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Chapter 2
A Secret

"Troy…" Miss Darbus looked at the slip of paper with her thick glasses and then looked back up at the boy. "Everyone let's give a wild cat welcome to Troy Bolton," Miss Darbus said and people began to welcome him with ease. That was the plus thing about looking good; you didn't have to worry what will happen. "Troy you can sit right here in the front, it's the best place," she said.

Chad coughed something under his breath and his teammates started laughing along and giving him a gentle high five. Chad could see Taylor glaring at him from the corner of his eyes and telling him to be nice.

Troy heard the coughing noise and turned around glaring at the guy, "gotta problem?" he asked before taking a seat.

"Ooos" that noise came around the classroom and Chad sat up in his seat and narrowed his eyes at Troy. "Who do you think you are talking to me like that?" Chad said getting defensive about Troy's tone.

Troy smirked and ignored Chad; he didn't want to get in trouble on his first day. He knew he could make a fool out of Chad right now if he wanted to but he wasn't going to yet.

"That's right, shut your mouth fool," Chad said and went back to leaning.

Gabriella watched in the back as this interaction with the two boys was going on, she was so mesmerized by Troy's look that she didn't care about what else was going on. She was sure that every other girl was looking at him but once they knew that Gabriella had the eyes for him then that was their cue to back off.

Soon the first bell rung and Gabriella stood up and got her stuff together. Her friends waited for her by the door as she was getting her stuff together. Troy was talking to Miss Darbus about some classes that he had that he wasn't sure where to go. Girls were gossiping with each other and soon enough everyone will know about Troy. Gabriella watched Troy's movement carefully, he definitely wasn't gay and he definitely was muscular.

"Gabriella you ready to go?" Sharpay asked and that broke her trail of thoughts about Troy.

"Huh? Oh you guys go ahead without me," Gabriella told them before watching them all leave the classroom. Gabriella exited the classroom and stalled by the doors. She heard the door open behind her and she came face to face with the beautiful boy. "Hi I'm-"she was cut off by him.

"Gabriella, yeah I know who you are," he said smiling softly.

That made Gabriella smile and she extended her hand to him. "Nice to meet you Troy Bolton," she said his full name.

"As well as you Gabriella," he said and kissed her hand softly. "I have to go to class, but hopefully I'll see you around," he said smiling and walking away without saying another word.

Gabriella knew she had a goofy grin on her face, but she didn't care. In the distance she saw her best friends looking at her with surprise. She shrugged her shoulder innocently before going to her next class. All she could think about was how cute he was and how much she was looking forward to seeing him again at lunch. She hoped she had some class with him because then that would be better. There was something about this Troy Bolton that she was really feeling; she wanted to know more about this boy because this was the kid that kept her wondering and that was something that never happens.

Gabriella headed into her next class before anyone else showed up in the class. Usually she'd be the last one, late even but today she was the first. She was eager to know if Troy had class with her. Soon the bell rung and everyone all came in, she was disappointed not to see that Troy kid.

"Earth to Gabriella!" Taylor practically had to yell on the top of her lung.

Gabriella snapped out of her day dreaming and looked at Taylor, "uh oh I'm sorry I was spacing out," Gabriella confessed.

Taylor rolled her eyes, "well we have a huge assignment, and you can't be thinking about that new boy, did you see how rude he was acting to Chad? That's not cool at all," Taylor said.

Gabriella sighed as she knew what had happened, "well he's so cute, I can't help but look at him."

"Gabs, we know how you get when it comes to guys you get all giddy and then you go into this stage that I don't like, this guy seems wrong for you," Taylor said.

The teacher gave the students instruction to open to a new page and the two girls did so as they continued gossiping. Gabriella and Taylor was the teacher's favorite student and they could talk all they want.

"There's something about the way he approached makes me so attracted," Gabriella sighed happily. Troy Bolton had the perfect look if she could describe him. So far his personality fit him and she liked that a lot.

"Well be careful, he could just want to get into your pants," Taylor warned. Taylor wanted what was best for her best friend and if that meant Troy had to go she'd do her best to get rid of him. Taylor flipped open the text book before taking some notes with Gabriella. "What are you doing after school?"

"I work remember? I get off at seven if you guys want to catch a movie; that's if you don't decide to double date," Gabriella told her best friend.

"Maybe."

Gabriella watched her best friend for a short moment before breaking out into her day dream time again. She felt like it was love at first sight when she saw Troy, but she wasn't sure how he was feeling. If only she knew.


It was finally time for lunch and Gabriella had not seen the guy in a while, she was eager to see who he would come eat with because she was thinking of inviting him. Her recent class was at the top floor so she was skipping down the stairs quickly, people were staring at her but she really didn't care about them.

"You want to skip out and go somewhere to eat?" Chad asked his best girl friend.

Gabriella shook her head, "no not today," she said and continued to glance around the crowded room.

"Who are you looking for?" Zeke asked.

Gabriella smiled, "just someone," she said.

Zeke and Chad looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time. They knew who she was looking for and frankly they didn't like it one bit.

"Troy!" Gabriella called out to him, when Troy turned and saw her; he nodded once at her before continuing to walk. He had no time to stop and talk to her; he just kept on walking passed like he was busy. "What the hell?" Gabriella wondered what was going on with him, one minute he's nice and the next he seems like a jerk. Gabriella looked around to see if anyone was looking and she saw a few girls standing there laughing amongst each other. She glared at them and walked off.

"I told you he seems like a jerk," Zeke called out after Gabriella. Zeke on the other hand wasn't as protective as Chad, he looked out for his girls but he didn't take it to the extreme.

Gabriella stormed outside after Troy when she saw him standing by his locker just hanging around like a normal person. No one else was around him but himself. Gabriella wondered what he was doing by himself when he could be eating lunch at this time. "Hey Troy what's up?" Gabriella asked calmly.

"Oh hey Gabriella, not much I just like hanging around…sorry about not coming over when I was in there," he said, grinning. "But I have things to do so I'll see you later?" he asked and lifted her chin. "Smile, it makes you look more beautiful," Troy said and then walked off into the hallway by his self.

Gabriella watched him in the distance and immediately she found herself wondering more and more about him. Gabriella wanted to see where he was going but she felt like a stalker and she didn't want to set that impression. Gabriella went back into the lunch room where her friends were all sitting together. Gabriella saw Tanner with his friends and she gave him a friendly wave and sat down at the table with them, "hey guys," she said, feeling guilty that she blew them off.

"Oh look who it is," Chad smirked and Taylor hit the back of his head. "I'm just kidding, you know I love you best friend," Chad implied.

Gabriella laughed, "You know I love you too Chad," Gabriella said.

"Did you find lover boy?" Sharpay asked.

Gabriella rolled her eyes at her friends, "he's not lover boy and yes I did find him, he had things to do," she said.

"There's something about Troy that's a bit weird, I'm not sure what," Chad said.

"You think every guy I talk to is weird," Gabriella said and then went into her purse to get some bars that she brought along with her for a snack. "Besides, Troy and I are starting to become friends so don't mess it up please," Gabriella asked.

"I'll try no promises though," Chad told her.

Gabriella got up to grab herself something to eat; she felt like a salad today so she went through the lunch line before going back to the tables of her friends. On the back of her mind was Troy; what was he doing and who was he really? There was something about her that drawn her more to him and she just couldn't figure it out.

Chad watched his best friend sit there and day dream about this new boy that came into his school; so far he didn't like the dude and didn't plan on getting know the guy either. It wasn't any better that Gabriella was attracted to the boy. There just wasn't something right about this guy and Chad was going to get to the bottom of it. Chad got up from the table, "I'll see you guys later," Chad said and left the gang at the table, he walked out to the hallway where he saw Gabriella come in from and began searching for Troy. Chad took a corner of the hall and saw Troy at his locker looking at something.

From the corner of his eyes he saw someone and instantly he closed his locker and looked at Chad; the kid who tried to pick a fight with him today. "What?" he asked, his voice mixed with fear and anxiousness.

Chad raised his eyebrow, wondering what he was doing and he narrowed his eyes, "what are you doing roaming the hallways, you know that ain't allowed," Chad smirked.

"Last time I checked, I'm allowed to do whatever I want," Troy said as he crossed his arm.

"Who do you think you are talking to me like that?" Chad's voice rose.

Troy chuckled with disgust, "stop acting like you're the big man on campus, you're nothing but all talk," Troy shot back with no fear now in his eyes.

"Wanna try me?" Chad challenged, the anger in his voice rising even more.

Troy scoffed and started to walk passed him into the lunch room with no care look on his face.

Chad wished Troy had bumped into him so Chad could hit him, but he didn't. Chad watched him until he disappeared and walked over to his locker. He didn't know how to open someone else's locker but there was something secretive about this kid and Chad will do whatever it takes to bring him down. There was no way he was going to mess with his best friend's life and his own life for that matter.


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