Sadly, this is the last chapter of Like A Movie, but I really enjoyed writing this. Wow, I love Rylor now! Anyway, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Well . . . you know the drill . . .


Taylor entered the classroom, caught sight of Ryan, and glared at him.

"Sorry I'm late," she said sarcastically, "But I was too busy going out of my mind with wondering whether to come or not!" Dumping her stuff, Ryan cleared his throat to speak, but she carried on,

"You've caused me so much trouble! Why did you have to come into my life? I've been a wreck!"

Ryan's mouth froze. He lost his courage to say whatever was in his head, which had disappeared the moment he had seen her angry.

His initial response was to comfort her, but then he realised his crush was angry at him. Great. Why did Troy have to be such a nuisance?

"Ever since I met you, I was like, 'Wow, he's got gorgeous eyes!' And I opened my mouth to tell my sister and all this rubbish comes out, 'Ryan Evans this, Ryan Evans that,' and now she think I'm obsessed."

Ryan frowned, utterly confused.

"Which I probably am anyway. What sort of freak goes through half the school just to call you while you were at Barvarde, then chickens out when she finally gets it? How sad. As in desperately sad."

"Taylor . . . ?" Ryan said slowly, standing up.

She looked stressed, like she'd been up all night worrying or something. 'About me?' Ryan thought in shock. 'Did I do this to her?'

"So thanks, Ryan. Sometimes I think I'm going insane, and I almost hate to love you, because I do. We'll probably never talk again after this, but now you know. I'm leaving now."

"Taylor . . ." Ryan murmured, touching her arm. She sharply moved back.

"No, don't do this to me. Don't make fun of me. I'm pretty stupid for a Brainiac, I know I am, for dreaming of what could have been. That's what Gabriella did, and look where it got her. Argh, I'm such an idiot. Goddammit!"

Taylor took a deep shuddering breath, her voice hoarse. She couldn't look at his face, because then she'd see the eyes that had been haunting her all night.

Suddenly, she felt weak, like all the life had been sucked out of her. She took a shaky step towards Ryan, who at once wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close.

"You are so nuts." he chuckled, and without saying anything else, he pressed his lips against hers. She placed her hands on his neck, and together they swayed, cherishing every second of the magical moment they had left.

Taylor pulled away, holding his face in her hands so she could look at his eyes again. She smiled. They really were gorgeous.

"I forgot to tell you," said Ryan huskily, "My Instructor called me last night. They're going to let me do the course at Barvarde again!"

"Ryan . . . that's great!" Taylor whispered excitedly, their heads close together.

"Sharpay wants me to go and practice in the Auditorium. She passed the first time, of course."

"I agree." Taylor said as seriously as she could, although she was laughing a little. "Practise as much as you can." Ryan made a face, and softly kissed Taylor one more time before heading to the door. "Ryan?" Taylor called, and Ryan looked back.

"Are you going to tell me now?" Taylor raised her eyebrows. "Why were you distracted during your course?"

Ryan looked sheepish for a moment, then he pulled himself together and grinned. "Why else? I was thinking of you." He winked and left, and Taylor couldn't help but give this really dreamy sigh after he'd left.

It wasn't like her, and made her sound really stupid, but she just felt like everything was just . . . perfect.

The Life Of Tay Kess 2 was ending, and it was even better than The Life Of Tay Kess 1!

She'd barely gotton an ounce of sleep last night, but she knew that tonight . . . she sighed again. "I have to stop doing that . . ." she muttered to herself.

And she still couldn't believe what had just happened as she drifted out of the classroom to hear a voice;

"Don't do it, Taylor."

Taylor swivelled to see Chad leaning against the wall. He took a step towards her, and said quietly, "It's not too late to back out."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"You can't date Ryan Evans. Are you crazy?" At that remark, a puzzle piece fell into place in Taylor's head, and her jaw slowly fell open in realisation.

"You were spying on me?" she whispered.

"I only did it because I care."

"But you were spying on me!" she exclaimed angrily. "Eavesdropping in on my private life, interfering with the clean slate I've made for myself. How dare you?! How could you?!"

"Ryan is a Drama geek!" said Chad heatedly, grabbing Taylor's shoulders.

"That's okay, I'm a geek too." She sneered, almost light-heartedly. She was deliberately winding him up.

"Taylor!" he shouted, now shaking her. "You can do so much better than him!"

She broke away in anguish. "You can't get much better than Ryan Evans!" she cried, and sprinted down the corridor as fast as she could before he caught her.

Disappearing round the corner, she breathed heavily, closing her eyes.

When she had broken up with Chad, a part of her still loved him. Not anymore. What a moron.

Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped themselves around her waist, and a cheerful voice murmured into her ear, "Taylor Mckessie, you are something else."

"Ryan?" said Taylor in disbelief, and Ryan started to chuckle.

He'd heard what she said! Wow. That's slightly embarrassing.

Flushing, Taylor nudged him sharply in the ribs. "You were eavesdropping! You should be in the auditorium!" she said, and Ryan cracked up even more.

"You're as bad as Chad," she scolded, and that made him exclaim.

"That's not fair. You can't compare me to him!" he whined, and then breathed a sigh of contentment. "Let's get outta here."

…HSM…

Gabriella saw her by at her locker, and thought, 'Do it now, otherwise you might not get another chance.' So she braced herself for whatever Taylor might or might not say, and walked up to her.

Gabriella cleared her throat, and as Taylor turned around, she expected a look of pure loathing, but it was strangely light and optimistic.

"Can we talk?" said Gabriella hesitantly.

"We are talking," laughed Taylor.

"No, I mean, I want to properly tell you how . . . how sorry I am. Seriously Tay. I really like Chad, I do, but I don't think that all of this was worth destroying you and Troy the way it did."

"Then . . . why did you let it happen?" said Taylor softly.

"Look . . . believe me. We were going to tell you, but when we met to work out the best way to . . . confess, someone came and -"

"Gabs . . ." Taylor cut through Gabriella gently, but Gabriella was insistent on finishing.

"No, let me finish. It was the biggest and probably the worst mistake I've made in my life, and -"

"I forgive you." said Taylor simply, and Gabriella rambled.

"- I know I can never – what?"

"I forgive you . . ." Taylor repeated, shrugging. "I was hurt really bad and for a while I hated you for it, but what you did opened my eyes. In fact, you did me a huge favour . . ."

"But . . . really?" said Gabriella anxiously, unsure of how to react.

"Yup. I've found someone way better than Chad. And . . . I'm really happy now. Much happier than before, I think."

"Really? So . . . who did you find?"

"Okay well . . . you know Ryan Evans?" Taylor began, and Gabriella gasped.

"Everyone knows Ryan! Oh Tay, I'm so happy for you!" she squealed, and for the first time in a long time, they hugged each other tightly, the close friendship bond repaired again.

"I need to go and find Troy." Gabriella sighed miserably. "I owe him. Badly."

"You'll do fine." Taylor insisted, nodding, and Gabriella nodded back, walking away. "Wait!" Taylor called, making Gabriella stop in her tracks.

"Are you still dating Chad?"

"After all the damage we've caused? No way." snorted Gabriella. "And anyway . . . he still had feelings for you."

…HSM…

"Word is, you're dating Ryan Evans." Troy smiled, and Taylor beamed back.

"Then the 'word' is correct." They laughed, and Troy put a hand on her shoulder.

"That's great, Taylor. Honestly."

Taylor could clearly see he was happy for her too, but she could also see all the pain he was keeping inside, the hurt he had buried. She realised that she had gotten over Chad, and found another person to love and confide in. What about Troy?

"You spoken to Gabriella?" she said quietly.

"Yep."

"And . . . ?"

"And nothing. We're starting over, that's all. Fresh leaf. New slate. Back to the beginning." Troy looked away arkwardly.

Taylor nodded. "Good. Look, I've gotta go, but I'll catch you later, okay?" With that, Taylor practically sprinted to find Ryan.

She had an idea.

…HSM…

"You're a genius, Taylor! This is gonna work!" exclaimed Ryan, hugging her so that her feet lifted off the ground.

"Careful!" Taylor laughed. "So, Troy will be here soon. You invite him in, and take him up to Sharpay's room, where we'll lock him in."

"With Sharpay," Ryan added, and the pair chuckled as the doorbell rang. "He's here!" they hissed in unison.

…HSM…

Two hours later.

Ryan and Taylor unlocked the bedroom door to see Troy and Sharpay spring apart quite guiltily.

"See? It worked!" Taylor muttered to Ryan, not quietly enough.

"It worked?" said Troy indignantly.

"You set us up?" Sharpay pouted, raising an eyebrow.

"For your own good." insisted Taylor. "And anyway . . ." she imitated Sharpay, "You two look totally cute together!"

The teenagers laughed, the last to laugh being Sharpay, because she was trying to pretend that Taylor's impression of her was unamusing.

"Let's go downstairs and watch a movie or something." Ryan shrugged, and Sharpay said she get some goodies from the kitchen, so Ryan, Taylor and Troy were fixing cushions and stuff in the living room.

"Hey, you guys . . ." Troy said quickly, checking if Sharpay was coming back. "I just want to say thanks for everything. I owe you!"

"No you don't," snorted Ryan, "I owed you one, for hooking me up with this sweet little thing," and he pulled Taylor towards him playfully.

"I'm not a thing!" Taylor said indignantly, and Troy sniggered with Ryan. "He's right though," she added to Troy. "We owed you. Now we're even."

Troy smiled, a look of pure happiness on his face, and then went to find Sharpay.

Taylor sighed, and leaned against Ryan, who was lying on the couch. "You think it's time for the credits of 'The Life Of Tay Kess' yet?"

"I dunno. The audience still doesn't know what happens to Chad-The-Villain." Ryan lightly poked Taylor as he spoke.

"So . . . it's not over yet?"

Ryan thought for a moment. "No . . . it's over." he stood up, and Taylor followed suit, leaned against him. "The third movie has just started."

Taylor laughed. "A third movie? Ryan, we are so nuts." Ryan laughed with her, and they just stood there, drinking in the silence . . .

. . . and wondering where on earth Troy and Sharpay had got to.


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