"So, are you guys like friends now?" Gabriella asked as she chews her slice of pizza.
Troy and Sharpay looked at each other and shrugged, "I guess." Troy replied
"That's great! Seriously, the tensions you two have been building up these couple of weeks were starting to get creepy." Chad said.
Sharpay and Troy chuckled.
"So, it's almost the weekend! What do you guys wanna do?" Taylor asked,
Ryan and Sharpay looked at each other. "Well, our whole family will be spending the weekend at some beach resort, it's quite far, and we'll ride a plane to get there. You guys wanna come? Alexandra will be there with her friends--" Ryan started but was cut off by Troy.
"Alexandra? Thanks, but no thanks. She practically broke my nose, and I don't intend on getting any other body part get injured." He said sarcastically as he took another bite.
"Aw, come on, guys! Even with Alexandra and her posse, we can still have fun. We'll outnumber her anyway…" Ryan tried to persuade them,
"Ryan, like what Troy said, Alexandra, alone, practically injured him already… imagine what could happen if she has her copy cat crew with her" Chad said being pessimistic.
Ryan sighed. "Curse my older sister for being so cruel," Ryan joked.
"You know, Ryan is right… so who cares if Alexandra is there?" Sharpay asked,
"Whoa! Look who's talking…" Troy teased,
"It could be fun" Sharpay said with a scheming grin on her face,
"What are you thinking?" Taylor asked
"Just the suspense of what will happen if we're there, and they're there, too." She said as she took a bite of her pizza.
Chad seemed to consider, "You're right…" He grew an impish grin,
"Truly, I have no idea what you mean but I'll ride along. Let's go for it!" Gabriella piped up,
"Yeah!" Ryan piped in.
"Fine, but if she breaks my nose again, or any part of my body, I'm filing a restraining order!" Troy teased.
"Great! Be at our place at 5:30 in the morning this Saturday! Or if you like, you can all sleep over at our place instead of going there in the morning" Ryan suggested,
"I'll sleepover." Gabriella said,
"Same here" Taylor said
"We'll all sleepover" Chad said,
Troy sighed and drank his soda.
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It was Friday, and the wildcats were on their way to the Evans' mansion.
"So, you guys ready?" Ryan asked them.
"Yeah" they all replied,
"Alright, let's go then" Ryan said as he opened the door to the black Porsche.
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It was 7:30 pm in the Evans' mansion, and the girls were in Sharpay's room.
They were trying some dresses on for their little weekend escapade.
"That color looks really good on you" Sharpay commented as Gabriella tried on one of Sharpay's dresses.
"Thanks." She said,
She was wearing an apple green, floral dress that fell to her knees.
"You should wear it to the beach this weekend" Sharpay said,
"Are you serious? You're gonna let me wear this to the beach?" Gabriella asked with shocked eyes,
"It is a sundress." Sharpay said with confused eyes.
"Yeah, but it's Valentino, won't you be totally freaked out if I damaged this dress?" Gabriella asked,
"Not exactly; I always get clothes from Valentino. Even if they haven't been sold yet, my mom owns Valentino, remember? I get them for free, and I can always ask for another one" Sharpay said as she started to read a magazine.
"Wow. It must be so amazing to live your life" Taylor mused,
"Not really. I mean, it is pretty cool that I get full access on my parents' companies, but aside from that, it's pretty much boring." Sharpay said as she stood up and grabbed a piece of popcorn, and tossed it in her mouth.
"So, anyhow, are you sure I can borrow this dress?" Gabriella asked again,
"You can take it if you want." Sharpay said,
"Aw, thanks, Shar!" Gabriella said as she hugged Sharpay.
"Don't mention it."
Just then, the boys came knocking on her door, she stood up and yanked the door open. There stood three boys.
"Hey, what's up? Is there anything wrong?" Sharpay asked,
"Nothing much; hey, do you mind if we stay here for a while?" Ryan asked, as he stole an annoyed glance at his room.
"Sure, come in" Sharpay said as she opened the door wider and stepping back to make room for them.
Gabriella and Taylor looked up from the magazines they were reading and looked at the boys with curious expressions.
"Thanks for letting us in. I don't think I could've stand another second in my room!" Ryan exclaimed,
"What exactly did happen?" Taylor asked,
"Well, since my room is just across Alexandra's room, we had to bear with hearing hers and her posse's blood curdling babbling." Ryan explained, and the girls chuckled.
"Well, you guys are welcome to sleep here, if you like. I mean, my room is big enough for all of us… and we can just ask Dorota to bring in some mattresses for you guys…" Sharpay offered,
"We'd love that, Thanks" Ryan said.
"Okay then." Sharpay said as she flopped back to her position before the boys came in.
Troy observed her room. It was clearly the first time he's ever been here. Her room was nothing like what he expected. It had a lot of books; it was pink, of course. It also had lots of paintings; one was of a ballerina, another was a field with flowers, and another was of one of the most well known ships in History, the RMS Titanic. He stopped focusing on the paintings and turned his gaze to see the photos of her and Ryan, with her mom and dad, the whole family, with her nanny, and, to his surprise, a picture of them; all of them, which includes, Ryan, Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Herself, and Himself.
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It was already 11:00pm, everyone was asleep. The boys slept on the mattresses, while Sharpay, Gabriella, and Taylor all slept in Sharpay's huge bed. Sharpay kept on stirring, she couldn't sleep. She sat up, and saw everyone sleeping. She huffed, then, she came to a decision of going outside for a while.
She carefully stood up from her bed, grabbed a book, and tiptoed all the way until she reached her door.
She sprinted to the garden and sat on one of the pool chairs. She brought out her book and started reading to herself.
"Miss Sharpay?" She heard Dorota say,
She looked up and saw Dorota walking over to her with a concerned face,
"Why are you still here? Should not you be in bed right now?" She asked,
"I couldn't sleep, Dorota… I guess some reading and fresh air would do the trick." Sharpay shrugged,
"Very well; but not too late, miss. You have a lot ahead of you tomorrow" She said as she smiled at Sharpay, who smiled back, then walk off.
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Troy was lying down, waiting for sleep to dawn over him. He was absently staring at the ceiling, her chandelier, and some of the paintings; anything to capture his eye.
He suddenly saw Sharpay sitting up; he watched her as she carefully rose from her bed, grabbed her book, and tiptoed out of the room. He raised his eyebrow. He deliberated whether to stay where he was or follow her out. He decided to stay, but then decided that talking to Sharpay would be a lot better than staying here whilst hearing the snores of Chad.
He stood up carefully and walked towards the door. But, before reaching the door, his foot stepped on something spherical in shape, his basketball, causing him to fall on his butt.
"Aw, crap!" He whispered. He looked at his sleeping friends to see if he had awakened any one of them. He saw Gabriella and Chad stir and mumble something imperceptible, but they went back to sleep right away. He sighed in relief, then sprinted to the door.
He wondered where Sharpay could have gone; he didn't want to seem rude to anyone who would see him loitering around some other people's house without the acknowledgement of the owner or anyone near that.
"May I help you, sir?" A woman with an accent asked, he turned around and saw a plump woman, with rosy cheeks and brown hair that was kept in place by a hairnet and a small hat. He recognized her as Sharpay's nanny in one of her pictures.
"Oh, umm… I was just looking for Sharpay, have you seen her anywhere?" He asked,
The woman smiled, "Oh yes, let me lead you to her" She said as she started walking.
"Uh, thank you" Troy thanked her with a smile, even though she wasn't looking.
She led him to the pool, he was at first curious of why would Sharpay be here, and was also starting to doubt the woman, but sure enough she was there.
"Miss, someone is here for you" Dorota said, Sharpay looked up, and the shock was evident in her eyes,
"Troy? What are you doing here?" She asked,
Troy shrugged, "I couldn't sleep" He said.
She chuckled.
"Would you two like something to drink? To eat?" Dorota asked them,
Sharpay turned to Troy, "Do you want anything?" She asked,
"Nah, I'm good" He said.
Sharpay returned to Dorota, "We're fine, thank you" She said with a smile,
"If you insist, I'll be at the kitchen if you need anything" She said with a smile. She then walked off, but when she was far away from view, she turned back to look at them again with an ear-to-ear smile.
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"I thought you were asleep," Sharpay said to Troy,
"Yeah, well, I couldn't. But, I saw you get up, and I decided to come down here with ya, but just so you know, along the process of getting out of your room, I stepped on my stupid Basketball and fell." He said with a smirk.
She laughed quietly, "You never cease to amuse me" She said with a grin planted on her face before shaking her head, then looking back at her book.
"Glad I have that effect on you"
"So, I see you've met Dorota" She said,
"Yeah, she seems really nice. I recognized her from one of your pictures in your room"
"Yeah, well, Dorota is like my mom and dad at the same time when we're in Italy. She takes care of me and Ryan. She's been working with us since I was 6" She told him,
"Wow. I assume you're very attached to her?" He asks
"Very."
There was a pause.
"So, what book are you reading?" He asked, but he kicked himself mentally for asking such question.
Sharpay raised her eyebrows at him, "Pride and Prejudice. Aren't you reading this one, too? We need it for school…"
"Oh, right. Well, I thought you were done with it by now." He said,
"Are you?" She asked
"Absolutely not,"
She giggled.
"So, are you excited for tomorrow?"
"Oh yeah, are you?" He asks,
"Sure, I guess. It could be fun"
"I guess? It could be fun? Why such answers? I thought you would be the most excited among us all," Troy said,
"Well, I have issues." She said with a fake chuckle.
"What issues?" Troy asked as he leaned on the back of the pool chair, he started to gaze at the sky; it had a star cluster showing. It looked beautiful.
Sharpay felt uncomfortable, but Troy seemed oblivious of it. "Nothing big; I'm just not that fond with beaches." She said.
"Hmm." Troy replied, his eyes never leaving the sky.
Sharpay continued reading.
A few minutes had passed by, and Troy looked away from the stars for once to look at Sharpay. She had her nose buried in her book.
"Darn, Shar. You are so boring" He teased.
"Being boring has its own benefits." She replied with a smirk.
"Which are?" he shot back,
"When I finish my book report and get a high grade while you cram and get an F" She snapped with a smile.
He faked a hurt expression. "I am offended. You should apologize to me know"
Sharpay stuck her tongue out at him, and he laughed.
She closed her book shut with a thud sound, then sighed.
"We should get some sleep."
"Yeah" He agreed. They both stood up and walked towards Sharpay's room.
When they got there, they tiptoed to their beds, they laid down and both felt relaxed.
"Night, Troy." Sharpay whispered,
"Night, Shar." Troy whispered back.
Not soon enough, Sharpay heard Troy's soft snores. She chuckled to herself and snuggled her pillow before getting a good night's sleep.
Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Watch out for the next chapter, PLEASE REVIEW!
With Hearts,
LA2021~