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Okay, I know this took me a LONG time to write, but hey, please don't be mad. Because this is a pretty long chapter (I think…) All I'm going to say about why it took me so long to write is something happened in my life that made me lose my passion for writing… but I've gotten over it, so here is chapter ten (finally)! Oh, and I changed my pen name (if you haven't noticed that already).

Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical or anything having to do with it. I know its shocking, but sadly it's true.

Chapter Ten

"Sharpay, can we please take a break!" Troy asked Sharpay. They hadn't stopped practicing since she had let him into her house four hours ago.

"No, Troy. This is our duet for God's sake. We need this to be absolutely perfect. It's our big moment together. It has to be believable. Therefore, we are not leaving this house until we can sing this song perfectly."

"What exactly are you going to do? Keep me prisoner in your house until this song is done perfectly in your eyes?" Troy replied sarcastically.

"Oh, hilarious Bolton…" Sharpay said as she rolled her eyes.

"Couldn't we just take a short break?" Troy complained.

"No."

"But the musical is two months away!" Troy whined.

"I don't care! This song is going to be perfect today whether you like it or not."

"Please!"

"NO!"

"What if I promised you that if we take a break, I'll come back here and sing this song until you're content with the way it sounds?" Troy asked her, attempting to compromise with her for once.

Sharpay considered his offer. "How long would it last?"

"Two hours," Troy said hopefully.

"Nope, make it one."

"Fine," Troy sighed, agreeing with Sharpay just to get any sort of a break. He got up from the chair he was sitting in and began to walk out the door, but not before he asked her, "Do you want to come too?"

"Sure. It's not like I have anything better to do…" She sighed and followed Troy out of the room.

"I can't believe you are making me watch this," Ryan said to Katrina as she pulled the DVD of her choice out of the drawer that the movies were contained in.

"Oh, Ryan, I know that you secretly love chick flicks," Katrina said while inserting the disk into the DVD player.

"I do not…"

"Oh, who are you kidding; you absolutely love them." Katrina giggled as Ryan scowled at her. "Besides, I won the coin toss so I am entitled to watch the movie of my choice."

"That's not fair! You always win the coin tosses!"

"Yes, but that is because I cheat."

"How do you cheat at a coin toss?"

"Well, you could use a double-headed coin…" Katrina pondered. Ryan frowned at her. "Not that I'd ever do that!" she said quickly.

"Tell me your secret," Ryan begged. When Katrina refused, Ryan began to pout like a three-year old.

"Ryan, I don't cheat. How the hell is it possible for me to cheat in a coin toss? I was joking"

"Oh," Ryan said and sat down on his couch. "You lied to me," he said in mock self-pity. Katrina just grinned.

"Okay, Ryan, since you apparently never get to choose the movie, go ahead and pick one." Ryan got a huge grin on his face and began looking through the collection of different movies. Ryan heard Katrina mumble something about him being 'so easily amused' as he thought about what he wanted to watch.

"Ah, good to see that the children are getting along again," Sharpay said as she walked down the stairs into the living room.

"Yeah, well we managed to settle our differences," Katrina said, laughing at the serious look on Ryan's face as she began to narrow down the movie choices.

"Good to know," Troy said heading out the door.

"We're you going?" Katrina asked.

"For a walk, I guess," Sharpay said, not to sure exactly where the two of them were going.

"Oh, okay." Katrina said before realizing that both Troy and Sharpay were gone. "Have fun…" she said to no one in particular.

"I've decided!" Ryan declared. "We're watching Pirates of the Caribbean."

"Good choice… I never knew you were capable of making a good choice."

"Oh shut up!" Ryan said, playfully shoving Katrina.

"So where exactly are we going again?" Sharpay asked Troy as she followed him down the sidewalk.

"Have some patience, Shar. I've told you at least five times now that you'll see when we get there."

"I hate surprises…" Sharpay mumbled, pouting at the fact that Troy was too stubborn to tell her where they were going.

"So I've noticed." Sharpay scowled at Troy. "I was kidding, Sharpay," he said, grinning at her. Although Sharpay attempted not to smile, she failed miserably and couldn't help but smile back at him. "See, look at that, you can smile."

"You're not very funny, Troy Bolton," Sharpay said, unsuccessfully attempting to hold back another grin. "Are we almost there yet?" Troy frowned.

"Always trying to change the subject now, aren't we?"

"Oh, be quiet," Sharpay said playfully, and swatted at his arm.

"Actually, if you were paying more attention, you would realize that we were here." Sharpay took a minute to view her surrounding.

"Troy," Sharpay said as she glanced in Troy's direction, "are you telling me that the big surprise as to where we were going was our elementary school."

"No, we're going to the playground!" Troy said grinning.

"And to think people call you immature…" Sharpay said sarcastically. To her surprise, Troy laughed at Sharpay's comment. The bigger surprises for Sharpay Evens, though, was when he grabbed her hand and lead her down to the school that brought back so many memories.

"It seems like forever ago that we were here everyday hanging out during recess…" Troy pondered as he took in his surroundings. The school was the exact same as it had been years ago when the two of them had attended it. "I can honestly say that fourth grade was the best year of my life."

"And why is that?" Sharpay asked.

"I don't know, things were just so simple back then. You barely had any problems back then, you know."

"Well," Sharpay interrupted, "I can see what you're talking about. I only think I had one major problem that year…"

"What was it?"

"You," Sharpay replied in all honesty. She laughed nervously as she continued. "I had such a crush on you in elementary school. It was kind of sad. Okay, well actually, it was pretty pathetic. And I thought you felt the same way, so I was so mad when you didn't ask me to be your girlfriend. I know what you're thinking, we were ten years old and that must mean that I couldn't really like you, but I did." She finally looked up at Troy to see his reaction to what she had been saying. He just stood in front of her with a blank expression on his face.

"Is that why you hate me so much?" Troy asked with a concerned filled voice.

"I don't hate you. Really, I don't hate you at all." Sharpay said trying to reassure him. "Please, I know it's hard to believe, but I swear that I don't hate you."

"Do you think… if I had done something back then about it… we wouldn't always be fighting about every little thing? Would it have changed anything?"

"I honestly don't know," Sharpay said sadly.

Before Sharpay could even begin to process what was happening, Troy lifted her head so she had no choice but to look at him, and he kissed her. It was quick; so quick, in fact, that it made her question whether it had actually happened or not, but it was still meaningful. Sharpay stood there stunned, unable to process her own thoughts, let alone speak.

"Was that okay?" Troy asked quietly, not knowing why he had just kissed her.

"Yeah," Sharpay said hesitantly, still attempting to figure out what exactly had just happened. "Maybe we shouldn't practice anymore tonight. We can start back up again tomorrow."

"Yeah, good idea," Troy said, breaking the awkward silence between the two of them. "I'll see you tomorrow." He walked away leaving a confused Sharpay alone with her thoughts.

A/N: Tell me what you think!! I hope it was worth the long wait.