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"That's good to know because I'll probably need a lot of help in math," stated Ryan.
"How do you like your other teachers?" asked Gabriella.
Ryan shrugged, "My science teacher is funny, so he's cool, I guess."
"I like my reading and language arts teacher. She's really creative and seems to love the subject. I think that I'll be able to stay up for my other classes, but I'm not so sure about math," Gabriella fake yawned.
"You'd better be able to help me!" Although this was sort of a joke, Ryan was also serious about this. If Gabriella didn't explain the math stuff to him, he would have no chance. He'd be like a soldier in a bright uniform running into the center of the battlefield, unprotected. "Well, here's your house. See you tomorrow!"
"Okay, bye Ryan," mumbled Gabriella. She clumsily exited the car and waved to Ryan. "Thank you so much!"
"Anytime!" he called. Right before entering the door, Gabriella turned around, smiled, and waved one last time to Ryan.
I don't know what I'd do without her; Ryan waited until Gabriella had entered her house and closed the door to start up his car. Well, I'd better go home. Ryan was satisfied with how Gabriella and he had sight-read "Forever". It sounded pretty good, but he wanted to make sure that he didn't think that Gabriella sounded better than she actually did because he… liked her. She's wonderful; Ms. Darbus wouldn't choose Gabriella over Sharpay unless she was really good.
Gabriella threw her unbearably heavy backpack onto her bedroom floor. She sighed and watched Ryan's car pull away. I think that Ryan might feel the same way, she thought. The way he sang like he was singing to me. She shook her head and unzipped her backpack. We really shouldn't have so much homework the first week of school. After laying her binder on her desk, she began her homework.
The next day at school, instead of sitting next to Troy in homeroom like she usually did, Gabriella sat next to Ryan. He had a few questions on the math homework from the previous night. Taylor noticed Gabriella sitting with Ryan, and wasn't sure what was happening. Gabriella hadn't told anyone that Troy had broken up with her yet, so Taylor was confused. She walked over to Troy.
"Hey, Troy," greeted Taylor.
"Hey," Troy muttered, without glancing up from the book he was reading. It was a biography of many different famous basketball players.
"Why isn't Gabriella sitting next to you?" Taylor asked.
"We broke up," replied Troy, making it obvious that he did not want to continue the conversation.
"See you," Taylor waved slightly and walked back to her seat next to Chad. I wonder if Sharpay will still chase Troy. … No, she wouldn't do that to Zeke… would she? I don't think so, but I guess only time will tell. It didn't take too much time for Taylor to make an opinion because Sharpay skipped over to Troy's seat soon after Taylor sat down.
"Hey, Troy," Sharpay smiled widely.
"Where's Zeke?" questioned Troy, eager to get rid of the chipper girl. He bitterly thought, First, Taylor came over, now Sharpay, next Kelsi will walk in and come talk to me!
"Oh, he's talking to Jason about basketball," answered Sharpay.
Troy sighed, "How about you go talk to… Taylor?"
"Um… okay," Sharpay's smile disappeared. "Whatever." He's not ready for other girls yet, I guess… She glanced inconspicuously at her brother and the girl sitting next to him. But Gabriella didn't have any trouble moving on. She returned to her seat, not taking Troy's suggestion of talking to Taylor, but instead, listening to Zeke's conversation with Jason about basketball. They were now debating whether a court was allowed to be 1 foot longer or shorter than the standard size, or if it had to be exact. Sharpay couldn't wait to be dismissed to first period.
"Okay, so if you multiply an even amount of negatives, the product turns into a positive?" questioned Ryan.
"Yeah, so you need to try the second, third, and sixth problems again, remembering that," Gabriella told him.
"Alright, thanks so much, Gabriella," Ryan smiled at her, but his smile quickly disappeared when he looked down at his math worksheet.
