Sad to say, but it was literally white. "What?" Sharpay croaked

Sharpay began to walk nervously around the room, "What are you talking about Zeke?"

He stood there in front of her, and blushed. "Look, I'm sorry for asking that question. But I just needed to know. I think we did something yesterday, I don't know if it's just a dream or what. I know that sounds really perverted but, it just felt so real. My mind's just not working well."

She laughed a bit, "Nothing happened last night Zeke. We didn't even meet last night. Just face the facts."

"Why don't you tell me the truth Sharpay?" Zeke simply said. "I am telling the truth Zeke. Don't you trust me?" Sharpay asked.

"I do, I really do. It's just that I know when you're lying. You blink more than you're supposed to when you're lying. You're a good actress 'Pay, but I know you."

Sharpay raised an eyebrow, "You know me? Excuse me, but how do you know me?!" She said, walking to him, "In case you forgot, you were away for 4 years! How could you know? Maybe I changed. So what makes you so sure you know me?!"

"I remember. When we were in High School, when you used to lie, you blink too many times but you still trick them into believing you. I know you 'Pay." Zeke said.

"Reality check Baylor! High School was 4 years ago! You don't know me. You just left me." Sharpay snapped.

Zeke sighed, "You're still pinning on that?! I thought we were all start over, forget about the past thing?!"

Sharpay snapped, all she wanted to do was to just steer the conversation away, but now it turned bad. All she wanted to do this morning was to rest and not think about the consequences she's done last night, but he had to go and face it now. "You're the one who first brought up the topic idiot!"

"Me? If you would've just told me the truth, we wouldn't be fighting now, would we?" Zeke said, leaning on the wall next to the door.

"I am telling you the truth Zeke. It's you who won't believe." Sharpay hissed.

Sharpay was leaning on the counter, breathing heavily, "Look, I'm sorry for blowing up on you. But please just leave. I'm not in a very good mood, as you can see." She opened the door and waited for him to leave.

Zeke looked pleadingly at her, "Zeke just leave. Please." Sharpay didn't have the guts to look at him. He nodded, and left.

She closed the door, and trudged back to her bedroom. "I'm in big trouble aren't I?" She asked herself as she lied back down on her bed.

"So whose car are we using?" Chad asked, while they waited on the elevator.

"Mine." Ryan said; everybody's heads turned to him. Ryan never let anyone ride in his car, except his girlfriend, Sharpay, Gabriella, Taylor, and Kelsi. OK, so he wouldn't let any guy in, mainly the boys of the gang since they were messy and noisy.

"What?" Troy asked, still a bit shocked.

Ryan shrugged, "Knowing you guys, it's the only one that has gas."

Jason nodded, "Brilliant." And then he realized it was an insult, "Hey!"

Ryan smirked as the elevator stopped on the basement, "Let's get that son of a bitch. He and my twin are over right? We absolutely have to give him a good bye gift."

"Got that right." Troy agreed.

"I feel so James Bond." Chad exclaimed, as they got in Ryan's nice black BMW car.

Jason snorted, "James Bond? Please. You feel so Charlie's Angels, Chad. We all know that." He said, "You're wearing three watches on your wrist, and it's all synchronized."

Chad glared, "Ha. Ha."

"Sharpay!" A loud screech from her telephone was heard. Sharpay had to cover her ears; it was almost as loud as her yell. I said almost, of course Sharpay's yell still wins right?

"Hello?" She put her phone on speaker, while she continued to look at bridal magazines for Gabriella.

"Sharpay, it's me Jane. Guess who got the lead role at the musical you auditioned for?!" She excitedly yelled.

Sharpay squealed with delight, "Me?! I got the lead role?! Oh my God! I'm Cinderella?!" She jumped up and down, dancing. "I knew I'd get it!"

"Yes you did! Well, you're meeting with the producers tomorrow. But there's kind of a catch."

"Well, don't keep me hanging. What's the catch?" Sharpay waited, she didn't think it was a good catch.

Jane sighed, "The musical isn't going to be in New York City. The producers are from France. They want to do the play there."

Sharpay cocked an eyebrow, "Seriously?" She didn't want to leave New York; she didn't want to leave her friends. But this is a big opportunity for her, her big break.

"Yep, the producers wanted to have a meeting with you and discuss to you the play and everything. So, when are you available? "

"Well, tomorrow's good. I just can't believe it, France." She said, "Ooh! Ooh! Is it in Paris?! Paris is the fashion capital of the world, it's like heaven, but it's more fashionable!" She squealed.

"Well, I just told them and they said you could go to their office at 4:00 in the afternoon. And yes, it's in Paris! And guess who's coming!" Jane said, "Me!"

Sharpay laughed as she closed the magazine, "You didn't let me guess Jane. OK, so I'll talk to you later, tootles." She flipped her sidekick shut and landed on the couch.

"My big break." She whispered, "If I accept it, I'm moving. I'll probably back after a year or so. If I accept it, I'll be leaving everyone."

"Zeke.." She muttered to herself. What were they anyway? They were friends, nothing more.

It wasn't as if she had a reason to stay. No job, no school, no boyfriend. She was just lying around in her apartment.

"But.." She said to herself, as she thought of other reasons to stay and go. "..Zeke." They were friends, nothing more, right? Well, something did happen to them last night, so what did that mean?

Zeke was pacing in his apartment, he tried sitting down and act calmly. He really did. But, he couldn't.

Then, he heard a knock on his door. Sharpay maybe? He ran to the door desperately and opened it with a big smile. And then he frowned when he saw Amanda instead of Sharpay.

"What do you want?" He tried hard not to sound so cold and uninterested.

Amanda flashed him a big smile and entered his apartment. Zeke looked at her weirdly as he closed the door behind him.

"What? Can't I visit?" She said with a very loud happy voice. Zeke really found it annoying now. "We never even talk now a day." She sat down on the couch.

Zeke raised an eyebrow and stood next to the kitchen counter, he had a good distance around her which was good. "Amanda. We just met the other day."

"It's just.." She started, "Let's go out, like now. It's a nice afternoon. It's sunny but not too hot." She said in a high pitched voice. She skipped to where Zeke was and held his hand.

Zeke looked at his hand that she was holding and looked at her, she looked really hopeful. No Zeke! Don't you dare agree! She's annoying, rude; and-well she's simply annoying!

Zeke detached himself from her opened the door, "I'm sorry Amanda, and I'm not in the mood to go out. And not be rude or anything, I don't really see us together. Sorry." He walked out the door and waited for her to go out of his apartment.

Amanda looked shocked. "I knew it. I knew you were just playing me. I can't believe I thought you were a good person." She walked out and walked towards the elevator.

Just then, Sharpay came out and they collided. "Watch it bitch." Amanda snapped as she walked away. Zeke panicked, Sharpay's eyes were showing anger. She was just about to call the girl back when Zeke ran to her to stop her.

She was facing Amanda's way so she didn't really see Zeke run to her. "What the-"

Zeke covered her mouth and held her hands with his other hand, "Don't do it. She's not worth it." He said.

Sharpay spun around and looked at him, "Wasn't that the girl you were dating?" She hissed.

"We went on two dates; I just dumped her for the supposedly third date." Zeke shrugged, letting go of her. When Sharpay saw her leave, she looked relaxed. "Look, Zeke, can we talk? Meet me on the rooftop, 5 minutes."

Zeke nodded, wondering what she would say. "OK, meet you there."

"Here we go." Troy said, as he knocked on the door.

Ryan looked at Chad, "How do you even know Brian lives here?"

"Oh, well, Sharpay dragged me to a shopping spree one time. We had to stop by here so Sharpay could have some money for shopping." Chad shrugged, "Shopping with your sister isn't easy. Store after store after store.." He rambled.

The door opened but it wasn't Brian, but the red-headed girl from last night answered the door. "Hey, at least she's dressed." Jason commented, earning glares.

"What do you want?" She asked, she actually sounded nice. Yeah right.

Chad was the first one to speak, "We're looking for Brian."

"Oh, he's in the shower. Do you want to come in and wait?" She offered.

Ryan looked at her coldly, "Sure." He muttered before going in.

"My name's Kaitlin." She introduced herself, "I was just about to leave, so just make yourselves comfortable. Brian's gonna be done soon."

The boys nodded, but Ryan had something to say. "What do you see in Brian?"

She smiled, "Nothing actually, he's an ex-boyfriend. He got busted by his girlfriend last night, and I just wanted to end things today. I didn't want to mess with his ex; she's a bit scary you see. Sharpay Evans was her name." She took her purse and walked towards the door.

"Who are you guys?" She asked before she left.

"Troy Bolton."

"Chad Danforth."

"Jason Cross."

Ryan smiled at her, "Ryan Evans. Brother of Sharpay Evans."

Kaitlin's eyes widened, "Oh, good bye then." She quickly said before leaving.

Chad, Jason, and Troy snickered, "If Sharpay was scary, she must have thought her brother's scarier. Did you see her eyes? They went big when she heard you speak." Troy said.

"Yeah. Ryan Evans. Brother of Sharpay Evans." Jason imitated a low voice. Chad laughed harder when he heard Jason's imitation of Ryan's voice.

"Who's there?!" Brian's voice was heard. They all turned their head to the left and smirked at him.

"Brian! My best friend." Ryan's voice was dripping with sarcasm.

"Oh crap." He miserably said as the boys stood up and faced him.

"We heard you hurt our best friend. Cheating on her? Tsk tsk. Not that we didn't expect it." Troy said.

"I didn't." Jason stupidly said, "Just shut up Jase." Chad exclaimed.

Ryan rolled his eyes, "Anyway, we're here to give you a gift."

"A gift?"

Ryan tackled Brian to the ground, shocking the three boys. They hadn't expected him to really beat the hell out of Brian.

Sharpay sighed as she waited for Zeke on top of the rooftop. She needed to know if she had a reason to stay. She needed to talk to him, clear things out.

"Where is that boy?!" She hated waiting, she might have changed, but she's still a bit of a drama/ice queen.

Zeke smiled at the pacing woman in front of him, "Hey." He said, approaching her.

"You're late, you know that." Sharpay said in a matter-of -fact tone as she sat down on a chair.

He smirked as he sat down on the chair next to her, "What's wrong with being fashionably late?"

Sharpay faked glared, "Oh just, evaporate tall person." She giggled.

Zeke shook his head and chuckled, "So what did you want to talk about?"

"Well, I got a lead role in an audition. I'm starring in a Broadway Production." She proudly said, standing up and looking at the wonderful view. The sun was setting down, the view was absolutely magnificent.

"Really? That's great. I'm proud of you." Zeke joined her.

Sharpay smiled at him uneasily, "Well, when there's something nice, there's always a catch."

Zeke looked at her curiously, "OK, so what's the catch?"

Sharpay cheekily smiled at him, "It's in France."

And then, Zeke began coughing, hard. "Wha-what?" He croaked.

"Actually, it's in Paris, France."

Sharpay was starting to get worried; he was blinking way too many times. Sharpay has never seen anyone blink that many times in a couple of seconds. "Zeke?" She waved a hand in front of him. "Yoo-hoo? Zeke?"

"Are you still breathing?" Sharpay poked his side, he only wobbled

Zeke backed away from the ledge and sat down on a chair, "Paris, France? Isn't that miles away from here?" He managed to say.

Sharpay nodded, "Yeah."

"Oh." Zeke muttered.

"Are you going to faint?"

Zeke shook his head and let out a small smile, "Zeke Baylor doesn't faint." He said, "Although Freaky Baker Boy is a little woozy." He added.

Sharpay sat down on the chair and waited for it to sink in. She definitely shocked the boy.

Zeke couldn't believe it, she was moving? What? No way, she just can't move like that. Not that fast. Why not? I did it. She could do it too. I can't stop her from making her dream come true. That's just selfish of me if I did it.

"So are you leaving?" Zeke finally spoke up.

Sharpay shrugged, "I don't know. Nothing's really stopping me. I mean, there's no reason for me not to go right?"

Zeke had an uncomfortable look on his face, "This'll be a great opportunity for you. This is you're big break. Nothing's stopping you now." He put on a fake smile.

Sharpay also put out a small, fake smile. "Yeah, nothing's stopping me, nothing and no one." Sharpay silently begged for him to give her a reason to stay. She wanted to this play, but she might be gone for a long time, which meant that she or Zeke may move on.

They just sat there silently, thinking things over.

"Ryan!" Troy pulled him when he really began beating Brian. He was the only one pulling him back, and Ryan was strong, so he didn't have the strength. "Hey guys! A little help please!" He looked expectantly at the other two guys behind him.

"Oh, sorry!" Chad said as they ran to Ryan, trying their best to pull him back. After quite a struggle, they finally did.

"Sharpay is great girl. You ruined your chance." Ryan yelled before detaching himself from the three and leaving.

Brian looked at the three, "What?" He exclaimed, "Are you gonna beat the hell out of me too?"

Troy shook his head, "I shouldn't have stopped Ryan." He regretted.

Chad and Jason chuckled, "Let's just go." Chad said.

"Oh. If we ever see you again bothering Sharpay again, we're literally throwing Ryan in front of you." Jason said before leaving the place.

Brian shook his head and made himself stand up. He wasn't that badly bruised, but his eye was stinging. "I've got to hand it to the guy; he's one hell of a puncher. I guess he wasn't gay after all." He said, grabbing some ice from the freezer.

Zeke sighed, he left, met Sharpay again, and now she's leaving. I would be really selfish if I told her I loved her and stopped her from fulfilling her dream, right? But maybe, we could, I don't know, have a long distance relationship. But that couldn't work. She might not even like me as something more like a friend.

Sharpay turned her head around and gazed at the city. The city she fell in love with. It was absolutely wonderful. The lights were amazing. The sun was setting which gave the city an orange colour, Sharpay sighed; she's really going to miss this. We're friends, and I'm happy with it. I'm going to accept the job offering and have fun in France, right?

"Listen, Zeke, about the conversation we had earlier I didn't mean to sound angry and rude. It's just, I had a rough night. Brian, you see, uhm, I caught him cheating on me. I got a little drunk, and I had a hangover the next day, so I wasn't really in a mood to talk that early." She explained nervously.

Zeke nodded understandingly, "Yeah, you know, its fine. I shouldn't have pressed it on when I knew you really didn't want to talk about it. It's OK, don't worry about it." He said, "Wait, he cheated on you?" He asked worriedly.

Sharpay smiled sadly at him, "Yeah." She said, "I would be less sad about it if the girl had been more beautiful than me, but hello?!" She exclaimed, "I was pretty sure-no, no. Scratch that. I know I was prettier than the girl."

Zeke chuckled, "Even though I didn't see the girl. I'm sure you were more gorgeous than she could ever be." He complemented.

Sharpay actually blushed. It wasn't as if she wasn't used to getting complements, it was just, it came from Zeke, which actually meant a lot to her. "Continue with the complements." She cockily said, broadly smiling.

"I think I'll stop now. I think you're head's getting bigger than Chad's." Sharpay stuck out her tongue at him, "Shut up." She replied.

"You're a great friend Zeke." Sharpay hugged him tight. "I'm glad I saw you again."

Zeke hugged back, but his thoughts continued to wonder. A great friend, it was ringing in his mind, over and over again. "I'm glad I saw you too." He replied a bit sadly.

AN: I hoped you liked this. 4 chapters to go, but it might turn 5, whatever goes. Now you go and review now. Lol.