The get-away
Author. soDEEliicious
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except .. never mind, I own nothing.
Chapter Five; Fourth Day
"Wakey, wakey Mister and Missus Sunshine!" Gabriella burst into the room, shouting on top of her lungs.
"Eugh, what?" Sharpay's eyes opened a bit as light poured into the room.
"Wake up." Gabriella said simply with a smile.
"Oh no. Ten more minutes. I thought this was supposed to be a relaxing holiday?" Sharpay groaned, sleep escaping her fast.
"Yehp, it is!"
"Not with you waking me up this early!" Sharpay moaned as she stretched in her bed. A lot of her body parts were sore. Like her legs and arm.
"Are you sore?"
"Yeah. Am I supposed to be?"
"Yehp. Now get up!" Gabriella bustled around the room, waking Troy up as well.
"Now all my sleepiness is gone! Thanks!" Sharpay dully exclaimed, moving her blanket off the bed.
She slid off her bed and shooed Gabriella out the door. Gabriella peeked her head back in the room, as Sharpay was getting out of her bed. Sharpay was about to chuck a pillow at Gabriella's face but calmed her urge, as Gabriella started talking again.
"Make sure you wear clothes appropriate. Hey Troy, you judge if it's appropriate or not, yeah?" Gabriella said, then with a smile was out again.
"Where and what are we doing today?" Sharpay asked exasperatedly. It was fun, this holiday, but then some of the activities were just too tiring.
"Secret, hurry and get ready!" Troy ushered Sharpay.
"But what do I wear?" Sharpay asked, "Gabriella said something about appropriate!"
"Just wash and get dressed. Gabriella said that I judge." Troy pointed out with a smug smile.
Sharpay washed and came back outside, completely stumped on what she was to wear. She didn't want to get into something and then have to take it off again, so she just hovered it in front of her with a curious look towards Troy. Troy kept shaking his head until, Sharpay got to her short shorts and her simple tee. Troy nodded smugly. Sharpay raised one eyebrow.
"You're not just saying this is the best to wear, because you wanna see me flaunt my sexy legs, are you?" Sharpay joked.
"Psh!" Troy joked.
"Yeah right."
Sharpay walked into the bathroom and got changed. She had a hunch where they might be heading, so she took her big straw bag, straw hat and packed two large towels from inside the bathroom, sunscreen and her trustworthy sunglasses. She wore her bikini before putting on the clothes Troy had chose. She wore her straw hat and her sunglasses, after putting her hair into a messy bun, her fringe, simply to the sides. She stepped out whilst Troy was sitting on the bed, doing nothing.
"So...? What's the verdict? How do I look?" She asked.
"Y-you look... cute." Troy smiled nervously.
"Aw, thank you." Sharpay smiled, showing her shiny, white, pearly teeth.
"We should go downstairs." Troy said.
Troy opened the door for Sharpay and made a motion to let Sharpay go first. She smiled sweetly up at him and dared to wink through her sunglasses. Troy walked out after her. They took the elevator and when they arrived downstairs, no body was there. Sharpay frowned and pouted, lifting her sunglasses.
"Well, where are they?" She looked around the empty lobby.
"Mister Bolton?" The receptionist called out.
"Yes?" Troy responded.
"Here is a note for you from your friend, Miss Montez, Gabriella?" The receptionist lady called out.
"Oh?" Sharpay said, raising both her eyebrows and taking her sunglasses off entirely.
"Thank you." Troy said with a smile.
Sharpay did not like the look on Troy's face. Troy looked up and ran his hand through his hair. He looked up at Sharpay and chewed on his bottom lips. Sharpay walked over to him and put her hand on his arm and read the note as he held it. Her mouth dropped open and she hit her forehead with her palm.
"What? They left without us? Just like that?" Sharpay asked, ridiculed.
"Apparently, we took too long." Troy frowned on the outside, but was grinning like crazy on the inside. He had to remember to thank Gabriella.
"We so did not!" Sharpay exclaimed, indignantly.
"Well she says to catch a taxi from here to there." Troy looked at Sharpay, trying to look troubled.
"Where's there?"
"It's the b-" Troy's eyes widened and he stopped talking, "It's nowhere. Come on. We're already late."
"Uh-huh." Sharpay said.
Troy asked the receptionist to call a cab. From there they took the cab to the place, where the rest of the gang were supposed to be. The driver stopped at none other than the beaches. Sharpay smiled satisfied. She had packed accordingly. She could see her friends playing and splashing each other on the shore. She walked down the steps and easily went to the spot where her friends had left their things. She put her towel on one of the empty chairs and laid down, after taking her shorts and shirt off.
"You're not going swimming?" Troy asked, staring at Sharpay. She could still see him in the corner of her eyes.
"Nuhp. Too much salt water. Do you know how that water tastes? Ugh, absolutely ugh." Sharpay exclaimed cutely.
"I'll stay with you. Beaches are supposed to be fun, not all lonered by yourself." Troy smiled.
"Shut up." Sharpay smiled and punched Troy.
"That hurt!" Troy gasped mockingly, giving Sharpay a little shove.
"Is that the best you got?" Sharpay teased, with a smirk.
They both laughed and then the awkward moment number fourteen struck. Sharpay let out an audible happy sigh.
"Why are you sighing for?" Troy asked, giving Sharpay a sideway glance.
"I... I can't believe that I made friends with you people. Especially you Troy. I mean, I always had a crush on you, and tried to get noticed by you, using different methods... Just last year, I was bugging the hell out of you. I'm really sorry and all that but I think it's best if I go back to that other... frame."
"Huh? What do you mean? You fit in great here! And plus you can't we already promised!" Troy argued.
"Yeaah, I know. But I'm scared..." Sharpay turned slightly to the side.
"Hey don't worry, you got me. Count me as your best friend. if they hassle you, I shall rescue the damsel in distress." Troy said with a smile. He opened his mouth to add something else but Gabriella was calling for them.
"Sharpay, Troy! Over here!" Gabriella yelled, turned back to the crowd. The next minute, Chad and Zeke had grabbed Sharpay, they were running down to the shore and the next minute, she was dunked into the waters.
"That was so not called for!" Sharpay yelled at the guys, taking her sunglasses off and wiping the salt water out of her eyes. "Payback!" She screamed as she started splashing the guys with cold, salty beach water.
That's how the water fight started. First it was everyone against everyone, then it was girls against boys, and finally they divided into teams and fought for the victory. In the end it was Troy's team, consisting of Troy, Chad, Sharpay and Taylor. While the boys stayed in the water, the girls went out and bought lunch.
"What's for lunch?" The boys called out.
"Chicken!" Gabriella exclaimed with excitement and took their lunch out. "KFC to be exact."
"Oh!" The boys all exclaimed. They were famished after that water fight.
"Give us!" Chad said, opening buckets by himself and eating by himself, without offering any to anyone else.
"Pig!" Sharpay called out, lifting her nose with her hand and making piggy noises.
"Mm-hmm, I love you too." Chad said, picking up two chickens at a time and eating.
Everyone laughed. After the lunch, the buckets and bottles and left over foods ended up in a food fight. The girls got so mad, because they had gravy in their hair and had to go to the showers to wash it out, since they were planning not to go back into the salty water. They talked on the reclining chairs, soaking the sun up with much deserved relaxation. Sharpay could no longer feel the soreness from their activities the day before.
"Wonders, what the beach could do to you..." Sharpay cooed relaxingly.
After that, they had brought some beach volleyball set.
"The winners get to dunk the losers into the beach!" Zeke yelled out, making things even more jucier and added, "Girls against boys!"
"You're on!" Gabriella said with a smirk.
"For sure!" Sharpay called out raising her hands in the air.
It was an exciting game, with the boys falling down a lot and the girls, misaiming the ball and throwing it in the beach. In the end, the boys, surprisingly lost and the girls mustered all their energy to push them far into the beach. They dusted their hands as if mission accomplished and went back to their chairs. It was getting dark and they knew they had to get to the beach.
"We're going home! Hurry up!" Sharpay yelled at the boys and beckoned them to swim faster.
They got dressed. Sharpay put on her sunglasses, and her straw hat along with her straw bag and was ready to go. She wondered how her friends had gotten the equipments to the beach. The got out of the beach, called the cab and were soon back at the hotel. Sharpay feeling tired, for the fourth day in a row, lugged her things up stairs and fell on her bed. She didn't even bother getting out of her salt water smelling clothes. She just fell asleep, without taking her bag, hat or sunglasses off. Troy tiptoed into the room and saw Sharpay sleeping. He smiled lopsidedly, took her sunglasses, bag and hat off without waking her up. He then rushed back downstairs, where they had some sort of a talking to do.
"Guys, we only got... two and a half days. Everything is well planned and Sharpay has definitely become our best friends. Don't get her mad and Troy... do your thing." Gabriella said to the group, who were huddled in the lobby, looking tired and weathered.
"Go and get some sleep, you all need them." Gabriella smiled and shooed them off to bed.
It was a long day. And the next two were going to be equally tiring.
Author's Note: