The next morning the Evans were running late for school, so Taylor didn't even see Sharpay until third period. Unfortunately since it was Darbus they had to be extra careful that the notes they were passing didn't get caught.

Shar, I told Chad...

WHAT?

Sorry. But since him and Troy are best friends I thought maybe he could you know, offer a perspective on how he would take it.

Yeah, but this is Chad, he can't keep a secret at all...

Says the girl who spilled it in the first place!

Will you ever let that go?

No. Besides, I already talked to Ry and HE knows! So don't start that attitude with me, missy!

Sheesh Tay, chill out. I was stating a fact. Chad Danforth cannot keep secrets. That's why we never have surprise parties anymore, remember?

Okay fine you have a point. But I warned him that if he told anyone...consequences would be HUGE

I don't even wanna know what's going through your twisted little mind over there...

:D But seriously, Troy is so not gonna handle this. He will freak out, and get angry at everyone who didn't tell him. Which right now, is EVERYBODY.

Yeah I know. Gabs is lucky she doesn't know the "new him". I mean he's my friend and I love him (most of the time), but he's been a real ass for the past few years. A.G. and B.K. was not a pretty time...

Okay remember what we said about acronyms no one knows about?

After Gabs and Before Kayla. As annoying as she is, he straightened him out a lot.

Traitor.

I am not I'm being honest. Remember the fist fights and the skipping school? Don't even get me STARTED on the drinking. And I don't want him to go back there. What if he does when G gets back?

He's older now. And wiser.

No he's not. He's Troy. He'll always be an idiot. But he's OUR idiot.

That is so kind of you :P He'll be okay. I admit it, Kayla's been good for him. If anything happens, she'll help him out.

I hope you're right Tay.

I'm always right my dear. I'm the genius of the group, remember?

"Oh dear" Taylor mumbled. Darbus had seen the slip of paper crossing between desks and was charging up the aisle. On the other side, Sharpay was oblivious and continued to write. Taylor coughed, trying to get her attention. Ms Darbus was in between them by the time the blonde had finished writing and as she leaned over to pass the note, she bumped into their teacher's side.

"Miss Evans." Sharpay gulped loud enough for the rest of the class to hear. "I expected better from you. And you Miss McKessie. Seeing as you obviously do not hold enough respect for the English language, maybe you can try to find some in detention after school."

"But Ms Dar-"

"No buts, McKessie. I don't care about the extra-curricular activities I'm sure you signed up for, you now have detention."

Both girls groaned and put their heads on their desks.

"Now seeing as you girls obviously found something so interesting to discuss it couldn't wait until you were out of my classroom, maybe the rest of the class should hear it too?"

The two girls were rescued by the bell ringing. Sharpay quickly snatched the note out of her teacher's hands as she was overwhelmed by the rush of students who were trying to leave her classroom.


After another hour where they were in separate classes, it was lunch time. As they walked into the cafeteria and got their lunches, they looked to their usual table that where Sharpay's twin brother Ryan and various members of the Wildcats basketball team were already sitting, and saw that Troy's girlfriend Kayla was once again clinging to his shoulders. Together they took in her outfit, black skinny jeans with a tight white t shirt that showed three inches of skin in between, with a pair of hot pink heels. The outfit not only showed off her year-round tan, but also her very good figure.

"I would hate her if she wasn't so nice," Taylor commented.

"I hate her anyway," Sharpay replied, earning a laugh from her friend. They were still giggling as they sat down.

"What's the joke?" Kayla asked the two of them and they froze.

"Oh you know, just something that happened in class," Sharpay quickly recovered.

"Oh you guys just had Darbus right?" she laughed. "Aren't you the lucky ones? Homeroom with her is more than enough for me." She reached over and grabbed onto her boyfriends arm, while pushing her red-brown shoulder length hair out of her face. "Do either of you guys have a spare hair tie?" she asked the girls. As Taylor handed one over she spoke to Troy, her blues eyes matching his sparkling ones as he smiled down at her. "Babe, what are you doing during free period?"

"Basketball practice, wanna come watch? You can cheer for your wonderful boyfriend who...was just made captain of the varsity team!"

"That's fantastic!" all the girls squealed.

"What about Chad?" Taylor asked.

"He's the vice. So we get to lead the Wildcats to victory together! Hey man, where've you been?" Troy directed his question to his afro-haired best friend who had just sat down.

"I. Hate. Wilsons," he answered between bites of his sandwich, referring to his history teacher.

"He kept you in AGAIN?" Taylor narrowed her eyes. "What did you do this time?" she asked suspiciously.

"Baby, I can't help it if I fall asleep in class sometimes. It wouldn't happen if school was more fun."

"Or if you weren't texting your girlfriend until eleven at night. How come you never have the same...problem, as Afro man here?" Kayla teased Chad and Taylor.

"I live closer, I get up later," she smiled triumphantly.

"Hey Shar, how's the prep for the next musical going? Has Darbus decided what it's gonna be yet?" Kayla asked another question.

"Yeah, finally. We're doing Wicked. Kels is starting learning the songs today," Sharpay replied with a slight smile.

"Oh great so I won't have anyone to be my lab partner in biology. Speaking of which, I completely forgot I had tutoring this period, so sorry baby, I can't watch your practice. I have to go, see you guys!" by the time she had finished Kayla was already halfway across the cafeteria on her way to the door.

"Guys we have to go too," Troy told the other boys sitting around the table except Ryan Evans.

"Buh mah samwif. I'b noh finished," Chad said, spraying the bite of sandwich he had in his mouth over the table.

"Nice man, but you can eat it on your way to the gym. Let's go. See you girls later on."

"Bye guys," Sharpay called while laughing at Chad's attempts to kiss his girlfriend goodbye.

"NOT while you have a mouthful of food! Just go away," Taylor laughed as he admitted defeat and raced off after his buddies.

"You know the most annoying thing about Kayla is her niceness," Taylor commented.

"It's all those questions. She's just so...interested! It's weird!" Sharpay wrinkled her nose in disgust.

"It's gonna be so weird when Gabs gets back," Ryan spoke up from the end of the table. "She's gonna wanna hate her, but that's the freaky thing, it's physically impossible to hate Kayla McKenzie."


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