Chapter 4:Human Science, It's a confusing thing.
Taylor,Gabbi,Ryan, and Sharpay stood behind the stage at the Los Angeles Science Center. Taylor and Gabbriella paced around as they rehearsed their speech, While Ryan and Sharpay stood infront of the mirror in Gabriella and Taylor's dressing room. Ryan stood behind his sister as he fluffed up her hair. Sharpay put the finishing touches of her lipstick on. She took a deep breath and smiled at herself in the mirror."Alright, so I didn't tell Troy you were going to be here,Shar."Ryan said while he twirled her around and scanned her hair and face for blemishes."So, if his mouth drops when you see him...it's because you look FAB-YOOH-LAS!" Sharpay giggled as she star kissed her brother. The three girls followed eachother out of the door, and next to stage right. They peeked out into the crowd. There was the press everywhere."OMG! The Press is here!" Gabriella whispered. "That's why they call it a Press Conference, go figure?" Taylor teased.
Sharpay looked onto the stage as she saw Troy, Chad, Zeke and Jason all sitting at a table with eight seats. She squealed as she saw Troy. 'Wow, Troy looks so good.' she thought to herself. He wore UCLA t-shirt and black slacks, as did the rest of the guys."Now, please Welcome, the honor students and freshmans of L.A.'s Science and Biology Academy, Ms. Gabriella Montez and Ms. Taylor McKessie.
Gabbi and Taylor walked on stage as they smiled to the press. They took their place at the pressmember's podiem."We are so happy and excited to be here at the Jarry Luke Fundraiser for Science." Taylor announced."We cannot wait to be part of the science comunnity here in L.A."Taylor finished."We would also like to introduce our Guest of Choice. She is a freshman at California's Institue of Fashion Design and Retail, please welcome Ms. Sharpay Evans!" Gabriella said with a very mature voice.Gabriella,Taylor, the press, and everyone but Troy was clapping, while Troy's jaw dropped he looked over at stage right. Sharpay entered as she waved to the press. She wore a petite black dress as her hair was curled and gently bounced as she walked.
A spokesperson walked up to the podiem as she motioned the girls to their seats next to the guys. Three seats sat by the 4 boys. One next to Troy, and the other two closest to the podiem. Microphones sat infront of each one, acompinied by a glass of water and papers on the Fundraiser. Gabriella and Taylor pushed Sharpay towards the seat next to Troy. She snapped back at them with an evil look, and took her place next to Troy."Hey Troy." She whispered.Troy answered back with a "Hey Shar."
The spokesperson talked for awhile, asking Taylor and Gabriella about the school and about the Fundraiser. Then it finally came time to answer some life questions."So, I understand you all went to school together? Somewhere in Albuquercue?" The spokeswoman asked. Everyone nodded their head with a little "Yeah." "So how did that go?" the lady asked. Gabriella nudged Sharpay to answer. "Well, we were all in the same clique so we know eachother very well, and we were all great friends." Sharpay reasured."Oh how fun? So what were you each like?" The woman asked. Jason started before anyone had time to even take a breath. "Well, I'll go down the row. Taylor was the smart one. She was the captain of the Scholastic Decatholon Team, and Gabriella was the the Star Pupil on the Scholastic team. And the best part about Sharpay, she was the Mean Girl, the Ice Queen." Everyone laughed."Troy was the basketball star, and the rest of us were his posse and we were also on the basketball team." Jason nodded.
"How did that clique form? You all seem so different?"she asked.
"Well, I have no clue. But I think it was just we noticed that we all had to work together somehow to get through high school, so we wound up becoming great friends. I mean, We were all in this together. And a few of us dated, so you know, that held us together." Zeke answered.
"Oh, a few lovebirds. So who dated?"
"Um, well Taylor and I dated and we still are. So that's going well. Jason and Gabriella dated for awhile, and Sharpay and Troy." Chad added.
"The Basketball Star and The Ice Queen. I feel like I'm in one of those movies! So are you guys still dating? she questioned.
"No." Sharpay and Troy stated as they looked into eachothers eyes. Sharpay got lost in Troy's beautiful blue eyes.
"Alright. Let's talk Basketball."
Sharpay sat in the dressing room as she gloated about how Troy looked. "We get it, alright? Now if your going to put more makeup on for pictures, you might want to do it know. We have to go downstairs in two minutes." Taylor announced. Sharpay quickly scrambled around her mekup bag as she fixed her makeup. Her brother once again fluffed up her hair. They headed down stairs to the bottom floor. They arrived in a room that had a long backdrop with the Fundraiser logo, UCLA logo,a nd the USA Today logo.
Sharpay had done this before when she was in modeling. It was a class thing, so she and Ryan new what to do. Sharpay and Ryan strutted down the backdrop while the press took pictures. Gabriella and Taylor followed. The took induvidual and group pictures. The 4 guys arrived at the photoshoot about 10 minutes late. They rushed onto the backdrop. Sharpay was minding her own business until, of course, Jason and Zeke rushed over to get pictures with Sharpay. Sharpay did a few pictures with Taylor and Gabriella, until she turned around to find Troy. "Hey, um do you wanna?" He said as he pointed at the camera's with his hand on his neck."Sure." Sharpay nodded. She wrapped one arm around Troy's waist, as Troy placed one hand on Sharpay's hip. The other six watched as the laughed and smiled. Maybe they were back on, or maybe not.
After the photos, everyone met up back up at Gabriella and Taylor's dressing Room. They chatted for a while, until they decided to go out somewhere. They loaded into Chad's Navigator and drove around town. "So where are we headed?" Chad asked. "Let's go to our place, Hun. It's beautiful!" Taylor assured Chad. Chad and Jason sat in the front of the truck,while, Taylor, Gabriella and Zeke sat in the middle, while Troy,Ryan and Sharpay were scrunched in the back. "Oh My Gosh, it is so gorgeous! You guys will love it." Sharpay agreed. Troy did the "Pretend to yawn and stretch" trick on Sharpay who sat in the middle. He carefully placed hishand behind Sharpay's back. Sharpay knew what was going on, so she let it slip, and laid back comfortably on Troy's arm.
They arrived at the girls apartment and rushed inside. They gave everyone the grand tour of their apartment.They then settled down, and seperated into groups, unintentionally. There was Chad and Jason who played video games, While Gabbi, Zeke, and Taylor moved furniture into Taylor's room, While Sharpay attempted to cook. Troy just kind of sat and watched Sharpay from a distance.
Sharpay poured some rice-a-roni into a pot. She store and down. She was getting just a little angry. "ZEKE! WHY IS THIS RICE NOT WORKING?" She screamed. She burnt water, no way was she going to be able to make rice-a-roni."You have to let the water boil, Shar." Zeke laughed."And also put water in with it." Sharpay sighed and added some water in the pot. She waited a few seconds. "This is so no worth it." Sharpay shrugged. Troy walked up and walked behind Sharpay. He put one hand on the stove handle, and one on the handle of the pot, looking Sharpay inside."Well, let's see if its ready." He reached inside of the pot and grabbed a handful.He backed up and flung it at Sharpay. Her mouth opened as she laugh with greef. She grabbed two handfuls of rice and nailed it at Troy. They flung rice back and forth, until they were out of energy. Sharpay leaned her head on Troy's chest as she laughed. Troy wrapped his arms around her and picked her up. He walked over to the couch by were Chad and Jason sat on the ground playing video games. He flung her on the couch. Sharpay laid there laughing, looking up into his blue eyes.
They ventured out to a club. They went to middle of the dance floor, and started to dance.Sharpay pulled Troy over and started to dance.She started to rub up against Troy, and that didn't stop Troy. He just moved closer to Sharpay. Did he love Sharpay? Or did Science just take a turn for the worse? Science, It's a confusing thing.