Chapter 2: there is a light
Sharpay looked at the time on her alarm clock. The neon lights flashed 6:20 am. She walked to her bathroom and she turned on the water for her shower. Slowly she pealed off her clothing and she steeped into the shower.
The warm water gently flowed off her body. The water felt nice on her bruised body. After 10 minutes she got out and put a towel over body. She walked to her walk-in closet and she went and pulled out her pre picked outfit.
After a while she was ready to face the student body and she forced herself to hear the same old comments that she was used to hear.
She walked down the halls and as she passed she heard people talking about her.
"Hey look, the ice queen is back." A person said, she kept walking.
"I heard that she's a slut." An other person said. She continued walking to her locker.
"Hey, I heard that she has a boyfriend that beats the crap out of her, she's such a bitch." Sharpay stopped and turned to the student
"What did you say?" Sharpay barked. The guy was silent
"Nothing, it was just a stupid rumor." Then he left for class. Sharpay arrived at her locker and she took out her things and she headed to Ms.Darbus' class. As usual she saw the same group hanging together.
It consisted of Troy, the schools favorite basketball star, Chad his sidekick, The rest of the basketball goons, Gabriella, the schools perfect student and of course Taylor the smartest student.
Sharpay sighed and then she went to her seat, she stared out the window. She watched the rain falling down from the sky. The bell had rung.
"Good morning class, today we will be learning of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway's musicals. That would be the Phantom of the Opera." Ms. Darbus had said.
The class seemed to pass by quickly, of course Sharpay and Ryan answered the questions which no one else answered.
"Now class, I will be pairing you in teams of two and you will have to perform one song from the musical. The first team will be Ryan and Gabriella, the second team will be Chad and Taylor." As Ms. Darbus made the teams there was a lot of groaning.
"The last team will be Sharpay Evans and Troy Bolton." Both Sharpay and Troy raised their heads and they looked disappointed. All the teams had a song they had to perform.
"Hey Sharpay, I was thinking that after school we could work on our song." Troy said.
"Fine whatever, meet me at my car after school, don't be late." Sharpay snapped.
The one class she was not looking forward to was gym class.
"Alright class, I don't want to hear any complaints or any whining, since it's raining we will be playing dodgeball." The gym teacher had said. There were some groans.
The class was set into teams. The game had begun and balls were flying around. People got hit and others dodged them. Among those who were dodging was Sharpay. Unfortunately a stray ball hit her on her side. The sad part was she had a new set of bruises. She cried in pain.
"Damn it Chad, I told you not to throw the ball so goddamn hard!" the coach yelled.
"Oh my god, are you alright?" Gabriella asked.
I'm fine, just back the hell off." Sharpay barked. Then she walked to a bench then she sat down. The coach handed her an icepack.
After a while the bell had rung. Finally class was over. Sharpay changed out of her gym clothes. She headed down the hall.
"Hey Sharpay, I heard what happened in gym class, are you sure you're ok?" Ryan asked. She simply nodded her head.
"Shar, I'm going to Gabriella's house to work on our assignment." He said, then he headed to the bus and went on with Gabriella.
As promised Troy was waiting. They drove to Sharpay's house.
"Holy crap! I knew your house was big but wow."Troy said.
They got out of the car and walked into the Evans'mansion.
"Good afternoon Ms.Evans', I will bring out some snacks for you and your friend." The butler had said.
"Thank you Carleton." Sharpay responded, she showed Troy to the music room.
"What song do we have to do?" Troy asked.
Sharpay looked at the lyrics.
"It is "Past the point of no return"." She answered. She put on the soundtrack and skipped to the song.
"I'm sorry that Chad hurt you in gum class." Troy said calmly.
"Yeah, it's no big deal. I wasn't looking." She said.
For the next hour and a half they were working, had a few laughs.
Troy looked at his watched, he realized he had to go.
"This was not what I expected. I'll see you at school tomorrow. Bye Sharpay." Troy had said, then he left.
Sharpay had a smile on her face. She put on one of her favorite songs from Eiffel 65, Brightly Shine.
"You used to hide
behind a wall
The part of you nobody knows
No one ever saw
it
And your flower deep down in the sea
Full of colors deep
indeed
No one ever saw it before
No one ever saw it before
Your
shine is leaving you alone
Just put your trust in who you are, in
who you are"
Sharpay walked to her room and she listened to the music.
"Why can't you
see it
There is a light that brightly shines inside your head
There is a light that
brightly shines, that brightly shines
Inside yourself
Why can't
you see it
There is a light that brightly shines inside your
head
There is a light that brightly shines, that brightly
shines
Inside yourself
She changed her clothes then she headed out the room.
You used to hide
behind a wall
The part of you nobody knows
No one ever saw
it
And your flower deep down in the sea
Full of colors deep
indeed
No one ever saw it before
No one ever saw it before
Your
shine is leaving you alone
Just put your trust in who you are, in
who you are
She walked out of her house then she walked to a park.
Why can't you see
it
There is a light that brightly shines inside your head
There
is a light that brightly shines, that brightly shines
Inside
yourself
Why can't you see it
There is a light that brightly
shines inside your head
There is a light that brightly shines,
that brightly shines
Inside yourself
She saw Michael and she walked to him.
Why can't you see
it
There is a light that brightly shines inside your head
There
is a light that brightly shines that brightly shines
Inside
yourself
Why can't you see it
There is a light that brightly
shines inside your head
There is a light that brightly shines that
brightly shines
Inside yourself
"Where the fuck were you?" Michael asked harsly.
"I… was busy." She answered sheepishly. He slapped her face.
Then he led the way and she followed, she did everything he told her to do. From a distance a person saw, that person had to be Taylor.
"Oh my God!" Taylor had said.
Things will be a little harder now to break up with Michael.
