Hi guys. This is my first actual fanfic. JSYK, I think Ryan is the best character in High School Musical and that Lucas Grabeel doesn't get the credit he deserves.

Disclaimer: These character aren't mine. I didn't think of them. They belong to High School Musical.

All Alone with No one to Hold

Chapter One: Has Been

Ryan Evans couldn't help but slump into his chair in Math. Nothing was going to cheer him up. Not after these past two weeks.

A month ago, everything was fine. Ryan had the lead of the school musical guaranteed every year. He didn't have any friends, but he did have one best friend, his sister Sharpay. He also had popularity, something every high school student wants. Plus, he had the best wardrobe in all of East High. Including the girls. Then, one girl came into the school and took all of that away from him. Her name was Gabriella Montez.

Ryan didn't hate her, he didn't have it in his heart to hate anybody, but this girl had taken his entire winning streak away in a matter of a couple weeks. He lost the lead in the school play to her and superstar Troy Bolton, he lost his popularity due to the major shift in cliques, and he lost his sister to one of the jocks. He did make some new friends, but what good are friends if they're all hooked up with somebody else. Everybody seemed to have somebody else. Sharpay had Zeke, Troy had Gabriella, Chad had Taylor, Jason had Kelsi, and Ryan had nobody.

The clock seemed to be moving the slowest it could. Seconds felt like minutes and minutes felt like hours. All he wanted to do was get out of the classroom and go back home where at least he has the relief of his piano.

After what seemed like hours, the school bell finally rang. Ryan grabbed his messenger bag that carefully matched his striped button-down shirt and multi-colored messenger-boy hat. He marched out of the classroom and met up with Sharpay in the hallway, just like he does every day. But today, something wasn't right. He looked over at Sharpay and instead of staring at her admirers, she was looking at Zeke. Ryan just rolled his eyes and kept walking. What's the point of teenage love? Face it, you're not going to end up marrying your high school sweetheart- few do. All you'll end up with is a broken heart, and that was exactly what Ryan didn't need right now.

But he couldn't help but wonder what life would be like with a girlfriend. He wouldn't have to talk to his sister about everything. He would have somebody to stick with him, not be in front of him. He would also get to feel what it's like to truly care for a person. He loved Sharpay, but that was in a different way. He may love her, but he resented her every second of every day. He resented everything she did to try to make herself higher than him or make herself stand out more than him. With a girlfriend, that resentment wouldn't be there.

Ryan snapped out of his fantasy. He would love to have a girlfriend, but in reality, he knew that nobody would want to date a theater-boy has-been.

A/N: I'll get the second chapter out in, like, 30 seconds. This one was reallys hort because I just wanted you to get a feel for the story.