A/N: Thank you to all the reviewers!!!!! Especially BostonSk8er9 for all the tips!!!! Enough of my babbling, let's get on with the story!!!!!!
Ben Clark woke up with a smile on his face. He would have never thought that on his first day at East High, he met the most amazing girl even though she did look hurt when that guy tried to talk to her.
He knew it was too soon to tell what he was feeling, but he loved so much about her already. Her smile, her eyes and her personality.
He knew he sounded like a dork but he couldn't help but feel a connection with her. Sure he had been with other girls but he never felt this way with any of them. He never thought he would feel this way so soon.
After the whole incident with his ex, he never thought about dating at all. He focused more on his school work their break up. But with Gabriella, all that he wanted to do was, was… he didn't know what.
He laid on his bed in thought when his dad came in.
"Come on son, get up, its time for school. Now get dressed" and with that, he through a shirt at his son and left the room.
Ben got dressed, ate breakfast and walked to school. While he was walking, he saw Gabriella and one of her friends talking.
"Hey Gabriella" he said,
She turned her head and smiled at him, "Hey Ben, I was just talking to my friend Kelsi. Kelsi meet Ben, he is a new student."
"Hi" she said shyly.
"So what were you girls talking about?" he asked.
"Well I was just asking Gabriella if she wanted to audition for the spring musical. So what do you say Gabi, please?" Kelsi begged.
"Kelsi, I would love to audition but I don't have a partner." She replied.
"Well Troy could do-" she was cut off by Gabriella.
"Don't even think about it. The last person I want anything to do with is him."
"Right, sorry." Kelsi apologized.
"I could do it." Ben said without thinking.
"You can sing?!" Gabriella asked with a shocked expression on her face.
"Ummm… yeah." Gabriella gave him a look.
"Okay maybe not but I can try." He asked, his eyes begged Gabriella to give him a shot.
How could Gabriella say no to that, "Okay, meet me and Kelsi in the music room at lunch. Don't be late." And with that said, she entered to the campus of East High. Ben watched her go.
"You like her don't you?" Kelsi asked with a smirk on her face.
"What makes you say that?" he asked, hoping he wasn't too obvious.
"Well for one thing it's kind of obvious."
"Oh" he said, "so you don't think I have a chance with her."
"I never said that. What I am saying is that you are going to have to fight for her more than any other girl in school. You also can't break her heart like Troy did."
"Who is Troy anyway?"
"Well it all started when…" Kelsi told him the whole story about Troy and Gabriella and how they broke free from their cliques. She then told him what Troy did to Gabriella. When she was done, Ben was furious.
"How could someone hurt a girl like Gabriella? When I see him, I am going to-"
"You are not going to do anything." Kelsi stated firmly, "Gabriella wouldn't want you too. That would only get her angry at you and you don't want that to happen do you?"
"No" he muttered.
"Let's just go to class before we are both late." Kelsi concluded.
Ben had just made a new friend who in the future will be one of his best friends.
As classes flew by, Ben was getting nervous about meeting Gabriella at the music room. While he was doing his work, a blue eyed jock was glaring at him from his seat.
Troy Bolton was in fact, jealous of the new guy. Who does that guy think he is! He thought.
Once lunch had started, Ben decided to come earlier to the music room just in case he wasn't late. He was about to open the door when he heard the most beautiful voice. It was like an angel's. He opened the door to see Gabriella playing the piano. She was so into the song that she didn't notice him.
I thought you were my fairytale
A dream when I'm not sleeping
A wish upon a star
That's coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you
I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty
I'm only left with used-to-be's
Once upon a song
Now I know your not a fairytale
And dreams were meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star
Just don't come true
Cause now even I tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Cause I liked the view
When there was me and you
Gabriela suddenly stopped playing. She heard clapping and turned around.
"That was amazing, why did you stop?" Ben asked.
"That's all I have written." She wiped a tear that slipped from her eye. "So you found out what happened."
"Yeah and I know how it-" he began.
"Don't say you know how it feels." She snapped.
"Hurt, embarrassed, stupid because you didn't realize it sooner. Just because it happened to you doesn't mean that it didn't happen to anyone else. It happened to me too." He responded. Gabriella was about to apologize when Kelsi barged into the room.
"Sorry I'm late. Let's get started." She gave each of them a sheet with the song they were going to sing. "I am first going to play What I've Been Looking For so we could see if Ben could sing."
The music started playing and Ben started to sing.
It's hard to believe
That I couldn't see
You were always there beside me
Gabriella and Kelsi were shocked at how well Ben sang. Then Gabriella started to sing.
Thought I was alone
With no one to hold
Then they both started to sing.
But you were always right beside me
This feeling's like no other
I want you to know
They were so caught up in the moment that they did not hear footsteps outside the door. Troy was wondering were Gabriella was and went to the music room to find her singing one of their songs with the new kid. Now he was really pissed off. He walked away from the room with a growing hatred towards that guy.
I've never had someone that knows me like you do
The way you do
I've never had someone as good for me as you
No one like you
So lonely before I finally found
What I've been looking for
Kelsi stopped playing the piano and looked at Ben. "Why didn't you tell us you could sing?"
"I didn't know I could." said Ben "Am I really that good?"
"Yeah" the two girls said simultaneously.
"You have an incredible voice." Gabriella complimented.
Ben turned slightly pink he was about to reply when the bell rang.
"Why don't we start rehearsal during free period tomorrow? At lunch we could talk about which song we are going to use." Kelsi stated "You also have to meet the rest of the gang, Ben."
"Sound like a plan to me. Gabriella?" he said turning to face her but she seemed to have her mind somewhere else.
"What?" she asked snapping out of her daze. "Oh. Um that sounds great. Now lets go to class before Miss Darbus kills us."
Then they all went together to class with a boy thinking about a girl who sings, a girl thinking about a boy who sings and another girl thinking about a plan on getting the other two together.
A/N: That was the chapter and I don't own both songs in the chapter. Please Review!!!! It is the longest chapter I have written! It was about 1,331 words!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!