Disclaimer: I owned High School Musical yesterday, but I sold it to some company (Digney or something?). Never heard of it. I really needed 25 bucks though.

Giggles Galore

"Earth to Troy! We're gonna be late for homeroom!" Gabriella waved her hand in front of my face. Giggling ,she nudged me forward instantly bringing me back.

"Sorry, I just started ..thinking," I muttered out.

"You've been doing that a lot lately! Better be careful or you might go from lunkhead basketball man to freaky genius girl!"

"Ha. Yeah. How does that make me a girl?" This question gave me enough time to think on the way to homeroom while she giggled her way through and apology. Crap! I've got to stop wondering about Sharpay! Gabriella will follow my gaze on day and see me looking at her! She'll think that I want to date her! Do I? NO! NOOO! I can't let her get to me. Just focus on Gabriella. Nod now. Good.

"So you understand?"

"Yeah totally!" I replied still not sure what I was understanding.

"Okay good! I'll see you after class 'kay?"

And with that she semi-skipped to her seat in the back. As I took my seat on the front row, I glanced over at Sharpay. A mere to seats over.

While Ms. Darbus talked, I thought back to what happened this summer. The entire Lava Springs fiasco came running into my head. Sharpay's constant come ons flashed before me. The talent show ended all that. After the staff pool party, Ryan always seemed to be around more than before. Sharpay, on the other hand, seemed more distant. Her country club friends were always there. We hardly even spoke. When we did, it was very formal. No flirting. At ALL. Hard to believe, isn't it?

Now here we were, the first day of senior year, and she had shown no interest in me at all. Not that I'm showing a love interest in her or anything.

"Mr. Bolton and Ms. Evans! If you care to notice, the bell just rang, and I would prefer that you go to your next classes! Just another example of the dangers of cell phones! The inability to focus!"

So she had drifted off too! I wonder what she was thinking about…was she thinking about me? How's my hair? I hurried out the door to catch up with her.

"So Darbus is still upset about cell phones, huh?!"

"Yeah," she answered flipping her hair for some Sophmores that were fantasizing about her by the water fountain.

"Man what's up with anyway? She's like the cell phone Nazi or something! Right? Right?"

"Sure" Sharpay stopped at her locker, and I leaned up against it to try and make some more conversation.

"So--"

"Troy, am I your girlfriend?" I started to sweat.

"No, wh--"

"Are we even very good friends?"

"Well, no, not really but--"

"Do we even have the same class this period?"

"We don't! I jus--"

"Then , why are YOU following me around, making crappy conversation, and giving me your "I'm-an-A&F-model" smile?!" I stood there at a loss for what to do next. People were staring. Sharpay's never been a quiet girl, and I could feel my face turning red.

"I'm sorry, I, uh, gotta go." Yeah, it was lame. Some might even say cowardly, but it was all I could think of at the moment. Just making friends with Sharpay was going to be difficult but getting her to open up to me, to figure out the girl underneath the glitter that was the real challenge.

Okey Dokey! Chapter 2! Just to let you know, there will be some Sharpay POV soon.

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