A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, I'm sorry that I keep updating in such long periods of time. This week has just been a living hell, no lie. I totally wasn't planning on it to be, but it did. Anyways I'll update more when I get the time. I feel REALLY bad for not updating sooner.
Sharpay pulled up to the studio. She sighed as she grabbed her purse and got out of the car, making sure to lock it first. She started to walk towards the studio and took a deep breath. She wasn't planning on just walking up to him and literally asking him. She was going to try and make it slip from his mouth. She opened the big silver metal handle and walked inside, feeling the cold air hit her face. She walked into the recording room to find Luke going through some papers. She wanted to act as normal as possible. She walked over to the seat next to him and sat down.
"Hey, whats up?" She asked.
He looked up from his papers and raised and eyebrow at her presence. "Not much, just going through some papers and from the looks of it, Smith wants you to create a new song to finish off your album."
Sharpay rolled her eyes at this."I thought the album was fine the way it is!" Smith was her manager, who always made a point to make things more complicated then it already is. Hence him wanting to add a song. It was only to make the album perfect in the fans eyes, which to Sharpay the album was already perfect.
"You know how he is. Just do it okay? Your a smart girl, it most likely won't take you that long." He said as he fiddled with the papers.
She nodded. "Fine, but I know your gonna think I'm stupid...Troy wants me back and I'm starting to think that I want him back too." She knew that it was sort of random for her to say that. Technically she wasn't getting to the point of making him tell her, his feelings for him, but she had to start some where.
It must have done something, cause Luke stopped fiddling with the papers and turned his chair towards her. He raised his eyebrow and crossed his arms. "After all he did to you, your just going to go back to him? Are you sure about that Sharpay?"
She felt like she was in a police station getting interrogated, it made her a little uncomfortable. "Um...I dunno. I was thinking about just giving him a chance and seeing where it goes from there."
Luke scrunched his eyebrows up. "What the hell! Sharpay, you can't do that. I mean I don't want to see you coming in here on the verge of tears when that punk does something totally stupid to hurt you."
He looked like he was starting to get pissed, which made Sharpay curious. "Luke, you have no right to tell me what to do and how to do it. I mean I appreciate it and all, but I can take care of myself."
Luke shook his head. "No you can't Sharpay. You want to know how I know that? The day after Troy's wedding, I didn't see that same Sharpay. I saw a girl that was broken and hurt. I don't want to see that again, but yet..I won't allow that."
Sharpay was now starting to get mad. Who did this guy actually think he was. Of course he was her producer and friend, but seriously. He just pulled the last straw. "Who are you to say that I can't take care of myself? For your information, I believe I can. I've done it for the past 24 damn years! I was know as the ice queen, hello that isn't easy to keep up. I had to be a bitch in order to protect myself from all the people that would just kill to hurt me. It took me a while to shed off the ice queen skin, which means I can shed off the whole Troy cheating on me thing.!" She sad as she raised her voice a little.
Luke glared at her. "Don't fucking pull that shit Sharpay! I'm your friend that's looking out for you and my instincts are telling me to keep you away from him! If he's so damn blind to see his true love for you now, after these years, then something is really fucked up with his head!"
Sharpay's face just boiled with anger. "Don't fucking accuse him of being fucked up! He told me the story, he still loves me. I may not believe it all the way now, but I still have hope. I don't need you to fucking crush that little chance of hope. I might be really damn stupid for letting him try and get me to love him, but that should be my own choice. Not yours or anybody elses! I deserve to be happy even if it is in a crazy relationship with my ex." She said as tears started to pour down her cheeks.
"That's the problem, the relationship is crazy! Meaning just stay away from it. Ignore that one little chance of hope and move on. I'll even help you with it, I don't want you going back to that pain in the ass!" He yelled.
"Why the fuck do you care! Why can't you just leave it alone and actually be happy for me!" She yelled back. She wasn't planning on it to turn out like this, but he just crossed the line way too much.
Luke banged his fist on the desk. "Cause I fucking like you okay! I care a lot about you, are you fucking happy!" He screamed as he held his face in his hands.
Sharpay stood up. "oh...oh my god. Its true." she couldn't believe it, in the whole fight, she wasn't really going to believe that he would just give in that easily.
Luke looked up at her with confused eyes. "What?"
Sharpay turned her attention back to him and started to wipe the tears. "Everyone said you liked me, but I never believe them."
Luke just shook his head and smirked. "Am I that obvious to everyone, but you?"
She nodded her head. "I guess so."
He nodded and before too long they sat in silence for a few minutes.
"So..." Sharpay said.
Luke looked up at her and raised his eyebrows. He really didn't know what to say nor did he want to say anything. "Soo..." He repeated.
Sharpay crossed her arms and got right to the point. "Look, I know that you like me, but to be honest, I really don't feel the same way. At least I don't think I do. Your a really nice guy with a good heart, but I always looked at you as a friend and big brother."
He nodded "That's what I was afraid of."
She gave him a confused face and raised her eyebrows. "What?"
"I was afraid of giving off the big brother image." He said.
"Well you practically are." She smirked.
"How?" He asked.
"You call me out on my shit." She said with a grin.
He grinned right back. "With what?"
"With Troy." She said.
He shook his head. "No, your right, Troy is your business and no one elses."
"I know, but you were just looking out for me. I really do appreciate that."
He nodded " I know, but hey...at least do me a favor okay?"
She nodded "Sure anything."
He stood up and grabbed his papers. "Just think about giving us a chance. If you can give Troy one...why not us? Like I said, just think about it."
She nodded "Okay."
He smiled and walked out of the recording room. Once he shut the door, Sharpay let out a huge sigh.
"Great, another thing to think about. Why does life have to be so freaking complicated!" She said.
All of a sudden she heard the song 'Fergalicous' playing. She opened her purse and snatched out her phone.
"I really need to change that ring tone." She mumbled to herself.
She flipped the phone open and put it to her ear. "Hello?"
"Hey girl! Whats up?"
Of course it was Taylor. She always had the most random times to call Sharpay. "Eh, I've been better"
"Why, whats going on?" She asked.
"That's going to take a while to explain?" She said as she looked at her watch. It was 12:00 P.M. and she was starving. "Have you ate yet?"
"Nope." she replied.
"Good, meet me at the spring parks cafe and I'll explain everything there. Lunch is definitely on me today!" She said as she smiled.
"Okay, I'll see you in a few."
Sharpay snapped her phone shut and put back in her purse. She walked out of the recording room and made her way out to her car. She got in and started to drive while thinking of her choices. She knew that Luke was only a friend, but he had a point. Once Troy did something to hurt her, she'll be a complete mess. Maybe going with Luke would give her a change into something that could turn her life around. She was half tempted to go down that road, when Troy came into her head. He was so serious about working stuff out between them. It gave her a chance of hope. Her mind was just spinning circles, till she finally realized that she was at the cafe. She found an empty parking spot and parked. She got out of her car and locked it, while walking inside. She found that Taylor was sitting at a table already, so she made her way there and sat down.
"Hey Tay." She said as she started to look over the menu.
"Hey! I already ordered our drinks. Your usual..tea right?"
Sharpay nodded and smiled. "Yup and thanks."
Tay nodded "No problem, now tell me, whats going on?"
Sharpay sighed and told her the whole story. When she was all done, Taylor just looked at her like she was in deep thought and finally spoke after a few minutes.
"Well that would explain why Chad told me that Troy was staying the night at our house today."
Sharpay grinned "Yeah, he never told you why?"
Taylor shook her head. "Nope, it made me curious, but I didn't ask. Gabby called wanting to know if he did or not. I just took Chad's word and said he did. She seemed pretty pissed off."
Sharpay nodded "Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. I mean if I pick Troy then I would be doing what Gabby did to me. I'm not like that in any way...well I take that back. I might have been in high school, but that's so long ago. I've changed completely."
"True, but Gabby would just get what she's asking for." Taylor replied.
"Yeah, but even though she deserves it soo bad, nobody deserves to go through the pain I went through." Sharpay said as the waiter came over with their drinks. He placed each drink to the right person and got out his notepad.
"What can I get you lovely ladies today?" He said with a smile.
"Um, I'll have the chicken strips with french fries." Sharpay said as she handed him the menu.
"Of course cutie." He winked at her then turned to Taylor and saw the ring on her finger. He instantly dropped his smile and pretended to look bored. "What about you?"
"I'll have a cheese burger with fries." she said as she handed him her menu.
He nodded and left the table, which made Sharpay gag with disgust.
"What is it? Hit on Sharpay day?" She asked.
Taylor just giggled "He's a guy, which means their pervs at times."
Sharpay nodded "True."
"Anyways, I guess your right, but what about Luke? He was pretty nice about making sure Troy doesn't hurt you."
Sharpay sighed. "That's another complicated thing. I only wanted him to admit that he likes me, I didn't ask for him screwing my mind up too. That all wasn't part of my plan."
Taylor rose an eyebrow. "Your plan was to start a fight with him?"
Sharpay shook her head. "No! It just happened and boom! His feelings were revealed."
Taylor nodded "Okay, so just think about this. Who were you going to pick before this?"
"I was going to think about seeing Troy in secret like he wanted." Sharpay said.
"Okay, but do you think seeing him in secret would actually help him pick between you and Gabby. I mean not to be rude, but this sounds like friends with benefits to me." Taylor said while she took a sip of her tea.
Sharpay gasped "No! You don't really think that? I mean...he wouldn't do that to me would he?"
Taylor shrugged "I really don't know. Its a possibility."
The waiter came back with their food and handed Sharpay hers. "Hey you go gorgeous." He got Taylor's and just placed it in front of her and left.
Taylor scoffed. "Well he's a jack ass!"
Sharpay nodded "He looks like one too."
Taylor laughed. "True."
"So what should I do? I mean should I blow Troy's idea off or should I give it a chance?" Sharpay asked.
Taylor shrugged. "Do what your heart says." She said while taking a bite of her burger.
Sharpay sighed and munched on a fry. "That's the thing...my heart says two different things."
"Well then...we have a problem don't we."
Sharpay just nodded her head and mumbled. "Stupid love...always has to be complicated."
Taylor just laughed and patted her shoulder. "It'll be okay."
Sharpay nodded "I hope so."
A/N: Okay, so I tried to make it a little longer to make up for not updating in a while. I know it might suck, but right now I'm just not all there. My mind is drifting off to other stuff that's happening in my life. I'll try to make the next chapter better.