Chapter 6:

Sharpay was furious at her brother. He didn't trust her and Zeke. Now, Ryan was driving the both of them home. As soon as he parked the car in the driveway, Sharpay rushed into the house where she was immediately smothered by her Mother's hugs.

"We were so worried! Are you alright? Why didn't you call?" Mrs. Evans asked.

"Mom, Mom! We tried, but the line was busy every time I called." Sharpay saw Ryan come inside, and her gaze hardened.

"Shar-" he started.

"Get lost," Sharpay snapped before she went up to her room. Ryan sighed, and followed her.

Sharpay was sitting on the large wing-backed chair in the far corner of her room flipping through a photo album by the time Ryan got there.

"Sharpay," he said, standing in the doorway. "Would you just listen to me?" Sharpay slammed the album shut, and stood up.

"No, you listen to me. I love Zeke. That's right, I love him, and he loves me too. Mom and Dad really like Zeke, they don't think that anyone could be more perfect for their little girl than him. What I don't get is why you don't accept him. He's been there for me when you haven't."

"So, what, Zeke is just a pillow that you can fall back on? What happens when you get bored with him?"

"ARE YOU ACCUSING ME OF BEING A PLAYER? I do not need this right now! You're supposed to be my brother, you're supposed to help me!" Sharpay began to cry openly. "Get out, Ryan! Stay out of my life!"

Sharpay shoved Ryan out of her room, and locked her door behind him. She sank to the floor with her head in her hands, sobbing. After a few minutes, she curled up on the floor, and cried herself to sleep. Sharpay didn't just cry because of Ryan. She cried two days worth of emotions and tears. She cried because she was starting to believe Ryan, even though deep down inside she knew it wasn't true. Why was Ryan being so cruel? Why was he being so protective? Did he not think that what Sharpay and Zeke had was real?

Sharpay woke up with a start in the middle of the night. She got up off the floor, and realized that she had an immensely sore back, and a throbbing headache.

If this is what it feels like to have a hangover, I never want to drink anything at all! Sharpay thought as she stumbled into her own private bathroom in search of some aspirin. Sharpay groped around the medicine cabinet in the dark, because she was too lazy to turn on the lights. It was in the medical cabinet that she found it. Her fingers curled around the slim handle, and she held it up to the moonlight.

"This is almost too easy," she said to herself as she looked at her pale flesh glowing in the moonlight.

A/N: Short chapter I know, and I'm really sorry! I don't know if I told you all this, but I actually plan out the cliffhanger that I end the chapter in before I write the chapter, and I've never done that in any of my other stories! So, let me set some things straight, in response to SpufFan's review, no more shootings (that goes for everyone too), Ryan's just a control freak, and Gabriella was with Troy, but Sharpay didn't really notice her, but she's alright. I also want to set the record straight, Ryan is not a shooter! There were three of them, two that killed themselves at the school, and the one from the Memorial Service, you'll find out more about him in later chapters. So, while you wait, please R & R. I'm also going to tell you what my next fan fic. after this one is about. Behind the scenes on the set of Rent, so yeah, looking forward to it. Oh, read "White Shadows" by xochrissy. So, check that one out! Until next time!

Tina101