The Fall Festival
By: Alexandria (Andraa) T.
Characters
Sharpay Evans- StealTheShow
Gabriella Montez- Gabi101
Troy Bolton- BballT
Chad Danforth- Chad
Taylor McKessie- SmartGurl55
Zeke Baylor- ((Doesn't haveWIM))
I. Gabriella
"Hey Gabi!" Troy called from down the hall. It was around 2:45 and the final bell was about to ring. "Oh, hey Troy..." She said, quickly opening her locker and flipping over the framed picture she had of them dancing at the Wildcats Pep Rally last year. "Um…I was wondering if you'd like to go to the Fall Festival with me. You know, the one hosted by the school?" Gabriella pulled out her red and white backpack with the words GO WILDCATS on the front and began stuffing her books in. "I don't know Troy," she said slowly. "I don't want to be anything more than friends." She looked down at her scuffed navy Keds and began kicking the ground with one. "I know that…." Troy said, trying to hide his disappointment. "We can just go as….friends". She looked up at his amazing blue eyes and stuttered "I'm going with someone else". With that, Gabriella picked up her book bag and quickly walked around the corner and out of the main doors.
Usually, Troy would walk Gabriella home, seeing as they lived a block away from each other, but today, Gabriella shuffled down the empty sidewalks of Albuquerque alone. When she reached her house she ran directly up the stairs and into her room. Throwing her book bag down onto the shaggy blue rug, she sat down at her desk and turned on her iMac. "WIM is ON" her computer said in the uniform voice programmed into its hardware. Gabriella signed onto Worldwide Instant Messager and saw that Chad was on.
Gabi101: Heyy Chad
Chad: Wassup?
Gabi101: y dusnt Troy no?
Chad: b-cause………..
Gabi101: YES?
Chad: Aint wanna harsh his mellow
Gabi101: Well now we can't tell him. If he asks, you know nuttin!
Chad: Word
Chad Has Logged Off
Gabriella put up her away message and began watching TV. Her school, East High, had a new Public Access Television show on the air called "Wildcat Word". She turned to PAT and started watching. "Hello, Im your host, Felicia Gladsburg, Head Cheerleader of the East High Cheer squad and daughter of Mac Gladsburg, Mayor of Albuquerque" she watched as Felicia gave her widest, laser whitened smile. "And Im also your host, Troy Bolton, Captain of the East High Wildcats" he held up the logo on his shirt which read: GET CHA HEAD IN THE GAME. "UGH!" Gabi said as she saw him give an adorable smile to the camera. "First, in gossip news," Felicia began, leaning over her desk and into the camera for added effect, "A certain dog-named person who rhymes with Marmay has been eyeing a certain Chad in Science class, while this very Chad has been spotted cuddling with a science geek named Taylor. What will happen to the love triangle? Well we'll just have to wait and see" Felicia flipped her long blonde hair over one shoulder and sat back down in her seat. "In other news," Troy said, rolling his eyes at Felicia, "The annual Fall Festival is coming up, and every girl in the school is just pining at the chance for their special someone to ask thBoys, a word of advice, hurry before it's too late." Troy's eyes turned a lighter blue and he looked somewhat upset. "Now, let's go to Ms. Darbus with the news in the drama club" After 15 minutes of rambling on about how the latest musical "Tinsel Towne" was about to end, they cut her off and quickly switched to a commercial.
Gabriella had just begun to close her eyes, trying to gather up her thoughts about that day when she heard the familiar PING of a new IM. She sat down in her cushiony blue swivel chair and looked at the screen.
SmartGurl55: Hola chica. Are you watching Wildcat Word?
Gabi101: mmmmmmmmHmmmmmmm
SmartGurl55: Did u hear wat Felicia said 'bout Chad and me?!
Gabi101: Chad and I
SmartGurl55: I dunt care 'bout grammar rite now gurl!
Gabi101: LOL
SmartGurl55: Now everyone knows about……….us
Gabi101: Well, good thing ur goin with ur family 2 Australia. Me and Chad r gonna go and ur cova wont B blown!
SmartGurl55: Okay, but hands OFF. If ya come 2 close 2 him, ur toast!
Gabi101: lol, np
SmartGurl55: g2g, Wildcat Word is bac on. Holla!
Gabi101: byes…
SmartGurl55 Is Away.
Gabriella turned her chair towards the TV so she could watch the end of Wildcat Word. "Hello, and welcome back to Wildcat Word" Felicia said in a sing-songy voice. "Lets go to Troy for sports". "Thanks Felicia" Troy replied. The camera turned onto Troy, who was standing on a wooden platform that was supposed to look like a basketball court and was holding a red and white WILDCATS basketball. "The East High Wildcats went up against the East Northumberland High Thumpers last Saturday, beating the baby bunnies 28 to 15. Chad Danforth scored the winning 3 pointer. Props man!" Troy gave the camera a peace sign. "Well, that's all for sports!" Felicia said. She was standing next to Troy and had just pulled the ball from his hands. "Tomorrows lunch will be Pizza a la Ms. Peon, who today turns 87! That's all folks, see you next time on….." Fake drum rolls screeched from the Wildcat Word soundboard. "WILDCAT WORD!" they said in unison.
Gabriella heard the front door slam and quickly shut off her TV. "Honey!" Mrs. Montez called from the bottom of the stairs. Gabriella pulled out her Science book and pretended like she was studying. "Oh, sorry…I didn't realize you were studying." She kissed Gabriella on the forehead. "I'm about to start dinner" Gabriella pulled her shoulder length brown hair out of the loose ponytail it had been in all day. "Okay mom". Mrs. Montez kissed her again and then walked out, shutting the door behind her. Gabriella quickly shut her book and returned to watching some QVC TV shopping show.
StealTheShow Has Logged On
Gabi101: Heyy
StealTheShow: What?
Gabi101: Did u c wat Felicia said 'bout u?
StealTheShow: Yea, now go away. I'm waitin 4 Troy 2 b online
Gabi101: y?
StealTheShow: I'm askin him 2 da Fall Festival…..DUH!
Gabi101: O….
StealTheShow: It's not lyke ur goin wit him, so stop actin sooooooooooooooooo upse
BballT Has Logged On
StealTheShow: Now's mi chance, L8ter
Gabi101: Fine, bye…
Gabriella grabbed her pink diary and opened it to a fresh page.
Dear Diary,
I think I've done something terribly wrong. Taylor is going to Australia on Friday and she asked me to go with her boyfriend, Chad, to the Fall Festival. The only problem is, a day after I accepted her offer, Troy asked me to go with HIM, and you know how much I like Troy, right? So now, Troy is all sad and I don't know what to do! Chad didn't tell him, because he said that he saw how happy Troy was when he was about to ask me, so now we can't tell him. Oh……………I know I should diary, but……I told him I wanted to be nothing more than friends and Sharpay said she is about to ask him to the Festival! I really like him diary, but if he ever knew that, I don't know if I would even have the courage to TRY and kiss him. Thanks for listening, Diary.
Love Always,
Gabriella Montez