Tyler and Elle, his girlfriend, watched the young man in front of them with interest. They had been talking and asked him a question, but it seems he wasn't even listening. "Do you think he's still breathing?" Tyler whispered to her, he was wearing an amused look.

Elle glared at him and hit his arm a bit hard, "Of course he is! He's blinking isn't he?!" She hissed as she ate her cereal on the counter. "Yeah, he is blinking. But is it normal to blink that many times? He's been zoning out a lot lately." He replied.

Zeke was sitting on the couch, engulfed in his own thoughts. He was switching channels when he just stopped and let his thoughts take over him.

Zeke and Sharpay were quietly cuddling with each other as they watched their friends play in the pool at Lava Springs. They were peacefully lying down on a reclining pool chair, as Sharpay leaned on Zeke, while he wrapped his arms around her."Zeke." She whispered catching his attention.

"Yes?"

It was the night of the Star Dazzle Talent show gone wild. Well, that was what she called it. She was replaced by Gabriella, yet again, and she let another person except Ryan see her cry. She never cried in front of anyone, except for her twin of course.

"Thank you." Sharpay was shocked that it wasn't as painful as she thought it would be. She never thanked anyone for anything. Zeke wasn't expecting a thanks, he was expecting more of a "stop hugging me now go and evaporate" thing.

"What?" He said stupidly. He wanted to smack himself on the head as he heard how stupid his response was.

"Thank you." She said seriously.

Zeke smiled at her, and for some reason, made her heart jump a bit. "For what? You don't need to thank me for anything."

"When everybody was against me, you were there. You didn't leave my side; even though you were the person I would act the iciest too." She said, Chad splashed water to the two, they weren't even that wet, just droplets of water on their clothes. She shrieked with anger while Zeke laughed. She was about to stand up and give Chad a piece of her mind when a hand grabbed hers.

Sharpay sighed, and leaned on Zeke again. "Well, you were next to Chad. I was iciest to him. Jerk." She hissed, as she tried fixing her wet hair. Zeke continued to silently watch her.

After a few struggles, she finally stopped fixing her hair, realizing it was very had to fix. Sharpay looked up to him, he could see the nervousness in her eyes. "Well? Aren't you going to say something? Anything?"

Zeke tiredly smiled at her, "I will when I'm ready."

Sharpay pouted, "Well, I'm not waiting forever Zeke. Just ask me to one of your stupid little dates so I could say yes already." This was a side of Sharpay that she didn't let anyone see, except Ryan. She was joking, and acting nice.

Zeke chuckled for a bit, but then he realized what Sharpay said. "Wait. What?" Then he got what she was trying to say. Sharpay giggled at how dense he was. "Will you go out with me Sharpay?"

Sharpay shrugged, her acting skills beginning to work again. "I don't know. Let me check my schedule." She sarcastically said.

Zeke got that disappointed look on his face, as his shoulders sank lower. He really thought she was serious. "Oh." He sadly said.

Sharpay's heart almost melted at the sight. It was the way her heart melted every time she looked at Troy's eyes, but this time, it was melting for Zeke. She looked at Troy and caught his eye, no spark, no melting. Her eyes sparkled with happiness as she looked up again. "Yup, I'm free anytime this week for Zeke Baylor. But if it's for anybody else, I'm busy."

"Oh, that is just so cool!" He excitedly said, flashing her boyish smile. He suddenly looked at her seriously, "Can you excuse me for a second?"

Sharpay looked at him weirdly, "Ok, but I don't think that's the way you thank a person who just accepted an invitation for a date, you know."

Zeke nodded before standing up, "Of course." He kissed her cheek and smiled. He surprised her when he ran to the pool and jumped, yelling, "She said yes!"

Sharpay giggled and blushed as everybody looked at her. The guys knew what he meant; Zeke had been telling them this. If Sharpay had ever said yes to him, and there's a pool close to him, he'd jump and yell. The other girls flashed Sharpay a questioning look while the guys clapped as Zeke continued to swim happily.

Finally Zeke got out of the pool and ran to her. He smirked at her, making her wonder what exactly he was thinking. "Sharpay." He sang, "Want a hug?" He said, walking to her with his arms wide open.

Sharpay's eyes widened, "Oh, no, no! Don't you dare Zeke! You are freakin' wet!" She said as she ran for it with Zeke trailing behind her.

"Oh come on Shar!" He laughed as he finally caught her; she was shrieking and laughing at the same time. He hugged her as she tried to get away, after awhile, when she realized she was wet anyways, she hugged him back.

It felt right to hug each other, Zeke noted. It felt like they fitted each other perfectly. Sharpay pulled back from the hug and looked up, and caught his eyes. She pouted, "I'm wet, I hate you."

Zeke mockingly laughed, but then stopped when Sharpay was leaning in. He closed his eyes and leaned in slowly. Zeke could feel her breath against his lips, and then..almostand the next thing he knew he was under water again. He surfaced and glared at the laughing figure in front.

"Did you actually think I was letting you get away with that?" Sharpay asked as she continued to laugh.

"Ty..I don't think your brother is OK." Elle worriedly sat next to Zeke. He was still zoning out. Tyler scratched his head, "I agree. You wake him up."

"Why me? He's your brother."

The door suddenly opened, the couple's attention turned to the door. They saw Sharpay standing there, "The marvellous Sharpay has arrived." She's been hanging out for the last 2 weeks. She's been spending a lot more time with Zeke. Tyler and Elle smiled at Sharpay. They loved her, but Tyler kept teasing Sharpay which had them arguing most of the time.

"Can you help us?" Elle pleaded.

Sharpay closed the door, "Okie dokie. What's the problem?" She happily skipped to them, her voice was a jolly voice.

Tyler rolled his eyes and pointed to his brother, "He's been like this for days. We were just talking and then he zoned out."

Sharpay giggled, she sat down next to Zeke and shook him softly first. "Zeke." She whispered.

The three didn't notice anything happening, "Zeke!" She yelled.

No change. She placed her mouth near his ear, "Baker boy!" She spat out loudly.

That got his attention. Zeke jumped at the sudden loud voice in his ear, and looked around to see three faces looking at him closely, which made him, scared and fall out of the couch.

"Ouch." He remarked.

"You OK?" Sharpay said, reaching out a hand for him to take. He gratefully took it and sat on the couch again. "I'm fine, just deaf." Sharpay glared at him.

Elle nudged Tyler, signalling that they should go and leave the two alone. They made up some lame excuse and left.

"Sharpay, I know what I'm about to say is going to sound really selfish, so please don't hate me." Zeke said, deciding he'll tell her he doesn't want her to leave.

Sharpay nodded, she was a bit nervous. What was he exactly going to say? "Sure."

"I don't want you to leave."

"What?"

"I don't want you to leave; I'm going to miss you so much." He said, looking away.

Sharpay looked at him sadly; she held his chin and forced him to look at her. He looked at her, but he concentrated on her chin instead of her eyes. "Zeke, look me in the eye, please." She pleaded.

"You know, I'm gonna miss you too right? You've been gone for years, I just saw you again three months ago; I don't want to leave too. But, Zeke, this is important to me." She explained.

He looked her in the eye; he could see the sadness in it. "I still lo-like you." He blurted out. They both could see in each other's eyes the shock and nervousness. He almost said love, but it was a good thing he didn't.

"You-what-huh?" Sharpay stuttered, clutching his hand tightly. Is she dreaming? 'Somebody pinch me. I seriously must be dreaming.' She thought.

"OK, that didn't come out right." He removed her grasp on his hands and began to pace back and forth in front of her. "I don't want you to leave, cause I still like you."

"So, let me get things straight." She began to say, as she continued to watch Zeke pace in front of her. "I'm leaving. You, don't want me, to leave. And the reason is you like me. Is that right?" She slowly said, taking it in.

"Basically yes." He stopped pacing and finally sat down next to her. "Look, its fine if you don't feel the same way I do now. But it just, it hurts so much to lose you when I just found you. Like I said years ago, I probably will always lo-" He got cut off with Sharpay's lips crashing to his.

The kiss was a desperate but the sparks was very visible. It was somewhat the kiss they've been trying not to do since they met each other again.

Sharpay was the one who pulled back first, she was breathing heavily as her hands were snaked on Zeke's neck as his hands were on her waist. Her forehead was leaning against his, and she had her eyes closed. She couldn't believe she did that. She won't lie, it was intense.

Zeke leaned in again, but all he did was place a small peck on her lips. He opened his eyes and looked directly at hers, "I still love you Sharpay." He said, with all honesty.

Sharpay looked at anything but his eyes. She hated his honesty. She didn't know if she was happy he loved her, or she was angry that he said this a month before she leaves.

AN: Yes, it's short, but I have minimum computer time. Stupid grades. Hmph. Anyway, I still don't get it. My mom gets angry because I had a low grade in my Math quiz, but the weird thing is that, I passed the test. I passed it. It was a bit low, but I passed it. I think that one-fourth of my class passed this, the others failed. I explained it to her, but nooooo. She's angry, grr? Lol, I'll probably update soon. I request 5 or more reviews for this chapter, please? Reviews inspire me to write more every day.