Hey! Sorry for the delay on this chapter. And when I said something big was going to happen in the last chapter, I lied. It's in this chapter. And also in this chapter, a swear word or two. Just wanted to give you a heads up. I won't always swear because I'm not that much of a big swearer myself, but words will be in the story when necessary.

And I'm going to be getting really busy in the next few days, so the next update might be a bit later.

Thanks for the reviews!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. I wish I did, though!


That morning, Troy picked Gabriella up and they went to work. She was picking up used towels that the members had used and put them in the bin to get washed. Mr. Fulton walked over to her.

"Ms. Montez?" He said.

"Yeah Mr. Fulton?" She asked.

"I was wondering if you decided if you wanted to take the job as head lifeguard." He explained.

She hadn't thought about it since yesterday. With everything that happened on their date, she completely forgot about the job offer. "Um," She thought quickly. What were the good things about the job?

"Let's see, I get off earlier, higher pay, and I don't always have to be at the pool. Plus the room is close to the kitchen, so I can visit everyone a few times a day. I think yes!" She thought.

"Yeah, I'll take it." She replied with a smile.

"Wonderful. You start today. Now if you'd follow me, I'll explain the job in more detail." Fulton said. They started walking towards the club.


Troy was out on the deck taking peoples orders. He glanced over at the pool and saw Mr. Fulton and Gabriella walking away. She turned and saw him looking at her with a confused look, so she pointed to her head and to the lifeguard chair as if she was saying, "Head lifeguard." He understood and nodded. She gave him a smile and he returned it, but with his famous 'Bolton Wink'.

"Yo dude," Chad interrupted his thoughts. "Guess who's here?"

"Who?"

"Davis. He looks like he's looking for someone." Chad said.

Troy sighed. Why did he have to be here? That probably just ruined his day. But the one thing that made it better was the thought of the movie night he and Gabriella were going to have. Since it was Friday and they were off on weekends, they were going to have a movie night at Troy's house and stay up all night, watching movies.

"If we ignore him, he'll most likely leave us alone." Troy said.

"Yeah," Chad agreed. "Well I have to go give these orders to Zeke. I'll catch you later man." He said and walked away. Troy turned his attention back to his rival. He was at the pool, and staring right back at Troy.


Chad walked into the kitchen with the orders he had taken from the members. He gave them to Zeke, who was flirting with Sharpay.

"Yo dude, orders." He interrupted their conversation.

"Thanks man." Zeke said and read over them, getting ingredients he needed out.

"Zekey pie, can you teach me how to make that stuff?" Sharpay asked, pouting.

"Of course I can, Shar." Zeke said and smiled. He taught her how to make their famous 'Stuffed Chicken with Mashed Potatoes with Gravy". Jason was washing dishes with Kelsi's help.

"Chad!" Taylor exclaimed, running up to him. "You need to get outside, quick!"

"Why?" He asked.

"It's Josh! He's here, and then he saw Troy, and now they're in a fight! And they don't look too good!" She explained. Chad had an angry look on his face and ran outside. Once outside, he saw the fight clearly. It was on the golf course where Troy and Gabriella had shared their first kiss. He ran over and pulled Troy off of a bleeding Josh. Troy had a black eye and bloody face of his own.

"What the hell happened here?!" Chad demanded. Troy was glaring at Josh who was still on the ground, barely conscious.

"He was being the loser he is, and I decided to teach him a lesson." Troy explained through clenched teeth.

"Let's go get you cleaned up, and hopefully Fulton won't know about this. Because if he does, your dead." He said and they walked, except for Troy who limped, to the kitchen.


When they walked into the kitchen, everyone was shocked at Troy's appearance.

"Dude, what happened?" Zeke asked, giving Troy a towel to wipe off the blood on his face.

"Josh happened." Troy said simply and began to get the blood off of his face.

"Jeez dude, you sure took a hit. What set the fight off?" Jason asked.

"Well," Troy began. "He was the main cause of it."

Flashback

Josh was at the pool, looking straight back at Troy.

"Hey Bolton! Come here!" Josh called out. Troy groaned to himself and made his way down to Josh, hopping he could get him to leave.

"What do you want, Davis? I have to get back to work." Troy said.

"I just wanted to tell you how pathetic you are. I mean, come on, the star of East High is working as a waiter instead of the golf pro, which you aren't," Josh sneered. "And to think you quit that wonderful, high paying job so your precious geek for a girlfriend would forgive you."

"Look Davis I know that someone like you wouldn't understand this, but at least I have real friends and a real girlfriend during college and the rest of my life unlike you. All you'll have is a small apartment and a TV with no cable. And I'll actually make something of my life." Troy shot at him and began to walk away.

"Bolton!" Troy turned around to face him. That's when Josh threw the first punch.

End Flashback

"And that's how it started." Troy finished. Everyone was looking at Troy in silence, thinking about what he had said. Then, Gabriella walked in.

"Guess what everyone? Mr. Fulton made me-" She began until she saw what state her boyfriend was in. "Oh my gosh! What happened to you?!" She walked up to Troy had but her hand on his shoulder. He winced.

"Nothing. I'm fine, really." He said.

"Are you really? Why do you have a black eye and blood all over your face?"

"Um…."

"It was Josh's fault," Zeke answered for him. "He started it."

Gabriella sighed. Why would he do this to Troy? Unless Troy was the one who started it, and wanted everyone to lie about it.

"Listen, I have to go somewhere other than here." Gabriella said bluntly and walked out.

"We'll go see what's wrong," Sharpay said, speaking for herself, Taylor, and Kelsi. The boys nodded and they followed Gabriella, hoping to figure out what was wrong.


There you go! I hope it was an okay chapter. I wanted to get this chapter up before tomorrow, so I quickly finished it. Please review!

5 reviews and I'll update! There was like, 8 reviews for the last chapter! Wowza! lol Thanks so much for the reviews! They mean a lot!

Oh, and this chapter was a bit late because I was watching my fave TV show on YouTube, and it was REALLY long. lol but it's an awesome show! And I was watching some Zac Efron videos. He is SO hot! lol

-Abbey