Unfaithful, In Love
Summary: When Gabriella feels herself drifting away from Troy, she finds herself in the company of Ryan Evans on more than a regular basis. Somehow, her heart...while feeling the sting of her betrayal...beats faster for Ryan, than it's ever done with Troy. Will she be able to figure things out with her heart, or will she find herself in an Unforgivable situation first?
Genre: Romance/School Life
Movie: High School Musical
Pairing: Gabriella/Ryan
Rated: ...M for Mature
A/N: Takes place during the Second Movie!
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"Same song...different verses...more like same song, different language." Ryan smiled and nodded to a gentleman in a suit as he passed him by before adopting his earlier look of concentration. It wasn't like anyone thought he could conjure up his own opinions. "Oh...Sharpay?" His sister was peering around the corner and staring into the kitchen. He ducked behind the corner as she turned to leave in an irritated huff. "Gabriella and Troy must be inside." Taking a glance inside the kitchen himself, he wasn't the least bit surprised to find the group goofing around and Troy and Gabriella among them. "...I wonder if I could grab a cookie without being noticed..." He held a hand up and caught the eye of Zeke as he was walking by with a tray of fresh cookies.
Nodding, he moved closer to the door, gathering that Ryan didn't want to be seen by anyone, he kept silent as Ryan took two cookies from the tray and thanked Sharpay's personal baker. "Thanks!" he took off before Zeke could reply, making his way to the golf carts where he'd be meeting his mother and sister.
Making his way past the pool, he stopped as he noticed the Gabriella making her way outside, the bright red of the one-piece she wore immediately drawing his eyes to her. He leaned against the fence of the pool for a while and considered walking up to talk to her. More than considered actually. His feet began moving and before he knew it, he was standing beside her.
"Ryan!" Gabriella grinned as she noticed him next to her, "I thought you were busy today...something about your summer being packed."
Ryan smiled as he placed his hands in his pockets, "I also think I said something about stopping by if I had some free time. I was on my way to meet my mother and sister at the golf carts. My dad is arriving today from a business trip and we're meeting him at the gold course at noon."
"Oh, that sounds like fun!" Gabriella watched the ladies as they began to file out of the changing rooms. "My own twelve o'clock is here...thankfully I have some time before the water aerobics lessons begin. So what brings you over here? Not water aerobics, since it's at the same time as your Golfing."
He shrugged, not even sure what to say himself. "Just came by to talk I guess, I didn't want to get there too early."
"Miss. Montez~! I see you're-" Fulton stopped midsentence when he saw who Gabriella was talking to. "Ah...Mr. Evan's, how is your morning so far."
"Great, thank you for asking Fulton. Was there something you needed Gabriella for?" Ryan asked calmly, a smile casually set on his lips.
Gabriella smiled as Fulton shook his head with his own forced smile, turning, he left them where they were. "That was amazing, Ryan!"
"...mm...not really. Fulton is my dad's personal assistant. His instructions are to listen to the Evan's family, so if you are talking to me or Sharpay...he can't say or do anything about it. Besides, it's..." he turned his wrist to show the time on his watch, "eleven forty-two. You have plenty of time before your twelve o'clock starts."
"I don't think Sharpay would stop Fulton from yelling at me, in fact, I think she'd encourage it."
Ryan laughed, "probably...um, if you ever need help getting out of hot water with Fulton, don't hesitate to come to me. I can tell you now, Troy is going to get the V.I.P treatment from him in a few days, but that's not the case for the rest of the wildcats."
Tilting her head, Gabriella frowned, "what do you mean?"
Ryan chanced looking Gabriella in the eyes and blushed at the uncertain look in her eyes. "...you have puppy dog eyes...you know that?" He laughed as her own cheeks flushed a bit. "It's nothing to be too concerned with, Gabriella...my sister is vindictive...she wants Troy...she'll do anything to get him."He sighed, closing his eyes as he made to leave, 'why am I telling her any of this.'
"...thanks..."
His feet stopped moving, he turned and looked back over his shoulder. "I'm sorry?"
Gabriella shook her head, "you aren't like your sister, Ryan. You are kind and you worry about others...you don't go out of your way to hurt them. You were concerned that I would get the wrong idea about Sharpay and Troy, so you said something before it happened. However, with all of the spoiling, I know Troy, and I know he won't forget about his friends. After all...we're a team."
"...yeah...I guess we are."
"Go Wildcats?"
Ryan laughed lightly, "Go Wildcats." Leaving with a smile and lighter feeling in his chest, he made his way to where his mother and sister were. To his surprise, and morbid curiosity, Sharpay was in a really good mood. "Hey mommy!" He smiled as his mother leaned down and kissed him on the cheek.
"My Ducky, were you off wandering?"
"Not really, I got distracted, ended up talking with one of my classmates." Ryan glanced to Sharpay and finally asked, "what has you so happy?"
"Oh, nothing...just, Troy is going to be a caddy...oh, and so is his friend."
Ryan raised a brow before shaking his head, 'great...I guess as long as I don't have to talk to either of them, it will be fine.'
"Ducky, darling...let's go~"
Ryan turned to see that both his mother was waiting for him in a Golf cart, his sister already leaving in hers. 'Today is going to be...a long day.'
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Me: Here is chapter two, tell me what you guys think~!