Finally, it's updated again. I'm still working on the story so that's why I didn't want to just put everything up at once. But I did put double the chapters to get more into the action. Hopefully, I'll be finished soon.

"I want a huge glittery banner with my fabulous face at the center," Sharpay demanded, pacing back in forth in the cafeteria. She turned to Ryan who was leaning over a notebook filled with all of Sharpay's glamorous ideas for her campaign. "You'd be there too of course, just someplace in the background."

Any other day, Ryan would have objected but he wasn't paying attention enough to even hear what Sharpay was saying. He had been thinking about the detention he had spent with Mina. She turned out to be pretty cool, once he got to know her. Instead of the catty girl who glared at everyone who walked down the halls, he got to meet the nice girl who laughed at his jokes and actually apologized for being wrong. He took every negative thing he ever thought about her back. She was nothing like Sharpay.

"Ryan!" Speaking of the drama queen. He jumped up and looked at her. "Why are you not writing this down?"

He straightened up stared down at his paper, grabbing the pen next to him. "Right. What was that about you being center?"

Sharpay beamed. "I want one of my best photos- which is going to be a hard choice since all of my photos are flawless..."

Ryan wrote down all that he could before zoning out again, leaving Sharpay's voice to trail off. He knew that it was harsh of him, but he secretly started considering to vote for Mina as prom queen. It's a good thing Sharpay's twinstincts didn't kick in. If she found out what he was thinking, he would definitely get his head bit off this time.

Early the next morning, the East High students were crowded around a bulletin board near the school lobby. The ballots had been in and the nominees with the most votes were posted. Gabriella stood with Taylor and Chad, starring at the list. Right in between Mina and Sharpay for prom queen, was Gabriella Montez.

"Congrats, Gab!" Taylor cried. "I can't wait to see the look on Sharpay's face when she finds out!"

I could, Gabriella thought. She had had enough of the Gabriella vs. Sharpay battles. This year she just wanted to have fun, which is why she really didn't want to be nominated for prom queen. Unless... she looked through the prom king nominees and there he was. Troy Bolton, right underneath Ryan Evens. For a second she grew more excited, then she sighed. "If only I truly had a chance. I'm going against the queen of the theatre and the princess of the cheerleading squad."

"So what?" Taylor asked, "You're a nominee, right?"

"Which means you're still in the game!" Chad said, spinning a basketball on one finger.

"You have my vote," Taylor smiled.

"Mine, too!"

Gabriella spun around to see Troy coming their way, hiding something behind his back. As soon as they were face to face, he held out a red and white corsage in front of her.

"Gabriella Montez, will you go to the prom with me?"

Gabriella beamed. "I'd love to!"

Troy blew out a sigh of relief and smiled. He took the beautiful corsage out of the clear plastic box and placed it around Gabriella's wrist.

Chad looked down at his ball and held it out to Taylor. "Taylor McKenzie? Will you go to the prom with me?"

Taylor giggled and took the ball from him. "Of course I will!"

"Good," Chad sighed. "Now that that's out of the way let's get to homeroom before I have to spend another boring hour with Ms. Darbus." He swung his arm around Taylor and they walked off. Troy took Gabriella's hand and they slowly followed.

Gabriella couldn't stop staring at her flower. "It's beautiful," she whispered.

"I hoped you would like it," Troy responded. "This whole Prom thing is new to me so I didn't really know what to get."

"It's perfect!" Gabriella stared up into Troy's eyes and he stared back. All of the worries about prom queen flew out of the window. All she could think about now was going to the Prom with Troy and knowing that the night would be one she would remember for the rest of her life. She leaned her head against his shoulder as they continued down the hall.

Sharpay hid behind a wall, overhearing everything. She had been the first to read the post and was horrified to see that she not only had Mina to deal with, but also goody two shoes Gabriella. It wasn't bad enough that she had stole away her musical and her Troy, but now she was trying to steal away her crown?

And where was Ryan? They had promised to meet up in the lobby to discuss her campaign before homeroom. It wasn't like him to be a no show. He had constantly done whatever she told him to without hesitation. How could he stand her up at such a crucial point in her high school life!

Just then her purse rang. Cautiously, she searched the halls for Ms. Darbus then took out her cell. Glancing at the ID, she flipped it open. "Where are you?" she whispered shrilly, looking over her shoulder.

"Right in front of you." Ryan came walking up to her holding a phone to his ear and a stack of large illuminated pink posters with Sharpay's face on them. They both snapped their phones shut.

Sharpay reached for a poster and held it up with a grin of satisfaction. "Did you bring the hall passes?"

Ryan pulled out two identical pieces of paper. "Let's get started!"