Chapter Twenty: The Truth

It was the end of the day and Troy was for the first time ever he didn't want school to end. He had a great day—with Sharpay. It was like he couldn't go on a minute without her by his side. He had a feeling Sharpay was getting annoyed by him standing by her side all day but she never said anything so he didn't leave her alone. Every time class was over he headed straight to his locker to talk to her. She was always in a good mood towards him, but then when someone else came and got in the way she looked like she was going to bite their heads off.

The only thing that got annoying through out the day was people getting in their way. But Troy understood why. First this was all just a huge rumor and he denied every bit of it and now he didn't even answer them, because he had no answer. He wasn't sure if he and Sharpay was a couple—yet. He wanted to, but she hadn't exactly said anything.

"Well—bye. I have to go." Sharpay exclaimed trying to get out of Troy's grip.

"Okay—okay…" He said slowly letting her go.

She just laughed and turned around to face her car.

Troy caught himself grinning like an idiot and turned back to his car.

"You—and—my sister?" Ryan's voice came out of nowhere.

Troy jerked back and looked around to find Ryan. He walked from behind his car and approached Troy.

"We're not—just—yet," Troy stuttered.

"Yeah whatever, just don't do anything hurtful to her and I'll stay out of you two's relationship." Ryan said with a smirk.

"I'm not—dude why does everyone thing I'm like that?" Troy hissed.

"I didn't say you were like that!" Ryan exclaimed.

"You make it sound like I am." Troy rubbed his hand.

"Just don't do anything stupid." Ryan said before turning around and walking away from Troy.

Troy walked in his car and sighed. He closed his eyes and grabbed his keys.

"I don't even know what's going on." He said with a loud sigh and drove home.

The next day at school Troy looked out for Sharpay. He didn't see her car in the parking lot, but he saw Ryan. He wanted to go ask Ryan where she was but he wasn't sure if Ryan if liked him. Which he found odd since he never thought he'd be trying to get Ryan to like him just so he can be with his twin sister. That seemed strange, but he didn't care. He did try to get a hold of Ryan but that guy seemed to always move fast. One minute he was in the halls the next he was out of sight. Troy eventually gave up and waited until homeroom to see if Sharpay would be there.

As soon as he walked in his history, Sharpay wasn't there. He felt a huge disappointment inside of him. He was planning on asking her if she wanted to hang out later on tonight, but she just had to skip school today. He was up all night long trying to figure out his feelings for her and he finally got it all together, after about five hours of thinking.

It had been a very long day for Troy. He had basketball practice and felt worn out by the entire running and shooting for two hours! He showered right away and then headed to his car. He felt like stopping by at Sharpay's to see what she was up to and why she wasn't at school.

As soon as he got to her driveway he could tell Ryan was home. That wouldn't stop him. Not today. He went up to the front door and rang the doorbell. To his luck, Ryan opened the door and threw him a dirty look right away.

"What do you want?" He scuffed.

"Can I talk to Sharpay?" Troy asked trying to look pass Ryan looking for Sharpay.

"She's not feeling well. Sick in bed." Ryan told him.

Troy understood and walked back to his car. He didn't want to bother Sharpay if she wasn't feeling well.

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Sharpay sat on her bed watching TV. Her stomach was hurting and her head was aching like crazy. She wasn't sure why, she just woke up with a terrible feeling in her. She was also angry with herself for many reasons, but she couldn't eliminate the reasons at all. She had so many; it was making her feel sick! She couldn't go to school, knowing she wouldn't be able to concentrate with her terrible headache.

Ryan walked in her room not bothering to knock or anything. Like always, he invited himself in which made Sharpay very angry at times. She always told him to knock first—she could be in the middle of something or changing or whatever. But Ryan rarely knocked. Most of the time he just popped the door open.

"Bolton came by." He said sitting on the edge of her bed.

"And?" Sharpay eyed him.

"What's going on here? I still don't get it. Are you going out with him? What the hell is going on here Sharpay?" He asked with a harsh tone.

Sharpay took a deep breath and felt her head pound.

"Uhh—no…But—we might…for a good reason." She was about to smack herself for saying that.

Ryan narrowed his eyes. He had no idea what his sister was trying to tell him.

"I know he's in love with me. I can tell. But—I don't think I'm in love with him. No—I know I'm not in love with him. But—I don't want to turn him down either—"

"So you're going to use him?" Ryan cut her off.

"Not exactly—maybe. I can't just not like him back! Look at all this attention I'm getting!" Sharpay smirked.

Ryan hissed and shook his head. This was crossing the line. Playing with people's true feelings was beyond the rules.

"You can't do that! He's a human! How are you going to pull this off?" He asked.

"Simple. I date him until I get bored of him and when I get what I want." She said huskily.

Ryan dropped his mouth wide open. Is she serious? She was really going to do this? After all this time Ryan could have sworn his sister was in love with Troy Bolton. But she's not? She's only after him for the attention? That was differently like Sharpay—but he never thought she would actually do it. Since he had always thought she wanted Troy Bolton.

"You're really going to do that? I thought you liked him! You let him kiss you! You spent all day with him yesterday!" Ryan exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah—to get closer to him. Over the weekend we got really close and I sense something. I got this feeling I was in love with him, but then I thought I was crazy. But didn't you hear all those people talking about me? At first I thought this was insane. We kissed and it was like we were god or something at the school. Our names just came out of everyone's mouth every second. But now—I think it's cool. Totally. I'm not going to waist this opportunity." She explained grabbing her pillow.

Ryan looked at her. He couldn't believe this! He hated the idea, but he didn't feel like telling her no. He knew she would just win anyways. What was the point? It didn't matter. She would just hiss and bark at him until she got him to agree with him. Plus, he didn't want to get in the way of Troy Bolton. He had other things to do and it didn't involve his sister or Troy.

"Whatever. If you think you can pull it off. Go ahead. I'm not going to stop you." He said before walking out of her room.

Sharpay smiled at herself. But she still couldn't believe this was actually going to work. What got her most was that Bolton was in love with her and that was all she needed to catch the limelight. From the beginning that was pretty much her goal, though she had forgotten about it until now. It was perfect. Just because of how much Troy cared for her when she was crying. She could tell. But this was rather cruel though.

"Oh well. It's not like he's that in love with me." She said to herself resting her head against her pillow.

It wasn't like if she went out with Troy for real, their relationship would last. They were to graduate soon and they would then go their separate ways. She figured she might be able to keep it up until after prom. That way she could say that she went to the prom with the school king…Great now she was using him for picture perfect moments too? That didn't bother her either. She didn't care. They wouldn't last anyways, but with her acting skills, she could possibly pull this off for quiet sometime. Depending on how long Troy can handle her.

"Ahh. I can't believe myself and yet I'm proud." She smirked looking out her window.

'I shouldn't do this…' She thought staring at her reflection.

Troy did help her and he really showed so much care for her and she would wreck it in the end. Did that really matter though? What if Troy was pretending? Then it wouldn't be so bad after all. The only problem was—she need him to ask her out. Thought that didn't seem hard since she got the feeling Troy was after her yesterday. It was rather annoying how he stuck by her side all day asking her if she was okay. But she acted like she didn't mind and continued to hang out with him. The bonus was that everyone kept on asking her questions that were actually answerable now. All she told them that she and Troy were friends—for now. Soon that would change and her plan could possibly go beyond crazy!

"I better feel better tomorrow. I need to go to school." She smirked brushing her hair with her fingers.

It wasn't every day that she was actually looking forward to go to school. But she could definitely not wait for tomorrow. It would be a very interesting day.

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