Chapter 2: Packing's such a sweet, sweet chore.
A few hours later, Chad and Troy are shooting hoops in Troy's back yard.
Chad: So you looking forward to tomorrow?
Troy: Yeah, I've been so busy with the basketball and the musical recently, I've had no time to myself
Chad: Yeah, working alongside Darbas all the time must have been bad!
Troy: Soooo bad! (laughs) Remember, we gotta be at the airport by 6, okay?
Chad: Great, first day of the summer holidays, I'm up at 5.
Troy: yeah well, it'll be worth it.
Chad: yeah. you packed yet?
Troy: nope. have you?
Chad: nope.
Troy's mom appears through the upstairs window
Mrs Bolton: Troy! Do you want the blue stripy pyjamas or the green stripy pyjamas?
Troy: Uh... the blue ones.
Chad starts to laugh
Chad: stripy pyjamas?
Troy: My mom's doing the packing for me.
Chad: Ah right
Zeke comes out into the yard
Troy: Hey
Zeke: hey, your dad.. just... let me in
Troy: Cool (notices how glum Zeke is)what's wrong?
Zeke: oh, its...eh...its nothing, um... Sharpay... eh just.. um... dumped me
Chad: No way, man
Troy: Dude, I'm so sorry
Zeke: No, its fine. I just… after school i went up behind her and put my arms round her waist, you know, like I always do. But this time she screamed and started slapping me.
(Stunned silence)
Zeke: then she said she just couldn't stand being around me any longer. Then i offered her one of my freshly baked cookies, she screamed and started slapping me again.
Chad: Dude...
Zeke: Then she walked off. I just don't know what went wrong...
Troy: Dude, don't worry about it. Forget about her! You're gonna have fun this summer with us
Zeke: yeah, but...
Troy: hey...
(First song: You're better than that)
Troy: There's no use crying,
Over things she's trying,
She's two-faced drama queen
Chad: You're a stand-up guy
We just cant deny
You don't deserve for her to be so mean
Troy: Don't worry about it
Chad: Think about it
Troy: You're not the first
Chad: You won't be the last
(Chorus)
Troy and Chad:
You can do better than her
You can do better than that
You didn't need her
You still don't need her
Why would you need her
You're so
better than that
better than that
Troy: You're better than that
Zeke: You guys just don't know her
The way I know her
She really isn't that bad
Troy: Then why did she do this
She obviously meant this
Chad: To get you're heart broken like that
Chad: Take our word for it
Troy: You didn't need it
Troy and Chad: Believe us now or you'll always be down and
(Chorus)
(end of song)
Zeke: Maybe you're right. maybe she was like that all along.
Chad: As Troy said, she's a drama queen. She sucked you in.
Troy: You're too good a guy to be taken advantage of. Now come on and shoot some hoops.
Zeke decides to get over and starts to enjoy himself
An hour later, Gabriella's at home on the phone to Taylor
Gabriella: Yes, Taylor, we're meeting at six...yes I remembered to pack lots of sun cream...yes I know how much damage the sun does to our skin (doorbell rings) anyway someone's at the door, I'll see ya later
Gabriella hangs up the phone and opens the front door. Its Troy
Troy: hey
Gabriella: hey
Troy: I brought you your birthday present
Gabriella: (smiles) but my birthday's not till tomorrow?
Troy: Yeah, but we're gonna be so busy tomorrow that we're not really going to get any time to ourselves
Gabriella:(still smiling)Come on in then
Gabriella leads Troy into the living room where they both sit down on the couch
Troy: Right (takes out a small wrapped present from his jacket pocket) here
Gabriella takes it and unwraps the present. Its a small jewellery box
Troy: open it
Gabriella opens it and inside is a gold locket in the shape of a heart with the words "Troy and Gabriella" engraved on the front
Gabriella: wow
Troy: open it
Gabriella gently opens the locket. On one side of the locket is a picture of Troy and Gabriella together. On the other side, are the words "Breaking Free". Gabriella is completely overwhelmed.
Troy: Do you like it?
Gabriella: Oh my god. Its just perfect! I love it! Thank you soooo much. I couldn't have asked for anything better!
Troy and Gabriella both smile at each other then Troy gives her a gentle kiss on the forehead.
To be continued...