CHAPTER ONE
It was a Monday morning and, for what felt like the first time ever, Troy Bolton was actually looking forward to the week ahead. Not only did he have, as usual, basketball practice every day and would get to see Gabriella, but it was the call-backs this week, which he and Gabriella had been rehearsing for weeks for!
However, Kate still hadn't shown them the song they were going to be singing. After watching them perform, she had decided that they performed best when they were singing the song for the first or second time, as they sung it most naturally then. Instead, they had been practising songs such as 'Breaking Free', 'Gotta go my own way' and 'Everyday' (which explained how they picked up the songs so quickly in the summer.)
The only thing that Troy was slightly worried about was his dad. His dad, who also happened to be his basketball coach, had accepted Troy being in the Winter Musical, but Troy wasn't sure his dad would be happy with him entering a second musical. Troy checked the time and groaned. If he wasn't careful, he would be late for Gabriella!
'But your faith, it gives me strength,
Strength to believe…
We're soaring, flying,
There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach,
If we're trying, yeah we're breaking free.'
"Troy, you need to relax a bit. Gabriella, remember how to do the harmony on the 'heaven', OK?" Kate was Troy and Gabriella's singing trainer and she would only accept the best! A few weeks ago Gabriella would have found that beyond irritating, but now Kate was one of her really close friends. She could already feel a friendship developing that was much closer then hers and Taylor's.
"Right, take it from the top," Kate instructed, and Troy and Gabriella concealed smiles. As they began singing, Gabriella heard Troy's phone go off. Although they both knew Kate would not approve, Gabriella saw Troy sneakily check his phone underneath the piano. What he saw made him turn white. Gabriella gave him a questioning look and Troy passed her the phone. The text made the words of the song die on Gabriella's lips.
Troy,
We've got a friendly match against one of the toughest teams in the state on Friday after school. We need the whole team in the gym every lunchtime and afterschool this week. See you later.
Coach
"Guys, what's up?" Kate asked, looking concerned. However, neither of them answered her, both having more pressing concerns.
"But the call-backs…" Gabriella began.
"…Are on Friday," Troy finished.
"So what…" Gabriella continued.
"…Am I going to do?" Troy wondered, half to Gabriella, half to himself. "I don't know," Troy said. "I think Ill go and talk to my dad, make him see…the match is only a friendly and I might be able to make him understand."
However, Troy looked so doubtful that Gabriella began to get a feeling of dread in her stomach. As always, the callbacks weren't going to be as easy as expected!
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