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Disclaimer; I do not own High School Musical or any of their characters, but I did make up loads of other characters and they are MINE, MINE MINE MINE MINE! ;)

THIS CHAPTER SEEMS LONGER THAN IT IS BECAUSE THE INSTANT MESSAGING PARTS TAKE UP A LOT OF ROOM

There is online conversation going on in this chapter. There'll also be some in the next chapter. 3&4 were supposed to be one chapter but they are a bit too long so I split them ) Yeah, the chatspeak is very annoying, but I didn't think that Sharpay's gang would type in perfect clean grammar, so these are the screenames so you don't get too confused.

ShimmerPrincessSharpay Sharpay Evans

ImpossiblyHotBella Isabella Castillo

ImBringinJennyBack Jennifer Choo

ItsSoWorthLiss Alice Carr

SPARKLESxxSTELLA Stella Allerie

Chapter 3

Caps Are SO Out

"I can't sleep!" Sharpay groaned. She stuffed her face into her pink pillow.

Nope, she was awake. WIDE awake.

"Damn it," she hissed. She checked her watch; 9:03 PM.

She had read in a teen magazine that you need beauty sleep. She was hoping to grab a nice ten hours of sleep, but obviously that wasn't going to happen.

How to make the best of this situation? ...why not spend some time recieving compliments from admiring losers?

"I'm so smart," she whispered smugly, powering up her pink laptop.

Oooh, I hope Cameron is online, or Ethan! Or-

Sharpay was snapped out of her thoughts by a loud 'ding', which meant she had recieved an instant message. She frowned, forgetting that each time her computer turned on, she was automatically signed into her messenger.

This computer is so fast, she thought.

She turned down her laptop's volume and accepted the message.

ShimmerPrincessSharpay Sharpay Evans

ImpossiblyHotBella Isabella Castillo

ImBringinJennyBack Jennifer Choo

ItsSoWorthLiss Alice Carr

SPARKLESxxSTELLA Stella Allerie

xxSexyQueen Alyson Payne

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: heyyy!

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: h/o lemme get the rest!

ImpossiblyHotBella has been invited to the conversation.

ImBringinJennyBack has been invited to the conversation.

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: hey

ItsSoWorthLiss has been invited to the conversation.

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: heyyy, supbella/jenny/liss!

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: umm, hello?

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: oh right LOL you too stella.

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: thx :)

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: btw when are u changing ur screename? caps are SO out.

ImBringinJennyBack: agreed shar!

ImpossiblyHotBella: ...sorry stella, but i agree w/ shar

ItsSoWorthLiss: heyyy y'all!

ItsSoWorthLiss: umm ya sorry shar is rite, caps r so 6th grade

ImpossiblyHotBella: heyyy liss

ImBringinJennyBack: and we're not in 6th grade no more LOL

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: oh, umm sooon. how do you know if caps are out?

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: are you doubting what i'm saying?

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: NO, shar u are right i will change soon! u r always soo smart and cool sharpay :)

ImBringinJennyBack: we are so we're glad ur our leader :)

ImBringinJennyBack: friend, not leader LOL, typo

ItsSoWorthLiss: she's good both anywayz :)

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: sharpay u are so great!

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: thx :) but i need to talk about our problem

ImpossiblyHotBella: ...our problem?

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: alyson.

ItsSoWorthLiss: how is she a problem? you r soo better than her.

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: yah but it's a new year

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: i just don't want her... messing anything up. again.

ImBringinJennyBack: ...again?

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: eurgh. don't you remember the honey incident?

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: oooh ya thank goodnesss you were able 2 get it all out of ur gorgeous hair!

ImpossiblyHotBella: but after that u throw a carton of chili cheese fries her, n she was 2 scared 2 do anything back, ur even

ImBringinJennyBack: LOL remember when ryan asked her for sum fries?

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: LOL ya!

ImpossiblyHotBella: Lol!

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: i just dont want her 2 damage my rep. or steal troy

ImpossiblyHotBella: but ethan is pretty hot 2

ImBringinJennyBack: ya! buuuut...

ImpossiblyHotBella: but what?

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: uhh, but what?

ImBringinJennyBack: ive heard from my sources that ethan didn't grow this summer... at ALL!

ImpossiblyHotBella: ooooh burn, LOL even Shar is probably taller than him!

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: omg IT'S TRUE i saw him burger-rama getting a super chili burger deluxe n he wuz short

ImpossiblyHotBella: LOL u deserve better than a burger-eater shar

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: wait... did troy grow?

ImBringinJennyBack: 2 inches

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: ehmagod thank GOODNESS :) he iz still on my list.

ImpossiblyHotBella: AND RYAN IS STILL ON MINE, ROWR!

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: ...bella?

ImpossiblyHotBella: oh whoops 4got u dont like taking about ur brother...

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: and what else?

ImBringinJennyBack: bella, caps are out...

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: SO out.

Sharpay was peacefully relaxed when an annoying door creaking sound snapped her out of her 'happy place'

"Stupid freaking annoying people," she grumbled, taking her time to check the reason of this disturbing noise.

What the hell... Ryan signed in? It was like nine thirty... he was he was going to bed. He left my room.

Did he... ditch me?

Nobody ditched Sharpay Evans. Even her own twin brother. She quickly sent him an IM.

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: Ry, you online? I thought u said you were going to bed.

No reply for a couple of seconds. Then it said he was typing a message... and then it showed him offline.

What the hell? I guess he wasn't online. My computer must've been glitchy.

She quickly went back to chat with her friends.

ImpossiblyHotBella: ooo oops sorry shar!

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: it's ok. everyone deserves 1 more chance. ONE more only. ;) lol just playin' bella.

ImBringinJennyBack: omg ryan signed in!

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: omg really?

ImBringinJennyBack: yeah im talking 2 him, omg i dunno what 2 say!

ImBringinJennyBack: sharpay any advice?

ImBringinJennyBack: sooo nervous

SPARKLESxxSTELLA: me 2!

Sharpay froze. Ryan was talking to Jennifer? But... he was offline... but that could mean... he ditched her and THEN blocked her!

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: brb.

Sharpay tip-toed to her brother's room.

"Can I come in?" she sang loudly, pressing her ear against the door.

She heard stomping footsteps rushing around. He was obviously going to run to his bed or something.

"If you must," he finally said dramatically.

"You weren't sleeping?" Sharpay mused, taking a graceful step into the messy room. She tried to ignore the funny smell and keep a straight face... but it was hard. "You know you can borrow some of my air freshner. Don't even ask me for it... just take it."

"Thanks but I'll pass," he said with a cocky half-smile. "I have a perfect explanation for that," he said in a monotone, like he had planned out what he would recite. "I couldn't sleep and I went to have a glass of water, and I walked around the room to calm myself, aaand now I'm going to bed. Sooo, bye!" Ryan said, sounding hopeful.

"Ahhh." Sharpay said, showing no signs of wanting to leave.

Her eyes darted towards his computer. The monitor was off, but the computer was still on. She stared at the blinking green light, anger slowly filling her.

"Sorry to bother you. But it's just, for a moment, my computer said you were online. I sent you an instant message, and then you logged off," she said. She always liked to cut straight to the point.

"I wasn't online," he blurted. "I wasn't! I was drinking water. No, that was before. I was walking. Just walking. Your computer must be glitchy."

"Glitchy," she repeated. "Right. I can' t believe I didn't think of that before, stupid me. Sorry to bother you Ry."

"You didn't," he called out, not sounding very honest.

Sharpay decided to leave a blow on him before she left. Be blunt, and if they lie, add some guilt.

"I know you'd never lie to me, Ry. You have my back and I have yours. I trust you, whatever you say." she waved and smiled sweetly, trying to ignore the blinking light from the corner of her eye.

Ryan looks down and stayed quiet

That that, brother.

Sharpay marched back to her room, and then sneaked back to Ryan's and stuck her ear to his door. She heard beeping and clicking and typing.

Feeling hurt, she went back to her room and settled back with her laptop. She hated when Ryan lied about obvious things.

She went back to chatting with her friends.

ItsSoWorthLiss: OMG!

Sharpay flinched. Her heart started racing.

ShimmerPrincessSharpay: what!