Summary: High School Musical never happened. This story was inspired by Carrie Underwood's song Some Hearts.
A/N: I've finished writing this story, so the update rate is entirely based on your interest in it. So Review.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own High School Musical. I didn't even get the second movie on dvd for Christmas. :(
Gabriella Montez stared out of the window of the plane. She had never been one of the few lucky ones. Since her mother's company transferred her all the time she never had time to make friends. When she wasn't the freaky math girl she was ripped away from her friends the instant she made some. Her mother promised that this would be the last move.
How many times had she heard that line? The first time was when she was in elementary school. Her mother's company was not going to transfer her until the summer before she started middle school. They transferred her halfway through fifth grade. Then they promised that her mother wouldn't be transferred until she finished middle school. Her mother's company transferred when she was in seventh grade. Of course, the company had transferred her mother many more times, they just did not promise not to. So now her mother's company was saying that she wouldn't be transferred until she finished high school, Gabriella was predicting she would be transferred in the middle of senior year.
"It will be different this time, sweetie," her mother stated. "I won't let them uproot you."
"Yes, mom," Gabriella replied, trying to keep the sarcasm out of her voice.
Gabriella remembered hearing that there are two types of people, those who are born lucky and those who have to make their own luck. She placed herself in the third category, those who just aren't lucky.
Gabriella definitely wasn't born lucky. If she was born lucky then her father wouldn't have left their family when she was in kindergarten. If she was born lucky then her mother's company wouldn't have transferred her as many times as they had. If she was born lucky someone of the other gender would look at her as something more than an easy lay. She was never given anything easy, so she was not the type of person that was born lucky.
Gabriella was not a person who made their own luck either, believe her, she tried. The first time she tried to make her own luck was with a really cute boy named Bryan. She dressed nice for their dates and was the perfect "girlfriend". Bryan did not think so. If she had made her own luck she would have been the perfect girlfriend and have had the perfect boyfriend. She would not have found him in bed with her best friend. If Gabriella could make her own luck then she wouldn't have been regarded as an Einsteinette. She would have been regarded as a cute and smart girl. She was revered as freaky math girl, so that's who she was. Gabriella could never catch a break.
Gabriella was the third type of person. The one who bad things happen to and she can't even make them decent. Her only consolation was that since she was one of the unlucky ones she did not have to worry about her conscience screaming at her that it was wrong to judge people. So she categorized them as the born lucky, the type of person who made their own luck, or a kindred spirit. Gabriella started rating the people on the first day of East High.
On her first day at East High she ran into a girl named Sharpay. She was one of those people that were born lucky. She strutted around in her sparkly pink outfits and paraded around her wealth. Sharpay got the lead in all musicals and had the world handed to her on a silver platter, or a platinum platter as was more hip. Sharpay aimed for the stars, and she would most likely reach them because the stars were on her side. Gabriella swore she would avoid her.
Her brother Ryan should have been like his sister, but since he was constantly over shadowed he was probably more of a kindred spirit. All the luck fell to his sister and he couldn't break out of her shadow to make his own luck, therefore he was in the third category. However he was never out of his sister's radar and so Gabriella couldn't talk to him.
There was a girl in her chemistry class, Taylor, who was one of those people that made their own luck. Taylor was an Einsteinette as well, but she did not long for more. Taylor worked her butt off to get her grades and she worked to keep her friends. She had a good life, not filled with sparkle, but it was good. Taylor could be a friend; Gabriella made a mental note to get to know her more.
The entire basketball team, minus the captain, was made up of those who made their own luck. Gabriella could see, even though they avoided her, that they were hard workers. They did not focus on academics at all, but they focused on sports, which makes them go getters. Therefore the basketball team was made up of people who worked for their luck.
The captain, Troy, was one of those who was born lucky. He was cute, smart, and athletic. How much luckier can you be? Troy was very sweet, though. Ms. Darbus assigned him to show her around and he didn't even flinch. Then he acknowledged her outside of class, totally uncharacteristic of a jock. Troy would talk to her, so friendship was possible, but not probable.
The final person she met was a kindred spirit. Kelsi was and underappreciated pianist. She was a wonderful composer that was always taken advantage of and looked down on. She did not have many friends, she, like Gabriella, had acquaintances. Personally, Gabriella was thrilled to have a friend in music. But having a friend had a huge downside. Kelsi did not want Sharpay to be in her musical and take advantage of it again. For the past three productions Sharpay changed the songs to match her style, never mind that Sharpay's personal style did not match the style of the musical.
"I mean Gabriella, she's an actress. Why doesn't she act like she likes the songs I write that fit the production," Kelsi complained to Gabriella in class.
So Kelsi's solution was to have Gabriella be the star. Gabriella accidentally let it slip that she can sing. So now Gabriella had to find a partner to try out with, get over her stage fright and beat the drama queen in her own domain. Did she mention to Kelsi that she was not lucky?
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