Author's Note: Here's chapter four! Enjoy!

Chapter Four: The Second Rose

"Dude, I think the first rose is enough."

"I need to give her six more."

"Whatever, Evans."

"Your sounding like Sharpay."

Apparently, just because Chad didn't give Taylor anything yet, he needed to stomp on Ryan's idea about the roses.

"What if you--"

"I think he's heard enough, Chad." Troy responded, cutting into Chad's sentance.

The second rose, just like the first, will be placed in Haylie's second hour class, but Ryan didn't share the class with her, so he couldn't see her reaction when she saw the rose lying on her desk.

"Seriously, she's going to know it's you." Chad stated, and Ryan glanced at him.

"Chad, the point of this idea is make her feel special." he told the frizzy-haired jock.

"I thought it was so you could prove to her that you wouldn't pull a prank on her."

"Yes, and that too."

The three seperated when the warning bell rang, and Ryan was on pins and needles during second hour, waiting to hear the reaction of a certain small, blonde-haired girl.

"You did it again, didn't you?" Sharpay asked.

Ever since they were small, Sharpay and Ryan had to be placed in the same classes, and while some people thought it was cute, Ryan thought it was rather annoying.

"Sharpay, why do you always think that my ideas are bad? They are no worse than your schemes."

"My schemes actually had a beginning, middle, and end. Yours...it's just you giving Haylie seven roses because she told you that she had gotten a dying flower."

And Sharpay was suppose to be one of Haylie's best friends, too, believe it or not.

"I just want her to feel special. After what had happened to her since she first came here, I think it's time that she deserves it." Ryan explained.

Of course, Sharpay was a girl, and she could relate to wanting to make Haylie feel special.

"Do whatever you want, brother. I won't cause you anymore trouble."

Is that a lie, or the bold-faced truth?

When Ryan was at his locker before lunch, Haylie came up to him, and stated, "I think you should be worried now."

Ryan pretended not to see the rose until he looked up from the locker, and he smiled at her.

"Oh, and why is that?" he asked.

"Because I got another rose during second hour." Haylie said.

Ryan shut his locker, and walked over to her, taking her hand, and said, "Well, I think this guy must really like you."

"But, I have a boyfriend already. You." Haylie pointed out as they headed towards the cafeteria.

"Yes, but maybe one of the Wildcats have been leaving you roses." Ryan stated.

"No, unlikely. I mean, the only other flower I have gotten so far is a daisy, but that was Troy. He, Zeke, and Jason all have given Sharpay, Gabriella, and Kelsi roses."

"What about Chad?" Ryan asked, and Haylie shook her head.

"No...Taylor told me he was doing something special for her because he doesn't believe in school charties."

Which made sense to Ryan, considering the fact that the curly-haired jock had been nagging Ryan (as well as his teammates) about the flowers.

"It's not you, is it?" Haylie asked, and Ryan remembered his own rule about the flowers, and he gave her a smile.

"No! I mean, I'm doing something special for you too..I just need to think about it." Ryan said, and Haylie gave him a small smile.

"Alright." she replied.

"I'm sure you'll find out the guy soon." Ryan said, before leaning down, and giving her a small kiss on the cheek before they went over to the Wildcat table.

While the girls chatted about the mysterious flowers, he pulled Troy, Chad, Zeke, and Jason away from the table, and told them about his earlier conversation with Haylie.

"See, I told you! You'd get caught!" Chad declared, and the four guys rolled his eyes.

"I didn't get caught. I just told you she thought it was me." Ryan replied.

"Are you sure you want to keep this up? Because by the time you do the fourth or fifth flower, she will really know it's you." Troy commented.

"Unless you want me to give up on the sixth flower, I should just keep going."

"Ryan, this is excately like the time when you told lied her about the play. Sooner or later, your flower delivering days are over, and she will get mad at you." Troy contuined.

"Well, if she gets mad at me for doing something for her, then I will be willing to take it. Besides, this wouldn't be the only time she got mad at me, you know. Remember when Alyssa came? That's another time she got mad at me. So, this wouldn't be the only time, Troy." Ryan stated, and they went back into the lunchroom, to see that the girls have already gotten their food.

"Come on. Let's go get something to eat." Troy suggested, and the guys went up to get their food, but somehow, Ryan didn't think that food will end the situation.