanks for sharing, by the way." He continued, and then turned back to Sharpay, a huge smile on his lips. He eyed Gabriella for a few seconds, before saying, "Or y'know, she could just become a lesbian."
"Chad!?" Taylor shrieked and hit him on the arm.
He rubbed it gently and gave her a pouty look, "What did you do that for?"
"For saying inappropriate things!" Taylor whined, and gave him the look he feared from her.
"You know, maybe I should become a lesbian. I'd be a good lesbian." Sharpay simply just said, still chewing her lunch. She caught them staring, and quickly continued, "I just mean… Girls are cute, y'know? And what a waste with my amazing tongue. It's not like I can use it on a boy."
"You're just too much, Sharpay." Martha said, shaking her head.
Sharpay laughed and started talking more about her 'idea' while Gabriella got lost in her own world, pretending to listen. But she couldn't really think of anything but Sharpay's tongue and the statement the blonde girl had just made. Her brain had stopped working all together when Sharpay had uttered the words 'You know, maybe I should become a lesbian'. She had simply just stopped thinking and had gotten lost in an inappropriate daydream about Sharpay, her tongue a bed and… a very naked Gabriella.
She choked on the Pepito she was eating and started coughing, ignoring the strange look Troy was shooting her.
--ooo--
Gabriella digged through the paper stack on her table, trying to find the last papers Mr. Edwards had given them in his class. She knew she was a smart kid and she always did good in school. But she wasn't really that organized. Once they were done with something, she just threw it in the growing stack on her office table, until the day she had the time to organize it into the folders she had on her shelf.
She still had about and hour before Sharpay picked her up for their hip-hop class and she was going to spend it on her homework. She had to get some of it done. She didn't want to spend the weekend of her birthday working. Tomorrow was the day, and she couldn't be more excited for it.
Her cell phone went off next to her, vibrating away, and she quickly grabbed it, seeing Sharpay's name on the screen. She opened the text and got a smile on her face by the answer. Sharpay had asked her before, what she wanted for her birthday and she had said, 'I'm not sure'. Now, this was Sharpay's reply…
I'll buy you anything. You just name it, and it'll be in your house before the weekend is over. I can also provide you with hugs, kisses and that amazing kitchen sex we discussed. You just name it.
Gabriella skimmed the text a few times more, pondering over what to write her back. She didn't really know what she wanted for her birthday. She figured it would be too corny and too high a risk to just come out and say 'You'. She had to be more clever. And… she had to give her a clever reply.
Haha. Just name it, you say? I'm into amazingly hot kitchen sex… with a bit of romance.
Her thumb lingered on the 'send' button, but eventually she just pressed down, hoping she wasn't too… well, she didn't even know a word for it. She just hoped Sharpay wouldn't be offended by this. But why would she? She was usually the one who started this whole thing. Usually, she was the bad one! Gabriella just had to give her something back… She couldn't just reply as if Sharpay wasn't writing those things to her.
She didn't even bother to start digging through her papers again, because knowing Sharpay, she would have sent a witty reply back in no time. She was right, because her phone vibrated again, and she opened the message, anticipating the answer.
There has to be romance in it too!? I thought that we could maybe just (forgive my language) …maybe just take each other on the kitchen table in your kitchen. I'll drop by during the weekend. If you REALLY want to, we can take a walk in the night… is that romance enough?
Gabriella giggled and placed the phone on her table, to look through those papers again. She could text Sharpay all day if she wasn't careful. But before she even managed to get that far, her phone went off again. She grabbed it, wondering what Sharpay wanted now.
Btw, I already found your gift, so I'm gonna come real soon. There's no point in going back and forth from the east side of the city to the west. We'll drop by my house to get my things. Okay?
Gabriella frowned, when she realized that she had to find her stuff soon. She had to find her clothes and pack her bag. But before doing that, she had to answer Sharpay. Contemplating what to write, she quickly decided for this;
Yes, it is romance enough. And if you really want to, we can have sex in the kitchen. I'll just throw my mom and Rosa out of here for the night. Is that a date, then? ;P And yes, I'll find my stuff right now, babe.
She quickly sent the message, not thinking much about it, before she hurried to her closet, and ripped it open, scanning it for her work-out clothes. She was about to reach for her ordinary grey long-legged pants, when she remembered that deal she had made with herself the other day. She had told herself she'd dress in less close during hip-hop. She wanted Sharpay to notice her, like she noticed Sharpay.
Ignoring the constant vibration from her cell on the table, she reached for the pile of tops, quickly moving a finger down the side of it. She settled for a black one with thin straps and then moved to her shorts. She didn't really have much of those. She was… Well, she was more of a skirts person. Even during winter she would wear skirts. But she did have a few. She had a pair of cut-off jeans, she'd never wear in public, but right now… they looked pretty promising. Though they weren't the best work-out clothes, she decided to take them. The important thing today was not hip-hop, it was looking hot for Sharpay.
She found a sports bra and her sneakers, then moved to find her Friis & Company bag (Sharpay had brought that for her) to stuff it in to. It was a red bag, which normally, she'd never use, but it looked so cool. And the usual crown, which was what you recognized the label on, was decorated with small rhinestones. She quickly zipped the back, grabbed her cell phone and two ponytail holders, before hurrying downstairs.
Elena was just cutting some fruits and vegetables for Gabriella to eat before hip-hop class (she suspected Sharpay would be more than happy to eat some of them too), so she wouldn't get too hungry. She had figured that maybe they'd sit down and tell her what was 'hip' with their friends and eat them, but right now she could hear Gabriella running down the stairs, feet banging against each step.
She was about to holler to her daughter, that she should walk slowly, but decided not to, when she heard her slow down, as if something had happened. She focused her mind on the apple she was cutting, until she heard Gabriella slowly walk into the kitchen. She turned around, and found her daughter in deep thought, scrolling through her cell phone. Her bag was slung across her shoulder, and she looked really concentrated.
Elena decided not to say anything. She did turn back around and decided to put the fruit pieces into a box, since she had a feeling Gabriella would be leaving in a minute.
"Ma?"
Elena turned back around and casually scratched her cheek, "What, bella?"
"Sharpay wants me to ask you… if you'd be mad, if we had…" she started to read from her cell phone, her voice slow and low, "…crazy …kinda… kitchen sex…" she looked up to lock eyes with her mother, "on your table?"
Elena swallowed hard. She was confused by this, though she knew the girls did banter and flirt often, even if it never led to anything, "Mhm. I don't think I'd be mad." She replied, shooting a smile in Gabriella's direction, "I'd definitely have you tell me when, so I could be out of this house, and then ask you two politely to clean it off afterwards, just so we don't have butt prints on it while we eat."
Gabriella couldn't help but giggle, "I'll be sure to tell her that." she said, but just then, the front door swung open and they could hear Sharpay's heels clicking against the floor. Two seconds later, her blonde head was in the door, and she was shooting them a huge smile.
"Hey you two, chicas guapas." She said, and crossed the floor to kiss Elena's cheek. She smiled then, when her eyes caught all the fruit pieces, and she gave Elena a questionable look. Elena just smiled and Sharpay quickly grabbed a piece in each hand, stuffing one of them into her mouth. She turned around to look at Gabriella, "Are you ready, Bri?"
Gabriella nodded, "Yup, we'll just take that with us." She pointed at the food, and Sharpay's eyes lit up, as she quickly grabbed the container, Elena had put it in.
"I figured you'd want to eat before you left…" Elena trailed off, and ignored as Sharpay started moving her greedy fingers through the rest of the fruits – that girl could sure eat!, "Why are you leaving so early anyway?" she wanted to know.
"We're dropping by Sharpay's house." Gabriella explained.
Sharpay smirked next to Elena, "I have to leave Gabriella's present there so she won't peak at it…" she giggled, "And we really should leave, I have to get my stuff too."
Gabriella stepped forward and kissed her mother on the cheek, "Te amo, mama." She said, as she grabbed Sharpay's hand, and they were out of there.
--ooo--
"Bri, hurry up!" Sharpay whined and knocked on the locked bathroom door. Gabriella had, for some odd reason, wanted to change in there, and now they were late. Their teacher, a young dude who demanded they all call him J-Man, had already asked for them two times, since all the other girls were already warming up. "What are you doing, woman!?"
"I don't wanna come out!" Gabriella whined, and leaned her head against the door. She really regretted picking out those clothes. She'd never be comfortable enough in those to actually do some dancing. "Can't I hide in here until practise is over?"
"You're coming out right now, Bri!" Sharpay said, and hammered a hand into the door, "J has asked for us already, I think he has something to talk to us about. You can't look worse than I do. I have a cap on!"
Gabriella let out a huge sigh. She knew she was being ridiculous. And she usually wasn't like this. She just had to get out and get it over with. She slowly opened the door and peeked outside, eyeing Sharpay suspiciously. The blonde girl was leaning against a wall, eyes on the door. Gabriella took in a deep breath and slowly stepped outside. She didn't say anything, she just watched as Sharpay's eyes went wide.
"What the hell are you wearing, Bri?" she asked, and took a step forward, to move around Gabriella in a circle, "Not that I don't like it, 'cuz Sharpay like-y, but… It's not very… uhm, how do I put this?" she searched for the right words, "…you-ish… Is it?"
Gabriella shook her head, totally embarrassed by this, "No! I don't even know what I was thinking!" she whined, even if she felt really happy that Sharpay liked the outfit, "I don't think I'm even gonna be able to dance in this. Can't I just go home?"
"You're being silly, Bri." Sharpay said, and grabbed her hand, "You look totally hot. I don't know why you're trying to impress J, and also – I think he has a boyfriend."
Gabriella dropped her jaw, "I'm not trying to impress J! Seriously Shar, that's sick."
"Then why are you wearing that?" Sharpay questioned. She nodded towards the outfit once before she held on to Gabriella's hand even tighter and dragged the Latina out of the dressing room. The others were already jumping up and down to some beat when they got inside, so the two girls gave J-Man thumbs up, and got into the back of the class, where they joined the jumping.
When they had all gotten warm, J-Man turned off the music and they all gathered around him in a circle. He had news and updates for their team. Sharpay leaned her head against Gabriella's shoulder, and let out a huge sigh.
J-Man clapped his hands together, "We have a huge competition coming up." he told them, his eyes serious beneath the hat, "Our team is the important one. This is the best team we have here; it's our only chance at winning. Me and Sasha have already arranged the dances, though they might need a few adjustments when we get started. I won't be holding up 'auditions' like last time; I already have people in mind for the more 'main' parts. Some of you will also have to step down and help the younger teams, because they need three 'grown-ups' in one of their dances."
He took a breath, and gave them all a look, his smile still intact, "We will be starting rehearsals soon. For now, I want you guys to go stretch out, and after that we'll run one of our series to get started. Then we'll have a short break and wait for Sasha to show up, and we'll present the first choreography for you guys. I'll come to talk to a few of you about something, while you stretch." He finished, eyes weirdly pointed in Sharpay and Gabriella's direction. The latter immediately thought they were getting in trouble.
They all broke away from J-Man and Sharpay placed her arms around Gabriella's waist, lifting her into the air. She squealed, as Sharpay carried her a few steps before she got too heavy.
"You're crazy!" Gabriella giggled, and then motioned for them to get to the back of the room, where they could stretch more privately. They were a lot of girls on this team, even one or two of the cheerleaders from school. Sharpay immediately started bending down to reach her feet and Gabriella stood still, admiring her backside and tight shorts.
Snap out of it, Montez! she told herself, and instead of stretching, she jumped onto Sharpay's back, which caused the other girl to yell out, before they landed on the floor, a mess of limbs and hair. They both giggled a bit, before Sharpay got serious, shooting Gabriella the eyes.
"What are you doing? Are you out of your mind!?" Sharpay asked and stood up, hands on hips.
Gabriella stood up too, and made her way towards Sharpay, in that 'you shouldn't mess with me'-kinda way. She moved her head from side to side, ponytails bobbing and hips swaying. Sharpay giggled awkwardly and stepped closer to her too, and eventually Gabriella ended up on top of Sharpay's feet, the two girls hugging each other, as Sharpay walked backwards, Gabriella on her feet.
"You two, do you call that stretching?" J-Man wanted to know.
The two giggled again and immediately broke apart, turning to look at their trainer. They shot him innocent smiles, and he took a step closer, pulling the two girls with him, so only they could hear what he was saying.
"I want you two to do the main dancing." He explained them, voice more serious than they had ever heard.
Gabriella's eyes went wide by that idea, while Sharpay's face lit up, by the thought of being one of the few special collected. She nodded eagerly and Gabriella knew she had no say in this.
"It'll be a bit tough, but I believe you two can do it." J-Man continued, and shot them both his cocky smile. "So do we have a deal?"
"Oh, we have a deal!" Sharpay quickly said, trying to keep her excitement in.
J-Man winked at both of them, and the minute he had turned around, Sharpay jumped on Gabriella, squealing like crazy. And Gabriella couldn't help but laugh and squeal along. If this made Sharpay happy, she could certainly do it. Even if she would be totally embarrassed in front of all those people. But it would be worth it.
A rush of emotions soared through her stomach when the thought of tomorrow and what it might bring entered her mind.
Alright, alright, alright. I know I'm terrible for not updating this in like… forever (that's sure what it felt like!), but I have my reasons. My Troypay fic is nearing the end, and I really want to get it off my plate completely, which means I've been focusing a bit more on that than this. And then I just didn't have time in forever to write either. But I pushed myself to get this out, since I'll be away for the weekend, filming my movie, so it might be another week before I could write again.
The Pepito conversation was one we pretty much had in Spanish class the other day. A friend of mine brought the candy and we were eating it, and not being very serious, so then my silly friend looked the word up in the dictionary (I don't even know why) and came across the meaning of it. Now, my Spanish teacher then explained it to us, and we found it hilarious for some odd reason. My friends teased me all day long about me eating meat. You wouldn't actually think we were in 1g.
And then the thing about Sharpay's tongue. I've only met one person who can do that; and that's Maja, my friend. I think it's really cool, but one of my other friends found it disturbing. I actually got the idea for the lunch when she showed it to me about three months ago. I wrote it down for when I would finally get my Gabpay written. I hope you liked it ;D
Disclaimer; I do not own High School Musical, Friends or 'When You Love Someone' by Bethany Dillon.