Okay, I decided to give you all one more chapter before I leave tomorrow morning. It's really short, mainly because I don't have time to write anything long right now and I'm kind of running out of ideas…I might end the story soon, unless anyone has an idea or two to help me along. If you do, please PM me: )

So enough babbling from me; on to chapter 6!

Friday Night…

Sharpay couldn't help but to feel excited for tonight. She and Troy were FINALLY going to go on a date! She went to her closet and picked out an outfit that she knew Troy would like. It was tight, but not too tight; showy (is that a word?), but not too showy. She put her hair in a ponytail that went off to the side and off her shoulder. She put some makeup on and walked into Ryan's room. "Well," she asked.

He looked up from what he was doing. "Wow," he said, smiling. "You look great. But what is that thing on your cheek?" He made sure to suppress his smile.

"WHAT! No way, I just cleaned my face like, 100 times!" She ran off to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.

Ryan made sure she was gone to let out a chuckle. He always managed to get her on that joke.

"Ryan Matthew Evans!" Sharpay stomped into his room and picked up a paperback book and hit him over the head with it. "You doofus!"

"Ouch! I was just having some fun," he said, smiling innocently.

Sharpay rolled her eyes and stomped right back out of his room. Ryan laughed again and looked out his window and saw a car pull up. "Shar, I think Troy's here," he said as he went downstairs to open the door for Troy. "What's up, man," Ryan asked as Troy made his way from the car to the front door.

"Well, I have a date with your sister tonight. That's pretty much all."

"Shar, Troy's here," Ryan called again.

"Ryan, if you think I'm falling for that again, you are completely and totally—" She was cut off by the sight of Troy.

"Completely and totally what," Ryan asked.

"Shut up." She smiled at Troy. "Hi."

"Hi there. You look great," he said smiling at her.

"So do you." Troy was wearing a blue shirt and sport coat and black pants (A/N: think the night he and Gabriella met at the ski lodge).

"So…are you ready?"

"Yep. We're going to dinner, if I'm not mistaken." He was hoping that she wasn't going to say that they were going to go practice for their callback.

Sharpay thought about this for a moment. Did she want to practice first, or just blow off practicing tonight and have fun? "Dinner," she said after about five minutes of thinking.

Troy, who had spaced out by now, was quickly jolted back into reality. "Great!"

"Well, you two have fun, and remember to be home at a reasonable hour, young lady," Ryan said, mimicking their father. This earned him another hit on the head, this time with Sharpay's purse. "Ouch, I was joking, jeez!"

Just then, their REAL father showed up at the front door. "Have fun, sweetheart." He looked over at Troy. "Make sure to have her home by 10:00."

"Daddy! It's Friday, not Sunday!" Sharpay whined.

"Fine," Mr. Evans said, "10:15."

"DADDY!"

"I'm kidding, honey. Midnight at the latest." He smiled and kissed Sharpay on the head. Ever since his wife had left him, Neil (A/N: that's the name I'm giving to Mr. Evans) had become very protective of his children. He didn't want Sharpay to end up like his ex-wife.

"Thanks, Daddy," she said as she gave him a hug.

Troy and Sharpay headed out to Troy's car. He attempted to open the passenger door, which seemed to be stuck. "Um…"

"Here let me try," Sharpay said, handing her purse over to Troy."

"If I can't do it, I'm pretty sure you're n—" He was stopped by Sharpay, who had opened the door with ease. "Wait a minute, how did you…"

"Come on, we're going to be late," she said as she got into the car. Troy closed the door and walked over to the other side of the car and got in.

"I still want to know how you did that," he said as he started the car and backed out of the driveway.

"Let's just say hormones," she said, stifling a laugh.

Troy looked at her like she was crazy. "Okay…"

"No way," Sharpay said as she took a bite of her salad. "No way did you say that!"

"I did," Troy said, taking a sip of his water. "He was annoying me and so I decided to say that."

Sharpay laughed. She couldn't seem to stop smiling when she was with Troy. But her smile quickly diminished when she looked at the door of the restaurant.

"What's wrong," Troy asked as he looked where Sharpay was looking. "Man, does she follow us everywhere," he asked himself when he saw Gabriella with Mark.

Sharpay shrugged. She was still having a hard time with what Gabriella had told her about troy being on the rebound. She kept telling herself that it wasn't true.

"Troy! Sharpay!" Gaby said as she and Mark passed their table. "What a coincidence."

"Right," Troy said sarcastically. He barely made eye contact with her. "Now if you don't mind, I'm on a date here," he said, motioning to Sharpay, who gave Gaby one of her famous icy smiles.

Gaby looked at the two and just nodded. "Come on, Gabs, let's go to our table," Mark said.

"Yeah." Gaby pushed her hair back and took Mark's hand and they walked to their table.

"Talk about desperate," Troy said as he watched Gaby and Mark.

Sharpay didn't say anything. She was positive that Troy wanted to be back with Gaby.

"Shar? Are you all right," he asked when she didn't respond.

She took a deep breath. It was now or never. She had to know. "Troy…are you really over Gabriella, or just…on the rebound," she asked, her voice getting quieter.

Troy looked at Sharpay and took her hand. "What makes you think that," he asked, lifting her face with his other hand.

"Well, the other day when I was looking at the callback sheet, Gabriella came up to me and said that you didn't really like me; that you're just on the rebound and that…" She was shushed by Troy, who started to talk.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," he said, taking his hand off of hers. "Sharpay, I am way over Gabriella. Sure, I was hurt when Gaby told me that she met someone else over the summer, but she has made it quite clear that she doesn't want to get back together and I just had to get over it, and I am. I really am." He took her hand again. "Please, you've got to believe me," he said, looking her right in the eye.

Sharpay let out a sigh and nodded. "I do now," she said smiling. And with that, they finished dinner and went back out to the car.

"I had a great time," Sharpay said as Troy helped her out of the car.

"So did I…Sharpay, you do believe me…about me being over Gabriella?"

She nodded, "Yeah, I do. Thanks, Troy," she said with a smile.

"I'm glad," he said as they reached her front step. He leaned in and gave her a deep kiss on the lips. Sharpay responded and put her arms around Troy, deepening the kiss.

When they parted, they just looked into each other's eyes and knew that they were going to be with each other for a long time.

THE END

Okay, so I lied; I decided to end the story here because I have an idea for a sequel! Should I write it, or just leave the story as it is? Please read and review! Just so you know, if I do decide to go on with a sequel, it won't be until after I come back from Las Vegas.