Wow! All of you are completely awesome! People had so many ideas Next chapter is when I'll begin with the 'singing'… If that's what you guys would like to call it XD
Oh, and I know in the movie that Jason is part of the basketball scheme, but in this story he isn't. Kelsi also wasn't a friend of Taylor's, but that happened… -chuckle-
"Taylorrrr!" Chad flailed his arms, trying to attention of the girl drawing with a blue highlighter. It was later in the afternoon, where the kids were now just waiting to get picked up.
"Chad! You interupped my coloring!" Taylor shook her head and put the lid back on the marker.
"It's interrupted…" Chad shrugged, while Taylor eyed him.
"How'd you know?"
"My daddy tells me to quit doing it to him all the time." Chad smiled proudly.
"Are we going to keep talking, or is this plan going to ever work?" Sharpay cut in, strutting up to the talking preschoolers.
"We're not doing this until tomorrow." Taylor corrected.
"Yes, but now that Troy and Gabriella are gone, we can rehearse." Sharpay said icily, running her hand through her shoulder-length hair.
"Yeah!" Ryan said, jumping into the circle. Sharpay snorted at Ryan's strange enthusiasm.
"So-" Sharpay began, but Taylor started talking.
"I don't feel right doing this…" Taylor sighed, unsure of her decision.
"Excuse me? There is NO time for backing out. You're either in or you're out. Do you really want Gabriella hanging out with Troy?" Sharpay pressured, while Zeke came into the conversation silently.
"No." Taylor confessed, backing off.
"As I was saying. Chad, you'll bring Troy into the playroom during free time. Zeke, you'll be waiting. Taylor, you'll listen outside the door, but act like you're reading…"
Sharpay continued in a shrill whisper until her mother came to pick her and Ryan up. The three that were left continued to plot and plan, as if Sharpay had never left.
The plan was now officially underway.
The Next DayGabriella's small footsteps echoed through the halls as her mom came with her to drop her off. Today didn't feel right; it had a sense of dread.
Troy greeted her with a friendly smile as they entered the room. Ms. Shannon took Gabriella's hand from her mothers' as she was signing Gabriella in.
"We're in group time right now, so just go find your partner." Ms. Shannon smiled happily. Gabriella, with no hesitation, went over to the bookshelf where Troy was anxiously waiting. Ryan and Sharpay hadn't shown up yet, neither had Taylor.
Chad and Zeke were talking quietly, and Gabriella uneasily noticed they kept taking quick glances at her or Troy as they were reading a new book.
Was there something wrong?
Gabriella grew silent as her and Troy finished the first book, looking up to see that Taylor had arrived, while Sharpay and Ryan were in the process of getting signed in.
Ashley, once again, wasn't there, so Ryan occupied his usual spot next to Sharpay.
"Gabriella?" Troy interrupted Gabriella's observations.
"Hmm?" She asked, tilting her head as her hair went with it. Today she had worn her hair down, her curls cascading down to her mid-back. It was the first time she had worn it down outside of Sunday school.
"What's wrong?" Troy asked, concerned.
"Oh, nothing. I wasn't feeling too well today." She admitted, half-lying. She was feeling a bit uneasy today, but not for the reason she was making Troy think.
"Are you gonna throw up?" Troy scooted away carefully, and Gabriella giggled.
"Not really. I don't feel that bad!" She started laughing more now, with Troy joining her.
In another corner of the room, Sharpay was sneering at the sight in disgust. She was about to get up when Ryan stopped her.
"It'll all be over in a couple of hours." He whispered. Zeke stood his ground from the two, who, like Taylor, was still unsure of his decision of participation. Sure he wanted to be Sharpay's friend, but Troy and Gabriella looked perfectly happy. Why ruin it?
LunchtimeAfter Troy and Gabriella finished lunch, they went to meet with Ms. Darby in the music room. Kelsi was with the pair as they entered the 'scary place' as Troy always referred to it as.
Ms. Darby nearly disregarded the threesome, but she reluctantly got up and handed them a CD with a book full of easy lyrics. She put the CD in the music player, telling Kelsi just to press the button when the needed the music.
"The music is 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'." Kelsi informed them.
"I've heard that song!" Gabriella exclaimed happily.
"Yeah!" Troy agreed.
"Here are your picture cards. We just need to practice holding them up." Kelsi handed the pair pictures of a light bulb, a red glowing dot, a board game, and some others that went along with the song.
"Are we gonna use these in the callback?" Troy quizzically asked.
"You could say that." Kelsi nodded.
The threesome practiced the first few parts of the song, like they had practiced this before. Kelsi was extremely pleased, closing her playbook as they three scrambled for free time when Ms. Shannon came to the door.
"Ready?" Their teacher asked. The three nodded, following her to nap time.
Some of the children had already dozed off, and the three weren't far behind them. Gabriella took her blanket and pillow to her assigned spot to nap.
Troy was in the spot diagonal to her, while Kelsi was across the room. The two smiled at each other, under the glare of Sharpay who was next to Gabriella, before they drifted into sleep.
Sharpay, however, was faking her sleep. There was a mixture of nervousness and excitement rushing through her body.
Although she was little, she was plenty mean. Her sister was the most popular girl at her school, and Sharpay wanted to be just like her.
This was the only way to begin.
Free Time
Sharpay was looking four preschoolers, two at a time, as the exited the playroom for the plan. Sharpay grinned to herself, while Ryan was off talking to Kelsi. He took a glance at her and she glared at him. Quickly, he said good-bye to Kelsi and took his usual spot on the other side of Sharpay.
On a normal day, Ms. Shannon would have gone with them, but as Chad and Troy were about to leave, Sharpay started wailing.
"What is wrong Sharpay?" Their teacher came running over to them.
"I...Lost...My...BLANKET!" Sharpay rubbed her teary eyes, as Taylor took that as her cue.
"Ms. Shannon, can we go get a drink of water?" Taylor asked sweetly.
"Yes, but you'll have to go without me." She replied while triyn to soothe the other four-year-old. Suddenly, Sharpay just stopped crying as Taylor and Gabriella left the room. Ms. Shannon shrugged and went on her way.
Sharpay, on the other hand, smiled. Her plan was working perfectly.
As Taylor and Gabriella were leaving, Chad was pulling Troy, very hardly, by the arm to the empty classroom.
"Chad, what are we doing?" Troy asked. "Ms. Shannon told us to quickly get our Legos, but she didn't mean to hurry that fast!" They got to the room, with Troy out of breath.
"You need to see this." Chad urged. Troy came into the room to see Zeke standing there, with a basketball.
"We are here to show you your true destiny, or whatever." Zeke said, not really knowing what 'destiny' meant.
"What?" Troy raised an eyebrow.
"Troy, have you ever seen-" Chad began his entire speech about the difference between famous basketball stars and famous musicians, with Troy rolling his eyes at every comment. He had no idea why his friends were giving him this speech.
MeanwhileGabriella and Taylor sat down outside the door, Gabriella with a completely confused look on her face.
"Taylor, why are we coming out here? We just told Ms. Shannon we were going to get a drink of water!" Gabriella reasoned, taking a seat next to the door.
"Well, I wanted to read in the quiet!" Taylor defended, a little too fake, opening her book.
"In the hallway?" Gabriella tilted her head. "Why don't we just go in the classroom?" Gabriella tried to get up, Taylor stopping her
"No, no! Someone will catch us in there!" Taylor said, shaking her head. It made no sense, but Gabriella accepted the excuse and they began to read.
"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl, named Cinderella..." Gabriella began
Taylor continued to take glances inside the room, while Gabriella was reading. She could only hear bits and pieces of the conversation over Gabriella's reading voice, but was hearing enough to know that Troy was just about to crack under pressure.
"She's nothing but trouble!" Chad argued.
"You're going to do some musical insead of the game!" Zeke pressured.
"What is wrong with you two?" Troy raised his squeaky voice.
"There's something you need to see." Taylor said, knowing her cue and pulling Gabriella into the room and under a desk. Troy's voice rose up.
"Gabriella isn't important!" He threw his hands up, and Gabriella whimpered. "The play means nothing to me! You guys know me! I'll forget it! I'm all for the team."
"We just thought-" Troy cut Zeke off.
"Well you thought wrong!" Troy stomped out of the room, not noticing the two girls under the chair, one on the verge of tears.
"I'm sorry Gabriella." Taylor shook her head.
"Me too." She sniffed, as Chad and Zeke pretended to not notice the two girls as they walked out of the room.
"Anything you wanna talk about?" Taylor comforted her friend.
"Nuh-uh." Gabriella shook her head.
The two walked out, with Gabriella muttering under her breath
I thought you were my fairy taleShe sniffed again, and began bawling when they got to the playroom. She just wanted to go home.
I hated having that little Ryan-evil escapade in there, but I didn't know how else to include him. Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll credit everyone in the next chapter!
