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Waiting for an Answer
Seventeen year old Troy Bolton was standing on the corner of his street waiting for his bus to come around the corner. It was only 7 am and it was already turning out to be a bad day. His alarm didn't go off, and his parents had woke him up only 4 minutes before he had to leave and go catch the bus. He rushed out the door, even forgetting to print out his social studies homework from the night before.
Finally, he caught a glimpse of yellow out of the corner of his eye. He climbed onto the bus to find his girlfriend of 9 months, Gabriella Montez waiting for him. Troy winked at her and climbed into the open seat next to her. Gabriella pecked Troy on the cheek and asked him how his morning had been so far. He smiled and told her since he was with her now it was looking better. Troy then launched into his usual routine of telling Gabriella of how his morning had been on their bus ride on the way to school.
The couple hadn't stopped talking until the bus pulled into the school and Chad, Troy's best friend and fellow basketball player, told them to hurry up or they'll miss homeroom. Troy grabbed Gabriella's backpack, threw it over his shoulder, and then took Gabriella's hand before they started to run into the school before they realized the bell had just rung.
Ms. Darbus, their homeroom teacher, stood at the front of the room staring down Troy and Gabriella when they walked in. Ms. Darbus was the kind of teacher that could get angry at the smallest thing like a tardy.
"Troy, Gabriella what is wrong with you? This is the second tardy in two weeks. I am going to have to start giving detentions to the two of you. This is your final warning." Roughly, she made red marks beside their names on her attendance sheet and ushered them to sit.
Taylor, Gabriella's best friend and fellow member of the Scholastic Decathlon team with Gabriella, watched as the blushing Gabriella made her way to her seat.
"What happened between you two this morning? You should've known Ms. Darbus's moods." The two best friends laughed and then they continued to listen as the morning announcements continued on.
As morning announcements were going on Troy could only think about how great things are with Gabriella, their conversations are never awkward. Then, he remembered that Homeroom was the only class he had with Gabriella today. Days like these always seemed to take twice as long to be over with. He couldn't wait to see Gabriella at the end of the day when they would both take the bus home and go back to one of their houses to hang out.
Troy took a quick look behind him at Gabriella before he had to start his next class. When he looked back, a smile instantly crept up on his face. Gabriella was laughing at something that Taylor had said and the only thing Troy could think about was how he loved Gabriella's smile and every other part about her, living without Gabriella couldn't be done. Right when Troy was about to go talk to Taylor and Gabriella to see what they were laughing about, the bell rang and interrupted his thoughts. He sighed as he thought about being in Geometry next period when Gabriella would be all the way across the school in Chemistry.
In the hallway, Troy made his way over to Gabriella to make sure he gave her one small kiss before the end of the day. He waited at the door for her to come out. He saw her pass and say that she had to rush to Chemistry to talk to her teacher. He watched as she went running down the hallway, waving frantically and saying, "See you later Troy!!" He didn't even get a chance to wave back.
He began begrudgingly walking to Mr. Gersh's class thinking about Gabriella and his next basketball game. When he finally reached the door Mr. Gersh asked him to please take a seat. Troy quickly went to his seat near the window, where he started talking to Chad about the next night's game. Mr. Gersh stared at Chad and Troy until they stopped talking and then continued with his boring lesson about million of formulas that Troy neither cared about nor understood. Troy continued to look out the window, while ignoring the lesson, thinking about what Gabriella could be doing on the opposite side of the school in her chemistry class.
He was staring down at his pencil on his desk, still sitting there untouched, when all of the sudden he watched it shake and fall off of his desk. He took no notice and continued to stare out the window when it happened again. Then, he looked around and saw that Chad's pencil had fallen too while Ryan's eraser was rumbling on the middle of his desk. The feeling was so gentle at first, but then Troy knew what it had to be, an EARTHQUAKE!
Now the rumbling was getting worse. The magnets on the board were all sailing towards the ground. Markers, pens, rulers, and pencils were all falling off the desks. Papers and notebooks were flung around the room. Mr. Gersh was saying, "Children, on the floor!" A chorus of girls' screams echoed through the hallways. Troy's heart skipped a beat. What about Gabriella?!?!