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Chapter 4 YAY finally here lol. I would have had it posted yesterday but my editor did not get online and I don't wanna post it without him reading through and fixing some of my many mistakes.

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CHAPTER 4

Chapter 4

"Ducky, how are you feeling?" A voice from inside the room said as Troy, Chad,
and Gabriella knocked on the door.

"I'm doing fine, mom," Ryan's voice came through the door as he responded
back to his mom. "Someone's at the door."

"I'll get it...I wonder who it could be," Ms. Evans walked over to
the door and opened and stopped when she saw the three kids. "Wow, I didn't
expect to see any of their classmates here."

"Umm...ma'am, it's all over the news and we care about Ryan and Sharpay,
they are a major part of East High. We just came to mkae sure they were
alright." Chad replied and walked towards the door. "Umm...can we come
in?"

"Oh yeah, of course...Sharpay is unconcious still, but Ryan can talk,"
Ms,
Evans choked back her tears. Her face told the three kids that she has
cried alot tonight.

"How is she doing...is she getting any better?" Gabriella asked Ms.
Evans, with a worried look on her face. "I'm really worried about her." She walked
up to Sharpays bed, a tear falling from her eye. "I hope she comes too
soon."

"Yeah, me too...I need her to get better, for Ryan's sake...and mine.
Sharpay is..."Ms. Evans stopped what she was saying as tears fell from
her eyes again. "I just want my baby to be okay."

Chad walked over to Ryan as Troy and Gabriella were over talking to Ms.
Evans and standing over Sharpay. "How are you doing...drama geek?" he
asked a slight smile on his face

Ryan looked over at Chad, a small smile on his face. "What did you come
here just to pick on me in my weakened state?"

"NO!" Chad looked at Ryan, a tear forming in his eyes. "We are all
worried about you and Sharpay. I'm sorry I called you drama geek. I thought
I would try to get you to laugh." He gave Ryan a apologetic look. "I'm
sorry, it's a bad time for jokes."

"Yeah, just a little," Ryan looked over at Sharpay. "She's dying and I'm
stuck on a hospital bed. I can't even be there for her. I'm stuck
here." Ryan looked down at his feet.

"What's wrong with you, Ryan? ...Where are you injured?" Chad asked, his
concern showing in his voice.

"I fractured my foot, and broke my wrist...nothing major. She is the one
that got the worst of it." Ryan never took his eyes off his sister, you
can tell he loved her very much. "I need her to be okay though. She is
the only thing stable I have in my life."

"I can help you walk over to her...since you only have a fractured foot,
you can lean on me," Chad suggested politley surprised Ms. Evans didn't
think of that. "I know you wanna be next to your sister."

"You would do that for me, Chad?" A smile played across Ryans lips. For
the first time in his life he was happy Chad Danforth was here. "That
would be amazing," Ryan sat up with little trouble making sure he uses
his good wrist.

Chad smiled as he wrapped his arm around Ryan's waste, and Ryan wrapped
his arm around Chad's shoulders. A jolt ran through Chad's bady when he
felt Ryan touching him. (Why does this feel so right...I can't like
the drama geek...can I?) "Are you okay Ryan? Are you able to move like
this?"

Ryan limped forward with Chad as support moving towards his sister,
everyone looking at the pair. Troy and Gabriella with a huge smile on their
faces both asked how Ryan was feeling as he walked by.

"I'll be fine," Ryan assured both of them as he reached Sharpay's bed.
Chad moves behind Ryan still holding Ryan's waist for support. (I guess
the feeling I'm getting right nw confirms one thing...) He breaks his
thought once he lookd down at his sister, tears start falling from his
eyes like rivers. "Why did it have to be her?" He took her hand in his and
rubbed it lightly with his thumb. A tear falling and landing on her
wrist.

"Ry...an..." Sharpay's weakened voice come from no where, the whole room
went quiet and looked at her. For the first time that night her eye's
opened. Tears feel even more freely as both Ryan and Ms. Evans smiled
down at her.

"I'm here Shar...I'll always be here. I'm your brother, whenever you
need me...I'll be here" He smiled never letting go of his sisters hand
and still feeling Chad's hand at his waist. He turned around and faced
the other three students. "Thank you all so much." Then he looked at just
Chad and smiled. "Thank you...Thank you for helping me over here."

Chad looked at his feet smiling "...It was no problem. I knew you
wanted to be by your sister" He smiled at Ryan, his heart felt like it
skipped a few beats when his and Ryan's eyes met. "Well we should probably
let you and Sharpay rest...and plus there is alot more people in the
lobby...here for you. We'll send some more in."

"Yeah, thank you so much you three, it means alot that you are here."
Ryan looked at Chad, blushing slightly. "I think we can handle a few more
visitors tonight. What do you think Shar?"

"...Yeah...I think I can handle a ...few more people," Shar looked at
her brother and even through all her pain she knew one thing, Ryan
liked Chad. It was obvious, she just wondered if her brother knew that. She
smiled slightly at the thought. She had known her brother was gay for
a very long time. He never commented on the girls and his eyes always
lingered on men he passed in the hallway or on the street. She was just
hoping her brother finally came to terms with that. From what she got
tonight she was also thinking Chad liked Ryan too. Things could get very
interesting.

Chad smiled at Sharpay for the first time...probably in his life.
"We'll send more people in." And this time he turned his attention straight
to Sharpay. "And you get some rest. School just won't be the same
without the Evans twins" He laughed a little and walked towards the door. As
a final thought, he turned around and looked at Ryan..."Will you be okay?"
He brought the chair in the corner of the room over so that Ryan could
rest knowing that he shouldn't be standing up very long.

"Yeah, Chad...I'll be fine. Thank you for everything," Ryan sat down in
the chair Chad brought him smiling and feeling somewhat happy despite
the circumstances. "I'll see you all on Monday then?"

Chad looked at Ryan, a bewildered look on his face. "Will you be able to
come to school on Monday?"

"Yeah, I should be fine by then. It's only a broken wrist and a fractured
foot. It's nothing to serious." Ryan smiled at the dark skin boy.
"I'll see you on Monday"

Chad returned the smile, "Okay then, I guess we'll see you on Monday."
With that Chad followed Gabriella and Troy out of the room, a huge smile on
his face. He realized something very important tonight. He liked Ryan
and he felt he needed to be there for him, especially while Sharpay is
in the hospital. Ryan will need a friend now more then ever...and Chad
was prepared to be that friend. Even if it was just that...a friend and
nothing more.

"Hey man, it's good to see you happy," Troy joked as they walked down the
hallway of the hospital. "You have been so moody and out of it lately."

"Yeah, it's interesting...I don't even know why I'm so happy."
Actually, he knew exactly why but he wasn't ready to tell Troy yet...maybe
someday, but not today. "Gabriella did you drive here?"

"No," Gabriella looked at him, surprised by the question. "I got a ride
from Taylor."

"Well here, how about me and Chad give you a ride home?" Troy smiled at
her and took her hand leading her to his car.

Chad laughed at the two as they smiled softly at each other. (I wonder
when they will realize that they like each other. I mean the rest of
the school already knows.) And with that thought Chad got into Troy's car,
sitting in the back so that Gabriella can sit up front. The whole car
ride he thought of a cute blonde drama geek, and his heart never stopped
fluttering.

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YAY She's alive...and concious