The Poem

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A/N: Sorry I haven't updated for a bit schools' started again and I'm planning on writing some more stories Anyway on with the story

Sharpay sighed again and gathered all her things from the piano and the chair and headed out of the auditorium walking right past Ryan and Kelsi acting as if nothing happened.

"What's with her?" Kelsi asked Ryan.

"I have no idea." Ryan replied looking where Sharpay headed off to.

Troy and the gang walked past Sharpay seeing a sad look on her face.

"Wonder what's up with her." Chad said.

"Hmm let's go see Ryan and Kelsi see if they know and then we can invite them to the mall with us." Taylor suggested.

"Yea let's go." Gabriella agreed.

"Hang on! Why are we inviting them to come with us?" Chad asked confused.

"Because after what we just saw we think there might be more to Sharpay then meets the eye so we want to get to know her!" Troy replied.

"Uh?" Chad replied even more confused which was followed by a smack on the back of his head by Taylor.

"Ouch! What was that for?" Chad asked.

"Come on let's go." Gabriella said.

Sharpay got to her next class after free period which just happened to be maths with Mrs Williams (A/N: That's my maths teacher's name so I thought 'as I don't know her name I'll make her the maths teacher' and I might do this quite a lot through the story) with Gabriella and Taylor. Just when she got to her maths class, she saw Zeke (Her Boyfriend) hanging with the wrong crowd. Ever since their three month anniversary he started to hang with people who deal with drugs and alcoholics. Sharpay was really upset about that and at the begin she thought she'll be happy forever but since Zeke changed she's been the most depressed she's ever been. Sharpay walked into her maths class and got her books sorted and started to write a poem about 'I Wonder What Friends Must Be Like'. Even though she has Kelsi, Ryan and maybe Zeke and it's a maths class not English but she would have that next anyway (A/N: I'm not a Zeke basher I just need this to happen).

Ryan and Kelsi were talking about stuff but mostly drama when Troy, Gabriella, Chad and Taylor came up to them.

"Hey Ryan." Troy said.

"Hi." Ryan said back a bit suspicious.

"Hey Kelsi." Gabriella greeted.

"Hey." Kelsi replied quietly sure they became friends but Kelsi still didn't like to anyone but Ryan and Sharpay and vice versa with Ryan and Sharpay they all trusted each other with their secrets.

"So we were wondering if you two and Sharpay would like to come to the mall with us after school." Troy asked.

"Uh, sure Sharpay and I will come. What about you Kels?" Ryan asked.

"Oh, I can't I've got teaching to do." Kelsi replied.

"Okay well we'll meet you at the gates." Chad said.

"Okay." Ryan replied.

Troy, Gabriella, Chad and Taylor said goodbye and went to their separate classes. Chad and Troy towards Chem. and the girls towards maths with Sharpay.

"Okay I know you don't have to teach tonight, so why aren't you coming?" Ryan asked.

"Well i.it will be m..m..my fir..st da.te with Jas..on tonig..ht. I was gonna tell you and Sharpay when she came out of the auditorium, but she kind off left without me able to bring it up." Kelsi replied.

"Oh wow, and you two don't want anyone to know?" Ryan asked. Kelsi nodded her head 'yes'. "Okay I'll tell Sharpay later and you need to tell us what happens."

"Okay. Ryan?" Kelsi asked.

"Yea?" Ryan replied.

"You're sounding like a girl again." Kelsi laughed.

"Oh woops I hang with girls to much, maybe I could get to know Troy and that lot so I could hang out with them and all." Ryan though out loud.

"As long as you don't try to play basketball like last time." Kelsi said.

"Oh, yea that was fun." Ryan said recalling the memory.

Flashback.

Ryan picked up the basketball and started to dribble it.

"Right come on, no pressure or anything but you do need to get better at basketball. So take the ball and shot." Kelsi said to Ryan from her place on the grass next to an asleep Sharpay. Ryan was about to shot when..

"Sike!" Sharpay shouted and sat up at her brother making him loose control of the ball and miss the net also scaring both Ryan and Kelsi and jog Kelsi from her drawing.

"Sharpay! I thought you were sleeping!" Ryan shouted and retrieved the ball.

"God Sharpay you scared me!" Kelsi joined in.

"Ah that was funny you should have seen you're face both of yours it was hilarious. Okay I'm done carry on." Sharpay said wiping an imaginary tear away from her eye from laughing so much. Ryan started his position again and threw the ball to the net without any interruptions and still missed the net instead he hit one of their Dad's gnomes and broke its fishing pole which landed in the pond it was over.

"Umm, you might want to fix that before your Dad sees." Kelsi said just as their Dad came through to the garden from the kitchen.

"Sees what?" he asked just as he looked over at the broken gnome "RYAN!" their Dad shouted "Kelsi I think you should go home."

"No, Dad she's with me not Ryan." Sharpay said.

"Oh, Okay then. But you mister you better fix that and you are grounded for two weeks and you cannot I repeat cannot pick up a basketball again." He said since Ryan broke loads of his gnomes with the basketball which was right next to the gnome.

End Of Flashback.

"That was really funny and I got to stay and watch all of that!" Kelsi giggled just as the warning bell went. Kelsi quickly opened her locker got her books, closed her locker and ran down the halls with Ryan following towards their English class.

Sharpay just finished her poem and read it over. (This poem is a poem me, my sister and my mate made up).

I Wonder What Friends Must Be Like

If I had a friend they would be nice and caring

They would cheer me up when I am down

I would be happy when they are with me

I would be able to tell them my troubles

And not worry that they might tell

My friends would be honest.

If I had a friend like this

It would mean the world to me

I would treat them with the respect they deserve

And won't let anything or anyone get in the way of the friendship

We would have.

I wonder what friends are like.

When Sharpay finally approved of her poem Taylor and Gabriella walked in just when the warning bell went offThey got in their seats in front of Sharpay. They took out their books and pens and pencils so they would be ready for the lesson, that was when they notice Sharpay sitting in front of them with a sad smile on her face and they could tell that it wasn't fake then they saw the poem in front of her. Gabriella and Taylor read the title in their heads 'I Wonder What Friends Must Be Like' they looked at each other than back at Sharpay who was still looking at them.

A/N: Hey please review it would mean a lot to me and I want to thank those that reviewed and added me to fav author or Story so thanks and here are the replays:

all-the-facts: Thanks I'm glad your gonna love it because I'm loving writing this.

xamyxjx: Troypay is the best and you don't see them much thank you so much for saying it's cute I hope this one is too. Thank you for reviewing again too.

mad-sugar-but-sweet: Thank you I'll keep writing for you guys and everyone else who doesn't review because there lazy like me because I rarely review too. I also like the Troypay because it's a twist and Gabriella is just too innocent.

AshleyZac4life: Your welcome thank you for reviewing again and she didn't see who was listing to her but that will be in the next chapter maybe so yea thank you again.

x0emz0x: Thank you for reviewing again I'm glad you like the chapter so did I.

Thank you, again to everyone and I'll try to update as soon as I can. This story won't just be by me, my sister and friends are helping me like with that poem me and my mate made it in Spanish and me and my sister made it better. Sorry I like rambling so I'll stop now and let you wait for the next one and read any other stories that you wish, oh man I'm doing it again. Okay I'll see ya all next time.

Peace Out!

Cas