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"Whoa!" Troy laughed as they exited the gym. "That was something!" Gabriella joined in laughing with him as they made their way back to the main courtyard. "God, Sharpay looked pissed!" Gabriella shook her head and Troy grinned across at her. "Sorry you had to see that, I thought they would be at the hall, but someone must have been there." Gabriella shook her head and grinned.

"So is she his teacher?" Gabriella asked with a raised eyebrow and Troy nodded. "She good at instructing him on how to get a boner?" Troy laughed again and nodded. "So," she glanced at him out of the corner of her eye." What did she mean back there, she made it sound as though you went out with her once?" Troy didn't say anything, but the smile dropped off his face. "You did go out with her?" Troy once again didn't say anything, but his tense jaw showed the answer. "Hell, and now you're brother's going out with her. That's just whack. Doesn't that feel weird?" She pressed.

"Can we just leave it alone?" Troy asked suddenly. People were beginning to flood through the gates of the school and Gabriella realized with a start that there was only about ten minutes until school started. "Look, I'll show you where to get your timetable and where your homeroom is, but then I gotta go." Gabriella figured that that was the end of the conversation and so she just followed him inside. As she made her ways up the impressive concrete steps, she noticed the stares of more than one girl following her jealously into the building. She glanced at Troy, who was walking easily amongst the crowds of people, kissing a few girls on the cheeks and clapping hands with a few of the guys. He had the same ease about him as she had had back at her old school. He was the popular guy here. Gabriella figured it wouldn't be a bad thing being linked to him and she walked close next to him. "Okay, just go in there and grab your timetable, then I'll show you where to go."

"Cool," Gabriella said, pushing open the door. She hesitated for a moment and looked back at Troy. "Do you know who to contact if I want to join the cheerleading squad?" For a moment, Troy looked like he was going to laugh and she frowned at him. "What?" She asked. Troy quickly shook the grin off his face and just said,

"Go to the gym after school, they need two more members." Gabriella frowned at him for a moment longer, but he just gave her an innocent look so she ducked into the room and went over to the lady behind the counter. She gave her name and the lady held up a finger, indicating for her to wait. Gabriella looked around the room, and as she turned to face the back wall, the face of Liam and Troy were suddenly bouncing out at her. A huge poster with their faces, both red and sweaty but still gorgeous looking, and a face of a guy with darker skin and a huge afro, all wearing basketball uniforms. The poster took up nearly the whole wall, and across the bottom in huge red letters, the word 'Wildcats' was announced. Her eyes flew open. No way.

The Wildcats! They were the team that always seemed to versing her old school! That was why East High had sounded familiar when she had heard the name—it was the team that always beat them by a little bit, or lost by a little bit! Jenna had gone crazy in Gabriella's first year there, because the Wildcats cheerleading squad, lead by a psychotic blonde, had beaten them at the regional cheerleading competition. Samuel, Gabriella's ex boyfriend—although they hadn't hooked up at the time, went on a huge drinking spree at an afterparty when a few of the Wildcats had turned up and boasted their victory. There had been a dark-haired guy, a blonde guy and several other un-noticables she couldn't remember. The more she thought about it, the more she thought that it was Troy who had been the guy who had taunted Samuel. Grabbing the timetable, she flew out the door, spinning around to face Troy and shouted,

"You're a Wildcat?!"

The hallway fell silent and Gabriella felt everyone's eyes on her. Then everyone burst out laughing, literally everyone, and the walls felt like they were vibrating. Gabriella's face prickled with embarrassment, but she stared at Troy. He laughed a little too and then nodded.

"Uh, yeah," he replied. "So?"

"So?" She practically shrieked. "So?! How could you not tell me that?! Our school's are, like, arch-rivals!" Troy suddenly put his arm around Gabriella's shoulders—well, more around her neck, and then pulled her along as though he was trying to strangle her.

"Ssh!" Troy hissed, pulling her along and then almost flinging her into an empty room. He shut the door and then turned to face her. "Look, me and Liam agreed it was best not to tell you, because we didn't really want you going all weird when you came in, like making enemies and all that stuff."

"What are you talking about?" Gabriella asked, rolling her eyes. Troy began to feel relieved, maybe she wasn't all that into team spirit as he thought she might be. "You are the enemy, you idiot!" Troy's heart sunk and he sighed.

"You go here now, you're on our side," Troy reasoned. Gabriella sighed.

"Look, whatever. I'm here now, I still want to cheer, so I'll just have to work around it," Gabriella looked down at her timetable. "Although, I have to admit your head cheerleader a year or so ago was really crazy. She almost attacked my best mate when we beat them last year at the cheerleading championships." Gabriella grinned at the memory. Good times…But the look on Troy's face was saying another story and she asked carefully, "What?"

"Uh, that chick still is the captain," he told her. Gabriella whacked her head against the door. "And that chick is Sharpay."

"What?!" Gabriella screamed.


First period wasn't as bad as Gabriella thought it might have been, living in the clutches of the enemy. No-one seemed to know she was from the opposing team, and she figured it was safer to keep it that way. There was one girl in a class who looked vaguely familiar, but she had noticed Gabriella looking in her direction and given her a funny look, then gone back to talking to the guy she assumed was her boyfriend. She recognized him as one of the boys in the poster she had seen in the office—the one with the huge afro. As she made her way to PE, She saw Liam walking down the hallway, his arm around Sharpay. Sharpay saw her and stuck her nose up. Liam just shot a grin in her direction and pulled Sharpay tighter against his side, seemingly trying to console her.

In PE, Gabriella noted that most of the girls around her changed underneath their clothes, glancing over their shoulders as they pulled on their tee-shirts and revealed their stomachs. She rolled her eyes, showing no shame as she pulled off her shirt and skirt, standing in front of her new gym locker in only a purple bra and matching boy-legs. She could feel the eyes of every other girl on her as she turned around to face them, her hands on her bare hips.

"You see something you like?" She asked, her voice dripping with attitude. They all mumbled, a few laughed, and they went back to changing and talking. A moment later, the door slammed open and silence crossed the room. Gabriella looked up from her clothes and saw it was Sharpay. The blonde flounced in, and then in the middle of the room, stripped to a tiny tube-bra and a g-string. Gabriella blinked and looked away quickly. The girl had a good body, but Gabriella had a feeling it wasn't her body she was showing, it was the hickeys which were covering her neck and cleavage. She pulled on a pair or mini-shorts which barely covered her ass and a boob-tube, still proudly displaying all the love bites. She walked past Gabriella, pausing and looking at her haughtily.

"It looks as though me and Liam have a bit more fun than you and Troy," she said, checking Gabriella over once for any signs of hickeys. Gabriella smiled back and replied,

"Well, I'm afraid in the places Troy left me marks, I don't show to girls." Laughter erupted throughout the changing rooms and Sharpay scowled and pranced off. Gabriella laughed, shaking her head as she pulled on mini-shirts and a tee-shirt. She followed the rest of the girls out to the gym and was surprised to see Troy standing on the other side, dressed in a basketball uniform, talking to his brother. The teacher still wasn't present in the room, and Sharpay was standing next to Liam, her hand resting on the waistband of his shorts, looking up from beneath her eyelashes at Troy, as though teasing him, even though it was his brother she was touching. She noticed Gabriella entering the gym, and she pointed over at her, saying something to Troy. Troy looked over at her, his face looking a bit confused. Then she smiled and blew a kiss, walking over to them and kissing him loudly on the cheek. "Hey, baby boy, didn't realize I had this class with you." Liam looked as though he was going to explode with laughter.

"Well, sweetie, I'm just in here practicing," Troy said, taking her lead and looping an arm around her waist. Sharpay stared at them furiously. Suddenly, she took Liam's face in both hands and kissed him hard on the mouth. Gabriella felt Troy's arm tighten around her as he looked away, a strange expression on his face. She sighed and looked away as Sharpay and Liam finished their pornographic hook up. Sharpay looked over her shoulder triumphantly.

"All right!" Came a loud booming voice. Jack Bolton had just entered the room. "I would like both groups to separate! My team on the far side, and the gym class on the other side!" Was it just Gabriella's imagination, or was Jack staring at Sharpay as though he wanted to pick her and throw her off a very tall building? Whatever the reason for his cold look, Gabriella quickly scuttled over to her side of the gym, not wanting to get in trouble in her second class of the day.

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