Sharpay ran through her front door, self-importantly, "See you later, Zeke! Hey, Ryan, guess who's auto-," She stopped abruptly and looked around her unusually quiet house cautiously. Ryan usually runs to greet her as soon as she enters the door. "Ryan? Ryan, where are you?" She spotted him passed out on the couch with a huge grin on his face and pushed it over, dumping him and the cushions onto the floor.
"Ow! Hey, when did you get so strong?" moaned Ryan, pushing himself up into a standing position.
"What were you smiling about?" She asked, curious as to what her brother could have possibly been doing in the few hours she was gone.
"Nothing, I just… uh… watched a funny movie," he stumbled over the words, making them up as he went along. He never was very good at lying, especially not to his sister.
"Whatever..." Sharpay could tell her brother was lying, she always could. "I'm going to bed."
"Goodnight… um… I'll see you tomorrow morning, I guess…" He hoped that she didn't find out about what happened between him and Gabby… She didn't hate Gabriella anymore… but she didn't like her very much, either.
"Yea, whatever," Sharpay mounted the stairs and yawned tiredly. Ryan plopped down on the couch and sighed. If he started dating Gabby, his sister would be so mad at him… he wouldn't be able stand that. If he didn't, he knew that he would regret it. The two people that he cared about the most were making his life so hard! How could he choose between them?
Ryan stood and paced around the room. He needed someone to talk to, to get advice from. He didn't exactly have many friends… mostly just drama club members who he didn't like very much, anyway… and Sharpay… He couldn't talk to his parents. Not only was it too personal, he didn't really have a strong relationship with his parents. They usually only paid attention to Sharpay… of course, there was the occasional, "How was your day?" and "Did you make the musical?", but, besides that, they didn't really say much to him.
Well, he thought, it appears that I have quite a dilemma on my hands.