thanks for the reviews! (: i'm a little upset, since my brother deleted the original version! ugh. so, here it is.

fun fact: Elephants are the only mammal that cannot jump.

lol! (:

Troy Bolton pulled out some books from his locker and threw it into his backpack. He slung his backpack over his shoulder and closed his locker and spun the dial, just for safety. He pulled out his English paper and poster from his backpack and headed down the halls. He greeted his friends with quick smiles, some nods, and high-fives, and a couple of winks just for the cheerleaders. Troy headed down the hall and spotted Gabriella.

"Don't forget." Gabriella warned him, raising her head.

"Don't worry." Troy assured her with a smile.

"Don't bail," Gabriella said, lowering her head.

"Don't freak." Troy said, with a soft smile.

"Don't be late." Gabriella sighed.

"Don't flip, Montez." he said, with a nod before Gabriella continued down the hall, without turning back at Troy. Troy gave her a small wave and continued to strut down the hallway.

"Troy," Coach Bolton said, to his son as he placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Da--Coach?"

Coach Bolton nodded before he continued. "I know the knee's a little shaky, but the brace is sure to help. I want you to round up the team and bring them back to the gym for basketball practice." he said.

"I can't. I have a project in homeroom." Troy said, turning to his Dad.

"Well, I guess you're gonna have to miss it. The playoffs are in a week. The championship, in two. If we want to knock West High out, then we gotta have all the time in the world to do it." Coach said, nodding his head.

Troy slightly shook his head. "I promised, this girl's counting on me. It's a split grade."

Coach chuckled. "What are you talking about? You're gonna skip practice for a girl? C'mon, you're the team leader, we're all counting on you. You gotta lead this team on Red, White, and Gold."

Great, another inspirational, convincing speech. Troy sighed, it was hard not to give in. Troy ran his fingers through his hair. "Um, Dad, basketball is important to me...but so is this grade."

"I can pull a few strings," Coach said, with a nod.

"What about the girl?" Troy said.

"Again, basketball or the girl..." Coach said, and Troy didn't answer. "Alright, that's what I thought. Now, gather up the team and bring them to the gym, just 45 minute practice is all we need this morning." he said, before leaving his son.

Gabriella stepped inside Ms. Darbus' brightly colored classroom, she scanned the classroom, and Troy wasn't there. She took her usual seat next to Taylor and flashed her small smile. Gabriella pulled out her papers and placed it on the desk. Taylor glanced over at her paper.

"It's incomplete, Gabs, did you forget?" Taylor asked, a little surprised. The full report was pulled out from her backpack and sat neatly on Taylor's desk.

"No," Gabriella said, shaking her head. "I let Troy do the other half, just to prove something to me...and maybe himself." Gabriella said, with a little sigh.

Ms. Darbus entered the classroom, waving her hands around excitedly. "Good morning, students. I believe today is the day where you projects are due." she sung, happily.

"And now, I'm regretting it." Gabriella muttered, sourly.

Ms. Darbus lowered her glasses to read the name on the list before her. She pushed the glasses further up her nose. "Taylor McKessie and Chad Danforth..." she said, looking around the classroom. "I see Mr. Danforth isn't here, just like most of his sport passe." she muttered as Taylor walked up to Ms. Darbus' podium and began to start her presentation without Chad. Of course Taylor knew Chad with bail.

"It's okay, Ms. Darbus, I have all the information needed to complete this project." She said, with a smile before she began on the culture of intriguing, Japan.

As Taylor continued upon the history of Japan, Gabriella nervously played with her pen and she bit her lip. She glanced at the clock, it was 8:13, and Troy still wasn't here. Please be late, please be late. She fidgeted in her seat nervously and looked up at Taylor, who ran through her report happily.

"Thank you, Ms. McKessie," Ms. Darbus said, over a round of quiet applause. She looked on her list, the looked up at the class again, then looked back at the list. "Ms. Montez and Mr. Bolton," she said.

"T-Troy's not here...Ms. Darbus," Gabriella said, avoiding Ms. Darbus' glare.

"Doesn't matter," she ordered.

Gabriella nodded, reluctantly. She stood up on the podium and looked toward the students. All the basketball players were missing, they were all absent. Gabriella bit her lip and let out a sigh. "Um, Australia..." she read what was off the typed report, she had finished last week. She attempted to make eye contact with her audience, but she continued to glance at the door, waiting for Troy to arrive.

Gabriella let out an awkward sigh and continued, she constantly watched the clock and the door and was hesitant to reading the next paragraph but she nervously continued. Gabriella bit her lip, since it was the end of her paper. "And...that's it." she said, walking back to her seat.

"Hmm." was all Ms. Darbus had said. "I see your missing entertainment, famous people, famous landmarks, and culture." Ms. Darbus said, as she marked her sheet.

"I'm sorry, that was the areas Troy was supposed to cover." Gabriella said, shyly as she sunk back into her seat. She sadly sunk in her seat and she bit her lip in embarassment.

As soon as class was over, Gabriella rushed to the door, but Troy stopped her. Gabriella shot him a cold glare and pushed him aside, she breathed heavily. Troy ran after and he genltely took her arm.

"Gabriella," Troy began. "I'm s---"

"Troy," she said, coldly. "You bailed on me. I-I trusted you. Doesn't that mean anything? T-This grade my not mean anything to you, but means alot to me." she said, quickly pulling her hand away from him. She ran down the hall, to the music room. This time, Troy felt it was pointless to follow her.

"Hey," Gabriella said, quietly as she took the seat next to Dylan in the peaceful library. "Sorry, I'm a little late." she said, reaching into her bag and pulling out her Physics book.

"No, it's okay." Dylan said, flashing a warm smile. "I got my quiz back today,"

"Really?" Gabriella said, with a smile.

Dylan gave her the paper, with red ink a 'B' was written on the top of the page with a smiley face. And under it was, "Amazing improvement!". Gabriella smiled. "Great job, Dylan. I told you, you could do it." She said, with a happy smile.

Dylan thanked her with a quick hug. "Thanks, I couldn't have done it without you."

"Aw," Gabriella blushed as she smiled.

"How about I treat you to...some ice cream? As a thank you," Dylan offered with a smile. "It's the least I could do."

Gabriella smiled happily. "Thank you, Dylan, but we should be studying, this time for your test. We can't get anything done, if I'm eating." she said, with a quick laugh.

Dylan nodded. "Fine, then we'll just take the books with us." he offered.

Gabriella sighed and finally gave in. "Okay, fine, since you offered your treating." she said, as Dylan nodded. She packed her books into her backpack and cleaned up the table. She turned around and right behind her was Troy Bolton. "Troy."

"Hi, Gabriella...we really need to talk." Troy begged her, as his bright blue eyes suddenly turned apologetic.

Gabriella let out a flustered sigh. "Troy, there's nothing to talk about. You bailed on me, and that's what sucks." she said, attempting to walk around Troy, but he wouldn't let her pass.

"Troy," Gabriella said, getting a little tired and frustrated with putting up with him. "Please, we agreed that we wouldn't talk after this project. I'm absoultely fine with arguing than talking."

"Gabriella, you don't get it. I couldn't make it because of basketball a--"

Gabriella frowned. "That's always your excuse!" she cried, but then she bit her lip once she realized it was a library. "We have to go."

Troy stopped her. "Gabriella,"

"Troy," she said, coldly. She pushed Troy away and left him, awkwardly.

"Sorry, man." Dylan said, patting him on the back as the two left him isolated.

yeah, that's it. please REVIEW! (: thankyou!

&HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL TWO IS TOMORROW! yaaaay [:

- xlovelyloserface