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Chapter One- Welcome to East High.
"Sharpay? Sharpay sweetie- you need to wake up." Shawna Evans told her teenage daughter calmly as she walked into her room. Sharpay groaned unwillingly in response, and remained in bed. Shawna sighed and walked over to her daughter's white curtains that had just been put up a week ago, and pulled them wide open. Bright morning sunlight streamed through the windows and splashed onto Sharpay's face- which was facing the window. Sharpay groaned again and covered her face with her pillows-annoyed with the sun.
"You have to get ready for school- it's your first day, aren't you excited?!" Shawna asked her daughter enthusiastically.
"No." Sharpay answered- her voice muffled by the plump white pillow covering her face.
"Ryan is already awake- and I didn't have to beg him to get up." Shawna told her.
"Well, I'm not Ryan."
"You're going to be late for school unless you get up right now."
"I don't wanna go, mom!" Sharpay whined- placing her pillow back underneath her head and pulling the covers up and over her face instead.
"Why not?"
"I hate being the new kid. Nobody ever likes me no matter how hard I try to make friends. I'm always the outcast!"
"We already discussed this five times, honey. Don't try so hard to make friends- just go with the flow, Ryan does it and he makes friends easily." her mother told her-referring to her twin brother.
"Whatever." Sharpay murmured uncaringly. Today was her first day at yet another high school. What was this one called? West High? North High? South High? East High? She didn't know. She didn't remember. She didn't care. This was her third school in a year and a half- her mom's dumb company was always transferring her from place to place, and it really bothered Sharpay. Her mom said that she hated moving to, but Sharpay could tell that her mom found packing up, moving into a new house, and unpacking over and over again 'exciting'. Tha's why she was a realtor. She loved new houses. So did Ryan. He didn't mind moving every five or six months. He said it was an 'adventure' and a chance to meet new people. Well, easy for Ryan to say- he was a 'social butterfly'- their mom called it. Whilst Sharpay was the 'patheticly shy loner'- well, that's what she called herself.
"You can't just skip school. Rise n' Shine!!" Shawna sang enthusiastically. Sharpay groaned and threw the covers off of herself, slung her legs over the side of her bed, and stood up- slumping over to her bathroom in defeat. As Sharpay turned on the hot water to the shower, she was completley dreading the day to come- walking down the halls all by herself, sitting alone at lunch, trying to ignore the pointing and laughing of her fellow classmates...and the list went on. This happened to her everyday- new school or not, this was her typical day at school. And she knew the same thing would happen today. Even though it was the first day. She'd always prayed that maybe just once Ryan would walk with her in the hall and maybe sit with her at lunch so she wouldn't be alone- but he always made friends right away, ditched her, and rarely ever spoke to his own twin sister at school at all. She was all alone. Sharpay sighed and stepped into the shower.
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"Okay mom, I'm off to school- tell Sharpay that I would have waited for her, but I wanted to leave early to find my locker and look around the school before first period." Ryan told his mother- Sharpay was still upstairs getting ready for her 'first day adventure'- she usually was quick at getting herself ready for school- throwing on a plain colored T-Shirt (usually white), a pair of jeans, and her favorite pair of white sneakers, and throwing her hair up into a pony tail- but today, she was just dragging herself and taking her 'sweet' time- she was really just savoring every last second until her mom would have to force her to leave the house.
"Okay Ryan, bye sweetie- I hope you have a great first day!" Shawna told her son. He smiled at his mom and left the house. Shawna watched him climb into his red jeep and back out of the driveway from the kitchen window. She sighed sadly- sometimes she wished her daughter could be more positive and enthusiastic like Ryan- instead of hating life and walking around gloomily everyday saying 'screw the world.' and 'life sucks.' Shawna was just finishing up her sad thoughts of her daughter as Sharpay came slumping down the stairs. She grabbed an apple and picked up her light blue Jansport backpack.
"Well, I guess I'll be going now. Did Ryan already leave?" Sharpay grumbled sadly. Shawna nodded at her daughter.
"Yes, he wanted to find his locker and find his way around the school, so he left a few minutes ago."
"Wow. School hasn't even started yet, and he's already kicking me out of his life."
"No- he was just excited for his first day. Now why can't you be?" Shawna asked as she pulled Sharpay in for a comforting hug and kissed her forehead. Sharpay mumbled some random answer in response.
"You'd better get going- don't want you to be late!"
"Yeah, we sure wouldn't want that." Sharpay muttered sarcastically. She offered a brief 'Bye' to her mother before walking out the front door and climbing into her white honda.
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When Sharpay got to her locker, she saw a girl with dark brown hair and darker skin wearing a cheerleading uniform standing at the locker next to her's applying lip gloss.
"Hi." Sharpay said awkwardly- deciding that it would be even more awkward to not say anything at all the the girl.
"Hi." the girl said uncaringly as she continued to apply more make-up and not even bothering to even glance at Sharpay.
"Um...I'm Sharpay." Sharpay introduced herself as she pulled her own locker door open.
"Whatever." the girl muttered- her voice full of annoyance. Sharpay decided to stop talking- she was clearly bothering this girl. But what did she expect from a cheerleader who was obviously a snob? Just then a boy with chestnut brown hair came up the the girl who had been putting on make up.
"Hey Tay." he greeted the girl. She grinned flirtatiously and planted a short kiss on the boy's lips. The pair had obviously and rudely decided that Sharpay was invisible. She rolled her eyes and walked away to her first period class.
"Who was that?" Troy Bolton asked his girlfriend Taylor McKessie when the mysterious blonde girl he'd never seen before trotted away.
"Huh? Oh- I think her name was Linda or something." Taylor said with a shrug.
"Oh." Troy muttered staring after the girl who had dissappeared off down the hall- just then the bell rang signaling five minutes until class started.
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Sharpay walked into her first period english class and immediatley went for the back row. She sat down in the far back corner- purposely seperating herself from the rest of society. Ryan had fifth and sixth period with her. She sat staring straight ahead as students filed into the classroom- chattering loudly with each other and taking their seats. No one sat near Sharpay- but who could really blame them? Who would want to sit by the pathetic unimportant new girl?
"Okay class please settle down." The male teacher who looked about fifty five said. Everyone's voices dyed down slowly until they were close to a somewhat acceptable quietness. The teacher scanned his attendance sheet.
"It seems we have a new student joining us in this class..." he trailed off- bringing the attendance sheet closer to his face, adjusting his glasses and squinting.
"Her name is..." he brought it even closer to his face.
"Sharpie Evans." he said. The class laughed at the odd name, and Sharpay could feel her face flush- but she said nothing.
"Where's Sharpie?" the teacher asked- bringing the attendance sheet away from his face- his eyes wandering over the student's faces. Sharpay had no choice but to raise her hand.
"That's me- and um, sorry for the correction, sir- but it's actually Sharpay..." she said slowly as the whole class turned to stare at her, before errupting into more laughter.
"She's named after a dog?!!" someone said rudely- causing more laughter. Sharpay sank down in her seat- wanting to die. The teacher frowned and told the class to settle down again.
"My apologies, my eyesight is really starting to give out. Welcome to East High, Sharpay. I'm Mr. Woodburn." he said.
I hadn't noticed. Sharpay thought bitterly.
"That's alright. Thank you." she muttered.
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The rest of the day dragged right on by, and at lunch, Sharpay ate in a bathroom stall- much like she did at her other schools. She decided to go and look for a job after school- she might as well do something good for her life. Sharpay walked inside a coffee shop with a 'Help Wanted' sign in the window. She walked up to the counter, where a woman was staring blankly into space with a bored expression.
"Um...hello..." Sharpay said awkwardly- snapping the woman out of her trance.
"Welcome to Carl's Coffe. May I take your order?" the woman asked Sharpay with a yawn- her voice revealing and reflecting the boredome exhibited on her face.
"No thank you. I was actually looking for a job application?"
"Screw applications. Do you have any experience?"
"Well, actually...I've worked at an ice cream shop, and a McDonald's before..."
"You're hired."
"What? I don't need to apply or anything?"
The woman shook her head.
"Nope. We've been trying to fill this position for two and a half months- you're the first one interested in it. Welcome to the Carl Crew."
"Whoa- thanks! When do I start?"
The woman took off her apron and tossed it at Sharpay across the counter.
"Right now. It's time for my afternoon snooze." she said. Then she handed her a pad of paper and a pen.
"You will take orders, deliver them to Sabrina in the back who will make them, and then deliver the orders back to the customer's table." she said- the tone of boredome in her voice not changing one bit.
"You mean like a waitress?"
The woman yawned.
"Something like that."
Sharpay smiled gratefully and put on her apron. The woman walked slowly away into a room behind the counter that said 'Storage Room' on the door. Sharpay stared after her oddly- she had mentioned something about an 'afternoon snooze'- did she sleep back there? Sharpay shook her head and looked around the coffee shop- there were two old men quietly sipping coffee in the back, but other then that the place was empty. Sharpay sighed and walked behind the counter and into another room which seemed to be the kitchen- where she saw a blonde girl washing a coffee pot.
"Hi." Sharpay said. The girl (who looked about sixteen) looked up and gave her a friendly smile.
"Hi...are you new working here?"
"Yeah- I just got hired. That woman seems...odd?" Sharpay said with a small laugh.
"Oh, don't mind Mel. She's always been a boring person." The girl said with a laugh. Sharpay smiled.
"Is she the manager?"
The girl nodded.
"Then who's Carl? It's called 'Carl's Coffe' right?"
"Carl is the owner of this dump, he pops in every so often...but not that often. I've met him once. Last year."
"Oh..."
"I'm Sabrina. And you are?"
"Sharpay. I just moved here..."
"Really? What school are you going to?"
"East High. What about you?"
"I'm actually homeschooled. My parents wanted to keep my away from the 'dramas and distractions' of public school- well, that's how they put it. I call it... the realities of public school." Sabrina laughed.
"Do you like being homeschooled?"
Sabrina shrugged.
"I get sort of lonely- I really don't have many friends, just a few that live near me. It's hard to make friends when your homeschooled."
Sharpay sighed.
"No it's not, you just made one. And by the way... I know the feeling." she mumbled.
"Oh...tough first day huh?" Sabrina asked her. She nodded sadly.
"Yeah...my family moves around a lot...my mom's company is always transferring her everywhere. It gets tiring."
"What does she do?"
"She's a realtor. It's funny how she sells houses but can never seem to settle down in just one of her own." Sharpay said bitterly.
"Oh...I'm sorry...what about your dad?"
"He died when my brother Ryan and I were twelve. Car accident."
"Oh...sorry to bring it up...I didn't know..."
"It's okay."
"Well...you'd better get out there and see if there's anymore costumers." Sabrina said. Sharpay nodded and walked out of the kitchen. She looked around the coffee shop and saw two new people sitting at a round table a few feet away from where she was standing. She reckognized them from school- one of them was the boy who she'd seen run up to that rude cheerleader girl at her locker this morning- his name was...Troy Bolton. Yeah, that was it. He was in three of her classes. The other person was a girl, but not the cheerleader one...and different one entirely...her name was Gabriella Montez. She was in two of Sharpay's classes. Sharpay sighed and walked over to their table.
"Welcome to Carl's Coffee. What can I get you guys?" she greeted them.
"She'll have the normal sized Caramel Frappaccino and I'll have a small black coffee." Troy said- not even bothering to glance at Sharpay. But she nodded anyway.
"I'll have your order soon." Sharpay muttered before walking away.
"Hey wasn't that that new girl?" Gabriella whispered to Troy when Sharpay dissappeared back behind the counter.
"I don't know- I didn't see." Troy answered with an uncaring shrug.
"What was her name again?..."Gabriella asked herself out loud.
"Sherry...Shania...Shaniqua? No wait it was...Shelby? Right? No-Shelly! Yeah that's what it was. It was Shelly. No wait maybe it was Charolette?"
"Who cares?" Troy asked his girlfriend boredly. Gabriella shrugged.
"I don't. I was just trying to remember."
Troy laughed.
"You are one strange girl." he teased.
"And you love it." she said with a smirk. He leaned across the table and kissed her before whispering "Yes, I do."
Sharpay saw the couple kissing at the table and frowned. She could have sworn that guy was with that other girl...who was in none of sharpay's classes so she never caught her name.
"Hey Sabrina...do you know who those two are?" Sharpay called to Sabrina- gesturing to Troy and Gabriella from behind the counter. Sabrina walked over and looked in the direction Sharpay was gesturing.
"Oh yeah- they come in here a lot, but I don't know their names. That boy comes in here everyday though...I think he has three girlfriends."
"Three girlfriends? And each one is okay with it?" Sharpay asked dumbly. Sabrina shook her head.
"I don't think they know about each other...but I'm just assuming. I don't know them- I probably would know more if I wasn't homeschooled." She said with a cough.
"Wow...he's being unfair to them then..."Sharpay stated- more to herself then to Sabrina.
"Yeah. Well, he's just another one of those players that will tell girls anything they want to hear just to get in their-"
"Okay, I think I get the point." Sharpay said- cutting Sabrina off with a laugh. Sabrina smirked.
"Sorry- just wanted to get the point across." she said. The two girls watched Troy and Gabriella for a few more seconds.
"Well, I'd better get started on their order." Sabrina said- walking away back into the kitchen. Sharpay followed. A few minutes later, the drinks were done. Sharpay took them and walked over to Troy and Gabriella's table- after checking the prices for the drinks on the menu because she wasn't familiar with this place at all. It was funny how Mel was just hiring any random person that came through the door.
"That'll be fifve-forty-five." Sharpay said- setting the drinks down on their table. Troy pulled out a ten from his wallet and handed it to her- telling her to 'keep the change'. Sharpay stuffed the ten into the pocket of her apron and walked back in to the kitchen.
"So, what are your hours?" Sabrina asked Sharpay- she was now mopping the floor.
"My what?"
"Your hours- you know; your work hours. When do you get off?"
Sharpay thought for a minute.
"I actually don't know. Mel never said..."
Sabrina laughed.
"She never gave me hours either, so I asked her when I get off. You want to know what she said?"
"What'd she say?"
Sabrina cleared her throat and put a bored expression on her face and mocked Mel's voice- she pulled it off pretty well.
"Leave whenever you want, Sabrina. Just don't wake me from my nap."
Sharpay instantly burst out laughing.
"Hey- that was pretty good!" she said.
"What was pretty good?"
"Your impression of Mel."
"Haha. Well, I've worked around her long enough. Talking to her is like talking to a stone wall. She's such a space cadet."
"I noticed." Sharpay said with a laugh.
"So, it's good to have someone else working around here for a change. Now, I have someone to talk to! Before, I would make the coffee, and take and deliver the orders. But it's not like it mattered- this place is always dead. I wasn't running around like a chicken with my head cut off at least- it's not like we were packed with business. There actually IS no business- Except for that boy that comes in here everyday with one of his girlfriends of course...well, and those old men who show up everyday as well. But anyway, I got bored easily- with no one to talk to, you know?" Sabrina said. Sharpay smiled.
"Wait...so we're the only one's working here?!"
"Yeah...except on weekends- when Adam comes in. Then it's the two of us."
"You work seven days a week?"
"Yeah. There's nothing really better to do..."
"Oh...who's Adam?"
"He's my friend who goes to West High...he's a quiet guy though...hardly any better then Mel."
"Well, you sure are talkative!" Sharpay said playfully.
"Hey- so are you!" Sabrina said back with a laugh.
"Actually, I'm usually not...I'm actually surprised with myself for actually having a normal conversation with someone other then my brother for once in my life."
"You said 'actually' three times in that sentence- anyway, tell me more about your brother?"
"His name is Ryan and we're twins...except were pretty much opposites, he has tons of friends from all of our past schools...and I have...zero."
"I'm sorry...hey I have an idea- how about after I clean up a little bit more around here, we hit the mall?"
"Th...mall?" Sharpay asked slowly. She didn't really have a knack for shopping. She actually hated it.
"Yeah! It'll be fun!" Sabrina said enthusiastically- great, just what Sharpay needed- more jolly-olly happy enthusiatic people. Crud.
"I don't know...shop for what?"
Sabrina shrugged.
"I love to shop for clothes! It's so fun...don't you just love fashion!?"
"Um...in case you didn't notice by my outfit right now, that would be a no...I'm not exactly what you'd call 'fashionable'." Sharpay admitted with embarrassment.
"Well, take off your apron so I can get a better look." Sabrina said. Sharpay hesitated before reluctantly untying the back of her apron and taking it completely off. Sabrina looked at her blank white t-shirt, then her jeans, then her white beat-up tennis shoes. It wasn't that Saharpay was a tomboy or anything like that...but she really just didn't know anything about the 'right' things to wear or whatever.
"Well...we can certainly change that! Come on- let's go shopping for clothes! What do you say?"
"I don't know Sabrina...I wouldn't know what to buy..."
"Oh it's easy- I'll help you! I may be homeschooled, but that doesn't mean that I don't know about the latest fashions!" Sabrina chirped.
"Well..." Sharpay hesitated. If she did go shopping with Sabrina, Sabrina would want her to probably just buy a bunch of...heels and tanktops and mini skirts and such...Sharpay could tell by the way Sabrina was dressed- she looked like a total glamour girl, and Sharpay didn't have anything against that...it just...wasn't her. Sabrina looked like the type of girl that would be some kind of preppy popular snob...but it was odd...because regardless of her looks, she was really nice and kind...were you automatically kind if you were homeschooled?
"So is that a yes, or a yes?" Sabrina asked her.
"What happened to the 'no' option?" Sharpay asked with a slight chuckle.
"It's 'no't an option." Sabrina said with a smirk. Sharpay took a deep breath. She couldn't believe she was actually about to agree to this.
"O-okay...I guess you can count me in..."
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Author's Note: So nearing the end when they started talking about going shopping- it might have seemed like it didn't really fit in there and stuff...but I had to put it in there because Sharpay is now going to have sort of a new look. Also, I realize there wasn't much of Troy, Gabriella, Taylor, or Kelsi in this chapter- it all mainly focused on Sharpay and her new friend Sabrina...but don't worry, I'm going to get back on track very very soon. Anyway, I realized I didn't really introduce Sabrina in the trailer, well, she's going to become like Sharpay's best friend, except she's homeschooled so...Sharpay won't be seeing her around school at all. But she's going to be the one who Sharpay tells all the deets to about everything that's going to be going on soon with Troy and his three girlfriends and yadda yadda yadda. There's a reason Sabrina's in here- I thought Sharpay should at least have one nice friend from the start so yeah... lol.oh and by the way Sabrina is played by Sabrina Bryan from The Cheetah Girls :) lol.
Anyway, please review and tell me what you think- even if this chapter seemed like nothing realating to the plot f the story and it confused you deeply (lol) but just remember to bare in mind: John Tucker Must Die! (similar to that my friends, very similar.)
(Oh and remember to check out the youtube trailer for this story made by BeneathTheSurface AKA FanfictionHSMTrailer- the link is on my profile like I stated earlier.) :)
Anyways, peace it homes. xxx
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