I forgot to thank the people who responded to my AN. Thanks so much! The story is in the works.

Ryan Evans leaned against the wall beside him as he watched Sharpay and Troy perform the revamped version of You are the Music I Me. Ryan hated the fact that Sharpay has once again ruined one of Kelsi's masterpieces for her own gain. Sharpay was never a fan of slow music, she was always hyped and active. She wanted music that could showcase her "incredible " dancing skills.

Ryan placed his eyes on the petite pianist playing on the side of the stage. Her smile, which was always present whenever she played the piano , was nowhere to be seen. Ryan knew that Kelsi didn't like this new version of her song and so did he. He loved how her song always starts out slow and found pick-up the pace after the chorus. It was perfect, everything she wrote was perfect in his eyes. He hated the idea of changing her song during the audition for the Winter musical but did not do anything about it. Why? Because he is afraid of Sharpay. He would not dare challenge Sharpay, ever! There was something about her that will make you rather face death than disobey her. Unlike him, Kelsi has found the strength to go against Sharpay during the callbacks. She was only obeying Sharpay's orders now because unfortunately, she was working for her.

Ryan tried to re4move the thoughts out of his head to focus more on the performance he was watching previously. He noticed that the song has ended already and Troy and Sharpay were the only ones left on stage.

Ryan quickly surveyed the area for Kelsi. Seeing her sitting alone in one of the tables, he quietly approached her from behind.

"Hey Kelsi! Looks like your having the time of your life." He greeted loudly.

Kelsi jumped with surprise as she turned and was greeted by Ryan's bright smile.

"Jumpy much!" he commented. "That's like the millionth time you jumped today. Are you okay?"

"Yeah..." Kelsi responded "I just didn't get much sleep last night."

"And why is that?" Ryan inquired.

"Well..." she began. "Your oh-so-wonderful sister didn't like the first transposition of the song. She said that it was too slow. So she made me change it again. Thank God she was finally contented with this one. Actually her exact words were 'This will do for now, but this can still be made faster.' Honestly, if I make this any faster it will make her and Troy sound like chipmunks while singing it."

Ryan laughed. He was amused that even though Kelsi was so tire and frustrated because of her job, she still had the strength to joke around him. It made his heart beat faster how she was so laid back and funny.

'She's amazing, isn't she?' a voice in his mind said.

'What!' he thought. 'Why would I think about Kelsi that way. She's my friend, nothing more.'

'But you want her to be more than a friend.' the voice spoke again.

Ryan was getting confused with all the thoughts that was flooding his mind.

'Do I really like her? I mean... that way. Do I really want to develop our friendship into something more? I don't really know. Am I really clueless about my feelings or am I in denial'

"Uhm, Ryan? Hello? Are you there?" Kelsi waved her hand over her friend's face to get his attention but to no avail. He was just staring blankly at her and this made her worry. She tried a different approach and grabbed Ryan behind his neck where she knew Ryan had his tickle spot.

"Hahaha... Hey stop it Kels!" Kelsi's second method worked as Ryan snapped out of his daze.

"I finally got your attention. What's up with you? You just went all blank on me there." Kelsi asked.

"I … uhm... was just thinking about the wildcat's number for the talent show." Ryan answered trying to cover up the truth.

"Oh... Okay. By the way, we have our first rehearsal tomorrow at the practice room during our break at 3 pm. Okay?"

"What?! I'm sorry to inform you Kelsi, but we can't rehearse tomorrow."

"Why? Do you have something to attend to tomorrow?"

"No I don't. But you haven't given me the song we're going to use so I still don't have any idea what I'm going to ask you guys to do."

"Oh, yeah. I'm so sorry I forgot. I was just so caught up with Sharpay's orders that I forgot to give it to you." Kelsi grabbed her bag and searched for the song Ryan was asking for.

"Oh shit!" Kelsi spoke suddenly.

"What? What's wrong?" Ryan asked concernedly.

"I left it at home. I'm sorry." she apologized.

"It's fine. You can just give it to me tomorrow and we can work on it then." he reassured her.

"Or you can come over to my house tonight and work on it there if you want? But if you can't I totally understand because--" Kelsi rambled and Ryan stopped her. "It's alright with me, but are you sure you want to spend another sleepless night working on the talent show"

"It's totally fine. I'm dong this for the wildcats. If I can sacrifice a good eight hours of sleep for the ice princess think I can do the same for my friends. And besides, they are really excited to do this and I don't want to disappoint them." Kelsi replied.

Ryan smiled at Kelsi. He was amazed with how she cares so much for her friends.

Kelsi returned his smile and the two just stared at each other for God knows how long. It was as if the world didn't exist except for the two of them.

Ryan without thinking clearly shifted his look from her eyes down to her lips. He wondered if her lips were soft as it appears to be. But before he could test his theory, Sharpay's annoying voice sounded through out the area.

"Kelsi! Stop flirting with my brother and come up here! We have to run the song again." She ordered. Her loud voice bring the teens back to reality.

Kelsi, with her cheeks red with embarrassment because of Sharpay's comment, stood up and headed towards the stage. Half- way to her destination, she stopped and turned to face Ryan's direction.

"I'll see you later, Ry. Okay?" she said.

"Yup! I'll be right here." Ryan replied as he watched Kelsi reach the stage and stand behind her instrument. He was never a fan of working overnight for things that could have been done during the day, but if it meant spending more time with Kelsi, he was all up to it. He would always look forward to the late nights they will be working together to make a beautiful show, together.

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