"Eyeliner, please."
She held out her hand, expectantly. His hand, containing the stick of black, met hers.
"Thanks," she replied, but not warmly, as she grabbed it away. Staring into her reflection, she ran it around the edge of her eyes, again and again…
Ryan sat slumped against the wall of one of East High's bathrooms, waiting for his sister to reach a point where she was satisfied with the smokiness of her eyes.
"Sharpay, someone's gonna, like, realize that a guy is in the girl's room pretty soon," he told her.
"So?" she retorted, fluffing at her bangs, making sure they swept across most of her forehead and nearly, but not entirely, covered her eyes. "People think you're a girl sometimes anyway."
"They do?"
"Yeah. I mean, your pants are fit not only for a female, but for one who's twelve years old."
Ryan looked down at the jeans he wore, and shrugged.
"And your hair hangs down so far, it could be mistaken for a girl's bob."
He attempted to look up at the blonde mop on his head, only to get it in his eyes.
"And when you wear those chunky rim glasses…"
"Kay, thanks Sharpay. I got it."
"Just saying." She tossed her eyeliner to him, which he dutifully put back in her handbag for her. Sharpay fluffed her long hair, adjusted the huge, mod black headband in it, and ran her hands down the front of her tight black tank top with tiny white skulls and crossbones covering it, and sighed. "I'm ready now."
Ryan jumped up quickly.
"Didn't the bell ring like two minutes ago?" he asked.
Sharpay just shrugged. "Two, ten, whatev. It's all a bunch of crap anyway. Everyone's a lie here…" She sulked at her reflection.
Ryan sighed in response, crossing his arms over his black T-shirt which featured a heart being cut in two by scissors. "A deep, twisted, broken lie," he agreed.
Sharpay stared dully at her reflection for another second, before turning to face him. "You really need to work on that one." She paused a moment, examining him. "Hey wait. When did you get a lip ring?"
Just then, the door swung open, and a half asleep teacher who was obviously on free period with nothing better to do ambled in slowly.
"Morning, ladies," she mumbled to Sharpay and Ryan as she passed.