Author's Note: Here's chapter six! Enjoy!

Chapter Six: Tara Makes Her Move

How could Haylie accuse him of something that was entirely from last year?

"I guess I could have told her.." Ryan was saying to Chad and Troy, who now became his offical guidence gurus on Haylie, especially Troy.

"Wow, Evans...I can't believe you kept this one secret locked up." Chad insisted.

"I was going to tell her sometime, Chad. The moment never really popped up, and I sort of forgotten about it." Ryan stated, and Chad looked at him.

"Evans, how could you forget a musical that totally screwed up the clique system? Even I never forgot that!"

Troy glanced at his two friends, and nodded.

"Chad's right, Ryan."

"I didn't want to ruin a perfectly good relationship." Ryan explained, and Troy and Chad looked at each other.

"Ryan, you said it yourself that not all relationships are perfect." Troy told him.

"Of course I did! And I ment every word." Ryan said.

"Then if you believe so, go tell Haylie that secret you've been laboring." Troy exclaimed.

By now, Haylie probably never wanted to his face, but Ryan knew she'd give in sooner or later.

"It won't excately be easy, Troy. She probably hates me by now."

"So? It'd be worth a shot, Evans. You should be used to her being mad at you." Chad replied, and Ryan nodded.

"Yes, I should be...you don't need to tell me." Ryan commented.

"Well, then good. Because I don't like to explain myself twice." Chad said, and Ryan and Troy shared an eyeroll as the third period bell rang, and the boys seperated to go to their fourth hour.

Ryan spotted Haylie talking to Gabriella over by some lockers, and Ryan was feeling pretty confident after his talk with Troy and Chad, and he was almost to the two girls when he almost colided with someone else.

"Sorry..." he replied, but as he looked down to see who he had ran into, he frowned.

Sitting on the floor, was Tara, and she was smiling.

"Hey!" she chriped, and Ryan helped her up, even though she was last person he wanted to see.

"Hey.." he said, and saw that Haylie and Gabriella were gone.

Tara looked over her shoulder, and she then looked at him.

"Looking for someone?" she asked.

"Yeah..I was going to talk to Haylie, but I guess she left." Ryan stated, and Tara smiled.

"That's too bad. I know you really must want to talk to her."

"I do...it's kind of important, so if you don't mind--"

But, he was cut off by Tara leaning in, and giving him a kiss on the lips, and Ryan was certainly surprised, but then he remembered Haylie, and pushed her away.

Tara looked offended, and slightly angered.

"What is so special about Haylie? Why do you care if she's mad at you or not?" she asked, and Ryan sighed, taking off his hat, and playing with the brim.

"Basically, she's my first girlfriend, and I want to be a good boyfriend. Girls like Haylie don't come everyday, and I was fortunate to get her before anyone else did...so, that's why she's special to me. I'm sorry, Tara."

Tara looked down at the ground, and then she looked up at him with an angry expression on her face.

"You could have had me, Ryan. Instead, you want a girl who looks like Sharpay."

"She isn't or doesn't look like Sharpay, Tara. She's just...Haylie." Ryan stated, blushing alittle bit on the last part.

"Whatever. If she is still mad at you, don't come crawling back to me because chances are, I won't like you anymore!"

Tara twirled around, and Ryan smiled to himself before placing his hat back on, and hoisting his backpack up his shoulder.

"Good. Because I never liked you neither." he said to Tara's retreating back.