Author's Note: Chapter five's kind of short, but I hope you enjoy it anyways! Happy reading!

Chapter Five: Memories Are Reminded

In the events that followed yesturday, Haylie seriously was scared of Tara now.

Especially since she told Haylie that she was going to find some way to break them up.

"Don't worry. I'm sure it'll be nothing harmful. We all know you and Ryan belong together." Sharpay told her as she and Sharpay walked towards Ms. Darbus' classroom for homeroom.

Haylie knew that was partly true, but this was a girl who was part of the Ryan Evans fanclub, and do whatever it takes to make sure Haylie was well out of the picture.

"Easy for you to say! A girl who runs a Zeke Baylor fanclub isn't out to get you!" Haylie stated, and Sharpay looked at her.

"I think I already had two of it's members after me, remember?" Sharpay asked, and Haylie grinned, as she took her seat next to Ryan, who seemed to have a distant look on his face.

"Hello? Earth to Ryan!" Haylie stated, waving a hand in his face, and Ryan blinked as he looked at her, and he smiled.

"Haylie. Hey." Ryan commented, and Haylie frowned.

"Is everything alright?" she asked.

"Of course! Never better!" he cried, and Haylie raised an eyebrow at her boyfriend.

"Are you sure your okay?" she asked, and Ryan grinned, a grin that could possibly scare little kids, and to getting your girlfriend that you were alright, when a deranged fangirl was out to stake your relationship.

Wow, isn't life great?

"Haylie, does this grin tell you anything?" he asked, and Haylie gave him a confused look.

"...Your deranged?" Haylie asked jokely, and Ryan rolled his eyes as the bell rang, and they forward out.

"No. It tells you that your boyfriend is one hundred per cent alright. There is nothing on his mind that is--"

"There you two are!"

"--bugging him." Ryan finished as Tara came up to the couple.

Haylie smiled at Ryan, and then looked at Tara.

"Hey, Tara. What's up?" Haylie asked catiously, and Tara smiled.

"Can't I see my two favorite couple of East High?" she asked, and Haylie's smile turned into a frown.

"Perhaps...I guess." Haylie said, and Ryan frowned also.

"What do you want, Tara? We need to get to class." he commented, and Tara wore a serious expression on her face.

"Well, I heard somewhere that Ryan hasn't told you his side of the story, Haylie...on a certain winter musical last year, junior year. I believe it was after winter break, and he was helping Sharpay get rid of Gabriella and Troy so they could audition." Tara replied, and Haylie looked at Ryan, who was glaring at Tara from under his hat.

She only heard bits and pieces of the winter musical, and when she wanted to hear more, her Wildcat friends would clam up.

"You helped Sharpay?" she asked, and Ryan looked at her.

"It was in the past, Haylie. I don't think it matters, now does it?" he asked back.

"Ryan, of course it does! I've been asking about it since I heard about it, and you never told me you were in on it?"

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Tara smirking, and the girl disappeared, and Haylie turned her attention to Ryan.

"Okay, so I was! But, that was junior year. I was never excately evil, you know..."

"Still, that doesn't matter. The point is, you almost ruined Gabriella and Troy's relationship so Sharpay could get what she wanted." Haylie explained, and Ryan glanced down at the floor.

"I didn't. That was Sharpay, Haylie."

"You helped, though!"

The warning bell cut them off, and Ryan looked at an angered Haylie, and asked, "Do you still want me to walk with you?"

She looked at him for the longest time, and what Ryan heard shocked him, as well as herself:

"I can walk by myself, thanks."

And she walked away quickly, before he could see a tear roll down her cheek.