Reality.
Chapter 1: Troy Bolton
*.*.~Dangerous~.*.*
Walking down the hall of East High was nothing for the basketball star Troy Bolton, he had a serious expression, looking down the hall without actually looking at something or someone, girls were dying to have him and boys wanted to be like him but no one even dared to step close to him other than his basketball team and his friends who actually knew the real Troy.
He walked towards his locker and opened it, as he got his books out he could feel the stares on his back, everyone was curious about Troy, because he was always so quiet and misterious, he put a notebook inside his locker and sighed, he looked back to see who was staring at him and everyone just turned around to pretend they were doing something else. A small smirk appeared on Troy's face, everyone was so predictable, that was exactly what he didnt want to be...predictable. His all time bestfriend Chad Danforth walked over to him, he leaned against a locker and smiled at him.
"are you ready captain?" he asked and Troy smirked dangerously.
"i am"
Chad didnt want to admit it but sometimes Troy's smirk made him shiver, Troy looked sometimes like he was capable of anything, when he knew he wasnt, because he knew Troy like nobody else did, not even his parents, Troy told Chad stuff he couldnt tell his dad and Chad helped him to manage situations when Troy thought he could no more. Jason walked over to them and slapped Chad's ass.
"hey guys i heard Taylor is having a party this friday and the entire school is invited" he said leaning against another locker.
"really?" Troy said with his deep voice and he looked at Chad "even Chad?" he asked.
"yeah...she said the entire school can go" Jason stated.
Troy tried to not be so scary in front of his team, because...well...they were his team! he needed them to trust him, so he tried his best to hide that dangerous side.
"i dont care" Chad said.
"you're not going?" Troy asked with a smirk playing in his lips.
"i dont know...we'll find out on friday" Chad said, the smile that he always had now disappeared.
Troy played around with Jason as they walked to their next class...Troy knew Chad hated to talk about Taylor so he just decided to drop the subject. The best thing about Troy and Chad's friendship was that it didnt matter that they were so different, they had some kind of respect for eachother.
Everybody went silent when Troy walked inside the classroom, it was always like that, everybody wanted to see what was Troy Bolton doing, sometimes the teachers loved the effect Troy had on the other students, but it was scary the way he just walked into a room and everybody else would leave whatever they were doing.
"Troy my man" Zeke screamed from the back of the room "sit here dude" he said, Troy smiled as he walked to the back of the classroom, everyone then went back to doing their own thing. Troy shook Zeke's hand.
"thanks man...its annoying sometimes" he said.
"you know me man!" Zeke smiled "i got your back"
Chad sat next to Troy and Jason sat next to Zeke, minutes later the teacher walked inside the classroom and the class started.
.*.*.English.*.*.
"Troy?" the Teacher called.
"yes Miss Smith" he said lifting his eyes from the book, his hair covered his eyes and gave him a dangerous look.
"would you please tell me what's your opinion about the book" she said.
The classroom went silent. Troy stood up and grabbed his book.
"i think that the author actually wanted to get his own personality into the story, that somehow makes the story interesting" he said, you could soon hear some sighs coming from the girls in the classroom.
"really...does anybody disagrees or wants to support that?" the teacher asked.
A brunette girl with a kinda gothic style and really weird clothes raised her hand.
"yes Gabriella" the teacher said.
"i think he's right till some point, because the author express his thoughts about some situations in the book, but also he wants the readers to see the things from his point of view"
"so you say thats his strategy?"
"exactly" Gabriella smiled and then looked over at Troy who was also smirking. She had guts and he had to admit it.
They both sat down.
.*.*. History .*.*.
The classroom was doing a surprise test when the secretary of the school walked inside. She whispeared something into the teachers ears and the teacher took a glance at Troy.
"now?" she asked.
"yes" the secretary replied.
After a small sigh the teacher looked at her class.
"Troy?" she called "the principal wants to see you in the gym"
Troy looked up from his test and stood up, on his way to the front desk he kept answering it and then gave the white paper to the teacher.
"its done" he said, she looked surprised at the small paper to see all the questions were filled, she smiled.
"good" she said.
Troy walked out of the classroom and followed the secretary to the gym, he was gonna meet him there because the principals office was unavailable in that moment, Troy chuckled, it had to be funny to meet the principal at the gym. When he walked inside he saw the Principal Matsui holding a basketball in his hands, he looked up at Troy dramatically, he didnt smile, Troy didnt either.
"so..." the Principal started.
"you wanted to see me" Troy's cold voice made the principal shiver, but he didnt gave in.
"i heard some rumors today...i just wanted to see if they were true."
"i didnt do it" Troy said before the principal could say what those rumors were.
"why should i believe you"
Troy's cold eyes then met with the Principals dark eyes.
"if you dont then ask my dad" he said as he grabbed the ball from the principal's hands and made a 3 pointer.
"perfect" Troy whispeared. "is that all?" he asked a bit louder.
"yes" the principal said.
Troy nodded and walked out of the gym, getting flashes of that night, the reason why he couldnt do it, he looked in all directions without seeing something specific. He remembered the basketball, the cold air of 2 am, his dad...
"perfect" his dad yelled again "i dont want great, i dont want amazing, i want perfect" he yelled as his son ran over the basketball court they had on their backyard. Troy was tired and sleepy, all he wanted was to be on his bed.
"HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET IT?" Jack Bolton screamed...he didnt care about the neighbours, he just wanted his son to be the best.
"perfect!" Troy repeated as he saw his dad smirk.
Troy thought he could no longer stay there, he had to leave, he had to be somewhere that didnt remind him of his reality, somewhere he could just be...free. He walked outside the school and jumped into his car, he didnt know where he was going, he just knew he had to go somewhere far away from there.
He soon found himself in a very known spot, he knew he could find people that understand him, people that knew what he was going thru...He got out of his car and walked over to the guys, they all looked at him confused, it was too early for him to be there.
"Hey Bolton" a guy with chocolate skin and dark eyes with bright blonde hair called. Troy shook his hand and smiled.
"whats up?" Troy asked.
"no much, you early"
"i know...i couldnt stand to be there anymore" Troy replied as he sat down, a taller guy with black hair and blue eyes chuckled, he had a cigar hanging between his lips.
"that's the way school goes...trust me it gets worse when you finish" he said. His name was Tom Quincy, he was the older one of the 4 of them and he've been in jail twice.
From another corner another guy smirked "Chris was about to call you tho" he said. The blonde guy looked up and glared at him.
"lie" he said. Troy chuckled and looked over at Tom.
"you got another?" he asked refering to the cigar he had. Tom handed him another that he took out of his pocket.
"Ed...you need to get more of this" Tom said and the guy sitting in the corner smiled.
"i know where to get it"
You could think those guys were dangerous and a bad influence on Troy but Troy knew different, they all had a story, and they actually cared about Troy for who Troy was and they didnt try to see something else to his personality. Troy could feel like he could be himself with them...just being Troy.