The sun was shining from up above; the seagulls flew overhead and the people in the beach were scattered. Everyone had just arrived on the beach front. And by everyone, I mean the gang, Alexandra and her girls, Derby and Vance, and the rest of the Evans family.

The gang dropped their things at a spot quite far away from the rest.

"Wow, this is great" Chad said as he sat on the sand and closed his eyes.

"Sure as hell is" Ryan said as he opened their huge white beach umbrella. Sharpay put a towel on the shaded spot under the umbrella and sat there.

After the girls' humiliating encounter earlier that day, they haven't spoken that much. They would cringe away and blush whenever they have eye contact with the boys. Gabriella, who was planning on just wearing short shorts, added a t-shirt as her cover up.

Sharpay, who was planning on just wearing a skirt, decided to wear a dress for her cover up, as well.

And Taylor, whose encounter was the worst among the three of them, decided to wear denim capris with a wife beater.

The boys, on the other hand, wore board shorts and their chests were bare.

"Come on, girls! Ya'll have been pretty quiet. What's the big deal?" Chad asked them,

"Probably just in shock because of our heavenly bodies" Troy said with a smirk. Gabriella and Taylor couldn't help but snicker.

"Hope so…" Ryan said. Sharpay hid under the umbrella as much as possible. The others may not be so aware of this, but Ryan was not one of them. He looked at her with such concern, although he knew better than ask her why… and anyway, he already knew.

Gabriella and Taylor seemed to have loosened up and took off their cover ups. Chad looked at Taylor with pride… while Ryan did his best not to steal a glance at Gabby, but he failed. He looked down sheepishly when they had eye contact.

"So, who's up for some beach volleyball?" Chad asked as he held out the white ball. Taylor, Gabriella, Troy and Ryan beamed.

"We all are!" Taylor said as she grabbed the ball from Chad's hand and she and Gabriella ran to their side of the 'court',

The boys all ran immediately to the opposite side of the court and started to warm up.

"Sharpay, come out here!" Gabriella yelled; Sharpay looked up sheepishly and stood up from under the umbrella and stood beside Gabby.

"Our serve" Taylor said as she backed up a few paces and served the ball perfectly. The boys jumped and hit the ball to the girls' side of the court. Sharpay held out her hand and hit the ball, which flew perfectly towards the boys' side. The game went on and on until they were all very tired.

"I don't want to play anymore" Gabriella said,

"Same here" Chad agreed. Sharpay let out a breath before sitting down under the umbrella again.

"So, what should we do now?" Taylor asked.

"We can go swimming?" Ryan suggested. Everyone seemed to have thought about it for a while before Troy spoke up.

"That's great! I'll race you guys there" He said as he began to run towards the waters. Everyone but Sharpay soon ran after him, hoping to make it there before he does. But in the midst of running, Troy stopped immediately, being unnoticed by the others; and walked back towards Sharpay.

"Hey, you alright?" He asked her as he sat beside her under the umbrella.

"Hmm?" she asked as she looked up, and saw Troy's eyes looking at her with a sweet and concerned look in his face.

"Oh, I'm fine. I'm just not really in the mood to swim; but you should go ahead. Have fun" Sharpay encouraged.

Troy pretended to think about it for a while before shaking his head 'no'.

"I'd rather take a walk. You wanna join me?" He invited. Sharpay smiled and softly nodded. Troy stood up and offered his hand to Sharpay, which she gladly took.

They walked in silence for a while until Troy decided to break it.

"So, what's the real reason you didn't want to go swimming?" He asked. She looked up at him in surprise.

"What do you mean?" she asked; he shrugged, "I don't know, I just thought that maybe there was a reason why you didn't want to swim"

"Oh, well… I don't know, I guess I'm… just not comfortable" She explained to him. It wasn't a complete lie, wasn't it?

"Not comfortable with what, the water?" He asked again. Neither of them knew where this conversation was leading, but no one had the urge to stop it.

"No, not really; I'm just not comfortable with taking this dress off" He knew that if he kept on urging her, she would most likely tell him her secret.

"Why? You look hot!" He exclaimed. She stared up at him with teasing eyes; he first wondered what he said wrong… but then he knew right away.

"I mean… you know…nothing to be insecure about" He quickly added. She burst out laughing and he had to join in.

"Seriously, Shar, I sometimes don't get why you're bulimic" He said; although, he quickly regretted it as soon as the words were out in the open.

Sharpay stopped laughing then and looked him in the eyes with a very serious face.

"What?" She asked,

"I-I…" Troy stuttered; he couldn't think of any logical excuse.

"H-how… HOW DID YOU KNOW?!" She yelled at him; causing some people to look at them with curious eyes.

"Can I please just explain it somewhere else? Please?" He asked her.

Sharpay looked up at him with a hard and worried look on her face. She thought about it for a while before nodding.

"Fine; come on" She said as she dragged him back inside the resort. They sat in the porch area and talked with hushed voices.

"Okay. Explain to me how you found out about my condition" Sharpay demanded. Troy never saw her like this; so mad and…mad.

"It was way back in the sleep-over… I heard you and Ryan talk outside… I didn't follow you; I was out sitting under a tree when you came in… or out, in this case" Troy explained.

"You knew ever since then?!" Sharpay now yelled.

"I know you and Ryan wanted it to be a secret, and you would be so upset if you found out someone else knew… so I kept my mouth shut" Troy defended himself.

Sharpay whimpered as she buried her face in her hands. Troy looked at her guiltily.

"Shar, I'm really sorry… but, I swear that I won't tell a soul about your bulimia." Troy promised as he reached his hand out to touch her shoulder for comfort; but she flinched away from his touch.

"No! I can't believe you just did that! I can't even…I can't even look at you right now! I can't stand being near you…" Sharpay said as she stood up and ran away from Troy. Troy stared at where Sharpay was seated a moment ago; he couldn't believe what just happened.

Troy stood up and walked away, too. He wanted to clear his mind and just…think.

However, when Troy left, a figure came out from behind the wall that was very close to where they had their argument, and smirked.

So Sharpay is bulimic, huh? The figure thought.

Author's Note: Uhoh! Someone else (aside from Troy) knows about Sharpay's condition. Wonder who that could be… oh well, you'll just have to read the second part of this chapter to find out! I want to thank xopeaceQTx13 for giving me the idea of Sharpay finding out that Troy knows; she deserves the biggest credit for this chapter. :D Anyhow, please leave a review! Thanks. Love you, guys!

With Hearts,

LA2021~

PS: Sorry if this chapter was short; it's just the first part anyway. :D