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CHAPTER 14

Troy knew he was in trouble when Kelsey, Gabby and Taylor cornered him after school the next day. "Uh, hey girls. What's up?" He asked

"You couldn't leave well enough alone could you?" Taylor said loudly backing him into the locker.

"What are you talking about?" Troy asked even through he had an idea about what they were talking about.

"Sharpay!" Kelsey shouted drawing the attention of a few passing seniors.

"Troy, she was finally making progress. She was smiling more and being bitchy more. Almost like her old self but then you had to go and pressure her and now she's like a little kid lost at the mall." Gabby said jabbing her finger at his chest.

"Look, I care about her more than you can possibly imagine." Troy said firing up, "I know how much she loves singing. I could see it on her face every time she was up on stage. I'm going to do anything I can possibly think of to get her to sing again and I shouldn't have to explain myself to the three of you." And with that Troy stalked off leaving the girls standing there staring after him.

"Hmm, he cares about her more than we can possibly imagine." Kelsey smiled but then faltered after a glance in Gabby's direction.

"Do you think he loves her?" Gabby asked quietly

"I don't know." Taylor shrugged, "Why? Do you still love him?"

"No." Gabby said, "Its just he was my first love and Sharpay is one of my best friends. I think they'll be great together but it's still a little sad, you know?"

"That's understandable." Kelsey said reassuringly.

"Yeah it is but now on to more important issues." Gabby smiled deceivingly, "Its Operation Get Sharpay to sing without her knowing."

"That could be tricky." Taylor said

"But we have two scholastic decathlon-ers and someone who has spent the past 4 years with Sharpay's crazy drama lovin' ass." Kelsey smiled

"So we're going to do this?" Gabby asked

"Do what?" Sharpay asked walking up to her friends.

"Going to go see if you wanted to go out to dinner this weekend." Taylor covered quickly.

"Sure." Sharpay said, "Just let me know what time." She walked away quickly and the three girls breathed sighs of relief. If Sharpay knew what they were planning, she would totally freak out.

That Friday Sharpay was alone in her house. Her father was out of town, yet again, and Ryan was still at school for the musical rehearsal. The key felt like it was burning a hole in her palm. She paced back and forth in front of the double doors that had been closed for almost a year.

"Come on Sharpay. Open the door." She whispered to herself, "Its not that hard just put the key in the lock and turn it."

She sucked in a deep breath and turned the key in the lock. Before she could chicken out she shoved open the doors. The room was dark and musty. There was a thin layer of dust that made her choke and sputter when she pulled open the curtains. The sunlight of the afternoon burst through the dark room and brought it back to life.

Sharpay looked around the room sadly. This used to be her life and she wanted so desperately to have it back but she didn't know how. She shook her head to clear her thoughts and quickly found what she was looking for.

She heard the front door of the house open and Ryan's shout. Sharpay ran from the room not bothering to make sure to lock the doors and ran straight to her bedroom. She quickly put what was in her hands in her closet and laid on her bed pretending to read. Not a minute later Ryan opened her door and poked his head in, "Sharpay? Didn't you hear me call?"

Sharpay sat up, "Oh ,hey Ry. No sorry I was reading." She lied, "Whats up?"

"You're reading Sports Illustrated? And, upside down?" Ryan questioned

Sharpay threw the magazine down, "There was a upside down picture I was looking at. Anyway you were saying?" She motioned for him to continue.

Ryan looked uncertain, "Right, OK, me and the guys are going up to Moe's for dinner. Do you want to come?" He asked

"Sure, why not?" Sharpay grabbed her purse and followed Ryan out the door with just a quick glance back to her closet where her secret was hiding.

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