A/N: Hi people! So, thanks for the reviews! I got five again! Wow, is that like the magic number? Because I think that's the third time I recieved five reviews! LOL! Anyway, thanks for reviewing. Thanks to my new reviewers lucasashley4ever and Phoenix Feather Queen.

lol925 - Yeah, it's always good to have some kissing action! And yeah, I feel bad for Troy too.

CassieLovesRyne - Glad to know I'm changing your mind. Even just a little bit!

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Phoenix Feather Queen - Thank you! Yeah, I agree with you!

laguanabeachfreak442 - I know! I hate doing it to Troy, but since this is a Ryella, then I guess I have no choice!

Anyway, here's another chapter! It's a little bit longer. I hope you guys like it!

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Something Has Changed

Chapter 6: Impressed

Every time they do a show, there is an after party right after it for the cast and crew. Of course only the kids are invited. And they can invite as many guests as they want. This time, it's the Evans' turn. After the show, everybody came to the Evans' house. Well, okay, the correct term might be mansion.

Sharpay and Ryan already got the decorations up. And they hired a DJ to playing songs. They told people that they could only go around the first floor. They can't go up to the second or third floor of their freakishly large mansion.

Everybody was dancing. Okay, everyone except Troy. Since he can't dance quite yet. So the gang danced around him so he wouldn't feel isolated. And instead of dancing, he and Gabriella decided to honor everyone with a song.

"Everyone, may I have your attention please?" Ryan shouted and the whole first floor of the mansion quiet down.

Man, that felt good! Ryan said. He meant that it felt good that people actually listened to him. "Troy and Gabriella will now honor us with a song." Ryan shouted again. This time, the whole first floor erupted in cheers and applauses.

"What song do you guys wanna sing?" Sharpay asked Troy and Gabriella.

"Start of Something New." Troy replied. Sharpay nodded and told the DJ what CD to play. The CD started playing and all eyes were on Troy and Gabriella. Of course Gabriella was standing beside Troy who was sitting down on a chair.

"Living in my own world… Didn't understand… That anything can happen… When you take a chance…" Troy started.

"I never believed in… What I couldn't see… I never opened my heart…" Gabriella sang.

"Ohh…"

"To all the possibilities… Ooohhh…" They continued singing the song and pretty soon, everybody got into it and started dancing. Even Sharpay and Ryan.

"It feels so right to be here with you… Oh… And now looking in your eyes, I feel in my heart… The start of something new…" Gabriella sang. She was looking at Troy. But even though she was looking at Troy, her mind drifted to something else. Actually, it was someone else.

"I know… That something has changed… Never felt this way… I know it's for real… This could be the start, of something new… It feels so right to be here with you… Oh… And now looking in your eyes, I feel in my heart… The start of something new…" Gabriella sang. She was looking at the crowd staring at her. She was focusing on two eyes that were following her every move. She was focusing on Ryan Evans' eyes as his eyes locked on hers. And then it hit her.

"Start of something new…" Gabriella sang.

"The start of something new…" Troy sang.

"The start of…"

"Something new…" They both ended and the whole first floor of the mansion was again in the state of cheers and applause. Gabriella couldn't help but smile. Then when the applause died, she sat down on a chair next to Troy. The gang approached them.

"That was awesome you guys!" Taylor said.

"Yeah! I know! Why'd you pick that song anyway, man?" Jason asked him.

"Well, it was the first song that Gabriella and I sang together when we first met at the ski lodge." Troy answered.

"So, that's how you both sang when you first met?" Chad asked.

"Pretty much. Except for some minor details." Gabriella said.

"What minor details?" Kelsi asked.

"I'm sitting and we actually know each other now." Troy said.

Yeah, and my mind was on something--- someone else. Gabriella thought. But she didn't say it out loud. They continued talking for a while.

"Hey! Why don't we all dance for a little bit?" Sharpay asked and then they looked at her and then she remembered about Troy. "Oh, sorry Troy. I forgot."

"It's okay. You guys can dance. I'll just sit here and watch you guys. That's my entertainment for the night."

"Are you sure Troy? I mean, I could stay here and sit with you." Gabriella offered.

"No, I'm fine. You go ahead and dance. Have fun tonight." With that, Gabriella nodded.

"Why don't we dance around Troy, you know, to keep him company?" Zeke said.

"Yeah! Let's do that!" Chad added. So everybody paired up. Chad asked Taylor, Zeke asked Sharpay, and Jason asked Kelsi. All that's left were Gabriella and Ryan. Both were waiting for the other one to make a move. Ryan was the brave one and came up first.

"Would you like to dance?" Ryan asked politely and put his hand out.

Gabriella thought for a while. Should I take his hand and dance with him? What about Troy? He said I could go. I guess it'd be okay to dance with Ryan. I don't want to be rude and don't dance with him. So I guess I have no choice.

"I'd like that." Gabriella said, taking his hand in hers and standing up to dance. They went near the gang. To their luck, the DJ was playing a slow song. So Gabriella put her arms around Ryan's neck and Ryan put her hands on Gabriella's waist. They rocked slowly to the beat. They weren't talking.

Troy was sitting on the couch while everybody else in the gang was slow dancing. He was staring at one specific couple. Gabriella and Ryan. Troy, don't knock yourself out. They're just friends. Nothing more. So don't worry. And when your leg heals, you can sweep Gabriella off her feet again. Troy thought. Mentally talking to himself.

A few minutes into the song, they see that Sharpay and Zeke were touching noses, Kelsi had her head on Jason's chest and Jason's head was on top of hers, and Taylor and Chad were actually kissing. When they pulled apart, they saw Chad blush for a little bit and then kissed her again. Suddenly, there was awkwardness between Gabriella and Ryan. Gabriella decided to break the ice and talk to Ryan.

"So, when are you going to tell everyone?" Gabriella asked.

"About what?" Ryan said. Having no clue whatsoever about what Gabriella was talking about.

"You know what I'm talking about Ryan. Don't play."

"No. I… I seriously don't." Ryan said.

Gabriella decided to give him a little clue. "Quand allez-vous dire chacun au sujet de 'Pierre'? (When are you going to tell everyone about 'Pierre'?)" Gabriella asked. Ryan immediately understood Gabriella since he took French since he started middle school.

"I don't know what you're talking about. What about Pierre am I going to tell everybody about?" Ryan asked.

"How did you understand what I said?" Gabriella asked.

"I have been taking French since I started middle school." Ryan answered.

"Oh yeah? Speak some French."

"Like what?"

"Say, 'Hi. My name is Ryan.'"

"Hi. My name is Ryan." Ryan said it in English and Gabriella gave him a look, so he said it in French. "Bonjour. Mon nom est Ryan." Ryan said. Gabriella listened and thought about it. It sounded exactly like the way Pierre said it.

"So, Ryan, where's Pierre?" Gabriella asked.

"He's upstairs. Still talking to his girlfriend."

"Really? Why don't you invite him downstairs?"

"I don't think that he wants to be interrupted."

"Maybe because he's not himself lately."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Ryan said.

"Oh, but I think you do…" Gabriella said. Then, with that, she took of Ryan's sparkly hat and ruffled his hair a little bit, then she revealed the black and white pooka shell necklace that was hiding under his shirt, then she unbuttoned his white button-up shirt, and finally, she took the pair of Gucci sunglasses from Ryan's pocket and put it on him, making Ryan look exactly like Pierre.

"…Pierre." Gabriella finished.

A couple of people saw Ryan and thought he was Pierre. So they greeted him, "Hey Pierre!" Ryan just gave a small smile and waved a little and then he pulled Gabriella somewhere private.

"How'd you know?" Ryan asked.

"Ryan, 'Pierre' kissed me during rehearsal. And you kissed me during the show. And two people can't have the same lips and same technique on how to kiss. Especially not the same feeling. And I remember every kiss someone gives me, and your kiss matches with 'Pierre's'." Gabriella explained.

"Oh." Ryan said. That was all that he could say.

"So why'd you do it?"

Ryan sighed. "I don't know. Maybe because, I wanna be cooler, you know. And I wanted to impress somebody."

"Well, how are you gonna do that if you're pretending to be someone else? They don't know that 'Pierre' is really Ryan."

"Yeah, I know. It's just that, I thought that if I came as Ryan in those kind of clothes, nobody would take me seriously."

"I'd take you seriously. But, how do you expect to make someone take you seriously if you don't take yourself seriously?" Gabriella said.

Ryan smiled lightly, "You're right. Thanks. That really meant a lot." Silence fell for a short time. "I'm gonna tell everybody on Monday."

"Why don't you save yourself some trouble and tell them now?"

Ryan sighed again. "Yeah. You're right. I'll tell them tonight." Then with that, they went back with the rest of the crowd.

"Everyone, Pierre her has something to say." Gabriella shouted over the crowd and everybody settled down. The DJ stopped the CD.

What is he doing? Sharpay thought.

Ryan went in the middle of everybody and started talking. Not even bothering to speak in French anymore. Just in English with a slight French accent.

"Everybody, I know that you think that I am Sharpay and Ryan's cousin from France. Well, if I was, I should've brought escargot for everybody. But I'm not feeling like myself lately. I feel like I'm a different person. Let me show you guys." With that, Ryan put on his hat, took off the sunglasses, hid the necklace and buttoned his shirt. Everybody gasped when they saw Ryan Evans in front of them.

"Well, yeah. This is how I really look like. I dressed up like my cousin because I wanna be cooler and to impress someone. But that didn't work out because you guys didn't know it was me the whole time. I pretended to be someone else because I thought if I came as me in these cooler clothes, you guys wouldn't take me seriously. But a good friend reminded me that if I don't take myself seriously, then why would anybody else?" Ryan said as he smiled at Gabriella.

"Then, I guess…" Ryan said as he went back to his 'Pierre' self. "…that I'll be dressing like this more often. But I want you guys to know that it's still the same old Ryan Evans underneath all of this coolness. And if you guys don't wanna hang out with me anymore, like you used to with 'Pierre', then I completely understand." Ryan ended. Then some of the people came up to him to give him high fives, that one-armed hug that guys do, and a reassuring smile to let him know that they'll still be hanging out with him. After that, he went back to the gang.

"Ryan, that was awesome!" Taylor said. "So, does that mean, you're not dating Felicite and you're totally available?" She asked and then Chad looked at her. "I'm just kidding!" Then everybody laughed.

"Well, yeah. I'm not dating Felicite and I'm totally available." Ryan admitted.

"Ryan, I can't believe you had us fooled. You are really an actor. By the way, great job on the musical tonight." Troy said.

"Thanks man."

"Hey, did you get to impress that "someone"?" Kelsi asked.

Ryan smiled and looked at Gabriella, who was smiling, and then at Sharpay, and then looked back at Kelsi. "Yeah, I think I did."

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Okay, so that was the sixth chapter! I hope you guys liked it!

Coming up next chapter: I'm still thinking of what to write about. I may not be able to post tomorrow, but I'll post on Tuesday, at the latest. So don't stop reading!