You Belong With Me

Chapter 1

It was Monday morning at East High. The warning bell had just rung and everyone was moving to the first class for the day. For Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton it was the worst class of all…..history. As the couple walked into the classroom, Gabriella ran into Chad Danforth, her best friend in the whole world since they were kids; to Gabriella they were like brother and sister.

"Hey Gabi" Chad said as everyone took their seats.

"Hey, how are you" Gabriella replied as she gave him a hug with a smile.

At that moment Troy walked over to Gabriella and Chad, they broke away from their hug as Troy said to Chad "Hey, man what's up".

"Nothing much, except lame history" Chad replied with an expression of boredom.

The next bell rang for the beginning of the class, the teacher walked in and everyone fell silent and took their seats in a hurry. The teacher started babbling but nobody was really listening. For Gabriella she was so excited to get out of history but it felt like it would never end. Finally, the bell for the end of class rang and everyone packed up and ran out the door as fast as they could.

Gabriella walked out with Troy, Chad shortly behind. Gabriella spotted Sharpay Evans standing by her bright pink sparkly locker along with her twin brother Ryan. Gabriella gave Troy a soft kiss on the lips then ran over to Sharpay.

Sharpay and Gabriella are close friends. She does things with Sharpay that she can't do with Chad, like shopping, sleepovers and gossip and all the girly stuff.

"Hey Sharpay" she said as she tapped her on the shoulder to get her attention.

"Oh hey Gabi" she replied with a small simile.

"Ready for tutoring, we need to get you reading for the chemistry test tomorrow" Gabriella started to walk off to the tutor centre.

"Yeah sure coming" Sharpay yelled after her and started to walk off as well "see ya Ryan".

Sharpay caught up to Gabriella and they both walked into the tutoring centre together. Gabriella tutors Sharpay in almost every free period they have together, because Sharpay's father thinks she needs to study more rather than spending all her time singing and performing.

When free period finished Gabriella packed up her books, said goodbye to Sharpay and hurried out to meet Troy in the cafeteria.

It seemed to Gabriella that the day would never end but finally it did. The bell rang for the end of the day and all the students were filling up the halls of East High and running out the doors to head home.

Gabriella and Chad used to do everything together until she started dating Troy Bolton. To Chad, he feels that he and Gabriella have grown apart but Gabriella doesn't see it. He never really got along with Troy but since he started dating his best friend, he figured if he didn't want to lose Gabriella he would have to make an effort. The fact that they both play basketball and are on the same team at school is the only thing they have in common.

Gabriella made plans with Chad to grab a pizza and a movie after school today but totally forgot and made plans with Troy to hit the beach. She spotted Chad in the hallway at his locker and ran over to him to say goodbye but before she could say anything Chad opened his mouth and started talking, he had a huge smile on his face.

"Oh hey ready to go, and don't worry you can pick the movie this time since you never like the ones I pick," his smile slowly faded when he saw the guilty expression on her face.

"You forgot, didn't you" he said in a disappointed tone.

"I'm so sorry Chad, Troy asked me if I wanted to go to the beach with him this afternoon and I kinda said yes".

"Oh" Chad said under his breath.

"I can cancel"

"No its fine he's your boyfriend you should be with him its fine really have fun I'll just see you tomorrow".

"You sure?" Gabriella asked

"Yeah" Chad replied forcing a smile.

"Thanks, I'll make it up to you I promise". Gabriella gave him a kiss on the cheek and ran back over to Troy, they walked outside holding hands got in his car and drove off. Chad was watching them with an upset and jealous look on his face.

Just then, Sharpay walked up to him and caught him off guard.

"Hey Chad" she said to him but he didn't seem to be paying much attention.

"Hello earth to Chad" she repeated waving a hand in front of his face, he was still staring out the window were he saw Troy and Gabriella drive off.

"Chad" she said once again and snapped her fingers in his ear. He then finally noticed she was trying to talk to him. When he saw her a feeling of happiness came over him.

Sharpay and Chad aren't really close friends like he is with Gabriella but they are friends. Sharpay is the one he talks to when Gabriella's not around.

"Oh Hi Sharpay, what are you still doing here? I thought you would have been gone by now you usually can't wait to get out of school," he said.

"Yeah well today I had things to do. What are you still doing here the bell went 15 minutes ago," She asked sounding curious.

"Ms Darbus held me back in English," he lied. He didn't want her to know that he got held up because of Gabriella.

"Didn't you have plans with Gabriella today?" she asked.

"No" he replied trying to sound like he had no idea what she was talking about.

"Yes you did" she said in a tone of annoyance.

"How do you know?"

"Er you told me this morning, it was the reason you couldn't wait until the end of school" she replied in a 'duh' tone.

After those words the look of disappointment returned on his face. Sharpay noticed and there was a moment of silence. Then Sharpay broke it.

"I betta go" she said awkwardly "I'll see you tomorrow". She gave him a small smile and walked out of the doors to East High, got in her pink convertible and drove off.

Chad shut his locker and headed home. It was now half an hour after the bell had rung. On his way home, he was thinking the whole time about how much fun Gabriella was having with Troy at the beach.