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Her Heartbeat
Chapter 10.
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Laugh when nothing's funny, Dance when there's no music,
Sing like you've never sung before, Love till it hurts,
Cry when you're sad, Smile when you're happy,
And always live each day like its your LAST
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"And then you add in the milk and the vanilla," Zeke said, pouring the glass of milk into the bowl, while Taylor added the vanilla, "And then…" he continued, "Mix it all together, and that's all. Now you need to form the cookies, and then you can put them in the oven."
It was Friday, the night for the sleepover, and they were gathered in the Evans' house, Zeke teaching them how to make chocolate chip cookies. It was really fun, because it turned out that Kelsi was really bad at it, and ended up pouring salt into the first bowl they made, and they had to throw it out and start over.
The 6 of them were gathered in the kitchen, listening to Zeke's babbling, but Troy and Sharpay were sitting outside on the front porch, looking at the stars. Troy had his arm around her, and she rested her head on his chest, enjoying the feeling of him there next to her. It was lovely that they got a few minutes to themselves, before they would all start watching movies.
"How are you feeling?" Troy whispered, lightly kissing her forehead.
She let out a content sigh, "Just perfect."
"Listen Pay…" Troy said, "How long do you think you'll live...? A long time, or…?" (A/N - I know that might seem insesitive, or a weird question, but that happened once actually, just not in this situation exactly, but I thought I'd put it in here)
"I don't know," Sharpay said, smiling at him, "I tend to wonder about it sometimes, but then I snap out of it. I always get to think; that's 10 minutes of my already short life that I'll never get back. You see?"
"I know," Troy said, "It's just that… I really don't want to go through life without you here. Like, graduate and stuff."
"I really hope I'll still be here when we graduate." Sharpay said, "And I most likely will be, but there's also a risk that I wont. We'll deal with it when it comes, okay? Troy, I don't want our relationship to be about all that."
"No, I know." Troy smiled, "We'll just enjoy this we have here."
Sharpay giggled, and leaned up and gave him a soft kiss on the lips. He didn't let go of her though, and kept her there, wanting more than just a peck on the lips. They kept kissing each other, until someone cleared their throat behind them. They broke apart, and turned to find Gabriella looking at them.
"We're gonna pop in a movie." She said, "You guys wanna join or just sit out here?"
"Of course we're gonna join!" Sharpay said, tempting to get up, "That's the whole point of a sleepover anyway."
Troy helped her stand up and they laced hands and followed Gabriella into the living room, where the others had already found at seat.
Taylor and Chad had taken the big red chair. Zeke and Kelsi had thrown themselves on a blanket at the floor. Ryan had saved the couch for him and Gabriella, so Sharpay and Troy took the other chair, and big comfy, black one.
"What are we watching?" Zeke mumbled, letting the box filled with cookies wander between all of his friends. They each took a handful, and sat up a stock next to themselves, so they didn't have to ask for the box all the time.
"Urgh, we're gonna get so fat, girls." Sharpay said, looking at the pile of cookies she and Troy had placed right next to them.
"We're gonna go for a run tomorrow." Gabriella said, but then she stopped, "Well… Tay, Kels and I are, anyway…"
"I'll just have to starve myself the next few days!" Sharpay said, "Because no way I'm not gonna eat these."
"Hallo!?" Zeke said, from the floor, "You guys still haven't answered my question. And stop whining Shar, you have a great body. The same goes for the rest of you. Please, now tell me; what are we watching?"
"How about ´Date Movie´?" Kelsi suggested, holding up the DVD box for everyone to see, "It's really hilarious."
"I haven't seen it." Troy said, "Let's watch it."
The others agreed, and Kelsi plopped the disk into the DVD player, and soon the movie began.
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When the movie was done, they started chatting about this and that.
"How's it going with the school play?" Taylor asked, looking at Ryan and Gabriella.
"It's going good, I guess." Gabriella said.
"Oh man!" Sharpay then said, "This is the second school play in a row that I'm not in. What's wrong with me?" she giggled a little.
Ryan rolled his eyes, "Well at least, you're not overextending yourself." He said.
"You are so overprotecting, Ry." Sharpay smiled, snuggling closer to Troy, "And you too, by the way, Bolton."
"Oh, so is that a bad thing?" Troy asked, "I thought you liked being with me?"
"There's a difference, you know." Sharpay smiled, kissing him nonetheless.
He kissed her back, holding her head in place.
"If you're gonna do that…" Zeke begun, "Could you please go to Sharpay's room?"
Troy and Sharpay looked at each other and replied, "Sure." And then they left the living room, running up the stairs, hand in hand.
The others looked at each other.
"They're unbelievable…" Taylor said, shaking her head. "I mean, I know they're in love, but so am I, in an ordinary way. You don't see Chad and I filling each other up everywhere. Neither do you, Ry and Gabby."
Kelsi laughed, "I think it's just Troy and Sharpay. And at least they left the room when we asked them to." She sat up and looked at the others, "What do you guys wanna do? Uh, how about Truth or Dare!"
"Oh yeah!" Chad and Gabriella agreed, "That sounds like fun! Let's sit on the floor."
They all sat down together, and looked at each other.
"I'll start!" Taylor said, all giddy, "Gabriella, truth or dare?"
"Dare." Gabriella said.
"Uh!" Taylor smiled, "I dare you to… Oh, I know! Go spy on Troy and Sharpay. We want all the details!"
"I can't do that!" Gabriella said, "For all I know they could be going at it right now, I can't spy on them."
"You said dare…" Taylor said, crossing her arms, not budging.
"Fine!" Gabriella gave up. She stood up from the floor and went for the door, she paused in the doorway however, "But if they kill me for looking, I'm blaming you." and with that she slowly and soundlessly went up the stairs. She went down the hall and stopped by Sharpay's door, which was slightly open. She held her breath and looked through it, dreading what she would see in there.
Sharpay and Troy were indeed going at it. They were kissing each other pretty hard, and Sharpay had Troy's blouse half unbuttoned.
Gabriella didn't need to see more, she quickly took a step back, still trying not to make any noise. She went down the stairs, and into the living room again, where she started giggling madly.
"What?" Taylor asked, "What were they doing?"
"Yeah, they were doing second base." Gabriella quickly replied, taking her seat again.
Taylor stared giggling too, while Ryan covered his ears, not wanting to hear about his sisters interacting with her boyfriend.
Gabriella clapped her hands together, "My turn! Chad, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Hmm… Is it true that you still sleep with your teddy bear, or is it just something Taylor made up and told me?"
Chad shot Taylor a hateful look, "You told her!? I can't believe you told her, you are so dead!"
"I guess that sentence speaks for itself." Zeke replied.
The rest of them started laughing, and Chad asked Kelsi, who said dare. Chad told her that it was her turn to check up on the lovebirds now, and the rest of them could only assume, that they would be doing that all night.
Kelsi rushed upstairs, and came back two minutes later, telling them what Gabriella had also told.
They continued to play that game.
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Troy pulled away from Sharpay, kissing her neck. "Okay, who of them was it now?"
"It was Chad." Sharpay said, giggling like crazy, "So that means, we've had Gabby, Kelsi, Chad and Taylor coming up here to spy. Who do you think is the next one? Zeke or Ryan?"
Troy chuckled, "I don't know, but shouldn't we mess with them?"
"How so?" Sharpay asked.
"Well… My parents aren't home either, so we could jump out of your window, go down the street and have some real alone time there. You know, a time when I can actually take off your top, because I know no-one will come spying?"
"That sounds like fun." Sharpay replied, getting out from underneath Troy, "But we have to hurry, I think the next one is coming soon."
They had noticed Gabriella when she'd been outside the door, but haven't said anything. They thought it was just some stupid thing she had to do, but when Kelsi showed up too, they suspected something. And after that both Chad and Taylor had been there too.
But now it was time for Troy and Sharpay to do the teasing.
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"Zeke," Taylor said, "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," Zeke answered, his voice firm.
Taylor squeezed her eyebrows together, and simply pointed upstairs, indicating that it was Zeke's turn. Zeke groaned and pulled himself up from the floor, made his way out of the living room, and carefully went up the stairs. He stepped in front of the door, to peek through, but was surprised when no-one was there.
He opened the door, stepped into the room, and found it totally empty. He looked around again, and then he hurried downstairs, "Guys!" he yelled, storming into the living room, "Guys!"
"What!?" Kelsi asked.
"There's no-one there!" Zeke said, "They're not there. They're gone!"
"What?" Ryan said, almost laughing, "Of course they're there, they were probably just hiding because they found out we're spying on them."
"No!!" Zeke said, "You are free to go look, but I tell you; they're not there!!"
The rest of them shot out of their seats, and ran upstairs to look for the lovebirds. Zeke just took a seat in the couch, wondering where Troy and Sharpay would have gone off to, but he couldn't figure it out.
Ten minutes later, Chad, Taylor, Gabriella, Kelsi and Ryan came downstairs, weird looks on their faces.
"They really aren't there." Chad said.
"What did I tell you!?" Zeke mumbled.
"The question is then…" Gabriella said, "Where have they gone off too?"
"We have to find them and tease them again!" Taylor said, bouncing around the living room, excited by this whole thing.
"See, that is the problem when we doesn't know where they are." Kelsi said.
"Guys," Ryan mumbled, "That's not the biggest problem we have."
They all turned to look at him, and he pointed his finger at the table by the window. They all turned around to see what he was looking at, and frowned.
It was Sharpay's oxygen cylinder.
So I figured I'd end this chapter here. I hope you liked it, and I'll be back as soon as possible. Please leave a review.
Friends quote;
Rachel: I cannot believe that you didn't tell me that we are still married!!
Ross: Look I was going to tell you!
Rachel: When?! After the birth of our first secret child?!
Thank to y'all for reading, tootles, Stessa ;p