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Fanfiction originally written on July eighth 2006.


The Introduction, As Told by Troy Bolton

It seemed like any other ordinary day. My friend Chad Danforth and I would take outside of our first period class (which was science) before school stared. I was so preoccupied about our upcoming game that it didn't occur to me that the warning bell should have rung fifteen minutes ago. Suddenly, this one girl who sits in the very back of my science class (Rachel? Is that her name? I forgot) came up to me.

"Did you hear about the kid who died?" she asked.

I started laughing. I couldn't help it. First of all, she pronounced "died" like "diet", and second of all, I knew she was the gullible type, and Chad told her she shouldn't fall for rumors so easily. Then I continued to talk about the game with Chad. Rachel (or whatever her name was) lightly shoved me on the arm. "I'm not kidding," she said. I was taken back on how much more serious she became. "You know that drama kid?" she continued, "He killed himself."

I paused. "Ryan?"

"Yeah, that's it," she answered. "Ryan Evans. Sharpay's brother?"

I began to look around myself. I realized that a couple of other students were talking about it, but most of them were oblivious to what was really going on, just like Chad and I were ten minutes ago. I glanced down at my watch. School should have started twenty-five minutes ago. I then also realized that I hadn't seen any teachers or other staff members pass down the hall.

That's when I started to believe in the rumor, but didn't accept it. I couldn't accept it. It was impossible to believe.


Author's Note:

Troy's point of view was taken from my own experience. When I was in eighth grade, a seventh grade girl at my school was murdered by her mother, who also killed the rest of her family before shooting herself.

I was hanging out with a friend before school started. I wasn't really keeping the track of time, but I knew school should had started a little bit ago. I also was looking around for any teachers to come by to open up their classrooms. It made me curious why there were no teachers in sight, but it never worried me.

Then a girl I knew came up to my friend and me and said, "Did you hear about the girl who died?" She really did accidentally pronounce the word "died" like "diet", and my friend was poking fun at her. I laughed, thinking that it was all a rumor, and that girl was gullible enough to believe it.

I felt a little guilty after I found out that it was true, and even though I never knew the girl who died, I was sorrowful of her passing.


22 August 2007