Hey guys!! You asked for it, so here it is! The first chapter of Can Our Love Ever Be! kinda short, but this is more like an intro than anything else. oh yeah, and this story is all going to be in Chad's p.o.v. It might change every once in awhile, but not that much. So, enjoy!

Intro

I woke up to the sound of my cell phone ringing. I groaned, opened my eyes, and reached for the phone. When I finally found it, it said 5:35 AM.

'Who the hell would call me at five thirty in the morning?!' I thought.

I looked at the caller ID and sighed. I put my head back on my pillow and answered the phone irritably.

"Hello?"

"Well, good morning, sunshine," came the voice with a laugh.

"Shut up, Troy," I muttered.

"Listen, dude, you'll never guess what happened!" Troy said, sounding wide awake.

" I bet I won't," I replied, gritting my teeth.

"Come on, man, for the news I'm about to tell you, you could be a little more enthusiastic."

"Well in case you haven't noticed, it's freaking five thirty in the morning and... WHAT?!" I sat up so fast that my back snapped. Not that I noticed...

"Are you serious?" I asked, completely not believing what I was hearing.

" Yes, dude," Troy answered. "You, me, Jason and Zeke are going to see the world championship basketball tournament in Tokyo!"

"Man, this is unbelievable!" I lowered my voice a little so I wouldn't wake everyone up. "How'd you get the tickets? They're impossible to get!"

"I have my connections... don't ask, it's something like my dad's friend's boss's son works for somewhere, or something like that."

" But how are you gonna..?" I didn't even finish my question. I knew that Troy already knew what I was going to ask him.

"Hey, I'm a free agent now, remember?"

"Ohh yeah." Troy and Gabriella had broken up a few weeks after the musical because it hadn't been working out for them. With basketball and the Scolastic Decathalon, they realized that they didn't have enough time to spend together and they were growing apart.

"Hey, do Jason and Zeke know yet?" I asked.

"Not yet, I was gonna call them after you."

"Ok, dude, I want to hear their reactions, hook up on four- way."

By then I was out of bed, flicking the lights on and walking around the room, wide awake.

"Okay, I'll call Jason," Troy said, and the line went dead for a minute. I was still mentally freaking out when I heard Troy click back on and say, "Man, they're gonna flip!"

After a few rings, Jason picked up and said, "Do you guys have any idea what time it is?! Believe it or not, but normal people sleep at night!"

"How'd you know it was us?" I asked him jokingly.

"Who else calls me at five thirty in the morning?" Jason asked back.

"Good point," Troy said. "Chad, call Zeke up!"

"You know it," I said, and I switched over lines, dialed Zeke's number, and flashed back over. Jason was still trying to make sense of our early morning call when Zeke picked up.

"What reason," Zeke began," could you three possibly have for waking me up at five thirty?"

"A very good one!" I said, laughing.

"Which is?" Jason asked.

"I'm getting the drift that only Troy and Chad know about this little event," Zeke said.

"Well, you're right about that," Troy said secretively.

"So are you two going to tell us or would you have woken us up for nothing?" Jason asked. "Which, by the way, you would pay for," he warned.

"Jase, calm down," I said. "We just have the most awesome news ever!"

"You guys ready?" asked Troy. "Brace yourselves, 'cause the four of us are going to see the world championship basketball tournament in Tokyo!"

"Oh, well, jeeze, that's- ARE YOU KIDDING?!" Zeke screamed, and I had to pull the phone away from my ear because he was so loud.

"No- freakin- way," Jason said in awe.

"Believe it, cause Troy got us tickets!" I said.

"Did I mention that they're floor seats?" Troy added, and my jaw dropped open.

"Dude!" I exclaimed. "You never said that!"

"You rock, Troy!" Zeke said in shock.

"Yeah, I know," Troy said smugly, and we all laughed- Troy was always bragging, whether it was to joke or not.

"So, you guys mad that we woke you up now?" I asked them, amused.

"Hell no!" Jason said.

"No way, I'm up now!" Zeke told us.

"This is awesome!" Jason yelled.

Since we were awake then, we stayed on the phone for another half hour. Soon I heard my family start to wake up.

"Alright, guys, meet you outside my house in an hour," I told my friends.

"See ya, dude."

I closed my phone and laughed. "Yes!" I still couldn't believe that my best friends and I were going to see the world basketball championships. It was going to be awesome! Or so we thought...

End of Chapter

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