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High School Musical: Love and Drama

By: l0ViNG S0S

Disclaimer: I don't own HSM, just the characters that aren't in the HSM movie.

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A/N: Thank yas go to northbabii03, aragornsgirll, breanda, and lol925 for reviewing! And a BIG THANKS to Gabriella Montez-Bolton, now Tintin Thunderbirds Are Go who has reviewed every chapter so far! Thanx!

Chapter 6: The New Guy

On Sunday, Lexi went to shopping at the mall with Kelly and Amanda. She had told Kelly and Amanda what happened and suggested they all get together and get some cute new clothes and go look for some hot guys.

They went to the mall and went into American Eagle. They saw one guy from the baseball team working there. He was kind of cute, but really shallow. Some guys from the football team were hanging out in the food court, but they were all seniors. By the end of the day, Lexi hadn't talked to one cute guy, but she did get some cute new clothes and rewarded herself for forgetting about Kyle in just one day with a new Dooney and Bourke bag. Kelly's mom dropped her off at home. She walked in to find the living room light off and saw two shadows making out on the couch.

She quietly walked into the living room and turned on the light. Both Gabriella and Troy looked up at her embarrassed. Lexi laughed.

"Where's Chad? I thought you guys were hanging out today," Lexi said to her brother.

"He had to go home."

"Ok, well I'll see you guys later. Don't have too much fun. Mom and Dad are supposed to be back in like an hour." She turned the lights back off and went up stairs to her room. She dropped her bags onto her bed and went to her computer. She checked her email, one message from Kelly and five from Kyle. She read Kelly's and deleted Kyle's. A couple of IMs popped onto the screen, one was a chat room and one from Kyle. She started talking to Kelly and Amanda in the chat room, but just ignored Kyle. She was really proud of herself.

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The next day at school, Lexi hung out wit her friends to avoid Kyle. He had tried talking to her, but she stayed away from him. He waited for her at her locker before homeroom, but she dragged Troy over so that he would be too scared to talk to her. During homeroom, she was trying to hurry and finish her science homework when Ms. Darbus called on her.

"Alexis?"

"Yea," she said looking up from her book.

"Mr. Matsui would like to see you in his office."

"Um...okay." She got up, grabbed her stuff, and walked towards the office. Once she got there, she told the secretary that she was supposed to go and see Mr. Matsui. The secretary showed her to his office and opened the door, letting her in. Inside there was a boy sitting in one of the two chairs in front of the principal's desk.

"Oh. Hello Lexi." Mr. Matsui said as she walked into the office.

"Hi."

"This here is Jackson. He's new to the school. He has the same schedule as you so can you him around the school and to his classes?" Mr. Matsui asked her. She looked at the boy sitting in the chair. He was wearing a black hoodie and a pair of dark jeans. He had light brown, looked pretty tall, and he was kind of cute.

"Um...ok," she snapped out of her thoughts. He stood up and followed her out of the room. He was really quiet so she decided to start a conversation with him.

"So...where are you from?"

"California," Jackson replied flatly.

"So, how do you like New Mexico so far?"

"It's ok."

"Well here is our science class." She walked inside and explained why she was late to Mr. Twist. Until lunch time, Lexi didn't talk that much to Jackson. When they were in the hallways she saw people looking at him and then turning to their friends to tell them something. She felt bad for him, it was his first day at school and people were already talking about him.

At lunch, she invited him to sit with her at an empty table.

"So is the cafeteria always like this?" Jackson asked her. Lexi looked around to see everyone talking quietly to each other at their table.

"Not usually. Don't know why it's like this today, but whatever. So why did you move to New Mexico?"

"My dad got transferred here from San Diego." They started talking about where most people hung out in New Mexico.

"Mostly, people just hang out at the mall or this pizza parlor a couple blocks from the school. We should hang out there after school today."

"Sure."

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During PE he didn't dress out. He just hung out at the bleachers and watched everyone else.

"Hey Lexi," someone shouted. She looked around and saw Troy coming over with Sharpay, Zeke, and Chad following him.

"Hey!" she smiled as they approached her.

"We need to talk to you." Troy said in a concerned voice.

"O...kay. About what?" Lexi asked him slowly.

"Why are you hanging out with that Jackson, kid?" Sharpay asked her.

"Mr. Matsui asked me to show him around the school. That's it."

"Well, you should stay away from him," said Chad.

"What? Why?"

"He has a past, and not a very good one," said Zeke who had been quiet until now.

"What are you talking about?"

"You seriously haven't heard?" Sharpay said in a surprised tone. Lexi shook her head.

"Do you know why he moved?" Troy asked her.

"Um...he just said that his dad got transferred."

"More like he's a freakin' criminal," Sharpay told her in her know-it-all voice.

"What are you talking about?" Lexi was getting kind of annoyed at them. She knew Sharpay would believe gossip, but not Chad, Troy, or Zeke. "You guys actually believe what other people say?"

"Listen, Gabriella knew him when she lived in San Diego. She's the one who told me about him. He goes to bars, gets drunk, and he's even been arrested a couple times." Troy was now in his over-protective big brother mode. "Stay away from him!"

"Listen, thanks for caring about me, but people change."

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A/N: Sorry for taking so long, but I've been kind of busy with school and stuff. Here's another chapter. Sorry if anyone seemed OOC. I really want to write this story over along with my other ones. Tell me what you think. Don't forget to check my profile once in a while. I'll update you on my life in there. R&R!

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