Disclaimer: I don't own high school musical I'm just a little ol' fan who thinks troy would look so much cuter with Sharpay.
In the Spotlight:
What if instead of just having the couples sing as they auditioned Mrs. Darbus had Troy/Sharpay and Ryan/Gabriella audition. Would Troy be able to keep his relationship with Gabby going with long late nights with Sharpay?
Chapter 1
Sharpay sat on the stage thinking to herself. If she wasn't the star of the musicals then she was nothing. After losing out the part for the winter musical, she was determined to get her thrown back. She was a performer. That is all she was. No one saw her as a human being with feelings. They all called her ice queen or bitch behind her back. Even Ryan would talk about her sometimes. He had been spending more and more time with everyone else.
She walked over to the small piano that was still to the side of the stage and sang the only song that made sense to her, the only thing that made her feel like someone out there might be able to relate to her. Someone out there might really care.
Look at
me
You may think you see
who I really am
But you'll never
know me
Every day, is as if I play apart
Now I see
If I wear
a mask
I can fool the world
But I can not fool
my heart
Who
is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my
reflection show
Who I am inside?
I am now
In a world
where I have to
hide my heart
And what I believe in
But
somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be
loved for who I am
Who is that girl I see
Staring
straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
someone I don't
know?
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When
will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
There's a heart
that must
be free to fly
That burns with a need
to know the
reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think
How
we feel
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?
I
won't pretend that I'm
Someone else
For all time
When will
my reflections show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflections
show
"Sharpay! You are here early?" Mrs. Darbus said as she walked into the theatre hall. The spring musical was about being alone and finding love in the darkness. It was like Mrs. Darbus was thinking about Sharpay when she wrote it over Christmas break.
"Yeah, I didn't have anyone slowing me down today." Sharpay said trying to sound tough again. She couldn't let anyone see her weakness. Mrs. Darbus didn't have to know why she was there. She was alone. She didn't have a single shoulder to lean on.
Even Zeak left her. After she thought she might have a future with someone, he said they just weren't connecting. A week later she saw him with some red-headed cheerleader, so much for a good batch of cookies.
"Will you be auditioning with Ryan today?" Mrs. Darbus asked. She was getting out the song lyric and sheet music for auditions. She was so excited to be back in the theatre. It was like she could live there and be happy. It was the one thing she had in common with Sharpay.
"I will be auditioning solo. It seems as if Ryan…" She cut her own words off as the terrible three came in, Ryan, Troy, and Gabriella. She didn't want to say anything that would make her lose character. Everyone had this picture of her already painted, why should she be the one to prove them wrong? "I sing better when I sing alone!"
Mrs. Darbus walked up on the stage to announce that there will only be solo auditions, because there won't be as many coupled songs this time around. She also notes that the auditonees can sing whatever song they would like to.
Ryan steps up to the stage to audition. He smirks at Sharpay proving that he doesn't need her to get a good part. He wants to be known for more then just being Sharpay's brother. He looks at Mrs. Darbus and sings "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on you."
After Mrs. Darbus motions for him to get off the stage, Gabriella kisses troy and prances to the stage happily. Her life is going exactly how she wanted it to right now. There is nothing that she can't do. She happily sings "Hero".
Troy finishes off the group of three. He is kind of nervous at having to sing alone. He doesn't want to do the musical if he can't do it with her. He sings this I promise you and sits back down.
Everyone is looking at Sharpay to sing. She can feel the power of their stares. They all want her to fail. She just wants to cry. She starts to play the piano and sing along to "Angels".
"Great auditions everyone! I will post the song and time for call-backs. It is the main song of the musical so try and sing with a little heart. Thank you I will see you all next week!" Mrs. Darbus said as she applauded all the efforts. She knew exactly who she wanted. She just had to see if they sounded good together.