Part II.

For the last two months, that bike ride had become her daily routine. And everyday so far he'd been out there ready to greet her everytime she came by, and today was no different.

"Hey Shar!" came the very familiar voice. Sharpay waved to him and climbed off her bike as he ran up to her. She gave him a quick hug.

In the last two months, Sharpay and Troy had become very close friends. It wasn't only during her daily bike ride when they talked to each other. He'd come to watch several of her swim classes already, and they'd always go to a movie together afterwards. They hung out at each other's houses on weekends- when neither of them was busy. They'd gone bowling with Chad and Taylor a few times this summer, and they talked on the phone a lot to.

There was even one time when Troy had gone down to the country club with her and her family. It was called 'Lava Springs' and Sharpay, Troy could see, had been right- the place still needed a lot of work.

Sometimes they walked their dogs at the park together. Cookie and Boi were also like Troy and Sharpay- best friends already.

Taylor had introduced Troy to her own best friend Gabriella at one of their bowling events. Sharpay and Gabriella had also hit it off pretty well, and she'd introduced her to Ryan. The two of them were already dating. Chad asked Troy everyday if he was 'with' Sharpay yet, and everytime he still had that same sad answer- "No."

"I was thinking- maybe we could go to the park again today with the dogs?" Troy suggested. She smiled and nodded. "Okay, sure. Go get Cookie then. We'll have to stop at my house and get Boi."

Troy nodded and ran inside his house, he returned a few minutes later with the yorkie on her leesh. She yelped happily when she saw Sharpay. Sharpay leaned down and smiled, stroking her fingers through her soft fur.

"Hiya Cookie!" she greeted the hyper animal with a huge grin.

"Gosh, you're happier to see the dog then you were to see me." Troy pouted playfully, and she laughed.

"HI TROY! OH MY GOD IT'S TROY! I MISSED YOU! I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU TROY!!" she exclaimed over dramatically as she stood up, threw her arms around him and hugged him as tight as she could. Troy chuckled.

"Overly obsessed much?" he teased when she pulled away. She smirked. "Hey don't complain next time buddy-boy." she told him. She picked up Cookie and nuzzled her face into the yorkie's soft fur. Troy rolled his eyes and smiled.

"Who's complaining?" he asked. She just chuckled in response.

Troy took Sharpay's bike and handed one end of the leesh to her as she set Cookie down on all fours. They walked side by side to her house.

When they walked up the long driveway, Ryan and Gabriella were just pulling out in his black Esculade. Ryan rolled down his window.

"Hey." he greeted them.

"Hey- where are you two headed?" Sharpay asked her brother before peering over him at Gabriella.

Ryan shrugged. "Just out for a drive. Mom and dad aren't home. They went to the grocery store."

"Okay."

"So basically you've got the entire house to yourselves." he said, shooting his twin a look. He raised his eyebrows a few dirty times for good measure. Gabriella hit his arm from the passenger seat and Sharpay rolled her eyes, trying not to act or sound as embarassed as she was.

"We're just here to pick up Boi anyways Ryan. We're going to the park for your information." she told him.

"Okay then. See ya." he smirked. "Hey can you feed Lucy for me? I forgot to feed her." he said, now frowning.Sharpay roled her eyes at his forgetfulness but nodded anyways. Ryan smiled, thanked her and backed his car down the drive. Sharpay and Troy walked into the house, she was muttering something like "Ryan's such a child." she didn't mean about feeding the dog- she meant about his first little comment and facial expressions.

Troy laughed. Nervous laughter.

"Can you go get Boi's leesh from the hall closet? I'm going to go get him and then feed his Dalmation." she said. He nodded. "Okay." he wandered off to go fetch the leesh. Sharpay ran up the stairs to her room to fetch the dog, then she ran back downstairs to the kitchen and scooped some dog food into Lucy's bowl. Troy and Sharpay both returned a couple minutes later to the front entryway.

"Which one do you want to walk?" Sharpay asked him. He shrugged. "Doesn't matter." he said with a chuckle. She nodded and handed him Boi.

"I'll walk Cookie." she said.

Once they reached the park, they sat down on the ground under a nice shady tree, watching the two dogs run around in front of them. The tree was right by the street- they hadn't really gone to far into the park completely.

"Nice day, huh?" Sharpay stated. She closed her eyes- just enjoying the feel and sounds of the great outdoors. Troy nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, it's been pretty great all summer." he said, eyeing her. Her eyes were still closed.

"Yeah, talk about your great weather!" Sharpay laughed. Her eyes suddenly snapped open and Troy quickly looked away shook his head, hoping she hadn't noticed him staring at her like that. "That's not what I meant- I mean yeah, it's been great because of the weather, but also because it's great to spend time with you." he smiled shyly at her. She returned his smile and leaned back against the tall oak tree trunk, closing her eyes again.

"You too Troy." she said, a small smile to herself tugged at the corner's of her pink lips.

"I'm so hot." she complained, fanning herself with both of her hands with her eyes still closed.

You bet you are. Troy wanted to say, instead he nodded even though she couldn't see him. She peeked at him out of the corner of one eye. He was staring straight ahead- his expression blank.

"Whatcha thinking about Troy?" she suddenly asked him after several moments of silence. He shrugged and turned to her. "Nothing really." he answered.

"Well you wanna know what I'm thinking about?" she asked him.

"What are you thinking about, Shar?"

She grinned. "I'm thinking about how sweet it was of you to buy me an icecream from the truck that's coming down the street."

Confusion immediatley filled Troy's face. "Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Want me to repeat it?" she laughed. He frowned thoughtfully. "I didn't- I mean, there's no truck coming down the-" he was cut off by the merry annoying tune of 'Pop! Goes the Weasel.' blasting from somewhere down the street. He turned to look at the source of his childhood favorite jack-in-the-box tune.

Sure enough, a funny looking baby blue and white box shaped truck with a big plastic model of a chocolate-chip cookie dough icecream cone on top of it was cruising down the road at an average speed.

"They totally copied Thomson's theory of the atom." Sharpay cracked from next to him, referring to the chocolate chip ice cream model. He whirled back around to face her. She was now lying on the grass with her head supported by her two hands and she was staring at Troy.

"How did you know an icecream truck was coming?" Troy asked- ignoring her last statement. She rolled her eyes and sat up. "I could hear the music." she stated simply. Troy translated that as:

'Are you retarded? That annoying freaking toddler song could be heard a mile away from here, duh!'

"Dang woman! You got the hearing of a dog or something? I couldn't hear a thing until just now!" Troy exclaimed with a laugh. She narrowed her eyes at him and threw a good punch at his left arm.

"Ow! What'd I do?" Troy asked, clutching his injured bicep.

"Don't call me 'woman' like that." she told him. "That's disrespectful, I have a name. And don't try to sound all gangster either." she teased. He smirked. She stood up and helped pull him to his feet.

"Now buy me an icecream Troooooyyyy-booooyyyyy?" she asked, batting her long eyelashes at him- turning on the sex appeal. The icecream truck had already pulled over to the side of the road as two customers- a little boy who looked about nine and his mother stopped the truck to buy a sweet summer treat. A short line had already formed behind them.

Troy stared at her- trying his best not to smirk. "I don't believe you! You sock me in the arm and then ask me to buy you an icecream?" he pretended to sound shocked, hurt, and upset. But she just giggled. "Yeah pretty much!" she exclaimed giddily.

"Now why on earth would I do that?" Troy asked her, still hiding his smirk. She shrugged and twirled around a couple times in front of him.

"Because I doubt if you could say no to me." she said playfully, blowing him a kiss. This time Troy smiled. That was actually true, even though he knew she was only messing around.

"Oh you caught me." Troy said- being dead serious. But she only took it as a joke.

"Okay what kind do you want?" he asked, fishing out his wallet.

"Let's go see what kinds they have first, you silly goose!" she said, ruffling his hair and then stalking off towards the big blue and white truck that was rythmically still playing 'Pop! Goes the Weasel' over and over again.

Gosh, those people didn't care if they annoyed the whole population of the universe with that song. Troy glanced back at the dogs real quick to make sure they were okay. They were sleeping in the sun right in front of the shaded tree side by side. Troy knew Sharpay would find that adorable. They knew alot about each other even though they'd only be friends for a short time, considering they'd spent almost everyday together since then.

He quickly followed after her. She was looking at the colorful stickers of different ice cream bar, cone, and popsicle flavors plastered against the outside of the truck.

"What'll it be Shar?" Troy asked her. She smiled at him. "Rainbow popsicle please?" she asked him politely. He couldn't help but chuckle. It was times like these where she acted like a goofy little girl, but he thought it was adorable.

"Sure thing." he told her before turning to the guy who looked like he was in his mid twenties inside the truck. "You heard the lady. And I'll have an icecream sandwich." he said.

The guy nodded. "That's eighty cents each." he said. Troy handed him a five dollar bill from his wallet since he was feeling to lazy to count out the exact amount, telling him to keep the change before the guy handed them their cold treats.

Since there was no one in line behind Troy and Sharpay, the guy climbed back into the driver's seat and drove away. Sharpay and Troy walked back to the three, she was humming Pop Goes the Weasel.

"Thanks Troy!" she thanked him when she finished her tune. He nodded. "You're welcome."

"Aww look at Cookie and Boi! How cute!" she exclaimed. Troy chuckled. He knew she'd love that sight.

"Yeah, nice." he said- being a guy and not finding things as quite adorable as a girl would. The only thing he truly found adorable was her, as corny as that sounded.

They chatted for a while longer, eating their icecream which they had to eat fast because they were melting in their hands from the scorching heat of the hot Albuquerque bright yellow summer sun. They could still feel it pretty well regardless of the fact that they were under a shady tree.

"Are you excited to start school in a couple weeks?" Troy asked her. She nodded. "Yeah, it's a chance to meet more people. I'm glad I already met a few friends before school started though. To bad you can't show me around- since you're new too and all." she giggled. Troy nodded and shrugged.

"Yeah, but I guess then Chad, Taylor, or Gabriella will show us." he said. She nodded in agreement.

"So..." Troy began. "I asked Taylor what some good activites at East High are."

"Oh?" Sharpay asked- interested. He nodded. "Yeah, and one of the things she happened to mention was drama club. She said they put on some pretty good musicals and plays throughout the year."

"And?"

He gave her a knowing look, and she knew where he was trying to go with this. "No way Troy. Nuh-uh. Not me!" she said stubbornly. He sighed.

"Why not Shar? I've already told you tons of times how great you are at singing! It'd be good for you if you did join drama club- the whole school would enjoy it I bet!"

"Troy come on, you heard me sing one time, two months ago, by complete accident. Why can't you just drop it?"

"Because even though it was one time, it was still great Shar! I know what I heard that day, and I'll always remember it. You're so good at singing! Why not give it a shot?" he persisted.

"Who not give it up?" she shot back- adding emphasis to the word 'up'.

"Just try it out."

"I'm not even that good a singer."

"Pshh. Don't even start with that, Sharpay." Troy said. She shook her head. "Fine say whatever you want, but I'm still not doing it. And nothing you do or say can make me, and that's final, Troy."

That was one thing that complicated their friendship. They were both quite stubborn, so this arguement could go on forever until one of them finally caved- which would take a while, unless...

Troy raised an eyebrow- he sudden had an idea. It was pretty risky, he didn't know how she'd respond or what she would do, but he had to try it out anyway, no matter how nervous he was about it.

"Oh yeah?" he challenged her, staring right at her, practically forcing her to look back at him. "Nothing I do or say huh?"

Brown met blue. But her pretty eyes glazed over with annoyance. "Yeah." she challenged back- her voice snappy. He took a deep breath and smirked.

"Really?" he asked, "Well what about this?" But before she could respond in any way, shape, or form, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers.

He'd seriously been waiting everyday for the last two months- spending the entire time fighting up the courage to just kiss her, and he'd wondered what it would be like to do so. But his wonders were no match compared to the real thing, because he always wondered if he did it, if she would kiss him back or not, and the doubts ruined the pleasantries of his wonders.

Well, he didn't have to wonder anymore, because she did.

It took her a few moments to respond, however, but she kissed him back nonetheless.

The kiss lasted for a long while, until, both of them out of breath, pulled away at the same time. Sharpay smirked and brought her knees up to her chest. She crossed her arms over her knees and buried her face into them.

Troy was confused by her actions. He wasn't sure what she was doing, but after a while it seemed like she was crying. Her shoulders were shaking and he could hear her making tiny whimpering noises.

"Hey Shar- what's wrong? Are you okay?" he asked- still mesmerized by that amazing kiss, but also now quite concerned. Why was she crying? Had she not wanted him to kiss her? If so, then why had she kissed him back? And why had it lasted so long? Had he done something wrong?

She lifted her head and turned to the side to face him. He was surprised to see her grinning, her eyes shining in amusement, not a single tear in sight. No sign of evidence that she had been crying.

"Shar- were you crying?" Troy asked her- still confused and worried.

She shook her head quickly- blonde curls bouncing from her messy ponytail. "I'm not crying," she said. "I'm laughing, silly!" Troy's face twisted into an even more confused frown.

She giggled. "You taste like chocolate and vanilla." she told him, licking her lips as if still trying to taste the icecream on them from when they'd just kissed. Her arms were still resting on her knees, but she was watching him carefully and still giggling like mad.

Troy was dumbstruck- that's why she was laughing? But really, he also couldn't help but smile.

"Well you taste like fruity artificial flavors." he informed her. This little fact only caused her to laugh even more as he poked her playfully in the ribs.

"What a story to tell my grandkids- my first kiss was chocolately, topped off with vanilla and artificial flavors all at the same time!" she exclaimed. "Oh yeah- my first kiss could be described as a bag of assorted candies, kids!"

Troy was dumbstruck all over again.

"Youre first kiss?" he asked, "That was your first kiss?"

She blushed, realizing what she had just spilled, but she couldn't lie now. "Well...yeah." she said shyly.

"I thought you said you'd had a boyfriend before?"

She shrugged. "I have. But we never kissed. Plus, that was a long time ago, in my middle school days." she said. Troy gave her a small smile. "Well, for your first time you were pretty darn good at it. I would have never guessed..." he said. She blushed again, but tried to keep it light.

"Oh yeah? Well you're not so bad at it yourself."

"So you think I'm a good kisser?"

She shrugged and gave him that sexy mischevious smirk of hers, her eyes shone brightly- yeah, he definitley never would have guessed from that look that she'd never been kissed before. She looked too...experienced already.It was hard to believe. Or maybe good acting skills came with part of the amazing singer package. Either that or she was just gorgeous without even knowing it.

"Yeah, sure." she answered simply as if it were no big deal. He returned your smirk. "Then right back at ya."

"So how good exactly am I, Troy?" she asked- raising a carefully plucked eyebrow at him. He pretended to think about it for a minute. "I don't know, let me see again." he said. She giggled before their lips met in another kiss. Except this time it was a more...heated kiss then the first.

Troy pulled away first, a couple minutes later. "I'd say very good." he told her, their faces still centimeters apart.

"Oh,stop it." she giggled. "You're making me blush." she teased.

"You're cute when you blush." he told her.

"You're cute when you smile." she offered. Of course this would make him smile. Their faces were still close together.

"So will you try drama club?" Troy asked- getting back to the main point, and then threw in a quick "Please?" for good measure.

"What'll you do for me?" she challenged.

"Come to all your shows of course." he told her truthfully. She rolled her eyes. "And?" she asked. He looked confused.

"And...and what?"

She placed a quick peck on his lips. "That give you a hint?" she asked him. He smiled, now he got it. "I think so." he kissed her again. "Be my girlfriend, Pay?"

She giggled. "You're smarter then you look...on occasion." she joked.

Troy chuckled. "I'm assuming that's a 'yes'?"

She smiled and wrapped her arms around him- pulling herself closer to him as he slid one arm around her waist, keeping her close, and letting his eyes wander over to the still sleeping yorkies.

"Good assumption, Troy."

A/N: Ahh the Troypay cheesiness. xD and I know the ending sucked, I spent two freaking days trying to think/come up with a good enough ending for this and that is the crap I came up with? tsk tsk. Shame on me.

Please review because you feel sorry for me...oh yeah, OR if you actually liked it :P lol.

-Serena/HeSaidSheSaidx