Hey guys, I know it's been awhile since my last chapter of anything but I'm back at school so I'll be updating slowly again. But don't worry, I will try to update has much as I can starting with this chapter of Lucky. Thank you for your reviews for last chapter which is leading me to think that you do indeed like this story and I will keep working on this story. I know, it's kind of going slow but it's really my first time starting a story out with Troy being the "bad" guy so you need to work with me. I hope you enjoy this next chapter!

Chapter 5

Where Is Gabriella?

Troy walked through the halls of East High School. It's been a few days since the Bolton-Montez dinner and he hasn't spoken to Gabriella again since their little disagreement but it wasn't really killing him. He knew he was wrong for what he said to Gabriella but that was his opinion, he just spoke his opinion and it backfired because she returned it. He just sighed before walking over to his locker and opened it to take out the books he needed for his next class which he will be sharing with Gabriella, herself.

Chad walked over to Troy's locker and leaned against the lockers next to his, "Ok so what's up with you and Gabriella Montez?"

"What do you mean?" Troy gave him a confused look before looking back into his locker.

"You two didn't even look at each other in homeroom today," Chad shook his head, "I thought you would have said something to her since well you hate celebrities and she's a celebrity and also after everything you said to her, her first day here."

"I don't hate celebrities," Troy closed his locker and turned towards Chad, "I just dislike them and there's nothing up with me and her. We just decided that if we're not going to become friends which we're not, we don't have to speak or look at each other and we came up with that agreement, silently."

Troy just shrugged his shoulders before walking away from Chad who was just looking after him confused. He knew his best friend couldn't stand celebrities but he just thought that maybe he would give Gabriella a chance since she would be here for the rest of senior year. He just shrugged and walked the other way towards his class.

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Gabriella walked into her English class and saw that everyone was already there. She looked around the room and noticed that only one seat was open and it was next to the one person she didn't really want to sit next to. Yep, you guessed right, Troy Bolton. Gabriella sighed before walking over to the seat and sat down in the chair placing her books on the desk.

Troy looked next to him and saw Gabriella sitting there. He had a feeling she was going to sit next to him since well, there were no other seats open and that's what happens you're the last person to show up to class. He noticed her not looking at him and just looked at her notebook writing something in it.

"What are you writing?" Troy gave her a confused look, "Class hasn't even started it."

Gabriella looked at him and then back at the paper on her desk before looking back at Troy, "It's for me to know and maybe for you to find out."

"Fine," he shook his head, "not like I would care anyway."

She sighed as she looked back at the paper before closing her notebook, placing the pen on top of it. Troy noticed this and closed his eyes before looking forward. He didn't mean to sound so mean. He wanted to try but something was holding him back. He looked back at Gabriella and was about to say something but the teacher walked in before he could.

"Good morning class," Ms. Williams, the English teacher smiled at the class before standing behind her desk, "for this morning, we will be working on writing poems," the whole class groaned except Gabriella, "don't think of writing poems like writing essays. Just put what you know and how you feel into lines. This is going to just be a diagnostic poem to see how well you know of how to write a poem. Think of it as like writing lyrics to a song," Ms. Williams smiled before looking at Gabriella, "Is that right Ms. Montez?"

All eyes were on her right as she said that. People were still trying to get used to having Gabriella Montez in their school as a regular student. Gabriella could feel all eyes on her and she was used to it but not in a classroom facility so she just looked at Ms. Williams and nodded her head and then looked down. Troy noticed this and looked around to see everyone with smiles on their faces and there was a slight smile on her face. He was starting to think that she was sort of uncomfortable with everyone staring at her, at least here she is. Maybe he was a little rough on the celebrities after all. He just shrugged and then looked back at the teacher as she explained the assignment a little more.

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Troy walked into the cafeteria as it is now lunch time. He looked around the cafeteria and spotted his friends at the normal table so he walked over there. He sat down in one of the chairs and looked around the table to find someone missing which made him confused.

"Where is Gabriella?"

"I don't know," Sharpay shrugged her shoulders, "I haven't seen her since homeroom since that's the only class I have with her in the morning. Was she in English class?"

"Yeah," he nodded his head.

"Maybe she just went to the bathroom or something," Taylor suggested and everyone nodded but then she continued, "why don't you go look for her?"

"Me?" She nodded her head, "Why should I go look for her?"

"You saw her last," Chad joined in the conversation and looked at Troy, "after all, you might be the reason that she's not here since you two have been trying to avoid each other all day and not telling anyone why. I mean, I get that you don't have a liking in celebrities but you could at least try to be civil with Gabriella since she's trying to fit in."

Troy looked at his best friend since kindergarten and shook his head. Yes, he knew she was trying to fit in and could tell it was hard for her to do so, so why was he being a jerk to her? He sighed before standing up and pushed his chair in before walking out of the cafeteria leaving his three friends shocked that he was actually doing what they suggested but he was.

Troy walked around the halls trying to figure out where she would have gone. It was only her second week here, she wouldn't have found any hidden spots so he just kept walking around the halls. He has done this for about five minutes and was about to give up until he saw a door was slightly open which made him think so he walked over to it and then slowly pushed it open to find stairs going up. Troy grew confused because he has never seen this before and it's his final year in this school but of course curiosity overtook him so he stepped up a stair before closing the door and then started walking up the stairs.

As he walked up the stairs, he noticed that it was the rooftop. As he reached the top, he looked around to notice the roof and then he turned around to notice more stairs that lead up to another part of the rooftop that had flowers around it. He couldn't believe that he has never been up here before. Troy started walking up those stairs slowly and then before he reached the top, he noticed someone sitting on the bench looking down as they were eating. Troy raised his eyebrow before walking to the top step and just stared at the person.

"You know if people want to eat their lunch, they would eat in the cafeteria," he softly chuckled as the person looked up giving him a shocking stare, "Sharpay was wondering where you were."

"Oh," she nodded her head still looking at him, "they sent you to search for me?"

"Yeah," he nodded his head, "they thought since I saw you last, I should be the one to go look for you and also because they think I'm the reason you didn't come since you and I have kind of been avoiding each other since you know."

"I wouldn't blame them for thinking that," Gabriella kept her eyes looking at him, "but it wasn't you that kept me from the cafeteria."

"No?" She shook her head which caused him confused before walking over and sat down next to her, "Then what was it?"

"It was a part of it but I mean, I could have talked to Sharpay and Taylor to keep me occupied so yeah," she looked down, "it was everyone else who keeps staring at me, coming up to me. I mean, I should be used to people doing so but not like almost every minute of every day when I'm trying to do what they are doing which is getting an education," she then looked at him, "I thought it would be easier. Why can't more people be like Sharpay, Taylor, Chad, or even like you?"

Troy was taken back at that, he honestly didn't know what to say to that, yes he knows sometimes how it feels, especially around basketball time which is now but it wasn't like what she was going through, "Honestly, I don't know what's wrong with people. Honestly, I'm shocked that Taylor and Sharpay don't act like them because believe me, they are probably by far your biggest fans, which is probably another reason why I wasn't so thrilled with you being here but I kind of don't mind it now. You actually shut them now that you're here so thank you for that," he chuckled slightly, "but umm after what you said to me at the dinner, I started thinking that you were right, I shouldn't hate celebrities since I don't know them so I'm actually willing to give you a chance."

Gabriella gave him the same look she gave him a few minutes ago which is a shocking look, "Troy Bolton is willing to give a celebrity a chance to be friends with him? I'm shocked."

Troy rolled his eyes before giving her a look, "Are you going to take it or are we going to stay the way we are now?"

"Well I guess I'll take it," she put a smile on her face, "after all, our parents have agreed to make that dinner a weekly thing so I'll be coming over to your house again tonight and every Friday from here out."

"Well then," Troy stood up holding his hand out, "we should get head back down there, friend."

Gabriella smiled before placing the rest of her food into her bag and then looked up to take Troy's hand as he helped her stand up before releasing it. She bent down to grab her bag before standing up straight once again and nodded her head towards the stairs as to say 'after you.' Troy shook his head and put his arm out which caused her to giggle slightly before walking in front of him down the stairs with him following her.

As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Gabriella slightly opened the door and then looked right and left to make sure that no one was in the halls before they both walked out into the hallways. Troy closed the door. I guess you can say they silently agreed that no one else should know about the rooftop. They started walking towards a classroom since the bell was about to ring and they both had the same History class. Troy opened the door and stood back giving Gabriella a small smile which she returned as she walked into the class and took a seat. He too then walked into the class and sat down in the seat next to her.

Gabriella looked at Troy, "This friendship thing that we've decided to try, it isn't going to feel weird, is it?"

"Not if you don't make it," he looks at her, "we're starting fresh."

"Ok," she nodded her head, "I was just making sure."

The bell rung a second later and they could hear students in the hallways heading to class. Gabriella sighed with relief knowing she didn't have to deal with the students crowding her in the halls when she's trying to get to class. Troy saw the relief in Gabriella's face and couldn't help smile a little bit until the classroom door opened and the first few people walked in and were heading over to Gabriella and they looked like they were ready to hound her with more questions so he did what he thought would keep them away.

"Gabriella," she looked at him, "how's your day?"

"Um fine," she grew confused at his question, "yours?"

"Mine is great," he put a smile on his face, "I wonder what my Mom will make for dinner tonight."

"Yeah I wonder."

One of the students opened their mouths and started speaking, "Gabriella, I know I've already asked you questions but I was wondering one other thing."

Gabriella looked at the person who asked that question and sighed because it was one of the regulars but she put a fake smile on her face, "Sure go ahead."

She was about to speak again but Troy interrupted, "Sorry Sarah but Gabriella and I were just talking. You know, weekend plans and stuff. I'm sure she'll have time to answer your question later but I'm also sure that you can probably find out the answer through the internet but on her website and legit websites," he put his charming smile on his face before looking at Gabriella, "So as I was saying, I'm hoping she makes her roasted chicken, it is to die for."

Gabriella smiled as she looked at Troy and noticed in the corner of her eye that everyone who was ready to talk to her walked off to go sit down in their seats, "Thank you."

"You're welcome," he gave her a smile.

It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

So what did you think? It's not as good as I wanted it to be but there you have it. I wanted to make Troy the "bad" guy a little more but I wasn't sure what else to have him say. But we're going to slowly get into the friendship. I still hope you like this chapter. What did you think of this chapter? Did you like it? What do you want to happen next? What do you think is going to happen next? Please leave a review letting me know what you think. Thank you!