All the seniors were having a big blowout at Sharpay's house-which had thirteen bedrooms, seven bathrooms, three living rooms, two formal dining areas. a simple dining area, and two kitchens. Zeke was assisting the Evans' cook with the food for the party. Kelsey was in charge of music. Taylor was in charge of games and things to keep everyone alive. Chad and Troy were in charge of drinks. Gabriella was in charge of decorations and Sharpay- well, using her house put enough on her plate- and Ryan's.
Senior year was over and they would be heading off to college- after summer vaca of course! Everyone was screaming and cheering as the seniors ran through the hallways, collecting their stuff to leave. "Oh em gee, I'm so excited!" Chad squealed like a little girl. Taylor patted the top of his afro. "Hey, no looky, looky, no jokey, jokey, not even touchy, touchy," Chad said, waggling his finger in a mom sort of way.
Taylor shook her head. "Sometimes I just want to chop it off!" She cried. "What about them sour apples"
"Oh, shush," Chad said, waving his hand.
"Wow, someone's been working on getting in touch with their feminine side," Troy joked, coming up behind them, hand in hand with Gabriella.
"Ouch," Sharpay giggled from her locker, next to which they had stopped.
"Hey, Gabs. Hey, Tay," she greeted them. "So, you guys excited about summer"
"Who wouldn't be?" Gabriella asked.
"Yeah, no waking up early, no Darbus, and no homework!" Troy hollered.
"Just you wait and see," Ryan piped up. "You'll be missing high school when we're in college. Trust me on that"
"Oh, I'm sure it'll be fine. It can't be that bad, can it?" Gabriella questioned.
"Just you wait," Ryan said. "You'll see"
"Hey guys!" Kelsey's voice squeaked from behind them.
"Hey, Kels," Gabriella replied, hugging her friend.
"I'm really gonna miss this school, you know," Taylor said.
"Well, take a good look around, 'cause we're outta here," Chad said.
"But I'm not ready for college, yet." Sharpay added.
"Hey, we'll all be together in the long run, am I right?" Troy asked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah, I guess." Zeke agreed, from a few lockers down. They were all going to the same college - Stanford.
"And closer than ever," Kelsey pointed out.
"Friends forever," Gabriella said.
"Okay, enough with the mushy, mushy. I might just puke my guts out all over the floor, then Jason might come over and slip and fall in them," Chad said.
"Ewww!" All the girls squealed, as the guys snickered.
"Slip in what?" Jason asked, jogging up.
"You DON'T want to know," Sharpay jumped in and she and the girls walked away. Troy watched Gabriella go.
"Dude," Chad said, waving a hand in front of Troy's face. "Stop checking out Gabsilla. It sickens me, she's like my little sister"
"I wasn't!" Troy argued.
"Yes you were!" Jason agreed.
"Yeah, dude, he's right," Ryan added.
"Aren't I always?" Chad asked. The guys looked at eacother.
"No," they all said in unison.
"Let's go find the girls," Zeke interrupted.
"They're probably halfway around the school by now," Troy said.
"Ha ha, funny," Jason laughed.
Troy looked back. "I wasn't kidding"
"Oh," and they took off after him.
"All right, all done." Sharpay sang, finishing Gabriella's eye liner.
"Please, Taylor, don't tell me I look like a"
"No, sweets, you look fine," Taylor interrupted. Gabriella closed her eyes and walked over to the mirror.
"Okay," she whispered. "One, two, three." Her eyes flicked open. "Ooh, la, la"
"My turn!" Taylor screeched.
"Honey, while I'm doing Taylor's, go get dressed," Sharpay told Gabriella, who sighed.
"Fine." She waltzed into the bathroom.
A few minutes later, she came out with a twirl. "Ta da! How do I look"
"Hot," Taylor laughed.
"Whoa, dang, save some hot for the rest of us," Sharpay teased.
"Haha hilarious," Gabriella said sarcastically.
"DING DONG!" The doorbell sounded.
"The guests are here," Sharpay cried.
"Let's get this party started!" Chad's voice boomed from down below"
"Chaddy's here!" Taylor yelled. She turned to Gabriella. "And that means Troy-boy's here too"
"Well, I gotta do my hair," Gabriella said.
"What are you gonna do to it?" Sharpay asked, from the doorway.
"Straighten it. You can go say hi to Zeke."Gabriella said, walking back into the bathroom.
She looked at the straightener on the counter and went over to it. She reached out and touched her hand to the surface. "Ouch!" She cried out.
"Baby, be careful," Troy warned from the bathroom door.
"Aaaaah!" She screamed. "Oh, Troysie, it's just you. You scared me"
"Wow, Sharpay wasn't lying when she texted me that you looked "fantabulously" hot," Troy chuckled.
"That loser," Gabriella huffed, pinning up half of her hair and running the straightner over the other half. Troy watched her carefully.
"The party's starting without you!" Sharpay called up the stairs. Troy took his eyes off Gabriella and turned around.
"Be down in a sec!" He replied. "C'mon, 'Brie"
"Hold on," Gabriella pleaded. "Just one more minute." She pulled the newly straightened hair up and straightened the other side quickly. "Okay, ready"
Troy wrapped his arm around her waist. "Took you long enough." Gabriella playfully glared at him and punched him in the arm. "Oh, that hurt soooo bad"
They walked down the stairs to hear the music already was on. It was So What by Pink. "I love this song!" Gabriella cried to Kelsey. who was the d.j.
"So what, I'm still a rockstar, I've got my rock moves, and I don't need you. And guess what? I'm having more fun, now that we're done. . ."Gabriella sang with the music. Troy stared at her. "Do I have something on my face?" She asked.
"No," Troy said.
"Then why're you looking at me like that"
"I didn't know it was a crime. Guilty as charged for looking at my girlfirend," Troy teased.
"Oh, will you put a sock in it and start dancing, lovebirds?" Ryan asked, coming up with Martha.
"We shall," Troy said, taking Gabriella's hand and they began dancing.
"I need aqua!" Gabriella shouted over the music minutes later.
"What?" Troy asked.
"I need aqua"
"Go find her then," Troy said, shrugging. Then, he turned to Jason as she walked off. "Dude, who's Lola"
"Who?" Jason asked, confused. "Never heard of her," he said, scrunching up his nose.
"Okay. . ." Troy drifted off and walked over to Kelsey. "Hey, can you play First Time by Lifehouse"
"Sure. Right after this song." Kelsey said. The song Disturbia was currently playing.
"But this song is so gay," Chad whined, as he passed by.
"You're gay." Troy called.
He wandered over to Sharpay. "You know who Lola is"
"No, why does everyone keep talking about that ckick!? Jason asked me who she was and then Kelsey." Sharpay replied.
"I dunno. Gabby knows her. She told me she needed Lola." Troy shrugged.
"Well, I don't know. Maybe it's her imaginary friend"
"Whatever. Taylor!" He called, walking over to her. "Who's Lola"
"Who's whattie?" Taylor questioned.
"Lola, Gabby went to find her"
"There is no one named Lola here." Taylor laughed. "Maybe you misheard her"
"Maybe. I'mma go find her"
"You do that," Taylor giggled and continued her previous conversation with Martha and Ryan about dancing.
Chad skipped up to Zeke. "You seen Troy"
"No. Maybe he's upstairs. . .with"
"Don't even finish that line," Chad groaned. Then, he went to Kelsey.
"Where's Troy? Did he ever find Gabriella?" Chad asked.
"Haven't seen them. . ." Kelsey said, racking her brain. "...For like thirty minutes and that was when he was looking for her"
"Wierd. No one I've asked has seen them. Someone had to have." Chad mumbled, walking upstairs.
"Chad!" Taylor called. "Finally, where have you-" She turned the corner. He was gone. "Chaddy"
"Not possible, he was just there like two seconds ago," Sharpay said.
"I know. You saw him, too"
"Yeah, he went up the stairs. Where's Gabby"
"No one knows where anyone is these days," Taylor sighed.
"Oh, they're lost, too?" Sharpay asked.
"Too? What do you mean? Who else is lost"
"Well, we can't find Ryan or Jason. . .But then again, it's not that hard to get lost in this place. I've lived here my whole life and even I still get lost sometimes. Gabriella, Troy, Chad, and Jason have only been here like seven times"
"You're right. It is a pretty big house." Taylor nodded in agreement.
"But, all of them at the same time? It doesn't seem right. I dunno, i just have this wierd feeling in my stomach that something's out of place. Really out of place." Sharpay bit her lip.
"Maybe we should look for them?" Taylor suggested.
"Yeah, but let's not split up. I feel really uneasy and we shouldn't be alone"
"Okay, you're scaring me"
"Sorry, I'm not trying to, that's just how I'm feeling at the moment." Sharpay told her.
"Yeah, well, me too, and that's what scares me. . ." Taylor drifted off. BANG!
"Aaaaahh!!!" Both the girls screamed.
"Alright, it was just the dog, right?" Taylor asked, trying to stay calm.
"Tay, we don't have a dog. . ." Sharpay whispered.
"Aaaaaah!" Taylor screamed again.
"What? What?" Sharpay asked, panicky.
"You don't have a dog!" Taylor screeched.
"So...?" Sharpay questioned, confused,
"That noise!" Taylor yelled.
"Oh, right, yeah, maybe we should go get Zeke." Sharpay responded.
"Good idea!"Taylor cried and they ran downstairs.
Zeke turned around at the cry of his name and Taylor and Sharpay ran up, panting. "What happened"
"Oh my God! You wouldn't believe it! We were upstairs and"
"Shut up! There's no time!" Taylor said, a wierd sensation caressing through her body, making the hairs on her neck stand on end. Then, she realized everyone was singing karaoke. That meant Kelsey. . .
"Where's Kelsey?" Taylor demanded.
"She went to the bathroom," Zeke replied. "Why"
"Well, we can't find any of the rest of the gang either. . ." Sharpay said for Taylor.
"Look with us?" Taylor begged.
"Okay. Who all is gone"
"Jason, Gabriella, Troy, Ryan, Chad, and now, Kelsey." Taylor informed him.
"Where's the bathroom?" Taylor asked.
"Up the stairs and to the left." Sharpay answered.
"Let's go there," Taylor said, heading for the stairs. She knocked on the bathroom door. "Kelsey?" No answer.
Sharpay opened the door slowly and poked her head in. "Nope, no one"
"Where is she?" Zeke asked.
"Well, there's six more bathrooms. . ." Sharpay replied.
"And why didn't you say that the FIRST TIME?!" Taylor yelled.
"I thought you had to use the toilet or something!" Sharpay argued.
"Why would I do that IN A TIME LIKE THIS"
"Girls, enough!" Zeke interrupted before Sharpay could retort. "Fighting isn't going to find anyone, whatsoever"
"You're right, sorry, Shar," Taylor sighed. "I'm just worried, because there's six fucking people missing and one of them's my boyfriend and another's my best friend"
"Me too," Sharpay agreed.
"Okay, so where'd you hear this bang?" Zeke pressed.
"That room," Taylor said, pointing across the hall. Zeke crept over to the door and reached for the knob.
"Stay out here," Zeke warned.
"Fine," Sharpay huffed, crossing her arms. A few minutes later, the girls began getting tense.
"Where is he?" Sharpay whimpered. Taylor kicked open the door with her foot. Sharpay peeked in and fipped on the light.
"Zeke!" They both called.
"Where does this door lead?" Taylor asked, walking over to the door on the side of the room.
"Uh, Ryan's bedroom, I think. . ." Sharpay thought out loud. "Yeah." Taylor opened the door.
Sharpay heard footsteps behind her and whipped around. "Zeke?" She asked hopefully.
"Taylor--" But Taylor was gone.
"Taylor? Zeke?" Sharpay called out in every direction. "Hello?" Then, she ran downstairs.
The people down there didn't have a care in the world. "Hey!" She cried. She grabbed a drink off the table and chugged it. "Oh my gosh! DO YOU PEOPLE LIKE NOT CARE THAT EIGHT OF MY BEST FRIENDS HAVE GONE MISSING IN THE PAST FORTY FIVE MINUTES?!?!" She yelled as loud as her vocal cords and lungs would let her. The people stopped dancing. The chatter died down. The two people singing karaoke stopped almost immediately.
"What?" A boy with red hair asked.
"Ryan Evans, Zeke Baylor, Taylor McKessie, Gabriella Montez, Troy Bolton, Chad Danforth, Kelsey Nielson, and Jason Cross seem to have disappeared. Have any of you seen them in the last ten minutes?" Sharpay questioned. Every head shook solemnly. "Can you help me look? This is a big house and I can't find all of them on my own." The people didn't answer. They just started screaming and running in every direction. "UGH!" Sharpay yelled in frustation. She stomped up the stairs and poked her head into every door down the first hall. Then, a cloth covered her mouth and her eyes drooped and she fell backwards into someone's arms.
A\N: SO THERE'S MY FIRST CHAPTER. LIKE IT? HATE IT? SHOULD I CONTINUE WRITING OR STOP WHERE I AM? PLEASE REVIEW! JUST HIT THAT BUTTON. YOU'RE JUST ONE CLICK AWAY. . .