Disclamer: I do not own anyone or thing...except Adam he is mine lol.
Episode 2, "Challenges"
Sharpay walked on to the Ocean Side Court, she decided to make her way over there when she saw Troy playing on the court.
"You're really good" Troy looked over at her after he grabbed the ball.
"Hey, uh...thanks. I got it from my dad, he used to play" Troy took another shot.
"Used to play? He doesn't anymore?" Sharpay pulled her hoddie closer to her.
"No, he got injured in collage and that was the end" Troy let out a small laugh. "Then when I refused to join the Ocean Breeze basketball team he got really mad" Troy ran and made a dunk.
When Troy landed he grabbed his back in pain, Sharpay saw this and walked up to him.
"Are you okay?" Sharpay stood in front of him.
"Yeah, just hurt my back last night" Troy moved to get his ball back.
"So, how come you don't want to join the team?" Sharpay crossed her arms.
"There are people on the team that my friends and I don't get along with" Troy started to dribble the ball.
"You're really loyal to your friends, huh?" She raised an eyebrow and bit her lip a little.
"If I don't have them I don't have anyone" Troy smiled at her and made a quick layup.
"No girlfriend?" Troy just shook his head. "Alright, anyway I'm going to get ready for school. I'll see you later" Sharpay started to walk back home.
"Yeah later" Troy took another shot at the basket.
(Opening Credits)
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"Come on pass the ball, get open Jason" Coach, Jack, Bolton yelled to the Ocean Breeze Wildcats. "Stop the play and get over here" The team ran over to Jack. "The season starts in 2 weeks and we are NOT ready, this team is better than this-the Wildcats are better than this. What is going on out there?" He looked at the team for an answer.
"Maybe if the rest of the team could take a shot, instead of just Adam or Jason, we wouldn't struggle so much" Zeke Baylor said with attitude.
"Can YOU make a buzzer shot to win our first championship?" Coach Bolton stepped closer to Zeke.
"I don't know I've never had the chance. All I'm saying is you should let all of us be a star on this team not just those two. I mean is this team going to crumble if something should happen to them?" Zeke pointed to Adam and Jason Cross.
"Is that a threat?" Jason got up, but was pulled back by Adam.
"No, I just think we should all have a chance on this team not just you and Adam" Zeke raised his voice a little.
"Alright that's enough, fine, let's do the play again. This time when we do it, instead of giving the ball to Adam, let's get it to Zeke. Zeke, get open" The players made their way back on to the court.
Adam ran on the court and stood next to Zeke.
"If you're going to step on toes, you better step hard" Zeke looked at him for a second before Coach Bolton blew the whistle.
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"Troy and Chad, Coach Bolton would like to see you in the gym" Troy, Chad, and Gabriella all shared a look, before the boys made their way to the gym.
"What do you think he wants?" Chad stuffed his hands in to his pockets as they were walking.
"Who cares? I know it's going to be something that's going to make want to kick his ass" They both let out a laugh.
When they walked in to the gym all eyes were on them, Jack looked at them and then told the team to continue as he made his way over to them.
"Hi boys" Troy and Chad nodded a hello. "I asked you here because our season begins in two weeks and I would like you to be on the team. I think it would help us, I have seen you play Chad and Troy you're my son I know you're good at this game. So what do you say?" Adam heard this so he called Jason over and they both listened to the rest of the conversation.
"Dad I told you before that I never want to join this team, ever" Troy looked past Jack at Adam.
"As long as Troy's not on the team I will never be on it either" Chad and Troy bumped fists.
"Good because there is no place on the team for you, no one even wants you on the team" Everyone looked at Adam. "Trust me Bolton; your dad will put you at the top when you join the team and I will drop you very fast" He turned and started to dribble the ball.
After hearing what Adam had to say, Troy decided to show Adam his skills. He took his bag of and passed it to Chad, he started to run. He ran up to Adam and grabbed the ball out of his hands, did a crossover and then jumped in Adam's face and dunked the ball. Adam fell and looked up at Troy in shock; a round of shocked whispers could be heard. Chad and Troy walked out of the gym like nothing ever happened.
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When they got in to the hallway Troy grabbed his back.
"You okay?" Chad held his bag out for him.
"Yeah" Troy looked over his shoulder when he heard the gym doors open. Jack walked out with a frown.
"You could do that, embarrass my star player, but you won't join the team" Jack ran a frustrated hand through his hair.
"I had to prove to him that he is not the greatest thing to hit this school. If I join the team that means I have to prove something to you, I have nothing to prove to you. You know I'm better then you, you've seen me play at the Ocean Side Court. Sorry dad, but, I'd rather play with my friends, that way I actually have fun" Troy and Chad both walked away.
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"So, why not just join the team? Put Adam in his place" Gabriella asked as they walked on to the Ocean Side Court.
"I did put him in his place, when I slammed the ball in his face" Troy pointed out and Gabriella nodded.
"Man, it was so good to see Adam fall on his ass" Chad ran and made a layup.
"I bet, wish I was there to see that. It's cold; give me your jacket if you're going to play please" Gabriella wrapped her arms around herself.
"Oh yeah sure" Troy took it off and passed it to her; Gabriella put it on and sat down on the bleachers.
The boys started to play a one on one game.
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"What do you want to do today Adam?" Jason asked as he grabbed a can of coke.
"Let' go to the park" Adam shrugged, Jason nodded and they started to make their way over there.
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"Come on Chad, I'm up by five bro" Chad smiled at him before hitting a basket.
"Now it's only four" Gabriella yelled and Chad let out a laugh.
"Hey guys" The trio looked over at Sharpay.
"Hey Shar" The trio said together.
"I want you guys to meet my brother Ryan" Ryan smiled at them.
"Hi it's nice to meet you guys" He gave them a small wave.
"So what's the score?" Sharpay asked as she and Ryan sat beside Gabriella.
"15-11 Troy" Sharpay clapped at that.
"Yeah go, Troy" Troy shot her a small smile.
Chad had the ball he faked left, but Troy saw it coming. Troy took the ball and started to dribble with it, he put it between his legs and behind his back before moving forward. He stepped left, but moved right, he ran up to the net and jumped. Troy was about to dunk the ball when a hand smashed the ball out of his hands and sent Troy to the ground.
"TROY" Gabriella ran to him, Sharpay, Ryan and Chad closely behind.
"Look at that, at the gym you caught me off guard and now I caught you off guard. I guess that means we're even, so that means you're still not better than me" Adam and Jason both laughed.
"What do you want?' Troy asked as he was being helped up.
"I want to challenge you to a game" Adam picked up the ball and started to dribble while walking around Troy. "You and Chad VS me and Jason, a game to 21, if I win I get whatever I want and if you win you get whatever you want. If you're interested come here tomorrow at midnight" Adam ran and dunked the ball before walking away.
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"Is it true that you're challenging Troy Bolton to a game?" Taylor McKessie sat down beside Adam as she was getting ready to do some cheerleading.
"Yeah I need to prove to him that he has no place on this team. You're going to be there right?" Adam got up and started to stretch a little.
"Yeah I'll be there" They said their goodbyes and she went back to her team.
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"You're going to do it right?" Kelsey Nielsen jumped on to Troy's shoulders.
"Do what?" Troy turned around and smiled at her. "By the way hi to you too" Kelsey let out a laugh and sat down beside him
"Take up the challenge that Adam put out, I mean I really want to see you kick his ass" The gang laughed.
"I think you should do it too" Troy looked over at Gabriella. "After everything he's done, he deserves it"
"Yeah Troy prove to him that you are better and that if you did join the team you would be the new star" Sharpay saw everyone nod in agreement.
"What do you think Chad?" He looked at Chad with a raised eyebrow.
"I'll do it if you do it, you know I got your back" Troy nodded.
"Alright, we'll see" They went back to eating their lunch.
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Troy ended up sleeping; it was around eleven when Jack walked in woke him up and tossed something on his bed.
"What are you doing dad?" Troy started to rub the sleep out of his eyes.
"Your game is starting in an hour, get up, change and warm up" Jack turned on the lights in the room. "You are going to do the challenge right?"
"Yeah, but, not for you for myself" Jack just walked out of the room.
Troy got out of the bed and looked at the thing that was tossed on his bed, he picked it up and it was his dad's old Wildcat jersey. Troy shook his head and started to change.
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Jack looked up when he saw Troy come down the stairs; he frowned when he saw Troy in black shorts and a blue t-shirt.
"I'm not wearing this" Troy held up the uniform. "I'm going to wear what I like; you are not going to relive your glory days through me" Troy tossed the uniform at Jack and walked out of the house.
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Troy made his way over to Gabriella's house to pick her up, on the way he texted everyone telling them to go the court. Troy walked in to Gabriella's house and smiled at her mom.
"Hi Ms. Montez" Troy sat down across from her.
"Hi Troy, Gabi told me about the challenge Adam made. I am really glad that you are taking him on, do me a favour Troy, beat him for Gabs and me" Troy had gotten really close with Gabriella and her mom.
When Gabriella was pregnant with Gabi, Gabi's dad left and took Adam with him. Adam always gave them a hard time, thinking he was better than them because his dad is rich.
"Don't worry Ms. Montez Chad and I will beat him" They smiled at each other. Troy looked up when he saw Gabriella walk up to him.
"Hey ready to go?" Troy nodded and they started to head for the court.
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When they reached the court Chad was already there, but, no sign of Adam. Troy stepped on to the court and smiled when Sharpay waved at him, Troy and Chad started to warm up. Five minutes before midnight Adam and Jason showed up. Adam looked at the crowd before standing in front of Troy and the game began.
They were neck in neck the whole time; the game was basically Troy VS Adam. Near the end of the game it was 19-19, Troy passed the ball to Chad and he took the shot and missed. Adam got the rebound and dogged Troy and got the basket.
"That's it man, game point when I get this it's over" Adam waited for Troy to check the ball.
"Trust me man, you not going to score again" Troy gave him the ball.
Adam took the ball and started to run to the net, Troy closely behind. Adam reached the net and jumped, Troy jumped with him, Adam was about to dunk the ball, but Troy smacked the ball against the backboard stopping the dunk. Chad took the ball and dunked it, tied game once again.
"You get on my team and that's it, I'll make your life a living hell" Adam shoved the ball in to Troy's chest.
"I don't care about your team, this is for Gabi and her mom" Troy started to dribble the ball.
Troy stepped forward, did a quick crossover and put the ball between his legs twice. He faked a pass to Chad, quickly stepped right and then back, he jumped and did a fade away shot. Suddenly, everything went in slow motion, all eyes were on the ball as it went...through the net. The crowd went nuts, Troy turned and pointed to the sky, Gabriella jumped in to his arms and gave him a huge hug and Chad hugged him from the back. Troy pulled away and smiled when Sharpay walked up to him and pulled him in to a hug, he high fived Ryan and hugged Kelsey. He looked around for Adam and saw him walk away with his head down. Adam walked past Taylor and she gave him a sympathetic look, he just shook his head and got in to his car. Troy looked at his group of friends again and gave them the biggest smile he could.
~ The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges ~
Martin Luther King JR
A/N: Please review guys thanks so much. Also I am still looking for someone that can make a video on youtube for me, please PM me if you know how.