Chapter 7 Sharpay's Discovery
Sharpay was walking out of the school auditorium, she had been at drama club with Ryan, and they had been sorting out what to do for the next musical however, Ryan didn't seem himself lately and had left early. Sharpay could not understand his strange behaviour, he had stopped being himself, stopped talking to her – and he ALWAYS talked to her about everything. Something was up with him, but he wasn't going to let anyone, even his own sister find out what.
Sharpay made a quick stop at her locker to get everything that she needed to take home, her makeup, schoolwork and bag, when she heard an unrecognisable noise. She listened closely, trying to figure out where it was coming from, grabbing her stuff as she closed her locker and went to investigate. She silently crept towards the source of the noise – which seemed to be somewhere by the gym. She poked her head around the door to the gym and saw…nothing. 'How strange', she thought, when the noise continued. Sharpay followed her sense, which lead her to the boys' changing rooms, where the noise seemed to be coming from. She plastered herself to the wall, sweat gathering on her forehead as she prayed she would not be caught. Sharpay opened the door as quietly as she could and peeked inside, there against the lockers was an unholy sight – Gabriella and Chad…entwined together. Sharpay gasped, oh how could he cheat on Taylor?! She didn't know what to do – to stay stood there quiet with her mouth shut or to yell at them right there and then? She tried to step forward, to scream, but neither her legs nor her lungs would work as she continued to look on in sheer horror at her two friends. Sharpay watched reluctantly, unable to turn and run for fear of being heard, that was when she noticed that Gabi seemed to have the upper hand. Gabriella was pushing Chad firmly against the lockers, and he seemed to be in what Sharpay could only describe as a trance. His eyes were glazed and seemed to portray no current emotion, it was as though his soul had left him. Sharpay's mouth just flew open as she realised that Gabriella was completely in charge.
After a few minutes of just standing and watching, Sharpay realised it was time to scoot her tush outta the changing room doorway and as far away as possible, as Gabriella seemed to be finishing with Chad.
Sharpay ran, as fast as she could away without making any noise as she did so, exiting the school, and standing and panting on the front drive. Something strange was going on at East High, and Sharpay was determined to find out what it was before it was too late.
