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A/N: Next chapter! R + R please!

Later that day after school, Ryan walked to Gabriella's house, leaving his house at 5.30 so he'd get to Gabriella's by 5.45. Sharpay didn't even bother asking him where he was going, as she was busy getting ready. She was going out with Troy tonight. Sharpay smiled at the fact. She'd waited so long for this to happen, and it's finally happing. At last. She'd be able to discover that Troy really has feelings for her. It was all working out at last.

Ryan got to Gabriella's, and her mum smiled as she opened the door. 'She'll be down in a minute.' Miss Montez said, while motioning for Ryan to sit on the sofa. About 5 minutes later, Gabriella emerged in the living room. Ryan was amazed. She looked gorgeous. She was dressed in jeans, boots, and a black strappy top. Gabriella smiled at Ryan's face, and opened the front door so they could go out. Miss Montez said bye, and Gabriella agreed to be in by 8.30, as she had homework. They got to the mall, chatting on the way, and Gabriella decided to hit the shops, Ryan following shortly behind.

It was now 6pm, and Troy hadn't shown up to meet Sharpay. She was getting worried. It had only just turned 7, but she was nervouse in case he was only joking. No, why would he? Him or Chad weren't laughing when he gave her the note. No, he was definately coming. The clock turned 7.05, and the door knocked. Sharpay ran down the stairs, nearly falling down the last one, and opened the door. There stood Troy, smiling away.

'You're late.' Sharpay said.

'Yeah, sorry.' Troy said, still smiling.

'Hmm..Lets go then.' Sharpay went into the living room to get her bag, and walked out of the door, linking her arm with Troy's. They got to the mall, and like Gabriella, Sharpay decided to hit the shops. Troy sighed at this, but figured there was no stopping Sharpay when it comes to shops. He had no choice but to follow her. He watched her looking at all these different clothes. She likes too much expensive clothes. He thought. It was now 6.45, and Sharpay was still in the same shop, and had been trying on clothes for at least 30 minutes, and still hadn't bought one thing. Troy was her 'Personal Assisstant.' As she would say. He was the one who told her what looked best on her. But, obviously, he couldn't choose. They all looked gorgeous on her. Sharpay had finally had enough, and bought a new pair of jeans and some more dolly shoes. Troy sighed in relief as they walked out of the shop, him carrying her bag.

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Ryan and Gabriella were happily strolling along, laughing at jokes. Unlike Sharpay, however, Gabriella hadn't bought anything yet. They'd been looking at clothes, but Gabriella didn't have the expensive taste like Sharpay. Yeah, she liked the clothes, but she didn't spend way too much on them. She'd rather wait for the sales. They walked up to Miss Sixty, and Gabriella swore she saw a familiar head from the back. Who's he with? She wondered. Then both of the people she'd been looking at turned around. Gabriella's mouth opened. It was Sharpay. With Troy! What on earth was going on? Troy hadn't noticed Gabriella just yet, but Sharpay had. She'd decided to take Troy in the opposite direction. Gabriella didn't follow. She wanted to forget it. Troy Bolton, her ex. With Sharpay Evans. Her enemy, and her boyfriend's sister. What was going on?

Gabriella decided that she'd had enough, and Ryan walked her home. He kissed her cheek as she walked in, but it didn't seem as nice as it used to. She'd started to change. Now that she'd seen Troy and Sharpay together on their own, she'd gotten scared. Well, Sharpay wasn't really her enemy anymore. Yeah, they weren't friends, but they weren't bitching about eachother now or wanting to bite eachother's heads off everytime they came within touching distance from eachother. Miss Montez wondered why Gabriella was home so early. It was only 7.45. Her daughter usually came in just in time for curfew. Gabriella just bid her mum goodnight and walked upstairs to do her homework. She couldn't concentrate. Finally, after 2 hours of working, she'd finished most of it and even though it was way earlier than she usually would, she got into bed and fell asleep.

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While Ryan was walking home, he wondered what was up with Gabriella. She'd hardly spoke on the way home. He hadn't seen Troy and Sharpay, and Gabriella hadn't mentioned it to him. All the way home he wondered. Was she going off him? Was she only using him? Does she suddenly like Troy loads more again? All these questions kept popping into his head. But they were pushed to the back of his mind when he walked in his house. It had taken him an hour to walk home, because he was walking so slow. Sharpay was back, and was smiling too much. Ryan wondered what was going on. He's never seen Sharpay smiling that much in years. Something had happened. But he decided to to talk to her about it just yet. He had a lot of things on his mind at the moment.

A/N: So that's that. Hmm..What will happen with Ryan and Gabriella? Will Gabriella try and win Troy back? Will Gabriella stare hating on Sharpay again? Find out in the next few chapters.