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When Ryan got home, he walked inside to found Sharpay sitting on the couch, crying. Ryan walked to the couch and sat down beside her.

"Shar, what's wrong? Did Troy do something to hurt you? I swear, if he did I'll…"

"Ry, it's not Troy. It's mom. She…she…"

"She what Shar?" Ryan said, started to freak out. Their dad had died when they were only five, so their mom had been the one they spent all their time with.

"She was on the plane and it crashed. She's dead Ry."

"Wow." Ryan was trying hard to be strong for his sister and not cry, but it wasn't working very well. He was about to burst from the tears welling up in his eyes. "Um, I'm gonna go for a walk Shar."

"OK."

Ryan went outside while Sharpay was still sitting there. He just walked around and started crying.

Inside, Sharpay's phone started ringing.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Hey Shar. What's wrong?" It was Troy and he could tell she had been crying.

"Hey. Look, I really don't feel like talking about right now. I'll talk to ya later."

"OK then. Bye."

"Bye." Sharpay said as she hung up her phone.

Troy was confused. What was wrong with Shar? He got on his computer and saw Natalie on, so he talked to her.

hoopsdude117: hey

singersmartz1107: hey! what's up?

hoopsdude117: nothing much. have you talked to ryan lately? like, in the past few minutes?

singersmartz1107: nope. not since he dropped me off at my house. why?

hoopsdude117: well, I just called shar and she seemed really upset about something. I was wondering if maybe ryan knew why.

singermsartz1107: hmm… i'll go call ryan and see if he'll tell me whats wrong.

hoopsdude117: ok

Two minutes later…

singersmartz1107: well, he said he didn't feel like talking, but he sounded like he had been crying too.

hoopsdude117: hmm… i'm worried about then.

singermsartz1107: well, it's not that late. you wanna go over there and see if they're ok?

hoopsdude117: no. if they won't talk to us on the phone, they probably don't wanna talk at all. let's just talk to them tomorrow at school.

singersmartz1107: ok. see ya tomorrow then. I gotta go. bye

hoopsdude117: ok. bye

The next day at school, Troy and Natalie looked everywhere for Ryan and Sharpay, but couldn't find them anywhere.

"OK, I'm starting to get really worried about them." Troy commented to Natalie as he found her in the halls between classes.

"Yeah, me too."

"I say that tonight after rehearsal, we go over to their house and see what's wrong and if we can help with anything."

"Yeah. OK. I'll meet you after rehearsal."

"OK. Then we'll head on over."

Drama rehearsal went by very slowly today, when it usually went by very quickly. It was probably because Troy and Natalie were very worried. Ryan and Sharpay wouldn't talk to them when they called, which was very unusual, and that made them worry even more.

Rehearsal finally ended and Troy and Natalie met in front of the school.

"OK, ready to go see what's up?" Troy asked as they headed towards the Evans' house.

"Yeah. I'm really worried about them. I've never seen them like this before."

"I know, I haven't seen them like this either. Well, let's get going so we can stop worrying and hopefully help them."

"Yeah, let's go."

As they left, they walked in silence because of their fear of what happened to their friends.

Troy and Natalie finally arrived at their friends' house and rang the doorbell. Ryan came to the door and looked through the peep hole. He saw Natalie and Troy, so he opened the door. He knew they had been kind of ignoring them by not talking to their friends, so they needed to give Natalie and Troy an explanation.

"Hey guys." Ryan said as he opened the door.

"Hey." Natalie greeted him back.

"Ry, who's at the door?" Sharpay yelled from somewhere inside the house.

"Troy and Nat."

When she heard that, Sharpay came to the door. Troy could tell that she had been crying.

"Shar, what's wrong?" Troy asked as he gave her a hug.

"Why don't you guys come inside and we'll tell you." Ryan suggested as he let their friends in the house. He led them to the living room, where they sat and talked.

"OK, well, first of all, sorry we haven't wanted to talk. Everything that's going on has been pretty rough on us." Sharpay said as she started crying again. Troy was sitting by her and just put his arms around her to make her feel safe.

"The thing is…" Ryan said, taking a deep breath to keep from crying before he continued. "…our mom died in a plane crash yesterday." He said as he started to cry.

"Oh my gosh Ry. I'm so sorry." Natalie said as she went and sat by him and gave him a hug.

"Wow Shar. I'm so sorry." Troy also said.

They all sat in silence for a few minutes, hugging each other, before Troy finally spoke up.

"So, is there anything we can help you with?"

"Well, we need help for the funeral and everything." Ryan replied.

"We'll help with whatever we can." Natalie told her boyfriend and his sister.

"Thanks guys. You rock." Sharpay said.

"Anything for you guys." Troy said.

"So, like, are you still gonna live in your house here or…" Natalie said as she sorta trailed off wit what she was saying.

"Well, since we just turned eighteen, we don't have to go to foster care. We're not really sure what we're gonna do though." Ryan replied.

"We have some money left from our mom, but not really enough to pay for the house." Sharpay added.

"Do you have family around here?" Troy asked.

"No, they all live in Texas." Ryan replied.

"Well, you are always welcome at my house if you need somewhere to stay." Natalie told her friends.

"Thanks." Ryan told her.

"Yeah, and you're welcome at my house too." Troy offered to his friends.

"Thanks Troy."

"So, do you guys wanna come over tonight or do y'all wanna stay here?' Natalie asked the twins.

"I think we'll come over. Get out of our house because everything here makes me sad." Sharpay said.

"Yeah." Ryan agreed with her.

"Just let us grab a couple of things, then we'll be ready to go." Sharpay said as she and Ryan ran upstairs to grab stuff like clothes and toiletry items.

"Ya know what Ry?" Sharpay asked her brother when they were upstairs.

"What?"

"We have the best friends ever."

"Yeah, they are pretty awesome. And Shar?"

"Yeah?"

"If you wanna talk about mom, it's OK. I'm always here."

"Thanks Ry. Well, we should head back downstairs." Sharpay said, as they headed for the stairs.

"OK, we're ready." Sharpay said as they got downstairs where Natalie and Troy were.

"Great. Let's get going." Natalie said as her and Troy stood up.

Troy went and gave Sharpay a hug and a kiss before he left for his house.

"I'm always here if you wanna talk." Troy told Sharpay.

"Thanks. That means a lot to me."

Troy and Sharpay headed outside. Natalie and Ryan were still inside, hugging.

"Thanks again Nat. You're really awesome and I mean that. Are you sure it's OK if we stay at your house?" Ryan asked her.

"Yeah, my mom should be fine with it once I tell her what's up. And just so you know, I'm always here for you. You're one of my best friends and you can always talk to me."

"Thanks. That means a lot to me."

"No problem. Well, we should get going."

"Yeah." Ryan said as they headed outside.

Troy left for his house while Sharpay, Ryan, and Natalie headed for Natalie's house.

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