Oh. My. God.

"Sharpay?!" Gabriella shrieked when she saw the tall blonde haired girl standing right behind her chair.

"Ah!" Ryan stood up, "Sharpay goes by Ashley now…" He cautioned and walked beside Ashley hugging her tightly. Ashley giggled and hugged him back.

"Ry, it's been so long." She said into his shoulder and smiled.

"Wait... you knew? And you never told me?!" Gabriella asked and Ryan looked at her sheepishly.

"Yeah. After the whole Zeke thing Ash begged me not to tell anyone, she's my twin and I promised her I wouldn't. She moved to London to stay with my mom and went to a performing school there, got discovered and here she is." Ryan explained with his arm around Ashley's shoulder. Gabriella looked at Ashley.

"Is this true?" She asked.

"Yeah it really is. But I'm back now, and Ry and I thought we should tell you and you only."

"Why only me?" Gabriella asked, confused and raised a slender brow.

Ryan and Ashley exchanged glances, Ryan looked rather nervous. Gabriella looked at them both expectantly and Ashley nodded, Ryan looked back at Gabriella and fumbled in his pocket for something.

"Well…" Ryan said and got down on one knee, Gabriella looked at him, she thought he was going to tie his shoe. Ashley bit her lip and smiled as Ryan took out a red velvet ring box. Gabriella gasped.

"Gabriella Montez, will you marry me?" Ryan asked and looked up at her.

"Oh my god…" Gabriella said, she had tears of joy in her eyes. She stood up, "Yes!"

Ryan's eyes lit up and he stood up, throwing his arms around her waist and lifting her up. Ashley smiled from behind them and Gabriella pulled her into the hug. They all stood there for the longest time, just hugging and squealing. Tears of joy streaked all their cheeks.

"I'm so happy for you!" Ashley squealed and clapped her hands once the hug was over. Ryan looked into Gabriella's eyes and slowly slipped the ring onto her engagement finger.

"I love you Ryan Evans." Gabriella said.

"I love you too." He smiled softly and they leaned in, kissing each other for a few moments.

Unfortunately, what they didn't see was the paparazzi, in the corner, taking picture after picture of the joyous occasion.

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Troy stood in Ryan's empty bedroom, it was morning and the sun was shining through the window. Ryan's father had moved away around a year ago and left the house to him, so Ryan and Gabriella had been living there for years. Still, no matter through all the parties he had never allowed them into Sharpay's old bedroom, or his old bedroom. Now he was standing in Ryan's and it looked exactly as it had the last time he had been in it, over five years ago. Troy went and sat down on Ryans bed, his eyes scanning the room for anything really. He had a feeling, some sort of feeling Ryan knew where Sharpay was. His eyes fell on Ryans desk which had a brown envelope on it. He walked over and picked up the envelope.

Mr R Evans
104 Helmut Avenue
Albuquerque
New Mexico

Troy raised an eyebrow and even though he knew he shouldn't, he took the letter out of the opened top, unfolded it. It wasn't very long, just a couple of pages and there were clippings, pictures of the new pop sensation Ashley Tisdale still in the envelope. He tipped it and let them all fall onto the desk, there were quite a few. Ashley Tisdale releases third single in the UK. He read the headlines and then moved back to the letter.

Dear Ryan

I miss you, I can't believe the last time you came to see me would be the last. You're right, I really have to come to America, I have to get over this stupid fear of mine. America is a big place and theres no way Zeke would find me there..

Wait, no way Zeke would find who? Troys eyes rushed to the bottom of the letter and widened.

Lots of love

Sharpay (Or should I say Ashley now? Haha)

Troy dropped the letter on the table, so Ryan had known where Sharpay had been all along? He couldn't believe it, Troy looked at Ryans desk drawer, it was slightly open. He knew he shouldn't but he pulled it open anyway and sat himself down on the computer chair, turning it to the desk drawer. Inside was envelope after envelope, all with the same curly old-fashioned writing and address. There were at least fifty letters crammed in the one drawer, he opened the drawer below and found exactly the same thing. Troy took out his cell and searched for Ryans number. Once he found it he dialled it.

"The cell phone you have dialled is currently out of range, please try again later. The cell phone you have dialled is currently out of range, please try again later. The cell phone you have called..."

Troy listened in shock. He couldn't believe Ryan had lied to him. He couldn't believe it.

After that had sunk in Troy made his way down the hall and paused outside the door painted pink. Sharpay's bedroom door, he took a deep breath and looked at her name written in little golden stars. He pushed down on the handle and opened the door.

He didn't know what he had expected. But it certainly wasn't this. Sure, the room looked empty. It looked like he had last seen it, but more empty. But why would it be empty? She had vanished and run away, right? It seemed impossible, surreal even. Words were spinning around his mind, it was impossible that her leaving had been planned, right? He looked around; all her photo's of friends and herself was still there, her eyes shining out at the camera as she had her arms around a happy Zeke, or a pouting Taylor. Gabriella and Troy were there too, and Ryan of course and they all looked so happy. Troy picked one of the photos off the wall, a picture of her and him. He had his arms casually around her shoulders and was smiling at the camera; she was smiling at something off the camera. He remembered that day.

"Sharpay, Troy c'mere I wanna get a picture of you both!" Ryan called out, they were all in the park opposite the school, having a great time. Sharpay and Zeke had just got together, and they were all celebrating somehow. Zeke laughed and detached himself from the blonde goddess as she made her way over to Troy. Troy hugged her tightly and she giggled.

"Troy let me go I can't breathe!" Sharpay squealed and Troy hugged tighter, "Troy! The picture won't look good if I'm dead." Sharpay pushed him away and Gabriella started laughing. It was then Troy smiled at the camera Ryan was holding and Sharpay, still laughing with Gabriella wasn't looking when Troy slipped his arm around her and the flash went off.

Flash.

Troy saw it in the room then, the memory still in his mind and all the others of times he had shared with her and the others. He missed times like that, Troy realised then he had pretty much been living in limbo ever since Sharpay had supposedly disappeared. He wanted to change that, but he couldn't now. Not when he knew about the letters and the lies Ryan had been feeding him all this time.

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