Author's Note: Here's chapter two! Enjoy!
Chapter Two: The Other Sharpay
"Come on, Lilly. It's time for your swimming lesson." Gabriella told her as the small girl laughed at the green balls that clacked together.
Lilly looked up from her toy to look at Gabriella, and she frowned.
"Do I have to?" she asked, and Gabriella smiled.
"Yes, you do." Gabriella stated as Lilly left the toy on the pool chair, and took hold of Gabirella's hand.
For a few weeks now, Mrs. Jacobs had asked Gabriella if she was willing to teach Lilly how to swim, and Gabriella said she would be delighted too.
Unforunately, noone told Gabriella that Lilly was afraid of deep water.
Lilly stared at the water, and looked at Gabriella with a fearful expression on her face.
Gabriella situationed herself so she was Lilly's height.
"Hey, it's not that scary, Lilly. I go in there all the time, and I'm a lifeguard. I promise nothing will happen to you."
"Promise?" Lilly asked.
"I promise." Gabriella explained, and Lilly smiled just a little bit, and she let Gabriella lead her towards the pool steps.
Once they were in the water, Gabriella started out with a simple swimming exercise that'll help Lilly ease out her fears.
"Okay, Lilly, do you know how to do a doggy paddle?" Gabriella asked, and Lilly giggled.
"What's a doggy paddle?"
"Here's I'll show you."
Gabriella demostrated the doggy paddle to Lilly, and Lilly laughed, "You look just a like a puppy!"
Gabriella watched as Lilly swam like a dog, splashing everywhere, and laughing, while Gabriella splashed her back, making Lilly laugh even harder than she did before.
It wasn't long before Gabriella and Lilly had to get out of the pool, and they had to get out, to Lilly's dismay.
While Gabriella was drying Lilly off, a voice said, "Did you know that my pool chair?"
Gabriella turned around to see a girl about her age standing before her, with a frown on her face.
The girl looked no more than eighteen, the same age as the Wildcats. She was slightly taller than Gabriella, but you couldn't really tell by the way she was wearing flip-flops, and she had bright green eyes with raven locks, an odd, yet striking combation for a girl, in Gabriella's opinion.
"Um, I didn't know." Gabriella said, taking Lilly off the chair, while the girl glared at her through her sunglasses.
"Typical! Just I need around here: idoitic staff!"
Gabriella frowned, and asked, "Excuse me, but can you tell me your name? I don't think I've seen you around here."
"Oh...well, my name is Crystal Zimmerman. I'm one of Sharpay's friends."
Gabriella blinked.
Sharpay never mentioned anything about a best friend: the only friend she claimed to have was Ryan, unless Crystal was one of Sharpay's many "groupies" who hung on her every word.
"I don't think Sharpay ever mentioned you to--"
Gabriella was careful not to say us, as stating, the Wildcats. Even though Sharpay was dating Zeke, Sharpay was still the snappy seaturtle around the Wildcats.
"--I mean, she never mentioned you." Gabriella replied, and Crystal raised an eyebrow.
"She knows me. As well as Ryan, but I doubt he remembers what I look like. He can be pretty slow when he wants to be."
For some odd reason, Gabriella's face flushed with anger.
"Ryan isn't slow...he can be smart." Gabriella stated.
"Whatever. Listen, are you going to leature me, or are you going to leave me alone?" Crystal barked.
Lilly tugged at Gabriella's towel.
"Gabriella, I wanna go meet Troy!"
Gabriella smiled, and said, "Well, it was nice meeting you, Crystal."
As Gabriella dropped off Lilly to the golfing course, Gabriella got dressed, and collasped in the lounge, wearing a frown on her face.
Crystal acted extremely like Sharpay, even though Sharpay hadn't been mean to anyone since she came back, but then again, Crystal could as well be a groupie.
Taylor, Haylie, and Kelsi came in just then, and when they saw Gabriella, they frowned.
"Hey. How did Lilly's swimming lesson go?" Haylie asked.
"Good. She learned the doggy paddle..but, I have to ask you something, Haylie...does Ryan know anyone by the name of Crystal?" Gabriella asked.
"No...I don't think so. Why?" Haylie asked.
"Well, she claims that she knows Sharpay and Ryan." Gabriella explained, not mentioning the part what Crystal said about Ryan.
"I'll ask Ryan, and Sharpay. If she claims that she knows them, then they must know her too."
"But, I think she's a groupie, though. Sharpay has alot of those." Taylor pointed out.
Gabriella nodded as she listened to her friends.
Somehow, Crystal was the new Sharpay, and drama would surely follow.
