Oh. My. God. 27th of September was the last time I updated this story. I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry!!!

Ima try and get back into the swing of things!!!

"So let me get this straight, you were in his car, in the driveway?"

"Yeah"

"And you guys spent the day with together, which was one of the best 'dates' you've ever been on?"

"Uh huh"

"And instead of kissing you, like any other guy would, he gave you a handshake, and agreed you should be friends?"

"Yes!" Gabriella said, getting more and more frustrated everytime she went over the scenario in her head

"Wow. Either he doesn't like you, which I'm sure isn't true, or he likes you so much that he's willing to take it slow" taylor offered as she sat down on gabriellas bed

The girls were having a movie afternoon, and catching up on what happened between Gabriella and troy the previous day

Gabriella laughed, "That's what I'm worried about guys! What if he doesn't think he should make a move? What if he puts it off for so long that he just doesn't do it?"

"Do you want him to make a move?" Sharpay asked

"Yes. No. I mean, yeah I do… maybe not right this second, but I do like him… so, yeah I do"

"Well maybe you should make the first move? I mean, if it gets to a point where it doesn't look like he will; then maybe you should?"

"I guess… if it gets to that point then I will" Gabriella sighed as she went back to watching the movie

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"So let me get this straight, you were in your car, in her driveway?"

"Yes"

"And you'd spent the day with her, which was one of the best 'dates' you've had?"

"Yes Chad"

"And instead of kissing her, like a normal guy would, you gave her a handshake, and agreed with her that you should just be friends?"

"Yes!"

"Boy you're an idiot" Chad laughed

"Be gentle with him Chad! He's hurting!" Zeke said as he slung his arm over troy's shoulder, "talk to me man. What're you gonna do about it now?"

"I have no idea" troy groaned as the three of them walked around outside the school building

"Tell her you want her" Chad offered as he bit into his apple

"I can't just tell her that! She'll think I'm a crazy psycho! Besides, if I told her that now we'd be moving way to fast"

"You're kidding right? 2 days ago, you were sucking face at chases party"

"I know, but that was – "

"Forgetting. Yeah we remember your little speech. I can't believe she listened to the crap you told her"

"It wasn't crap Chad. I just… needed to vent"

"Yeah I know what you meant, but she seems like the kind of girl that wouldn't let a guy get away with that kinda speech"

"Well she did, so let's leave it at that"

"So what are you gonna do about her man? You gotta come up with some sort of plan"

"I guess I'll just have to act normal until it feels right about making a move"

"Well you'd better get acting normal, cos here they come"

Troy looked up to see Sharpays pink convertible come to a stop with three girls giggling as they got out

"I gotta go get some stuff outta my locker before I meet up with Sharpay. I'll catch ya later fellas" zeke said with a proud smirk

"Well I'm gonna go see tay. Laters man"

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"so have you thought any more about what you're gonna say to him?" Sharpay asked as she pulled her car into the school parking lot

"I honestly haven't thought about it"

"don't lie. You have" taylor laughed, "we all have"

"except none of us agreed to be 'just friends' when we clearly want to be more" Sharpay laughed as the three of them got out of the car and began walking towards the huge front doors of East High

"shut up. I just… Oh I don't even know what I was thinking. But I don't think I could deal with getting into a relationship right now. Its only been two days since I broke up with Brody!" she said with a giggle, "you two on the other hand"

"shush" taylor warned her

"hey sexy!"

"woooo! I think Chads hooked!" Gabriella laughed as Chad jogged over to the girls and wrapped his arm around taylors waist, walking through the doors with the three girls

"I've gotta go. I told zeke I'd meet him at my locker" Sharpay blushed slightly

"bye!" taylor and Gabriella said in unison

"I've gotta go to my locker too. Walk with me?" chad asked taylor

"sure. I'll see you in home room gabs?"

"yup" Gabriella said with a small smile

Usually it had been her that had the cute guy walking her to her locker, or carrying her books for her, saving her a seat in class… now she had no one she thought as she opened her locker. Alone. That's what she was. And now that taylor and Sharpay had hooked up with Chad and Zeke, it left Gabriella as a fifth wheel.

"you're thinking hard"

"I'm making up for you not thinking at all"

"you fight dirty" troy chuckled, leaning against the locker next to Gabriella's

"it's the only way" she laughed, "how was the rest of your weekend?"

"average. My dad had me working out all weekend pretty much. Getting ready for this week's game"

"is it a big one?"

"its massive" troy said with a smirk

"I meant the game" she said, rolling her eyes

"well… yeah… you could say that…" troy said trailing off

She looked at him then realized why it was such a big game. It was against West High. the two teams were the best in Albuquerque, and at the moment, East High held the championship cup, so they didn't want to be shown up in one of the first games of the season.

"you're playing him aren't you?" she asked quietly

"yeah…"

The pair stood in silence before troy cleared his throat slightly

"so… congrats on making the team"

"team?"

"cheerleading?" troy said with a small laugh

"oh right. Well coach practically begged me to join up. I've got my first practise after school today. Apparently im taking over the choreography"

"that's awesome" troy said shutting gabriellas locker for her, and grabbing her books

"I guess. Im just worried that all the girls will think im trying to take over, and end up hating me"

"they wont do that"

"how do you know?"

"I'll make sure of it" troy said with a grin as the entered homeroom

"I don't think I wanna know" she giggled

"nah, you don't. so since you've got practise, and I've got practise, do you want a ride home afterwards?"

"sure. Thanks" she smiled as they sat down beside each other

The other four entered the room just as the bell went, and sat down watching the pair. Gabriella was twisting her hair around her finger and giggling at everything troy said, even though most of his jokes were lame. Troy was using any excuse to make contact with her. Gently nudging her with his shoulder, or moving her fringe out of her eyes. Anyone with half a brain could sense the attraction between the two. Too bad they were both too chicken to make the first move.

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"alright Ladies! I want to introduce you officially to your new choreographer, Gabriella Montez. I want you to listen to everything she says" Coach Bolton announced to the group of girls sitting on the floor of the gym

"hi" Gabriella said quietly, standing beside Coach Bolton

"ok, I shall leave you to it miss Montez" he said as he turned and walked to the other side of the gym to the basketball team

"um… ok so I know that it's raining out, and we have to share the gym with the guys, but I want us to still work hard"

Some of the girls just stared blankly at her, and others even lay down

"you think were really gonna listen to you? You're a Knight. Not a Wildcat" one of the girls said as she stood up

"I was a Knight… but now Im a Wildcat"

"you cant just walk in here and expect to automatically get respect"

"I don't expect that but as coach said – "

"just listen to her Trudy. She knows what shes doing. Even you have to admit that" Amanda said as she stood beside Gabriella, "what do you want us to do first?"

"um… well first we need to warm up" Gabriella said tentatively, "four laps of the gym"

"alright" amanda said, turning to the group, "you heard what she said, get up. Four laps of the gym"

The group of girls slowly stood and began at a slow jog around the room

"thanks Amanda"

"no probs"

Troy smiled across the room. He had asked Amanda to help Gabriella out, knowing that they wouldn't have listened to her otherwise, and it seemed to have work. The girls were listening to Gabriella and copying her actions as she showed them some of the most basic moves in cheerleading, designed to pump up a crowd

"alright girls, that'll do for today. But I wanna see you here same time tomorrow. That goes for you too!" coach Bolton called out to the boys

"alright, I'll see you all tomorrow. I plan to have us all whipped into shape by Friday night. Uh Trudy? Can I see you for a minute please?"

"what?" trudy asked as she rolled her eyes

"I just wanted to say that I get what you mean. I haven't proven myself a Wildcat yet, but I just wanted to let you know that I will"

"fine"

"can you at least act normal with me on Friday?"

"why?" trudy scoffed

"you didn't hear what happened?"

"between you and your boyfriend?"

"yeah"

"well… yeah I did"

"well I thought the girls on my team were my friends, but it turns out most of them were sleeping with Brody behind my back. I wanna bring down the Knights cheerleaders as much as I want Troy and the guys to kick Brodys ass"

Trudy contemplated what Gabriella had said for a few moments before speaking up

"I'll tell you what, I'll do exactly what you say from now until Friday night. But I want you to prove where your loyalties stand at the game. If you do, then I guess I'm looking at the new captain. And if you don't, then you can kiss your cheerleading career at East High goodbye. Deal?"

"Sure. Deal" Gabriella said as she shook Trudys hand

"any problems here ladies?"

"no problems troy" trudy smiled sweetly as she walked past troy, running her hand across his chest as she passed

Troy cringed as she did this, before moving away so she couldn't touch him any more

"hey"

"hey" Gabriella said with a small, forced smile

"you did great with them today. The team trusts you already"

"except trudy" Gabriella mumbled

"from what I just heard, she trusts you. At least until Friday night anyway" troy said with a small chuckle

"yeah. Great. Now I've just gotta find a way to prove that I'm a Wildcat now and not a Knight"

"we'll figure something out" troy said as he pulled Gabriella into his arms for a hug

"troy?" Gabriella said, her voice slightly muffled from being crushed into troys chest

"yeah?"

"I cant breathe. And you need a shower"

Troy laughed, letting Gabriella go

"sorry. I thought you could do with a hug" troy mumbled feigning being hurt

Gabriella laughed, "you can hug me once you've had a shower"

Once again, I am soooo sorry

Ima update my other MIA story soonish, but I hope this one was up to your standards!!

Please review and tell me if I should just quit, or if you want me to keep it going!! And if you really need to, you can yell abuse at me lol

Xoxo

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