The pool always had a very relaxing effect on Sharpay despite everything that other people believed about her , about how she could never relax and how she always carried the world on her shoulders. That wasn't really true, she only carried some of the world on her shoulders. Being the one to hold all the Status Quo's in line was hard work, not that anyone other then herself would even know that though, not even Ryan. Being in charge of something as big as an entire school was a big task for one person, but since people feared making her angry there wasn't really much she did except glare and act like the stuck up snob people knew and saw her as. It was a horrible image to have, especially for someone so young such as herself, but she relished on it for some strange reason. Maybe it was the power trip it gave her. Sharpay, after all, did love power trips.

There she was, floating around the pool on her own personal floater, her eyes closed and a small smile on her face. This was probably one of the reasons she came out to the pool so often; to relax. Relaxing was hard for her to do unless she was hanging around with Ryan which happened whenever they could get away with it. With their parents hardly being home lately, they were able to be together a lot more often and that actually made for a very happy Sharpay. A happy Sharpay was one that actually smiled instead of glared or frowned, heck she even pouted good naturedly every now and then. But most of all, she even joked around, not exactly good ones, but joked none the less, followed by a laugh - one that wasn't forced.

A quick sigh escaped her lips before her eyes flew open wide and she screamed as she was rolled off the floater and into the water. A splash followed soon after, followed by a shrieking Sharpay. All she heard when she came up from her unannounced water journey was a laugh. She knew that laugh, that laugh belonged to the one person she knew better then herself. It was definitely a laugh that announced that they found what just happened funny. Sharpay didn't find it so funny and now she was soaked from head to toe. Of course that was what swimming pools were for, but she did not like to get wet anywhere outside a hot tub or a shower.

"Ryan!," she growled, her brown eyes finding him on the other side of the upside down floater that was now in between them. There was no way she'd be able to do anything back to him without him knowing what she was going to do. It wasn't the twin telepathy thing either, it was that there was something in between them and she couldn't go over it in a body of water. That was very hard to do.

"Oh, come on, Shar. That was funny."

"No, it wasn't," she shrieked, crossing her wet arms over her chest. It was a good thing they weren't in the deep end of the pool, otherwise she wouldn't be able to do anything but swim to the other end and stalk away, which was something she was going to do anyway.

"Live a little, sis."

"Taking someone unexpected is not funny, Ryan!"

"You do know what a pool is for, right?"

With an eye roll that clearly read 'duh' she uncrossed her arms and swam the remaining few feet to the side of the pool. She hefted herself up and out, walking over to her chaise and wrapping the pink fluffy towel around herself. "I know perfectly well what a pool is used for, but it doesn't mean I have to use it for that reason all the time."

Ryan had followed after her, grabbing his own towel and wrapping it around his waist. A slight smirk appeared on his lips, one that clearly read that he found this amusing whether she did or not, which she clearly did not. "You left me no choice. All you were doing was floating and I was in the water by myself. I thought you wanted to swim."

"I did….but then I changed my mind."

With a quick nod from his end, he took one step forward, wrapped his arms around her and pulled him to her, giving her a full smile now. When it came to Sharpay being mad, he new a few things to make he get out of the funk she liked to reside in. Although when she was really in a mood, he did know better then to try and do anything and instead just went along with her, knowing eventually she'd calm down. But, now, he knew she wasn't that mad about what he did. Eventually she'd cheer up and he was going to help her do that. "Cheer up, Shar."

She rolled her eyes when he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, but she gave in and wrapped her own arms around him and snuggled into his chest. Yes, she wasn't mad at him, just hated being taken by surprise like she had been at that moment in the pool. Made her vulnerable and she hated feeling like that on any day of the week. Sharpay sighed. "Just don't do it again."

With a chuckle, he nodded and leaned his head against hers. "Let's go inside, get dressed and get ready for the party."

The party. She had almost forgotten about that and couldn't help but wince slightly. It wasn't like her to forget something as simple as a party, especially one that they were throwing in only a few hours. She still had to get dressed, make sure the caters delivered the right amount of food and everything else on her long list. It just so happened to be a costume party - clearly her idea - and she was more then ready to take a quick shower and get herself into her costume. It was going to be a long day, especially the next couple of hours.

"Don't worry, Shar, I got most of the stuff ready for tonight," he mentioned. "While we were out here, I had the maid decorate the living room and kitchen for us."

Well, that was one thing off of her list. Finally looking up at him, she gave him a small smile. "You're amazing and always one step ahead of me."

"I know how you are about parties, Shar."

Sharpay didn't know how to take that, instead untangled herself from him, slipping her hand into his, gave a tug on it as she began walking towards the house. "I'm going to pretend you never said that."

Playfully, Ryan rolled his eyes and followed along after her, acting more like an over eager puppy then anything. Usually he'd have hated following after her, but he knew they were going to go and get ready. And he liked the thought of that.