K, this is my first published fanfic ever and I'm excited to finally share it with you guys. I hope you like. Enjoy:)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the OC. Please don't sue!


A celebratory air blew across the East High Campus as the Wildcats got ready for their middle of the year pep rally. Inside the gym the bleachers were filled packed with roaring wildcats already pepped to their fullest capacity. In the mist of the crowd Gabriella and Taylor took their seats next to Kelsey and Martha and begin to cheer with the crowd, shaking their red and white streamers in the air. Sharpay and Ryan sat at the top of the bleachers. Sharpay looked not all that interested down below as if staring down from her throne at the insignificant peasants. Ryan on the other hand was full of the Wildcat spirit, sporting a red and white outfit accessoriezed with a matching tilted hat. Sharpay glanced at her ridiculous looking brother and shook her head in embarrassment.

Down below, Troy sat with Chad and the rest of his team members on the floor bleachers. He searched around for Gabriella and, upon finally spotting her out, winked at her. She giggled and gave him a wave. Taylor noticed and shot a smile at Chad, who held his hand to his ear imitating a phone and mouthed, "call me".

Finally, the rally began with the sound of the bands booming music. The crowd went wild as the cheerleaders raced onto the floor screaming and yelling to hype up the students even more. Mina, the head cheerleader, moved to the front and held her stance looking pleased at being the center of attention.

"Let me hear all of my wildcats out there!" she yelled. The reaction from the crowd was deafening. Just how she liked it. "5, 6,7,8!" The cheerleaders began their cheer, performing technical moves and high flips and jumps, amazing the audience with their skills. In the middle of her cheer, Mina caught Chad's eye and smiled at him flirtatiously. She continued her dance routine not taking her eyes off of him. Taylor saw this and fumed. Finishing up, the cheerleaders hyped up once more with the crowd and the basketball players raced onto the floor. As Mina passed by Chad she gave him a little smirk.

"Go get 'em, wildcat!" she purred before running off, shaking her pom-poms in the air. Chad stared after her with a smirk, but quickly wiped it off when he noticed Troy watching him. Troy grabbed the mic from Mr. Matsui and cleared his throat.

"Yeah, wildcats!" he yelled, not really knowing what to say next. He wasn't great with speeches and he didn't really know what was expected of him so he just thought back to the previous year and of how much fun he had being a wildcat. "Well, as many of you know, for some of us, this is our last year here at East High and I don't know about you, but I've had a blast! I've done some things I would have never thought I could do. I've learned a lot about myself..." he trailed off and looked back up at Gabriella who was smiling down at him. "And I've met some people I will never forget. So, in honor of our these last few months, I say we make the best of it because after all, we're..."

"All in this together!" the team chimed in.

Chad grabbed the mic. "What team?"

"Wildcats!" everyone yelled in unison.

"Wildcats!"

"Get your head in the game!"

The band began to play again as the students filed out of the bleachers and headed out of the gym. Gabriella, beaming, and Taylor, who wasn't as much in a chipper mood, made their way toward Troy and Chad.

"How'd you like it?" Troy asked, wrapping an arm around Gabriella. "Not too boring, right?"

"Not at all," Gabriella assured him, snuggling up into his arm. "A winning speech, from a winning team."

Chad turned to Taylor. "What about me?"

Taylor looked at him with the face of witty sarcasm coming his way. "I have an idea of who really loved your performance." She glared over at Mina and her crew and Chad followed her gaze then focused his attention back onto Taylor.

"Hey don't worry you're pretty little head over her, ok?" lifting her chin so that their eyes were locked. "There's only one girl for me and I'm looking at her."

Taylor swooned as Troy and Gabriella watched on.

"Aw!" they both teased.

"How cute." Troy added.

They laughed and followed the lingering students toward the exit.

Still up in the bleachers were Ryan and Sharpy over looking the love affairs of the four friends. How she wished that it were she instead of Montez, wrapped into Troy Bolton's arms. It was their senior year and no matter how much she tried to win over his heart during the past years, it never worked out for her. Gabriella just stepped foot into the school a year ago and she already had him wrapped around her little finger. What did she have that Sharpay didn't?

"Come on, Shar!" Ryan interrupted her train of thought. "This is senior year. You'll find some other prima boy."

Sharpay continued to watch Troy and Gabriella walk out of the gym together. "Who said I was thinking about Troy?" she asked as if in a daze.

Ryan narrowed his eyes. "You just did."

She sighed. "You're right," she stared out into the distance. "This is the last year I will ever grace these halls with my presence. There's no time to waste energy on irrelevant matters. Let's go." She leapt to her feet and carefully, due to her fabulous heels, descended down the bleachers.

Rolling his eyes at his sister's unbelievably big ego, Ryan shook his streamers lazily. "Go team!"


There you go! The next few chapters will be up soon!