Sharpay happily skipped into the kitchen the next day.

"Hi Todd," she said with a huge smile on her face.

"Hi Sharpay, are you feeling okay?" asked Todd.

"Why wouldn't I be?" asked Sharpay, giggling.

"You're actually glad to see me?" asked Todd.

"Sure, anything wrong with that?" asked Sharpay.

"No. Here, take these dishes to the done pile." ordered Todd.

Sharpay uneasily looked at the delicate dishes. "Are you sure that's the job for me?"

"Come on, I'm sure you won't drop them again."

"Okay, if you say so Todd." said Sharpay, as she carefully walked across the kitchen with the pile of dishes. She slowly placed the dishes in the done pile. She jumped up and down in excitement. "I did it!" she cried.

"Yippee," said Todd, sarcastically.

"Thank you, you're too kind," said Sharpay, curtsying as if she was on stage after the finale of the musical.

"Now let's work on washing the dishes." suggested Todd.

"Sure, why not?" agreed Sharpay.

"Okay, so basically, you do know how, but you need to use soap." said Todd.

"Like this?" asked Sharpay, rubbing a wet dish with soap.

"Yeah," said Todd. "Gee, I can't believe she doesn't know how to wash dishes!" he thought.

"I washed a dish! I washed a dish!" Sharpay chanted.

All the other employees in the kitchen stared at her and Todd.

"Uh Sharpay, we're proud and all, but we should get back to work." said Todd.

"Hello Todd, how's Sharpay today?" asked Mr. Evans.

"Actually, she's doing a lot better. I see a lot of improvement." answered Todd.

"Good, because she'll be working here for a long time." said Mr. Evans.

Sharpay was both happy and sad. She was sad because she'd be working at the club for a while. She was happy because she'd see more of Todd.

"Whoa, am I actually happy? Do I like him?" Sharpay thought to herself.

"Okay, I'm going to let you two get back to work," said Mr. Evans, exiting the kitchen.

Two hours had passed, and Todd and Sharpay were hard at work.

"Whew! I'm tired!" said Sharpay, brushing her hand across her forehead.

"Yep. And I must say you did a good job." said Todd, wiping the last drop of water off a dish.

Mr. Evans came in to check on his employees.

"Daddy, can I have a break?" asked Sharpay.

"No Sharpay, get back to work." demanded Mr. Evans.

"Daddy please, I just need a break. I'll get right back to work, I promise." said Sharpay, calmly.

"Sharpay," said Mr. Evans, motioning for her to return to the sink.

"Come on Sir, I'll make sure she behaves." said Todd.

Mr. Evans raised an eyebrow. "Well Todd, since you are one of my best employees, I will trust you to look after my daughter."

Sharpay smiled at Todd.

"Go ahead you two," said Mr. Evans.

The two walked out of the club and into the beaming sunlight.

"Thanks for saving me in there, I really need to get out." said Sharpay, taking in a breath of fresh hair.

"No problem, you deserve a break." said Todd.

"Not as much as you do," complimented Sharpay. "Did I actually compliment someone?" she thought.

"Sharpay Evans, did you compliment me?" asked Todd, surprised.

"I guess I did, I've never done that before." she confessed.

"Huh? You've never complimented someone before?" asked Todd.

"Okay, maybe I've complimented my brother, Troy, and maybe even Gabriella, but I do it rarely." said Sharpay.

"What's it like being rich?" asked Todd.

"You don't know?" asked a clueless Sharpay.

"No, I'm not even close to being middle-class." he confessed.

"Really?" asked Sharpay.

"Yeah, my parents own a tiny little store, and I got my job as a dishwasher to earn a little extra money. It's not much, but every penny counts to my family." said Todd.

"How sad," Sharpay said.

"Well, if you think my family's poor, you should see homeless people." said Todd.

"What are homeless people?" asked Sharpay.

Todd laughed, "You seriously don't know?"

Sharpay nodded, she seriously didn't know what a homeless person was.

"A homeless person is a basically a person who doesn't have a home." explained Todd.

"Some people don't have homes? That's terrible." mumbled Sharpay.

"I know, I feel so bad for them." said Todd.

"Where do they live?" asked Sharpay.

"Some live in homeless shelters, others in the street." replied Todd.

"In the street? That's awful!" said Sharpay.

"I know, I feel so lucky just to have a home." said Todd.

"Wow, Todd feels lucky just to have a home. I have a mansion and everything I've always dreamed of and I still don't feel lucky. I'm a bad person." thought Sharpay.

As Todd and Sharpay were walking, they passed a homeless beggar.

Sharpay gasped when she saw the dirty man in baggy clothes.

"Here you go, Sir." said Todd, handing the man his last ten dollars.

"Thank you very much." said the man, with a weak smile.

"Todd, that was the last of your pay, why did you give it to that man?" asked Sharpay.

"He needs it more than I do," answered Todd.

"But it's only ten dollars," said Sharpay.

"Like I said before," Todd said, "every penny counts."