Chapter Two: As the Night Wears On
"Woah, nice ride," Troy said as soon as he set sights on the twins' cars. There sitting side by side were two identical cars. The only difference was the color. Sharpay's was jet black, while Ryan's was a very dark blue that nearly looked black. They were both cute and sporty, immaculate, and very expensive.
"Oh, thanks, daddy got them for us when we turned sixteen." Sharpay said, sliding into the driver's seat.
The boy's ride to the house was fairly silent, as Ryan nearly freaked when Chad suggested music. "Don't you know how much more likely it is to get into a crash with the radio on?" he said, going 60 mph in the school zone.
Despite his efforts, they could still hear music blasting from the girls' speakers. Sharpay was matching their speed... seeing as how she was driving on the opposite side of the road trying to pass.
"Move it, Ryan! You're slowing everyone down!" Sharpay screamed, never once looking at the road. Ryan mimicked her driving technique and yelled back, "It's a school zone Sharpay. Someone has to think of the kids. Or at least the law suits that come with running over kids."
She just glared at him, rolled up her window, increased her speed to 80 mph, and finally succeeded in passing him. Ryan didn't like this very much, and so he copied her moves once again, and passed her. And then Sharpay passed him, and he passed her, and so on and so forth for 20 miles before Sharpay realized they missed their road, and pulled a sharp U-turn. Ryan followed.
Needless to say, everyone was relieved when they slowed to a stop at a security checkpoint. After passing through, Ryan said that the house would be just around another turn.
Seeing the Coliseum is supposed to be breathtaking. Your dreams are fulfilled when you finally visit the Eiffel Tower. You can die happy once you've seen the Mona Lisa. But seeing the place that was called home to Ryan and Sharpay, was something else altogether.
"There is no way someone is that rich." Taylor said, flat out refusing to believe it. "That place has got to have a thousand rooms. Really big rooms." Chad said, a dazed look on his face. "Don't be silly, there's only a few hundred." Sharpay said nonchalantly walking up the steps to the front door.
"I promised the maids a huge bonus if they took the night off and didn't tell daddy. So, we have the house to ourselves." Sharpay said as she walked towards the grand staircase. "Don't worry." she laughed, most of the staircases are just for looks. We'll take the elevator once we get to the second floor."
As it turned out, the twins' rooms were on the 5th floor. They were also the only things on the fifth floor, except for a bathroom that they shared. "Neither of us really wants to go up another story to use the bathroom, so we share." Ryan said, dropping the luggage that Taylor and Gabriella threw at him to carry.
"So, what do you want to do?" he asked untangling himself from the straps of Taylor's bag. "What is there to do?" Troy asked, looking around Sharpay's room.
The twins just looked at each other, smiled, and replied, "Everything."
"You know, I'm not even going to ask if you have a pool, I just want to know where it is." said Chad. "Well, we have one outside-" Ryan began, but was cut off by his sister.
"But, the one on the top floor is my favorite. The skylight lets you see the stars at night, which is really fun while your swimming, and it's warmer than the outside pool. Hey, you guys want to watch a movie?"
It seemed like such an innocent question.
They settled on an old classic. "It's a wonderful Life". After Ryan set up the projector, he went to the food stand, and made the popcorn and drinks. Then he asked if anyone wanted candy. "Do you even have to ask, Ryan" Sharpay said, giving him a large smile. He returned an even larger one, and slipped her two boxes of Snocaps.
She saved him a spot right next to her at the front. The remaining four sat a little further back so they could have a good view of the twins. The movie started, and Troy immediately yawned and put his arm around Gabriella.
About fifteen minutes in, Chad realized he had eaten all of his popcorn. He started to go get more, but sat down again, seeing as how Ryan and Sharpay seemed more interested in each other than the movie
Chad motioned for the others to watch. Sharpay was throwing popcorn at Ryan, while he tried to catch it in his mouth. He wasn't very successful, so she threw the rest of the bucket at him. She giggled loudly when it knocked off his hat.
They settled down to watch the movie. For about 30 seconds. Then she threw a Snocap at him. They resumed their game. Once she threw it a little too hard, and it left a smudge on his face. She wiped it off with her finger, which she licked. Sharpay giggled loudly again.
Then she pulled out a starburst. She stuck it in her mouth, and instead of the wrapper coming out, the starburst did. Ryan ate it. The four exchanged incredulous looks.
The movie ended. When everyone got up, Ryan spilled his drink all over Sharpay's shirt. He started mopping it up with napkins. "Sorry Sharpay." he said. "It's okay Ryan." she said nicely. "Come help me pick out something else to wear. You guys can-" "We'll stay here and clean up. We'd probably get lost otherwise." Troy interrupted.
Once Sharpay and Ryan were out of earshot, the remaining four launched into conversation. "What was that?" Chad asked wide eyed. "That, Chad, is what we were talking about." Taylor said smugly. "Though I have to admit I've never seen them that close before."
Chad, Gabriella, and Taylor continued this topic for a few minutes. Troy, who was sweeping up popcorn and chocolate remained strangely silent. Gabriella, who noticed this, turned to him and said, "Hey Troy, what do you think of all this?" Troy was slow in replying as he pulled out the dust pan, "A lot of siblings are close, maybe they were just bored of the movie."
"No way man, I saw your face when Ryan ate the starburst. I don't think I'll ever get that image out of my head." Chad said, shuddering. "Yeah, that was pretty gross," Troy admitted, "but still...I'm just not convinced."
They were cut short however, by the return of Ryan and Sharpay. "So, are you guys hungary?" said Ryan, sans hat. Troy and Chad wasted no time in asking where the food was. "I thought we could make something. Maybe boil water!" Sharpay exclaimed, looking oddly excited. "Have you ever cooked before?" Taylor asked with interest.
The answer turned out to be no. Fortunately, the worst that happened was a dozen eggs splattered across the floor. They finally succeeded in making what they guessed was chicken alfredo. Ryan and Sharpay were the only ones willing to eat it, so the rest ordered pizza while the Evans' fed each other the noodles.
"So, let me ask you something." Taylor said ignoring the obvious sign of affection. "If you two are so rich, why do you go to a public school?" "Can you see us in uniforms?" Sharpay said snottily. "And the people there are complete snobs. We just wouldn't fit in." Ryan said eating the last of the alfredo.
After dinner, there was karaoke, to which the twins sang love songs. While listening to them belt out "It's a Dangerous Game" from Jekyll and Hyde, Chad had the bright idea to play spin the bottle to see if they would kiss. This was vetoed by Gabriella, saying, "What are we, two?"
At midnight, they finally made the journey to the top floor to go swimming. After a game of chicken, (to which Chad and Taylor were the victors) Gabriella suggested Truth or Dare. "What are we, two?" Chad mimicked. "Since I suggested it, I'll start" Gabriella continued. "Taylor, truth or dare?" "Truth"
"How exactly did you ace Wednesday's history test?" "I swiped the answer key the day before the test" Taylor admitted. "I knew it! I can't believe you cheated!" Gabriella said, upset. "The test, that we all know is complete bogus, would have brought my average down to a B. Beside, half of those questions weren't even in the book. My turn. Ryan, truth or dare?" "Dare" "I dare you to ...kiss your sister!" Taylor said, looking as though she had made the question up on the spot.
He simply shrugged, and laid one on her. There wasn't any tongue, but it was slightly longer than necessary. After they broke apart, Ryan turned towards the group and said as nonchalantly as he could, "So, Troy, truth or dare?"
"Truth." "Why were you hugging Zeke after school yesterday?" This earned strange looks from the rest of the group. "Oh, you know, cookies can make you do crazy things." Everyone nodded, understanding.
Now it was Troy's turn. And he was getting sick of everyone staring at him to see if he was convinced yet, he was sick of walking up and down a million stairs, because he didn't like elevators, but mostly he was getting sick of Ryan and Sharpay. Was he convinced yet? Of course he was. How could he not be. And it was disgusting as far as he was concerned. But, as creepy as the Evans proved to be, he still had no proof, which is the whole reason he agreed to this sleepover.
"Sharpay, truth or dare?" "Truth" "Are you and Ryan dating?"
A/N: Okay, I'll just say it simply instead of dragging it out. I'm sorry. I meant to update weeks ago, but something came up. I swear, ever since the release of , (the official Lucas Grabeel website) I haven't had time to do anything. He held an online chat last week, and actually answered one of my questions! I still can't get over that. So, if your looking for someone to blame, blame Marc Blackwell. He's one of Lucas' good friends who created the site.