A/N okay heres the next chapter. Sorry it took a while. And also this chapter is kinda filter telling how Gabriella and Sharpay became close. I'm kinda disappointed that its filter but I loved the chapter and think its one of my best.
Best Friends
"Quiet!!" the petite blonde yelled and the students heads snapped to her direction and immediately ceased their conversations. "Thank you, now some of you may have heard rumors about our school hosting a concert before winter break. I would like to tell everyone that this is true. We will be having a concert December 14, our last day before winter break. The singer for this concert will be the one and only Troy Bolton." Immediately the girls, teachers and students alike(though the teachers more discreet) started squealing, screaming, jumping up and down and talking animatedly with their friends.
"Quiet. Okay I know you all are excited but Mr. Bolton will be visiting our school before the concert and I must ask you all to treat him with respect and not jump all over him. Thank you and you can go back to class now." Sharpay finished her speech and raced to her office-she knew an angry Gabriella would be coming in shortly.
Sharpay hadn't wanted to tell Gabriella before and just let it be a surprise but she knew it would be better to just tell her friend ahead of time and get the yelling over with and let her have time to get used to the fact that he was coming back.
Gabriella P.O.V.
Oh.My.Gosh. I cannot believe Sharpay did that. I can't believe she is having Troy Bolton come back when she knows how bad I feel about our break-up was and how I still love him- even if I deny it relentlessly on the the outside.
As I arrive back in my classroom with my students I give them free time and head to Sharpay's office after asking Taylor to keep an eye on my students.
When I reach Sharpay's office I walk in knowing she is expecting me. But surprisingly I'm not going to yell at her. I just simply and sadly ask her "why him Sharpay? Why do you have to bring him back here?" I can tell she is surprised I'm not yelling. I flop down on her couch and she comes over and embraces me saying softly and caringly "I'm sorry Brie. But first of all he's one of the hottest singers right now so he's sure to bring a lot of money. Secondly he actually cares about this school because he went here. And Brie, as much as it hurts now you know you miss him and want to see him-resolve what happened."
I nod, knowing she's right and I bury myself deeper into her embrace as I feel the tears come slowly to my eyes, but soon enough I'm sobbing into her arms while she just rubbing my back trying to calm me down. Once she realized that it wasn't doing anything she started singing her part of our song we wrote for each other.
You want to be known
You want to be heard
and know you are beautiful
you have so much to give
some change you wanna live
so shout it out and let it show
you have a diamond inside of your heart
a light that shines bright as the stars
don't be afraid to be all that you are
you'll be fine
I don't know how it happened but in high school we became best friends-even closer than Taylor and I she was like my sister. It happened one night when she came to my house in the middle of a stormy night wearing a pink shirt that was drenched to her skin and jeans to clung to her- her makeup was smeared and running down her face, her usually prim and proper hair was matted to her face. You would never believe that this was Sharpay Evans, East High's Ice Princess, all you could see was a broken girl looking fragile and lost. I couldn't help but wonder what had caused this but now wasn't the time for questions or feuds I immediately rushed her into my house and got her some clothes to change into, some towels and ushered her to the bathroom. Meanwhile I headed into the kitchen and started making some hot chocolate. About ten minutes later she walked out looking better in her appearance but once you looked into her chocolate brown eyes you saw her innocence, how fragile and broken she was and how she had a haunted look in her eyes caused by something tragic.
She came over and sat down by me on the couch, but she didn't say anything she just sat there staring straight ahead of her, not even touching her hot chocolate. I sat there waiting for her patiently to say something, make a movement anything! But she didn't for at least 30 minutes she just stared. But when she finally made a movement it was the last thing I expected! All she did was say in a very quiet, weak voice that you wouldn't recognize as hers, she said "I'm sorry" then the damn broke and she began bawling. I had no clue what was going on but I immediately wrapped my arms around her rubbing her back hoping it would do something but it didn't nothing worked so finally I just started singing off the top of my head. And it actually didn't sound too bad
It's easy to feel like
you're all alone
to feel like nobody knows
the great that you are
the good that's inside you
is trying so hard to break through
maybe it's your time to life off and fly
you won't know if you never try
I will be there with you all of the way
you'll be fine
Surprisingly that did the job she started crying less and less till she stopped. But she never lifted her head from my embrace she just sat there again. But her silence didn't last that long. After a few minutes of sitting there she lifted her head to me, looked me in the eye and once again said "I'm sorry" but she didn't stop there "I'm sorry for being such a bitch to you and trying to ruin everything." I was shocked but I didn't have it in me to not forgive her I could see in her eyes that she truly meant it so I responded "It's okay Sharpay. But what happened what's wrong with you?" I was afraid I had said something wrong because she once again went to just staring straight ahead of herself. After a few minutes I said "It's okay you don't have to tell me" she immediately responded to me "No I wanna tell you I just don't know how."
"Take your time" I responded
A little while later she started telling me about when she was younger she had been out at the park when suddenly a man grabbed her and had raped her. She had never told any one about it but after that she didn't trust any one ever again not even her own brother. She shut herself off from everyone and every feeling except for when she was on the stage it was the one time she couldn't hide anything and she let it all pour out of her and show in her eyes. And she said that earlier that night she had been out at her father's club and it had almost happened again but this time she had a girls best weapon-heels so she kicked him where it hurts and ran off. She came to me because she knew how nice I was and she had always wanted to be my friend but she didn't think she deserved a friend.
I immediately told her she did. That weekend we became inseparable and we didn't talk to anyone but each other she stayed the whole weekend at my house and we went out shopping and had a movie fest and we also wrote a whole song from what I had sung to her and their was a verse from each of us to the other for when we were sad or depressed.,.
When we showed up at school on Monday everyone was surprised. Ryan immediately rushed up saying how worried he was and asking why she was with me and we told him we were friends and he accepted it. But Troy and the gang didn't accept it as easily but that said they would try after I told them off and told them they either at least tried to be friends with her or I wouldn't be friends with them. All of them were shocked at this-myself included. But it worked and we all became friends.
I smiled thinking back on that memory and I felt a bit better knowing she would be with me and she was just doing what was best for me as always. I joined her in the chorus of the song.
don't let anyone
tell you that you're not strong enough
don't give up
there's nothing wrong with just being yourself
that's more than enough
so come on and raise your voice
speak your mind and make some noise
and sing
hey, hey
make some noise
hey, hey yeah
"Thanks Shar" I said "you always know how to make me smile"
"It's just one of my many endearing qualities" she responded smugly
I laughed at her and shot back "Really, what are the others? I can't think of many endearing but I can think of a lot of bad ones."
"That hurt Montez" she laughed
"You'll get over it Evans."
A/N Okay theres the next chapter sorry it's mostly filler but I really like it none the less. And sorry it took a while I've had it written I just didn't get it typed up. And it might be a while before I update(even tho its already usually a while) I was gunna try and get better at updating. But a kid drowned at the pool I work at today so we'll have to be dealing with that and I haven't been in a mood to write-who knows it might help me if I can get myself to try but we'll see.