Disclaimer: I own nothing, yet I own everything else.
A/N: I just want to tell you that maybe you have read or seen some of the scenes in this story before because I borrowed some of the best parts of the book or movie into this story and combined it altogether.
Chapter One
" You know what?" asked Chad Danforth to Troy Bolton in the middle of Chad's living room in the late afternoon.
Troy, startled, turn towards his friend.
"What do you think I know?"
"I think you know very clearly that you are seriously in love with her and you should ask her out."
" In love with who?" Troy asked, even though he knew that they both knew the answer to that.
" Uhh. Haha. Very funny. You know whom I'm talking about. Sharpay. We both know what I'm talking about so don't even try playing dumb with me."
" Hey man. No. I will not ask her out."
" Why not? I mean, you do like her?!? Right?"
" Yeah, I guess…"
" So, why not?"
"Because she might not like me, you know, that way… And I don't want to sacrifice our friendship just because of my selfishness, okay?"
"Why not just take the risk? Ask her out…you know, just pretend you are have those 'friend' dates that you always have and, you know…"
"No, I don't know…"
" Why don't you just try to nudge her in the right direction and look for clues…to see if see really likes you back…and if she does…its worth the risk…right?"
"No. Chad. For the last time, no. I. Will. Not. Ask. Sharpay. Evans. Out"
"Why not?" A voice came from behind them.
They turn to see Gabriella and Taylor standing at the doorway. Gabriella was the one who had asked the question.
"Aww man… Now they know." muttered Troy.
" What's wrong with us knowing? Anyway we already knew long before this…"replied Taylor.
" What? Chad did you tell them? Cause if you did…. I swear…I'll-" Troy practically shouted.
"No Troy, I swear. I didn't tell them!" Chad cut in.
"You didn't know how obvious you were?" asked Taylor.
"Uhh. Am I that obvious? Seriously?" Troy asked.
" Duh. With all that staring at her legs and butt. And look at the looks that you give her and even when she's so far away you still stare at her. And you would turn down anyone just to spend time with her, and tell her jokes first before you tell anyone of us. And you act all weird when she's here and you also stare at her even when other people are talking to you. See? Your obsession with Sharpay has affected your mannerisms you know? And no to mention you go to her house too much its as though you live there and you-" Gabriella put in.
" I'm that obvious?" Troy stopped Gabriella from going on any further.
" So stop avoiding the question Troy, why don't you want to ask her out?" Taylor asked Troy.
"Yeah, why? One of the reasons that we broke up was because I knew you liked her anyways." Gabriella agreed.
"Uhh. What if she doesn't like me? What if she just likes me as a friend? As a best friend at most? Then, what? It'll be so awkward and we won't even be friends anymore. It'll be even worse. And was that one of the reasons? How come I didn't know that?" Troy told them.
"Uh, cause you were too wrapped up with Sharpay. But, don't change the subject. " Gabriella answered.
"I'm not changing the subject, I already told you, I'm not asking her out. And Chad, I thought you didn't like Sharpay." Troy answered.
"Oh, I didn't. But because you like her, I'm trying to accept her as your future girlfriend." Chad replied.
"She isn't my girlfriend!" Troy protested.
"Exactly my point. She isn't your girlfriend, yet." Chad said back to Troy.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Troy said, not really bothering anymore.
"Let's get out of here." Chad quickly said.
"But-"Monique protested.
"Shh, he needs sometime to think about this himself," Corbin said, "Lets go hang out at Starbucks."
As Chad led the girls out the door, Troy let out a sigh of relief. He could not stop thinking of Sharpay. Sure, they spent tons of time together and everything, especially since she and Ryan joined their gang… But it was different from if they were a couple. The could, you know, hang out more and, you know, kiss… and maybe more…
But, hey, as I had said, what if Sharpay didn't like me that way… It would be really awkward, wouldn't it?
At Starbucks
So… we really should get them together but we know that Troy doesn't want to make the first move, you know, to ask her out." Chad said to no one in particular.
"Yeah…but they really are perfect for each other…" Gabriella stated.
They slowly sipped on their lattes while contemplating what to do about their friends' situation.
Chad glanced at his watch, noticing that it was already six thirty.
"Oh my god, I'm late for picking up the laundry from the dry cleaner's. Crap! Okay let's meet at my house at four tomorrow so we can talk about this further. I'll call Ryan to tell him to join the meeting too."
Everyone agreed and parted for their ways.
Sharpay's house
After the impromptu meeting at Starbucks, Gabriella had nothing to do so she decided to go visit Sharpay.
Ding Dong!
Sharpay P.O.V
I opened the door to see Gabriella clad in a pair of denim shorts and a simple blue T-shirt. I opened the door wider and stepped back to let her in.
"Hey Gabriella, what are you do here?"
"Just though I would stop by…you know to catch up on everything…"
"Come on in! Take a seat."
Just then, my cell phone rang. I picked it up. It was Troy calling. I felt butterflies prancing in my stomach.
"Hey…tomorrow? What time? Uhh…I think so…Okay!"
I hung up the phone with the brightest smile there could ever be on my face.
"Who was it?"
"Troy."
"And…what did he want?"
"He asked if I was free tomorrow…"
I could feel a slight blush spreading across my cheeks. Okay, Okay, he's my friend. I shouldn't be feeling like this…but I just can't help it. Maybe…just maybe I am falling for him. Maybe.
"So, that means he asked you out!"
"No…it's just the movies…"
"Whatever you say… but admit it, he did ask you out. So…you said yes right?"
" It's not a date but, yeah, I said okay."
"Great! Okay, tell me honestly…do you like Troy?"
"Of course I like him! He's my friend!"
I purposely missed the point of her question.
"Sharpay…you know what I mean…"
"Ohh…really? Cause I don't seem to know that I know what you mean…"
A devilish grin was smacked right in my face.
"Okay…so what I mean is that do you like Troy in a way that is more than a friend?"
My face looked…somewhere in between scared and worried. I stiffened.
" I knew it! You do like Troy that way don't you?"
" I think so… I don't know…"
" The answer is yes and you know it!"
" Okay I think I like Troy."
"That's great! Now call him and tell him that you like him and want to be his girlfriend!"
" Uhh…I'm not sure about this…"
" Ohh…yeah…it's not as meaningful if you say it though the phone than compared to you saying it face to face…So tell him at your date tomorrow."
"No. For the last time, IT'S NOT A DATE!"
"Okay, okay I get it. But you are telling him tomorrow at your not-a-date date, right?"
"No also. What if he doesn't like me back?"
Gabriella's P.O.VThat was exactly what Troy said. Maybe I should tell her. Then they would get together. But that's up to Troy to tell her, not me. I should just shut up.
"He might…"
"And he might not."
"But if he does…it is worth the risk of telling him your true feelings, right?"
"And if he doesn't, it's not worth the risk."
"God Sharpay, you are so stubborn sometimes…"
"I won't tell him. He's my best friend. We won't be friends anymore if he doesn't like me back."
" But if he does, you'll be more than just best friends. It's for your own good Sharpay…"
"Just drop it, okay Gabriella?"
"Fine, fine. Let's pick out a movie."
After watching the movie, I went home.
Sharpay's P.O.V
Okay, maybe I like him. Maybe. Okay, okay. I confess. I've had a crush on him since like forever so I really don't know … we've only been friends for a short amount of time and I don't want to ruin our friendship with a stupid crush. Okay, it wasn't just a stupid crush but that was what it started out as. Then I started to fall for him. Hard. Real hard. And even harder as every second goes by. God, what am I going to do about this?
Chad's Dining Room
The foursome was situated around Chad's dining table.
"Okay, we know what we are here for so lets get right to it." Chad said.
He was returned with three other people nodding.
"Now, before we start, I'll like to double check if we are doing the right thing…just in case Troy likes Sharpay but she doesn't like him back or Sharpay likes Troy but he doesn't like her back. Gabriella can you call Sharpay to confirm if she likes him and after that I'll call Troy too confirm if he really likes Sharpay. Okay?"
Gabriella started digging in her back pocket to fish out her cell. She found Sharpay's number in her phonebook and called her. As soon Sharpay picked up, which was a millisecond after the phone started to ring, Gabriella put the call on speaker so everyone could listen to their call.
"Hey girl."
"Ohh hi Gabriella. "
" Okay I know that you were staring at your phone, debating whether to call Troy or not, right?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Okay, stop it. Stop playing dumb with me because you totally blew it. Stop feigning it. "
"Okay, okay. I admit it."
"But how did you know?"
"Well, for starters, you picked up way too fast for you to come up with a lame excuse that you weren't staring at your phone, okay, so stop hiding it."
"Urgh. Fine, Gabriella, you know me way too well."
"Hey girl, why don't you call him then?"
"No. I… I'm scared that he won't like me back."
"Listen. You are a pretty girl and he is a handsome guy. You were made for each other. Call him."
"No, Gabriella. Its not that simple, I don't want our friendship to be ruined because of me liking him and him not liking me back."
"Okay, it's your choice."
"So…you do like Troy right?"
"Yeah, yeah Gabriella…"
" Uhh okay so uhh I got to go now bye!"
Click.
"Okay, now it's your turn, Chad." Ryan said after Gabriella hung up.
Chad took his phone up from his table and dialed Troy's number.
"Hey man."
"Uhh. Yeah. So have you thought about asking Sharpay out?"
" Uhh, no."
"You're lying."
"No. I'm not"
"Yes you are.
"No."
" Why do you even try to lie? I already know you are falling for her, right? I mean you do like her, right?"
"Yeah, I guess…"
" Oh, okay, look I've got to go now."
" Uh, yeah, okay, bye."
Click.
"Okay now that is settled, lets get started." Chad said while putting his phone back on the table.
"Start doing what?" Ryan asked.
"We make a plan," Chad said in a fake serious voice.
"What plan?" Gabriella asked.
"Uhh. Yeah. What she said." Ryan said, confused.
"We make a plan to get Sharpay and Troy together." Chad stated.
"Who's in?" Taylor asked everyone with a smile on her face.
"Me." Said Gabriella.
"Uhh-huh." Ryan replied.
"Now when do we start?" Chad asked.
"Tomorrow." Taylor decided for everyone.
When said that, everyone high-fives.
"Wait. We haven't even figured out the plan yet." Gabriella broke out in the middle of the cheers.
"Okay, so what do we plan first?" Ryan inquired.
" Their first date, duh." Monique replied.
"Wait." Vanessa interrupted.
"Again? What is it this time?" Chad asked Gabriella.
"Well, did you know that Troy had already asked Sharpay out yesterday?" Gabriella told everyone.
"Really? So why are we here then?" Ryan asked.
"Because it's a date to the movies." Gabriella replied.
"So what? What difference does it make?" Ryan asked in return.
"Because it's the movies. It's just too…friendly. We have to think more on the romantic side for them, you know, to make them a couple instead of just friends." Gabriella explained.
" I still don't see what's wrong with the movies. They could watch a romantic one, right?" Chad also did not understand.
"Because Troy won't agree to watching a sappy romantic movie. He would most probably watch a horror one. And believe me, cause I went out with him once before." Gabriella replied.
"Ohh, I get it… So we will plan something so romantic that even someone as non-romantic as Troy would know how to deal with the situation in a romantic way… And that will get them together!" Taylor figured.
"Yes. So everybody understand?" Ryan asked.
Three nods were returned.
" Hey, but I thought Gabriella was the one who had explained everything and you were the one who didn't understand." Taylor stated.
" Yeah." Gabriella agreed.
" Okay, but I understand now, right? So lets get on with this." Ryan rebutted.
"So, now everyone think: romantic." Chad told everyone.
"Now, I think I've got it! The beach! At sunset, of course." Gabriella practically shouted.
"That's a great idea!" said Chad, obviously excited with this brilliant idea of Gabriella's.
"Okay, so the next step, how do we get them there? And please keep in mind that neither of them should know that the other will be there too because if they knew, then they most likely will not come." Taylor said.
"So, I'll ask Ashley to come to the beach with me and with for me at the bicycle rent store at, lets say, five thirty tomorrow, and Chad, you do the same, okay?" Gabriella said.
"Yes, it's decided."
So after everything has been decided, they, again, went our separate ways.
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Next chapter, the movie date.