A/N: I know this is short but it's just the beginning. Bear with me.
I don't own:
HSM
Just like heaven
I do own:
Kind of the storyline? Maybe...
Prologue
Gabriella sat with her best friends – Taylor, Sharpay, Kelsi, Martha and Sharpay's twin brother, Ryan – in the bleachers as they watched the basketball game unfold before them. "Tay, you see now, if Troy makes this basket, we get three points." She tried to explain to her African-America friend.
"Chemistry is so much easier." She whined, trying so hard to understand the game. The only thing she knew was that boys flung orange ball into a net and they become sweaty. Oh, that and all the boys are obnoxious as well.
"How is it?" Sharpay protested. "If you watch basketball game, you not only get to enter into the school spirit, you get to watch jocks in baggy shorts."
"No, you like to watch Zeke in baggy shorts." Ryan corrected his sister.
Martha giggled and slipped her hand into her boyfriend's hand. "Ry's got a point there. Shar, you need to tell him."
"It's not that easy." She looked nervously at her hands that were clasped in her lap.
"Shar, it's only hard if you make it hard." Kelsi said softly.
"Yeah, but he's a basketball player. You know what they think of us drama geeks." She rolled her eyes. "He's never even noticed me."
"You're his lab partner." Gabriella said in confusion.
"What's your point?" Sharpay snapped.
The others glanced at each other worriedly. Sharpay was never nervous but they knew her well enough to not mess with her when she was angry.
"Number fourteen of the wildcats steals the ball from the west high knights. Six seconds left on the clock." The commentator said as Troy Bolton dribbled the ball up the court. "He shoots…He scores!"
The friends jumped up and yelled. "See, Tay? It's that easy!"
Taylor laughed. "I still don't understand it."
"Maybe Chad could help you." Kelsi joked, referring to Taylor's crush on Troy's best friend, Chad Danforth.
Taylor blushed and looked at the floor as Gabriella laughed. She rested her hand on her friend's shoulder. "Calm down, Tay. Anyway, guys, I promised my mum I'd be home straight after the game. I'll see you guys later." She hugged her friends before leaving the bleachers. Just as she was about to leave the gym, she bumped into someone. She looked up into the sparkling eyes of Troy Bolton. He probably didn't even know her name. "Uh, sorry. Congratulations on the win."
He smiled politely. "Thanks."
"I'm sorry again. Bye." She said awkwardly before leaving the gym and heading to her ford escort – it being the only car she could afford at sixteen years old. She slipped into the car and clicked the key into the ignition and twisted it, hearing the hum of the engine. She pulled out of the parking lot and headed home.
Sharpay took a deep breath from her standing place by the refreshments table. Martha and Ryan were out there dancing, leaving Sharpay, Taylor and Kelsi by themselves. It was the after party and they were on one side of the room and Troy, Jason, Zeke and Chad were on the other. "Okay, this is it. I'm going to ask Zeke to dance."
Kelsi and Taylor glanced at each other. "Shar, just do it. You've been in seventeen school productions. Since when are you nervous?"
"Since I'm about to ask the guy I've been crushing on for months to dance!" She exclaimed.
Taylor coughed slightly and pointed ahead of them. The three of them stared as Zeke made his way across the dance floor towards them. Taylor and Kelsi walked a few feet away so the couple had privacy but they were still in ear shot. "Hey, Sharpay. I was just wondering if-"
Sharpay's phone interrupted the conversation. "I'm sorry. One minute." She took her cell phone from her bag and held it to her ear. "Hello?...What?...The hospital?...No I'll drive the girls and Ryan there soon. Thanks Ms Montez." She shut her phone and was about to turn to Taylor and Kelsi when she remembered Zeke. "Zeke, I'm sorry I've got to go."
"Why? Is something wrong?" He asked worriedly.
"Well, yeah. My best friend, Gabriella, was hit by a drunk driver who ran a red light. She's in the emergency room." She explained softly.
"Gabs is in the hospital?" Taylor exclaimed as they all gathered round.
Sharpay nodded. "Zeke, I'm sorry."
Zeke nodded sadly. "I'll see you in chemistry, alright?"
She smiled. "Yeah you will. I'll see you later. I promise."