It was morning when Ryan woke up. His eyes fluttered open in confusion as he realized he was tense. The word Sharpay floated in his mind and he shot out of his bed. He ran down the hallway to her room and flung the door open, not caring what he could have seen.

But the room showed no sign of her being there since yesterday. She still had the three different outfits lying on her bed, and the sheet music for the next music was still strewn over her bed.

Ryan sunk to the ground and dropped his face into his hands. He let out a furious sigh as he ran out of the room. As he ran down the stairs he prayed that his parents were hope. Once he got to the kitchen his shoulders sunk.

Lying on the table was a note and Ryan shuffled over to it.

Ryan,

Your mother and I got called into the office early today. We're sorry we didn't make it home until late last night.

Your mother and I made sure to get this weekend off so this weekend is family time.

Be good at school!

Ryan grumbled as he crumpled the note up and went to throw it out when a thought struck him.

His father hadn't included Sharpay's name. He smoothed out the wrinkles in the note and looked at the top. Nope, it only had Ryan.

Maybe his parents knew where Sharpay was! With that thought, Ryan rushed up the stairs and grabbed the phone.

-

Gabriella woke up to the smell of pancakes. She grumbled and ran a hand threw her unruly hair. She shuffled out of her room and down to the kitchen.

"Morning!" Maria Montez greeted cheerfully.

"Morn." Gabriella muttered, and sat down in front of a small stack of pancakes.

"Did you ever get a call back from that darling boy Troy?" Maria asked, setting a glass of apple juice in front of her daughter.

Gabriella's head shot up from watching the syrup slowly drip onto her pancakes to stare at her mother.

She quickly dropped the bottle of syrup and ran up the stairs. She grabbed her cell phone and checked for messages.

Her shoulders slumped as she saw the screen flash, No new messages. She grumbled to herself before scrolling through her Address Book.

She almost got to Troy's name when the screen highlighted one name that made her stop. Ryan Evans. She stopped and asked herself if she dared to call him.

She rolled her eyes at herself and entered the number.

She lifted the phone to her ear and crossed her fingers.

"Hello?" A voiced asked.

"Ryan?" Gabriella asked.

"Gabriella?" Ryan countered.

Gabriella let out a small laugh, "Hi. I'm so glad I didn't wake you up!"

Ryan sighed on the other end of the phone, "Nah, I've been up for a little bit."

"Did you get the story out of Sharpay?" Gabriella asked jumping off her bed, to anxious to sit.

Ryan grumbled, "No. She never came home."

"What?" Gabriella exclaimed.

"That's what I thought." Ryan said, "But I found a note from my parents and from the looks of it, I'm assuming they know where Sharpay is."

"That's good!" Gabriella said, giving a sigh of relief.

"Did Troy ever call you back?" Ryan asked, and Gabriella heard papers faintly rubbing against each other.

"No." Gabriella began, "I was just about to call him when I saw your number, so I called you first."

"Oh." Ryan said. "Well, call him and tell me what he says when you get to school. I'm leaving right now to go and talk to Ms. Darbus about the next musical."

"Okay, bye." Gabriella said.

"See ya." Ryan's voice called as Gabriella clicked the phone off.

"Now, to talk to Troy." Gabriella mumbled to herself as she scrolled down her list again. She reached Troy's name and took a deep breath before entering the number.

She brought the phone up to her ear and listened to it ring with baited breath. When the answering machine answered again Gabriella's shoulders visibly sunk and she dropped onto her bed. "Troy? It's Gabriella, once again." She started with a short laugh. "I really need to ask you something and," Gabriella paused thinking what to say next, "I have to tell you something. So give me a call back. Bye."

Gabriella squished her eyes shut as she flicked the phone shut. She flopped down onto her back and stared at the ceiling.

Now, you may wonder why she didn't just simply call his cell phone. Well, the weekend before, it had fallen in the pool at Jason Cross' party.

He had gotten a new one on Monday, but he just didn't get around to telling her.

"Might as well get ready for school." Gabriella said quietly to herself as she got off the bed and made her way to her closet.

-

I squinted, why was there light in my forest of darkness? I watched sadly as the group of deer and the lone moose ran away and was replaced by the white ceiling.

It figures I would have a dream about something peaceful, I grumbled to myself.

I shifted my arms and felt something strange attached to it.

I forced my tired eyes open and saw a yellow. Well, it was more blonde than yellow actually. My eyebrows furrowed together as I took in my surroundings.

I was lying in the living room of Gran's house. Mom and Dad decided that since Sharpay and I were so heartbroken about Gran's state that if we couldn't be close to Gran physically, we'd stay at her house.

I breathed in and smelt my favourite smell. I can't describe to you what it smells like in her house.

There's always the faint smell of chocolate and peanut butter cookies, and the small smell of lilies and then there's this smell that I can't even try to explain. It's what Gran smells like.

Every time I smell that, I feel comfortable. All of my worries drift away and I'm left with a smile on my face and a hug for Gran.

Except right now, I can't hug her.

Because she's in the hospital.

I felt tears coming to my eyes and I looked down to see what was in my arm.

Sharpay.

I felt my features soften, and my tears slowly came to a halt.

Sharpay makes me feel calm, when only my Gran can do that.

I don't know why.

Gabriella always made me feel comfortable, but there was always a slight nagging sense at the back of my head.

But with Sharpay, I felt all my worries fade away. Right now, just knowing that she's here with me, I know that Gran's going to be okay.

I sighed, and I suppose she heard me because she lifted her head off my chest. And when she did, I felt my breath catch in my chest.

She was just breathtaking. Gorgeous. Her eyes had the sleepy look and she had a faint red mark on her cheek where she had rested her head.

But she looked great.

"Hi." I whispered to her.

She smiled, "Good morning."

"A very good morning." I whispered back.

A faint blush appeared on her face and she looked away.

I chuckled and looked around the room.

I large smile spread across my face as I saw Chad and Taylor cuddled up beside the wall.

A blush spread across my cheeks as I remembered Sharpay and I doing the same thing.

"Morning guys!" My mom said walking in.

Sharpay rolled off me and turned to the side and smiled up at her, "Hi Mrs. Bolton!"

My mom sent me a secret smile and said, "You guys want some breakfast?"

Sharpay looked up at me and I nodded, "Yes please." She said.

"Okay, I'm going to start it. It'll probably be ready in half an hour or so. Wake them up soon," My mom said, nodding towards Chad and Taylor's sleeping forms. "I don't think Chad would want to miss breakfast."

I laughed and watched her walk out of the room.

With a yawn I fell back to the floor and pulled the blanket, which was draped over mine and Sharpay's bodies, up.

"Comfy?" I asked Sharpay as she leaned back down too.

"Very." She replied, closing her eyes and snuggling up to me.

"I guess where not going to school today." I said chuckling as I peered at the clock on Gran's walls.

9:30. Not too bad. I usually sleep until 11.

Sharpay opened her eyes and looked at the clock too. She dropped her head back onto my chest and groaned. "I was supposed to go early to talk to Ms. Darbus about the new musical."

I nodded lightly, and closed my eyes.

I heard a loud gasp and my eyes flew open. "I was supposed to go with Ryan!" Sharpay cried. "What about my parents? Oh my God! I didn't go home last night! There's probably a Missing child report on me already!"

She was already up and running around the room trying to find her shoes.

I sighed and got up from the floor and caught her when she tried to run by me. "Whoa, whoa slow down Speedy.

"My mom called all your parents last night so they know where you are."

Sharpay slowed down and stared up at me, "Really?"

I smiled, "Really. And your parents said you could stay with me today when we go to see Gran."

She sighed and relaxed in my arms. "Okay."

I smiled down at her and pulled her into a hug.

I don't know how long we stood there in Gran's living room, and it doesn't matter to me either.

It was really soothing holding her. All my stress and all my worries that I had yesterday just ... disappeared.

She pulled away slightly and stared up at me. I stared back down at her, and felt myself leaning in.

Before I knew it I was kissing her.

I, Troy Bolton, was kissing Sharpay Evans.

I don't know how long I've wanted to do this.

Forever maybe.

When we pulled apart I felt something missing.

But that was when it got awkward.

"Uhhh," Sharpay said, pulled away from our hug and grabbed a piece of her hair. She began twirling the piece of her hair around her finger.

"Ummm, yeah." I spit out.

Sharpay looked at the floor before saying, "I'm going to go help your mom with the kiss.

She blinked quickly. "Food. With the food."

I stared after her as she ran out of the room.

"Okay..."

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