CHAPTER 6: Two Years Later

"Because you live and breathe

Because you make me believe in myself

When nobody else can help

Because you live, girl"

After the concert, Prince had his own concerts, own films, lots of albums, product endorsements, guest appearances, nominations and awards. Mr. Fritz is right. He's a superstar now. Two years later, Prince Richards is the BIGGEST SUPERSTAR. A lot of things changed in his life but still, he has Sharpay. But, while he is busy with his career, Sharpay was there, trying to understand everything especially his work. But, she was never alone. There's Ryan, Gabriella, Chad, Kelsi, Taylor, Jason, Zeke, and her bestfriend…TROY.

Prince was in his concert. He was singing Because you live:

"Staring out at the rain with a heavy heart
It's the end of the world in my mind
Then your voice pulls me back like a wake up call
I've been looking for the answer
Somewhere
I couldn't see that it was right there
But now I know what I didn't know

Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
Because you live, girl
My world has twice as many stars in the sky"

When he was done, the fans started to howl, chant, cheer, and everything.

The fans yelled, "WE LOVE YOU PRINCE!"

Prince laughed, "THANK YOU! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WONDERFUL EVENING WITH ME GUYS! GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!"

He waved to the audience and then took his final bow before going to the backstage.

"How was that?" Prince smiled.

"Excellent!" Mr. Fritz exclaimed. "Very good, Prince! Now, you're not the PRINCE but the KING of show business."

Prince laughed, "Um…so, what's my schedule for tomorrow?"

"The schedule is in my office," Mr. Fritz told him. "I'll just call you tomorrow for information."

"Ok sure," Prince smiled.



The next day.

"Prince?" Sharpay whispered into Prince's ear.

"Honey…five minutes more," Prince sounded really sleepy. "Please?"

"I know you had a BIG NIGHT last night but remember: you told me you have a surprise for me today," she sounded really excited. "So you get up now!"

"Surprise can wait," he buried his faced on to the pillow.

"Ugh," she sighed. "Well…girlfriend's waiting."

"Prince sat up," I'm awake!"

Sharpay laughed at him, "Now, get ready!"

"Fine," he went to the bathroom.

After getting ready, Prince took Sharpay somewhere in Albuquerque.

"Wow!" she saw a big beautiful house. "This house is fabulous!"

Prince smiled, "You like it?"

"Well, it's totally gorgeous," she replied.

Prince got out the car the opened Sharpay's door, "Come on."

"What? Where are we going?" she was clueless but still went out of the car.

"We're going to check out the house," he told her.

"What? We're not going to trespass, right?" she raised one eyebrow.

"Of course not! You don't call it trespassing when you check out your own house," he smiled at her.

"What?" she looked at him.

He held her hands and started to walk towards the house, "You ask too many questions, honey."

When they got inside, it was really beautiful. There were already some stuffs inside but not really properly arranged.

"So what do you think?" he asked.

"Wow!" she exclaimed. "This house is really great!"

Prince smiled.

"Hold on," she turned to him. "What did you mean by OWN HOUSE?"



"Honey…this house is for us," he held her hands.

"T-This house? F-For…US?" Sharpay was shocked.

"Yup," he smiled. "After the wedding, we'll stay here together."

"Uh…it's not that I don't like it, honey…well, actually this is wonderful, but Prince…" she was cut off.

"Yeah, I know we're not yet on that stage," he said. "But I just want to start preparing for our future early, so that…we don't need to rush things later on."

Sharpay smiled at him the she hugged him.

"I love you," he kissed her hair.

"I love you," she kissed him on the lips.

"Come on," he held her hands. "I'll show you the rest of the house."

"Okay," she smiled.

They started to tour around the house. Then, they went to the backyard.

"Your garden will be in front," Prince said. "While the backyard will be for the kids."

"Maybe a playground," she suggested.

"Actually, I was thinking to put an amusement park," he told her. "It's spacious anyway."

"Amusement park? That's very huge for the child," she said.

"I said KIDS not CHILD," he told her.

"Alright," she said. "But that's still huge for the two of them."

"Who said I want TWO?" he smirked. "I want to have a DOZEN children."

"Shut up!" she laughed as she pushed his face. "That's a big number, honey!"

Prince laughed too.

Suddenly, Prince's phone started ringing.

He answered, "Hello?"

It was Mr. Fritz, "Prince come at my office now. You have a lot of things to do today."

"Oh," Prince was disappointed. "I-I'm coming."

Sharpay knew he needs to leave again. She was sad and disappointed but she needs to understand and just wait for him again.

"Better hurry," Mr. Fritz told him.



"Yes Mr. Fritz. Bye," Prince hangs up.

Then, there was silence in the air.

"Um," he broke it. "Sharpay?"

Sharpay tried to smile, "I understand."

"I'm really sorry," Prince looked at her.

"I'm fine," she held his hands. "Just drop me at Gabriella's."

"Okay," he nodded.

Prince and Sharpay left the place. He dropped her at Gabriella's before going to Mr. Fritz's office.

Gabriella opened the door, "Hey Sharpay."

"Hey Gabriella," Sharpay hugged her.

"You came at the right time," they stopped hugging and so Gabriella let her in. "The others are here."

"Really? What are you guys doing?" she asked.

"Well, doing some cooking at the backyard," Gabriella answered.

Ryan came in, "Hey lil sis. I thought you're hanging out with Prince today."

"Uh…that was…yesterday's plan," Sharpay sounded sad. "Plans had changed today."

"Oh," Ryan and Gabriella knew what happened by what she said and they felt bad for her.

Jason, Zeke, and Chad came in with tents, "Hey guys! Tents are ready!"

"Oh great!" Gabriella kissed Chad.

"I'll just go outside and check out how Kelsi and Taylor are going," Ryan said.

"Friendship," Troy came in with a cooler.

"Hi Friendship," Sharpay smiled at him.

"What are you doing here?" he put down the cooler next to the tents.

"Um…Prince and I were supposed to…spend the day together but…oh you know what happened next," she explained.

"Oh," Troy felt bad for her. "Well, you wanna come with us?"

"Where are you going anyway?" she asked. "And what's with all of these?"



"We'll spend the weekend at Forest Camp," Gabriella answered. "We thought you'll be spending the weekend with Prince so we didn't tell you about it. Sorry."

"That's ok," Sharpay smiled.

"So…you're coming?" Troy asked.

"Yup," she's starting to cheer up.

"Cool!" Jason, Zeke, and Chad exclaimed.

"Um…friendship?" Sharpay approached Troy.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"I need your help," she replied.

"What can I do for my bestfriend?" he asked.

"Well..I need you to drive me home," she answered. "I'll just take my stuffs for the weekend."

"Go on, we'll take care of the other stuffs here," Chad volunteered.

"Thanks dude," Troy smiled.

"No prob," Jason smiled back.

"Hold on. Can you stop by at the store and buy more food and drinks?" Zeke asked.

"Yeah sure," Sharpay nodded.

"More cheetos and any soda," Gabriella grinned. "And, don't take so long, lunch will be reayd."

"Got it!" Troy and Sharpay exclaimed.

Then, they hopped in Troy's car. Sharpay was smiling and laughing but Troy knew there's something wrong with her. He can't believe it. Two years had already past but still here he is. He's still in love with Sharpay Evans. He's still in love with the girl who loves someone else who is her boyfriend and soon enough, when the right time comes, Prince will ask her to tie the knot and so she'll be his fiancée an after the wedding, she'll be Mrs. Sharpay Evans Richards. Now, Troy is her bestfriend. And because he is the bestfriend, maybe Ryan's right, HE JUST HAVE TO BE OKAY WITH THAT.

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