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Chapter four

Emily's POV

The next morning I was nervous. I didn't know if he was going to ignore the kiss (es), or ask about them, or get mad about them. I took my morning shower and put my hair in a ponytail. I always wear my hair in a ponytail. It's out of my face. Whatever, so I eat breakfast and get in the car so mom can drive Dylan and me to school. When we got there Dylan tried to drag me to the soccer field.

" Why practice? If we made the team we'll have practice tonight." I said, and went to find Ryan. Had to get it over with I guess, or maybe I'm just insane. Probably both. Anyhoo, Ryan, of course, was with Sharpay.

" Hey Emily." Ryan said smiling. Okay, he's ignoring them… now I'm mad.

" Hey Ryan." I said, crossing my arms. He walked over and kissed me. I nearly choked on my gum. Sharpay's mouth was hanging to her knees. Same with the other drama clubers.

Little did I know, Dylan was close, too close. Of course, my luck, he was also with Chad, Mr. Bigmouth himself.

" Holy, did you see that? Ryan totally just kissed your sister!" he cried. Unfortunately, I heard, and I felt my stomach tie in knots. Ryan heard too.

" Umm… I feel as though my life is in danger, so I'm leaving." He said.

" Ryan! We're supposed to practice our song!" Sharpay shouted.

" Later!" Ryan called over his shoulder as we hurried off.

" Ryan!" Sharpay screamed.

" This is going to be a fun, fun, year." Chad said.

Yeah, neither of us realized we have homeroom with Dylan and Sharpay. (Dylan's a year older than me, but he failed the eighth grade.) Sharpay's glaring a hole through me. I can feel it. I'm trying not to look. In my opinion, Sharpay's like a wild animal, look her in the eye, she'll eat you. She's like an evil blonde lion, only, lions are nicer.

I put my gum on my pinky before coming in, Darbus is like Sharpay… I'm not sure if I'm at school or in a zoo. Lots of lions, I might be in… where was Lion King set? Africa right? Whatever. All we need is a wise baboon, a merecat and a warthog. I guess Gabriella can be the baboon, I haven't really talked to her, but she's supposed to be really smart… and I totally had a point somewhere, right, class. So, I turn and Dylan's glaring at Ryan. I give him a look that says 'stop or I'll have Sharpay eat your insides.' I don't think he got it. Damn. I look at Ryan and he's giving me a 'help, your brother's plotting my death' look. I gave him a 'yeah, well your sister's doing the same' look. Then I notice, there are a lot of looks going around.

I'm off subject again.

The bell rings, and we hurry out. The list is supposed to be posted by now. Dylan, Chad, Troy and I make a mad dash to the board.

" Boy's team" I read aloud. " Who cares, who cares, Troy, who cares, Dylan, who cares, who cares, Chad!" I'm sure there were more names on the list, but they didn't matter. They boys were cheering. I looked on the girls list. " Blah, blah, blah, blah, how'd she make it? Oh, there we go, Emily."

" Yes! Go Ems!" Dylan shouted, we high fived. I walked over to the musical callbacks.

" Make it?" I asked Ryan.

" Yep!" he said. I clapped and hugged him. Then I felt a hand grab the back of my shirt and yank me back.

Not smart, I can hardly balance when standing up right, so I fell. Right on my butt. Dylan grabbed me by the arm and dragged me off.

" What the! Dylan! I will kill you!" I shouted down the hall as he literally dragged me down the hall… I was still on my butt on the floor, and getting bad floor burns on my legs.

It hurt.

Ryan's POV

Dylan hates me.

I know he does. Why else would he physically drag his sister down the hall away from me? Oh god... what if he saw the kiss last night… well, both of them and I know he saw the one this morning. Oh god… I'm so dead.

'Where's Sharpay?' I thought to myself as I hurried off.

" hey Sharpay." I said. Sharpay raised an eyebrow.

" What did you just say?" she asked.

" Hey Sharpay?" I said, wondering what she was thinking.

" Really, sounded more like 'I'm a traitor for kissing that disgusting Wilds girl in front of everyone and possibly ruining the Evans' reputation at this school!'"

" Emily is not disgusting!" I shouted. " Besides, the only reputation we have around here is you being evil!" oops. That was going too far. Tears welled up in Sharpay's eyes and she glared at me as she ran off. I thought about going after her, but I knew she'd just want to be alone. So, I went to the library to find Gabriella.

We hadn't really become close friends, but I figured she could help me. After all, she caught a lot of crap for dating Troy right? So, I figure, she can help me.

" Gabriella?" I asked quietly, finding her at a table with a math book.

" Hey Ryan." She whispered, looking up, and smiled sweetly. I breathed a sigh of relief. I didn't want her to get mad at me too.

" Erm… I sorta… need your advice on something." I said sheepishly. Gabriella pulled out the chair next to her and patted it.

" Shoot." She said.

" Well, I… I really like Emily." I started.

" I know, I saw the kiss this morning." Gabriella said.

" Yeah, well..." I felt myself turn red. " The thing is, Sharpay doesn't like Emily, and I don't think Dylan likes me. What do I do?"

" Well, you really like Emily right?" I nodded. " Then to hell with Sharpay and Dylan. Ryan, if you like her, just go for it." She said. "That help?"

" Yeah." I said, smiling and hurrying off to my next class, free period was almost over.

Dylan's POB

" everyone, I have a quick announcement to make before class is over. In two weeks, we'll be holding a school dance. Bring dates, dress nicely, and be ready to boogie down."

I was still mad about what happened that morning. How dare that Evans boy kiss my sister! My little, helpless naïve sister!

Okay, not so helpless, after I dragged her off she spent an hour screaming at me. I had to do it though. David told me when Emily first started school, even though I was only like, seven, that it was my job to protect Emily. Just like Cindy, supposedly, protected him and he, supposedly protected me. I take this job very seriously. I have to. Emily's not like David or me, she's shorter, skinnier, and leaps before the looks, which gets her in a lot of trouble.

Anyhow, I didn't like the way Evans acted around my sister. I had to do something. So I went to someone who hated Em as much as I hate Evans.

Sharpay.

" we have to do something about this." I said.

" about what?" she snapped.

" you know what." I may have flunked a grade, but I'm not a complete idiot.

" what do you suggest?" she asked.

" we pull together, between the two of us, we can make something great." I said. Sharpay slowly nodded.

" we have a deal."

A/N whoo! Finished chapter four!