Disclaimer: No, I don't own High School Musical, but you probably already knew that.
The New Girl Chapter Three
"So, where did you move from?" Troy asked Sharpay.
"Oh, I moved from New York." Sharpay answered. Saying that reminded her of New York. Now that she remembered, this was the first time she thought of New York.
"Oh really? My mom lives there." Troy replied.
"Just your mom?"
"Uh…yeah. My parent's are divorced."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Sharpay felt bad for bringing it up.
"No, it's okay. I mean it was hard at first, but I've learned to live with it." Troy shrugged.
Sharpay nodded and shut her locker. She noticed that Chad was still standing there.
He seemed a little off.
"Okay well, I'm
going to get to class." Chad spoke softly. "Nice meeting you
Sharpay."
"You too." She gave him a warm smile. Chad walked
away, leaving just Troy and Sharpay.
"Is he always that quiet?" Sharpay asked.
"Umm…No, he's probably just tired." Troy tried to brush off Chad's off behavior. "We had a rough basketball practice yesterday."
"Oh, you play basketball?" They started walking down the hall.
"Yeah, actually I'm the captain." He stated, trying to not sound too proud.
"Wow, impressive." She smiled.
"Thanks." He paused and tried to get his words together. "Maybe…sometime you would like to watch us practice?"
"Actually I…"Sharpay was interrupted by the bell ringing. She shrugged and looked at Troy. "I guess I'll talk to you later then."
"Oh yeah, definitely." He flashed her a heart-warming smile. As Sharpay headed toward her first block of Algebra 3, Troy made his way to English. He thought about Sharpay on his way. She was really cute and had a great personality. Hopefully, Chad would be okay with the thought of him and Sharpay dating…
"Hey Troy!!" A blond girl known as Samantha, came running up to him.
Troy held back a sigh of annoyance as he replied, "Hi Samantha." She had always had a big crush on Troy that never seemed to disappear. I mean, how long was it going to take before she realized that he wasn't interested.
"How was your weekend?" 'Sam' questioned as she twisted from side-to-side.
"Umm…it was good." He looked toward Gabriella, one of his friends, for help. Gabriella got the hint and made her way over to Troy.
"Hey Troy," She greeted him before saying. "You said you needed help on that homework right?"
"Oh right." He caught her drift. "Almost forgot."
"Yeah, well I have time to work on it now."
"Okay cool." He looked toward Samantha. "Sorry, but I have to go."
"Oh, okay then. I'll see you later then!" She giggled and waved childishly.
Samantha skipped a way, leaving Gabby and Troy.
"Thanks Gab, I owe you one." Troy smiled slightly.
"Yeah, but you really need to break it to the girl one of these days." Gabriella mentioned as they sat down in their desks.
"And say what? I don't like you. Leave me alone?"
Gabriella opened her mouth to say something, when another one of their friends, Taylor, popped into the conversation.
"Who don't you like Troy?" Taylor wondered.
"Samantha." Gabby answered for him.
"Oh, she is always all over him."
"I know right?"
"So, why were you talking about her?" Taylor sat herself down next to them.
"Oh, well I was just telling Troy he needed to tell the poor girl he didn't like her before they get married or something." Gabriella rolled her eyes.
"That wouldn't be good." Taylor laughed a bit. "So, what were you going to tell her Troy?"
Both of the girls looked at Troy. While they had engaged in their own small conversation, Troy had completely zoned out.
"Uh, Troy?" Taylor asked a little louder. He still didn't respond.
"Troy!" Gabriella snapped in front of his face. Troy jumped slightly and looked toward the two, confused girls.
"Huh?" Was all he managed to say.
"What were you going to tell Samantha?" Taylor asked.
"I don't know. Any suggestions?" He asked.
"Maybe mention that you just want to be friends." Gabby shrugged.
They continued talking it over until the teacher came in.
"Okay class, get out the homework from this weekend." The teacher announced.
Everyone quieted down and followed his directions.
"Troy." Gabriella whispered to Troy.
Troy turned toward Gabby. "What?"
The teacher saw them and immediately told them to quiet down.
Troy mouthed 'What?' to Gabby.
"If you don't like Samantha, who do you like?" She asked as quietly as she could.
Troy was about to respond, when the teacher caught them again.
"Troy! Gabriella! If I have to call you out one more time, you will both get detention!"
Gabriella bit her lip. She had never received detention in her whole life! Why start now?
Troy turned to her one last time before whispering a few words.
"The new girl."
The teacher slapped his pencil on the desk before yelling that one word they hated to hear.
"DETENTION!"