Welcome to Seattle

As\n: This is a co-authored story.

Chapter 1: Seattle

Dear Mr. Bolton,

We, at Seattle University, are here to ask you if you and your teammates will join us in a tournament on October 18-25. Please answer as quickly as possible. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Kyle McGraw

Kyle McGraw

Troy had reread the letter so many times he had memorized it. His teammates couldn't have been happier and neither could his girlfriend, Gabriella Montez. She, her best friend, Taylor McKessie, and Kelsi Neilson were coming along and to Troy's dismay, so were Sharpay and Ryan Evans. The team's immediate response was absolutely not, but when Sharpay flashed her brand new, pink Visa and promised to buy them something nice they couldn't have said yes quicker.

He was going to Seattle in only a few days, and he and his friends were buzzing with excitement. Along with missing school, they got to stay in a 5-star hotel, and Troy got to celebrate his birthday in Seattle.

Troy's stomach was jumping with excitement as he packed his suitcase, hardly even aware of the fact that the only thing in his suitcase was a pair of boxers and a hairbrush. He finally came to his senses when he was washing with toothpaste instead of his soap.

Finally, the day came and Troy couldn't have been happier. He arrived at the airport at four in the morning; he hardly cared about the waking time. He was up all night anyway. He spotted Gabriella, Taylor, and Kelsi all by the luggage claim.

Gabriella gave a huge yawn, which immediately became a smile when she saw her boyfriend, Troy Bolton, heading towards her.

Sliding his backpack on the floor, Troy gave her a kiss and turned to Taylor.

"Taylor," He asked, "Have you seen Chad?"

"Sadly, yes," Taylor said with a big sigh.

"Why 'sadly'?" Troy asked nervously. If Chad and Taylor had broken up, this would be a long trip for everyone, especially Troy who would have to listen to Chad grumbling about Taylor the entire time.

"Look behind you," was the simply answer he got.

Troy spun around and saw Chad, fast asleep on a bench. His mouth hung wide open and his head was hanging over an annoyed stranger's shoulder.

Troy chuckled and apologized to the man sitting next to Chad and shook him gently, "Chad," Troy said quietly, "Time to wake up."

As they got into the line to board the plane, Troy saw Sharpay and Ryan rushing towards them. Sharpay, being the drama queen she was, was talking on her cell phone while Ryan carried her twelve pink bags.

"Hurry up, Ryan," Sharpay said, flipping her cell phone shut. "If we miss this flight we're using your allowance for the next week to buy the plane tickets!"

"Let me help you with those," Troy said as he took three of the bags out of Ryan's hands.

"Thanks," Ryan said, looking relieved. He didn't play any sports and he wasn't exactly what you call "buff".

When they finally got on the plane, Ryan and Sharpay went up to first class because Ryan was closterphobic, or so Sharpay claimed. But when Sharpay found out that everyone else had first class tickets, she was deeply disturbed. She wanted to be the richest one.

The flight attendants realized there were not enough seats in first class, which hardly ever happens, but when they asked Ryan if he wanted to wait another five hours for the next flight his closterphobia was miraculously gone and he and Kelsi went to coach. Kelsi felt bad for Ryan. She didn't want him to go alone.

Within twenty minutes after take off, Gabriella had fallen asleep, to Troy's dismay, on Troy's chest. Unable to move, he asked Zeke, who was sitting on the other side of him to grab a blanket for Gabriella out of the overhead storage. Just as he stood up, Sharpay slid into his seat.

"Can I sit here Zekey?" she asked with a puppy dog pout on. "My seat is next to a window and I like aisle seats.

Zeke, considering he was Sharpay's boyfriend, went to sit in her seat next to Jason.

So Troy sat, horrified, between Gabriella and Sharpay.

Sharpay was staring daggers at Gabriella.

That should be me sleeping on Troy! She thought. Sharpay's mastermind brain were put to work, when suddenly she got and idea.

"Is that a person?" She screamed loudly, flinging her arm across Troy's body and hitting Gabriella in the head, which caused Gabriella's head to fling up.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I was just pointing to something out the window," Sharpay said sweetly.

"Oh," Gabriella mumbled sleepily, "S'okay." Soon she was fast asleep on Troy again.

The ride went on with Gabriella sleeping like a rock, Sharpay palying pop songs extremely loudly in Gabriella's ears, and Sharpay "accidently" repeatedly kicking Gabriella.

When Gabriella finally woke up, Sharpay put on an innocent face and said, "Oh, did I wake you up? "

"It's okay," Gabriella said, rubbing her bruised legs. Gabriella leaned against the window and stared out at the landscape.

"So, Troy," Sharpay said, "How are the Wilddogs doing?"

"Um… you mean the Wildcats?" Troy asked, hoping she was kidding.

"Oh yeah, them too!" Sharpay said, trying to seem deeply interested in his trivial matters.

"Um… well, I guess the Wilddogs are doing okay," Troy said, trying not to make Sharpay embarrassed. "The Wildcats are doing great though. That's the reason we're going to Seattle right now, you know, for the tournament."

"And how was the tournament?" Sharpay asked absentmindedly as she stared at her fingernails. Obviously, she wasn't even listening.

"We haven't even gotten to Seattle yet, Sharpay," Troy said icily. He thought she really wanted to talk to him but instead she just wanted to make herself look interesting to him. So Troy turned around and got into an engaging conversation with Gabriella about the Wildcats tournament.

Thank God, someone pays attention to me, Troy thought while Gabriella told him about a basketball movie she had recently seen.

Chad and Taylor were watching Troy, Sharpay, and Gabriella with careful eyes. Although Chad had laughed very loudly when Sharpay attempted to wake Gabriella by screaming, "Is that a person?" he still noticed some things that Troy apparently did not, like the fact that Sharpay was hitting on him. That was a hard thing to miss. She may have been sneaky but she was being so obvious that Chad thought Troy would have noticed in an instant. But Troy, who was smarter than Chad, didn't take the hint. Zeke, luckily, was in a deep conversation with Jason about the tournament and didn't even notice how badly Sharpay was hitting on Troy. Taylor was just downright worried that Gabriella would get hurt from Sharpay kicking her so much.

The plane finally landed and Gabriella walked off the plane with sore legs. Troy walked off with sore arms because ever time Troy tried to stand up Sharpay had grabbed his arm, digging her nails deep into his forearm, and forced him back down into his seat and asked him about the Wilddogs.

When all the bags were collected from the baggage claim, the gang hoped on a bus to their hotel. This was the most exciting part for the girls because they weren't going to be playing in the games, although in order for them to get out of school they had to report on the games and the team.

The gang had to hav roomates, but they got to choose who they shared with. Obviously, the roomates were Gabriella and Taylor, Troy and Chad, and Zeke and JAson. Since ryan and Sharpay couldn't find partners, Kelsi was forced to share a room with Sharpay, and poor Ryan had to share his room with Mr. Bolton. He would've chosen to be with Sharpay because she was easy for him to be with but they had strict no boy-girl room sharing rules. Even being a twin didn't pay off.

No one was used to the cold air and the wind wiping their pink faces only made things worse. Gabriella was shivering from head to foot, only to ne warmed by Troy's coat that was placed around her shoulders. Sharpay noticed this and got very jealous so she started to shiver hoping she owudl get something of Troy's to keep her warm but her shoulders drooped when a coat was being placed on her back by Zeke and not Troy.

They all got their rooms cards and trudged into the elevator. They could tell this hotel was fancy. It was the nicest elevator they had every been in.

Gabriella and Taylor got to their room, right next Troy and Chad, which they couldn't have been more delighted. Gabriella slowly slid the key inot the lock and opened the door.

"Wow."