L.A.

Troy rushed right over to Ryans, to ask him of what he had heard and when he found him he was not expecting what he saw. Gabriella was sitting in the front of the car, applying some lip gloss and Ryan was putting bags into the boot of the car. He put the boot down and that was when he saw Troy who was standing there looking at him suspiciously.

"Hey Troy." Ryan said with a smile and walked to the front of the car.

Troy was confused, "Where….are you going?" He asked them and Gabriella looked at him.

"Holiday." She said simply, and quite dismissively.

"Oh." Troy said, and paused, "How come you never told me?" He asked.

"It was a surprise, for Gabi so I didn't tell anyone." Ryan said and got into the car, the whole situation felt awkward.

"Yeah, was there something you came over for Troy?" Gabriella asked and took Ryans hand as he turned the ignition in the car, he smiled at her.

"Erm… yeah. I heard someone on the radio I thought it might be…" Troy hesitated.

"Sharpay?" Ryan finished for him and rolled his eyes, he was obviously irritated with Troy's ongoing search for his 'missing' twin. Gabriella bit her lip, she missed Sharpay and had no idea where she was, Ryan didn't like speaking of her much she they never spoke. As far as Gabriella knew, Sharpay could be dead by now.

"Yeah." Troy said finally.

"Well it wasn't." Ryan said, "I don't know what you're doing Troy but stop trying to find my sister. It's in the past now. She's gone and I don't think she is returning. You don't think that in five years, if she wanted us to know where she was she would have contacted us. Or come back?" Ryan asked and looked at Troy, who was looking at the ground. The words stung Gabriella; she always liked to think that wherever she was Sharpay was too afraid to call, not because she didn't want to. They had been friends, hadn't they?

"We better go." Ryan said and Troy nodded.

"Okay I will see you… some other time." He said and slowly walked away from the car, he watched Gabriella and Ryan drive off. Ryan had been so touchy about the whole thing, but maybe that was just because she was his twin and Troy had been able to do nothing else apart from go on about her for years.

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"So where are we going Ryan?" Gabriella asked as they pulled onto the motorway. Ryan smiled and winked at her.

"You'll see when we get there." He said and looked back at the road.

"You can be so annoying sometimes, you know that?" Gabriella said with a pout and crossed her arms, leaning back in the chair. Ryan laughed and hit her with one hand playfully.

"Both hands on the wheel!" Gabriella shrieked and put his hand back on the wheel.

Ryan swerved.

"Ryan!" Gabriella yelled and looked at the road.

"Will you calm down?" He said and laughed at her.

"Stop laughing, the road isn't funny. You won't be laughing when we crash." She said moodily and Ryan stopped laughing after a few more minutes, "That's better."

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Chad kicked the dirt; Troy had dragged him out to talk about his latest discovery. He had heard Sharpay on the radio and asked Ryan; Ryan had got really touchy and driven away. Personally Chad was also very sick of his obsession with the missing teen.

"And then he and Gabriella acted all couply and just drove away from me." Troy said and threw his hands up in the air as though it was the worst thing that could ever happen to anyone.

"Troy." Chad looked at Troy.

"And now, I'm just left here, sitting wondering well was it really her? Did I imagine it? Am I insane?" Troy continued.

"Yes!"

"What?"

"Yes! You are insane! You have been obsessing and obsessing over her, over Sharpay Evans for five years. Five years. If she had wanted to, she would have contacted you. But she didn't. Did she?" Chad said coldly.

"No…."

"Exactly! And I'm sorry, but you have been speaking about her non-stop for five years. Quite frankly, we have all grown very tired of it. Everyone else moved on. Even Ryan moved on Troy, why can't you? Because you're going to have no friends by the end of this. If it ever comes." Chad said, and then shook his head, walking away from Troy. He had had enough of Troys obsession with Sharpay Evans. He turned around and looked at Troy, "She's not coming back!" He called and left him there.

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"Okay, now look." Ryan said and pointed for Gabriella to look out the windscreen.

"Okay!" Gabriella giggled and leaned forward, "Is that what I think it is?" She asked.

Ryan nodded.

"OH MY GOD IT'S THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN!" She shrieked and Ryan laughed, "You took me to LA?!"

"Yep." He said and smiled, "I know you don't need to say it… I'm great." Ryan nodded smugly.

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Ashley posed outside the first class hotel for the photographers. She had already had her single released in America and it had taken the stores by storm. People knew her here too and it was odd being known for a different name than the one on her birth certificate. She had it legally changed, but still it was odd. Ashley spun around and walked into the hotel. Her assistant had checked in for her and she greeted her with the keys.

"Thanks Lucia." Ashley said with a smile and took the key card out of her hand.

"You're welcome Ashley. I'm staying in the room next door so if you need anything, just call." Lucia said and wrote something down on the clipboard she was holding.

"Thanks and I will." Ashley replied and walked over to the elevator, she went up to her room to prepare for dinner, it was such a big event tonight and she was very nervous. Her heart was racing. She smiled as she made her way into the room; tonight was going to be so special, so important. She had to perfect she realised as she opened the door. Her room was amazing; it had a sitting room and a kitchen, a walk in wardrobe and a huge circle bed. It was almost as great as her home in London, the place she had only just bought. She smiled and fell onto the bed.

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Ryan smiled at Gabriella, they were eating at a rather posh restaurant in town and there was a candle between them. They were both eating steak and Gabriella was smiling as Ryan talked away to her about exactly why they were there, she realised she actually had no idea.

"Gabi, I brought you here because its our fifth year anniversary, tomorrow." Ryan said and Gabriella gasped.

"Oh my god! It really is!" She said and raised her hands to her mouth.

"Wait, you mean you didn't know?" Ryan looked crestfallen.

"No I mean, it just slipped my mind. I feel so bad though, you went to all this trouble." She said and looked around slowly, it was truly beautiful. There were other couples and families all around; the road beside them was quiet so the sound of traffic didn't even ruin anything.

Suddenly Ryan checked his watch again, he had been doing that for the last half hour, and Gabriella looked concerned, "Is something wrong?" She asked, "Did you have another thing planned? Because this was really enough Ry." She said and he looked at her, scratching his head.

"Well there was another reason I brought you to LA Gabi." He said quietly and looked behind her, he smiled.

"What was it?" Gabriella looked over her shoulder. She did a double take and gasped at the sight she saw there.

Oh yeah...I'm beaing mean and leaving you with a little cliffie. Don't be maaad I swear it won't take as long to update. I had a severe case of writers block and also, this story only got six reviews last time. I was so upset you know? ): More this time hopefully.

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