Another chapter! Written with love and care by yours truly! Enjoy!

Sharpay let go of Gabriella's arm, making it slap back to it's place at her foe's side. Gabriella in turn moved her hand from the string of Sharpay's bikini top. The two girls stepped on different sides of the bonfire, casting glares between the flames.

"Wow, who would have ever thought Gabriella had some fight in her?" Troy whispered to Ryan.

Ryan didn't acknowledge the comment. He was to busy staring at Gabriella with adoration to even notice something had been said. Whenever she was around he completely zoned out. All he wanted to do was get up the courage to ask her out on a date, but his sister would never approve. Unless of course, she was too tied up in her own little storybook romance to even notice Ryan and Gabby together!

He started to make a plan in his head. Get Troy to fall in love with Sharpay and whisk them on their merry way while he played the night in shining armor and swooped Gabriella off her feet. The plan seemed easy, but it always does when you think about it in your head. Ryan didn't know just how hard it would be to get her to love him, but he figured it was worth a shot if it meant love.

"Uh, Ryan!" Troy said waving his hand in front of the dazed blonde.

Ryan broke out of his trance and turned around getting a weird look from Troy.

"Yeah, what?" Ryan said as if he had been listening the whole time.

"Um, never mind, I'm just going to go see if Gabriella is okay and ask her why she is here in the first place…" Troy said inching away.

He never had truly gotten along with Ryan, but the more time he spent with the guy, the weirder he got. Troy kept walking wondering if he should ask Ryan if he was okay, but shook the thought off as he came closer to a now crying Gabriella.

"Gabby, what's the matter?" Troy asked, putting his arm around her in a big hug like he used to when they were going out. They were still the best of friends so he figured it was okay to do that.

"It's just that…oh forget it…" she cried, black tears streaming down her face.

Gabriella never really cared for make-up, but she really wanted to look her best for Troy. She had put on quite a bit of mascara and eyeliner, but at the moment, they were sliding down her cheeks in a dark river. She tried to wipe them away, but the tears kept coming. The more she thought about her short-term romance with Troy, the more she wished they were still together.

Troy wiped away her tears and deepened the hug. She was obviously upset about something and he wished she would tell him.

"Come on, you can tell me anything. We're friends, we are supposed to keep each other's secrets." He said with a smile.

"That's just it Troy, we're friends!" Gabriella said, forgetting all her doubts about telling him. She was ready to lay it all on the line.

"What, you don't want to be friends?" Troy said worried, Gabby was one of his best friends along with Chad, Zeke, Jason, and even Sharpay! Sharpay had opened up a lot to him the other night and felt like he could tell her stuff as well.

"No Troy! I want to be more than friends!" she yelled as she pulled him into a kiss.

Across the fire, Ryan was trying to calm Sharpay down when they heard Gabriella's voice. The two quickly stood up to see Troy and Gabriella kissing.

Sharpay quickly walked over to the two as they parted. Troy was still in shock from the kiss, she caught him completely off guard and he sure didn't know how to handle it. Sure a part of him still loved Gabby and wished they were still together. But he was starting to form even more feelings for Sharpay.

With that, Sharpay tapped him on the shoulder, ready to tell him off. But when he turned she had a different idea. She slapped him across the face hard with her right hand. She turned and started to run for the hotel. Ryan started after her, but stopped when he saw Bolton going instead. Ryan took this as his chance to finally woo Gabriella.

He walked over to her and sat down beside her. She was confused and shook up about the past thirty minutes and was still crying hysterically. Why did she even come and find Troy in the first place? Why did she even have to fight Sharpay? But more importantly why did Troy run after Sharpay?

"Gabby, I'm sorry for what happened with my sister, it's just that…" Ryan sighed knowing his sister might have wrecked his chance with Gabriella without even knowing it.

"Ryan it's okay. It's your sister's fault for being such a… I just need to get some sleep try to sort things out a little. I'll see you later." She replied sullenly as she got up to walk back to the hotel.

"I'll walk you back!" Ryan said desperately.

"No, it's okay, I need to be alone…" she replied as even more tears fell. She made her way to her room, but didn't get anymore sleep for the rest of the night.

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Troy was running full speed ahead after Sharpay. She was really fast though, so he figured he would catch up with her in the elevator. Sharpay pushed as all the tourists, her heels clicking on the marble floors. One man yelled as his hot beverage spilled all over him when she had pushed him aside. Sharpay didn't care though; she was too worried about herself to care.

She reached the elevator and pushed the button to the 5th floor. The gold doors were almost closed when a hand reached out to open them just in time. When the doors were opened the reveled an out of breath Troy with beads of sweat rolling down his face. He walked in and waited until the third floor till he hit another button that stopped the elevator in its tracks.

"What did you do!" a very flustered Sharpay yelled.

"I stopped the elevator, duh!" Troy said with a smirk, knowing that was not what she meant.

"It was a rhetorical question!" Sharpay said angrily. Out of all the things her teacher had taught in English that year, the only thing Sharpay remembered was the meaning of a rhetorical question. Plus, it was handy for comebacks as well.

"Okay, calm down. I need to ask you a couple questions. First being, why did you slap me?" Troy said rubbing his cheek with his hand. Sharpay had hit quite hard and left a red mark that still burned.

Sharpay thought about how adorable he was. All tired from running and rubbing his cheek like that. She shook her head and brushed the thought away. Sharpay moved up and hit the button Troy had hit, making the elevator move again. Troy did the same thing making the elevator stop once again. He didn't move back knowing they were on the fourth floor. Only 1 more floor and she would get off.

"Move Troy!" Sharpay said with annoyance.

"Nope." He replied with a smirk, he had got her this time.

"Fine then!" she said acting defeated. She moved closer to Troy and pulled him into a kiss. This was her chance to hit the button! Her hand made it's way for the button, but was stopped by another hand. They parted and Troy gave a grin.

"I wasn't born yesterday Sharpay!" he said laughing a little at how he had caught her trying to trick him.

Little did he know her trick was still in action. Sharpay bent over and started to cry; knowing this time it would work. In turn, Troy being the nice guy he was went across the elevator to comfort her, bringing her into a hug and asking why she was crying.

Sharpay inched for the button and pressed it, pushing him aside and penning him before he had a chance to press it again. Within seconds, the two were at the 5th floor. The doors opened and Sharpay walked out; she was truly the victor this time.

"Tootles!" she said waving as she started to walk up the hall. Troy stood there astonished at how she had played him while the elevator continued to go up. Her acting classes really had paid off!

Hope you liked the chapter; I won't be updating any of my stories for the next 3 days or so. I'll update as soon as I'm back! Tootles! Hehe!