Summary: Sharpay Evans and Troy Bolton: two high school students that looked so popular, but yet they were both social outcasts. Sharpay lives in her brother's shadow, and Troy just had to break up with the most popular girl in school.
Pairing: Troypayyyyy.
Rating: Dunno yet. I'm putting it at T just to be safe.
Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical or its characters. I only own the plot.
A/N: Alright, this idea just popped into my head while I was listening to excessive amounts of Sara Bareilles.
The plot is a little stupid, but I dunno, I thought it might work out. Just lemme know if you have any suggestions, much thanks ;)
It's very very AU though. You'll see.
Enjoy!! :)
Prologue
"Oh, Troy," Gabriella gushed, with sweetness dripping from her tender voice. "You flatter me."
"No, you really are the prettiest girl I've ever seen," Troy replies with a smirk curling his lips, but his gaze is set on the floor.
Gabriella takes her soft hand and turns Troy's head in her direction, and quickly plants a chaste kiss on his lips. "You really do, you flatter me," she murmurs after Troy deepens the kiss into a full-on makeout.
The scene would seem to call for some incredibly romantic gesture on Troy's part, like popping a bright red strawberry into Gabriella's mouth. But Troy didn't say a word, not one. The once-comfortable silence transformed into an awkward one quickly, and somehow, subconsciously, both of them knew things would never be the same. Especially Troy.
Especially Troy.
Troy seemed to quickly recognize that the following morning he would drop the "We need to talk" bomb on Gabriella and leave her in the dust. But it was also Troy who realized that he would suffer socially, becoming almost a pariah over the span of a couple months; he would lose his basketball inspiration. Gabriella would flourish, dating any hot guy she pleased, and earning a spot on the top of Honor Roll.
And now, midway through their near-parallel-universe Junior year at East High, everything would change again. East High's newly-re-established social hierarchy would shift. Gabriella would be thrown back down again.
Fate just hasn't decided what it'll do with Troy yet though. All fate knows is that his future involves a sassy blonde.
A/N: Eeee, I love writing in an omniscient point of view. :D Anyway, review if you want... tell me if you like the plotline? I don't, personally, so crits are especially welcome.