Disclaimer: I do not own any of the High School Musical characters.

A/N: Hey everyone. This is my first ever fanfic, so if you don't like it, don't be mean, because I just started. I really hope you do like it though. Enjoy reading it!

An Unwelcome Disruption

Gabriella and I walked down the hallway, hand-in-hand, with huge smiles on our faces. It was just all too good to be true – our team had just won the championship, Gabriella had won the Decathlon, and the two of us had become the stars of a real musical play – all in a matter of one day; yesterday. It was amazing, but probably the best part of all, was being with Gabriella, and having a girlfriend as great as her. She had it all – the looks, the personality, the talent. She was all I could've hoped for; and she was mine.

We entered the drama room together. It was our first meeting after the final auditions. There were so many other people in the room; Ms. Darbus; the artistic director, Kelsi Nielsen; the musical director, Gavin Richardson; the choreographer, and the rest of the cast and crew. We took our seats in the two desks beside each other, excited and restless. We saw Sharpay and Ryan, a few seats in front of us. They looked as eager as us to get this started, even though we had beaten them out for the leads.

"Can you believe this is actually happening?" said Gabriella, while happily grinning. I shook my head, grinning as well.

Both of us had never done something like this before. It had always been basketball for me, and…"smart stuff" for her. This was fresh, and different, and it was mostly because of each other. None of us would really have thought to get involved in a musical before we had met at that New Years Eve party a while back, and sang together in front of many people for the first time. Now look at us. This was great; this was the start of something new.

After a few minutes of unbearable waiting, Ms. Darbus finally set her coffee mug down, and arose from her comfy seat.

"Welcome all! If you are present in this room today, you have been chosen to take part in a wonderful experience that you will take with you for the rest of your lives." I caught a glimpse of Sharpay wearing her sense-of-accomplishment smile that she usually had on. "Consider yourselves more than lucky that you are able to become involved in such a marvelous work of art. In fact, consider yourselves admirable, brilliant, superb…"

Suddenly, a catchy toon went off, breaking Ms. Darbus' deep descriptions.

Uh-Oh.

"Ahh…the cell-phone menace!" She said, in a calm, but angrily sort of way.

Everybody knew better than to check if it was their phone that had went off. Of course, I knew it was my phone, and Gabriella knew too, but I wouldn't want anyone else to know that, especially Ms. Darbus.

"Whose cell phone was that?" She said, trying to maintain a fake smile.

No answer…of course. As the soft song continued, the situation got more tense.

"Whose cell phone was that!" Now that smile had disappeared, instead there was pure anger on her face.

I stood there, looking dumbfounded.

The ringing finally stopped, and I was filled with a sense of relief. Ms. Darbus looked irritated, and I could see why. Cell phones in class were very disruptive, although when it is your phone ringing, you usually tend to think otherwise.

"You got away with it this time, but if I EVER hear another cell-phone interrupting us again, I'll figure out who it belongs to, and that person can consider themselves out of this production."

I felt quite guilty for putting everyone in jeopardy, but I didn't want anything to hurt my changes of being in this musical with Gabriella. I looked at her, and she gave me a look that said "that was a close one".

I wondered who would've called me. Basketball season was over, so it probably wasn't my dad. Chad and the rest of my friends knew I had this meeting today. Mom was away in Mexico, having the time of her life. Oh well. I shrugged off the thought and paid attention to what Darbus had to say.

"As I was saying before being so rudely disturbed, you have been put in this musical for a reason, and that reason is because I think you have the right attitude and knack. You are what the theatre is looking for, and there are two thousand students out there who are looking for a good show at the end of March, so I say we get started!" Sharpay stood up and started clapping for Ms. Darbus, trying to win her over with flattery. It looked like it was working, as she smiled in spite of herself.

The next hour was spent going over what everyone was responsible for doing in the production. My spirits rose when Ms. Darbus said "Our two leads, Minnie and Arnold, will be played by Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton." Gabriella smiled her usual girly smile that won me over every time. I mean how could you not love her smile? It was so alive, so real, and so beautiful, just like the rest of her. This was going to be great. I was starring in a school production with the most amazing person in the world.