CHAPTER 9: Truth Or Dare

"Being with you is a treasured moment to me.

Emotions will be unleashed within me.

Can't control my feelings for you.

I love you but I don't know."

The bottle was first pointed to Ryan.

"Truth or dare Ryan?" Chad asked.

"I'll go for truth," Ryan smiled.

"Okay! Okay! I'll ask," Martha said. "Ryan…is Gabriella your first love?"

Ryan thought for a moment. "No."

"Really? Really?" everybody was shocked.

Sharpay told herself, "I thought it's a yes! I never saw him sweet with another girl except mom…and me."

"Ryan, then who?" Zeke asked.

"No need to tell you guys," Ryan grinned. "Let's just continue with the game."

"Okay okay! I'll spin!" Troy volunteered.

"GO CAPTAIN!" cheered Jason as Troy spun the bottle.

The bottle spun for a long time. Everyone can't wait. Out of the blue, it stopped pointing to…SHARPAY.

"SHARPAY!" everyone cheered.

"What? Me?" Sharpay was nervous. "No way!"

"Come on Shar, it's just a game ok?" Taylor said. "Truth or dare?"

"I always go for truth so," she was confused or somewhat hesitating. "Dare?"

"Dare?" Ryan was stunned. "You'll do a dare?"

"Just wanna try something new," Sharpay smiled at him.

"Just let her do it dude," said Chad. "Okay, since this is our first bonding time we're gonna make it something REALLY unforgettable. Sorry Sharpay!"

"What do you mean?" Sharpay was so nervous.

Then, the others planned Sharpay's dare leaving Troy and Sharpay out. After a couple of minutes, Kelsi stood up.

"Sharpay you go to Chad's room," Kelsi told her.

"That's all?" Sharpay asked. "I know it'll be my first time to be in there but…I don't think it'll be REALLY unforgettable."

"Well, you're going in WITH TROY!" Martha smirked.

"Me?" Troy was surprised to hear his name.

"What?" Sharpay protested.

"And of course…you'll need to do something," Zeke added.

"Guys, I don't want something dirty alright?" Troy warned them.

"You have your choice," Chad beamed.

"You go right in and KISS each other right on the LIPS OR…just stay there the whole night until tomorrow morning doing ABSOLUTELY nothing," Taylor explained. "Talking to each other is prohibited."

"So it's either you go out immediately or stay there until tomorrow morning," Jason smirked.

"And, you know, decide to do something else," Kelsi added.

"WHATEVER!" Sharpay exclaimed.

Troy and Sharpay glanced at each other and then they stood up and proceeded to Chad's room. Ryan didn't utter a word. He wanted to protest but he can't. Sharpay chose to do a dare and so she should. When Troy and Sharpay were in, the others continued playing.

"Now what?" Sharpay sat on Chad's bed.

"You decide," Troy closed the door. "Besides, it's your dare not mine. I was just involved."

"I can't kiss you," Sharpay said.

"I'm not asking you to," Troy responded. "I do respect you!"

"Thanks!" Sharpay smiled at him.

"Well, all I can do is to let you decide on what's gonna happen next," Troy sat next to her. "I'm free all night and…it'll be my honor to accompany you here till tomorrow morning."

"If that's it…well, we're not supposed to be talking to each other, remember?" she glanced at him. "That's one of the things we should do!"

"I know, I know! But, we can cheat it if you want," he smirked. "Honestly, I can't stay up here without doing anything even uttering a word."

Sharpay giggles, "You said it!"

Troy rest down the bed and was staring at the ceiling, "You know what, I missed you."

"You missed me?" Sharpay asked. "Why?"

"I told you I do enjoy moment by moment that we spent together," Troy was still staring at the ceiling. "The feeling is totally diffirent but…I love it!"

Sharpay stared at him. She wasn't expecting him to say those.

Troy glanced at her, "Why are you staring at me?"

She laid down next to him, "Why are you always right here with me everytime I'm in trouble?"

"I don't know. Maybe, coincidence?" Troy answered. "Or, maybe, I was really sent by heaven to be your guardian angel."

"You don't know? Maybe? Does it mean you're not sure with it?" Sharpay said.

Troy looked at her…straight to her brown eyes.

"What?" Sharpay asked when she found those blue eyes looking straight to her eyes.

"There's one thing I'm sure of, Sharpay," her brown eyes met his blue eyes as Troy spoke to Sharpay. "I know there's something I feel for you…here in my heart…that I could hardly explain even to myself."

"We…We could be feeling the same thing Troy," Sharpay told him.

Sharpay closed her eyes. It all happened so fast. The next thing she knew was that they were kissing passionately as if they were on it. When she realized what they're actually doing, she pulled away.

"No," Sharpay stood up. "This is not supposed to happen."

"I'm sorry," Troy stood next to her. "I shouldn't told you those words."

"Don't blame yourself Troy!" Sharpay said. "If there's someone to blame it's me! I shouldn't chose to do a dare."

"Hey!" Troy held her. "No one's fault is this right?"

Sharpay nodded.

"Are we going back to the guys now?" Troy asked her. "We already did what they want!"

"NO!" Sharpay answered quikly. "They…They can't find out what had happened. Especially Ryan!"

"Alright," Troy glanced at her. "So what are we going to do?"

"Can we just stay here?" Sharpay sat on the bed again.

"Sure!" Troy smiled.

Sharpay yawned.

"You're sleepy?" he looked at the wall clock. "Well, it's already 11:50"

"I must be tired already," she replied as she laid down the bed.

"Why don't you sleep now?" Troy suggested as he looked up at the sky through the window.

Sharpay didn't reply since she was already asleep.

"Sharpay?" Troy looked at her. "Sharpay?"

He realized that she's already asleep so he tried to organize her position so that she'll be comfortable while she's sleeping. Then, he coat her with the blanket and slowly and slowly he kissed her forehead with a bit of hesitation and whispered good night. He sat on the sofa. Troy watched her sleep as the moonlight flashed on the peacefully asleep Sharpay and he felt he's falling more and more for her.

"I don't want to stop this feeling. I wish its heaven sign that what I feel for you is true," Troy whispered. "I wish this could all last forever. Just rest there and I promise I'll never leave you…Sharpay."

Meanwhile, at the living room, the others were still playing truth or dare.

"What could they possibly be doin now?" Zeke shared his thoughts to his friends.

"Minutes had passed already and they're still not out," Kelsi added.

"Guys," Ryan spoke. "Why don't we go to bed now?"

"Oh it's almost 12 o'clock," Taylor informed them.

They cleaned their mess in the living room then went to sleep. Ryan stood in front of Chad's room. The door was the only boundary between him and Troy and Sharpay. He wanted to knock but decided not to. He knew he was hurt and angry inside and he can't let it all out. As the clock struck to twelve, everyone was in DREAMLAND.