This was the first story I'd ever written. Ever. Back in 2007. Like... freshman year. It's very short and- to be honest- not very good. My writing has progressed very much since then. If and when I continue this story it'll be better. Those of you who know my writing know that I can do better. And I will, eventually; or whoever I pass this onto when I decide I can't keep up with FF can... or maybe they won't. Maybe this story will just be one short chapter of random useless writing. Maybe someone who is reading this right now would like to collaborate and help me get this story rolling. Maybe not. Who knows. Huh...

PS; if you actually just read that entire thing? Good for you. xD

There was just something about spring break that made a person wish for summer to come even faster. But not just any person, a person by the name of Sharpay Evans. She rarely stayed home on spring break, normally being pulled to the family country club. However, this summer she had decided to stay home. Not that this was a bad thing. It meant she could hang out with Zeke… although the whole Zeke-I-broke-up-with-you-stop-trying-to-date-me thing made it a little awkward. There was her brother Ryan… but he was always with Kelsi writing music. Chad and Taylor weren't exactly her biggest fans… and they were always with Gabriella and… Troy. She couldn't even think his name without smiling. It was an obvious crush no one seemed to notice. But if they did they hid it well. Conveniently enough, Gabriella and her mother flew down to Mexico for the weeklong vacation, leaving enough time for Troy to realize Sharpay was the one he really wanted.

Or, at least, that was what Sharpay was hoping for.

Seven days later, Sharpay found herself striding through the halls of East High, a smile on her face as she sat in her normal homeroom seat. It was a minute until the bell rang, and Gabriella and Troy were nowhere in sight. Her brown eyes scanned the room quickly as she turned to face her brother in his desk behind her own.

"Ryan, where's Gabriella? Troy?" Sharpay questioned, inclining her head towards the empty seat reserved right in the front for Troy Bolton.

"I saw Gabriella at her locker this morning." Ryan shrugged, not looking up from the packet of sheet music he was reviewing in his hands. He tapped his foot lightly to the beat, ignoring his sister's glare.

It was just as the bell sounded through the hallways of East High that he strode the the door, pulling his stupid girlfriend in behind him. They were smiling, and laughing, and Sharpay felt someone punching her in the stomach. A small hint of shimmer that caught the sunlight could be seen on his lips, the same shimmer that was glossed over Gabriella's lips. Troy smiled as he whispered something into her ear, catching a glance of Sharpay's dagger-stare as he made his way to his seat. There was a look in his eyes. A look that said I'm-not-just-thinking-about-Gabriella-right-now. When he took a seat Sharpay stared at the back of Troy's head, and couldn't help but feel that Gabriella was doing the same.

"You're such a five year old." Sharpay laughed, putting her hands up as Troy splashed pool water at her.

"Actually, we didn't have the pool installed until I was seven, thank you very much." Troy grinned, pulling himself out of the pool, looking like a beach-er, pool- god.

He walked across the patio to the lawn chair where Sharpay was sitting. He shook his head and sent the droplets of water, which had gathered at the tips of his shaggy brown hair, to fly in all directions. Sharpay got a slight chill as oen landed on her arm, the same chill that caused goose bumps to rise on her arms when Troy took her hand and pulled her up.

"Excuse you, Bolton. I was comfortable." Sharpay grinned, teasing Troy by pulling back as he tried to lead her towards the pool.

"You'll survive, Evans." Troy smirked, a small tug breaking Sharpay's resistance and bringing her towards him.

"Not if I'm forced in that cold pool water."

"It's not that cold…"

"Liar."

"Live a little."

Sharpay put on an innocent smile, thinking that if maybe she got close enough she could push him into the pool. It was poorly thought out plan, however, as her eyes gave her away. Troy easily saw what she was trying to do, but by the time he could react, Sharpay was already using her strength to push him backwards into the water. Troy barely managed to grasp Sharpay's waist and pull her in on top of himself. The pair hit the water with an uncomfortable slap, Sharpay letting out a squeamish yell as the cool water hit her bare skin. As she broke the top of the crystal blue pool water, she pushed the sunglasses that had been resting on her nose to sit on the top of her head. Troy's mother peaked her head out of the patio door just as Troy came up from underwater, "Everything alright?"

Troy shook some wet hair out of his face and lifted a thumbs-up to his mom. He turned back and looked at Sharpay with a small smirk, "What?"

"I wasn't supposed to go down with you." Sharpay laughed, splashing water at him.

Troy put his hands up to block the water and laughed, "Ah, stop. Sharpay. Sharpay…"

"Sharpay?"

Sharpay broke out of her trance when Ryan tapped her shoulder. She pushed some fallen bangs from her face and looked up at him, then back at the empty desk where Troy had been sitting only a moment before, then back at Ryan.

"Do you want to be late for class?" Ryan asked, picking his bag up from the desk.

"Oh…sorry. I guess I just…" Sharpay shook her head and stood up, grabbing her purse and pulling it onto her shoulder. "…never mind. Let's go."

"You're so weird." Ryan commented at his sister's answer and walked out into the hallway after her. Afraid of being late, he didn't follow Sharpay to her locker, retreating down the hallway in the opposite direction. Good thing, too. She was thinking of accidentally stepping on his foot for calling her weird.

It wasn't all that far from homeroom to her locker. It also wasn't far from Troy Bolton's locker. The locker Sharpay knew he had a picture of Gabriella in. Was she jealous? Extremely. But she wasn't about to let either of the lovebirds know about it. Especially since Gabriella and Sharpay were technically friends. They'd been hanging out a lot since last year's spring show. The spring she and Troy started dating. In fact, Gabriella called up Sharpay first thing and told her- that had only made her all the more jealous. But Gabriella had calculus second period, and Troy had English, along with Sharpay; which gave her the perfect excuse to stop at his locker before the two of them could walk off to class together...holding hands...sharing a few-

Sharpay shook the thoughts from her head as she pulled the literature book off the shelf in her locker and pushed the metal door shut. She got to the intersection where the two main locker hallways met and looked down to where Troy's locker was. She could see Troy's head just past the shoulder of the brunette girl that was Gabriella Montez. Making eye contact with Troy, she lifted her hand into a wave, then pointing into the direction of class and walking towards it.

As Sharpay neared the classroom she peaked over her shoulder, hoping Troy had ditched his girlfriend to follow her. However, as she did, all she saw was a bunch of small freshman making their way towards a nearby classroom. So Sharpay lifted her head up, placed a trademark smirk on her face and did what she did best in situations like this- flaunt what she did have. She would make Troy fall for her…and she would enjoy every single minute of it.