A/N: Yay! An update! This chapter is kinda useless, but oh well. Enjoy!

Chapter 9 Sleepless Nights

"Troy," Gabriella whispered. They had arrived in Phoenix at 2 A.M. They had parked at a motel. But Troy wouldn't wake up.

"Troy."

He mumbled.

"Troy!"

"I'm awake! Gosh."

"Let's go. We have to check in."

"Fine. But as soon as we get a room, I'm going back to sleep."

They got out of the car and went inside the motel. Gabriella headed for the check in, but no one was there.

"Hello?"

There was a bell. She tapped it a couple times. Still, no one was there. Gabriella got impatient. She repeatedly tapped the bell.

"WHAT?!"

A woman popped up from under the desk.Her hair was messed up and she looked extremely tired.

Gabriella smiled innocently, "We'd like a room."

"Ugh. Fine. Hurry up."

Gabriella pulled out her wallet. She took out a few twenties.

"One bed or two?"

Sharpay couldn't sleep. She sat up in bed and looked out the window. The moon was bright and and it made shadows of trees cast across her room. She climbed out of bed and got her cellphone. She was about to dial, but stopped herself. Who would be awake at this time?

"Go back to sleep, Sharpay," she said to herself.

She lay there, still awake. She sighed.

"I can't sleep. I can't sleep knowing that Ryan isn't in the house."

You're gonna have to Sharpay.

Sharpay ignored it, and stayed awake the whole night.

Gabriella lay awake in bed. (A/N: Yes, her own bed) For some reason, she couldn't sleep. Maybe because she slept the whole way going there? She turned and looked at Troy. He was fast asleep. She rolled over again. No position was comfortable for sleeping. She stared at the ceiling. She started to doze off, but someone stopped her.

"Gabriella."

"What, Troy."

"I can't sleep."

Gabriella stared disbelievingly at Troy.

"You were just sleeping."

"Well, I pretended to sleep cause I thought you were asleep." He sat up. Gabriella moved and sat next to him. Troy looked at Gabriella.

Her eyes sparkle at night. How pretty.

Gabriella looked at Troy. "Are you looking at me?"

Troy laughed, "Why wouldn't I?"

They were making full eye contact. Troy looked like he was going to say something, but Gabriella interrupted.

"We should get to bed. So we can look for Sharpay tomorrow."

Troy nodded, "Yeah. Bed."

Gabriella went back into her bed and went under the covers. She noticed that Troy hadn't lied down yet, but didn't mind it.

Troy stared at Gabriella, At least kiss me goodnight.

He went under the covers, closed his eyes, and eventually fell asleep.

Morning came. Sharpay got out of bed and streched. She went downstairs and had cornflakes. As she muched, she thought.

It's too quiet here.

She turned on the radio.

"...has announced the winner of the Amateur Musicians Contest. The winner is 17 year old Ryan Evans."

"WHAT?!"

Sharpay spit out a mouthful of cornflakes. She turned up the radio.

"Ryan Evans will be going on tour next month. Be sure to buy your tickets now!"

Sharpay looked at her cereal. All of a sudden, it didn't look so good. The radio started playing music.

"Oh...my...god."

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