DISCLAIMER: If I could, I would say I owned Twilight and High School Musical. But, I can't so I won't. Twilight is owned by Stephenie Meyer, and High School Musical belongs to Disney. Oh well… *sigh*

~Chapter Three- Introductions~

-Bella-

I looked at Ms Darbus, and I felt Edward's eyes watching me. I quickly looked at him, and it took all of my power not to gasp.

Edward and Alice seemed to have a tan.

Well, not exactly a tan, but they had the same skin colour as mine, which was weird, considering the fact that the Cullens were super pale. Ms Darbus interrupted my thoughts by saying, "We also have another student starting today… Isabella Swan. Isabella? Are you here?" She asked in her big dramatic voice.

I meekly raised my hand, and stood up. I dodged feet and all, and I managed not to trip at all walking down the aisle. I quickly stood up the front, and I felt my cheeks beginning to redden. "It would be very nice if you could introduce yourselves. Isabella, will you start first?"

I was about to correct her, when I heard Gabriella, Troy, Chad, Taylor, Kelsi and Zeke say at the same time, "It's Bella."

I blushed, but I turned even redder when I heard the boy named Jason say, "Who's that?"

Chad and Taylor just slapped their heads.

"Um, my name's Isabella Swan, but you can just call me Bella." I began. "I moved from Phoenix, Arizona, a few weeks ago, to Forks, Washington, to live with my dad. My dad was being suggested to join the police here in Albuquerque. A few days ago, he told me we were going to move here. So… yeah," I said, feeling another blush coming on.

"Yes, yes… now Alice and Edward?" Ms Darbus said.

"Well, Alice and I came with our mum, Esme, our dad, Carlisle, our brother, Emmett, and our adoptive twin siblings, Rosalie and Jasper, from Chicago," Edward explained.

"Our dad works as a doctor, you see, so he got transferred." Alice finished.

Ms Darbus nodded, and a ringing erupted in the classroom. The Wildcats (which I decided to nickname my new friends, as they were always being called that) looked pretty terrified, and I soon figured out why.

"WAS THAT A CELLPHONE?!?!?!?" Ms Darbus yelled.

Everyone quickly checked their phones under their desks, sighing with relief when they had seen that it wasn't their phone, and quickly hiding it away. Meanwhile, Ms Darbus was getting a bucket, with the words, "Cell-itary Confinement" on it, and she I saw that Sharpay was checking her phone, and it seemed as if it was the one ringing.

"SHARPAY EVANS!" Ms Darbus yelled. "Your cellphone please!" Sharpay pouted, but put her phone in the bucket. "That will be a detention! My, Sharpay- never, would I thought you would go to detention, ever- but now, you've been TWICE!"

Gabriella sighed, and I could see that she was giggling slightly. Ms Darbus turned to us, and said, "You three may sit down."

I quickly walked away, being very careful of where I was stepping. When I arrived back to my seat, I was quite pleased I hadn't tripped. I sat down, and I asked Gabriella, "What was with that?"

Gabriella laughed, and replied, "It's a long story. I'll tell you later."

It was then I noticed that Alice was sitting next to me. "Hi! I'm Alice." She said, offering her hand. I took her hand. I felt like I was going to let go in shock- her hand was warm!

"Hi," I replied, still in shock. "I'm Bella."

Alice smiled, and then turned to Ms Darbus.

After a while, the bell rang, and it looked like everyone was happy to get out of there. "Gabby," I said, "You told me you would tell me something."

Gabriella laughed, and she replied. "To tell you this is to like tell you about how Troy and I met." She took a deep breath, and began.

"For winter break last year, I went to a Ski Lodge. By coincidence, Troy went there too. On New Years Eve, my mum told me to go to the Young Adults party held there. Troy was made by his mum, too." Taking another breath, she continued. "When I arrived, I felt real out of place. I went to read my book. There was a karaoke competition on, and the people up there were just about finished.

"Then the spotlights were unleashed, and they fell on Troy and I."

"Wow, scary much, huh?" I asked. If that happened to me, I wouldn't have tripped fast enough.

"Yeah," Gabriella laughed, and she continued. "I was nervous; but I was pretty sure Troy was too. However, I didn't have the guts to sing first. He sang, and he was about to walk off the stage, but I knew that because he had been a good sport, I sang too.

"Eventually, we looked at each other, and I felt comfortable. Then, I just started singing to him. I guess everyone noticed it. After the song had finished, we introduced ourselves, and went outside to welcome the New Year. He took my number; I took his, and then I left. I went to look for him the next day, but he was gone."

"What has this got to do with Ms Darbus?" I questioned.

"I'm getting there," Gabriella said firmly. "Anyway, I was moving schools again, because my mother got transferred to Albuquerque. I came here, and I was put into Ms Darbus' class. On my first day, Troy saw me, and he recognised me. He accidentally called my number. My phone started ringing, but I pretended like it wasn't. After a while, I pulled it out, because the ringing wouldn't stop. Ms Darbus had already pulled out her Cell-itary Confinement bucket, and Sharpay, Ryan had already had their phones confiscated. I accidentally pressed the answer call button on my phone, and then both Troy and I got our phones confiscated. Chad made a statement about basketball, and how Troy needed to be there. Ms Darbus gave him detention, too; but fifteen minutes, and he was told to count them. Taylor said that it wouldn't be possible for him to do that, since he couldn't count that high." I laughed. It was kind of obvious that Chad and Taylor didn't always get along.

"You see, it was Taylor's, Sharpay's, and my first detentions. Well, maybe not Sharpay's not first one… maybe, I dunno. But certainly the first she got with Ms Darbus. Ms Darbus is the Drama Club President, with the Evans as the co-presidents. You see, for Sharpay, Ms Darbus is like God, and Sharpay is sort of like Eve- she twists the rules- and for Sharpay to get a detention is like her breaking that forbidden fruit rule in the Garden of Eden."

I began to laugh my head off. People looked at me, and I just blushed. With that, Gabriella and I went to find the Wildcats.

-Edward-

Man, that Sharpay girl is horrible. Her thoughts… they're worse than Jessica Stanley, back in Forks!

I could feel Bella's shock when she shook Alice's hand; she looked so shocked that it was almost comical. I wanted to laugh, and I could see she wanted to, too, but she didn't. Lucky for me, I guess, because if she did, I would look like such a fool.

As I was thinking about that, I saw that two boys were coming up to me. they seemed to be thinking about something, but unfortunately, due to drinking the venom, I could only hear thoughts of a person's once I had heard their 'true' voice, so I could hear their mental one, and then I could only hear their thoughts if they were directed to me. Bella and my family were the exceptions; Bella because I could never hear her thoughts, anyway, but with my family, I could still hear all their thoughts. It was probably because they were vampires too.

Eventually, they reached me, and they looked kind of nervous. I sensed that the boy with the dark blonde-brown hair was the 'leader' in this situation, so I looked at him. "Hi, I'm Troy Bolton. This is my friend Chad Danforth. We're on the basketball team here, the East High Wildcats." He paused, and he seemed to be waiting for Chad to say something.

"Oh! Um, do you play basketball?" Chad asked, catching on.

I did enjoy basketball, so I answered truthfully. "Well, I like basketball, but I really enjoy baseball the best- no, actually, I like running. I love running." I knew that I had told the honest truth- I loved running- and if I went to the Olympics I would be sure to win, and set the records at 0.0034 seconds, to run 400 metres. Boy, would I be famous.

I like this guy already, Chad thought.

Man, he's certainly ticking all Chad's buttons. He likes all his favourite sports- that is so not possible! Troy thought, but he seemed to dismiss the thought quickly.

Then, I saw a bunch of people coming towards Chad and Troy. There, in the middle, talking to a girl, I saw Bella. She looked at me, and for a moment our eyes locked. I looked away, because I saw the girl next to her asking her to listen.

"Oh, sorry," I heard Bella say, "I was just… distracted."

Troy raced over to the girl next to Bella and gave her a big hug. I couldn't listen to the thoughts that they had, because they weren't thinking of me, due to venom I had drank to look, to some extent- human.

"These are our friends- we call ourselves the Wildcats," Troy said. "There's also a new member- you remember Bella from homeroom, right?"

I thought for a second, to think of what I was going to say. Do I remember Bella? I met her in Forks, fell in love with her, and thirst for her blood, I put her in danger, and we were about to go to Phoenix to hide from a vampire trying to kill her for sport ,but her father said she had to move to Albuquerque. Luckily my father met someone who would allow us to come here with her and protect her. So, do I remember Bella from homeroom? Of course I do.

But all I said was, "Yeah, I remember Bella from homeroom. Nice to meet you, Bella." I shook her hand, and I could see the shock on her face when she touched my hand.

"Hey, Edward," She mumbled.

Alice came up to us then. "Hey Bella! Hey Edward! Who are you?" she cheerily asked. I could tell that the others felt uncomfortable.

"I'm Gabriella Montez," the girl Bella was talking to before said. "This is my boyfriend, Troy Bolton," Troy waved, "My best friend, Taylor McKessie, and her boyfriend, and Troy's best friend, Chad Danforth."

"Hey guys!" Alice said. "Do you mind if I hang out with you guys?"

"Not at all," Taylor smiled.

Alice looked at Gabriella and Bella for a while, and asked, "Do you guys know each other?"

"Um, yeah," Bella said, blushing. "I knew Gabriella from Phoenix. She was my biology and chemistry lab partner. We were like best friends."

I could see Alice was kind of jealous, and I was pretty sure that Bella saw this as well. "So, Alice, what do you like to do?" Bella quickly asked.

"I love to shop!" Alice replied. It looked as if Bella was going to roll her eyes. I resisted the urge to chuckle.

"Maybe you should go on a shopping date with Sharpay." Gabriella joked.

I frowned slightly, and Bella looked concerned. Troy and Chad just laughed. "Look, Gab, even Edward has only been here for homeroom, and even he knows that Sharpay is dangerous. He hasn't even met her! Well, sort of," Chad said. "I mean, like he saw her in homeroom, but he didn't actually meet her."

"Chad," Taylor replied, "We get it."

"I did see her in action, you know, so don't forget me! I know she's dangerous… in a way." Bella replied.

Everyone laughed, and I said, "She just seems to have this… air about her, that seems, icy, you know?"

Everyone laughed, and Chad gave me a hi-5. "Finally! Someone who understands me!"

Troy looked hurt. "How about me?"

"Well," Chad replied, "No offence, you sort of dated Sharpay, so, you don't. I mean, you didn't really date Sharpay, but you were kinda close so-"

"OK, OK," Troy said. He turned to the others. "Now you see why he nicknamed her the ice-princess?"

Bella laughed, and I felt my dead heart lift at the lovely sound. "Well, I've heard that one before." Then she turned to me, and Alice, and the rest of the 'Wildcats'. "So," she asked, "Who has maths, next period?"

Taylor, Alice, Gabriella and I put my hand up.

"Wow," Bella replied, "It's so weird that we're all in the same class, Gabby." Then she turned and faced me and Alice. "So, are you guys twins too?" Bella asked.

Alice and I looked at each other. What are we going to say, Edward?

I quickly made something up. "I know this sounds weird, but I was born in June, and my mum got pregnant a month after I was born. Alice was really bright, so she got into my grade."

Nice! Alice said. Everyone looked confused, but they just agreed to what I had said.

I smiled, and we made our way to math class.

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