Author's Note: Here's chapter five! Chapter six is in the works!

Chapter Five: Coming Out

Ryand didn't know what to do.

If he told Haylie, will Sharpay find out?

Most likely, with her senses.

She always found things out.

"Ryan?"

Ryan twirled around to find Haylie standing there.

"Hey, Haylie."

After the scene with Gabriella today, Ryan couldn't take any more of Sharpay's plan. Even though he'd done his part, that didn't mean she still wanted him to stick with it, right?

They went to go sit on a bench that was near the school, and sat down.

"So, what was what you need to tell me?" she asked him.

How could he do this?

"I...well..." he started.

Haylie looked at him patiently, and he started again.

"Sharpay had a plan that I told Gabriella that you "secretly" liked Troy, and that Gabriella and Troy would break up, and Gabriella or you wouldn't think about auditioning for the spring musical."

Haylie didn't say anything for awhile, and that worried Ryan, which was a first.

"Haylie, say something!" Ryan cried.

"How could she do that?" Haylied asked.

"She's Sharpay, Haylie. It's her personality." Ryan explained.

"I don't care what her personality is! That's...mean." Haylie replied.

Ryan leaned in, and brushed back a strand of blonde hair from her face, revealing a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Gabriella was the real best friend I had since moving here. McKenize's great, but Gabriella's different. She understands what it's like being the new girl in a new country where you don't know anyone."

"I understand." Ryan said softly.

"Ryan, you lived here all your life! How can you understand?" she asked.

"I didn't always live here. Me and Sharpay lived in New York, the star central besides Los Angles, California. That's why we love the stage so much...well, Sharpay does, anyway. We moved here before we started preschool, and that's how Sharpay became the mountain lion everyone fears. How we never lost a single production since kindergarten." Ryan explained.

"She changed because you moved? That's silly." Haylie replied.

"It's not. She changed because she lost that role in kindergarten." Ryan said.

Haylie looked down at the ground, and Ryan sighed.

Just then, they heard a bell in the distance, and Ryan stood up, glancing down at Haylie.

"Need someone to walk with to your classes?" he asked, extanding a hand.

Haylie smiled as she took his hand.

"Sure."