Kelsi walked down East High's hallways as fast as she could with the cast on to get to her class. She had a feeling she would be late. Suddenly, something caught her eye.

Ryan was talking to Troy, and he looked really sad or nervous. Kelsi couldn't decide which but she decided to watch them for a while. It seemed like Ryan was asking for Troy's help. Troy nodded and then said something.

"Hey Kelsi!" Kelsi jumped at the voice behind her. She turned around to see Gabriella.

"Oh hey Gabby. You scared me." Kelsi said letting out a sigh.

"Why are you so jumpy this morning?" Gabriella asked, slightly concerned that one of her best friends was acting out of the ordinary.

"Oh, I just…didn't have my coffee." She lied. Kelsi usually didn't lie but she didn't want to tell Gabriella she was spying on someone.

Gabriella laughed. "Aww, well I hope you make it through the day alright. So why are you just hanging out here?"

"Well you know what lack of coffee does to you, makes you kinda slow." They both laughed.

"I gotta get to class now, see you later!" Gabriella said as she left.

'Phew that was close' Kelsi said to herself as she turned around. She started walking and she walked smack into someone.

"I am so sorry Kelsi" Troy said.

"Heh, no problem." She said, straightening her glasses.

"Well I'm going to be late for class so I have to run but I need to talk to you during rehearsals, k?"

"Sure thing, Troy." Kelsi said as she looked at her watch. "Oh crap! The bell is going to ring any second now.

BRIIIING

'Great, nice going Kelsi' She ran into her classroom and grabbed a seat. Her teacher gave her a disappointed look and marked her down for a tardy. Luckily he didn't say anything to her.

Kelsi's day passed pretty quickly and after the torture of seventh period gym class, the school day was over.

As she walked towards rehearsal, someone grabbed her arm and pulled her to a broom closet nearby.

"Whoa Troy! What's up?" Kelsi asked, confused to as why she was standing in a closet with the wildcats superstar.

"Well I needed to ask you something in private."

"Mhmm, nothing more private than a public broom closet." She laughed.

"Haha, very funny. Anyway umm… I need some help." Troy said seriously.

"Ok, I'll try to help in anyway that I can. So tell me what the problem is." Kelsi said noticing his urgency.

"Alight, well I have this… friend. He sorta has feelings for this girl. And he doesn't know how to tell her."

"Uh huh, so do I at least get to know who the girl is?" Kelsi asked.

"Well, she uh… she's nice, she's smart, she likes music, but she's kinda shy." Troy said. "That's all I'm going to say."

"Alright well this friend of yours should talk to her, and get to know her better. You know, see if they have much in common. And if he does really feel a good connection then he should tell her exactly how he feels, explain every little thing he likes about her. Girls like that sort of thing." Kelsi explained.

"Ok well he says he feels a really good connection and now he's just thinking about his timing in asking her." Troy said. "He was actually planning to ask her tonight at my party. What do you think?"

"Sounds great. Oh and wish him good luck for me." She smiled and patted him on the back.

The door opened and bright light filtered into the dimly lit closet. Sharpay was standing there holding something up in the air. Kelsi couldn't make out exactly what it was because Sharpay snapped it shut and put it in her purse.

"Fancy meeting you two here, well have fun. Tootles." With that, she turned on her heel and left.

"That was weird." Troy said. "Anyway, we should probably get to rehearsals now."

Kelsi agreed and as she was closing the door behind her, and idea came to her head. 'Oh my gosh, was he talking about me! A girl who's shy and likes music! But who's his friend?

Then she remembered what she had witnessed earlier. Ryan! It had to be him. He was looking so nervous. She also remembered what he had said to her when he dropped her off. "It was nice hanging out with you."

Kelsi rushed to the rehearsals to find Gabriella.

"Gabby! Is Ryan going to be at Troy's party tonight?" Kelsi asked.

"Of course, why?" Gabby asked.

"Er… I just wanted to know 'cause I wanted to ask him something." Kelsi found herself lying once again to her best friend. This has to stop she scolded herself.

"I'm still picking you up tonight right?" Gabriella asked.

"Actually, I think I might be staying home." Kelsi admitted.

"Well then how are you going to ask Ryan that question?" Gabriella was confused.

"Oh, it's actually not important anymore." Kelsi said, panicking.

"Kels, are you ok? You've been acting weird lately." Gabriella asked, concerned.

"Yeah I'm ok. I guess I'm just nervous because tomorrow is the debut. Anyway, I have to go." Kelsi ran to the piano and began to play. The music really did take her mind off of her worries.

Ok, so I left a few things unexplained but they will be explained in the next chapter. Also, I know there are still no couples yet but at least Troy and Gabriella were in this part. Lol, don't worry, they'll get together soon. :)