Showing Around (Emma and Zeke at first)

[Sharpay Evans]

Sharpay was kind of shocked at what Emma did. It didn't really look like she was forcibly kissed like her, since it looked like she was holding on to his collar...she shook her head in confusion, but kept the glare on her face. She rubbed her temples with her fingers and grabbed on to Emma's wrist. "Come on Emma, he's not worth it." She said, letting it go for a minute. She just couldn't help but recall that one time in the pool, where she started to hate Zeke Baylor even more.

She isn't that blind though, to see the hurt in Emma's eyes. It seemed like, regret and guilt. She was pretty sure she didn't look like that when it happened to her, her eyes could have been filled with fear and hatred, not guilt. But she shook her head and let it go. She would be interrogating her later on, when she's not that upset. Right now, she need to calm her friend down. Friend. Yes, after all these times, Emma is surely a friend to her, not just a Sharpette. She was the one who's on her side all the time, defending her when needed.

She gave Emma a small, comforting smile as they entered the building again.

[Zeke Baylor]

He just shook his head at Emma. Everything was going wrong, with every friend he had. Now that he thought about it he didn’t have any friends. "Fine then, whatever." he said throwing his hands in the air with tears in his eyes. He then just kicked the lockers behind him. "THIS IS SO STUIPD!" he yelled as he kicked. "I don’t have any friends." he whispered.


He then walked the same way Emma did, leaving Sharpay behind. He whispered as he walked by Emma. "No friends... Troy doesn’t care about anyone except Gabi, Chad and Bebe, and vise versa. Emma, with Sharpay, not as a couple. No body likes me." he said kicking the ground he then just shook his head. "I can’t believe I thought she was May. I was so stupid." he said shaking his head remembering when he called Emma, May. "Whatever." he said then looking up seeing Emma. She probably heard everything.


He then looked at his hand. It felt empty without having Emma's hand in his. The coldness to him felt uncomfortable. He was use to having it warm and having it connected. He felt like crying but he couldn’t. He told this girl everything and all he got was a slap on the face (a hard one at that) and no friend. He hated East High.

[Emma the Loyal Sharpette]

Emma walked briskly, and suddenly she saw Zeke walk right by her. He was mumbling about having no friends. Emma felt awful. She knew she should have stuck by his side and stood up to Sharpay, but she couldn't. That wasn't who she was. She was a follower, not a leader. She looked at Zeke for a brief moment before she and Sharpay entered the school. She eyed him carefully, and then continued to walk.

Emma certainly knew she was going to get bombarded with questions from Sharpay, but she couldn't handle it right now. She was upset with so many things. She wondered if she did the right thing. She placed her hand in the other, and thought about Zeke. She shook her head, and decided the only way to get over it all, was to stay angry, and that's just what Emma did.

She turned to Sharpay. "I can't believe that guy! The nerve! Eugh! He's such a creep! You were right about him all along Sharpay." Emma said dramatically, as she walked to her locker, to grab her math book. She slammed her locker door shut. She clasped onto her math book tightly, and started to walk away.

"Thanks for being such an awesome friend and saving me." Emma said, and smiled genuinely at Sharpay. "I gotta go to math. See you later Sharpay!" Emma waved nicely, but as soon as she turned away from Sharpay, she stormed off towards her class, still trying to stay mad at Zeke.

[Zeke Baylor]

Zeke sighed and kicked the lockers again. Someone yelled "Baylor? Where is your girlfriend??" he yelled. Zeke then yelled "Shut up." they continued he just pushed the boy up against the lockers. "Shut up... okay?" he whispered and then let the boy go. "Ugh..." he mumbled.


He then heard Emma tell Sharpay she had to go to math. He then frowned... he didn’t show Emma the Math class. He then sighed and walked up to Emma and said seriously "Do you know where Math is?" he said with a straight face. "I can show you..." he said then smiling lightly. He then looked at the floor and sighed. This was not going to turn out well.

[Emma the Loyal Sharpette]

Emma stomped along to her math class. She glared at almost every person in the hall, and a frown sat on her face. She had to keep herself mad!

I hate Zeke Baylor. I hate Zeke Baylor.

Suddenly, she stopped. She realized she didn't know where the math class was. She looked down at her schedule to see which classroom it was in. She then reached for the map Zeke gave her, but she stopped herself.

I can do this without any help from Zeke Baylor or anything he gave me.

She then began to walk forward, hoping she would find the class, when Zeke came in front of her. She almost smacked him again, when she heard him ask if she knew where the class was. A slight smile appeared on his face, and Emma smiled slightly in return.

NO! You don't like Baylor! Remember?

Emma didn't know what to do. She knew she should be mad at Zeke, but his sweet smile and his offer even after everything she did to him, just made her melt slightly. She sighed and looked up at him.

"Zeke, I'm sorry." Emma stopped. "I didn't know what to do. I just can't betray Sharpay. But I shouldn't have betrayed you either. I really do appreciate everything you have done for me, but the worst part about this Zeke, is that if I'm ever given a choice, I will always choose Sharpay's side, and that's just something you need to know." Emma didn't really know what else to say. She didn't know how Zeke was going to respond to this information, or if his offer still stood to take her to math class. She just gripped tightly onto her math book, and hoped this might turn out okay after all.

[Zeke Baylor]

As he saw Emma come up to him in anger he ducked putting his arms over his face. "EEP!" he yelled to his old or new or well he didn’t know what Emma really was. "Look, look... sorry about saying find a new friend, it is just... I got mad, because just, once I get a friend... something bad happens. I mean Troy met Gabi, Bebe got Chad, and Chad got Bebe, so you were my only friend, and I didn’t think anything would change that but until Sharpay... came along... she took you away... she took, my little sister away." he said quietly.

He then looked at Emma. "Okay... well... let us be Romeo and Juliet, without the romance part... we can hang out secretly... without Sharpay around... that sound cool?" he said then slowly taking Emma's hand. He hoped it was going to be okay. Sharpay was on the other side of school, so she wouldn’t see them. He then smiled and said, "My Juliet, I would be happy to take you to Math. If you Juliet, Emma, and May... take me as your friend, and not your enemy." he then said joking around but yet seriously. He wanted Emma to like him and never leave him.


"If Sharpay sees us, then act like you hate me. NO HITTING THOUGH!!" he yelled rubbing the red spot where Emma slapped him. He then laughed and smiled at Emma and waited for a response.

[Emma the Loyal Sharpette]

Emma listened to Zeke, like she had so much that morning. She realized he was most upset because he was losing a friend. She nodded knowingly and knew that she wanted to keep him as a friend too. She just loved the idea of the secret friendship! Romeo and Juliet! Emma smiled brightly, and gladly clasped her hand in Zeke's. She felt happy once again.

"Oh Zeke! What a fantastic idea! I love it!" Emma gushed, so excited. She turned to look and make sure Sharpay was nowhere around to see them. Once she was sure, she turned back to Zeke and started to walk down the hall again with him, hand in hand. "Of course I will take you, my Romeo!" Emma smiled.

"No hitting? That takes all the fun out of it!" Emma laughed, very grateful that her and Zeke were friends again. They continued to walk along the hallway.

"So..." Emma began. "Tell me about your little sister, May." Emma smiled. She wanted to hear about May, so she knew who Zeke was comparing her to. She was sure that she would like May in an instant.

[Zeke Baylor]

Zeke smiled Emma. He had his friend back, so he wasn’t friendless. Zeke just looked at Emma and not at anything else. He then felt Emma's hand connect with his. He felt happy as ever that he had her again. "So, Romeo and Juliet had some downs but everything is great now, right?" he questioned to Emma. Zeke smiled when Emma greatly took there secret friendship.

"Your hand hurts though." he said happily. "I mean you are strong for a Sharpette." he smiled joking around. He then kissed Emma on the cheek again. This time he felt something different. What was it? Was it a you shouldn’t have done that? Or was it a, spark. Zeke then laughed at the Emma. What was he doing? I mean why did he randomly just kissed Emma on the cheek. I mean no one was around him, I mean they were taking a short cut that no one knew about. It was just him and Emma. Zeke just shook his head and smiled at Emma.

He then smiled at the topic. "May... May is so cute. She is only 11. She is adopted so she doesn’t look anything like us. She has very pale skin and red hair. She is smart she gets straight A's. We can talk about anything, from school to boys to everything." he said thinking of May. "I have a picture of her in my locker, you can come and see her if you want. You know after class." he said remembering the picture of her. It was the most recent picture. She was dressed in a white dress and her red hair was pulled half up half down and she had a flower vale. It was at a wedding and he loved that picture of her. "So, are you an only child or what?" he said smiling.

[Emma the Loyal Sharpette]

Emma smiled at Zeke's comment about Romeo and Juliet. "Yes, Romeo and Juliet definitely had some downs, but they are back together 100%." Emma winked at Zeke, as she swung their intertwined hands. She laughed loudly when he commented on her strength. "I do try. I have to be in tip top shape to be a back up dancer for Sharpay's numbers."

Emma started to blush when Zeke kissed her on the cheek. She wasn't sure why he did it again, especially since it wasn't them showing off to anyone like before. She smiled shyly up at him, her face still slightly red. She honestly didn't mind the kiss though. It was innocent and sweet, and Zeke was a nice guy, so it was definitely something Emma didn't mind.

She nodded as she listened to Zeke talk about May. "How cute! I can't wait to see her picture! I'll be she's just the cutest thing." Emma said excitedly. "I actually am an only child. I kind of missed out on the sibling relationship part. I think maybe that's why I clung to Sharpay so much. She was like a sister to me. But I feel like I have a new addition to my family." Emma squeezed Zeke's hand as she said this.

"Thanks for being so nice to me Zeke. It has really made a difference to me." Emma started to blush again. She didn't know why she was suddenly so shy around Zeke, but she was.

[Zeke Baylor]

Zeke melted inside when Emma winked at him. He then sighed and laughed when Emma said she had to stay and good shape. "Yeah, and to keep up with Sharpay." he said smiling. He loved that Emma swung his hand back and forth with him. He then felt a spark slowly climb up his arms. He knew the spark. It was the spark when he touched Bebe, and when he kissed Sharpay. He now knew why he melted earlier... he had a crush on Emma.


He then looked back at Emma and slowly took away his hand. He then walked forward to Emma making her back up to the wall. He then slowly touch her face with him hand and kissed Emma. As he kissed Emma he ran his hand through her blonde hair. He made it a long kiss. He knew he loved Emma, or he wouldn’t have done this. He then backed up from Emma and looked her in her eyes. He was lost for words. He didn't know what to say, it was different from any other crush, he wasn’t this close to any other of his crushes.

He then smiled at Emma and kissed her quickly again. He laughed and waited to see what Emma would say.

[Emma the Loyal Sharpette]

Emma laughed and sighed slightly at the two walked. She suddenly looked up at Zeke, and felt herself being backed up into the wall. Emma felt Zeke's soft hand caress her face. She felt his lips make contact with her's and honestly, she didn't mind. Emma kissed Zeke back. She wrapped her arms around his neck, as she felt his hand entangle in her hair. Emma looked up at Zeke when he stepped back from her. She gazed into his eyes, and blushed after the intense kiss. She felt his lips meet hers again in a quick kiss.

"I....you...." Emma couldn't think of anything to say. She just smiled softly at Zeke, and pulled him in again for another kiss. A smile tugged at the corner of her lips as she kissed his soft lips again. It felt so nice, so good, so....right. She continued to kiss him, dropping her math book on the floor. She obviously didn't need that anymore, as the final bell sounded around them. Emma was thankful they were in a back part of the school, so they could have some privacy. She slowly broke the kiss, and looked at Zeke.

"Well, this was....unexpected." she giggled, knowing she liked Zeke. She liked Zeke a lot.

[Zeke Baylor]

Zeke loved Emma, a lot. He nodded at Emma. “I love you too." he said smiling. He then felt Emma kiss him again. This was so right, so perfect. He felt Emma kiss him quickly again and again. He heard the bang of the math book. He then to dropped everything. "We don't need that stuff anymore." he whispered to Emma. They were alone in a hallway... that no one knew about. "Forget about these quick kisses." he said smiling evilly. He then kissed Emma for the longest time. He counted in his head.... 50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59, a minute.. He continued kissing Emma. They were alone. They could do almost anything.


He then backed up from Emma and said. "I know... I mean we..." he stopped in mid-sentence... he couldn’t stand not kissing Emma. He then went back to kissing her. He loved Emma... he couldn’t do anything. "So... parents are gone this weekend." he whispered before going back to kiss Emma. He could do this all day. He just might. It was deserted so no one would find them. He then remembered his parents are working all day and not coming home tonight. "Wanna ditch, we can go over to my place." he winked to Emma.

He then looked at Emma and sighed. "I love you so much Em..." he said and kissed Emma.

[Emma the Loyal Sharpette]

Emma relished in Zeke's kisses. She kissed him long and hard. She pulled him closer to him, liking the feeling of the closeness of their bodies. She giggled as Zeke kept kissing her between his words. She loved that feeling of being loved. She heard him whisper about his parents being gone. She giggled at the idea, but she loved it too. No one would miss her for the rest of the school day.

Emma nodded, a mischevious smile taking over. "Let's go." she practically purred to Zeke.

"I love you too, Zeke." Emma kissed him back, and grabbed his hand. She followed him outside and over to his car. She was gearing herself up for this. She had never expected her day to turn out like this. What a change of events! But Emma felt truly happy.