Chapter 1: Movies

I was never one to say what I was thinking. Or what I thought. Anything that was rude to anyone, I would keep to myself and be nice. I wasn't very outspoken, I kept to myself most of the time, yet I wasn't shy. I was quiet person, naturally, so I didn't have much to say to anyone except my family and friends. When I did talk, I was so bubbly and funny, at least thats how everyone tells me I am. I don't believe that. My mom always told me that I don't see myself clear enough, that I don't know myself. She says that all my friends loved me because of the way I see things. I still don't believe her. How could anyone love me for that? There was nothing special about how I perceived the world, I saw it just like everyone else saw it. Something happens to you and it's up to you how you deal with it. If my mom thinks that that is the reason why my friends love me then she must be on something...

"Sharpay?"

I heard from the front of the classroom. I looked up and saw the teacher, and most of the class, staring at me. I opened my mouth to answer but I had not heard the question. I must had started to daydream.

My eyes looked around the room until they found the green eyes of my best friend. He was mouthing something.

'North Atlantic Drift' I read.

"North Atlantic Drift." I answered.

"Correct." The teacher of my World Geography class, , said and turned to ask a question to a stocky red head in the front.

I turned to thank Chad, but her was looking to the front so I decided to thank him after class.

I paid attention until the final bell. I grabbed my books and bag and headed out the door. When I got there Chad was waiting on me. I got there and we started to walk to our lockers.

As we both turned our locker combination, I said, "Thank you Chad. I would have missed that question if it wasn't for you."

"It was my pleasure. I love helping my friends. Anyways, what are you doing this weekend? Taylor told me that y'all are going to the movies tonight."

You see, Chad was my best friend as I was his, the way it had been for years. He was dark, tall, athletic, and pretty handsome to most people that saw him. He had caramel skin, long brown hair, which he kept mostly in braids, and green eyes that he got from his father. His eyes were the most remarkable feature he had because you wouldn't expect him to have green eyes, but his grandfather's father had green eyes and they were dominant in the men in his family. To most of the girls at our high school, he was one of the sexiest African American boys up here, but to me, he was just my best friend.

"Yep. Me, Taylor, and Ryan."

"Do you mind if I come?"

"Sure." Why did he even ask? He knew he could come.

"Great, cause there's this new movie that came out and I have been dying to see it."

"What's it about?"

"Its about how this man-" He started to describe the movie to me in detail, but I wasn't listening because just as he talked, Zeke, the cutest guy at our school, walked past our lockers.

Zeke looked like an angel sent from heaven. His beautiful brown eyes, his dark brown hair, his great body, and his almost flawless face. He saw me staring, no ogling, at him and smiled at me. Then he continued walking.

I stared after him for a while until a hand waved in-front of my face.

"Earth to Sharpay. Earth to Sharpay. Is there anyone there?"

I shook my head out of the daze, and focused back on Chad. "Yes?"

"You know? The movie?" I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion. "Did you even hear a word I said?"

"No." I admitted.

He turned and continued to take his stuff out his locker. I followed his example. When he finished, he turned and waited on me, since his mom was our ride home. I grabbed the rest of my stuff, closed it, then followed him out the building. We walked to the corner and waited for his mother. When I couldn't stand the silence anymore, I turned to him and pulled on his sleeve. He turned and looked down at me. (I was about 5'3 and he was a good 5'8)

"Chad please, don't be mad."

"I'm not mad." His voice was calm, but his green eyes betrayed him.

"Yes you are. Admit it."

He sighed and closed his eyes. "Okay, I'm a tiny bit angry."

I already knew it. He couldn't lie to me, I know him better then anyone. We've been best friends since we were toddlers, and knew everything about each other. Our mothers had met at this parent group thing and had decided to set their three year old kids on a play date with each other. We had been close every since. So after all these years it was pretty easy to read him, like an open book.

"I'm sorry. Do you forgive me?" I asked. He crossed his arms across his chest in a way that told me he was thinking about it. So I pressed on. "Please, Chaddy, forgive me." I used the name I had called him when we were little as a nickname.

He sighed and unfolded his arms."Okay, I forgive you." He looked down and smiled at me. He couldn't say no when I begged with his nickname, I knew that for a fact. Just like I couldn't say no when he used his puppy dogs eyes.

His mom drove up and we both got in.

I said good bye when they dropped me off at my house, then went in. I closed and locked the door and looked around. Everything was how I left it. The living room was clean.

The two dark green couches ran along two walls, opposite of the TV. The dark brown coffee table in the middle of the room held nothing but a vase of flowers and the Biology book I had left this morning. The pictures were hanging exactly the same way.

I walked up the staircase to the hallway that led to my room. At the end of the hall was my mom's room. Her room was about ten feet down the hall.

I walked in my room and looked around it, like I always did. It was also the same. My computer desk was still clean, my bed still made, and paper still stacked. I was a kind of a neat freak, at least that's what my friends call my neatness.

I sat my bag beside my desk and sat at my computer and was about to log on when my phone rang. I reached to the side and took the cordless phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey Sharpay." The voice came through the receiver, and I knew automatically who it was.

"Hey Taylor, whats up?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to make sure you was still coming tonight."

"Yea of course."

"Ok, because I know how your mother is sometimes."

"She's ok with it. And plus, she won't be here until after we leave, so shes ok with it."

"Ok, me and Ryan will pick you up at 7."

"Okay. OH! And Chad's coming."

"Ok, we'll pick him up first then you ok?"

"Ok."

"Bye."

"Bye." We hung up.

I looked around for something to do for the next hour and a half. There was nothing to do. No homework, nothing on TV to watch, no one to speak to, and nothing on the computer to do.

After a while, I got up and decided to get dressed. I didn't want to wear the same clothes I wore to school to the movies.

I went to my closet and opened the door. I was greeted by my colorful wardrobe. I looked through the all the assorted colors: the red, yellow, baby blue, light purple, white, pink, lime, green, and orange were at the front of my closet while the dark purple, dark red, dark blue, dark gray, and black were at the back. This was how my closet had always been. The bright, hopeful, colors at the front, the dark, depressing colors at the back. Everything at the back of my closet was practically new, because I always wore something bright and hopeful.

I finally decided on a bright blue shirt with a denim mini-shirt. I put on the clothes and looked at myself in the body-length mirror hanging from my closet door. I did a little twirl and liked what I saw. I saw a smile appear on the reflected girl's face.

I closed the door and went downstairs to the kitchen. I grabbed a mug from the cabinet and went to the ice box and got some juice. As I sat down on the bigger couch and drunk while I waited for my ride. Just as I finished, there was a car honk outside.

I put the mug on the table, grabbed my jacket, and went outside. I locked the door before going out to Ryan's car.

I jumped in the backseat and we drove off.

Ryan was in the driver's seat while Taylor was in the passenger seat. Chad sat next to me and behind Ryan. These were my three main friends.

I could hear Taylor talking to Ryan about what they should do for their anniversary tomorrow. Ryan and Taylor were a couple, and had been one since I met them at the beginning of our freshman year, two years ago. They were a very sweet couple and perfect for each other, except for a for a few things. Taylor had told me once that she and Ryan were in love and I had laughed at that. How could two 16 year old know they're in love? I hadn't believed it because of some secret interactions that had happened between me and Ryan.

Chad tapped my shoulder.

"What movie do you want to see?"

I shrugged. "I'll see what you see. I just wanted to get out of that empty house."

"Your mom's not at home." It wasn't a question.

"Nope, her boss gave her another promotion. The job is great paying, but she has to work long hours. Five a.m. to about ten at night."

He put his arm around my shoulders. "That must suck. You have to be in that big empty house alone. No supervision." I caught a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Yea, it is."

"Do you want us to spend the night with you tonight?" Ryan asked, a little too anxious.

I shook my head. "No, its okay."

By this time we pulled into a parking space in front of the movie theater. We went up to the office box and got our tickets.

As I followed Ryan and Taylor, who was kissing and flirting as we walked, Chad came up beside me.

"It must suck being the third wheel all the time."

"No." He gave me his 'tell the truth' look. "Okay, it does, but I like coming along."

"Well lets go get some popcorn." He said and I followed him to the counter without opposition.

That's chapter 1, tell me what you think and if you like it. Should I make the chapters longer? Shorter? Is this not making any sense? Please review and tell me what you think. I don't know why, I just put Chad with green eyes.

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