Should Troy go out with Angela (even though you may hate her, she'll change in later chapters) or should Troy and Gabriella be together again?
Chapter 3
ANGELA'S POV
I watched as Gabriella walked away from Troy. 'I wonder what happened.' I thought. Troy walked over to me.
"First, tell me why you're sad." Troy said, before I could say anything. "I heard people saying that…"
I trailed off as I looked down at the ground. "That?" he sat next me. "That I was a 'man-stealer'."
"You don't look like one. Sharpay might be one, but you…I don't see that." Troy said.
Suddenly Troy's friends entered and they turned towards me. They walked over. "Troy, why are you hanging out with her?"
One of Troy's friends asked. A/N: That would be Jared from the first HSM. "She has a name." Troy stood up.
"Tell us." Another guy said. "Angela." Troy replied. I felt like I didn't want to be here, I wanted to go home.
After school, I was walking to my car until I heard my name being called. I turned around and saw that it was a girl.
"I'm Kelsi. Can you come with me to the music room for a couple of minutes?" she asked me. "Um… sure."
I replied and we walked back into the building. Finally we reached the music room. "Can you sing this for me?"
She asked as she showed me a song. "Okay." I was nervous, but at least there was no one here except for Kelsi.
"What's your name?" she asked before we started. "Angela." I replied. "I like that name." Kelsi smiled.
"Thank you." I thanked her as I smiled back. Then I started singing.
TROY'S POV
I was walking back from basketball practice with Chad and passed by the music room. Suddenly we both heard someone singing.
"Could be Kelsi writing another song again…" Chad guessed. No. It wasn't Kelsi. "That's not Kelsi's voice."
I said as I placed my ear on the door, Chad did the same. Ryan and Sharpay walked over. "What are—"
"Sh." I said. Ryan and Sharpay placed their ears on the door as well as we all started to listen.
"I've always been the kind of girl.
That hid my face.
So afraid to tell the world,
What I've got to say.
But I have this dream,
Bright inside of me.
I'm gonna let it show,
It's time…to let you know.
To let you know…
This is real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light, shine on me
Now I've found, who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me…
Do you know what it's like?
To feel so in the dark…
To dream about a life
Where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
Like it's too far away
I have to believe, in myself
It's the only way
This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light, shine on me
Now I've found, who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me…"
ANGELA'S POV
I finally finished. "Well, there's supposed to be a guy part. I just can't find any guys who can sing. I mean…Troy can."
Kelsi said. "He can?" I asked her. "Yeah, he sang at the musical and at Lava Springs." Kelsi said.
"Well, thanks for asking me to sing this for you." I smiled. "You're welcome." Kelsi opened the door.
"Why are you guys here?" she asked them. "Um…Troy and I came from basketball practice." Chad said.
"Ry and I came from Miss Darbus' room." Sharpay said. "You were listening to Angela sing…weren't you?"
Kelsi asked and everyone nodded. "You are so good." Ryan said. "Yeah, I agree." Troy agreed.
"Well, I have to go now. Bye." I left them alone and walked out the front doors.
NO ONE'S POV
The next day at school in the theater, Miss Darbus was talking about the spring musical…again.
Sharpay was happy, Ryan was annoyed, Troy and his friends hated being there, Taylor was working on her homework, Kelsi was writing some sheet music, Gabriella was thinking about a song to sing in the musical, and Angela was thinking about trying to become friends with Gabriella.
"Sharpay Evans!" Miss Darbus called out and Sharpay stood up. She walked onstage and stood in front of the microphone.
I Have a Dream by ABBA – sung by Sharpay Evans
I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope, with anything
If you see the wonder, of a fairy tale
You can take the future, even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream – I have a dream
I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through, reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream – I have a dream
I'll cross the stream – I have a dream
I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope, with anything
If you see the wonder, of a fairy tale
You can take the future, even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream – I have a dream
I'll cross the stream – I have a dream
Sharpay got off stage and took a seat next to Ryan. Then it was Angela's turn to sing. No one else wanted to sing after her anyway.
Sneakernight by Vanessa Hudgens
I've
got somewhere to be (where to be)
I want you to come with me (come
with me, oohh)
See I put my sneakers on (on)
Cause' I'm gon'
keep dancing, after they all go home
So are you ready? did you
eat? do you have the energy? (Energy)
Are you reloaded? are you
able to stay on your feet? (on your feet)
Don't want you passing
out after a couple hours of beats (oh no)
We gon' keep going,
going, going yeah cause'
Basically what we gonna do is dance
(dance)
Basically what we gonna do is dance (dance)
Basically
what we gonna do is dance (dance)
It will come easily when you
hear the beat (uh)
Basically what we gonna do is dance
(dance)
Basically what we gonna do is dance (dance)
All you
gotta do is take a chance
Yeah that's right it's sneaker night
So
now they're closing, close it up, shut it down, go home now
This
is far from the end, the second I ding it's about to begin
(haha)
Cause' I got comfortable, where the weather is nice so we
take it outside
Just need some hand claps and a beatbox and it's
alright
Basically what we gonna do is dance (dance)
Basically
what we gonna do is dance (dance)
Basically what we gonna do is
dance (dance)
It will come easily when you hear the beat
(uh)
Basically what we gonna do is dance (dance)
Basically what
we gonna do is dance (dance)
Don't you even worry about other
plans
Yeah that's right it's sneaker night
When the sun go
down (sun go down)
We wake up (we wake up)
I got my sleep
(hoo), no need, no problem staying awake, oh no
When the beat is
like an earthquake
Hoo hoo hoo, hoooo hoooo, hoooo hoooo
And
we're unstoppable, yeah yeah yeah
We're uncontrollable
Just
admit it (come on), you can't stop (hey), it's addictive (come on)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Basically what we gonna do is dance
(dance)
Basically what we gonna do is dance (uh huh,
dance)
Basically what we gonna do is dance (okay, dance)
Yeah
that's right it's sneaker night (what)
Basically what we gonna do
is dance (dance)
Basically what we gonna do is dance
(dance)
Basically what we gonna do is dance (dance)
It will
come easily when you hear the beat (uh)
Basically what we gonna do
is dance (dance)
Basically what we gonna do is dance (dance)
Don't
you even worry about other plans
Yeah that's right it's sneaker
night
Ohhh put your sneakers on
Ohhh, let's go all night
long
Everyone just stared at her because they couldn't believe that Angela was…no words to describe it.
Gabriella sat there with her arms crossed and turned to talk to Troy, but he wasn't listening to her. "Troy? Troy. Troy!"
She tried getting his attention, but still…no answer. Gabriella sighed deeply and walked out of the room.
Angela got off stage and sat down. Troy got up and sat next to her, Gabriella saw the whole thing.
Ryan sat next to Angela too. "You have an amazing voice." Troy said. Angela looked at him and smiled. "Thank you."
"You should sing in public more often." Ryan complimented. Angela smiled again, even though she never liked the attention.
FLASHBACK
She walked down the hallway at Sun High and everyone just kept ignoring her. She felt like she was left out.
She sighed. Just then, another girl walked up to her. "I'm Gabriella Montez." Gabriella held out her hand.
"Angela." Angela said. They shook hands and smiled. "If we get to know each other more, we can be friends."
Gabriella grinned. "I like that." Angela and Gabriella walked down the hall to their homeroom together.
FLASHBACK ENDS
That Friday, Angela decided to invite Troy and Gabriella over for dinner with their parents. They all agreed, except for Gabriella.
At the restaurant, "Gabriella, you and Angela were friends. Remember?" Gabriella's mother reminded Gabriella.
"Yeah…were friends." Gabriella rolled her eyes as she picked at her food. She wasn't hungry at all.
"What happened?" her mother asked. "Mom, not right—""I'll be happy to explain Ms. Montez." Angela smiled.
"That'll be lovely." Gabriella's mother smiled and Angela started the story.
"It all started on September 2nd. It was a cool Monday morning and I was walking down the hallways. I was
Alone and I felt like I didn't belong there. Suddenly, Gabriella walks up to me and tells me her name.
I felt like I could trust her and as the months passed by, we became great friends. Then came sophomore year,
Gabriella wasn't there. I knew that I had to stand up for myself and that's how I became popular.
I made more friends and suddenly forgot about Gabriella. When I transferred to East High, I saw someone very familiar.
It was Gabriella. She never said hi, never talked to me, always ignored me, hated me, and every possible thing I couldn't think of."
Angela explained. "Was there a reason why Gabby hated you?" Troy asked her. "Yes." Angela said.
"What was it?" Troy asked again. "When Angela came to East High, everyone saw a beautiful girl.
Deep down inside, she was like you and me. I wanted attention and she didn't. I had a boyfriend and she couldn't find any guy that she liked.
Obviously, we were different and we didn't have anything in common. Except for the fact, we both can sing and dance.
I hated her because…because I thought she would take you away from me. I thought she was going to be like Sharpay.
Now, I know that's not going to happen because she's too nice to act or be like Shar. That's why we were friends.
She wasn't mean to me like everyone else, but she was nice and respected who I am.
She knows that if she steals you away, she'll always give you back. We told each other who we liked and…"
"And we promised each other we wouldn't date the same guy because it was breaking the girl code."
Angela finished Gabriella's sentence. "So…are we friends?" Angela asked. "Yeah…we're friends."
Gabriella smiled.
