"Go!" Kelsi said, immediately in help-Troy-mode. "Alright, say you broke up with your girlfriend, because you liked another girl, theoretically of course, and then the girl whom you liked right now's brother hated your guts and kicked you out of their house, hypothetically speaking, and now your ex is stalking you, and you have no idea what your going to do, what do you do!" Troy asked in an off-hand way. Kelsi sat in front of her piano trying to make sense of what Troy just said to her.
"Um, well, does this supposed person really like this other girl, or is it just a hypothetical rebound?" "No! No, I-oops, this boy has sort of liked the other girl for a little while now and has decided that maybe it's time to take some action. Apparently..." "Alright, now tell me, is the ex Gabriella, the other girl Sharpay and the cheesed off brother Ryan?" "Possibly..." "Troy!" "Fine, yes, your right..."
"Ok, well um, what exactly do you need help with?" "Girls! I don't understand them! They make no sense! No offense..." Kelsi sighed and collapsed back onto her bed. "You know, I don't understand them either! And I am one. The main thing is what is going to help you in the long run. Now, going with Sharpay right now is too soon, give it awhile...Especially considering she's sick. Get to know her a bit more before you make any moves. Become friendlier with her I guess is what I'm tring to say."
"Man, Kelsi, you're the girl!" "Um, thank you...I think..." "Yeah! Thank you! I'll totally try that! Bye!" "Um, bye..." Troy sighed happily and started in on his english homework, all while thinking of Sharpay."
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Sharpay was still in bed crying into her hands. Ryan turned towards her, "Sharpay I-" "No, Ryan, just get out! You've done enough, really just leave!" She sobbed out, and Ryan sighed and walked out of the room. While Sharpay was trying to calm herself down, her cell phone vibrated itself off the table and she had to lunge to grab it before it fell and broke on the ground.
The ID said Ryan and she arched her brow at it as she opened it to see that she had a new text message. 'Sharpay, I am really and truly sorry, but bear with me for just a minute. I walked in and saw you wrapped up in Troy's arms, I mean, I don't really think that either of you would be stupid enough to do something like that,but imagine you were in my shoes. Can you at least see why I reacted the way I did, a little bit?'
Sharpay was going to shut the phone off, but then she actually thought about what happened and could sort of understand the misunderstanding, but not the hitting part. 'Alright, I sort of get it. But why did you have to hit him! That was too far!' Suddenly her door opened and Ryan was standing holding his phone. "I hit him because you're my sister and I know how you feel about Troy and it's pretty obvious how he feels about you. You're right, hitting him was wrong and I feel horrible about it now. Could you please forgive me?"
Sharpay looked at her hands and realized that she needed a new coat of paint on her nails, but that was beside the point. Finally she looked up at him and nodded slightly. Ryan smiled and thanked her, then slowly backed out of the room.
She rolled over and looked out her window and fell asleep staring at the stars, all the while thinking of Troy.
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During gym the next day, Troy and Ryan were paired off for situps and such. While Troy was being held down by Ryan, he tried to ignore him and hope that the class would go by faster. In the distance, thunder was rumbling and the sky was threatening to open up and start to downpour at anytime.
Ryan decided that this was the perfect oppurtunity to make ammends with Troy. "So um, about last night..." Ryan started. Troy shot a glance towards him then resumed staring at the ceiling. "I, um, just wanted to say that I am sorry about how I reacted last night. I really over reacted to the situation and I just wanted to tell you that I know now that nothing really happened." Troy looked into Ryan's eyes then closed his own from the exertion of sitting up and going back down, sitting up and going back down, up, down, up, down...
"I was hoping that maybe you and I could turn over and new leaf and at least become more than just class mates. Hopefully friends, you know, for Sharpay's sake." Troy forced his eyes opened and paused halfway up. "I would like that, on one condition." Ryan groaned on the inside but nodded on the outside.
"I need you to trust me, I don't want to hurt Sharpay anymore than you do. So it's ok, you can back off a bit and let us control our own futures. Agreed?" Ryan gazed at him for a long time and Troy resumed his work out and as they were walking back towards the locker room Ryan stopped Troy and gave him a small smile.
"Agreed."