Disclaimer: I do not own High School Musical…or Zac Efron for that matter, but I am thinking of purchasing him next week, do you know what aisle in Wal-Mart I might find him?

"Hello, Zac?" Zac heard the voice when he answered his phone. It was his agent calling, "we have a slight problem with the modification they made to the script. They contacted me and were wondering if you're okay with doing it?"

"What is it?" Zac asked as he walked over to Ashley and Lucas, who were having breakfast.

"There's a sex scene, sort of, in the movie they decided to add because Jack had loved your chemistry"

"What?!" Zac almost choked on the water he was swallowing, "a sex scene?"

"Well, there won't be complete nudity, no boobs or anything, but she's going to be in a bra and/or underwear, and you'll be in shorts, no shirt. Just a few lines and kisses. So, how 'bout it?"

Zac scratched his forehead while slowly thinking about it, "what's Sophie say about it?"

"The girl?" his agent asked from the other side of the line, "she's okay with it"

'Sophie's okay with it?' Zac asked himself, she didn't mind lying on top of him…or under him in her underwear, which ever way the director's wanted it? "Fine, I'm okay with it too then"

"Great, I'll call them and tell them. Oh, and by the way, some critics got hold of the script and there's Oscar buzz circulating if you do this right"

"Oscar buzz?" Zac exclaimed, he never thought that he, star of Disney's High School Musical, would ever be able to join the Academy Award winning actor's category.

"But only if you do it right, kid. This movie has to be great. You're growing up. No more of this happy-go-lucky Disney crap. Its edgy and dark, play it right" his agent advised him. Zac nodded, realizing that this movie was completely different from his previous roles. He was growing up. In every way possible.

"So, Oscar boy" Ashley teased him, "what do you want to do now. There's no promoting today, and you said that you start rehearsals tomorrow. We're free as birds"

Zac turned to her and smiled, "Where's everyone else? How come its only me, you and Lucas here?"

Lucas grinned, "that's cause everyone else woke up early and were able to get on the tour bus. We, on the other hand, are stuck here, at the hotel. With each other. And no one else" Lucas sighed and placed his head on the table tiredly.

"How bout we invite Sophie? She's so adorable!" Ashley suggested.

"What?" Zac blurted out, "how do you even know Sophie?"

Ashley and Lucas looked at each other with secret smiles, "we sort of followed you to the set to surprise you, and there she was. She thought we were part of the staff and we all had lunch together. I think you were out with Tom and your agent."

Zac nodded and remembered that he was out, but nobody mentioned to him that Ashley and Lucas were on set.

Lucas spoke up, "I really like her. Let's call her up!"

Zac shook his head, "no way! She's such a bitch!"

Ashley and Lucas turned to him, both shocked, "what are you talking about? That girl is the sweetest thing. Plus, she even said that she didn't know anyone in the city" Ashley hit his arm.

"Gee, I wonder why" Zac replied sarcastically while mending to his pained arm.

Ashley shrugged, "well, I'm going to call her" she pulled out her cell phone and dialed a number,

"Hey Soph…yah, its me Ash…well, I was wondering if you wanted to come out to lunch with me and Lucas and –" she was cut off before saying Zac as she saw Zac giving her hand gestures across the neck.

"-and a friend. We're at the Plaza hotel. Yah, okay, we'll see you there then" She closed her phone and then turned to Zac, "what was that about?"

Zac shrugged, "I told you, she just doesn't like me"

Lucas glanced sideways at Zac, "why exactly doesn't she like you?"

"It's a long story…and I basically have no idea how it goes"

About ten minutes later, Zac saw Ashley waving frantically at someone behind him. He turned slightly in his seat and saw Sophie walking towards them. Her hair straight, but ending with curls, and her eyes gleaming brighter than ever in the turquoise top she wore. So her beauty wasn't just his imagination, she really did look like an angel.

'Too bad she's a devil on the inside' Zac thought to himself as Lucas pulled her out a chair.

"Hi every-" she stopped as she saw Zac seated next to Ashley, "Zac?"

"Oh yah, didn't I mention he'd be here?" Ashley smiled at her sheepishly.

Sophie shook her head, her eyes still on Zac, as she took a seat next to Lucas.

"So we start filming next weekend, that should be fun" Sophie tried to make conversation with him.

"Yah, it should be fantastic" Zac rolled his eyes. He sat up in his chair and leaned forward, "why did you agree to do the sex scene?"

Ashley and Lucas both looked at him with surprised expressions, but Sophie just stared him straight in the eyes,

"Why, is it a problem?" she raised an eyebrow at him.

"I was just curious. I thought I was egotistical and mean. Why so quick to agree to make out with me?" Zac smirked at her.

"Don't get too hung up on yourself there, I just really need the money" she leaned forward and patted his hand. As she leaned forward though, Zac caught a glimpse of what was down her shirt, so he turned his head slightly, feeling a slight blush creep up his neck.

The waiter stood above Zac, waiting expectedly.

"So are we ordering or what?" Sophie smiled as she asked Lucas.

Lucas grinned at her, "baby back ribs for me" he replied as he patted his stomach, "I'm wearing my eating pants"

"I'll take a salad" Ashley put down her menu gently.

"Baby back ribs for me as well" Zac grinned and then turned to Sophie, "a salad?" he asked her with a coy grin.

Sophie eyed him with a small smile, "sure I'll have a salad". Zac shook his head, "as a side to a large plate of baby back ribs" she added, making Zac look up in surprise.

"Yah, baby, that's the way to go" Lucas fived Sophie.

The food came a half an hour later, and everyone dug into their meals. As soon as they were finished, both Zac and Sophie stood up to go.

"Where are you guys going?" Ashley asked as they got out their money.

"Work" they both answered and then looked over at each other. Sophie smiled at him and tucked a hair behind her ear.

Zac felt a smile creep on to his face as well. Once more, the word beautiful popped into his mind and refused to let go until he looked away.

"Are you going together?" Lucas asked.

Both of them looked up, "together?" Zac asked.

"Yah, you're going to the same place, why pollute the air and go in separate cars?" Lucas shrugged.

"I guess I could give you a ride" Zac looked over at Sophie.

"And I wouldn't mind accepting one" Sophie shrugged and followed him out to the parking lot after hugging both Ashley and Lucas goodbye.

"So, your friends are awesome. Not at all fat headed and mean" Sophie said.

Zac turned to her from the driver's seat, "you mean like me?" he asked with a smirk.

"Exactly" she nodded with a grin.

Zac looked over at her and grinned back, moving the car from side to side on an empty road.

"Zac!" she cried out, "we could hit a-"

"A what?" he laughed, "there's nothing on the road"

Sophie clutched her seat as tightly as possible, making Zac slow down.

"Are you okay?" he asked worriedly.

Sophie nodded but her eyes were shut with fear, "I'm fine" she whispered softly.

Zac nodded slowly and sat back, "I didn't mean to-"

"No, its all right. I'm fine"

"Okay ladies and gentlemen, we're going to be practicing different scenes at the same time. I'm going to assign you guys scenes, you find the actors in your scenes and rehearse. I'll be over to watch each one of you rehearse and tell you how to do it." Jack announced.

There were a few nods and 'all rights' around the room.

"Efron, Alexander, you're going to do scene 4. I want you to practice in one of your trailers'. Don't skip any parts just cause no one's there, got it?"

Zac and Sophie nodded, but Zac was confused, 'why would they skip any parts?'

"Come on, we'll practice in my trailer" Zac suggested. Sophie nodded and gave him a smile, but then changed it into a smirk and gave him a punch in the arm.

"All right"

Zac opened the trailer door for her and she walked up the steps and inside, looking around at the mess.

"You've only been here a day Efron" she shook her head, "you celebrities"

Zac raised an eyebrow at her before tossing her a script, "well, I've got a lot of stuff" he shrugged with a grin.

Sophie sat back on his bed and Zac took a place next to her and opened up his script to scene 4, while Sophie did the same.

Zac skimmed through the scene, it was a romantic one, he noticed. His eyes stopped at the word between the that said Characters share a passionate kiss. And then another one…and another one. In only one scene, he and Sophie had three kisses already!

He looked over at Sophie, who was biting a smile back. She looked up at him with her glistening eyes.

"Seems like we have to recreate a porno" she grinned.

Zac smiled at her, "isn't it your lucky day". Sophie rolled her eyes and smacked him with her copy of the script.

"Let's just get this over with Romeo. Here it is, page 31, scene 4, Jake and Sophie are out on the beach for their third date" Sophie read out loud.

Zac nodded and started to read his lines:

Jake: I can't believe we end up here when I'm supposed to be taking you out to one of Los Angeles's fanciest restaurants.

Samantha: This is way more beautiful than any expensive wallpaper or decorations any restaurant has to offer

Jake: Yah, plus, for the main course, we do have my left over marshmallows and a half eaten granola bar, curtsey of your purse

Samantha: sound absolutely perfect

Zac looked over at Sophie, who was staring up at him, around this time in the script, they were supposed to share a passionate kiss between themselves.

"So, how do you want to do this?" Sophie asked him quietly, not breaking his eye contact.

Zac pretended to shrug coolly, even though he was nervous on the inside, "I don't care". 'Come on Zac, you've kissed lots of girls before. Plus, you don't even like this one, why are you getting so nervous?' he asked himself.

Sophie leaned closer to him on the bed, her face centimeters away from his. Zac leaned in as well to close the distance. He could hear his own heart pumping a mile a minute, and if he tried enough, he could even hear Sophie's moving just as fast as his.

Her eyes closed slightly as their lips were just about to touch..

KNOCK KNOCK

They both jumped far apart from each other, landing on different sides of the bed.

"Its open!" Zac cried out, his voice crackled slightly. The door creaked open revealing Jack behind it.

"How's it going you two?" he asked gesturing to the script.

Zac shrugged and Sophie nodded and said, "its going good"

"Are you finished?" Jack asked.

Sophie stood up and answered, "yah, we're done with the scene, actually"

Zac looked up at her in confusion, 'they weren't done'.

Jack looked from Zac to Sophie, "any problems?"

Sophie looked over at Zac, who said, "No, Jack, none at all"

"Excellent" Jack clapped his hands together, "we start rehearsing tomorrow, filming starts in a couple of weeks. Better get the sparks ignited, you two!" And with that, Jack exited the trailer.

"I've got to go as well. I have a scene with Samuel to rehearse" Sophie replied quietly.

Zac shrugged coldly, not making eye contact with her, "whatever"

"Bye" she whispered as she left, looking back once with a confused expression crossing over her delicate features.

Zac collapsed back onto the bed. This was getting weirder and weirder by the minute.