Javen continued to question Sharpay, then it was the offending lawyers turn.

"Ms. Evans" he began. Sharpay stuck her tongue out at him and blew. He gave her a sideways look and continued. "Ms. Evans is it true that you and a Mr. Troy Bolton ran out on the day of October 11th to the playground without telling your teacher where you were going?"

Sharpay ignored him, crossing her arms across her chest. "Ms. Evans?" ... "Ms. Evans please answer the question." ... "Why aren't you answering." Sharpay squinted on him, "'Cus you're not on my side." she said. The lawyer looked like his patience was about to run out.

"For god's sake, you don't have a choice answer the question." Sharpay let out a large yawn, "Well I'm not going to do very good right now this is my nap time, my brains not suppost to be thinking right now."

"Oh my god! I can't believe I'm on a case prosecuting a five year old!" the lawyer said. The judge however took a more understanding approach. "I believe the children need a break. Court will recess for twenty minutes." he hit the stand with his hammer.

Sharpay through her hands in the air, "Yayyyyyyyyy recess!" she leaned over to the rising judge, "Could you direct me to the playground?"

The judge smiled at her, "I'm afraid we don't have one sweetie. Go to your parents now." Sharpay looked confused. She ran over to Troy and Gabriella. "They called recess but there's no playground." Gabriella looked shocked, "What are we suppost to do?"

Sharpay looked around at the thinning crowd in the courtroom. Her parents came over. "Come on Darling." her mother said. Sharpay smiled sweetly, "Can I stay with Troy and Gabi for recess please?" Her mother nodded, alright then, stay with their parents.

Sharpay ignored her mother and grabbed Troy and Gabriella's hands. "Let's go hide 'till the adults go try and find us, then we can go across the street. There's a school with a playground in it there.

The three hid under a bench. Sharpay yawned, causing Troy and Gabriella to do so as well. Soon the trio had drifted off.

Sharpay opened her eyes fifteen minutes later. "Wake up guys." she said softly shaking them. "People are starting to come back in we gotta' hurry." The three stood up and began squeezing through crowds of entering people. Sharpay could hear their parents calling their names. "Come on." she said running out a heavy oak door as a man opened it.

Sharpay and Troy stared at the six lanes and divider of busy traffic whizzing by. "This won't be hard." Sharpay said, "We just gotta' run faster than the cars and we'll make it."

Gabriella shook her head, "Uh uh. That looks scary." Sharpay huffed and turned to look at Troy. "I'm with Gabriella on this one." he said to Sharpay.

Sharpay stomped her foot, "Fine then! But I wanna' play on the playground." At that moment Sharpay, Troy, and Gabi's parents came filing out.

"There they are!" Mrs. Bolton pointed. Sarah Evans' eyes grew wide as she spotted her daughter already a hundred yards ahead of the others. She had time enough to scream, "Sharpay, NO!" and run down the stairs of the porch. Sharpay stepped back and took a run for it.

Her mother let out an earsplitting scream, "My baby!" Sarah's screams were joined by those of her daughter's who was discovering that dodging traffic, wasn't at all easy.

Cars around her started crashing and swirving as they slammed on their brakes trying to avoid the small girl in front, who covered her face with her hands and started screaming for her Mommy. Eventually the traffic had stopped all together and Sharpay was untouched.

Sarah ran out and picked up her daughter and carried her back across. Mr. Evans the joined by also grabbing Sharpay who had squeezed herself into a tight little ball, and hugging her as hard as he could as well. Sarah continued to sob, then sat Sharpay down on the ground and for the first time in her life yelled at her daughter.

"Don't you ever, ever, ever, do that again!" she screamed. Troy, Ryan, and Gabi came out from behind their mother's legs and hugged Sharpay too.

Sharpay sniffled, "I wanted to go on the swings."

A/N: I know that chapter wasn't really that funny, but I needed it there so the next one could be. Remember to R&R!