Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Here's your gift from me: the next chapter in my story! Yay! lol. well, enjoy:)

The guys came back down the stairs looked like, well, guys again.

"We're dudes again!" Troy cheered as he got to the bottom of the stairs.

"Heck yes!" Ryan cheered along with him.

"You guys are so weird." Sharpay commented.

"But you still love us." Troy said.

"Hmm…do I?" Sharpay asked.

"Yeah…do we?" Natalie questioned as well.

"I guess we do." Sharpay finally decided.

"Yeah." Natalie agreed.

"Well, I need to head home. It's getting late and we have opening night tomorrow. It's gonna be a long day." Troy said.

"Yeah, it will be a very long day." Sharpay added.

"Yeah, Ms. Darbus will be freaking out all day." Ryan added.

"Oh joy!" Natalie sarcastically added.

"Well, see ya tomorrow. Love ya Shar." Troy said as he gave her a hug and a kiss.

"Love ya too Troy." Sharpay said as she returned the hug and gave him a kiss as well.

Troy then left and headed home.

Next Day: Wednesday: Opening Night

As Ryan, Sharpay, and Troy had predicted, Ms. Darbus was freaking out all. She was running around all over the place, getting things ready. Ryan, Sharpay, Troy, and Natalie were backstage getting ready.

"Hey. Are you ready?" Ryan asked as he came up behind his girlfriend and gave her a hug.

"Yeah. Just a little nervous. I've never done something like this before in front of this many people." Natalie replied.

"Just remember the auditions. And the callbacks. Remember? There was nothing to it. Plus, I'll be by your side almost the whole time. And if I'm not there, Troy or Shar will be."

"Yeah. Thanks Ry."

"No problem. Well, come on. We've got to go. The show's about to start, and Ms. Darbus will go crazy on us if we're not backstage on time."

"Yeah, let's go." Natalie said as she took Ryan's hand and they walked backstage, where they found Troy and Sharpay.

"Hey guys. Ready?" Ryan asked, as he went and stood by them.

"Yeah. I love performing. It's so much fun to be up there." Sharpay replied to her brother's question.

"Yeah, I know. It's such a rush when the crowd comes to their feet cheering for you." Troy added.

"I know. It's awesome!" Sharpay said.

Ms. Darbus then walked out on stage to introduce the musical.

"Good evening. I would like to welcome you all to our performance of "High School Musical"." She said as people in the audience started to cheer and applaud. "I ask that you turn off all cell phones, as it is very disrespectful for them to ring in this hallowed hall we call the theatre. Without further adieu, "High School Musical"." Ms. Darbus concluded as she walked off the stage and people once again applauded for the show that was about to start. The curtains then opened, revealing Troy and Sharpay, and the song "Start of Something New" came through the speakers as they started to sing.

The show went perfectly. Nothing went wrong. They all remembered all their lines, all the dance moves, and all the songs.

When they finished "We're All in This Together", the cast had a final curtain call.

"I would like to recognize all of our amazing students for their work on this show. So now, our cast. Zac was played by Mister Troy Bolton. Vanessa was played by Miss Sharpay Evans. Ashley was played by Miss Natalie Summers and Lucas was played by Mister Ryan Evans." She continued on with the whole cast and crew, each person stepping forward and taking a bow as their name was called.

Once they were all done, they all went backstage and started cheering.

"Yay! We did it! That was awesome!!" Sharpay cheered. Even though she had done performances hundreds of times, she was still extremely excited after each one.

"Yeah, and you were awesome." Troy told his girlfriend.

"Thanks." Sharpay said.

"You were awesome too." Ryan told Natalie.

"Thanks. You guys were right, that was a huge rush and it was absolutely amazing." Natalie said.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm starving. Let's go get some food." Troy said, as his stomach grumbled. They hadn't eaten dinner yet, because they had all been too nervous to eat anything before the show.

"Yeah, I'm starving too." Sharpay added.

"Me too." Ryan and Natalie said at the same time.

"OK then, let's go." Troy said, as the four of them all went out to eat, glad opening night had gone so well.

well, it was kinda short, but at least it was something.

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