Hey all. I thought I would start putting the little bit where I speak to you up here...to make the ending seem more drah-matic. Haha. Listen to me being all like that. Anyway I hope you like the second installment to Not Meant To Be Like This!
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Second Thoughts

Sharpay Evans sat at the breakfast table with her half a glass of orange juice and sighed, she had been thinking about Troy all evening, all night. She wasn't meant to!Sharpay scolded herself, she was supposed to be thinking about Zeke and his biceps...his dark sexy skin...his puppy dog like eyes...and that he was on the basketball team with Troy..Sharpay jolted herself, she had to stop thinking about her best friend, she wasn't supposed to see him like that. Sharpay sighed, she wasn't meant to be thinking of his beatuiful blue eyes, so deep. Or his brown hair that flew whenever he spun around, and that smile...made Sharpay practically melt insi...No. She wasn't meant to think like that, she mentally scolded herself and looked up when she heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Ryan walked cheerily into the room. She glared at him.

"Morning!" He said with a happy look on his face. Of course he would be happy Sharpay thought to herself.

"Morning." She mumbled and took a big gulp of her orange juice.

"Whats up with you?" Ryan asked as he sat down. Sharpay put down the glass and glared at him.

"Whats up with me? Whats up with me?!?! Whats up is that you asked yesterday if there was anything going on between me and Bolton, and then asked me if I liked him...and since then I haven't been able to stop thinking about him! Thats whats up." She said dramatically. Ryan just looked at her blankly.

"Wish I never asked." He said and she nodded.

"Yes, I can imagine you wouldn't." She snapped.

"Please Sharpay calm down, lets leave things the way they are. Don't go doing anything..."
"I wasn't going to Ryan! I'm not supposed to feel like this. And I won't, after a day or two." Sharpay said confidently, and cheered up a little bit.

"Good." Ryan smiled, "Things are great right now and we don't wanna ruin that."
"I know." Sharpay finished her orange juice and stood up, walking out of the room and back upstairs to get ready for school.

Once they were in the school Sharpay smiled, Zeke was waiting over at her locker. His face broke out into a smile when he saw her and she rushed over to him, he greeted her with a big kiss and a hug.

"And how are you today my sweet?" Zeke asked, leaning on the lockers beside hers as she opened her own. Inside she had her usual two extra tops, an extra skirt just in case, her mirror and a few photos of her and her friends. There was one that had been cut into a loveheart shape, of her and Zeke smiling out at the camera.

"I am good today, and you?" She asked and turned to face him, he was digging for something in his bag. "What are you looking for?"
"Nothing...er..." He muttered and then took out a small brown box, "I got you something." The box was no bigger than a...jewellery box.

"Oh my god!" Sharpay exclaimed and threw her hands to her mouth.

"Yeah, here..." Zeke handed her the box and got down on one knee. Sharpay looked at him with widened eyes and opened the box, she was concentrating on the box so much that she didn't notice Zeke bend down to tie his shoelace. Inside the box was a ring, a silver ring with a small diamond in the middle.

"Oh my god Zeke I don't know what to say, I mean I know we have been together for a really long time but I don't think we're ready for this, I mean I'm so young and so are you and we have our whole lives ahead of us. Do we really want to be tied down so young? I mean we still have the rest of high school and college to go through and what will our parents say?" She rambled without taking one breath and Zeke got up again.

"I guess I picked the wrong moment to tie my shoelace..." He said and looked at her like she was crazy.

"Oh..." Sharpay said with a smile on her face as Zeke took the ring out of the box and began to put it on her finger.

"Its a promise ring, so as long as you wear it we'll always be together." He said with a smile and kissed her forehead, Sharpay smiled.

"Ohhh." She said in realisation and looked at the ring, it looked so good on her finger. "Riight."

"Yeah, I saw it and thought of you." Zeke said sheepishly.

"Awww thats so sweet, this must have cost you...how much did this cost you?" She asked and looked at him in horror.

"Ahh thats my secret." He wagged his finger at her with a grin, "Anyway we better get to homeroom." Zeke took his hand in hers and they walked to homeroom together, happy as ever. Troy was the last thing on Sharpays mind, that is until they walked into homeroom.

"Hey Sharpay!" Troy turned to face her with a smile on his face, he gave a wave and indicated for them to go over to where he, Gabriella, Ryan, Chad and Kelsi were. Sharpay put on a fake smile and walked over, she glanced up to the back of the room where Taylor sat with her Scholastic Decathlon buddies, Gabriella didn't even acknowledge them. It wasn't that thee had been some huge falling out, just the clique system had prevailed. And it always would, but their case was different, there is always an exception to the rules.

"Hey guys." Sharpay said as she sat on Zekes lap when he had sat down on the chair.

"Whats up?" Troy asked and then there was a loud shriek.

"Oh my god did you and Zeke get engaged or something?!" Gabriella shrieked and held up Sharpays hand, Sharpay looked at Troy. Was that panic in his eyes?

"No No nothing like that..." She said, and glanced at Troy again. He looked relieved, then again everyone did. "Its a promise ring, as long as I wear it we'll be together." She said with a smile.

"Aww that is so sweet, isn't that sweet Troy?" Gabriella smiled widely.

"Yeah, real nice." He said trying to sound as sincere as he could but Kelsi sensed the sarcasm.

"Was that sarcasm I heard there Troy?" She accused, not in a nasty way though.

"No! Why would I be sarcastic?" He asked and Kelsi shrugged.

"Thats what I wanted to know." She said.

Just then Mrs Darbus rushed into the room and walked up to the front, she sat at the chair.

"Alright students take your appropriate seats!" She said with a glare at Sharpay and Zeke, Sharpay jumped off his lap and took her usual seat right behind him. Zeke smiled at her. Mrs Darbus stood up again.

"Alright class settle down, settle down. I hope you all enjoyed our performance last night thank you Troy, Sharpay, Ryan and Gabriella!" She said in her usual announcing tone, the class clapped. "Now, since we are beginning a new month I will be posting the sign-up sheet for the Spring Musicale!" She said happily, and then began to take the register. Soon the bell rang and they all left. Troy waited outside the door for Sharpay since they had their next class together, he said goodbye to Gabriella and waited. Sharpay was the last one out.

"Hey Sharpay!" He said falling into step with her, Zeke was beside Sharpay too but going in the opposite direction.

"I'll see you at lunch right?" Zeke asked.

"Yeah!" She said and he gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before walking off.

"You and Zeke seem happy." Troy said with a smile.

"We're always happy." Sharpay replied and raised an eyebrow at Troy.

"I know! I just meant...ahh I dunno what I mean." Troy said and put his hand on his head playfully.

"Troy sometimes you can be so dumb." Sharpay laughed as they reached her locker, she opened it and began to take out some books.

"Hey!" Troy mocked offence and sulked for a minute, Sharpay rolled her eyes.

"Kidding!" She smiled and closed her locker door now that she had all she needed for the next class.

"I know..!" Troy said and Sharpay looked at him oddly, he was being so jumpy around her today she observed as they walked on.

"So what did you do last night?" She asked, still looking at him.

"Oh..basketball..." He looked back at her, "You?"

"Nothing really. I just tried on my new clothes."

"Yeah you looked pretty cute in them."

"Really?"
"No..." Troy said with a smile and Sharpay felt her heart involountarily drop, "You looked sexy." He said. Sharpay looked at him and he walked ahead of her into the classroom. Troy never called Sharpay sexy, pretty, cute and stuff was all he used to compliment her. Sexy, hot and beautiful were reserved for Gabriella...what had made him change his mind?