Ok, so, sorry for the wait. Also sorry that you don't get to see who ends up with who. I'm still tallying up the points (got a lot of private messages with responses), but you should know in a chapter or two. Anyway, I would just like to wish you all a happy Fourth of July! (For me it has been 15 since the Fourth began. My town is way into the fourth; lots of booths and carnivals and a crazy-monkey firework display going on tomorrow! I plan to lug my camera and tripod around to get some good photos...)
Disclaimer: Don't own it (hey, it's 12:15, too tired! Can you blame me?)
Anyway, here we go!
I Trust You- Chapter 7
Bee beep. Bee beep.
Sharpay turned off her alarm clock. It was their first day of summer vacation. She sat up and listened. Things seemed pretty quiet; all she could hear was the TV. She grabbed her bathrobe and crept downstairs. Ryan sat on a couch, an empty bowl of cereal on the coffee table.
"Hey Ryan" Ryan jumped
"Oh, hey Shar. Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah, where's mom and dad?"
"Well, I think dad had to go into the office, and mom is out with friends. Dad should be home at noon."
Sharpay glanced at the clock. It was already 9:34.
"Are you going out with your friends today?" Ryan asked as he picked up his bowl and walked to the kitchen. Sharpay followed.
"No, I was intending to stay home." Ryan washed his bowl. Sharpay thought about the last time they did something together. Ryan usually spent his time at home. "Do you want to do something?"
"Together?"
"Yeah."
Ryan frowned slightly. "Like what?"
"Oh, I don't know, hang at the mall maybe?"
"I guess that could be fun…"
A short while later, after scrawling a note for her father saying where they were and when they would return, they climbed into the red family car. They arrived at the mall within 10 minutes.
By noon, they were starting to get hungry. They made their way over to the food court.
"Sharpay!" Sharpay and Ryan stopped. Waving her arms at the other end of the food court was Gabriella. She was accompanied by the rest of Sharpay's friends. Sharpay sighed; she'd hoped to spend some time alone with Ryan today, but Ryan had already noticed them.
"Hey Shar, your friends are here! Would you like to go say hi?"
'No' thought Sharpay "Sure." They walked over to where Gabriella and the others sat. Sharpay noticed everyone glance at Ryan; she knew what they were thinking. They didn't want him there.
"Hey Sharpay, how are you? I thought you said you were busy today?"
"Well," They had asked if she wanted to hang at the mall again, but she declined, saying she was too busy. "I wanted to spend some time with my brother."
"It's ok Sharpay." That was exactly what she didn't want to hear. "You can hang out with your friends. I don't mind. I can walk around for a bit or go home." Sharpay suddenly had an idea.
"Hey, why don't you stick around with us?" She could tell everyone wanted to object, but they just smiled.
A short while later, everyone decided they were hungry and ready to eat.
"It's pretty crowded, if we get up, we might loose our seats" Kelsi said.
"I can stay and watch them, I'm not very hungry," Ryan offered. Everyone agreed (too quickly Sharpay though). They all stood in line.
"Man. No offense Sharpay, but your brother is odd. I'm embarrassed just being seen with him." Chad said. Sharpay would have told him off, but Troy was laughing, and for some reason couldn't bring herself to. She glanced guiltily at Ryan, but was startled to see two other guys talking to him.
"Hey, who are they? Do they go to our school?"
"No, I think they're from some other school. Somewhere near here I think." Troy said.
"Yeah, I recognize them. We beat them in a basketball game once…" Chad said.
Sharpay frowned. Ryan didn't know anyone outside of Albuquerque, and these boys definitely didn't look very friendly. "I'll be right back," She said. When she got close, she could hear their conversation.
"You're that Evans kid, right?"
Ryan stared at them.
"The drama boy? Ryan?" Ryan still didn't answer.
"Hey!" He suddenly grabbed Ryan by the collar of his shirt. "If someone asks you a question you answer!" Ryan's hands flew defensively to his face; he was so used to his father's beatings. The boys laughed. "What's wrong Evans? Scared of getting your pretty face beaten?" The boy raised his fist.
"STOP!" Sharpay screamed. She didn't have the courage to protect Ryan from her father, but now she had a chance to save him from another beating. "Leave him alone!"
"Who's this Evans? Your girlfriend?"
"No, I'm his sister-"
"Well shut up and sit down" The boy reached out and shoved Sharpay into the table. Ryan quickly grabbed the boy by his wrist.
"Don't you dare touch her!" Ryan's eyes narrowed into an uncharacteristic glare.
"Oh, so now you want to fight? Well Evans, you've been asking to have your wimp-ass beaten for a while now. I'm here to grant you your request." The boy turned to his friend and laughed at his own joke. As he turned, Ryan's fist collided with his face. The boy seemed momentarily stunned. Sharpay couldn't help but smile. 'I guess Ryan's not as wimpy as he looks.'
"Ok Evans! If that's how you want to do things!" They grabbed Ryan by the arms and dragged him off in the directions of the bathrooms.
"Troy! Chad!" She screamed, "Go after them! Please! Don't let them hurt Ryan!" They looked up. Obviously they hadn't been watching.
"What happened?" Troy asked.
"Some guys took Ryan off to the bathrooms, I think they're gonna beat him up!" Sharpay was worried; she didn't want her brother to take any more beatings than he already did.
Troy and Chad made their way to the bathrooms.
"Hey, wanna go check out that new sports shop?" Chad asked.
"No, we said we'd help Sharpay's brother."
"Yeah… But it would be fun if we took our time…" Chad was beyond serious. Troy thought about it for a minute, but then decided it would be best to do as Sharpay said.
Ok, just to answer a common question I had in my personal messages, I decided on Ryan having to do absolutely nothing for 45 minutes because of personal experience. I got detention for improper treatment of my new biology teacher. he was way short, so I (being the tallest girl in class) would mock him behind his back. Anyway, 45 minutes is a LONG time, especially if you are not allowed to do anything!
Oh yeah, did anyone watch Disney Channel Games? Grabeel SO rocked! I guess that makes up for his whole "sunscreen" thing. Lol. Also, anyone know where I can watch the whole thing (only saw a bit of it).
