I'm grateful to those of you who review me. I have sorta sad news actually, I've decided to cut this story short, because I'm losing interest, and I don't want to put it on hold for awhile, because that means I'll never take it up again. In the original plot, this story was longer than the first one, but I've cut some of the main story line off, which is also why I've changed the title of the story to "Forbidden Dreams" instead of. The original title was perfect with the other plot, but I've changed it now, so this title is better. Sorry if it confuses any of you, but that's the way it is.

Disclaimer; Don't own HSM or the song "Love is All Around" or whatever it's called.

Forbidden Dreams

Chapter 8.

Sharpay made her way into the house, as quietly as possible. She didn't want to wake her parents or Ryan, so she was gonna go straight to bed, even though she was hungry as hell and wanted to have some food.

She placed her suitcase on the floor next to the front door, and slipped her tie-up-sandals off, placing them next to her suitcase. She was gonna clean this away tomorrow. It was easier that way.

She was about to go up the big stairwell, when a light turned on in the living room. She slowly turned around and froze, as she came face to face with her mom and dad.

"Sharpay Evans!" her dad hollered, his face angry, "Get down here, right now!"

Sharpay gulped and slowly made her way into the living room, her heart beating in her throat. She was in so much trouble. She knew this argument would be coming when she got home, but she'd expected it to be the next day, when she'd slept and wasn't too jetlagged. Ryan had clearly not been able to keep her arriving-home day to himself. Otherwise they wouldn't have been waiting up for her.

She stood before him, crossing her arms in front of her chest, shivering a little of tiredness. It was like, 2:30 in the morning. "Yes?" she gulped.

"What the hell were you thinking!?" her dad yelling slamming his fist into the wall, "You can't just go on a vacation like that! Have you lost your mind!? I can't believe you'd do this Sharpay, you're so irresponsible!"

Sharpay knew that arguing back wouldn't get her anywhere, but she couldn't help herself, "I don't give a shit, dad! I knew you wouldn't let me go if you knew about it! And I'm 18 for Christ's sake, I should be able to make that decision without my parents interfering!"

"No!" her mother yelled, for the first time opening her mouth, "I can't believe you did this! And with another guy, while you have Misja! You're in so much trouble, Sharpay!"

"I don't give a damn, I wanted to go!" Sharpay yelled, "I wanted to spend time with him, and I'm not dating Misja before he comes here, so I'm with Troy until, there's nothing you can do about it!"

"Well, you're not gonna be able to spend time with him!" his father exclaimed, shooting her a death glare.

"And why not!?" Sharpay asked, confused. How the hell would he know that? He couldn't decide.

"Because you're grounded!" he continued, his voice raising, "For two weeks! That's your punishment for going to Hawaii." With those words her parents left the living room, leaving Sharpay there, alone and confused. Now way! That was not possible!

Grounded? If she was grounded, she couldn't spend time with Troy, or go camping with her friends. If she was ground for real, she'd just have to go without her parents knowing again.

--

"Explain to me again why we're driving in the middle of the night?" Taylor said, looking at Gabriella and Ryan, who were sitting on the front seats in the car. Troy and Chad was in the car behind him, the car which had all the stuff they needed to go camping, "My mom asked why we'd start the trip at three o'clock, and I told her it was because of good camping traditions!"

"Ha!" Gabriella laughed, sticking her tongue out at her friend, "We're going now because Sharpay is grounded. We have to kidnap her in the middle of the night so her parents won't notice. She's crawling down from her balcony on a robe Ryan snuck into her room earlier."

"Why's she grounded?" Taylor asked, deciding to ignore the comment about robe-climbing. Honestly, she couldn't really imagine Sharpay doing that, but then again… then girl proved her all her theories wrong all the time. She did some pretty weird stuff… Like having sex in the bathroom. Taylor had taken Chad's advice, so she never used the bathroom in the east wing of their school.

"Because she went with Troy to Hawaii without her parents' permission." Gabriella said, looking briefly at her, and then back at the road again. She knew Ryan was a great driver, but the road was very dark, so what if he missed a little cat or maybe even a cute deer?

"Why would she do that?" Taylor questioned, arching her eyebrows together, "That will have to be one of the stupidest thing she's ever done."

"I agree." Ryan said, "But I told her to go anyway, while I was trying to cover for her. I wasn't very good though, the 'rents figured it out by the second night she was spending at Chad's house, they didn't really believe me."

"Why didn't she just tell them, though?" Taylor asked, "That she was going?"

"They wouldn't have let her." Ryan explained, keeping an eye on the road, "They don't want her to spend time with Troy anymore. They say she has to grow up and get ready for Misja's arriving. She has to stop with all her two-timing, cough, gazillion-timing, and grow up for real."

Gabriella let out a giggle, "Sharpay growing up? So not gonna happen! Though she has changed for the better after she got together with Troy."

"I wonder how he stick up with her." Taylor said, "No offence Ryan, but she is kinda intimidating."

"I know," Ryan replied, just as he parked his car in front of their house. They all got out and waited for the other car to get there, it was a few minutes behind them because of a stupid traffic light earlier on, after they'd picked up Taylor and Chad at Taylor's house.

Gabriella wrapped her arms around Ryan, taking in his heat, while Taylor jumped up and down, blowing air into her hands. It wasn't that cold, but it was a summer night, so it wasn't hot either. Finally they heard Chad's old car coming towards them, it was almost loud enough to wake the entire neighbourhood. Chad was behind the wheel, with Troy next to him.

They stopped the car and hopped out too, giving their friends a few hugs, "Is she ready soon?" Chad asked, "I'm cold."

"You just got here, Chad!" Taylor said, telling her boyfriend off, "We have been standing here for five minutes, that's a reason to be cold."

"Oh," Chad said, taking a step back from his devilish girlfriend, "No need to kill me, Tay!"

"Guys, shut up!" Gabriella said, "We don't want her parents to wake up!"

Just then Sharpay's glass door opened and she stepped onto the balcony, wearing a pair of gray Everlast sweatpants and a pink t-shirt, a pink cab and snickers. She waved at them and blew Troy a kiss. She quickly got to work, and tied her pink sports bag to the robe, and started lowering it to them.

When it hit the ground, Chad quickly undid the bag and robe from each other, and Sharpay showed them two fingers. She closed her door, and tied the robe to the handle, hoping it would be able to carry her weight. If not, she'd end up breaking a leg or something. She was on the first floor. That was pretty high from the ground.

She started crawling down the robe, her friends biting their nails of nervousness. Gabriella almost couldn't watch it, because she was afraid she'd fall. Troy stood beneath the robe, ready to catch her if she did fall. But she didn't. She made it safely to the ground, where enveloped Troy in a big hug, kissing him all over.

"We don't have time for that!" Gabriella exclaimed, breaking them apart, "Hurry up! We gotta leave!"

The 6 of them broke into a fit of laughter and hurried into the cars, Ryan, Gabriella and Taylor in one, and Chad, with Troy and Sharpay making out in the back of his.

--

Sharpay felt the faint sunlight streaming through the half open tent. She didn't want to open her eyes, she just wanted to lie there in her sleeping back all morning. Troy's arm was wound around her waist, and she snuggled closer to him, loving how warm and comfortable it felt, even though they were in the wild, and that wasn't really her domain.

They had arrived there pretty fast after driving off. They were all tired, so they'd set up their tents, and then went to sleep for a few hours. Gabriella and Taylor would get up first, starting on breakfast. Sharpay was happy, because she and Troy had gotten a tent together. They had three for two people. Gabriella and Taylor had taken one, and so had Ryan and Chad. Why her friends didn't want to sleep with their partners, was beyond her, but it was probably Gabriella's doing. She was a little perfect angel. No offence to her. Sharpay loved her.

She didn't get to sleep for very long, because soon Taylor's voice hollered outside their tent, telling them to get up. She groaned and looked to the side, where Troy was opening his eyes too. He shot her a short smile, and pulled her closer to him, making her roll on top of him. They pressed their foreheads together and looked at each other, love shining through their eyes.

"Morning," Troy chuckled, "Did you sleep good?"

"Very," Sharpay smiled, "It was nice having your arm around me all night. And I wasn't even cold at all."

"How much clothes do you have on underneath?" Troy asked, slowly moving his arm into her sleeping back, feeling after any sign of clothes. However he didn't find very much.

"Just my bra and thong." Sharpay replied, giggling, when Troy's hands moved underneath the strap of her bra, and then further down, until it rested on her breast, and he kept on rubbing his thumb against it, "Mmhhmm, that feels good." Sharpay groaned, getting slightly turned on.

"Really?" Troy questioned, rubbing a little faster.

"Hmm-mm," Sharpay said, closing her eyes, "Seriously Troy, you're turning me on! This isn't the place! They can hear everything we do."

"So you're saying that I have to share such a small tent with you for a week, but we won't be able to get any action?" Troy asked, moving his hand away from her boob to her cheek.

"Well…" Sharpay said, trailing off for a bit, while she got a teasing look in her eyes, "We'll just have to keep quiet… And if we can't do it here… Then there's a lot of nature just waiting for us to have sex in it."

Troy just pulled her head down for a kiss, breaking her lips apart with his tongue. She kissed him back, and somehow Troy ended on top of her instead of the other way around. It was nice to just wake up with him like this. Soon, they wouldn't be able to do that anymore. Soon, they would just be friends.

They were broken apart by Gabriella, who stuck her head in between the tent's openings, giving them a weird look, "Take your tongue out of Sharpay's mouth, Troy. The real breakfast is done!"

Troy and Sharpay pulled apart, and Troy rolled off of her, and climbed out of his sleeping back. He was wearing a t-shirt and boxers, so he just stepped out the tent, rubbing his eyes. Sharpay watched him leave, a smile playing on her lips. She couldn't believe how much she actually loved him. She yawned, and climbed out of her sleeping back, and outside, where everyone turned to look at her.

"Mornings!" she cheered, making her way towards them.

"Uhm, Sharpay?" Chad chuckled, trying not to laugh too much.

"What?" she asked, scratching her cheek.

"You're only wearing you underwear, sweets…" Ryan continued, motioning for her to look down.

She did so, and let out a giggle, "Whoops! Sorry you had to witness… this." She tried to cover her boobs with her hands, not wanting Ryan to see her like this at all. She wasn't a shy person, but it was another thing around Ryan. "I'll just go… put on a t-shirt!" she turned around and hurried into the tent, letting them all get a clear view of her toned butt.

"Nice one Troy," Chad said, punching him on the arm, "She got a good tan on Hawaii?"

"She got more than just that," Troy smiled, looking at his friend with a teasing grin.

--

The first couple of days went great along, and they played games and went swimming. None of them had their cells on because they knew Sharpay's parents would be able to find her. She was still grounded, and they would double it up when she got home. Though Ryan had told he he'd talk to their parents. She doubted it'd help, though.

Right now they were sitting around a burning hot fire, burning marshmallows. Sharpay was resting between Troy's legs, and he had his arms around her, while holding on to the sticks, their marshmallows were on. Gabriella and Ryan was sitting close together. Ryan had his guitar with him, thinking they might want to sing a few songs. Chad and Taylor was sitting with one blanket wrapped around them, being all cosy too.

"I love this…" Sharpay said, looking at the fire, her eyes sad, "You know… Just the six of us. I was it could be like this forever, and we didn't have to grow up."

"Oh, I want to grow up." Taylor mumbled, sucking her fingers to get the sticky candy off them, "I want a life y'know? But I can see why you don't want to."

Troy rested his head on her shoulder, playing with her hair, using one of his hands, "I don't want to grow up either. I wanna stay here with Pay."

"You're so sweet," Sharpay mumbled, pressing her back further into his chest, "Ry… can you play for us? We can all sing then?"

"Sure," Ryan smiled, "I know just the right one… You have to know this one too." He found his guitar, and placed it, so it was sitting perfectly in his lap. He strummed a few notes, and then started singing:

"I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Love is all around me
And so the feeling grows"

Sharpay smiled and quickly started singing the next part, while their friends just watched the twins:

"It's written on the wind
It's everywhere I go, oh yes it is
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show"

They all smiled, as Ryan played the part before the chorus, and then they all joined in, singing together (some better than others).

"You know I love you
I always will
My mind's made up
By the way that I feel
There's no beginning
There'll be no end
'Cause on my love
You can depend"

Ryan and Gabriella smiled at each other and sang the next part, love shining through their eyes. It was all very cosy, and just so… beautiful, actually.

"I see your face before me
As I lay on my bed
I kinda get to thinking
Of all the things you said, oh yes I did"

Taylor and Chad took over, still sitting close together.

"You gave your promise to me
And I gave mine to you
I need someone beside me
In everything I do, oh yes I do"

They all took a deep breath, joining together again for the chorus.

"You know I love you
I always will
My mind's made up
By the way that I feel
There's no beginning
There'll be no end
'Cause on my love
You can depend"

Troy looked at Sharpay and rubbed her stomach, were his hands were resting, singing the next part:

"Ooh, it's written in the wind
And where I go
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show"

Sharpay smiled and motioned for Ryan to play the chorus again, and then she turned around, looking Troy deep in the eyes, while she sang it to him, her voice clear and beautiful as crystal.

"You know I love you
I always will
My mind's made up
By the way that I feel
There's no beginning
There'll be no end
'Cause on my love
You can depend"

They all joined together again, singing the last of their song, well, their version of the song. They were with the people they loved the most, and was looking at their partner. Love was all around them, just as in the song.

"I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Love is all around me
And so the feeling grows"

They finished off, smiles on their faces. Sharpay was freely crying now, because she just couldn't help it. It was all too emotional, she couldn't believe she wouldn't be able to spend so much time with her friends and Troy after Misja got here. She would be busy planning a wedding, and boding with him. She even had to move into his dang apartment with him!

She quickly moved out of Troy's grab, and ran in between the trees a few feet away from them. Troy sighed and stood up, following her in there. He didn't want her to think much about that now. He wanted her to be happy with the time they had left. They still had a few days when they got home. And their last night… Troy had big plans for that night, and his mother was helping him set everything up.

He found her sitting by a tree, her back against it, tears streaming down her face. She looked up when she heard him come, but she didn't say anything. He took a seat beside her, and didn't say anything either. He just listened to her, as she let her tears fall. He knew she needed to get it out.

Eventually, he turned to her, and lifted her chin up, "Sharpay… Stop crying now, please? It's breaking my heart."

"I'm sorry…" Sharpay whispered, looking him deeply into the eyes, "It was just… singing with you guys, made me all sad… thinking that I can't have that anymore. Soon."

"Cheer up, we still have time." Troy whispered, pulling her lips to his in a sweet kiss, "I love you, and I always will. My mind's made up, by the way that I feel…"

Sharpay got a huge smile on her face, and pulled him in for another kiss, this time deeper and more passionate. Troy immediately responded, and Sharpay turned to the side, so she was able to rest on her back on the ground, Troy on top of her. Their kiss heated up, and they both had a feeling as to where this was going.

Troy broke away from her, a smile playing on his lips, "You wanna?" he whispered, his lips hovering right above hers.

"Yeah," she whispered, pulling his head down for another kiss, slipping her tongue into his mouth, starting a fight with his. He responded, fighting back. He moved his hands onto her hips, and up further, beneath her tank top, running them across her stomach and towards her breasts.

She pulled away from their kiss, and looked at him, "Do you think we could lay on our clothes or something? My back hurts, the ground's not very soft."

Troy chuckled and pulled his sweatshirt off, along with his shorts. Sharpay pulled her tank top off, and her shorts. They sorta made a bed on the ground, and Sharpay laid down on it, Troy on top of her.

"That's better," she giggled, now only in her underwear beneath Troy, so she was kinda chilly. She'd get hot soon though, she knew it.

"Good," Troy smiled, running his hands down her chest, "Now… where were we?"

"Hmm…" Sharpay mumbled, pulling his head closer to hers, "Just about… here." She finished, pressing her lips to his.

Okay, so this chapter got okay, I think, but I don't know… you tell me, please? And yeah, review. And uh, next chapter will be weird, I'll warn you right now. But that's because of my plot, so you'll understand it in the end. (I hope).

Laters, Stessa )