AN: So yeah, I hope you like this.
'Zeke loved you. You got to know that.' Taylor said.
'Why did he leave then?' Sharpay said.
'He needs to. You know that.' Kelsi tried to make things a little bit better, but no such luck.
'Guys, I appreciate that you're trying to help me. But I just want to be alone.' Sharpay said, she was not crying. No she was not, but she was as good as dead. She didn't go to school the day after Zeke left. Nor did she the next day, or the next, or the week after.
'Sharpay listen to me. You haven't been to school for a week now. You can't keep this up. We're graduating. You're graduating. But you can't graduate if you don't come to school.' Gabriella encouraged.
'I'm supposed to be this girl everybody feared. I used to be that girl. I used to be the icy bitch. The arrogant, actress everybody hated. I was spoiled, and over-confident. I even threatened those who didn't get their yearbooks signed by me.' Sharpay didn't know why she started talking about this. She didn't know where the conversation was going; it just felt right to tell the story.
'I became this girl I hated. When he…when he entered my life. When I gave him a chance, he had changed me. He had changed me, physically and emotionally. Its weird how one person can change another person's whole life. But he did it. And I'm glad he did. But I think he changed me again, when he left.' Sharpay paused for a few minutes, glad that the girls waited for her.
'He never really gave up on me, you know. He told me that. He told me Troy had been the only one supportive of him. When he told the guys about his crush on me, the guys laughed. Of course, how could one of their kind, fall in love with someone like me? Well, Zeke isn't like any jock. I remembered he told me, that Troy once advised that he should date other people, maybe then would I notice him, really smart guy, that Troy Bolton.' Sharpay had smiled; she had remembered the weeks she was jealous of Zeke's new cheerleader girlfriend.
'Oh Shar…' Gabriella went to hug her,
'You really do love him don't you?' Kelsi asked, Taylor rolled her eyes.
'Yeah I do, I just can't believe it. He's gone; we're in different time zones and different continents.' Sharpay finally shed her tears again.
'Oh god I can't believe this,' Sharpay laughed, as she got a new box of tissues from under her bed. 'I've had like, a million boxes of tissue. I can't believe I'm crying again. I used to be strong, keeping my emotions to myself, you know.' She wiped her tears,
'You can't always keep your emotions hidden, Sharpay.' Kelsi said.
'Yeah, sometimes, you really got to let it out.' Taylor added,
'And you don't need to hide it; we're here for you Shar. Forever, me and the gang, we'll stick with you forever.' Gabriella smiled.
'I can't believe it's been 4 years.' Sharpay whispered to no one in particular, as she sipped her coffee.
'3:30 am.' Sharpay shook her head; that had been the 2nd day she had started dreaming about her senior year. She had forgotten about it, after a year or two. She had kept it in the back of her mind for all the years. Why would it suddenly come back?
'Sharpay, listen to yourself. You're finally graduating college together with your best friends; you can't be bothering yourself about the past. About Zeke, you moved on, it's been 4 years. He had kept contact for a year maybe, but he had forgotten also. That's why he hadn't called or emailed. He moved on, you did too.' Sharpay rubbed her temples, she had moved from Albuquerque to New York along with the gang. They stayed true to their promise, they'll stick together forever.
'Ryan!' I cried out.
'Sharpay? What happened?'
'We gotta go; he's-he's leaving. We have to catch him, it's only..' I took a look at the clock in Ryan's room.
'7:40! Please Ryan!' I had tears running down; my cries were getting more desperate than ever.
'Okay. But sis, you gotta think, 7:40, 20 minutes left, the ride to the airport is approximately 15-20 minutes.' Ryan reasoned out.
'I don't care!' I cried, as I ran down the stairs, grabbing my keys
'You're not even dressed properly!' Ryan yelled, as he followed m. And getting inside the driver's seat.
It was true; I was only in plain pajamas, and a tank top, with fluffy pink slippers.
'Who cares Ryan?! Now drive!' I furiously wiped her tears away.
'This can't be happening. I had done my best for the past 4 years to remove this out of my life. To just forget, but now, a couple of dreams, and now it's creating havoc in my life.' Sharpay regained herself.
'You can't be thinking about Zeke, that's the past. You have a boyfriend.' Sharpay reminded herself of her boyfriend, which she had met on her first day of college.
She had met Brian while trying to find her class. They had only started dating when she was a junior, and they had been together since then.
Finally finishing her coffee, she went to her room, to sleep. She was sharing a condo with Gabriella, as Chad and Taylor are sharing one, and Jason and Kelsi are sharing one too, and that leaves Troy and Ryan to share.
She went to bed, and snuggled on the comforting pillows that surround her.
'Where have you been?' Brian wrapped an arm around her, as he pulled her closer.
'Just been thinking.' Sharpay faced him and smiled.
'About what?' He murmured, as he closed his eyes.
'Nothing. Let's just go back to sleep.' She said.
'Goodnight love.' Brian said, finally falling asleep.
'Yeah, goodnight.' Sharpay absent-mindedly said, as she drifted off to sleep with dreams full of her past.
'Hey Shar.' Gabriella yawned as she went to get a bowl and some cereals.
'Hey, you're a late sleeper.' Sharpay laughed, but she looked quite stressed.
'Yeah, I can't really sleep with those noises, can I?' Gabriella laughed at Sharpay's shocked face.
'Hey! We did not. We haven't even..' Sharpay had stopped herself from further embarrassment. She was flushing red.
'I'm happy for you Shar.' Gabriella smiled, 'she finally moved on.'
'Yeah, I'm happy for me too.' Sharpay hugged Gabriella. She had really been there for her, thru out it all.
'You're the best of all best friends Gabi.' Sharpay said.
'I know.' Gabriella laughed.
'So Brian left?' Gabriella wondered.
'Yeah, he said he had to go, he has an important interview to go to.' Sharpay said with a mouth full of cereals.
'Sheesh Sharpay, you might act like a lady when others are around, but you're definitely not one right now.' Troy entered laughing.
'Shut up Troy.' Sharpay puffed.
'Good morning.' Gabriella kissed Troy.
Troy smiled while kissing Gabriella. 'Oh, go get a room.' Sharpay rolled her eyes as she put her bowl on the sink.
'Yeah, like you we're not like this last night.' Gabriella said, still wrapping her hands around Troy.
Troy just laughed; it was like any other morning since Sharpay met Brian. He did like that Sharpay moved on, but he never liked Brian. No, he had that sense of hatred. Ryan felt it too, like he was just too perfect.
'At least we went to get a room.' Sharpay slapped her but and stuck out her tongue playfully at Gabriella, as she left to get dressed.
'Okay, ew.' Troy said.
'Troy, why do you hate Brian so much?' Gabriella faced Troy again,
'It's not just me Gabs, Ryan also hates the guy.' Troy said.
'I hate who?' Ryan abruptly entered. 'Doesn't anyone knock anymore?' Gabriella asked herself.
'Brian.' Troy said with such hatred in his voice.
'Oh, him. Is he here?' Ryan ignored Gabriella's question, as he scanned the room.
'No, and please just try to hold your anger. Sharpay hasn't been this happy since Zeke left.' Gabriella patted Troy and Ryan's arms as she left for her room to also get dressed.
'I really don't like him Ry.' Troy sat down on the couch.
'I don't either, but if he makes my sister happy, I guess that's good enough. But if he hurts my sister, I will definitely go big brother on him, even though I'm the baby brother.' Ryan looked confused after he said the last phrase.
'Yeah, we'll beat him to a pulp.' Troy said,
Ryan and Troy waited for the girls to shower and get dressed, they were going to go eat and celebrate. They were graduating, finally.
'Saturday's the big day isn't it?' Ryan breathed, as The Tom and Jerry Show finally ended.
'Yeah, it's a good thing they made the whole week a vacation for us to get ready.' Troy said,
'Hey guys!' Chad, Taylor, Jason, Kelsi all yelled as they entered.
'Doesn't anybody knock now a day?' Sharpay shook her head, as she laughed at them.
'No, people do knock. We just don't.' Jason laughed, pointing to the gang.
'So are we ready to go?' Kelsi asked.
'Yeah,' Gabriella grabbed her bag.
'Oh wait! I forgot something!' Gabriella ran to her bedroom.'So…back to Tom and Jerry then?' Troy asked,
A series of approval was heard as they watched once again, Tom and Jerry.
'I forgot my phone.' Gabriella rushed, knocking down a picture frame with her.
'Shit.' She cursed, getting the frame that fell down.
'I remember this.' It was a picture of her and Zeke, she smiled. But then frowning once again, as she remembered his promise that he broke. He never kept in touch after a year.
'I'll just clean this up later.' Gabriella took her phone, she smiled once again as she heard her friends' voices from the living room.
'God! Tom is so stupid!' Chad yelled.
'Ooo! Jerry got away!' Jason cheered.
'Oh no! Tom's got Jerry! Tom's got Jerry!' Sharpay shrieked.
'I miss you Zeke.' Gabriella got the frame, and put it on the table. 'What happened to you?' She whispered.
Gaining herself once again, she went out, where all her friends were routing for Tom, some were routing for Jerry.
'You guys do know Jerry always wins right?' Gabriella sat on the chair next to Chad.
AN: So yeah, I shall be updating this more than Finding Out, cause I kinda lost the concept in that one. But I will continue, just wait. Review!
