Prompt: Test

Word Count: 200

AN: Wow, my longest drabble so far! I don't like Jelsi, but I just couldn't bash Jason... I hope this is okay, though. There's a little implied Jartha, if you squint. Enjoy!

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It was just a test, Ryan told himself in the gym, as he watched Jason help Kelsi make a free throw. Just a test to prove how patient he was for Kelsi to realize that it was him, not Jason, she wanted to be with.

"You like her," Martha stated from behind him. Ryan wondered why the braniac-turned-hip-hopper was even talking to him. Didn't she remember how Sharpay had mercilessly made fun of her weight before?

"Is it that obvious?" he asked.

"A little." She shrugged. "But," Martha said, casting another glance at the aforementioned couple, "they weren't meant to be together anyway."

It was just a test, Kelsi told herself at the game after-party, as she watched Ryan smile at what Martha had to say. Just a test to prove how patient she was for Ryan to realize that it was her, not Martha, he wanted to be with.

"You like him," Jason observed. He didn't look like it bothered him much, even if he was Kelsi's official date for the evening.

"Is it that obvious?" Kelsi blushed. Maybe Jason wasn't as clueless as he seemed.

"A little," he said honestly. "But they weren't meant to be together anyway."