Chapter 4

"Gabriella are you sure you're ready to go to school. If you want to stay here today, its fine!" Mrs Montez asked curiously.

"I'll be fine mum, thanks. By the way, remember Troy? The guy that has Josh's heart?" Gabriella asked as she pack her things in her bag.

"Yeah?" Mrs Montez asked not really sure where she's getting at.

"He's picking me up today. We're in the same school so at least I'm not gonna be walking alone." Gabriella finished her paragraph and her mum gave a sigh of relief and happiness.

"Ok then. Have fun!" As soon as she finished her sentence, they heard a knock on the door.

"That's probably him!" Gabriella grabbed her bag and ran to the door with her mum running behind her.

"Hey Troy!" Gabriella greeted with a smile on her face.

"Hey Gabriella!" Troy grinned and paused when he saw a figure coming from behind her.

"You must be Troy. I'm Gabriella's mum." Mrs Montez lifted her hand for a handshake.

"Nice meeting you Mrs Montez." Troy politely took her handshake.

"You too. Have fun at school you guys." The two of them head to Troy's car waving at Gabriella's mother.

"Your mum is really nice! Where's your dad?" Troy asked curiously as he started the engine.

"Thanks. Um.. My dad is in San Diego. My parents are divorce." Gabriella hoped that the conversation about her dad wouldn't last long.

"Oh ok. Sorry." Troy sounded so apologetic and Gabriella found that really cute.

"No its nothing." She smiled and looked around the quiet surrounding. Finally they arrived at East High.

"You ready?" Troy looked at Gabriella who was just standing there watching as the other students enter the main entrance.

"I guess so." She took a deep breath and head forward.

"It would be okay." Troy assured her but as soon as the people spotted them, they all paused.

"Troy! Glad you're back!" A guy appeared from behind them. They could hear a lot of murmurs about Troy and Gabriella just looked at him guessing why he's so popular.

"I guess you're pretty popular." Gabriella whispered softly.

"I'm the captain of our basketball team!" Troy whispered back to her.

"Why didn't you tell me? Now you have to hang out with a nerd like me!" She stepped back a little not wanting to ruin his popularity by hanging out with him.

"No. Trust me! And what can they do? I really want to hang out with you!" He said that pretty loud that a few people turned and look at him.

"Thanks." She calmed down a little bit and they started walking not really knowing where they're going.

"Did you check your timetable yet?" He asked slowing down a little bit because they might miss Gabriella's classroom for the first period.

"Yeah. I have drama with Mrs Darbus." Gabriella looked around the place trying to guess if they're in the right building.

"Wow! We're in the same class. I guess you don't need to worry about anything!" A really wide smile spread across his face.

"Really?" She was surprise too because she never actually expected that they could be in the same class.

"Yeah--" Before he could finish his sentence someone called out his name.

"TROY!" It was Chad and he looked really excited.

"Who's this?" Chad paused and turned to face Gabriella who was just standing there shyly.

"This is Gabriella. Josh's girlfriend." Troy explained and Chad just nodded his head.

"Nice meeting you. I'm glad that Josh had the heart to give his heart to Troy." Chad said this really fast and it confused both of them.

"I'm pretty stupid so yeah." Chad laughed and Gabriella just grinned at him shaking his hand.

"What are you gonna do at free period today?" Chad asked curiously because he knows that Troy can't go to basketball practices this year.

"I'm gonna show Gabriella around the school." Troy looked at Gabriella and turned his head back to Chad.

"Oh ok. See you later man." Chad ran to Jason and Zeke to start a conversation with them.

"You know, you could go watch them practise at free period if you want." Gabriella felt nervous that she might be interfering in Troy's routine at school.

"No. I have nothing to do there anyway and I want to show you around." She found it really sweet for Troy to do those things to her.

"Thank you Troy." She nodded and suddenly the bell went.

"We better go. Trust me, if Mrs Darbus spotted us late, we're gonna be on detention." Troy grabbed her hand and they both walked quickly to class. Luckily, they were pretty early.

Gabriella was sitting next to Troy and suddenly she felt a little distracted. She looked around the room to see if anyone was staring at her and finally, she spotted a blonde girl with eyes glaring at her.

"Umm.. Troy, do you know that girl over there. The blonde one next to the clueless guy that also looked like her." Gabriella whispered being careful that nobody was listening. Troy turned around to check who she's talking about.

"Oh. That's Sharpay. She kinda creeps me out sometimes because she always comes out of nowhere and grabs my arm. The clueless guy next to him, as you said is her twin brother. They're always got the lead roles in the theatre and no one ever beat them." He explained clearly so that he didn't have to say it again.

"Oh ok." Gabriella nodded her head in understanding.

Mrs Darbus entered the class, stomping her feet. She was totally not in a good mood and you will be fry if you try to mess up with her.

"Announcements people. Winter musical is coming up and I encourage those people who wants to join, please come to the audition. Further information is next week." Mrs Darbus went back to her desk to open a book about Shakespeare. Of course, Gabriella and Troy didn't intend to join at all because they never tried singing in front of a big crowd before.

Finally, the bell went and all of the student rushed to the door. Gabriella was packing her things up while Troy was waiting patiently for her.

"Come on! I'll show you around." Troy helped her with her books happily.

"Are you sure Troy because you could hang out with your friends if you want." Gabriella said concerned.

"I could spend time with them anytime." He giggled convincingly.

"Ok then. Where do we start?" Gabriella paused as they exited the door.

"Where do you want to start?" Troy asked curiously. He asked her back because he also doesn't know where to begin exactly.

"This is your school." She smiled at him and Troy just gave in.

"How about the cafeteria?" He was feeling a bit hungry so he decided to go to the cafeteria with her.

"Cool. I'm kinda hungry." She giggled then she followed him to the cafeteria.

"Hey Troy!" A guy from a basketball team saw him and greeted him happily then he left quickly for the practice.

"Who was that?" Gabriella asked not really interested but just wanted to make a conversation.

"My team mate in basketball. So, do you want to sit over there and eat?" Troy pointed to a table near a corner.

"Ok." They started walking to the table quietly. They both grabbed their lunch and started eating. It was pretty quiet when they were in the table.

"Do you want me to show you the gym next?" He asked as he finished his lunch and same as Gabriella.

"Sure." She nodded her head and they started walking again.

"Do you want to go in or lets just peep through the door?" Troy didn't want to go in because his friends will just call him and he didn't want to leave Gabriella alone.

"Its up to you." She smiled and just followed him.

"Let's just take a look. By the way, see that coach over there?" He pointed to Mr Bolton who was too busy making the team practise a little harder.

"Yeah?" She asked looking at where he's pointing.

"That's my dad." He grinned and turned to Gabriella who was a bit surprise.

"Oh ok." She just nodded her head and beamed.

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