Chapter four- Something else?

disclamier- No. I don't own HSM. Thanks for that confidence boost though.

A/N- HSM3 premeires TODAY!! Whoop whoop. I'll proabably catch it sometime later this week with a friends. Possible tonight if I'm really lucky. If you've seen it tell me about it.

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"This isn't easy but...I just got a call from Mr. Sandorn and he said that Kyle...honey, he died."

Sharpay sat there moentionless. She didn't even blink. Her breathe was caught in her throat and she knew she was going to cry, but no tears came. She had known Kyle snce she was a little girl. He was a foster kid also and was living with them for the longest time. Then his birth parents looked him up and decided they wanted him. It was three years ago that he left and apparently he'd been getting in trouble with drinking and drugs, but she never imagined this could happen.

Feeling like she'd just been punched in the gut she did the only thing she could think of. She got up and ran to her room, filing past Troy, Ryan, and Chad who had all came back inside. They all looked after her curiously as Vance called after her.

"Dad? What happened?" Ryan questioned.

Vance sighed sadly and shook his head. "She found out about Kyle's death."

"Oh, God." He muttered before taking off after her.

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Sharpay sighed as she slumped into her seat next to Troy with a plop. The chairs were hard and uncomfortable in the ocean blue waiting room. They were toys sitting infront of the pictures of differnt animals and colorful hangings on teh wall. It was definitly a children's waiting room.

"Wow, this is taking longer than I thought." Troy said, breaking the silnce of the room. They were the only two in the room except for the lady at the counter who was had the glass pulled over the window and was talking on the phone to someone else.

"I'm sure it's taking some convincing to get Lizzie to sit still long enough for them to give her the shot." Sharpay replied with a small smile.

"So, not that I mind," Troy started carefully. "But why are all three of us here and only Ryan is in there with her?"

"Because were taking Lizzie out for ice cream afterwards and she wanted everyone to go."

"Okay, then how come your not with her while she gets her shot?" He asked, referring tot he flu shot she was currently getting.

Sharpay smiled. "Because Ryan is her big brother who protects her when she's scared. I'm her best friend and cool big sister." She grinned.

"Cool, huh?" He smirked. "I've seen no evidence."

She laughed, playfully hitting his arm. "You're so mean to me."

They were silnt for a while, just enjoying the company of each other until Troy asked the question he'd been waiting to for quite some time now. "So um...how are you since...you know."

"Kyle's death?" She questions, her eyes staring blankly into his.

"Yeah."

"I'm okay...I guess." She said, her eyes downcast to the floor.

He gently reached over and placed his hand over hers. "If you ever want to talk you know I'm here. Remeber, talking helps." He smiled.

She gave a small smile in gratitude. "Thanks. I might take you up on that."

"Okay guys." Came Ryan's voice as he came out with Lizzie who was holding a sucker and now had a turtle dandage on her left arm. (I got my flu shot yesterday and differnt shot today, sucks right?, and they used a turtle bandage on me today, LOL. I'm like 'I'm not five'.) "I think we're ready."

"Okay." Sharpay answered, then looked at Lizzie. "You okay?"

Lizzie nodded, her sucker still in her mouth. "It wasn't so bad."

Sharpay smiled and gave her a hug. "I told you it would be okay. You ready for some ice cream?"

"Yes!" She yelled excitedly, slightly jumping up and down. Sharpay, Troy and Ryan laughed as they gathered up their stuff.

"Then let's get to it." Ryan said, motionging for Lizzie to jump on his back. She did, and he gave her a piggyback ride out of the offices.

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The night air was breezy in the town park, all you could hear were the giggles of Gabriella Montez and the laughs of her boyfriend.

"Ryan..." Gabriella giggled, trying to catch her breath. "Ryan, stop tickling me!"

"Not until you admit that I'm cuter than Brad Pitt." Ryan said as he and Gabriella sat up in the tree house in the park.

"Fine, fine. You're cuter!"

"Thank you." He stopped tickling her and helped her up as he placed a short kiss on her lips. "So you about ready to head home?"

"Nah, let's just stay here for a while." She said, wrapping her arms around Ryan's waist as he put his arm over her shoulder. "This is nice."

"Yeah, it is." He replied happily.

"So...how's Shar doing since Kyle died?" Gabriella asked with consern for her best friend.

"I don't know...she hasn't really talked about it. I think when she's ready to she'll probably end up talking to Troy. They seem to have gotten really close."

"Are you okay with that? I mean, I know when Kyle and Sharpay were so close you got a little jealous of their relationship."

"Nah, that was differnt. That was because Kyle was like her brother. Troy...I think he's like somethign else." He said, his eyes gaving at the star filled sky.

Gabriella raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Have you ever noticed how they always flirt or they're always in close contact? I think they might be into each other."

Gabriella was about to protest, but the more she thought about it the more sence it made. They were very close and Troy was an attractive guy and Sharpay was an attractive girl. It made sence. "Maybe...I'm going to talk to Shar about it."

"Okay, but don't be too obvious."

"Please Ry, I'm as cool as they come." She grinned. Ryan rolled his eyes, hugging her closer.

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I know it's realy short but that's all I had time to do. I put a little Troypay and some Ryella in there, which I don't normally do, lol. And my arm hurts sooo bad from my shots. Anyways, please review and tell me what you think.

Oh, and did anyone see the Zashley moment in moviephone with Corbin, Ashley, Zac, and Vanessa? It was an extra clip about corbin's dream date and Zac started flicking Ashley then they were like playign with each others hands. Corbin was like 'What are you two doing?' it was funny and soo cute. And then Zac and Ashley intervewed each other for Myspace artist to artist. It was cute. I love their friendship. I would probably like it more if they were together, but they have the cutest moments. You never see moments like that with Zanessa. Ashley and Zac are just so comfortable and free around each other. It's so adorbale. And have you seen Ash's new hair color. I love it! She looked so beautiful at the HSM3 premiere in California. She looked so glamoras and gorgeous!

And one other thing, her 17 magize cover. She looked amazing!! I loved the interview, but I think it's funny how with every interview with Ashley or Vanessa, they always ask about Zac. But you can see in her interview how close her and Zac are. It's very sweet. Okay...I'm done gushing now, lol.

And also, if you've seen HSM3, let me know what you thought about it. I know I can't wait to see it.