Update 11/26/2009: This is the new Chapter 7

Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter. I know it has been a while. Thank you to everyone who has been waiting patiently. I have had severe writer's block for the last few weeks, however, I am over it now. This chapter is around 5000 words. I hope that makes up for the long wait.

Reminder this story takes place in 2008. That will be imported later on.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to HSM or any of the songs mentioned in this chapter. All recognizable characters or songs belong to the original writers or copyright holders. This is purely for entertainment purposes.

This chapter is rating M.

Chapter 7: Chad, where's my bra? Part II

"Chad where's my bra?" Chad was completely shock by her question. He Should have known better. Of all the questions she could have asked him about, she asked about an article of clothing. Only Sharpay would be more concerned about an article of missing clothing than anything else.

"You're missing your keys, your cell phone, and your wallet from that pile of clothing in your hands. Yet you ask about your bra?" Chad responded in exasperation.

"It is a $300 custom-made bra with my initials in the design that fits perfectly. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a decent bra when you are an abnormal size?" Sharpay said in a whiny voice as she sat down on the bed she used the night before.

She did not have to describe the lacy article of clothing. He received an excellent view of said item when it landed on his head the night before. However, he would never tell her that.

Other than her panicking about her memory loss, he was happy that she did not remember anything from the night before. He really hoped she would not regain her memory of her final performance. The images of the night before would forever be in his mind. He would be taking ice cold showers for the next month.

He found it ironic that the first mostly naked female body he ever saw in person was Sharpay Evans. Another thing he would never tell Taylor. He could not think about that right now. He needed to focus on the situation at hand which was the extremely irrational Sharpay on the verge of cracking up.

"Considering all the other things you can ask about, you are asking me questions about an article of clothing. Did anyone ever tell you that your priorities are very skewed Evans?"

"It is a very important article of clothing. If I knew where it was then maybe I would have an ideal of what you and I did last night." The panic was back in hervoice again and this time it was worse.

"Nothing happened Sharpay." Chad said defensively. That was not completely accurate. Something happened the night before, but not that. If he were a weaker person, it probably would have. The situation had been very tempting. He would not do that to Sharpay and he would never treat Taylor like Zeke treated Sharpay.

"We kissed at least six times last night and there is a giant hickey on your neck. I am sure I have one to match. That is so not anything." Sharpay said almost screaming as she pointed out the obvious.

"We were performing for Penelope." He said trying to make himself and Sharpay believe that to be the truth. Even if he was starting to have some doubts about what really happened the night before at this point. However, this is the version of the truth he will tell Sharpay now and Taylor later when she comes to visit him during the second weekend of October. In the interest of self-preservation, he would keep the details of the night before to himself and hopefully Taylor and Sharpay will never find out.

He knew that Sharpay would not say anything even if she remembered. The two girls were not friends. There would not be 3:00 AM phone calls to gossip about the latest things happening between these two. They could barely stand each other in high school. This probably made the situation even worse.

It was not as if they were planning on anything happening. Nothing happened - it really was all just an act for Penelope. That is what he needed to believe and convince Sharpay of right now before she fainted. The fact that he initiated a kiss when they were alone in his bedroom was completely irrelevant. It didn't matter that Sharpay put on a personal 'performance' for him that was better than anything he could find on the Internet. In Sharpay's alcohol influenced mind she was just doing in acting exercise or maybe dancing to a certain song.

"If you're acting skills were that good in junior year no one could have stood a chance against you. I almost believed it was real." To him it did feel real. Her kisses felt like fire and ice together. It was unlike anything he ever experienced before.

"Thank you, I knew the work at the community theater this summer would pay off." She said as she sat on his bed. "But back to the matter at hand, what happened last night?"

"I know you are scared right now. However, I'm not like that prick Richard who took something that you didn't want to give. I'm not like Zeke who betrayed you with Penelope. I know we are just starting not to hate each other. However, I am your friend Sharpay. I will not hurt you." He said walking over towards her and sitting next to her on his bed.

"I know I trust you, it is just... Wait how do you know about Richard and Zeke?" Sharpay question Chad.

"I have my sources. Also, you're very talkative when you're drunk. I have no idea you wanted me in handcuffs and a police uniform so badly." For the first time ever Sharpay Evans was completely speechless.

Thursday afternoon

Chad quietly sat in one of the somewhat decent cafeterias on campus picking at his deli sandwich. It was his first meal in almost six days without Sharpay. It seemed strange to be in the cafeteria without her. He realized he had been holding onto her for dear life this first week.

He knew he needed to make new friends. He just did not want to make the same type of friends he had in high school. He was tired of pretending to be the dumb jock. He could not understand how anybody bought the act. He was taking AP Biology in the 10th grade. As he was starting to learn from Sharpay, people only see the person that you want them to see.

There was more going on with Sharpay than the mountain lion ice queen persona. Right now the two biggest questions about the real Sharpay involved Zeke and Richard. Today in film class the moment Richard tried to speak with her, she went completely rigid and Kim threatened him with a painful death. Sharpay would not tell him what was going on, but he knew Kim would. Unfortunately, the two were together now, which was the cause of Chad eating alone in the cafeteria. He was just happy Penelope had class right now. He could not stand the girl.

Thoughts of Penelope made him wonder if what she said about Zeke was true. Right now was the perfect opportunity for him to call Zeke. He knew that he could not trust anything that came out Penelope's mouth. Therefore, before he could even think about changing his mind he pressed number six on his phone.

"Long time no call," answered Zeke on the other side of the phone.

"It has only been two weeks. How is Chicago?" Chad responded back.

"Chicago is definitely different from New Mexico, but I like it here. Classes are much more difficult than high school. I miss free period." Chad chuckled at that. Although he missed free period, in truth, Chad did not find college that much more difficult academically than high school. Maybe because he has been taking AP classes and doing college level worked for most of high school.

"I haven't found the class work more difficult." Chad responded to Zeke.

"That's because you're probably taking Mickey Mouse classes like you did in high school." Chad did not know whether to be happy that his friends bought his stupid act so well or upset that they did not believe him to be as intelligent as he actually was. For example in 10th grade most of his friends believed he was not in algebra II because he was behind. In reality, he was taking trigonometry with Kim. However, that is okay if he could fool them then, he could fool Zeke again into confessing his sins against Sharpay.

"Trust me my pre calculus class is much more difficult than Classical French Cooking 101. By the way guess who's in my math class?" In reality Chad was actually taking Calculus B but Zeke wouldn't believe that.

"Probably Sharpay, however, I don't see how she or you for that matter can be taking pre calculus. How is my ice queen ex girlfriend doing anyway? Is she just as frigid as before?" Zeke's comment just pissed Chad off. Instead of reacting he bit his tongue and continued with his plan.

"She is definitely less frigid than high school. I think the lack of peroxide is helping tremendously, as well as, being away from stupid conceded idiots. She is actually on my floor in the dorms. However, I am talking about Penelope."

"From West High?"

"Yes that Penelope. I am sure you know her well. She has been chasing me around all week."

"Very fun person. Just be careful, if Taylor finds out you may never be able to have children." From the way that Zeke said fun made Chad almost positive of the truth of Penelope statements.

"I'm sure Sharpay would have done worse to you if you did something with Penelope behind her back."

"Yes, but that's why Sharpay never found out." Chad could not believe Zeke confessed without any coaching.

"You were with Penelope?" Chad asked to clarify.

"Several times," Zeke said it so smugly that Chad wanted to reach through the phone and strangle him.

"You didn't care that you cheated on Sharpay?"

"Why should I care? She chased Troy around like a lost puppy the entire time we were together. Besides, she wouldn't give me what I wanted and Penelope would"

"Sharpay was not trying to get with Troy after you and hergot together. She just wanted a new acting partner." Chad said in Sharpay's defense.

"How would you know that?"

"I just do. I have to leave for class in few minutes. I'll talk to you later." Chad said not giving Zeke time to reply before he slammed his phone shut. That afternoon in chemistry class, Chad fantasized about the many ways he could break Zeke in half.

Friday night 10:30 PM

"Your acting skills are improving. Wonderful performance Sharpay I almost believed it was real. However, like Chad is really your boyfriend." Penelope said in a voice that made Sharpay want to kill her. "Why would a guy like that be with a bitch like you? You are a shallow brat who would not know how to show a man a good time if you tried. He's a god and you are nothing. You could not keep your last boyfriend from straying. It was my name he screamed in the boys' locker room last winter when I made him come."

As the little girl continued to speak, Sharpay could only see red. Did Zeke actually cheat on her with this slut? For some reason she knew Penelope's putdowns were more than just talk.

"I'm sure 15 minutes with me and Chad won't even remember your name." For some reason she wouldn't understand or remember later, Penelope's words about Chad spark something within her that was beyond anger. Even if Chad was not really her boyfriend, she wouldn't let the evil one get anywhere near her Chad.

"Why would Chad ever want someone like you Penelope, when he has me? Not all relationships are about sex. Unlike your usual prey, Chad needs someone who can use multi syllable words." Before she finished talking, Sharpay was walking to Chad for the second time that night.

She needed to prove to Penelope once and for all that Chad was hers even if in reality he was Taylor's love. This would be the greatest performance of Sharpay's life. Within seconds, she was with Chad again. Before he knew, what was going on she pressed him up against the nearest wall and began to kiss him with such passion that he couldn't breathe. One hand was in his hair while the other one held him in place against the wall.

When she finally moved from his lips to his neck, he finally found his voice. "Sharpay what are you doing?"

"Convincing her that this is real," Sharpay whispered in his ear as she continued to touch him.

"Yes but most stage kisses don't look like the parties involved are about to take each other's clothes off. They also do not involve that much tongue," he said in a breathy whisper.

"She was fucking Zeke while we were dating."

"I know," was all he said as his mouth merge with hers once more.

Saturday morning 12:55 AM

Chad stood in the back of the room drinking his second beer of the evening. Sharpay was currently on stage singing a very disturbing version of Wake Up Call by Maroon 5. The performance was complete with the mutilation of a teddy bear. Standing next to him Kim was filming the entire incident for posterity and possibly blackmail.

"I can't believe she got in to Alex's toy chest. That's his favorite teddy bear."

"Who is Alex? Is he your brother or something?"

"Something like that," she answered noncommittally. "The only reason why I'm not mad is she has no idea she is drunk right now.

"What do you mean she is drunk? All she drank was that sugar-free punch."

"Apparently my roommate believes Crystal Light should be made with vodka. No one can get that buzzed off of artificial sweetener." As he turned back to the stage/tabletop he noticed Sharpay stumbling around as she continued to sing.

"You go get the coffee; I will get her off the stage." Chad said as he ran to the makeshift karaoke stage.

"How am I going to get a no fat soy latte at 1 AM? She will not drink normal coffee even if she is drunk." Kim said to the retreating Chad.

Saturday morning 1:45 AM

"I can't believe you talked me into walking her back to the dorms. I also cannot believe you are taping this. If you put this on the internet Sharpay will kill you." Chad said as Sharpay continued to sing and dance her way across campus. Currently she was singing a very unusual version of Michael Jackson's Who Is It. Sharpay was inserting Penelope's name in the chorus and making comments like, "it would make more sense if it was Ryan". Of course he only paid attention to that 'I am so lonely' line. That part broke his heart.

"I'm taping this because there's no way Sharpay will believe what happened without evidence. No, I will not post this on the Internet. Besides, there is no way I am letting you behind the wheel of my car. We both had a few drinks and you are still under age. Also, the only person who's allowed to vomit in my car is Alex." Chad wanted to ask about Kim's brother throwing up in her car, but thought better of it.

"How could she know this song? It came out when we were two."

"Good music lasts forever. Sharpay probably has the choreography of every single Michael Jackson video ever made memorized. She could moonwalk at three. That is how she won her first Start Dazzle Award. Besides he is kind of a kindred spirit for her. They both grew up in a similar way. Do you really think it was Ryan and Sharpay's idea to have choreographer's and musicians on call? That was all Darby. She was trying to recapture her lost opportunity to be a performer. Darby wouldn't stop screaming for a week when Sharpay lost the lead in the musical junior year. Be happy she hasn't started singing Have You Seen My Childhood. That will just make you cry."

Just then Sharpay began singing that song. "You just had to make a suggestion didn't you?" Chad said in annoyance.

"I didn't know she was listening. She is in her 'all the world's a stage' state of mind. She is probably thinking this is all one big performance piece. Just enjoy the performance."

Fortunately for both of them Sharpay stop singing when they reached Evans fountain

"When I was little I wanted to run around the sprinklers like all the other kids. Mommy said it was not Evans like. She's not here right now." Before he even knew what she was doing Sharpay ran into the fountain and began to splash around in the water.

"Is there enough water in there for her to drown?" asked Kim in worry.

"It is possible to drown in 3 inches of water." Chad said as he walked over to Sharpay before she slipped and fell into the water or finely went unconscious.

"Sharpay if you come out of there I promise I'll set up Alex's Slip and Slide tomorrow at my house." Kim said in her best mom voice.

"No, I want to play now. Besides Chad is my not-a-boyfriend tonight. I think you should come in here with me." Before he could react Sharpay's lips were on his as she tried to move him into the fountain. Unfortunately, Chad was so distracted by the not-a-kiss that he lost his balance and went straight into the water in the fountain still attached to Sharpay at the lips.

"I just want to let you two know, that this is so going on my Facebook page once you two get a clue. Just friends, yeah right." Kim said as she continued to film the pair in the fountain.

Saturday Morning 2:30 AM

It was 2:30 AM when a soaking wet Chad finally made it to his dorm room with a very drunk Sharpay. Kim was on the phone in the common room yelling at someone for some unknown reason. Maybe she was trying to figure out what happened to Sharpay's dorm room keys. There was no way he was going to wake up there RA at 2:30 AM to let a completely smashed Sharpay into her room. He was not crazy or stupid. If they did not find the keys, he would just let her stay in his room until she was sober.

Sharpay was currently looking at the photographs on his nightstand. she was still too intoxicated to realize that she was standing in his room, soaking wet. Whoever spiked the drink was going to die a very slow and painful death. He knew she did not take anything intentionally, because that was not her style.

Chad had always believed the Sharpay's moods were sporadic when she was sober, but the alcohol magnified the situation by 10. She kept switching between extremely happy and childlike to practically breaking down in tears.

"You must love and want Taylor. Zeke did not want me. He said I was not very sexy. I could be sexy. I am very sexy." Apparently the picture triggered a more melancholy time.

"You're a very beautiful person in all ways. Zeke is a complete idiot for choosing her over you. I would choose your over her every time. I rather pretend to be you lover, than actually be with Penelope.

"That's because you love Taylor. No one loves me." Okay maybe he should not have said that. He hoped she did not start crying again. He would not tell her that he did not love Taylor. Only tonight could he even confess that truth to himself.

"That's not true. You are very lovable." He sat her on his bed and went over to his dresser and pulled out an oversize east high gym class t-shirt for her and pajamas for himself.

"Troy did not love me; he hung his precious little Gabriella. She's so bake, it's not funny." Her speech was getting more slurred and sporadic. He expected her to pass out any minute.

"I think you mean fake." He pointed out to her.

"That too, Zeke didn't love me. Not enough to accept that I wasn't ready for certain things."

"What things?" He wanted to keep her talking and conscious until Kim got back.

"What Richard did to me."

"What did Richard do?" He knew she would never tell him what occurred if she was sober. He needed know why the mere mention of that person made her sick and Kim refused to tell him when he talked to her earlier. Sharpay told him many things tonight that she would never admit to under normal circumstances.

"Do you remember the spring dance sophomore year?"

He nodded in agreement. He remembered that spring dance very well. For some unknown reason Troy didn't show up. However, Chad did leave with the head cheerleader, a junior name Bianca. That was definitely a fun evening.

"Richard didn't love me; he just wanted to fuck me. I did not want to be someone I did not love. But he put something in my drink at the spring dance." She was crying so hard she could not finish.

She did not have to finish, he knew exactly what she was trying to say. He remembered what Richard said in the boys' locker room the next week. Richard was so proud of himself being the first one with the diva of East High. It wasn't until junior year when she kept everyone at arm's length she became known as the "Ice Princess". Now he understood why she pushed everyone away. He remembered her being missing the rest of that year and no one knew why, not even Ryan. Now he knew why.

He felt sorry for calling her "Mountain Lion" and "Country Club Princess". In class next Tuesday, he was going to put the fear of Chad into that excuse for a human being. In November, Zeke will be eating his Turkey through a straw.

Instead of responding to her verbally, he placed a gentle kiss on her lips and let her cry in his arms for a few moments. He did not think about the fact that they were alone this time. He just wanted to make her feel better. He could not take the tears much longer and decided that maybe a little music would bring back shiny happy Sharpay. He ended up with Stripper /sexy acting exercise Sharpay. The first song on his MP3 player was an old song by Ludacris called What's Your Fantasy.

Saturday morning present

"I didn't drink anything besides the diet fruit punch and bottle water last night. You know I do not drink beer or hard liquor. I loved Kim to death, but she couldn't pick a decent wine at a vineyard in France."

"Apparently you have an affinity for very hard fruit punch. You woke up in someone else's room with no memory of the night before; you have a horrible headache, and you spent the last 20 minutes regurgitating dinner in the bathroom. Those are all classic signs of a hangover." Chad said pointing out the obvious to Sharpay. She knew he was right; she just did not want to admit he was right.

A knock at the door broke the two away from their conversation.

"I see sleeping beauty has awoken from her sleep of the intoxicated and it's only 10:30 AM. By the way you should really remember to lock your door."

"What are you doing here Kim?" Sharpay asked her friend.

"Just making sure you two are not molesting each other, after last night's little performance. I know you tell me you were faking it, but that was quite a show. If that was not real, both of you deserve an Oscar for that performance." Sharpay could deftly pick up the sarcasm.

"My head hurts too much for this conversation." Sharpay said as she put her head in her hands. "I think I am going to throw up again."

"Well that's what you get for drinking so much the night before."

"I didn't drink anything besides the fruit punch. Would anybody like to explain to me how I got drunk on virginal fruit punch?"

"Because your drink was about as virginal as Penelope." Chad added from the side.

"You broke the first rule of college partying: never leave your drink unattended. You of all people should know to watch out for that sort of thing. It was probably vodka or another alcohol that wouldn't change the taste that much. You'd better be glad it wasn't Rohypnol again."

"I didn't leave my drink unattended. You know how paranoid I am after what happened with Richard. I even requested my lunch in high school be made separately because I was afraid of someone slipping something in. I'm not going to leave my drink sitting out there…" all of a sudden Sharpay remembered leaving her drink on the coffee table when she went to scare off Penelope the first time.

"This is all your fault Danforth." Sharpay screamed.

"How is it my fault?"

"If I was not so distracted by kissing you, I would've remembered to throw out my drink."

"Very freshman mistake, however, it could happen to anyone. Besides, I'm pretty sure that the entire pitcher was compromised after your first drink. I'm just glad you followed the second rule of college partying: never go to a party alone. Be very happy that your knight in shining basketball gear over here and I stayed with you all night and kept players like Richard from stealing your panties.

"My bra is missing anyway." Sharpay said sarcastically

"Why are you so obsessed about a bra?" Chad responded.

"Don't worry about it. He probably stashed it somewhere. Because I've been one of your friends for forever, I knew you wouldn't believe us unless everything was on film. This memory stick contains the best from last night. My personal favorite performance was when you decide to swim in Evans fountain just because it was Friday or was it actually Saturday. It all started to get blurry at that point."

"You owe me a cell phone for throwing me in the fountain." Chad said to Sharpay causing Sharpay to bury her head under Chad's pillow.

"Also, you owe me for destroying Alex's teddy bear. Do you have any idea how hard it is going to be to get him to sleep tonight without his teddy bear? I brought your keys on the way to pick up Alex from my dad. However, your wallet is still missing so you might want to cancel your credit cards."

"You tell me this now." Sharpay said in exasperation.

"I was going to tell you that, however, you kept asking about what happened to your bra. I thought Alex was your brother. Why is he staying at your apartment?"

"Alex is not her brother, he is her son." Sharpay answered quickly for her friend.

"Sharpay, why don't you go change and cancel your credit cards."

Of course, instead of getting dressed right away Sharpay put the memory stick into her computer and pulled up one of the files to watch while she got dressed.

"Why did you lie about Alex?" Chad asked a few minutes after Sharpay left the room.

"I did not lie, I just wasn't specific. I love my child. I'm just not very proud about the circumstances surrounding the conception. An 18 year old hooking up with a 15 year old was not a very good decision. I just don't want everybody to know about it." The last part was said in a whisper.

"So Alex dad is…"

"A member of the East high class of 2008 and that's all you're getting out of me."

"Come on tell me. I can keep a secret." Just as Chad was finishing his statement they could hear Sharpay screaming down the hall.

"I knew she wasn't going to wait to look at the files."

"Was there a file about what you walked in on last night?"

"I'm not that suicidal. Regrettably I may have included the file of Penelope dumping vodka into Sharpay fruit punch."

"You were filming that and you didn't keep it from happening." Chad yelled at Kim.

"Don't yell at me. I just discovered the file this morning. I accidentally left the camera running last night when I left it on the table to get something to drink. I'm not used to this camera yet. We can talk about this later, once we prevent Penelope's death."

"Do I have to?" Chad said in the whiniest voice ever.

"Don't try that whiny voice with me; I have an 18 month old child. I am well trained. I'll be right behind you."

As Kim left the room to help keep Sharpay from a meeting with the judiciaries committee, she accidentally stumbled upon a black bra in the corner. The same location she saw Chad throw the bra the night before on video file. She would never tell the two she accidentally left her camera on when she was making a few phone calls that morning. "These two are so not friends," Kim said to herself as she placed the item in question in the spare dresser.

A/N: I hope everyone caught the Michael Jackson reference in this chapter. I definitely think he would be somebody that Sharpay would idolize because he was a very dedicated performer like her.

In the big picture, I do not think HSM would be the same without Michael Jackson. I remember last October when I first saw HSM3; I told all my friends at the movie theater that many of the scenes, such as The Boys are Back, were very Michael Jackson. Though he is gone, his art will live on. As Kim said, "good music lasts forever."