Not Me

By Story-Goddess

"Everybody changes, and it's always for the better."

Prologue: Graduation Day

It was Graduation day, the end of school and the beginning of a new phase in life, College. It was the time when the students dressed up in black robes with matching hats, when teachers bid farewell to their pupils and classmates say a tearful goodbye to everyone.

But the sorrowful endings would have to wait, because Sharpay Evans was marching up the aisle, shouting piercing words, telling the others to back off, as she grabbed the front seat everyone started muttering.

"There's one thing I won't miss!" murmured one student.

Ryan Evans, Sharpay's faithful twin followed her, dutifully. He didn't have a choice, really. He sat down next to his sister and Gabriella, flicking back his blonde hair.

"Hey Ryan," It was Gabriella, "and Sharpay."

Gabriella Montez smiled, hopefully. She and Sharpay had been arch enemies ever since she had come to East High. Perhaps, they could get a long on the last day, at least?

Sharpay snapped her compact closed and shot Gabriella an icy cold glare. She breathed the girl's last name harshly and flicked back her straight blonde hair.

Ryan sighed and said hello to Gabriella, who looked crestfallen. He then made his way to the wildcats, and of course Taylor McKessie. There was very little time for greetings, but they managed to bear their annoyance.

Apart from Sharpay of course, the blonde was glaring at them furiously, as they chatted non-stop. She let out a slow growl, so deep that everyone turned to look at her.

Sharpay rolled her eyes and shouted, "Stop staring!"

The rest of the ceremony dragged on, and at last Troy Bolton, who had been elected School President, made his speech, behind his large podium.

"And here, in East High, one person, if it's the right person, can change everything." Troy finished off.

Sharpay nudged Gabriella. It was a mean nudge, accompanied by the rolling of her eyes, but Gabriella took this to be a compliment and stared at Troy, wistfully. Lust forming in the midst of her eyes,

"Dork," Sharpay muttered under her breath.

She flicked her blonde hair again, but this time she caught Taylor's eye. Sharpay rolled her eyes, yet again. How she couldn't wait to get out of this stupid school!

"GO WILDCATS!"

Chad's deafening shout echoed across the yard and every single student threw up their graduation hat. Sharpay watched from her chair, but did not attempt to do so herself. Instead, she daintily put her hat in her purse and smiled, flakily.

Jason was watching this and yelled at another teammate, "Check it out! The Ice Queen is smiling!"

Sharpay shot him a withering glare and turned on her heel, stomping all the way to the black limousine that had just pulled up. She opened the door, got in and slammed it shut.

Ryan groaned and told his new friends that he had to go. They all nodded and gave him their sympathy. It must be hard to live with Sharpay, they all thought, mindlessly.

As the limousine pulled out, Sharpay looked wistfully out of the limo's tinted window and out at the high school she had been to for what seemed like forever.

She smiled, sadly and whispered, "Goodbye East High, I'll miss you."

Dear Readers,

If you have read this story so far, please, please comment on it. Most of you will probably put it on Alert, or Favourites, without commenting. I need motivation to continue my stories. So please, if you want to read more, can you please comment? This might be harsh, but I will not update until I get reviews. The more I get, the quicker I'll try and post. I am trying to beat my record and I would love reviews. But so far I know a bit of the plot - Basically this story is to show how people change, and in the end, it's for the better. I know most of the characters changes, but please tell me what you want the story to be like. Humour, romance, friendship? But I can't do tragedies very well, sorry! Anyway, I'll stop babbling and start working on the next chapter. ONLY IF YOU REVIEW! I need to know if it's good enought to put an FF.

From your loyal writer,

Story-Goddess

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