UPDATE! So I've decided to continue, and this is the second chapter, I hope you guys like it!
*Ring*
Immediately most of the class jumps up. 'Finally! Food!' That's the first thing Troy thinks when the bell signals lunch break. He jumps up and the moment he starts walking people move aside to let him through, he smirks. 'And that's why I'm on time more often as most of my friends.' When he reaches the cafeteria he moves to the front of the line, and everybody lets him. 'Why wouldn't they? If I'm the 'King' of East high, I'm surely aloud to rule?' He chuckles when he sees a couple of his friends shoot him dirty looks from half way up the line. He quickly grabs two trays and fills them with everything that can possibly fit on them. When he turns around Chad's already waiting to take his tray out of Troy's hands.
"Thanks man! I'm absolutely starving! I barely ate this morning, only four sandwiches and a box of chocolate chip cookies." Troy grinned, he knew that loads of girls would probably be jealous of Chad and Troy's ability the stuff themselves with all the food they could get, without gaining even a pounce. Even though that was pretty much due the fact that Troy lived for basketball, and spend every free minute practising. And Chad… well Chad was just a little kid, jumping up and down without stopping a single second.
"Wait a minute… dude! You forgot my sauce! You can't eat fries without the sauce, how can you do that?!"
"Chad-"
"No seriously, how-"
"It's on the side of your tray underneath your turkey sandwich."
"Oh, right… I knew that. I did!" Troy simply chuckles at his best friends obvious embarrassment. Once all of his friends have joined their table, however, he decides to talk a bout a more serious topic.
"Ok, guys! On to business, first of all, practice every day after school, no exceptions. We'll start at 3.30 and stop at 5, got that?" All of the guys nod, even though some of them have a slightly troubled face at the idea of that much practises. "Ok, secondly… what the hell has happened to Montez and what are we gonna do about it?!" There a silence for a couple of minutes before Zeke, a way too friendly guy who likes cooking and crushes Sharpay Evans for some reason, speaks up.
"Something drastic must've happened this summer. After last year, we'd pretty much made sure she had no confidence whatsoever… But now she's been gone from us for barely three months, and already she's more confident than she's ever been, even more than before she met us probably." Most guys make agreeing noises but Troy just continues his quest for answers and plans.
"So… what should we do about it? And what did make her gain this much confidence in so little time?" There's a long silence after that, finally after more than a minute, Jason Cross, pretty much the dumbest guy you'll ever see, comes up with something relatively smart.
"I think we should first find out what made her gain this confidence before we do something. And in the time it takes we'll just continue like we used, that should make her confidence disappear…" After Troy's got over the shock of hearing Jason actually say something that makes sense, he nods.
"Good idea. I think a couple of people should follow her. None of the main bullies of course. So that will be Mike-" At that moment, he is interrupted by a loud, high-pitched scream. Wondering what Sharpay could be making such a problem about on the first day of school, he turns around only to find that the source of the noise was not the blond drama queen…
Gabriella quickly covers her best friend's mouth with her hand as she hears her scream. 'Too bad the damage is already done, though.' She thinks while turning her head to look at the rest of the cafeteria, only to find the whole school staring at them. Immediately she turns bright red, Gabriella is not made for the spotlight, Vanessa is. That's what she had been telling Taylor in the first place, and what had caused her in her turn to scream so loudly that the whole cafeteria would still not stop looking at them. Clumsily she jumps up and grabs Taylor's arm to pull her with her. Together the hurry out of the now quiet cafeteria.
"Taylor!" The moment their outside, the bright red colour on Gabriella's cheeks disappears and she angrily turns to her best friend.
"I'm so, so sorry, Gabs! It's just… you know. It's quite a shock to hear that your best friend has became a famous singer in the most popular all-girl band of all time over the summer, and to achieve that she's actually created a second personality for herself!" Taylor replied making sure not to talk any louder as a loud-whisper. At this Gabriella could not stop a smile slip on her lips and a soft giggle escape her lips.
"I know… But still, if I hadn't silenced you, you would've probably shouted it out for the whole school to hear. And you know, that might've ruined the whole 'second personality' thing. Anyways, we've got our first concert this Friday and you just have to come to support me!" She almost immediately regretted bringing it up when she heard a loud squeal and her best friend almost choked her in a bone-crashing hug.
"Tay please, I'm choking!" Taylor quickly let go and smiled apologetically. "I guess I'll take that as a yes. Just remember, call me Vanessa, or V, that's their nickname for me…"
Taylor simply grinned. "I'll remember, and I'll stop acting like I'm Evans." Gabriella grinned back and both of them walk back to the cafeteria. When they entered it, however, they abruptly stopped because, once more, they found the whole cafeteria staring at them.
"I guess I squealed a little loud, didn't I?" Taylor murmurs, Gabriella glares at her friend.
"Ya think?!"
"So that's the plan, got it?" Everybody nods but look up startled when they hear a loud squeal.
"Sharpay, what's all the fuss about?!" Troy looks at the blonde drama queen in irritation, too find her looking back with an equal level of annoyance.
"It wasn't me Bolton, it came from the hallway…" The whole cafeteria turns to the door just as two brunette's walk in.
"Montez and McKessie again?!" Sharpay loudly voices the shock of the whole cafeteria. Most people chuckle, but Troy simply observes Gabriella. 'She turns bright red, avoids looking people in the eyes, very shy… at least that's still the same.'
"Montez we know you like McKessie, but can you keep the noise down?" The whole cafeteria bursts out laughing and Troy grins victoriously when he sees Gabriella run out of the cafeteria even more red as before, if that's possible. When he sees Taylor run after her, he hears Chad call after her.
"Hurry McKessie! Maybe you'll still be able to get a quick one!" At this Taylor pokes her head around the doorframe.
"Go fuck yourself Danforth, seeing nobody else is willing to do it!" And she runs off. Chad just looks after her dumbfounded, whilst the whole cafeteria is snickering at him.
"And that's why we always take Montez Chad, she doesn't talk back." I grin at him. He glares at me.
"Well now she does too!" This quickly wipes the grin off my face, and I look in the distance softly murmuring.
"That won't last long…"
Okay, so I hope you liked it! :D I realise Troy and Chad and posh are jerks, but they'll get nicer… R&R
