DISCLAIMER: I do not own High School Musical or any related characters.

A/N: Here is a new story, I decided I needed to have a little fun and this is what I came up with!

Chemicals React

CHAPTER 1

WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STANDING

Gabriella Montez sighed as she walked through the doors of East High. Kids stood in huddles discussing their weekends and the latest basketball game, the boys agreeing on how well the wildcats had played and the girls giggling over which of the basketballer's looked the hottest. Gabriella dodged the cheerleaders who seemed to be giggling over nothing and rolled her eyes, she had never really believed in stereotypes but the cheerleaders at this school somehow managed to fit into the 'I'm-a-helpless-girl-who-cares-more-about-what's-on-my-head-than-what's-in-it' or something along the lines of that, perfectly. Gabriella sighed again, this time in relief as she saw her locker. She reached it quickly and opened it; Gabriella placed her bag in the locker and stood there, her fingers tapping the door trying to remember what she had to get out of the locker.

"Hey" Gabriella jumped when she heard her best friend's voice.

"Oh, hey Taylor, what do we have first?" she asked the African-American girl still staring at her locker.

"Chemistry" she replied and Gabriella nodded reaching in and sorting through her books in search of her notebook and textbook.

Gabriella had just shut the door to her locker when a huge roar echoed in the halls of East High. Taylor and Gabriella exchanged a look as a mob made their way towards the two girls.

"I think that the stars have arrived" Taylor commented sarcastically as they stood and watched the procession, Gabriella nodded in agreement.

Coming towards them was the school's basketball team, surrounded by cheerleaders and nearly everybody who had attended the game on the weekend, which meant that the entire school surrounded the basketball team. Gabriella rolled her eyes as the mob scene passed her and her best friend. It was completely beyond her why the entire school seemed so fascinated by the team. After all, the school had other teams and all of them did as well as the basketball team, yet it was the basketballer's who were the most popular people in school, they ruled the school, it was like living with gods. Personally, Gabriella thought the entire thing was over the top, they were people after all and not gods, no matter what they chose to believe. What was the point in doing all this? They only acknowledged a certain percent of the school; in truth it would surprise Gabriella if they knew anyone outside their basketball team.

"I don't get it, what is it about the basketball team that makes them so special?" Gabriella asked Taylor as the last of the crowd past them, the two girls began to walk to their homeroom.

"Two words, Troy Bolton" Taylor replied dryly and Gabriella rolled her eyes again.

"As in the stuck up I'm-a-big-shot-you-have-to-do-everything-I-say Troy Bolton?" Gabriella asked sarcastically and Taylor nodded with a laugh, they had this conversation nearly every morning and it still amused Taylor to hear her friend talk about Troy like that.

"As in that Troy Bolton, I don't get why you're so mean to him. What has he ever done to you?" Taylor asked and Gabriella laughed.

"Taylor, how could Troy do anything to me when he doesn't know I exist?" Gabriella asked and Taylor thought about it.

"True, your point being?" she said and Gabriella laughed again as the stopped outside their homeroom.

"My-" Gabriella never got to finish her sentence because as soon as she started she was shoved out of the doorway and half the basketball team filed past her into the room.

Gabriella felt herself bang up against a locker and she winced in pain as she felt something sharp dig into her back. Slowly she pushed off the locker and walked over to Taylor, who was standing there looking horrified at what had just happened.

"And that is why I hate jocks" Gabriella growled as she felt her wrist throb.

"Hey are you alright?" a deep voice asked sounding concerned.

Gabriella spun around and met brilliant blue eyes. It took her a moment to register that she was looking at Troy Bolton. Why was he talking to her? Gabriella narrowed her eyes at him.

"I don't know why don't you get slammed into a locker by your friends and see how you feel afterwards?" she snapped at him.

Troy stared at the girl in front of him, and wondered why she'd taken that tone with him. He'd only wanted to know if she was okay. Suddenly his eyes narrowed to mirror her own and his tone became cold.

"Whatever, you really should watch where your standing" he muttered and Gabriella stared at him in shock as he walked past her.

"Wait, I should watch where I'm standing? When they're the ones that should have actually realized that I exist?" Gabriella shot at him, folding her arms.

"Oh, realize you exist? Shouldn't that have been, realized you were standing where you were standing?" he shot back, setting his jaw.

Gabriella rolled her eyes and let out a cynical laugh.

"I thought exist would have gotten the point across better. I mean you all actually know that people exist outside your little world, right?" Gabriella asked.

"Of course I know the people exist, if I didn't would I be standing here talking to you?" Troy folded his arms, knowing he had just won as the girl threw her arms up in the air.

"Why are you talking to me?" Gabriella snapped at him as their homeroom teacher walked towards them.

"You tell me" he replied heatedly.

Miss Darbus watched the two with interest. She was certain that Troy had no idea who Gabriella was, but as she watched them she noticed something there that probably shouldn't have been there given how furious they both looked. Quietly she walked up to them and cleared her throat.

"Forgive me, but shouldn't you three be in the room?" she asked noticing Taylor McKessie off to the side.

"Three?" Troy asked still glaring at Gabriella.

"Yes three, see this is why I asked you if you knew that people existed outside your own world!" Gabriella smirked at him knowing that she had finally won the argument.

Troy stared at her and than finally took notice of the other girl standing there with her mouth open watching them argue. He ran a hand through his hair and let out a frustrated breath.

"Watch where you're standing next time" he shot at her knowing she wouldn't like it.

Gabriella's mouth dropped open as watched him walk into the classroom. She turned back to Taylor who looked just as stunned as she seemed. She than turned to Miss Darbus who had been watching the final word with the two in mounting amusement.

"In, you two" she ordered them eyes twinkling.

Gabriella watched as Taylor walked in and Miss Darbus followed her. Next time she would watch where she was standing.

A/N: Don't take this story to seriously; it's my way of taking a break in between writing 'Crash World' and 'Saving Me'. I'm just letting off steam basically, but anyway I hoped you like it!