A/N: Okay, people. I said I'd update this weekend, and I'm going to be loyal to my readers and actually update this weekend. Anyway, Thanks for reading and reviewing. It really means a lot to me. Oh, I'm not going to put "thanks to my new reviewers..." anymore because I can't remember that much. Especially with the homework and such. So I'm sorry. But I'll reply to my reviewers.

azndoll10: Yeah, she seems mean. But she can be nice at times, but for the sake of my story, she's mean. And you're getting on the right track. Leslie has two girls.

lol925: I think I answered your question already but just incase, I'm going to answer them again. They're in third year college. Ryan and Sharpay are in UCLA and Gabi is in Yale. Thanks! I'm glad you like it!

Okay, here's the next chapter, six years after college. And since you voted New York, the setting is in New York. So I hope you guys like it!

This Is War

Chapter Three: Is That…

It's a typical Friday in New York. Streets are bustling, cars honking, people walking, and voices are heard everywhere. Suddenly, the last bell of PS 177 (A/N: I don't know if it's real, I just made it up) rings signaling the end of school.

Suddenly, the main door of the school opened and out stampeded every grade school student that it held.

Everybody that is, except second graders, Roxanne and Rachelle Evans who have to stay after school because of an incident.

They sat in their chairs just staring at the walls until their teacher, Ms. Montez, called their attention.

"Girls, now, I don't want a repeat of this incident again. Do you understand?" Gabriella said.

"But Ms. M, we didn't even do anything! Roger started it!" Rachelle, the older twin, shouted.

"Ssshhh, I don't want to hear any excuses. Tomorrow, I want you to apologize to Roger first thing in the morning." Their teacher said.

"But he started it! If you only knew what he did to us to make us do that to him!" Roxanne, the younger twin, said.

"Okay, then how about you tell me what he did to you girls."

"Okay, well first he kept tapping us on the shoulder with his pencil." Rachelle started.

"Yeah, and then when we turned around, he spit food on our faces!" Roxanne finished.

"Now, do you think he did that on purpose?"

"We don't know! He was laughing too hard, I couldn't tell what he was thinking!" Rachelle said.

"Well, there you go, it was an accident. He spit food on you girls because he was laughing; therefore, it's all an accident. Besides, how much food did he spit on you guys?"

"About this much!" Roxanne said, holding up her index finger and thumb. They were about a centimeter apart.

"Now did that give you permission to put glue in his hair?"

"He spit food on our faces!" Rachelle defended.

"Yeah! Us actresses don't want food on our faces!" Roxanne said.

"We need to have perfect faces incase anybody here is a Hollywood or Broadway agent who is looking for fresh, young faces." Rachelle said.

"Not faces which are covered in food." Roxanne finished.

Gabriella sighed. "You know, sometimes you girls remind me of…" Gabriella didn't need to finish her sentence. Are these Sharpay's kids? But Sharpay doesn't have any kids… that I know of. Nah, they're not Sharpay's kids. But they sure act like her somehow. She thought.

"Remind you of…?" Roxanne asked.

"Never mind. I bet it's just a coincidence. Anyway, I want you two to apologize to Roger tomorrow, okay?"

"But-" The girls started.

"OKAY?"

The girls sighed. "Okay."

"Good. In the meantime, I'll have to call your father in to come and pick you girls up." Gabriella said as she started dialing the phone.

"No! Don't call our dad!" Rachelle shouted.

"He'll get overprotective again!" Roxanne said.

"We can walk!" Rachelle said.

"No, the streets of New York are too much for two seven-year-old girls. Besides, he's on the phone right now. Hi, is this Mr. Evans?"

"Yes it is. How can I help you?" Ryan answered on the other line. Her voice sounds so familiar. He thought.

"Mr. Evans, this is Ms. M. I have your little girls here at school and I was wondering if you could please pick them up since they missed their bus." Gabriella replied. Where have I heard his voice before? She thought.

"Sure, sure, I'm not doing anything right now. I'll go ahead and pick them up." Ryan replied.

"Okay, thank you very much. I'll see you in a few." Gabriella said.

"You too, thank you." Ryan replied. Then they both hung up their phones. Then Gabriella faced the girls. "He's coming."

"Oh no." Rachelle said.

"Why don't you want your dad to pick you up?" Gabriella asked.

"Because every time he picks us up, he always straps our seatbelts for us. Like we're little babies and we don't know what we're doing." Roxanne answered.

"That reminds me of someone…" Gabriella said.

"Who?" The girls asked curiously.

"Oh, no one. I probably shouldn't have said that."

"Who?" The girls asked more demandingly.

Gabriella sighed. "Okay, I'll tell you. But you have to promise to not tell anyone."

"We promise!" The girls shouted.

"Okay, but the way your dad acts kinda reminds me about my old boyfriend in high school."

"Really? How?" Roxanne asked.

"You're really curious aren't you? Well, anyway, my boyfriend always made me feel safe. Like if something or someone was physically hurting me, he'd protect me or if it were emotionally hurting me, he'd be there to cheer me up. He would always be there for me."

"Ooohhh sounds like Ms. M is in love." Rachelle said in a singsong voice.

Gabriella giggled. "Was in love. I'm not in love right now. Besides, that was ten years ago when I was seventeen."

"So, you're twenty-seven? But you don't look twenty-seven! You look like you just turned twenty-five!" Roxanne said.

Gabriella giggled again. "Thank you. But yeah, I'm twenty-seven."

"Hmm… dad's twenty-seven too." Rachelle said.

"Hey, I'm just wondering, what does your dad do for a living?" Gabriella asked.

"Oh, he's a Broadway slash Hollywood star." Roxanne said.

Okay, another coincidence. Gabriella thought. "So why did he send you to a public school? I thought stars would be making a lot of money?"

"He does make a lot of money. But he sends us to public school because he wanted us to live a regular life with regular kids. Not grow up to be some stuck-up princesses." Rachelle said.

"Oh, okay." Gabriella said.

"Ms. M, what's your high school boyfriend's name?" Roxanne asked.

"I think that's going a little too far! But I'll tell you anyway. His name is-"

Suddenly they heard a horn honking. They realized it came from outside. They checked the window and saw Ryan getting out of his car on the other side of the street. Except Gabriella didn't know it was Ryan.

"I think you better go ahead before he gets worried." Gabriella said, ushering the girls to the main door. "Have a good day girls!"

"You too Ms. Montez! We'll see you in class tomorrow!" The girls shouted together.

"You girls too! Bye!" Gabriella shouted after them. Then she looked at their father. He looks strangely familiar… Is that? Nah. Gabriella thought. "Ryan?" Gabriella asked herself. Then she shook her head. She then waved at him.

Ryan saw the girl's teacher waving her hand at him. He smiled and waved back. Is that who I think it is? Ryan thought. "Gabriella?" Ryan asked himself. Then he just shook his head too. The girls finally crossed the street and went in the car. Gabriella went back in the school.

Ryan opened the car door again and started buckling his daughter's seatbelts.

"Dad we can do it on our own you know." Rachelle said.

"I know, but I just can't risk losing you two." Ryan said, and he kissed his daughter's foreheads. Then he closed the car door and got in the driver's seat.

"Dads." Roxanne said while rolling her eyes.

"They're so overprotective!" Rachelle exclaimed.

"I know!" Roxanne said. Finally, they're on their way home.

Meanwhile, back in the elementary school, Gabriella changed from her teacher clothes to her scientist lab coat. She then went to her car and drove to the lab that she works at after school.

She immediately went to her station and started where she left off the day before. She's in the middle of trying to find a cure for cancer. She still hasn't figured it out yet but she's getting closer and closer.

But before she performs an experiment, she always looks at the picture that sits on her desk. It's a picture of her and Ryan at the end of the closing night of the winter musical when they were juniors in high school. She takes it in her hands and kisses Ryan's picture. She could never admit the fact that she and Ryan broke it off. That's why she's still single. She never accepted any dates from guys no matter how much they pleaded and no matter how many times they asked.

Finally, Gabriella started her experiment. And during the experiment, she sings a very familiar song.

"…This could be the start of something new… It feels so right to be here with you… Oh… And now looking in your eyes… I feel in my heart… The start of something new." Gabriella sang. She sings the same song every time she does an experiment.

Meanwhile, at the Broadway theatre, the theatre director and one of the playwrights are having a meeting.

"So what do you think Mr. Preston?" The playwright asked as the theatre director finished reading her play.

"I must say Ms. Davis, I am very impressed. How come this is the first time I've ever seen your plays?" Mr. Preston asked Leslie.

"Oh, because I just moved here a few weeks ago. And this idea, just came to me recently."

"Ah. Well, you did a great job! And I know just the person who can play the male lead. Unless you have any suggestions."

"Oh, no, I don't. You can pick whomever you want." Leslie replied.

"Do you want to be the female lead?" Mr. Preston asked.

"No, no, that's okay. I'm not really built for the spotlight."

"Okay then. Let me call our future male lead to see if he's interested in doing it and I'll be right with you." Mr. Preston said. With that, Leslie went backstage. Mr. Preston dialed his phone.

Meanwhile with the Evans, Ryan just finished unbuckling the twins' seatbelts and they ran into the house. Then Ryan closed the car door and walked in the house.

Just as he walked through the door, the phone rang. He put down his car keys and looked at the caller ID.

"Theatre." Ryan read. Then he answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Hi Ryan, how are you?" Mr. Preston asked at the other end of the line.

"Mr. Preston! I haven't spoken to you in a while! What's going on?"

"Well, I just had a playwright present me a play and I think it's awesome. I want you to be the male lead. Would you be interested by any chance? If you're not busy with any projects that is."

"No, in fact, I just finished filming in Hollywood last week! And, of course I'm interested! You know, I'll do anything for you Mr. Preston. After giving me my big break." Ryan said.

"Great! Thanks! And don't even mention that. You're a great actor. So naturally, someone would eventually give you your big break. I just happen to be that someone. So, I'll see you on Monday!"

"You too Mr. Preston, thank you!" Then they both hung up.

Another Broadway play! I wonder if I should tell Sharpay about this one. Ah, she's probably in it already. Ryan thought. Suddenly, Rachelle and Roxanne's teacher popped in his mind.

"Why does she seem so familiar?" Ryan asked himself out loud.

"Why does who seem familiar?" Rachelle asked from behind the chair.

"Your teacher. Do you know her name?"

"Well, we call her Ms. M. But we don't know her first name." Roxanne answered.

"Ms. M? So she's not married?" Ryan asked.

"Not that we know of." Both answered at the same time. An unexpected smile crept on Ryan's face, as if he was glad that their teacher isn't married. And he had no clue as to why he was feeling the way he was.

Okay, that chapter just stated how the characters were connected to each other. But I promise it'll get better! And sorry if that was a little short. I tried to make it longer, but I can't stretch it out anymore.

Oh yeah. I hope you guys watched "Return to Halloweentown" last night. I watched it, and it was awesome! I love it! And Lucas... Lucas... Lucas... he was just plain gorgeous okay. He looked great. I wished the whole time that I was Marnie. Well, anyway, enough of my fantasies, now review!