Chapter 2

The following Monday at East High felt totally different for Sharpay. No one in the school (except for Ryan) knew that Sharpay's family had been bankrupted. Sharpay didn't look like her usual self, either. Her clothing was a lot less flashy (outfit pic in profile), and she just didn't have that sass that she usually does.

Sharpay caught up with her best friend, Gabriella Montez, who was standing at her locker with her boyfriend, Troy Bolton. Troy and Gabriella were East High's cutest couple, and they loved every second of it. Whenever Sharpay saw Troy and Gabriella together, they always had some sort of PDA going on. Wether it's as simple as holding hands, or totally making-out, the whole world could tell they were in love.

"Hey Shar" Gabriella said with a smile, just as she stopped kissing Troy.

"Hi" Sharpay said very quietly.

"What's the matter?' Troy asked.

"Ummm...Gabriella...can I please talk to you, in private?" Sharpay said, holding back tears.

Troy gave Gabriella a puppy-dog pout. "Please stay?" Troy begged.

"Troy...it's probably just a "female problem"...I really doubt you want to hear about that" Gabriella replied laughing (author's note- If you don't know what I mean by "female problem", then maybe you're too young to be reading this story :P)

Gabriella and Sharpay walked into the girl's bathroom. There was no one else in there, so they didn't have to worry about what to say.

"So Shar...what's up?" Gabriella asked

Sharpay just broke down, crying.

"My family's broke! They want me to move in with my gramdma!"

Gabriella hugged Sharpay. "What?"

"We were bankrupted! I don't want to go live with my grandma!"

Gabriella thought for a second. "You can come live with me and my mom"

"What, really?" Sharpay asked, beginning to smile."

"Ya!" Gabriella smiled

"Oh my God, Gabriella! Thank you!" Sharpay hugged Gabriella. "But wait...what about you and Troy...you know...I don't think he wants me their ALL the time..." (author's note- ;) )

"Don't worry, he'll understand." Gabriella laughed, kind of embarassed "We'll let you know when we want to have a...date"

Sharpay laughed. "Gabriella, thank you. This means so much to me." Sharpay smiled.

Gabriella hugged Sharpay. "Hey no problem. Now come on, let's fix your mascara. I have some in my bag."

"Oh and Gabriella' DO NOT tell anyone about this! Please?" Sharpay said

"I won't." was all Gabriella said

For the rest of that day, Gabriella (with Troy, of coarse) stood by Sharpay's side, to help her get through everything that's going on.

"So Gabs, do you want to come over after school?" Troy asked as Gabriella took some books our of her locker.

Gabriella looked over at Sharpay. "Sorry, Troy. I really want to but...there's something going on"

"What is it?" Troy asked, very concerned.

'I can't lie to him' Gabriella thought

Gabriella pulled Troy to the library, so she could tell him. They went to book shelves in the back so no one could hear what Gabriella was going to say.

"So what is it?" Troy asked again, even more concerned. "Are you ok?"

"Troy, it's not about me." Gabriella said "It's about Sharpay."

"What is going on with her? She's been acting weird today." Troy said

"She's broke. Her family was bankruped." Gabriella said.

"What? Oh my God" Troy said. "What is she gonna do?"

"Well..."Gabriella said, regretting ever having to say this, "She's coming to live with me and my mom..."

Troy just stood there. "Wow...you're a great person for doing that...but...what about us? How can we spend time together?"

"I told her that we'll let her know when we are"

"How did she take it?" Troy asked, putting his arm around Gabriella.

"She was actually really cool about it, much better then what I expected" Gabriella said smiling

"Great." Troy said, then kissed Gabriella on the cheek. They both got up to get to class.

"Oh, and Troy?" Gabriella asked

"Ya?" Troy smiled

"Don't tell ANYONE and don't let Sharpay know that you know"

Troy gave Gabriella a warm smile. "The secret is safe with me. I promise."

Troy and Gabriella walked back to class, hand-in-hand as usual. As they walked past Sharpay, it gave her the idea to tell Zeke, he IS her boyfriend and all.

After school, Sharpay caught up with Zeke Baylor. Sharpay and Zeke have been together for about 3 months now, and they already know that they'll be together for long after that.

"Hey Zeke" Sharpay said, walking up to Zeke during basketball practise.

"Hi Cupcake!" Zeke yelled, running to her from the basketball court. Zeke ALWAYS calls Sharpay a name after a sweet pastry, he even called her a "Creme Brulee" once!

"Have you seen Troy?" Zeke asked Sharpay, looking around the gym.

Sharpay laughed then pointed to behind the bleachers. Zeke looked over to see Troy and Gabriella kissing eachother.

"The funny thing is, that happens about 98% of practises." Zeke said, with a laugh.

"Kind of reminds me of whenever we have movie nights together." Sharpay grinned, with a laugh.

Zeke laughed along with Sharpay. "So what did you want to tell me, my little Danish?"

"Zeke, this is going to be very hard to tell you but I'm just going to spit it out and say it. Zeke-"

"Wait! Are you breaking up with me?" Zeke asked, very worried.

"No! But what I'm going to say is pretty serious."

Zeke and Sharpay walked aside and sat on a bleacher. Troy and Gabriella saw Sharpay and Zeke walk over.

"Oh, sorry guys, we'll go somewhere else." Troy said as both him and Gabriella quickly

"So what did you want to tell me?" Zeke asked

"Yo Zeke! C'mon, we're playin another practise game!" Chad yelled from accross the gym.

"Oh, sorry my little dumpling, I'll call you after school on your cell phone." Zeke said to Sharpay as he kissed her on the forehead and ran over to the Wildcats

Sharpay just sat there, and sighed.

When Sharpay got home, she noticed her mom packing up big boxes into a big moving truck that read "Sam's Discount Moving"

Sharpay just rolled her eyes and went inside her now-empty home.

"Hi mom" Sharpay said as she walked into the kitchen.

"Hi honey" Jessica Evans said as she was packing up all their kitchen ware. "Do you have all you're boxes in the truck?"

"No mom, because I'm not going to live with you guys..." Sharpay just stood their, in complete silence, waiting for her mother to repley.

"Honey...look... I know you want to stay...but you have no one else to live with here. Family's all we have right now." Jessica said, putting the boxes down.

"No because...Gabriella offered." Sharpay relplied.

"Sharpay, as much as you want to stay, like I said before, family's all we have right now."

"No mom, it's not!" Sharpay spoke up. "I have a boyfriend who loves me, a good educational school, and a best friend who's letting me have all that still!"

Jessica gave it a long thought. "You'll have to call everynight..."

"Well..ya..but...wait..is that a yes??!!" Sharpay asked, beginning to smile.

"Well, ok." Jessica said

"Oh mommy thank you!" Sharpay gave her mom a big hug. "And yes, I'll call everynight."