This idea has been bothering my mind since I saw HSM3. I really loved the Trelsi friendship scenes there and this gave me the inspiration for this. Well, I hope you like this one. This is set during the first movie.
Troy Bolton wandered aimlessly through the white corridors of East High. The past two weeks of his life has been full of ups and downs and he didn't know he could handle all the pressure that has been put on him.
Troy, for the first time in his life, was scared. And to make things worse, he didn't have anybody to turn to ask for help.
He can't go to his father, because his advice would always be biased towards basketball. Also, he was still pissed off with the way he acted towards Gabriella at the gym just a few days ago.
Likewise, talking to his basketball "chums" didn't sound so inviting either. It was true that they were man enough to admit to him that they, along with the scholastic decathlon team, were the cause of Gabriella's sudden change towards him, but he was still not sure if he could trust them the way he used to.
So there he was, standing alone in the middle of the halls, forced to face his problems all by himself. He was hoping that one way or another he could fix this crazy mess called his life.
His aimless wandering led him to the school's music room, where he heard a familiar tune being played on the piano. He entered the room as quietly as he could possibly can; he then saw the source of the music sitting behind the big instrument. It was the girl he recently dubbed as the playmaker, singing along the song he now recognized as What I've Been Looking For, the song that got him into the callbacks.
"Wow! You sound great, Kelsi! I didn't know you had such a beautiful voice." Troy commented after the composer finished the song.
The petite girl jumped with surprise, only realizing now that she wasn't alone in the room. There were just moments like this that the whole world seized to exist except for her and her instrument.
"Th-thanks, Troy…" she replied modestly, slightly blushing because of the compliment. "Did you want to rehearse? Where's Gabriella?"
"Uhm, Actually, Gabby and I, uhm, I don't think we would be able to do the callbacks anymore."
Kelsi's face fell. "But why? What happened? I though everything was fine."
"So did I, but Gabriella told me that she didn't want to do it anymore. My friends and her friends set us up so she thinks that I didn't want to do the callbacks anymore."
"So you still want to do the callbacks?"
"Yes, but not without Gabriella. I need to tell her the truth but I can't because she won't even talk to me."
Not knowing exactly how to respond, Kelsi only nodded her head.
And Troy, without thinking about who he was talking about, continued to ramble about his problems, from his Dad pressuring him about basketball, his teammates plotting against his and him feeling betrayed about it, to the stupid status quo that has always controlled the way he and the other students acted. He didn't know why, but he felt comfortable there, just releasing all his pent up emotions to Kelsi, a girl he didn't even talk to up until now.
Troy finally stopped his rambling and cuing Kelsi to give him the pep talk that he needed.
"Troy, I can't exactly tell you that I know how you feel, because honestly, I've never been under such pressure before. But what I do know is that you are a strong guy, carrying the whole school on your shoulders in just you 3rd year tells something about you. And I honestly believe that you can overcome all this hurdles in front of you. You should just take one thing at a time; you don't need to rush things by trying to fix them all at once. But before you start fixing this so called mess, I think you should make one important decision."
"About?" Troy could help himself to ask.
"Status quo. You complain to me that you hate it, but you succumb to it just like the rest of us. You have to decide, are you going to fight it or follow it until you leave this school. Because if you haven't noticed it yet, status quo is the source of all your problems and unless you are ready to defy it you won't be able to fix anything. Start there and the rest will follow."
Troy stared at Kelsi, amazed with what she just said. He knows she was right and he knew exactly what he needed to do know. "Wow...Thanks Kels. I didn't know you could be that deep and expressive."
"Well, it helps when I write songs. I need to be deep so I can dig up inspirations."
"Oh…" said a still amazed Troy. "I know this is going to sound so random but I just wanted to ask you what inspired you to write the musical."
"Well, I… I kinda wrote it about this guy I really like. He's so near yet so far, you know. I mean, he does know that I exist but chooses to ignore me because we are worlds apart. And this, this story is what I hope will be our story."
"Like me and Gabby…" Troy added and Kelsi only nodded.
Seeing the sadness in the small girl's eyes, it was his turn to cheer her up. "Hey, for what it's worth, I think he's a total idiot for not noticing you."
Kelsi smiled at his effort to make her feel better. "Thanks, Troy."
Troy smiled back before looking outside the window. He notices that it was getting dark, he look at his wrist but no watch was present on it. He then placed his attention to the clock inside the room which read 6 o'clock.
Troy suddenly spoke. "It's getting late. I know it only 6 but I didn't tell my parents I was going to be out. I need to go home."
Kelsi turned her attention from Troy to the clock."Whoa, I should have been home an hour ago. My parents are so going to kill me. I was supposed to baby sit my brother."
The two teens quickly left the room and headed towards the school's exit, talking about how Troy could get Gabriella to listen to him.
Finally, reaching the outside, Kelsi turned to Troy and spoke. "Well, I'm going this way. I'll see you tomorrow. Good luck with the whole Gabriella thing. "
"Thanks, Kels, for everything." Troy replied. " Good luck to you and your mystery man as well. "
Kelsi laughed at his comment and he joined her shortly.
The two turned opposite directions heading to their own homes, their spirits higher than before.
Who could Kelsi's mystery guy be? There is a chapter 2 to this so you can read that to find out. Reviews???