A/N: Hey guys. Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I was just so swamped! Anyway, thanks for the reviews! Although it was only four :( Oh well. And I don't think that I have any new reviewers and if I do and I didn't mention you, I apologize!

hsmfan91 - Thank you so much! And don't worry, they do get together, but not yet. :(

CassieLovesRyne - Thanks! Yeah, I saw the music video. I liked it! It was cool! And the CG2 was great! Not as good as HSM but great! And since I haven't seen the first CG I can't compare it. And yeah! Lucas is hot! I mean, he's Lucas! His hair looks kinda like Jesse McCartney's before he cut it.

lol925 - I like that idea. Maybe I'll do it! But I'll have to think of a really good alternate ending.

laguanabeachfreak442 - Thanks! Glad to know that my story could do that!

Here's the next chapter. This is kinda just a filler, but it's just as good (or I think it is, but you be the judge). Anyway, I hope you guys like it!

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Something Has Changed

Chapter 10: Simple but Sweet

That night, when Gabriella was in bed, she couldn't help but think about what she and Ryan were about to do in the gym. They were about to kiss. Purposely. And the worst part is, she wanted it to happen.

What is wrong with you Gabriella? You're with Troy now! The guy you've liked since you met. But why do you always keep thinking about Ryan? It's not like you like him or anything. Or do you… UGH! Stop it Gabby! You're with Troy now! Gabriella thought to herself. Just then, she heard someone knock on her door. She got up and opened it and no one was there.

"Not, that door, the other door!" She heard a voice behind her say. Then she looked around and there was Troy, on her balcony again. She rushed over and opened the balcony door and let Troy in.

"Troy, what are you doing here?" Gabriella said.

"What, can't I see my girlfriend every once in a while?" Troy asked. Girlfriend. It feels really good to call you that. Troy thought.

"You can. But if my mom finds out that you're here without her knowing, you'd be lucky to get out of here alive."

"Ha, ha very funny." Troy teased.

"No seriously." Gabriella said. "But what brings you here anyway?"

"I don't know. I just felt like I really needed to see you."

"Oh, that's so sweet…" Gabriella said looking in Troy's eyes. "But you really have to go…" Gabriella said, pushing Troy through the balcony door. She was not kidding at all. Her mom is very protective, and if she found out that her daughter was in her room with a boy at this hour… there's no telling what she'll do.

"Wait! I wanna give you something!" Troy said.

"Okay, but make it quick!" Gabriella said as she stole glances at her bedroom door.

"I wanna give you this." Troy said. And then he pulled her in his arms and gave her a kiss on the lips.

"I believe that was our first kiss as boyfriend and girlfriend." Gabriella said as they broke off.

"Yeah, I believe it is. And it's also a goodnight kiss." Troy said.

"Well, thanks. That is so sweet." Gabriella said. "So, I'll talk to you tomorrow?"

"Yeah. Tomorrow sounds good." Troy said chuckling a little. Then Gabriella blew him a kiss and closed and locked the balcony door. Then Troy climbed down the tree and walked off.

See Gabby? Troy is so sweet! Climbing a tree just because he wants to see you and give you a goodnight kiss. Isn't that sweet? He's like the boyfriend every girl dreams off! So why do you keep thinking about Ryan? Gabriella thought to herself. She kept thinking about it as she slowly drifted to dreamland.

That same night, at the Evans' household, Terrell is still awake and in the loft playing with the pinball machine, Sharpay is in her room, making sure her nails are perfect, Summer and Richard are sleeping and Ryan is at his computer doing some research…………… on how to talk to girls.

Sharpay finished with her nails and went to the loft to tell Terrell to sleep.

"Hey dork, it's time to go to bed." Sharpay said.

"Make me!" Terrell shouted back. (A/N: By the way, Terrell is only ten)

Sharpay has little patience on his brother. So she goes up to him, picks him up, walks to his room and throws him on his bed.

"Goodnight little weasel." Sharpay said as she switched the light off.

"How come you never do that to Ryan?"

"One, he's bigger than you. And heavier. Two, he's my twin. So doing bad stuff to him is like doing bad stuff to me. It's like we have twin telepathy. And three, he's a teenager. And teenagers are more mature than little kids."

"Oh yeah, real mature. Right Mr. White?" Terrell said as he showed Sharpay her stuffed polar bear.

Sharpay gasps. "You give Mr. White back to me or else!"

"Or else what?"

"Do you really want to know?" She said as she approached his bed.

"NO!" Then Terrell throws Mr. White back to Sharpay.

"Thank you." Then Sharpay starts walking out the door. "Don't worry, Mr. White, you're safe now." Sharpay said as she petted the stuffed animal. Now she has nothing to do. So she decided to see if Ryan needed any help with his "homework". As she comes closer to Ryan's door, she hears Ryan say something.

"So, how was Heaven when you left it?… No, no, no… Excuse me, do you have your phone number? Because I lost mine… No… It's not my fault I fell in love. You're the one who tripped me!… NO!… If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put 'U' and 'I' together… no… You're a 9.999. You'd be a 10 if you were with me." Ryan just sighs. "It doesn't work for me!"

Sharpay comes in and helps him out. "What about, 'Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by again?'"

"How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough." Sharpay said. "You are so pathetic!"

Ryan sighs again. "I know."

"Okay, what's wrong?" Sharpay asks. Ryan doesn't say anything in response. Instead he just sat there and sighed.

"This is about Gabriella isn't it?" Sharpay asks and Ryan nods.

"She actually cared about me. About how I felt. She blew off a ride with Troy to see if I was okay. And yet, she's still with Troy. I just don't get it."

"Sometimes, you just have to give it time. You have to be patient. Show her that you care. Show her that she means something to you. Girls like it when you do something so simple but yet so sweet."

"So you're saying that I do something simple but sweet for Gabriella."

"Yeah! And just hope she notices it."

Ryan thinks about it for a minute. "Thanks Shar. You're really a big help."

"No prob. Now go get some sleep. Don't make me carry you to bed like I did with Terrell. You're too heavy for me."

"Don't worry, you won't have to." Ryan said as he climbed into bed and turned off the light.

"Night Shar."

"Night, lover boy." Then Sharpay went to her own room to get some shuteye.

The next day, Gabriella woke up earlier than usual. She dressed up and ate breakfast, then brushed her teeth, fixed her hair and she walked to school. She got to her locker and opened it. A note was sitting on top of her books. She read it and smiled. Then she went to the auditorium and straight to the stage. And she went backstage to the dressing rooms. She found Ryan with a can of paint in one hand and a paintbrush on the other. He was wearing overalls.

"Hey Ryan! I got your note! What were you doing in my dressing room?"

"See for yourself." Ryan said. Then he lead her to her dressing room and All Gabriella could do was stare in awe.

"Ryan, you did this? By yourself?"

"Yeah. I mean, you said that your favorite color was orange so I painted it orange." Ryan said. (A/N: I just made up her favorite color)

"Ryan, you're awesome, do you know that?"

"Yeah, I kinda figured that out a couple years ago." Ryan joked. Gabriella playfully punched him in the arm.

Then at lunch, Ryan and Gabriella were in the line. Only a few people separating them. Ryan took the last of the chocolate cakes. Then when Gabriella was about to get one, she realized it was all gone.

Ryan paid for his lunch and went back up to the balcony to sit at their table. Then a couple minutes later, Gabriella did the same. But when she was about to sit at her seat, there was a chocolate cake on the seat. So she took it and put it in the table.

"Whose chocolate cake is this?" Gabriella asked the gang. Everybody just shrugged.

"Can I have it?" Chad asked. Taylor just slapped his arm. "It's Gabriella's." She says.

Then Gabriella sets the cake on her tray. She looks at Ryan, and he winks at her. Gabriella mouths a "Thank you" to Ryan.

Then Ryan looked at Sharpay and she gave him a thumb up.

Then after school, Gabriella had a Scholastic Decathlon competition so she couldn't rehearse with Ryan and Sharpay. And Troy couldn't rehearse either because he had basketball practice.

Ryan decided to skip practice that day and support Gabriella. He came to the competition and watched carefully at what Gabriella was doing. And then she finished and the judge checked to see if they were correct. And as always, they were. So Ryan jumped up and cheered for the Wildcats and Gabriella noticed him.

"Ryan what are you doing here? I thought you had rehearsal?"

"Well, we did but I skipped it for one day."

"Isn't Sharpay gonna be mad?"

"Probably. She might bite my head off when I get home. But it's okay."

"Why'd you come here anyway?"

"What else, but to support a friend." Ryan answered. Then Taylor comes up and clears her throat.

"AHEM!"

"Two friends." Ryan corrects himself. "Hey Gabriella, do you want any company walking home? You know, since Troy's at basketball practice and you're gonna be lonely if you walk by yourself."

"Sure, I'd like some company. Just let me take the lab coat off and get my stuff and we'll get going." Then Gabriella leaves for a while.

Taylor nudges Ryan. "Working it for Gabriella, huh?"

"I try."

"You don't need to try because you're good. Have you been reading those 'How to talk to girls' on the Internet?"

"No…" Ryan lies. Taylor just looks at him. "Okay, yes." Then Gabriella comes back.

"Let's get going!"

As they were walking home, they were talking about different stuff.

"So you afraid of what Sharpay might do when you get home?" Gabriella asks.

"Not really. I'm used to it. You know beside from the torture chamber, the whip, and the burns, it's okay."

"Whip? Burns? Where?"

"Chill I was just kidding."

"Oh, I was about to say."

They talk for a couple more minutes.

"Here we are!" Ryan said as they walked up to Gabriella's front door.

"Thanks for walking with me Ryan. I appreciate it."

"I try to be a good friend."

"Well, you're not. You're a great friend. So I'll talk to you tomorrow?"

"Yeah. Tomorrow." Then Gabriella went in her house and Ryan walked to the sidewalk. Then a couple of seconds later, a red corvette sped past. He decided to check it out and see where it was going. To his surprise, it stopped on Gabriella's house. Then the guy got out and Ryan saw that it was just Troy. He watched him go up to Gabriella's door and ring the bell. Then Gabriella answered and they kissed. Ryan just looked at the sight. Slowly but surely, it was hurting him on the inside.

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So you guys probably hate me now because I keep putting fillers. But I want my story longer so I'm making it longer! But the next chapter might have an actual part of the main story. But I'm still deciding.

One more thing, if some of you guys out there are Lucas Grabeel fans (I'm a huge one!) check out my profile and click on the youtube link. It's a video that Lucas and his friends Marc and Mike did. It's a tribute to his fans. I personally like this video because he's so sweet in it! His voice is just awesome and he's adorable! But in the video, his lips don't move with the words. The words are a little late, but it's still the same!