Hi! This is sort of my first attempt at any fanfiction - I sort of lurk here, but don't really post anything. I wrote this and figured, why not?

Anyways, this is a Kelsi and Ryan fic that takes place a couple of years into the future. The prologue is set right after graduating from Juilliard, then the story skips ahead a few years in the next chapter.

Regrettably, I do not own High School Musical - or the title of the story, which is based off of the Carolina Liar song of the same name.

Well ... I hope you read it and enjoy!

Show Me What I'm Looking For

Prologue

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"Keep in touch, okay!" In spite of the situation and how she was currently feeling, Kelsi Nielson gave a slight chuckle. As if she was planning not to?

"Of course," she said to her boyfriend, Ryan Evans.

"Come home soon," he urged her. "I mean - I didn't mean that - I hope you don't come home for a while ... uh ... just come home when you're ready, all right?"

"Yeah," Kelsi said, swallowing. For all purposes, however, Kelsi Nielson was going home. Back to her first home, anyways. The reason of her traveling wasn't so pleasant for the recently minted college graduate, though. Her mom had recently found out she had pancreatic cancer - and it was spreading fast. As her dad had passed away when she was younger, Kelsi had taken apon herself the responsibilty to stay with her mother and take care of her.

"I love you, Kels. Call me when you land," Ryan said. Kelsi nodded.

"Yeah, I will. Love you too." Ryan leaned down and quickly kissed her on the lips.

"Go, hurry, you're gonna miss your flight!" he said, suddenly breaking apart and checking the clock on his cellphone.

"Okay, bye!" Kelsi, realizing Ryan was right, began to run to the gate exit, waving behind her. Little did she know that when she stepped into the boarding area out of New York and into the desert confines of New Mexico, she was never going to return.