The New Girls on Campus
March Madness
Rating: Teen
Hey Troy," Matt said as they were playing video games in their room.
"Yeah," he replied.
"Why is Gabi so afraid of Sharpay? Or why does she want to 'bring her down' as Jessica says," he asked. Matt was more mature than Greg and could actually be a great listener, so Troy wasn't surprised when he asked him what was really going on.
Troy paused the game leaned back on the couch and sighed, "She is afraid of her because she thinks that Sharpay is the only person that could ever come between us."
"And why is she the only person that can come between you?"
"She's not but for some odd reason Gabriella thinks she is."
"Is that why she is being so, I dunno, evil" Matt said and Troy glared at him. "Come on, she tripped her, spilled a drink on her, I heard she spilled paint on her in the theater; Claire would do that maybe, but not Gabriella."
"Yeah I know," Troy sighed.
"You pissed?"
"Yeah!" he exclaimed, "I know she doesn't like her but she is acting like a complete bitch! In high school she would roll her eyes and walk away, and yeah maybe a few times she broke into tears, but she never did anything back. I mean I guess it is okay that she is standing up for herself, but constantly humiliating her and embarrassing her?"
"Man you should say something to her."
"Yeah that would go over well," Troy scoffed.
"Do you like Sharpay?" Troy gave him a 'what the hell are you talking about look' "I mean as a friend."
"No I don't, but truthfully I didn't dislike her like I do now until I saw what she did to me and Gabi."
"But you would never like her again."
"She would have to pull a Mother Teresa act to get me to like her."
"Good, you know I have heard about your relationship with Gabi in high school but I have never heard what she was really like, besides the fact that she was a genius?"
"Dude, if the team knew this soft side you would be so screwed."
"Yeah, but they don't, and they won't. Was she the party girl she is now?"
"Hell no. She was so shy."
"Gabriella Montez? Shy?"
"Yep, hard to believe I know. Yeah, she would only come out of her shell to me and our friends. Then she would become the hyper, jumping around, acting like she was twelve. You know where her favorite place to hang out was?"
"The mall?"
"No the park, by the playground, it was great because we could act any age there. We would go from running around and joking on the swing set, to making out in a secret spot we had found," Troy lightly laughed.
"Gabriella on a swing set I can't even picture that. When did it all change?"
"Second semester senior year."
"Ahh, of course."
"At East High, everything was so focused on basketball and stuff that that is what we would do on Friday nights, and then Saturdays we would just chill or have like a dance party. But that all changed. Everybody discovered alcohol, for better or for worse," Matt just laughed at this, "and every weekend ended up to be a massive party. The funny thing was around me she was still a twelve year old. I don't know where that girl is anymore." Troy sighed.
"You miss her?"
"When she leans over a bar, shows her cleavage, and orders tequila, yeah I really do."
"I'm sorry man."
"It's all good, people change."
"Well at least it is March."
"Yep, let the madness begin." They both smiled, "and the suicides (as in running)." They both laughed and went back to our game
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"Is it just me or do we never see our boyfriends anymore," Gabriella said.
"It isn't you we really don't," Jessica said.
"Come on girls you know the NCAA tournament (a.k.a. March Madness, if you didn't catch it before) is in two weeks! It is crunch time!" Claire exclaimed.
"Yeah," the other two girls sighed.
"Gabs I can't believe you can't go!" Claire said.
"I know, but if they make it to the Final Four I can, plus Troy will have Ice Queen there to cheer him on," she said pulling a fake smile.
"Why is she going anyways," Claire asked in disgust.
"Her brother lives in LA," she responded.
"Troy is going to be playing 24/7, nothing will happen, I mean I don't even know why we are going we aren't even going to see the boys," Jessica said to make Gabriella feel better.
"Speaking of the Ice Queen, has she been putting any moves on your man lately," Claire asked.
"I have caught her flirting with him a few times, but I always get her back, so I think she has toned it down a little bit," she replied and all the girls laughed a little bit at Gabi's antics.
"Is Troy okay with the stuff you are doing to her," Jessica asked.
"He hasn't said anything so I am assuming so."
2 WEEKS LATER
"Good luck, baby," Gabriella said kissing Troy. They were all at the airport, the team was making its way to Los Angeles to play in the NCAA Tournament.
"Thanks, I am going to miss seeing you there," he replied.
"Well, I might not be there physically, but I will be there spiritually," she said smiling.
"That is so cheesy," he replied and they laughed.
"Call me when you land?"
"Of course," he kissed her again passionately.
"Make-out session is over lets go!" Greg screamed.
They both pulled away and blushed, "I really hate you Greg," Gabriella yelled.
"Aww Gabs that hurts," he replied and they both laughed.
"Have fun back home," Troy said to her.
"Trust me I will," she said sarcastically.
"I love you."
"Love you too Troy." He kissed her once more and then he was off.
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Gabriella sat in her living room to watch the game that would take Syracuse to the Final Four. She had told her mom not to disrupt her, she was always like this at his games, completely focused. It was more than just school spirit for her. She was flying back to Syracuse that night, as was the team. If they made it to the next round, it wasn't for another week, so the team planned to go back to school. If they won there would be a huge party that night, and of course they did. They were beating UCONN throughout the entire game and when the buzzer went of Gabriella screamed and the team flooded the court. She stared at the TV watching the team's celebration, waiting for them to interview Troy. She giggled happily when he came on screen.
"Here we have Troy Bolton, game MVP, and Captain of the Syracuse Orangemen, Troy what is going through your head right now?" the interviewer asked.
"Wow, I don't know this is one of the craziest moments of my life there are a thousand things going through my head at once like, I don't know what to think, I don't know if I am more excited that we won, or more excited to play UCLA next week," he responded.
"Why are you so excited to play against UCLA, they are a tough team."
"Yeah, actually I don't know if I am as excited to play the team as I am excited to play my best friend and former teammate, Chad Danforth," he responded and Gabriella laughed.
"What will that be like?"
"I don't know, I hope I don't get confused and pass the ball to him," he said and they both laugh as did Gabriella as she watched the interview, "but he is used to me beating him so I don't think he will have a problem when we do on Saturday." Gabriella laughed knowing it was true.
"Quite confident, are you?"
"Yeah, well I have a lot of faith in my team, and yeah there were a few mistakes we made tonight, but we have a week, but I will give him some credit and say he did beat me a few times. Plus it is March Madness, you never know what can happen."
"Well congrats Troy,"
"Thank you," he responded as Matt walked over and started to get asked questions. Gabriella didn't focus on Matt, she focused on Troy walking away and celebrating with the team and students. She smiled to see how happy he was. Then all of a sudden she saw a blonde girl run up to him and kiss him. Sharpay. She quickly turned off the television and sat there in shock. Tears came streaming down her face. She ran up to her room and screamed into her pillow.
"Sharpay! What the hell are you doing!" Troy exclaimed pushing her off of him.
"Finally, getting what I want after all of these years," she replied calmly.
"Well I have a girlfriend so sorry you are not getting what you wanted!" he stormed off.
"She just saw us kiss on national television, you bet your ass I am," she said smiling to herself.
Gabriella walked into the dorm and saw Jessica and Claire sitting there in deep conversation. People had been staring at Gabriella as she walked through the school, everybody had either seen or heard about the kiss.
Jessica and Claire just looked at her as she walked in.
"Did you see it?" Gabriella asked.
"No but we heard about it," Claire said in a sad tone. They both walked over to her and Jessica put a hand on her shoulder.
"If it makes you feel any better, Matt said he pushed her off of him and yelled at her before running to the locker room," Jessica said.
"Yeah, but I am so pissed right now I don't think anything can," she responded tearing up. Jessica pulled her into a hug.
"We are here for you Gabs, whatever you need," Claire said rubbing her back. "We will skip the party tonight if you want us too."
Gabriella pulled away from Jessica and looked at her two friends, "I think I need my partners in crime tonight," she said with a little smile on my face.
"That's my girl!" Claire exclaimed and they all lightly laughed.
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"Is Sharpay here," Greg asked Troy. He just shot him a look.
"Yeah I saw her by the bar, have you talked to Gabi," Matt asked Troy.
"No I called her, but she didn't pick up," Troy said sadly.
"Ohhh, you know this party really isn't fun, nothing has happened yet, everybody is just standing around," Greg said.
"Well Matt, your dream came true, because this party just got really interesting," Matt said. The two boys followed his gaze to see Gabriella, Claire, and Jessica entering the frat house where the party was being held. Gabriella had fire in her eyes.
"Oh shit," Troy said, on impulse the three boys ran over to the girls to stop them from walking in before they saw Sharpay. Half of the people stared at the three girls, and not in a good way. Troy ran up to Gabriella.
"Gabs, I am so sorr…" he started.
"You I am talking to later," she pointed at him speaking in an angry tone, "now where is she?"
"Not here," Matt said to quickly.
"I know Sharpay, and I know she wouldn't miss this party for the world, so I am going to find her," Gabriella said. Before any of them could stop her, Gabriella had brushed by the boys and ran off to find Sharpay. They all chased after her. However, they were to slow. Gabriella walked up to Sharpay and just stood there in front of her.
"Oh Gabriella how nice to see you," she said in fake tone. Gabriella just smacked her right across the face. Several "oooo's" and "damnnn's" came from the people at the party.
"Who the hell do you think you are!" Gabriella screamed.
"I am sorry Gabriella, I was just trying to give Troy a wake up call," she said calmly.
"A wake-up call? Why the hell does he need that?"
"He needs that so he can realize that you are not the one for him."
"What and you are? News-flash Sharpay, he doesn't love you! What makes you think after all these years after you flirting with him and trying to steal him away from me that he would actually like you now?" More comments came from the people in the house, but now it was more like an audience. Sharpay didn't know what to say so she just slapped Gabi across the face. At this point it was war. Gabriella pushed Sharpay into the bar behind them.
"Bitch," she mumbled.
Sharpay then lunged towards Gabriella grabbed her hair and started pulling it. Gabriella screamed and grabbed Sharpay's ponytail. Troy and Greg rushed towards the girls to pull them away from each other. But they were unsuccessful because within seconds the girls were screaming and wrestling on the floor. The now audience was cheering. Troy grabbed Gabriella by the waist and pulled her away and Greg did the same to Sharpay. Both girls arms and legs were flailing about still trying to hit each other but the boys were too strong.
"Stop!" Matt screamed. Everybody in the room stood there in silence. Both girls stood there just panting. Matt walked in between the two of them.
"Sharpay, I don't know you but from what I have heard, you have been trying to destroy Troy and Gabi's relationship for a long time," Matt said looking at her.
"That is because they are completely wrong for each other!" she exclaimed. Gabriella lunged towards her but Troy held her back.
"Gabi stop!" Matt exclaimed and she did. He turned back to Sharpay, "I disagree with you Sharpay, because I have never seen too people so in love in my entire life. And I think you see that too but you just won't admit it to yourself, and now I think it is time for you to. And what has gotten into you Gabriella," Matt said turning towards her.
"That bitch is what has gotten into me," she exclaimed. Everybody just looked at her like she was crazy. Sharpay tried to escape Greg's arms but it didn't work.
"I know she tried to destroy your relationship with Troy, but public humiliation is not the Gabriella I know or the one that Troy knows, is it Troy?"
"No." Gabriella turned to him with an 'are you kidding me look' and he ignored it.
"So you two need to get over yourselves, because this is pretty damn stupid. Sharpay, you knew that stunt you pulled tonight wasn't gonna get you Troy, and Gabi you knew embarrassing Sharpay wasn't going to make anything better." Matt said. Both girls stormed off in an opposite directions. Claire and Jessica chased after Gabriella. The crowd parted like the red sea to let them through. The silence turned into little murmurs among the crowd.
"Thanks man," Troy said walking over to Matt.
"Now go find her, you guys have some things to talk about, and before Jessica and Claire convince her to come back in here and kill Sharpay," Matt said.
"Yeah thanks man," Troy hurried off to find his girl.
Claire and Jessica found Gabriella sitting on the curb in front of the frat house that was a few houses down. The streets were empty because everybody was outside. She was sitting there with tears in her eyes.
"Oh my god, Gabriella are you okay?" Claire asked. Just as she was about to respond Troy came up behind Claire and Jessica.
"You know what girls, let me take care of this," he said.
"Bye guys," they said in unison quietly. Troy just nodded his head. The two girls walked away.
"Sooo," Troy said sitting down next to her, "that was quite a show you put on back there."
"Yeah," she mumbled.
"Why did you do it, the old Gabriella would have talked to me first and heard what happened," he said.
"I heard what happened, you pushed her off and yelled at her before running into the locker room," she said looking at him.
Troy nodded, "Yeah, I did. You knew it meant nothing Gabs, you knew I didn't want that kiss and you also knew that she was never going to get me, but you still yelled at her and hit her."
"What are you her lawyer?"
"No I am just trying to find out why you have been the way you have been the past few months."
"Acting like what," she asked but knew what he was talking about.
"So evil," he responded. She just put her head down cause she agreed.
"You know the other day I was thinking about what would have happened if you had pulled these things while we were at East High," Troy said and she looked at him, "and I realized that even if you wanted to, we would have stopped you. Because we all knew that you are better than that."
"Yeah, but we aren't at East High anymore," she replied.
"Yeah, but what I also realized is that not only did we know that you were better than that, you did too. You would have been the bigger person and walked away. And I know you have had a lot of anger building up against her over the past few years, but it wasn't right."
"Yeah, I know," she mumbled.
"And truthfully, as much as I dislike Sharpay, I was pretty pissed off at the fact that you did those things." She had tears in her eyes, upset that she had disappointed him, "and Matt was the one who brought it up."
"He noticed too?" she asked wiping a tear away.
"Yeah he did, and he asked me what you were like in high school," she had a kind of worried look on her face, "and I told him that you were amazing. You were this shy girl who would only open up to me and your friends, and when you did, you were so much fun. You would be hyper and jump around, and you weren't afraid to act like you were twelve. I told him about the times we would just mess around at the park," she smiled at this memory.
"Why are you telling me this?" she asked.
"I am telling you this, because I miss the girl I fell in love with at the ski lodge," he replied, holding her hand and interlocking her fingers with his. Gabriella bowed her head.
"I miss her too," she mumbled, but he couldn't hear. He lifted her chin up so she could look at him.
"Hmm?"
"I miss her too," she said. "I miss playing stupid games with Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Jason, and Zeke. I miss the parties after your games, the scholastic decathlon team, the summers by the pool all day, and most of all just being twelve with you." At this point tears were streaming down her face.
He lightly kissed her on the lips, "What are we going to do about the party girl who shows her cleavage to get tequila?" he said and she laughed.
"Well how about I will only wear low cut shirts for you and drinking is for special occasions, I don't really like it that much anyways." She replied.
"Claire and Jessica?"
"They are my friends, but I don't have to do whatever they do," she replied.
"I like it," he said. He leaned into kiss her but started tickling her.
"Troy! Troy!" she said laughing, "Stop! I can't breath!"
"Say Troy is the most amazing boyfriend in the whole world," he said.
"Troy is the worst boyfriend in the world," she said giggling. He just started to tickle her more.
"Are you guys five?" Matt said. They looked up to see Matt, Greg, Claire, and Jessica standing there.
"Yep," they said in unison.
"We are going to head back, you wanna come." Greg asked.
"Sure," Troy responded. Greg held out his hand and helped him up. Troy just started to walk away.
"Troy!" she whined.
"You called me the worst boyfriend in the whole world," he replied shrugging.
"Ok fine you are the most amazing boyfriend in the whole world," she said deadpan.
"I would have liked it with more enthusiasm but I will take it." He held out his hand and pulled her up. As soon as she stood up he picked her up and put her over his shoulder.
"Troy!" she yelled.
"Sorry hun, you should have said it with more enthusiasm," he replied.
"Troy put me down now!" she said flailing her arms and legs all over, he just laughed.
"Fine, be that way but you aren't getting any tonight," she said. With that he automatically put her down. Everybody just laughed.
Please R&R…This was a long chapter I did it like this just in case I didn't have time to write another one but I probably will. About the NCAA Tournament, there was a big celebration because they won their bracket or division. You might be thinking they came home right after the game and partied, but that is what UCLA did when they made it to the Final Four.