The get-away
Author. soDEEliicious
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except .. never mind, I own nothing.
Chapter Two; First Day
"Damn, Ryan—Did you tell mom and dad?" Sharpay asked, slapping herself mentally and getting a little excited but her actions never betraying how she was actually feeling.
"I told them in advance." Ryan said with a big smile. He gave his friends a look. This was good, right? Sharpay was getting into it.
"How are you finding it so far?" Gabriella asked from the front seat next to the Driver's seat.
"We haven't even left yet, what are you talking about?" Sharpay said, ridiculed and pointed at Zeke, Chad, Troy, Ryan and Jason.
"Yeah, I meant, how do you think things will turn out?" Gabriella rephrased her question and asked, blushing at her mistake.
"I dunno, but keep in mind that I came here because of a bribe." Sharpay said coldly narrowing her eyes.
The four guys seated themselves on the SUV. Troy at the Driver's seat, Zeke next to Sharpay, Ryan next to Sharpay, Kelsi behind Sharpay, Chad next to Kelsi, Taylor next to Kelsi and Gabriella next to Troy. She wasn't happy with the seating arrangement. She could fly out the front windscreen and die if Troy wasn't driving properly and Ryan and Zeke kept pestering her to talk and engage in a conversation with them. 'Not in a million years/" The blonde thought to herself, huffily crossing her arms and narrowing her eyes even more, until she could barely see anything.
The rest of the ride was pretty uneventful. Oh wait, it depends on your definition of uneventful. They had this huge sing-a-long. A dorky one at that, which almost made Sharpay get out of the car, take a taxi and go back home. They had stopped singing, immediately when Sharpay told Troy to stop the car. Then they got lost, and had to stop at the crappiest petrol station. There was an Asian dude, who tried to crack onto Sharpay. Sharpay got so pissed they had to pack her in the car and flee before a police was called, from Sharpay hurting the Asian dude. The rest of the ride, Sharpay fell asleep due to the bore of it all and now she woke up not exactly happy.
"Where are we?" She asked scowling.
"We're at the hotel we're gonna be staying for a while..."Troy said carefully, scared of Sharpay lashing.
"Did you book our rooms already?" Sharpay asked, crossing her arms.
"Uh, I did." Gabriella popped out of nowhere, smiling and raised her right hand to indicate that it was she who booked the rooms.
"Great. Where's our rooms?" Sharpay asked, stifling a yawn.
"I'll go and check now." Gabriella ran off inside with Taylor.
The boys started unloading the trunks and luggage. Sharpay was the only one who had nothing to do. She sat down on the curb, not really interested in the activities happening around her until Gabriella re-emerged from the hotel with Taylor. There was a change to Gabriella's face. It was a worried expression than that happy expression.
"Well?" Sharpay stood up, grabbed her trunk and tapped her feet impatiently on the floor. "What rooms do we go to?"
"Umm, guys, there's been a mix-up.." Gabriella said with an expression that clearly expressed how sorry she was.
"What mix-up?" Snapped Sharpay, knowing somehow that it was something to do with her.
"They thought Sharpay was a boy name, so they put Sharpay with Troy..."
This announcement shocked Sharpay. Mainly because now she had to share a room with Troy who... We'll come back to him later. She had to share a room with a guy! And, they thought she was a boy.
"Are they insane?!" Sharpay screamed, "They want me to share a room with who?! I'm not sharing a room with Bolton, damn it!"
"Oh but-" Gabriella faltered.
"I'm talking to the manager!" Sharpay said and stormed inside to the reception.
"Excuse me, I demand a room change!" She screeched, jabbing her fingers at the reception table, jerking her sunglasses off her head.
While Sharpay was inside fighting a losing battle, outside near Troy's SUV, the gang were talking. Whispering more like.
"Guys, our plan isn't working! She was supposed to have fallen for it!" Gabriella hissed.
"I thought she would, you never know. These days she's so... not Sharpay!" Ryan said just above a whisper.
"Well get her!" Kelsi demanded.
"Shh!" Everyone said through gritted teeth.
"Sorry." Kelsi apologized, blushing.
"I'll get her." Gabriella raised her hand.
"Well...?" Troy asked.
"Well what?" Gabriella said with a confused look.
"Get her." They all said in unison.
"Oh right!" Gabriella ran inside the hotel and grabbed Sharpay by the forearm, turning to the receptionist, "I'm sorry—She's just a tad bit cranky from the long ride. Just ignore her."
"I want a separate room!" Sharpay kept yelling as she was dragged off the scene by Gabriella. Suddenly turning to Gabriella, "What are you doing? You don't want me to sleep with your boyfriend do you?" Sharpay snapped.
"Huh?" Gabriella asked.
"Oh shut up!" Sharpay snapped again and walked off.
"Sharpay! Where are you going?" Ryan called out.
"None of your business!" Sharpay said, not even bothering to turn around.
"I'll get her, can one of you put my stuff in my room? Thanks. And Sharpay's too." Ryan said desperately and chased after his unidentical twin sister, "Wait up Sharpay!"
Ryan chased her down the street. What can I say, she had a brisk pace. Once Ryan reached her, he grabbed her arm and spun her around.
"What is wrong with you?" Ryan demanded, getting angry.
"What do you mean what is wrong with me?" Sharpay snapped.
"You've been acting all... different ever since Christmas!"
"I was always like this."
"Listen to yourself Sharpay. You were not like this. You may have been a little forceful but you never were... well this." Ryan said.
"Ryan, what is it to you? Ever since Christmas, all you did was hang around with... them!" Sharpay shouted angrily pointing back the direction they came from.
"Don't tell me that this is about them!" Ryan started to argue.
"It is. Ever since then you never want to speak to me again you hypocrite!" Sharpay shouted, narrowing her eyes.
"Fine be like that. But don't come running back to me when you want friends. Real friends that treat you with due respect!" Ryan spat and walked off huffing.
"Come back!" Sharpay trailed off.
Ryan entered the hotel lobby to see his friends lines up on the couch. They all rushed to him at once as he entered.
"Well?" Kelsi prodded.
"She's not coming." Ryan said, cooling down a little.
"You're wrong about that." Kelsi whispered and jutted her chin towards the door where Sharpay was walking in with her sunglasses covering her eyes.
"I think it's time that we all check out our rooms." Gabriella proposed excitedly, as Sharpay headed towards them.
"Whatever..." Sharpay scoffed, following behind the gang.
Everyone separated with their partners, seeing that each room was divided for two people. 'It better have two separate beds.' Sharpay thought wearily to herself. She regretted the things she did to her brother. She could have just told her brother, she knew that she could tell him anything and everything. But no, her ego. 'Damn that ego!' She cursed inside her mind.
She followed Troy inside the room. Her stuff was already there. And to her relief there were two beds. She did a survey of the room on the spot. It was big, it had a mini-fridge, she could see the bathroom, it was good enough. She grabbed her luggage from the wall near the door and dragged it to the bed she liked the best. Sharpay started unpacking and putting things in the drawer and putting her shampoo in the shower room. When she came back outside, she plonked down on her bed and took another good look at the place without her sunglasses. She was shocked to find that Troy's bed was a couch that turned into a bed.
"Would you be ok to sleep on the couch?" Sharpay asked, in what she hoped would be a cold voice.
She was surprised with herself. But then again, who could blame her? Troy was after all that guy she wished to be with. And she wasn't all that bad. Ryan had at least started steering her in the right direction of a happy life like his with his rather harsh words. Troy also seemed shocked.
"Um, it's ok. Thanks for asking though." Troy said with a killer smile.
It took all of Sharpay's will power to not smile back. She knew her feelings for him were... turning warmer and warmer.
Author's Note: Hullo. It's Dee again. Thank you to that one person for reveiwing, it was so lovely to see that someone was actually reading and reviewing. I like to update quickly. So ... yeah. Um, again, read and review please aannd, constructie critisicm is more than welcome. Merry Christmas and with much love, Dee.