Heya, first off I would just like to say a big thank-you to everyone who read the last chapter and the people who reviewed. And I would also like to say Happy 21st Birthday to Zac Efron. So I hope you enjoy this chapter, it's not as long as the others, but for some reason I'm extremely tired, so I hope you enjoy the amount I have written. Sorry for any mistakes, haven't had time to proof read it yet.
Grace xxx
"Mrs Darbus, I can assure you there must be some mistake!" Gabriella screeched as she frantically began flicking through the list of papers securely fastened to Mrs Darbus' red clipboard.
"No Miss Montez I can assure you there is definitely not!" Mrs Darbus muttered back in pure amusement as the two teenagers began searching in pure horror, as the thought of the upcoming events began to dwell on their minds heavily.
"Wait…let me see that." The deep throaty voice came from behind the two girls as the rest of their classmates began to shudder at the thought of the arguments that were about to follow.
"MISS MONTEZ, MR BOLTON FOR THE LAST TIME; THERE IS DEFINITELY NO MISTAKE!" Mrs Darbus howled before snapping the silver clipboard back with a SNAP. "Montez, Bolton, I have nothing left to say apart from…pair up!" Mrs Darbus snickered before wrapping her violet shawl around her broad shoulders and marching off towards the direction of the beaches.
"This cannot be happening!" Gabriella moaned before stomping off towards the direction of Taylor and Sharpay who remain at the front of the courtyard, heads directed at the floor, twiddling their thumbs…nervously.
The day had started rather pleasantly for Gabriella at least; she had awoken to the morning breeze from the Greek Islands, the hot sun lightly warming her bronzed skin gently. Everything was fresh, the smell, the views, the feeling, and a new start to what Gabriella would hope to be a new beginning for everything.
Mrs Darbus had requested they meet 6:30 outside the courtyard overlooking the row of ancient Greek Villa's framing the turquoise sea that peacefully sway back and forth, gently rocking against the stone cliff side's towering from above. Although early for some Gabriella hadn't had any trouble finding the energy to wake up, and get set ready for the day ahead. Shame that couldn't be said for the rest of them…especially the boys.
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"Boys…wakey, wakey" Taylor whispered mockingly as her left hand reached forward to the pull down the wooden handle that gently lie on the creaky door, her right arm firmly gripping the wooden bucket full of water Sharpay and she had found just outside the villa.
"Is it hot in here Taylor? I think the boys need…cooling down!" Sharpay winked at Taylor as they carefully did their best not to flap their flip flops against the wooden floors.
Sharpay bent towards Zeke before placing a trail of sweet kisses against his chin leading down to his neck following along his chest. "Umm…baby that feels…nice" Zeke moaned half heatedly before burying the crook of his head back within the midst of the thin white blankets.
"Hmm…honey I'm going to give you once chance, and one chance only, get up now or you will not see any of these in a long time." Sharpay whispered seductively into Zeke's right ear. As she placed a final kiss just below his lip, as their foreheads connected together.
Tay having just begun to follow Sharpay's trail of kisses only on Chad, not Zeke also whispered into his ear gently. "Baby, I'll give you 1 more minute, until I dump this surprisingly ice cold sea water into that afro of yours quicker than you can say…"
"WHAT THE FUCK!" Both Chad and Zeke quickly shot before staring each other in the face as water trickled down their necks and dropped down towards the bed sheets. Chad's afro had flattened instantly as small curls began sliding their way back up gradually as only a few small bounces remained. Zeke on the other hand had only just remembered himself and Chad had been sharing the double bed, and had slept together that night within quite a small closure.
"We warned you…" The girls muttered before smirking and blowing a small teasing kiss in the boy's direction. "Now as for Bolton" Sharpay hushed before turning around, astonishingly as her face came into contact with an empty bed.
"Where's Bolton?" Taylor hushed before turning her gaze back towards Chad and Zeke who also had just registered Troy's absence.
"Beats me…sometimes he just likes to go for a morning jog, probably just gone to take a walk round the beaches." Chad finished before grabbing a small towel off the side of the window seal and began rubbing his afro against it furiously.
"Now as for the meeting…" Taylor nattered before grabbing the empty bucket off the side of the room and ushering Sharpay out, leaving the boys to plot their revenge in private.
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"Guys did you have ANYTHING to do with this…" Troy howled frustrated at his friends beside him…twiddling their thumbs looking at the cold cobble ground beneath their feat.
Silence.
"I'll ask you ONE more time…did you have anything to do with this?" Troy growled slowly, harshly, coldly. The tension beneath the four friends was unbearable, the rest of the class had long departed leaving only Taylor, Chad, Sharpay and Zeke. Gabriella stood a few steps away from Troy, hands on hips, glaring at the rest of the gang.
Taylor was the first to crack, unlike the others she didn't have the nerve to blatantly lie to her best friend like that; she could see Gabriella's brown orbs piercing at her from behind Troy's deeper blue ones. The tension was intolerable, heavy, someone was going to snap and Taylor would be dammed if she was at the receiving end. She would spill, as best she could and then she would run, along with the rest of them as they set themselves for the long journey ahead.
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"No meddling?"... "Chad baby, we've meddled every step of the way through their relationship, we meddled them apart once before, why don't we meddle them back together…come on babe one last meddle?"
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"…well" Taylor began, building her strength. She was nervous, Chad was shitting himself and Zeke and Sharpay had snuck out unbeknown to the rest of them who were too concerned with Gabriella and Troy's reaction to stop them and drag them down with them.
"It was my idea, don't blame her!" Chad piped in, perusing the noble option of protecting his girlfriend, if those two wanted to fuck shit at him it didn't matter, as long as he kept Tay out of this. A duty once Troy would've leapt at for Gabriella… no questions asked.
"NO BABY, it was my idea, my actions, Chad had nothing to do with this!" Tay exclaimed gratefully, oblivious to the anger penetrating from Troy and Gabriella as Chad and herself bicker over the idea none knew of yet.
"Basically…we might have been given the opportunity to choose our partners, and we might have…accidentlysignedyournamesdown!" Tay finished quickly, exhaling a large intake of breath.
"YOU WHAT?" Troy and Gabriella both shouted simultaneously together.
"Well…" Taylor began"it's kinda funny really" she finished as her thumbs twiddled together, her entire body facing down, furthest away from Troy and Gabriella.
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"So in conclusion, I shall let you choose your parta-ners for this project providing they are sensible choices. I do not want to see any of you working with someone who will have an overall bad influence on your grades." Mrs Darbus finished before attaching a crisp sheet of white paper to the notice board along with a few drama club notices.
"Oh and I almost forgot, parta-ners must be boy-girl. Gives a bit more balance, don't you think!" Mrs Darbus finished before strutting off in the direction of the drama office a few rooms down.
"Hey babe, shall we sign our names down together?" Taylor asked Chad before removing her petite arms from his broad shoulders to grab the pen that swing back and forth on the silver chain.
"I don't exactly get a choice in the matter, do I?" Chad questioned before reading the names that were already signed on the list. Sharpay and Zeke's taking up most of the space, well more specifically Sharpay's.
"Chad baby don't be silly!" Taylor sighed before turning her head to meet his, watching Troy and Gabriella bicker out the corner of eye further down the corridor. "Of course you don't!" She finished before re-directing her gaze at a fuming Gabriella who had begun to shout back at Troy who had finished his latest 'make-out' session with another worthless slut.
"Cover your ears, World War three's about to break out!" Chad mumbled to Taylor before enclosing her into his chest, wrapping his strong arms around her waist protectively.
"Pity" Taylor muttered softly into Chad's ear as she tore her shameful eyes away from the fighting once 'golden couple' before elaborating her spoken words to Chad.
"What is?" Chad murmured softly before placing a small compassionate kiss on her long neck.
"Well…just look at them, you know as well as I what really happened…between both parties. I just wish they would see it too, they belong together, they were better together, we need to put them back together….together, partners, Greece…together" Taylor finished battling between herself this new idea that was beginning to form inside her head. All of a sudden something clicked, sparks went off inside her, shooting off like electricity, firing away and riding the night sky.
"Tay…" Chad began sensing the excitement within her. "I thought we agreed…no more-"
"Meddling , yes I know but Chad…baby this is brilliant, we put their names down together, they get paired up for this trip and BANG before we know it East High's 'golden couple' will be back together…for good this time." Taylor finished as she began to scribble Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton on the signup sheet.
"Come on…baby, just this last meddle, besides with them out the way it will leave a lot more time for us to get…reacquainted." Taylor whispered seductively into Chad's left ear as her small hands found their way crawling up his chest.
"Will you do that thing I like when…" Chad moaned into Taylor's grasp, before hearing her short anticipated reply.
"Yes"
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"SO YOU JUST SIGNED US UP, NOT ONCE IN THE TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE CAME ON THIS STUPID TRIP DID YOU ONCE THINK OF TELLING YOUR BEST FRIEND THAT YOU'D SIGNED HER UP WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST JERKS IN THE SCHOOL!" Gabriella screamed at Taylor, Gabriella was fuming, the one person she thought she could trust had just gone and done the one thing , if possible to make her life even more miserable.
"HEY THAT 'JERK' IS STANDING RIGHT HERE!" Troy growled before continuing his disapproving glances at Chad and Taylor.
"NOT NOW" Gabriella spat at Troy before continuing to lecture Chad and Taylor about their 'stupid' actions that day.
"Excuse-me!" Troy shouted, offended that Gabriella was more annoyed with someone other than him at the time being.
"I said not now, I'll deal with you later!" Gabriella spat once again If not more bitterly in the direction of Troy.
"Look we were going to tell you, we really were but I guess it just… slipped our minds somehow." Taylor sighed apologetically, she was sorry, she really was but well she just needed them to understand she was doing this for their own benefit.
"Somehow, maybe when you were too busy fucking each other in the plane's bathroom, how come none of us heard Mrs Darbus say we could choose our own partners?" Gabriella asked curiously, defensively.
"Let me see maybe because Troy was too busy 'making-out' with the cheerleader by her locker to notice Mrs Darbus mention the fact we could choose our partners, and you were too busy watching him." Taylor finished, satisfied with her efforts, that little comment was sure to have thrown a spanner in the works, and had left both Troy and Gabriella speechless.
"Now if you don't mind, Chad and I would like to actually get to work on our project!" Taylor finished before entwining Chad's hand with her own, leading him out towards the beaches.
"So…watching me were you Montez" Troy smirked at Gabriella who still stare at the empty space once occupied by Chad and Taylor.
"Shut up"
"So where do you wanna check out first?" Troy asked Gabriella as he began setting up the video camera, packing it into his black bag; he would most likely be carrying around for the next two weeks.
"I told you, I'm not working with you!" Gabriella replied stubbornly, they had been having this argument for over half an hour now, he would ask Gabriella where to start their project and she would reply bitterly that if she said she wasn't going to work with him the first time 'why the hell would I say yes the next 20 times!' But he didn't give up.
He never would.
"Come on Brie, we're a good team, fine we hate each other's guts, I think you're a cheating bitch, and you think I'm a fucking jerk but you can't deny facts…we're a good team." Troy finished as he began trying to attempt Gabriella to at least consider working with him on this stupid project.
Mrs Darbus had told them earlier that day that their task was to produce a short film about the local attractions on the island of Kalokairi. They had to visit the local tourist attractions, talk to the locals, and perform a short movie that could be played to advertise the island. At the end of the two weeks the winners would receive additional credit and an A+ in performing arts. Mrs Darbus had explained that if their performance in the movie was 'outstanding' and 'spectacular' it would definitely be worth an A+ in performing arts.
"How exactly are we a good team, we can't stand to be within the same room together for 5 minutes without fighting let alone making a fucking short feature film production." Gabriella spat before taking out her iPhone and checking for any new messages.
"Well you're good at all the…smart stuff, the timing, the script…things like that." Troy concluded as he debated whether it would be easier just to pick her over his shoulder and carry her to their first destination himself.
"And what exactly are you good at?" Gabriella asked, mood brightened a little after Troy's flattery.
"Well, you know I give it the charm…the wow factor." Troy finished cockily, smirking at Gabriella who suddenly rolled her eyes and began redirect her interest back to her IPhone.
"Listen Gabriella I don't want to spend my two fucking weeks here working with a heartless bitch, who can't pay attention to anything other than her IPhone, now listen you either get your legs moving and follow me to the beach, or I'm going to carry you there myself. For once I'm going to prove something to everyone, that I can make this fucking movie and not take the piss, and not you not anyone is going to get in my way, I don't care about the past, for this week and this week only I'm going to put it fucking behind me and get this done. Now are you coming or am I taking you there myself." Troy growled, his voice flowing with passion because every word heard coming out of his mouth, for once was not bullshit. It was true, he wanted to prove something.
Gabriella sighed; he wasn't the only one that actually wanted to do a good job on this stupid project. And she didn't want to spend her two weeks here dwelling. Fine she hated him, but she wouldn't lie, a small part of her wanted work with him, she missed him. His smile, his words, his lips and his love. He wanted to prove something, as well as she.
And they would.
A/N; Hope you enjoyed this chapter, I know it was a filler but the real drama should get going next couple of chapters, besides there going to have to start working together for this project. Although it may seem like they've put their differences aside, there's still many arguments to come.
If you have time please check out a one-shot I rewrote recently. It's called 'It's like you're a drug' I initially published it last month, however the grammar wasn't exactly up to scratch so anyway I re-wrote it and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. If you could read and review it would be much appreciated.
Please review, I'm trying to achieve at least 50…only 7 more! Though the more the merrier.
Grace xxx