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CHAPTER 6
It was a good thing they were all alone outside otherwise Sharpay would have had to pull back and slap him, for effect of course. Instead she leaned into him. He held her tightly to him; her hands were wrapped in his hair. At first their kiss was intense, they clung to each other almost desperately. Then when it was clear that neither of them was pulling away they relaxed and their desperate embrace became a passionate one. Finally they broke apart. They stared at each other for a few seconds.
"I have to get to basketball practice--…" Troy said at the same time as Sharpay said, "I should go."
"Yeah." They said in unison.
"See you tomorrow." Sharpay said and took off running.
Troy left the track and headed into the gym feeling shaken to the core. The rush of emotions that had spread throughout him when he was kissing Sharpay was like nothing he had ever experienced. With Gabby it was like puppy love but with Sharpay it was so different, it was so real. Even when they were in the play together in the fall and he had to kiss her it wasn't anything like he just felt.
"Troy, where have you been?" Coach Bolton asked when Troy finally made it in to the gym.
"Sorry, dad. I was running a few laps on the track." Troy said
"Good boy." Coach said, "Trying to stay in shape." He blew his whistle, "OK boys lets head on out to the track and do some laps."
Sharpay was still on the track when the team walked out. She was just walking but when she saw the team start to jog she began to run so that she could make it to the other side and get off the track before they caught up with her.
"You were on the track huh?" Chad said mischievously to Troy as they started to run.
"Would you let it go, we were on totally opposite sides. And anyway she got here after I did." Troy lied
"Whatever you say." Chad grinned
Sharpay meanwhile was having a hard time breathing. Troy kissing her brought out all sorts of feelings that she just wasn't ready to face. He was right though. After months of being numb, she could finally feel. But it wasn't all good feelings and a lot of them scared her. She decided that it was time for another plan and this one would be the thing that earns her an Emmy one day.
She left the track quickly, not wanting to give the guys an opportunity to catch up with her. Sharpay sat at in her room that night thinking. Everything she did was wrong and she just ended up hurting people. If she let this thing, or whatever it is, with Troy last to long she would just end up hurting him and that was the last thing she wanted to do.
The next few weeks at school Sharpay didn't have to worry about avoiding Troy because he was avoiding her. They both acted like nothing was going on so for a long time none of their friends didn't know anything had happened.
Sharpay had spent the past few weeks working on her plan, and if she did say so herself it was the best one she had ever had. If she wanted people to think she was back to normal in a way that didn't require her to sing then she was going to have to go above and beyond in her ice queen ways until summer. Once school was out she would leave for Olson, or so people will think.
She walked into school the next day dressed to kill. Her eyes were narrowed and her mouth was drawn in a sneer, no one would ever be able to guess how much pain she was in.
"Get out of my way." She snarled at a group of senior's standing in front of her locker.
"Bitch." A few of them whispered under their breath, but it just goes to show you how scared people were of the ice queen that they all moved out of her way.
"Say it louder and to my face chicken shit." Sharpay spat to the group as a whole.
"OK. Everyone go away." Chad said shooing away the seniors. "Trying to start a fight?" He asked Sharpay.
"They were in my way." She answered
"Its kind of funny that their scared of you." Kevin said
Sharpay didn't respond just opened her locker and ignored everyone around her.
"Have you seen Troy?" Chad asked
"I'm not seeing Troy." Sharpay said quickly
Chad and Kevin exchanged glances, "I meant have you seen him today. He has my math book." Chad said
"Oh." Sharpay laughed nervously, "Nope haven't seen him. See you guys later." She left very quickly and pushed her way through the crowd.
"That was weird." Kevin said
"What was weird?" Taylor asked walking up to the boys with Kelsey.
"I asked Sharpay if she had seen Troy and she goes, No I'm not seeing Troy." Chad explained.
Kevin jumped in, "But she said it all defensive and nervous."
"Maybe something happened between them?" Taylor suggested.
"Well there's one way to find out." Kelsey said as Troy walked over to them, "Hey Troy have you seen Sharpay?"
"No, why would I see Sharpay? Its not like we're dating or anything." Troy said nervously, then as an afterthought, "Uh, I gotta go." He left quickly
"Oh yeah, something definitely happened." Taylor said.
"So what do you do?" Kevin asked
"Not get involved?" Kelsey suggested
Chad and Kevin glanced at Taylor and the three of them responded, "Nah."
Kelsey sighed, "I didn't think so. OK, what do we do?"
"What ever it is we better do it quick. Sharpay is leaving for Olson in less than a month." Taylor said
"She's still going?" Kevin asked
"That's what Ryan said." Chad said
"You three suck at evil plans." Kelsey laughed, "Look we just need to have a sleepover."
"What's a slumber party going to do?" Kevin asked
"There are so many ways we can play it." Kelsey said, "Truth or dare? Or, actually, I think we still have the video from the fall musical when Troy and Sharpay were the leads."
"That's right and they sang that song. You can totally see the chemistry." Taylor said excitedly
"So what now?" Chad asked, "Do we fill everyone else in on the plan?"
"No, I would keep it on the DL." Kelsey said
"Why?" Kevin asked
"Just in case we're wrong." Taylor said
The bell rang sending the four teens running to their next class. At lunch that day Sharpay was absent but the rest of them talked about the sleepover for the following Friday. Ryan offered to have it at his and Sharpay's house.
"Hey dad?" Ryan asked that night at dinner, "Would it be OK if the gang came over for a sleepover on Friday?"
"That's fine with me but I'm going out of town on Thursday and I won't be back until Monday so as long as their parents know that I won't be here its fine by me." Greg said.
"Won't Mrs. White be here?" Sharpay asked referring to their cook and house keeper.
"I gave her the weekend off. You guys usually order take out when I'm gone anyway." Greg answered.
"OK, cool. Thanks dad." Ryan said
"No problem, It's nice to see you both with all your friends." Greg smiled at his children, happy that they were both doing so well after losing their mother.
After dinner Sharpay pulled Ryan into her room, "Since when is the whole gang coming over?"
"We talked about it today at lunch. They wanted to have a big slumber party but no one's parents would let us all be there." Ryan answered
"Is Troy coming?" She asked trying to sound nonchalant.
"Last I checked Troy was apart of the gang." Ryan said, "Does it matter?"
"No, I was just wondering. He's been real busy with basketball so I didn't know if he was coming." Sharpay covered quickly
"Right." Ryan said skeptically, "Anyway, do you want me to help you to start getting your stuff ready for Olson."
"Oh, uh, sure." Sharpay answered unsure
The twins worked together in silence for a minute making lists of everything she would need. All of a sudden Ryan turned on Sharpay's I pod. It was connected to the speakers of her stereo; he found their favorite playlist of musical appropriate songs. When it was fully blaring out of the speakers he began to sing. Sharpay watched him with a small smile on her face but she couldn't bring herself to join him. She contented herself with humming along softly.
Ryan watched his sister and she put her dirty clothes in the hamper for Mrs. White. She still wouldn't sing and that scared him a little bit. He hadn't thought anything on the earth could get her to stop singing, boy was he wrong. Although she hadn't made him turn off the Ipod yet and she was humming so maybe that was a start.
The girls spent the entire week of school planning all the fun sleep over games they were going to play while the boys complained about it.
"I draw the line at makeovers." Brad said Friday when the group made their way up the steps to the Evan's front door.
"Relax man, we got your back." Mark said clapping a hand to his shoulder
Gabby shook her head, "You guys are ridicules."
Taylor rang the doorbell and Ryan answered, "Hey guys come on in."
"Where should we put our stuff?" Kelsey asked
"Well we figured we could all sleep in the Entertainment room down here but you girls can put your stuff in Sharpay's room for now and guys can put their stuff in my room." Ryan said
"Where's Sharpay?" Taylor asked
"Uh, I thought she was with you." Ryan said
"Why would you think that?" Troy asked
"She told me she had to do something but she would come with you guys." Ryan said worriedly
"Oh." Gabby said, "I'll try her cell."
"No need, her car just pulled up." Chad said looking out the window to the driveway where Sharpay's silver BMW convertible was speeding into the garage.
"She'll probably take the stairs in the kitchen right up so you can go on up." Ryan said pointing to the stairs in the entryway.
The girls were already unloading their bags in Sharpay's room when she came running in, "Hey, you guys here already?" Her arms were loaded down with bags. She had clearly just come from the mall.
"Yeah, where have you been?" Gabby asked
"Shopping." Sharpay answered, "I'm gonna take a shower but I'll be down in a little bit."
"Sure." Kelsey said as the three girls made their way to the kitchen where the boys were already ordering enough food to feed and army.
After an hour when Sharpay still hadn't come down Gabby turned to Ryan, "Should we go check on her?"
"Its only been an hour, I usually only check on her if its taken longer than 2." Ryan said casually.
The group turned its attention back to the movie only to be interrupted again an hour later when the doorbell rang. Before anyone could move to answer it Sharpay came running down the stairs clearly dressed up. "I got it." She shouted.
She flung open the door, "Hey, let me just tell my brother where I'm going."
"You aren't going to introduce me?" Craig, Sharpay's date said with a dimpled grin.
She shrugged, "Why not." Sharpay and Craig moved into the family room where everyone was scattered about watching a movie, "Ryan, guys, this is Craig. We're going on a date I'll be back later."
"Since when are you going on a date?" Ryan asked and then taking in her appearance, "What the hell? You aren't going out dressed like that!"
"I kind of like it." Craig said pulling Sharpay close and letting his hand rest on her butt.
As for the rest of the guys, they were all having trouble thinking straight let along talking. Sharpay was wearing a black leather mini skirt, knee high black boots, fishnet tights and a red string thing that could barely be called a shirt. It just looked like a few scraps of material held together by some string. Her hair was down in a wild mess or crimps and curls. She had large hoop earrings in a her make-up was all glittery and she had clearly dusted glitter on the rest of her body since there was so much skin showing. She held a jean jacket in her hand but it was one of those that cut off right below your chest so it really would cover much up.
"No one asked you." Ryan spat at Craig, "Sharpay you can't seriously go out looking like that."
"I can and I am." Sharpay said, "I just wanted to let you know that I'm not sure what time I'll be home."
Troy was seeing red but couldn't come up with the words to get her to stay. Gabby and the other girls had no such problem, "Sharpay what are you doing?" Gabby asked, "This isn't you."
As much it killed her to do so Sharpay rolled her eyes, "Lets get out of here baby." She kissed Craig on the neck and whispered something in his ear. His hand tightened on her butt and they ran out of the house.
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