Knights and Wildcats
Chapter 1: Connected
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but characters I made up.
Summary: The rivalry of the West High Knights and East High Wildcats is well known through Albuquerque. Ben Vincent, captain of the Knights and Troy Bolton, captain of the Wildcats have continued to keep it that way. One day while playing a game over at East High, Troy decided to go for a walk at half time and he bumped into the person he would have least expected, Gabriella Montez, a Knight herself and Ben's girlfriend.
"Ben, I'm going for a walk, okay. I'll be back to watch you play," Gabriella told her boyfriend, cautiously. She began to walk away when she felt Ben grab her arm and spin her around so that she was only inches away from him.
He said, aggressively, "Don't be flirting with any other guys, your mine!" He pulled her closer and smashed his lips on to Gabriella's. She didn't respond at all. Ben finally ended the kiss and she stood their bewildered. "Well if you're going to go," He shoved her, "Go!" Gabriella stumbled a bit; she quickly regained her balance and walked away with tears rolling down her face. Gabriella ran down the wall in attempt to get away from her world and most of all Ben but of course it failed because she knew she would have to go back or else Ben would probably hit her or maybe something worse. She hated the fact that she was in a relationship like this one but Ben won't let her go. She continued to cry and sunk down onto the floor in a seated position. She thought about everything, how she hate going to West High, she hated being Ben's girlfriend and how she hated coming to everyone of these stupid basketball games.
Troy wiped the sweat off his face with a towel then threw on the bench before him. He told the guys he was going to grab a PowerAde or something. He began to walk and thought, "Well that was a rather tough period. The Knights, I hate to admit, are a good team. They're..." His train of thought went off track when he heard two cheerleaders calling his name and said, "Ya."
The two girls giggled and the one spoke, "Hey Troy." They giggled again and ran off.
Troy watched them run away very confused and thought out loud, "What the hell?" Sure he was the captain of the Basketball team but people treat him like a celebrity. If he was just walking down a hall, he would always get surrounded. It was crazy. Troy came upon the vending machine and pulled out his black wallet to get change when he heard a cry come from down the wall. He slowly made his way toward the sound then he came across a girl sitting on the floor just crying her eyes out. He had no idea what to do so he nervously asked, "Ummm… are you okay?
The girl's head automatically shot up but she didn't look directly at him, "I'm okay, I guess."
Troy looked down at her and watched her eyes wonder every direction but his, "Well you obviously not if you crying like that. So let me ask again, are you okay?" She shook her head no and started crying even more. Troy still having no idea what to do in a situation like this, sat down beside her and put his arm around her. She jumped when his arm touched her and move away. Troy noticed this and asked her, "Are you scared of me? I won't hurt you I promise."
Troy heard the girl mumbled, "I don't believe in promises."
He responded back to her, "Well you can believe in mine." That was when she looked up at him. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. They stared at each other for a while and Troy had tried to rub her back to calm her down but she flinched again.
"Are you okay? I told you I won't hurt you." He reinsured her.
Gabriella nodded her head and stammered, "I-I-I know."
Troy studied her, she was obviously shaking and very nervous, "Why are you so nervously looking, is someone else hurting you?"
She started to back away, "I shouldn't be talking to you. I don't even know your name…"
He interrupted, "I'm Troy Bolton by the way."
Gabriella bit her lip, "I'm Gabriella Montez."
Troy smiled and Gabriella gave him a small smile back.
"So Gabriella, if you don't mind me asking who is hurting you," Troy asked, careful not to make her feel uncomfortable.
Gabriella took a deep breath for some strange reason she knew that she could trust him with a secret she hadn't even told her best friends, "My boyfriend."
Troy looked stunned but kept cool, "Who is your boyfriend?"
Gabriella wasn't going to say his name but it slipped out, "Ben Jameson."
Troy began to look angry, "Ben, the Knights captain. I'm going to beat the shit out of him!" Troy thought for a minute, "Wait, why would you be dating Ben in the first place. Aren't you a Wildca...?" He stopped his sentence when he notices the knight symbol on her hoodie, "Oh, you're a Knight."
Gabriella then noticed his bright red jersey and wondered why she hadn't seen it before, "And you're a Wildcat. Now I really shouldn't be talking to you. Ben will freak if he found out."
"So don't let him find out. It will be our secret." Troy told her as he got up then turned around to look at Gabriella. He turned around and extended his hand to her.
She hesitated but then took his hand then he pulled her up. They were inches from each other and just stared into each others eyes.
Gabriella nervously looked down, "Ummm… I guess we should get back to the game. I need to be back and you obviously need to be back too." She started to walk away but Troy stopped her by placing a hand on her shoulder. Gabriella didn't jump or flinch this time she just turned around.
Troy took his wallet out of his pocket again then pulled out a little scrap of paper, "Do you have a pen?" Gabriella looked at him strange but went in her purse and got a pen for him anyway. Troy scribbled something down on the paper and gave it to Gabriella, "So Gabriella, if Ben ever hurts you or you just need someone to talk to, just call me and I'll always be there." She smiled at him and she surprised herself when she gave him a hug and thanked him. Troy smiled and hugged her back. He got a whiff of her hair that smelt of kiwi and strawberries.
They broke the hug and Gabriella laughed a bit, "Ya, we really need to get back."
Troy laughed to and agreed with her. Saying goodbye to each other, they parted away. Troy walked back to the change room as he heard, "Good Luck, Troy." He turned around to see Gabriella facing him and smiling. He smiled back then they both ran off.