Hi guys! Long story short. Here's the newest chapter for Moonlight Dancing. Enjoy!

Taylor went through the front courtyard to get inside of the school but there was a huge crowd there so it was hard to get through. She went around the crowd and headed to the school. Taylor immediately turned back around and squinted at the huge group. She could have sworn she saw a big puff of hair in there. 'Maybe it was just my imagination,' she thought. Taylor walked into the school and headed to the front office. She smiled when she saw her good friend at the desk waiting for her.

"Hey Raquel," Taylor greeted.

"What's up Tay?" Raquel replied. She gave Taylor some papers and came out to where she was.

"So I heard that you have to introduce a new girl to the lovely East High. You know we are getting so many new people nowadays," Raquel said.

"I know. Her name's Gabriella. She sounds sweet," Taylor replied, looking at Gabi's profile and her own schedule.

"Yeah, and I also heard that you had a great time on the cruise. Why is that?" Raquel smirked.

Taylor started blushing as they left the office and headed to the front bulletin. "Well, on New Years, they had a masquerade dance party and this guy had asked me to dance with him," Taylor started.

"But you don't know how to dance, Taylor. And how old was he anyways," Raquel interrupted.

"He was around my age. And I know I can't dance, but he knew a little tango too," Taylor said.

"Oooooh, you guys danced tango?" Raquel asked with her Spanish accent and smirked.

"Yeah Rocky, can I continue?" Taylor asked.

Raquel rolled her eyes and posted a flyer for the Scholastic Decathlon on the bulletin. "Go ahead,"

"So anyway, we were kinda slow on the dance but the more the song played, we got better and better. Me and him were like experts by the end," Taylor told her as she too put up flyers for the Scholastic Decathlon.

"Really? That's great. Did you hang out more after the dance?"

"Duh! Our parents are even good friends now. We did tons of stuff together. He so sweet and cute and nice and...

"O, Taylor. Enough of the fragments. What is his name?"

"Ch--"

Taylor was interrupted by the crowd from outside who came into the building. It was, of course, the Wildcat basketball varsity team. Troy was leading the crowd with his teammates, hencing that he was captain. Taylor and Raquel looked at each other when they all came though the door. Taylor looked at the crowd and blinked twice. Was that Chad she saw in the group? She took a second look at the crowd but they turned and headed down the hallway.

"Ugh, behold the zoo animals heralding the New Year, how tribal," Raquel sneered. Taylor sighed and picked up her bag as the warning bell rang. Raquel followed in suit and they both went down the hallway.

"When am I supposed to be meeting the Gabriella girl?" Taylor asked.

"You and her have the same homeroom so you might see her there," Raquel replied.

"Ok, that's good," Taylor said. She stopped in front of her homeroom and gave Raquel a hug.

"Thanks for sticking with me all this year," Taylor thanked.

"No problem, gurl. Oh, you never told me what that guy from the cruise name was," Raquel replied.

Taylor blushed and said, "Chad."

Raquel raised her eyebrows and looked at Taylor. But before she could say anything else, the 2nd warning bell rang, signaling 2 more minutes until class.

"Well, maybe I'll tell you later," Raquel said. "See ya later, Tay!"

"Bye," Taylor said. She went to her assigned seat in her homeroom class which so happened to be her Shakespearean Literature class. Taylor pulled out her papers and looked at her schedule. 'AP Chemistry: duh!, Algebra II: cool enough, Shakespearean Literature: weird. Who else got stuck in that class and it as a homeroom except for me, AP Music History: Easy! AP Multimedia Presentations: cool software plus internet time, and Italian II: nice!' Taylor thought about her new classes. She took out Gabriella's profile and began to look over that.

Then, a short, petite girl, Taylor's height, nervously walked into the classroom. She went up to the teacher and showed her schedule and the teacher gave her a seat diagonally from Taylor. The girls smiled back at the teacher and walked over to her desk and hopefully, get her first new friend.

"Hi, are you Taylor?" the girl nervously asked.

Taylor looked up from the paper and looked at the girl. Her eyes grew wide. Taylor looked down at the paper in her hand and back at the girl.

"Is there something wrong?" the girl asked.

"No no no. I'm gratefully sorry about that. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Taylor McKessie, your student advisor," Taylor said.

"Oh yeah. The principal said you were gonna show me around but he didn't see you in the office," the girl replied.

"Yeah, sorry about that too. But you're Gabriella right?" Taylor asked.

"The one and only," Gabriella said.

"I'll probably call you Gabi for short," Taylor laughed alongside Gabriella, "So you have to tell me your favorite subjects,"

"Uh..." Gabi stuttered.

"Science and math," they both said.

"Really?" the girls repeated.

"You like science and math?" Gabi asked.

"Well, it was my easiest classes to excel in, but it's mostly for Scholastic Decathlon," Taylor replied.

"Same here."

"You were on your school's decathlon team? You should sign up for ours; we have a competition next week and there's a definite spot for you.

"Maybe...I'll think about it," Gabriella said.

Taylor smiled and Gabriella smiled back. Inside Gabi's head, she let out a long sigh. It didn't take too long to make a new friend. Then the bell rang and the rest of the students poured into the classroom. The teacher closed the door as soon as everyone got settled in.

"Good morning and welcome back from Winter Break. I'm your new homeroom teacher, Ms. Jetson and I will certainly take no exceptions for anything at all," Ms. Jetson started as she handed everyone tons of school paper.

Taylor rolled her eyes and took out her binder when she finally noticed who was in front of her. It couldn't be, could it? She was very curious and tapped the person on their shoulder. The person turned around and they both gasped.

"No way!" Chad and Taylor said.

"Is there anything else that needs to be said, Mr. Danforth and Ms. McKessie?" Ms. Jetson asked.

Chad turned away from Taylor and looked at the teacher. "No. Nothing else, Jetson," he smiled.

"Well that's good because anything else you have to say will be said in detention after school!" Ms. Jetson exclaimed.

"What!" Taylor exclaimed.

"No way, Ms. Jetson. Come on, we need Chad in today's practice after school today. Can you let him just this once?" Troy asked.

"If you want to save him, then you will have to join them. Detention for you too, Bolton!" Ms. Jetson said.

"How did that all go together?" Gabi whispered to Taylor, but of course, Ms. Jetson caught it.

"Montez, I'm not surprised that you want to join in this charade. Detention for you," Ms. Jetson said. She was on a roll.

Suddenly, someone knocked at the door. Ms. Jetson opened the door and let out a big huff.

"You two. I would expect better from you two than these hooligans in here. Being late to my homeroom class. Detention for both of you!" Ms. Jetson sneered.

"But Ms. Jetson, our car pool person came late," a blonde girl said to her.

"No excuses. Detentions for you both," Ms. Jetson exclaimed, handing the two detention slips. They took them and headed to their seats, the girl having a pissed off look on her face.

Taylor rolled her eyes at the two kids who came in. They, of course, were Kasey and Mario. The best dancers that ever came to the school. When Sharpay and Ryan left for a performing arts school last year, they had taken over. Kasey and Mario weren't related at all, they were just a dancing couple.

No really. They go out.

Mario met Kasey at a dance class in 5th grade and they became partners in every dance. Soon enough by 8th grade, they were going out. From romantic dates to dancing competitions, they did it all. And were the best. This was why Ms. Jetson took them in pride like she did with Ryan and Sharpay. They were like them, but like I said, aren't related; just a couple.

They sat down next to each other and looked away from the other students. Ms. Jetson put down her detention pack and continued with her announcements.

"As you may or may not know, our annual dance competition is coming up and we are very welcome to have new competitors come up to the stage. You need a partner to audition and the auditions are tomorrow," Ms. Jetson announced.

The bell rang before she had a chance to finish the rest. The whole homeroom started to head out the door, away from the insane teacher. Chad was already outside and waited by the doorway for Taylor.

"Hey man, what are you waiting for?" Troy asked when he passed Chad.

"Um, I needed to ask Ms. Jetson something. You know we have her 3rd, right?" Chad replied.

"Yeah I know. Don't be late for practice though," Troy said.

"I won't man. See you later," Chad said as Troy left.

Taylor and Gabriella packed up their stuff in the room and started to head out the class.

"I can't believe I got a detention. On my first day here," Gabi moaned.

"Hey, I have it too. We'll survive it together," Taylor replied as they headed out to the hallway. When Taylor turned her head, she immediately saw Chad. Her heart started to beat faster and she grew nervous.

"What's wrong, Taylor?" Gabi asked her.

"Um...uh...Hey Raquel!" Taylor exclaimed, seeing the junior coming down the hallway.

"Hey Taylor. Is this Gabriella?" Raquel asked.

"Yeah, and we all the same 1st period. Isn't that a good coincidence? Well, can you show her where it is? I got stuff to do," Taylor said in a rush, seeing Chad looking at her from the corner of her eye.

"Sure." Raquel replied. Gabi smiled and talked to Raquel while the both of them went down the hall. 'Another new friend, this is my lucky day,' Gabi thought.

Taylor sighed and turned back to Chad. Both of them just staring at each other, not believing that the other went to this school.

"Oh my.." Taylor started.

"God. You go..." Chad continued.

"To this school, yeah? I didn't know you went here either," Taylor finished.

"Yeah me neither," Chad replied, "Wait.."

Taylor giggled a little. "You mixed yourself up, Danforth," she said.

Chad shook his head and they both started down the hallway.

"So, what are your classes this semester?" Chad asked.

"I have Italian 2, Multimedia Presentations, Chemistry, and tons more. It's kinda weird though that I have a Shakespearean Literature class," Taylor said.

"Really? I have that class too. Unfortunately," Chad joked.

Taylor laughed softly and smiled at Chad. He smiled back and nudged her shoulder. Taylor did the same thing back until they stopped in the intersection of the main hallways. They looked at the big bulletin box for the sign-ups for the dance competitions.

"I didn't know that many people in this school can dance," Chad said.

"Maybe they can just see if they can get in the show," Taylor replied, "What if we sign up? I mean, we did the tango..."

"Nah no way. There's no way I can be able to embarrass myself in front of the school," Chad stated.

"What's embarrasing, Danforth?" Mario interrupted, making Chad jump, "is knowing that you can dance, period."

"Oh shut it, Lopez," Chad sneered.

"Now don't go being mean to my baby, Chad. He is 3rd best player on the basketball team, well according to Coach Bolton," Kasey smirked. She turned to the bulletin and signed both hers and her boyfriends name down on the list. She turned around and saw Taylor.

"Oh, were you gonna sign up for the competition too, Taylor?" she smiled.

"No not really, just looking. Me and Chad were, you know, browsing around," Taylor smiled back.

"Well, if you ever try to go for the competition, you might as well not try at all since me and my baby win every year," Kasey cooed as Mario wrapped his arms around her waist, "that is, is if you haven't noticed,"

"Oh don't worry, we've noticed. And if you haven't already heard," Taylor said, "there's a new dance couple in Albuquerque that can probably knock you out of the competition."

Chad stifled in a laugh and caught up with Taylor as she breezed by the couple.

"Who do you mean, you two?" Kasey asks.

"Chad, you probably can't dance worth a shit," Mario sneered.

"Oh yeah, you really didn't hear it. It's called 'Word of Mouth' but yet you guys use that everyday," Chad told them. He caught up to Taylor and continued walking with her, while the dancing couple was left in mid-shock.

"Nice going there, Danforth," Taylor said.

"Well, it wasn't as good as yours was," Chad replied.

Taylor blushed. "Thanks," she said, "Well, here's my class. Maybe I'll see in that Shakespearean class,"

"Ok. I'll see you later. Bye Taylor," Chad said.

"Bye Chad," Taylor softly said. Chad smiled and headed off to the gym. Taylor entered the classroom and saw Raquel and Gabi looking at her.

"What did I do?" Taylor asks.

"Was that the guy you met at the cruise?" Raquel asked immediately.

"Yeah," Taylor said as the final bell rang. She turned around in her seat, which was next to Gabi's, and started showing Gabi the ropes in Chemistry. Raquel started writing in her science journal, knowing that she had to do something to get Taylor away from Chad.

Well, that's that. I hoped you liked it! Two updated stories in one day. I need to do this more often. Well, you know what to do. R&R!

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