The only reason this is HSM; Lauren is Sharpay. Cade is Troy. and Emmy would be Gabriella. Got it? k.
Chapter 1;
A sigh came out of Lauren's, or Lori's, mouth as she once again sat in class daydreaming about, her dream guy, Cade Collins, also her best friend, whose suddenly had other plans then hanging out with her and Emily "Emmy" Oxley, the only girl who actually knows every secret Lori has. Cade and Emmy had been Lori's best friends ever since moving from England to California about a year ago. Both were very welcoming, and the more and more she hung out with Cade the more she fell for him. Cade never knew, of course. How could he? It'd be totally awkward and weird to just go up and tell him that she loved him, and especially if he didn't feel the same. How could they be friends after that? Lori was always on the safe side; any wrong move and she could ruin everything. The bell rang, interrupting Lauren's thoughts, and made her quickly grab her things and run out of the room to her locker. Emily was already standing there, "I see we're late for another locker meeting?" She said as Lori jabbed her books in the locker. "Come on, Lor, you can't hide this forever." Lauren looked at her, with somewhat of a sarcastic grin, "Actually, I can, and it's a choice to either tell him or not tell him. I think I'll go with the first one." Suddenly, Cade appeared behind them, "Tell who what?" He said with his palm propping himself up on the locker. Lori bit her lip before turning around and closed her eyes tightly wishing it were a dream she could just wake up from. Unfortunately it wasn't. It was reality, and yet again, she'd have to tell another lie to cover her secret up. She opened on eye slowly, then the other. As she turned around, an innocent smile went across her face. She started to play with the ends on her blonde, loosely curled hair. She had a habit of doing that when she was either lying or nervous, which luckily, Cade hadn't caught onto yet. "Oh, um, tell my dad that, his pizza casserole is gross. I mean, I don't wanna hurt his feelings, but if I ever eat another bite, I'll die of poison." Cade looked at her confused, "I thought your dad was fighting in the war." Lori's eyes widened, searching for another excuse to pop out, "Oh, um, you know he's home for rest." Cade lifted his head up and down slowly, "Ah, okay. Hey, you guys wanna go out for lunch? I hear the Boardwalk has 'Teal' playing today." The Boardwalk was the newest restaurant in Malibu, and "Teal" was Lori's absolute favorite band, if she had one. "Um, sure, meet you by the fountain in the front courtyard?" She said, in approval to his question. "Awesome. See ya, guys!" He said over his shoulder as he walked away from then "Bye Cade!" Lori and Emmy said in unison. "You have GOT to stop lying to that boy," was the last thing Emmy could say as they walked into their next class.
After the lunch bell rang, Lauren ran out to the fountain in the courtyard. Emmy and Cade came about 5 seconds after. "Ready?" She asked them. "Definitely." Emmy said, as she started to walk towards the parking lot. They got in Cade's red Ferrari and slowly drove off. Lori was sitting in the back and stared at the back of Cade's head, daydreaming, as usual. The only time she took her eyes off him was when he looked in the rearview mirror or when Emmy looked back at her. "I love you too…" She said in an 'out of it' voice. Emmy looked back at her with a weird look and hit Lauren lightly on the leg to get her to snap out of it. As soon as Lauren felt Emmy's hand on her jeans she shook her head as if she was shaking her thoughts out of her mind. "Sorry." She mouthed to Emmy, and stared out the window at the shoreline of South Malibu Beach. Her thoughts ran over her mind again, but they suddenly were interrupted by Cade's voice. "Uh, Lori, we're here." He said, leaning over the seat, looking at Lori. "Oh, uh, sorry." She said, pulling the door handle to open the door. They walked in the double, glass doors of the Boardwalk. "What's up with you? You seem totally out of it." Cade asked, looking at Lori concerned. "Oh, um, nothing." She lied, crossing her arms over her chest as if protecting herself. The waiter came and sat them down, pretty close to the stage. She looked up at the big stage with the blue lighting covering it. The band came out and everyone cheered. "Alright, this song goes out to all you couples out there." The lead singer said. Gah, Lori thought to herself. Why does it always have to be couples? Cade looked over at her and smiled. She faked one back at him, as she rested her head on her hand and stared at the lead singer, pretending to be listening to the lyrics he was singing. But she couldn't help but doze off, yet again, to her fantasy 'Cade loves Lori' land. She couldn't focus on anything but that.
"Lori, COME ON!" Lori heard Emmy say, demanding as she felt herself being shaken. "Oh, huh?" She said looking around to find herself still in the Boardwalk. "Is it already over?" She asked, cocking her head at the now empty stage. "Um, duh." Emmy said in a 'you are so out of it' kind of voice. "Cade's waiting in the car. Come on, we're gonna be late for last period!" Lori felt Emmy's hand lock with hers and pull her out. Lori threw herself in the backseat. Cade looked back at her. "Lori, I demand you tell me what your problem is today." Lori searched her mind for yet another excuse, while he kept talking. "You seem so out of it. I mean, you said totally random things on the way over here, you did that weird hair twirly thing you do when you're nervous, and now you fall asleep when your watching your favorite band perform." SHOOT! Her mind screamed. He actually noticed that I play with my hair when I'm nervous. "How did you know what I do when I'm nervous?" Cade rolled his eyes, "Because, you suck at lying, and you're usually nervous when you're lying." Emmy sniggered. Lori shot her an evil glare, but then turned back to Cade. "I-I-…" She looked back at Emmy for reassurance. Emmy edged her to keep going. "I just have a lot on my mind." Out of the corner of her eye, Lori could she Emmy throw her hands up, half way in the air, and let out an agitated sigh. Cade looked over at Emmy and shrugged, then started to back up his car out of the parking lot, and back to school. How long could she keep this up?