Troyella
Chapter 21: Rubbish Catwalk [Edited]
Troy was unusually happy this morning, he didn't know why, he knew it would be back to regular school, but he honestly didn't care. All he could actually think about was Gabriella, he didn't know what was happening to him, and he didn't know whether he should be scared by it or not, but he knew that he wasn't going to let that interfere with anything.
Gabriella was also happy, but hey, what did she have to be sad about, yeah sure they were going back to school, but she had awesome friends and the most amazing boyfriend, her mum had promised no more moving, she had decided for the first time in her life, that if she had to move, she would stay, there was no way in hell she would ever move from here, the only places she would go were with her friends and boyfriend, that's it, but hopefully it wouldn't come to that.
Hey babe,
I'm waiting outside for you, sorry it's a little earlier, don't have breakfast
Troy xxx
She smiled, and skipped down the stairs, said bye to her mum and ran to Troys car.
"Hey" She smiled getting in
"Hey, you look nice" he complimented
She thanked him
"You're welcome" he said
"So, why can't I have breakfast, I'm hungry" she said holding her stomach
He laughed
"Don't worry, you'll have food in you soon" He promised
"Good good" she smiled "So, where are we going?" she asked
"A new place that has just opened up it's called Anything and Everything" he told her
"Okay, sounds good" she smiled
They got there and ordered there, sat down and looked at the menu.
"Wow, the name doesn't lie" Gabriella said
"I noticed" Troy laughed
They ordered their food and waited.
"So, back to regular school today" Gabriella said
"Yep, back to the world of rules, regulations and boredom" Troy said
Gabriella laughed "I'm surprised 'learning' isn't in one of them" she joked
"Eh, ahh well, what you doing after school anyway?" he asked
"Nothing that I know of" she replied
"Well now you are" he smiled
She was confused "So, where am I going?" she asked
"You'll see" he said as the food came
"Fine" she exaggerated
They drove to school and saw the gang outside.
"Hey guys" they called walking up to them hand in hand
"Hey, okay, so it's the last week of term, then summer, then we're in our last year of High School" Sharpay said excitedly
"Whoa, don't, that's freaky" Kelsi said
"Then off to college" Sharpay went on
"Oh God" Kelsi sounded like she was going to throw up.
"Come on, it's not that bad Kelsi, and besides, we'll all stick together, right?" Troy comforting Kelsi a bit.
"Yeah, of course" They all agreed
They continued talking about their future for a while on their way to tutor.
"Nice to see you all back, now as you know it's the last week of school, so during the week the school will be split into three groups between this tutor and a tutor from the year below, and we will have activities" Ms. Darbus explained "So, pick a person that you definitely want to stay with" She told them.
The gang all turned to each other, choosing their partners.
Troy and Gabriella,
Sharpay and Zeke,
Chad and Taylor,
Kelsi and Jason,
Ryan and Melissa, who was in their Drama class.
"Good, now, some of you will get mixed up, but you'll be put with friends" She said, the class frowned
"Troy and Gabriella, together" they sighed in relief "Zeke and Chad, you'll be swapped and Taylor McKessie will be swapped, Kelsi and Jason, together" they were relieved "Ryan and Melissa, together" they were okay with that
"Red Team Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, Sharpay Evans and Chad Danforth
Year below - Tami Bolton, Kevin Baker, Jenny Danforth and Harry Banes"
"Blue Team Kelsi Neilson, Jason Cross, Zeke Baylor, Karen Hans and Darren Roman,
Year below - Thomas Cross, Jessie Nickel, Zac Campbell and Kaitlin Fair."
"Green Team Ryan Evans, Taylor McKessie, Melissa Gatelow, Poppy Randy and Collin Banes,
Year Below - Gregory Gatelow, Jamie Crush, Robbie Nashua and Alex Rescale"
Though some weren't the original choices they intended, everyone seemed to be satisfied with the groups they were put in.
"OKAY" She yelled when she was finished
Everyone turned their attention back to their teacher.
"Okay, now, go to your designated teachers for the day, they should be on the notice board in the hallway." She told them
"Man, we have Darbus tomorrow, that's not good" Chad complained
"Yeah, I know, come on, let's get to this Rubbish Catwalk thing" Troy suggested
They all agreed
"Hello, now, as you know this is rubbish catwalk, this is where you get rubbish and make clothing out of it, then afterwards you do a catwalk to the rest of the people in your team from the other years" He explained
That didn't sound too bad
"Now, fabrics over here, safety pins over there, paper and pens for your designs on the front table, any questions? No...Good, get started then" He told the class
Gabriella got the paper and pens, Sharpay got the fabrics, Troy made sure she wouldn't only get pink, and Chad got some safety pins.
"Hey Troy!" Tami called him to their table
"Hey Tami, what's up?"
"Eh, nothing much, where are the others?" she asked
"I'm here" Gabriella came over with paper and pens, one in each colour.
"Hey Tami, how's my little sis?" Chad asked setting down the pins
"Yeah I'm goo...is that Sharpay?" Tami asked
They looked over to see Sharpay with a huge bundle of fabric (light pink, dark pink, middle pink, blue, sky blue, red, purple, white and black)
"Whoa, Sharpay, what do you think we're making?" Troy asked, taking half from her so she could actually see where she was walking
"Well, I don't know, that's my point" Sharpay said setting the rest on the table
"Well, who's getting dressed up?" Tami asked
"Well, there's eight of us right?" Chad started
"Yeah..." Troy answered wondering where this was going
"So, maybe, two from our year, and two from your year should go up" Chad suggested
"Excellent, I am so definitely up" Sharpay said
"Okay, cool, that means I'm not, so Troy or Chad has to go up" Gabriella said
"Well, I think it should be Chad, considering he's Sharpays partner" Tami suggested
"I couldn't agree more" Troy agreed, thankful for his sister.
"Why do you too have to be so damn close?" Chad asked, mostly himself
Tami and Troy shrugged
"So, who out of you guys are going up?" Troy asked
"I'm not" Tami said immediately
"Damn, that means I am" Jenny whined
"Aw, come on, you guys can do like a brother sister thing" Sharpay said
Sharpay sucked in a breath "I have a brilliant idea" She gushed
Troy and Tami glanced at each other, knowing this wouldn't be good
"Okay, instead of me going up, how about Troy and Tami and Chad and Jenny, that way it really could be like a brother sister thing" Sharpay squealed at her brilliance
"What? But what about you?" Troy and Tami asked
"Doesn't matter, come on, okay, Gabriella, you do the designing with Harry and Kevin. You four follow me, we can take pictures for the slide show, and you guys can record that Get Ready, Get Set, Don't Go song you sang last night onto it, this is going to be awesome" Sharpay said walking off
Troy shrugged "I guess I'll see you later" Troy told Gabriella
"See you" they gave each other a quick kiss before Troy and the rest followed Sharpay.
"Okay, all four of you, go under that tree and brothers hug your sisters" she ordered
They sighed and did as she asked; this was going to be a long day after all.
Back with Gabriella
"I don't see why I should have to do this, my daddy owns several companies' around the world, working with peasant stuff, he will be outraged" Harry ranted on
Gabriella rolled her eyes and carried on drawing
"Now you, girl who's drawing" Harry said not even asking her name
"Um, my name is Gabriella" She said in a patient voice
"Yes yes, whatever, I bet you're used to doing this kind of work, I mean look at you, you know exactly what you're doing, and your clothes" he leant over to put his hand on hers "It's okay, you're parents probably can't afford to buy extravagant stuff for you" he said in a sarcastic sincere tone
Gabriella looked at him "If you dare, ever, talk about my family again, you'll have more to worry about than working with peasant stuff" she said in a low deathly voice, this immediately made him back away however, Gabriella decided she didn't want to be near him for another second. She got up and walked out of the classroom.
Back with Troy, Tami, Chad, Jenny and Sharpay
"Okay, Chad and Jenny, I think you're done, so you can go back and help Gabriella" Sharpay said looking through the photos
"Now, you too, you guys are close anyway, so just do brotherly sisterly poses, okay" she started, they were actually pretty good
With Chad and Jenny
"Hey, where's Gabriella?" Jenny asked
"Idiot over here, decided to moan about today, but did he stop there, no, he basically said that her family were poor filth" Kevin said angrily, he had already yelled at him but was still fuming, even though he barely knew Gabriella.
"What the hell" Jenny yelled
"Who the hell do you think you are" Chad yelled, restraining himself knowing he couldn't do anything as the kid was younger than him.
With Gabriella
She was pretty upset by what this guy had said to her, she knew it wasn't true, but she hated it when people spoke about her family like that.
She was walking around when she noticed Sharpay taking pictures of Troy and Tami, she couldn't help but laugh, they were always there for each other, nothing would ever get between them. She smiled, just like her and Troy. She wished it could be the same for her relationship with her little sister, but she travels with her dad, like Gabriella travels with her mum
She noticed Troy looking in her direction, he whispered something to Tami, and she looked up and nodded to Troy.
"Hey" he greeted when he reached her
"Hey" her voice still a bit weird
"What's up?" he asked concerned
"Nothing I'm being stupid" she told him
"If it matters to you it matters" he said.
She laughed recognising the quote from somewhere.
"Come on" he said, glad he got her to cheer up a bit
She told him what Harry said to her
"Where is he?" he said, about to go off searching
"Troy, you are not going to beat up a guy in the year below us" she told him
"Well, what do you expect me t...wait, so if I was in his year I could?" he asked
"I didn't say that, but it wouldn't be as ba...where are you going?" she asked going after him
"Tami, do you know that Harry guy?" he asked
"Yeah" she said in a disgusted voice "Why?" she asked
"Nothing, no reason" Gabriella said
Tami looked at her "What did he say?" she asked
Troy, Tami and Sharpay looked at her
She sighed and told them
"I'm going kill him" Sharpay said
"If I'm not allowed, neither are you" Troy told her unwillingly
"Well, that's because you guys are a year older" Tami said
"What are you thinking?" Troy asked
She didn't say, she just started walking in the direction of the classroom
"Troy, I don't want her to get in trouble because of me" Gabriella said worriedly
"Tami, wait up" he called
"Troy, I know you love Gabriella, and I'm not going to let him get away with this, I know you're only stopping me because you or Gabriella doesn't want to get me into trouble, I know that if it were the other way round, you wouldn't listen if I said stop, because you're my brother, we always have each other's backs, when one of us can't do something the other one does, that's the way it has always been, don't change that now" Tami begged
Troy didn't know what to say "Tami, I know I would do it for you, and I know that this is what has always happened, and I don't want that to change, but I also don't want you getting into trouble, yes I want to beat the hell out of this kid, yes I want you to do it, but I don't want you to get into trouble, I don't want you to get in trouble because of me, imagine what dad would do?" he said trying to convince her
"If it were the other way round, you know you'd feel how I feel, you know you wouldn't care about getting into trouble, or what dad thinks, all you would want is to make sure the person got what was coming to them for what they did" Tami said
"Yes I know, but Tami..."
"No, please Troy, Gabriella has become like a sister to me, and I know you love her and it kills you not to be able to do anything, well I can, just let me"
"Well, isn't there a better way, so none of us can get into trouble, or at least both of us?" he asked
She was interested "Why would it be good for both of us?" she asked
"Because then I wouldn't feel guilty and you wouldn't hate me"
She laughed "Okay, I wouldn't hate you, but what did you have in mind?" she asked
"What's his worst fear?" he asked her
"His daddy losing his business, him being poor, public humiliation" suddenly she stopped, they smiled
"I think we may need some help" Tami warned
"I'm in" Sharpay said coming round the corner, her and Gabriella had been listening throughout the whole thing.
"Where's Gabriella?" Troy asked
"Round there" Sharpay told him
"Thanks" he went in the direction Sharpay pointed to and found Gabriella
"Hey" he said quietly
"I don't want anyone to get into trouble because of me" she said with silent tears coming down her cheeks
"Hey" he said sitting next to her pulling her into a hug while her tears stained his shirt "It's our choice, we don't want him to get away with this" he whispered in her ear
"But it's not that big of a deal" she said
"He insulted you and your family, and what if he doesn't stop there hmm, he could make your school life hell, and I don't want that" he told her
"He's a year younger, what could he possibly do?" she asked
"Did I mention his brother is Collin Banes?" Troy asked
Her eyes nearly shot out of her sockets "Fine, but there will be no physical harm toward him from us" Gabriella said
Troy laughed "Deal"
"So, what do we do?" Troy asked everyone when they got back
"I have an idea" Tami smiled evilly
Break
Guys,
Meet me, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad and Tami at the secret place don't ask, we'll tell you when you get here
Troy
"What's that all about?" Kelsi asked
"No clue, let's go find out" Zeke said
So they all headed for the secret place
"Guys, what's up?" Jason asked
"Gabriella" Sharpay urged her to say
She repeated the story, she hoped for the last time.
"What the hell" Kelsi raged
"Who does he think he is" Taylor fumed
"Is he insane?" Ryan pondered
"Does he actually think he's going to get away with this?" Zeke asked
"What are we going to do?" Jason asked
"Well, we need a plan, public humiliation, to get back at him" Tami told them
"Okay, so have we got one?" Zeke asked
"Yes, Tami came up with a plan, and it'll work" Troy said confidently
"Okay, good, so what is it?" Kelsi asked
Lesson 3
"So guys, sorry we left you the first two lessons, what's been going on here?" Chad
"Nothing really, I've done four designs for each person" Kevin told them "Harry's been complaining" he threw in "And, now we just need to put everything together" he concluded
"Okay, cool, so you guys do that, and Troy and Tami are going to go with Sharpay to help her out while me and Jenny work on the other design" Chad said
"Okay"
"Hello people, sorry I'm late, had some important matters to deal with" Harry said coming in, thinking everyone cared.
"Good, well now you're here, you can do some work" Troy told him
"Wha...are you serious?" he asked
"Yes I'm serious, this is a team thing, and unfortunately you're part of it, so see these designs, you are going to make one" Troy told him
"Well, what about all of you?" he asked
"Me and Troy are needed by Sharpay" Tami told him
"I'm helping Jenny with one" Chad told him
"And, I'll be helping Kevin with one" Gabriella told him
"So, I have to do 2?" he asked
"Yes, but you don't care do you, I mean what about all them amazing designer skills you're always talking about in tutor?" Tami asked
"Right, of course, I can do it" Harry said trying to convince everyone
"Good, get going then" Troy said walking off with Tami
"So, how did it go?" Sharpay asked when they got to the room she was in
"He's so nervous I actually thought he was going to puke" Tami smiled
"Excellent, step one, complete" Sharpay said ticking it off her list
With Kelsi, Jason and Zeke
"How do you think they're getting along?" Kelsi asked
"Knowing them, Sharpay is probably ticking step one off her list" Zeke laughed
She laughed as well knowing he was probably right.
Gabriella, Chad, Jenny, Kevin and Harry
"How's it going over there?" Kevin asked Harry
"Good, see" he showed them nervously
"Who's that for?" Gabriella asked
"Troy" He said nervously
"Troy is not that small, besides me and Kevin are making Troys" She told him
"Huh?"
"Yeah" She held it up proving it must have been for Troy
"Well Chad, what do you want yours to be like?" Harry asked
"Dude, I'm making my own"
"I thought you would have been making Jenny's" he was surprised
"No, Chad is older, so it'll need more people to make his" Jenny told him
"Bu...Okay, so, I'm making Tami and Jenny's?" he asked
"Yeah, and you only have an hour and a half" she told him
"That's lots of time" he told her
"Not really, look, we've got this much done, but you need to do two remember" she warned
"Right"
He got back to work, this time more nervous than ever; he kept sticking pins in himself, accidently
Gabriella got out her phone
Troy
He decided to go for yours and Chad's,
he's had to start again,
he's very scared, and trembling,
Tick phase two off the list :D
Love You
Gabriella xxx
"So how do you think there doing?" Sharpay asked while putting the photos in order
Suddenly Troys phone went off, the song was 'Make You Mine' signalling it was Gabriella.
Troy smiled when he looked at the message.
"Tick phase two off your list Sharpay" he told her
She immediately got her fluffy pink pen and pink paper and ticked it off smiling
Gabriella
Hey, she just did it now, Good job, now all we got to do is make sure everything else goes as planned ha-ha: D
Love you more
Troy xxx
It Takes Two Ring tone
She smiled when she read the text and got back to work
"Um, how's this?" Harry asked
"Harry, where's its head?" Gabriella asked
"And it's arms?" Chad asked
"And the doll?" Jenny asked
Kevin laughed a bit
"Well, one of you can fit in it, right?" Harry asked
"Not even when I was 2" Jenny told him shaking her head
"Dude, you have get moving, you only have an hour, no screw ups okay" Chad told him
Things were going according to plan
"Hey, how's everything going?" Jason asked Kelsi
"Good, Collin is over there, and should be getting an anonymous phone call, right about, now"
"Hello?" he asked
"Hello, we are calling from the camping lodge, is this Harry Banes?" the woman asked
"No, this is his brother. What do you want from him?" Collin asked
"Well, he's supposed to be collecting an award at school today for being a brave little camper, do you know where I can reach him?" She asked
"I'll have him on the phone in a second" he told her
"Thank you"
Collin burst through the door, to find his brother trying to get 2 outfits together
"What are you doing, why is he doing this?" Collin asked
"Because we are doing the bigger outfits" Chad put simply
There was no way around that, even Collin knew it, Gabriella, Chad and Jenny shared a small smile
"Whatever, Harry someone from the camping lodge is calling you" he told him
"Hello" he spoke through the phone, trying to make himself sound older
"Hey there, you're getting an award from us today at your school, now apparently, we've got in contact with your school, and there's a project going on, and you're in the catwalk, correct?" she asked
"Yes" he confirmed
"Well, how about you go up with your group, if you're not going up already that is, and don't tell them, it'll be a shock, and they'll be so jealous, we have sent an outfit for you to wear, top of the line camping gear, it may not look great, but trust me, it is" she told him
"Wow, thank you" he told her
"You're welcome, now get back to work, and have a nice day" with that she hung up
"Here you go, thanks" Harry gave the phone back to his brother
"Yeah, whatever" Collin mumbled, taking his phone back and walked back to his classroom
With Sharpay, Tami and Troy
True Friend ring tone
Hey Guys,
Collin just came back in, so I'm assuming the call got to Harry,
confirm it with Gabriella before you tick it off
Kelsi
"Okay, I'm just going text Gabriella" Troy told them
Hey babe
Kelsi just texted, did the call get through to Harry?
Love you
Troy xxx
With Gabriella
It Takes Two ring tone
She smiled and sent back
Hey Troy
Yeah the call got through,
He's looking as smug as ever,
Can't wait to wipe that look off his face,
You would agree if you saw him right now,
Anyway, he's doing better in his outfits,
So tell Tami no need to worry :D
Love you too
Gabriella xxx
Troy, Sharpay and Tami
"What does it say?" Sharpay asked
"Tami, your outfit will be fine, and you can tick it off" he told them
"Yes!" Sharpay squealed "Now, sing" she told them
Get Ready, Get Set, Don't Go
With Melissa and Ryan and Taylor
"Do you think it worked?" Melissa asked
"I don't see why not, you were pretty good" Ryan congratulated her
"Thanks" she said shyly
Lunch
At the secret place
"Is everything set?" Taylor asked
"Yes, the slide show has been made, the mess-ups have been made, the phone call has been made" Sharpay told them
"Good, now this should be interesting" Zeke said
"Very" Kelsi agreed
The gang smiled
Finally lunch ended and the 2 year groups went into the 'theatre'
"Hello and welcome, all the staff have hoped you have had a good day, now, it's time to present the RUBBISH CATWALK" Ms. Darbus yelled getting off the stage
10 minutes in
"Okay guys, we're up next" Troy told them
"Good luck" Gabriella smiled
"Hey, where's Harry?" Kevin asked, he still didn't have a clue what was going on.
They all shrugged
"Next up we have the Bolton and Danforth Families" Ms. Darbus announced
Get Ready, Get Set, Don't Go started with the pictures going along with the music
"This is a brother and sister inspired design, as you can see Chad and Jenny have gone for a red and white look, while Troy and Tami have gone for a black and red look, and-
HARRY BANES WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING?" Ms. Darbus yelled through the microphone
He was wearing a white swimsuit with very short shorts, strutting up and down the catwalk
"Yes, yes, this is the 'in' for camping, I get the top of the line stuff, now, where's my award?" he asked
Zeke and Jason were taking pictures, while Taylor and Kelsi were writing down what was happening
"Dude, have you completely lost your mind, you're wearing a swimming costume with a pair of extremely short shorts, asking for an award, do you know how crazy that sounds?" Troy asked
"MR FIRTH WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO YOUR PARENTS ABOUT THIS" Ms. Darbus grabbed his wrist and took him to her classroom, Collin slipped out quietly, while making sure no one saw him, making a mental note to kill his brother later.
The whole room burst out with laughter
"Okay, okay, settle down, Troy, Tami, Chad, Jenny, we're sorry that we can't finish your catwalk, it looked very interesting, and the song sounded really good too" Their principal apologised
"It's not your fault, and Gabriella, Sharpay and Kevin helped as well, more than humanly possible" Troy told him
"Mhmm, it's true" Tami agreed
"Well, a round of applause for this group" the whole hall burst into cheers
Everyone had decided to go to Troy's house as his grandparents were away for the evening.
"Okay that has to be the most embarrassing moment of his life" Tami said as they walked into Troys room
"And see, wasn't it better than beating the hell out of him?" Troy asked rhetorically
"Well, it was fun, I'll give you that" Tami admitted
They had ordered kebabs and took it back to the house with them
"So, guys, what do you think of this" Kelsi began
"Yesterdays catwalk was completely mind-blowing, with all the creativity and hard work that was put into the outfits; it was a pleasure to see. However, when it came to Bolton-Danforths chance, it was spoiled by the swimsuit outfit worn by Harry Banes.
In all the years of Banes being at East High, has one ever embarrassed, not only themselves, but disgraced the 'Banes' name.
Was it an act of a desperate child, did he want some attention for once, instead of his rugby playing brother, Collin Banes, did he want the lime-light instead of the Bolton and Danforths. Who knows what lies he will come up with to cover himself.
Nothing is going to change what he did, he put shame to the reputation of East High, a reputation that wasn't easy to build, let's hope we can gain some pride and dignity back soon.
But one thing's for sure, he really made it a Rubbish Catwalk."
Everyone laughed and cheered the article.
"That's awesome, that's for the newspaper, right?" Sharpay asked
"Yeah, I printed it after the catwalk, leaving my name out of course" she said
"Of course" they agreed
They didn't need Banes and his family on their backs.
2 hours later
"Guys, we should really get going" Taylor told them
"Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow" Sharpay said hugging all of them
"See you guys tomorrow" Troy walked downstairs with them and Gabriella to her door
"Sorry we didn't get to spend much time together today" Troy apologised
"Are you kidding, you guys did all of what you did because he insulted me a little" Gabriella reminded him
"Yeah, well he deserved it" Troy told her
She smiled "Thank you" she said hugging him as they got to her door
"You're welcome" he whispered in her ear
"Goodnight" she said
He kissed her "Goodnight" he replied and walked back to his house
He walked into his room to find Tami cleaning all the take-out stuff out
"Tami don't I'll do that" he told her
"No, don't worry I got it" she said
"Well, at least let me help" he said
She smiled "Hey, it's your room"
He laughed "True, hey, thanks for helping us out today" he told her
"No problem, it was fun, I hate that guy" she said with disgust
He laughed as the last piece of rubbish was thrown away
"Hey, do you want to watch a film?" Troy suggested
"Yeah sure" she agreed
"What do you want to watch?" he asked her
"Hmm, St. Trinians" she told him
"Alright then" he agreed putting the disc in as she got comfortable on his bed
Jack and Lucille were coming to bed when they heard the TV noise coming from Troys bedroom
They opened the door, about to tell him to turn it off, when they saw him and Tami sleeping with Troy keeping Tami safe with his arm around her.
Jack and Lucille smiled. They decided to turn it off themselves and leave them be.
[Edited A/N]:
I decided to leave the revenge as it was; I'm not good at making up revenge schemes so this is about the best I could come up with, even now.
It hasn't been edited much but the plot of the story called for little detail and suspense.
Hope you like it :)