Ryan waited nervously on the couch across to room from Coach Bolton avoiding eye contact at all costs.
"I must be the father figure here, you do know if you try to pull anything you will have the whole basketball team after you," Jack said seriously.
Ryan chuckled lightly, "Yeah, I know. But, there's also my twin sister Sharpay, whose one of Gracelynn best friends, and she can cause some pretty serious damage if she wanted to."
"And they wonder why I'm scared of drama," Jack said going back to his newspaper. "Anyway, how long have you've been dating?"
"Uh, five months, today," Ryan said looking down at his hands.
"Really?" Jack said.
Five Months Previous...
"I got a date, also." Grace said suddenly poking her scrambled eyes with her fork.
"A date?" her dad looked up from the paper.
"Yes, dad, a date. Troy, can you pass the orange juice."
Jack thought they had only gone on one date. He hadn't been able to spend as much time with Gracelynn as he wanted to. It was Troy he was worried about and trying to make sure he stayed on the right path.
Gracelynn came down the stairs, "Sorry, for keeping you waiting. My hair kept frizzing from the humidity."
Ryan got up from the couch and they hugged, "Tonight, dad." Gracelynn said over her shoulder just as about her dad was about to speak.
A Half Hour Later...
"..and he was all, it's not you, its me crap. I mean, you would think he would of came up with something creative." Sharpay ranted through her tears talking on her cell phone to an equally teary Taylor.
"Boys suck," she heard Taylor say on the other end.
"Yeah, have you talked to Gabriella lately?"
"No, she and Troy are smoothing out some differences before they go to UCLA and USC this fall. She said she was coming over after though, she still doesn't know though.."
"Random thought...What college did you decide on?"
"Stanford, I'm going to get a degree in Chemistry, with a minor in Biology, then go to Pharmacy school. You?"
"NYU, I'm majoring in dramatic literature and business."
"Oh, at least you'll be going to school with your brother right?"
"Nope, just Kelsi and I, well after she graduates, so I'll have a year alone I believe."
"You know we sound kind of sad you know? Maybe we should find Gabriella or Gracelynn?" Taylor sniffed, her head hurting so bad, that she had forgotten about Gracelynn's date.
"Yeah, let's go to the Starbucks near the mall, okay?"
"Sure, see you in 30 minutes."
Meanwhile...
Gracelynn rested her head on her boyfriend's shoulder, in their booth at the coffee shop near the mall.
"Can you believe we're going to college in three months," Gracelynn sighed.
"No, just seems like yesterday we met in the middle of sophomore year," Ryan also sighed.
"Aww, softie," Gracelynn said sitting up, then hugging and kissing her boyfriend on the cheek causing him to blush. "So, we've been interrupted for the past 2 months every time we try to tell each what college we're going to. So, what college you going to?" She said then taking a drink of her blended mocha.
"USC, you?" Ryan asked which caused Gracelynn to nearly choke on her drink.
"Me too. I thought I would be alone since Taylor was going to Stanford, Sharpay to NYU, and then my brother to UCLA, then I found out Gabi was going to USC too. I can't believe you're going too," Gracelynn practically squealed hugging Ryan.
"If I survive this hug," Ryan joked, causing Gracelynn to loosen her hold, then he put his arm around me.
"That was a ploy," Gracelynn said playfully narrowing her eyes at him.
"If it was, then it worked."
Both of them laughed at their situation. After several minutes of silence, Ryan spoke up,
"I do believe this has the name of a lady, who was born on the foggy evening of June 5th, Nineteen-Hundred-Ninety, do you know of such a person?" Ryan asked with a fake British accent handing a box to Gracelynn.
"Oh, you couldn't of," Gracelynn said opening the box revealing gold hoop earrings. "These has must of cost a mint, and I only got you tickets to the new play downtown."
Before he could reply someone who came in caught his eye, "Oh great, her date must of broken up with her, so guess who will hear about it ALL night, that's right me," Ryan whispered ranting at the same time.
"Ry, chill," Gracelynn kissed him calming him down immediately.
Sharpay's Point of View
"This Starbucks, Taylor? There's like five others within walking distance."
"Yeah, this is the quietest."
Sharpay opened the door, and walked in with Taylor behind her.
"I'll pay this time, you go find some seats Tay."
Taylor walked pasted a couple kissed with a look on disgust on her face, and sat at the booth next to them.
Several minutes later, Sharpay came up to the table with their drinks and sat down, "Is Hot Chocolate okay?"
"Sure," Taylor said taking a drink taking a look back at the couple who had just resumed kissing. "I hate when people do that."
"Aww, poor Tay. Do you want to have a girls night in for your big 18 tomorrow?" Sharpay suggested.
"Sounds great, I just have lunch with my family, then I'm free. Want to call Gracelynn or Gabi?"
Something logged Sharpay memory all of the sudden, when she was in mid-swing on her latte. "Oh my gosh, Gracelynn's and my brother's fifth is tonight, I can't believe I forgot."
"Me too, good thing we didn't call earlier, she would of probably hunted us down, lets call Gabriella," Taylor said pushing a button on her cell phone not even looking down.
A cell phone ring burst through the silence at the Starbucks, which was actually empty for a Friday night.
"Hello?" Gracelynn answered.
"Grace what you doing on Gabi's cell?"
"I'm not on her cell, you hit the wrong button again," Gracelynn laughed at Taylor.
"It's not that funny, Gracie."
"Au Contraire, it is, bye."
Taylor sighed and put her cell phone down and looked at Sharpay who was laughing very hard at Taylor.
"What? You didn't hear the call."
Sharpay just pointed behind her.
This is a junky chapter, I admit. I'm going to give one more big surprise...or should I wait until the sequel..that is the question..cause if I show it now, I don't have anything for the sequel...REVIEW!