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Title: Basketball Superstar's Diary
Rating: K+
Author: MadiWillow
Summary: Troy's mom give him a diar-journal for Christmas, which he inadvertently finds himself writing in as his life turns upside down.
Genre: Romance/Humor
Chapter: Chapter 5

Tuesday, January 17th

Well. Now I know why Gabriella hates me.

Thanks to our 'friends.'

Turns out Gabriella did hear what I said about her. I guess her brainy friends somehow were able to get me saying that stuff about Gabriella on a WebCam that was transmitted to the computer they had. She heard everything.

Today I tried to talk to her in the lunchroom, before I found out, but she just walked right past me. That hurt a lot.

Then I went to my special spot, and I guess Chad, Jason, and Zeke followed me, because they got up there a few minutes later.

They pretended to be all supportive, like "yeah, we're gonna be there for you" but I told them that I probably wasn't going to sing, because Gabriella wouldn't talk to them.

So then they were like "we know why" and Zeke gave me these bagels, saying I should eat one before they told me.

And then they told me everything.

I am so pissed at them.

They said they were sorry, and hopefully they were making things better, since Taylor (that's Gabriella's brainy best friend's name) was explaining it all to Gabriella. I told them I'd only forgive them in Gabriella forgave me.

But apparently it didn't work, because she's not answering her phone.

Hm... I have an idea.

Later on Tuesday

It worked! Gabriella and I are okay now!

It's, like, one in the morning but I can't sleep, so I decided to write this in you instead of tomorrow.

Plus, I wanna get all the details down as accurately as I can.

So I decided to go over to Gabriella's house (I had the address because she, Kelsi, and I had all exchanged them when we got called back for the musical) and beg her to forgive me.

I know, I'm brilliant.

I got there and knocked on the door and her mother answered. I told her I really needed to talk to Gabriella, and she was all "Oh, um, Gabriella is busy with homework and such" which is an obvious I-just-turned-around-and-she-mouthed-no-to-me excuse. So I just told her to tell her I stopped by and left.

Then I snuck into her backyard and called Gabriella. THANK GOD she answered.

As soon as she picked up, I said (really fast, in case she hung up), "What you heard the other day, none of that is true. I was sick of my friends ratting me about singing with you, so I said things I knew would shut them up. I didn't mean any of it."

I was looking around, trying to find her room, but she made it easy for me. I heard her flick a switch over the line, and then I saw a light turn on in an upstairs room. Extremely fortunately for me, she had a huge balcony (which actually wasn't that high off the ground) and a very sturdy tree right next to it, making it very easy to climb.

Anyway, then she said, all sadly, "You sounded pretty convincing to me."

I started to climb up the balcony, which wasn't that hard. "Listen, the guy you met on vacation is way more than the guy who said those stupid things."

"Troy, the whole singing thing is making the school whack." I can't believe she said 'whack.' "You said so yourself everybody's treating you differently because of it."

Honestly, I don't remember saying that.

"Maybe that's because I don't wanna only be the basketball guy. They can't handle; that's not my problem, it's theirs."

"What about your dad?"

Um, my dad?

"And it's not about my dad. This is about how I feel." I got onto her balcony at this point and saw her, leaning against her bed. Yeah, and she has a huge room. "And I'm not letting the team down. They let me down. So I'm gonna sing. What about you?"

"I don't know, Troy."

I have no idea why she was being so stubborn.

"Well, you have to say yes. Because I've brought you something."

"What do you mean?"

I thought she was smart.

"Turn around,"

So she did turn around and saw me standing there. She hung up the phone and opened the door to her balcony, looking very surprised. And then I started singing.

I sang a verse from Start of Something New, and she had a smile on her face the whole time.

When I was done, I held up her song sheet and said, "It's a pairs audition," hoping to at least guilt her into it, because if she wouldn't audition then I couldn't either.

So she took the song back and stood at the edge of her balcony and I came right up close to her. I probably would have kissed her right there, but her stupid mom – okay, I'm sorry, her mom's not stupid – came in and was like "I'm sorry, Troy, you have to leave. You can use the front door, though."

So I left.

And here I am.

I'm so happy now.

She forgave me!

We're auditioning!

I think I'm in love.

Wednesday, January 18th

I am back in the zone.

Today at practice, and during free period, I made every single shot and, if I do say so myself, I did great.

So Gabriella, Kelsi, and I worked out a schedule. I would still go to practice and Gabriella would go to Decathlon practice, and immediately after that we'd go down to the music room to practice.

And, all I can say is, it's going great. Tomorrow, we are going to blow everyone away.

Thursday, January 19th

I like to pretend I brought you by accident, dia-journal, but I didn't. I brought you on purpose. And I'm glad I did.

So me, Gabriella, Taylor, Chad, and a bunch of our other friends walked into school today so see Kelsi staring sadly at the bulletin boards. We looked at it, and, to our dismay, saw that the callbacks had been rescheduled to TOMORROW at 3:30, which is just ten minutes after school gets out, and the exact same time as the game AND the Decathlon.

And guess who was behind the rescheduling?

None other than two spoiled twins.

But I came up with a plan and, I must say, it is genius. Wanna know?

Of course you do.

So I'm gonna play in the game and Gabriella is going to compete in the Decathlon, and after a few minutes (with enough time for Ryan and Sharpay to sing first), Taylor is going to use her laptop to shut off the power in the gym, causing everyone to evacuate. Then she's going to set off a chemical unbalance, causing everyone there to also evacuate. Then Gabriella and I will meet up in the theatre to perform, and when we're done we'll race back to our respective games/competitions.

I'm amazing, I know.