Chapter 7

Flashback:

'What if we never get back together.' Was the thought that was mostly running through her mind.

But then it hit her.

Sharpay pulled out her cell-phone, and dialed Zeke's number.

"Here goes nothing..." Sharpay said to herself as she waited for Zeke to answer the phone.

Zeke's phone just kept ringing, until it got to the answerer.

"Hey, you've reached Zeke. Leave a messege."

Sharpay let out a sigh of frustration. "Hey Zeke, look. I know what happend...but we really need to talk...please...please, just call me back."

Sharpay hung up her phone, then decided to go to the one place that helped her relax: The theater in East High.

Sharpay was lucky enough to have keys to East High, from when she stays late to practise for performances.

As she walked through the big doors to the theater, she let out a sigh of relief. The theater was the one place where she felt comfortable enough to be herself, where she could truly feel at home.

She walked up onto the stage, and sat down on the cold floor. As she looked out into the dark, empty auditorium, she realized that her life has just been torn down. She's poor, her family lives in another state, and her boyfriend doesn't love her anymore.

Sharpay quitely sang to herself.

It's been in the past for a while

I get a flash and I smile

Am I crazy

Still miss you, baby

It was real

It was right

But it burned too hot to survive

All that's left is,

All these ashes

A tear fell down her cheek.

Where does the love go

I don't know

When it's all set and done

How could I be losing you forever,

After all the time we spent together

I have to know why I had to lose you

Now you've just become like everything

I'll never find again

At the bottom of the ocean

Sharpay sighed and lay down on the stage floor. This was where her favourite memories are. This is where she truly knows who she is. When she's on stage, nothing can hold her back. But neither could Zeke.

As Sharpay sat up, her phone rang. Hoping it was Zeke, Sharpay answered it.

"Hello?" Sharpay asked

"Hey, Shar. It's Gabby."

Sharpay immediatly got dissapointed. "Oh, hey."

"You probably thought I was Zeke, right?"

"Ya, kinda."

"Sorry. Where are you? It's, like, 1 am!"

"Gabriella, Zeke's not home, and he's not picking up his phone, and my life is over." Sharpay said as she cried.

"Sharpay...don't worry. Everything will be fine. I promise. Where are you, I'll come pick you up."

"I'm at East High..."

"The auditorium, right?"

Sharpay smiled. "Ya."

"K, see you in a few minutes."

"K, thanks Gabby."

As Gabriella drove to East High, she saw someone firmilier walking down the road.

She pulled to the side of the road, only to see Troy.

Gabriella hit the brakes, and jumped out of her car.

"Oh my gosh, Troy, what are you doing?"

Troy looked at Gabriella, and motioned for her to sit down beside him.

"I've been thinking..."

Gabriella eyes began to tear up. "Are you breaking up with me?"

"No! No,no,no!I was walking t your house to tell you something." Troy hugged Gabriella. "It's about what we were planning with Sharpay and Zeke, you know, how we're gonna make them meet up, but not knowing it."

Gabriella sighed of relief. "What about the plan?"

"I finally got Zeke to admit he still loves Sharpay, so he has a romantic plan to get her back."

"Really? What's the plan?" Gabriella sat up straight.

"I'm not sure. I think it involves a beach or something."

Gabriella smiled, but then remembered Sharpay was still at East High.

"Oh shoot! I forgot about Sharpay! I was supposed to pick her up a East High!"

Gabriella stood up, followed by Troy.

"I'll come."

"Troy, it's 1:30 in the morning, won't your mom want you home?

"I want to come with you. It's early. There may be some creep out on the street, waiting for a hot teenage girl to come along."

Gabriella smiled at Troy's devotion. "Ok, let's go."

Gabriella yawned.

"Here,I'll drive." Troy said as he opened the passenger door for Gabriella.

"Troy, you don't have to-"

Troy cut Gabriella off. "But I want to." he smiled

Troy and Gabriella got to East High by 2:00. They walked into the big auditorium doors.

"Where's Sharpay?" Gabriella asked, looking around.

Sharpay was nowhere to be seen.

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