"Oh, hey Troy, Jason, Chad, Zeke. We're just setting up for an activity. We thought it would be nice to have more school activities to keep the school spirit up, you know?"
"That's cool." Jason said.
"Yeah, so what is it?" Chad asked, looking at people connecting wires.
"Oh, well we're gonna try an 'Open Mic Wednesday' once a month, every first Wednesday of the month. Err, well except for this month of course." Principal Matsui chuckled. "But yeah, we decided to start off the activities with an Open-Mic day ever since Troy and Gabriella broke out singing in the musical. It was such a hit, there's so many students with different talents." Principal Matsui explained.
"So how does this work?" Zeke asked. "I mean, we all just run up and sing whatever we want?"
"Well no, not exactly, we're going to allow you guys to choose songs from our karaoke machine, but if students want, they can put in their own CD or MP3 player, as long as they know the words and is an appropriate song. It'll cost a dollar, and go towards other school funding events to make them better."
"Awesome!" Chad said.
"Hey, Principal Matsui?" Troy looked up.
"Yes Troy?"
"Mind if I go first? I'd like to sing while everyone is coming in for lunch." Troy said with confidence in his voice.
"Well, that sounds like a great idea Troy. So nice of you to offer. Are you gonna sing something from the machine, or use your own CD or MP3?"
"Uhm, I'll use my MP3 player. Do you mind if I run to my locker?" Troy asked, smiling at the plan that was forming inside his mind.
"Yeah, sure. We still have a little bit of setting up to do, I've already sent a messenger to the office to make an announcement that lunch will be starting 5 minutes later than usual. So go get going Troy, the rest of you could help if you like."
"Thanks." Troy said sprinting out to his locker, which wasn't too far.
"Yeah, no problem, we'll help." Chad said. Just in a few minutes Troy came running back in and ran to Zeke to pull him aside.
"Zeke, I need you to get Gabby out of class about 2 minutes early for lunch. Just go take her out right now, but make sure she's walking in right when the bell rings. Just walk in first so I know when to start."
"Yeah man, no problem. Just let me put this on the table for Sharpay." Zeke said. "Oh yeah, we moved our table closer to the stage." Zeke informed Troy, pointing to their table which had indeed moved. Everyone could tell it was their table because it was the only table that had white seats. The old red seats were replaced because they were cracking after all the dancing on them from the day Gabriella spilt her lunch on Sharpay.
"Alright." Troy said, and Zeke put his gift forSharpay in front of her usual seat, like Jason and Chadhad done, thenran off to get Gabriella out of class.
Troy plugged in his MP3 player into the machine and set it to the song he was going to sing, then put it on hold until it was time. He still had about another 5 more minutes.
"Hey, what are you doing man?" Chad asked as he finished hooking up the cordless mics and set them into the stands.
"I'm gonna sing a song."
"Yeah, I know that, but why are you going first?"
"I'm gonna sing a song because I like to sing , duh." Troy said laughing.
"Ohh, right. Sorry man, I almost forgot for a second." Chad said walking off the small stage set up.
"Whatever man." Troy laughed again. One more minute.
"Alright, everything is set!" Someone called.
"Are you ready?" Principal Matsui came up to Troy and patted him on the back.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Troy said, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. When he opened his eyes he looked at the clock, then at the door. Just in time. He spotted Zeke coming in and saw him giving a thumbs up. Troy just smiled and hit play on his MP3 and gave him a thumbs up back.
Gabriella's POV
"Mrs. Montez, Principal Matsui would like a word with you." Her teacher called her. "Please take you're things."
Gabriella looked up worried, and nodded as the class started making noises. Once she realized who had told her teacher that the Principal wanted to see her, she became less tense, and walked out of the classroom.
"Zeke, why are you pulling me out of class? Does Principal Matsui really want to see me?"
"No," Zeke chuckled. "Chill Gabby, everything's cool. Just come with me." He said leading her towards the cafeteria. Once they reached the doors, he stopped abruptly.
"Okay, stop. Wait right here until I say you can come in." Zeke said holding his hands up, signaling for her to do as he said. I wonder what's going on. Gabriella thought to herself.
"Alright." She laughed, although she was a little confused. "You're really weird sometimes." She laughed again.
She watched Zeke walk into the cafeteria, and signal a thumbs up to someone. Then he turned back to her, and motioned her to come in just as the bell rang meaning lunch had just begun.
Troy saw Zeke motion for Gabriella to enter as the bell rang, just like he asked him to do. The music started to flow throughout the cafeteria. Luckily, Troy had the instrumental version of the song, so the only voice that would be singing would be his, other than the back up singers' voices. There was a short interlude at the beginning, so Troy just watched Gabriella enter who was in awe.
Chad should learn how to have thegood kind oftiming like Zeke Troy thought to himself quickly, and smiled.
Gabriella had stood at the entrance for a few seconds so Zeke pushed her towards the stage by the table, so she was closer to Troy and the stage, but not too close. Then Troy started to sing.
(A/N: This song is called Everytime by Reynard Silva... If you guys wanna hear it go to w w w . m y s p a c e . c o m / r e y n a r d s i l v a Without the spaces though, It was the only way i could get the link up.LOL so you can get an idea of what it sounds like.. But yeah, its a good song! My friend got me listening to him, he's not exactly famous but he's still good Sorry about any typos, the lyrics aren't really up anywhere, so i had to listen to the song and do em myself. once again..READ THE LYRICS! It'll help.)
"It could've been someone else
But no its you girl,
That is constantly inside my head.
Maybe I'm delirious
Thinking so far out
Because a girl like you never comes my way.
Whenever you walk pass by
I feel gitty inside and my heart skips a beat or two.
Wondering why you're in my dreams
Something I cant figure out
But all I know is that its you"
Troy sang his heart out to Gabriella. By now, a lot of the school was already in the cafeteria, but he hadn't noticed, his eyes were only focused on hers, and hers on his. The rest of the girls from the gang were there too, and kept saying "awww" as they saw the connection between the two, and that the song was perfect for how they both felt.
"(chorus)
Everytime I see you I
I dont know what to say
Maybe because I think about you everyday
Your smile, your happiness, is the key to my heart
Please dont look the other way
What else can I say?
I'm telling you the truth
You gotta let me know, if i'm wasting my time
Can you help me girl 'cause I
I dont know what to do
All i can do is hope
You feel the same way too
Now that I have told you how I feel,
Tell me if its wrong or if its real
I want to know your every feeling
Dont leave me out in the dark alone
If you dont feel the same way as I do
Then I wont push it out on you
And ill find how to heal my heart
But for now this is how I feel
Chorus
What more do I have to loose
If i don't even have you?
Why keep my feelings inside?
Might as well tell you now
Because girl I cant hide
When you know if i'm not the one you're searching for
Cause I really need to know
Dont want these feelings to grow
Because I've fallen for you
chorus 2x"
Troy finished singing the last note, and the cafeteria boomed with applauses and he winked at Gabriella. Then he started to speak again.
"Alright everyone settle down, settle down. Principal Matsui, and the rest of the staff decided that it would be cool to have a 'Open-Mic Wednesday' once a month to raise money for more school events. They said we're gonna be doing more lunch activities to keep up our Wildcat spirit. So, anyone who wants to sing, it's a dollar, and you can choose a song from the machine, or use your MP3 player like I did, or a CD. Okay, let's get this show going!" Everyone cheered, and a line immediately formed, and Troy jumped off stage, and walked over to Gabriella, who had tears in her eyes.
"Hey, why are you crying?" he asked smiling, wiping her tears away.
"Nothing, it's just that was so sweet." She smiled back.
"Yeah, well, since you weren't here yesterday for Valentine's Day, I thought I'd make it up to you." He grinned.
"Thank you, Troy."
"Be my uhh..'late' valentine?" He asked. Gabriella just laughed as she nodded, and hugged Troy.
"You're so sweet! Of course I'll be you're 'late valentine'!"
"Oh, wait. What? Did Ijust say that?" Troy said.
"Uh, yeah? Did you not mean it?" Gabriella broke the embrace, and her smile turned to a frown in a matter of seconds.
"No." Troy breathed.
Mmmkay, I'll end the chapter here! LOL! Sorry. Anyways, what do you guys thinkof the song? I like it, it's a good song.. you guys should listen to it if you never have before... I think i'll use another one of Reynard Silva's songs in here again.. by the way, i decided not to put too many songs in this story.. lol, but you never know.
Hmm, i'm thinking about putting this song in my other story too.. I've already got the first chapter done, i'm just waiting till i get stuck on this one, then i'll put it out. Unless I get a buttload of reviews asking to put it out. LOL. Aiight guys and gals, I'd appreciate it if you go Review please!