Chapter 7-

"Ms. Darbus, please give us another chance," Troy pleaded.

Ms. Darbus turned to frown at him. "Ms. Montez was lip synching, and that is strictly forbidden."

Troy shook his head. "She wasn't Ms. Darbus, it was all just a big mistake. Please give us another chance."

For a moment, Ms. Darbus just stood there. Silently, studying him over the rims of her glasses, "Well, I guess since you both did so well in the last musical, maybe I could give you another chance."

Troy smiled. "We won't disappoint you."

"I will give you a callback, but if anything goes wrong…" she left the sentence hanging dramatically as she exited.

Troy pumped his fist in the air before taking off to find Gabriella. He couldn't wait to tell her the good news.

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Gabriella hurriedly stuffed her books into her bag. She tried to ignore the mocking glances and snide comments, but they still hurt.

"Gabriella," Troy called as he rushed down the hall.

She smiled hopefully at his excitement. "Hi Troy."

He grabbed her arm and pulled her away to a quieter hallway. "Ms. Darbus gave us a callback," he said happily.

Her eyes grew wide. "She did?" she whispered.

Troy nodded. "Yes, she said nothing else can go wrong though, but I'm sure we can swing it."

Gabriella just stared at him in shock. "Wow," she whispered.

He grinned. "I knew you'd be excited. I'm going to go tell Kelsi."

She nodded slowly. "All right."

He kissed her cheek before rushing away.

She swallowed hard. How was she going to stand up on the stage in front of all those people? She closed her eyes and tried to slow her racing heart. A tear began a path down her pale cheek. How was she going to tell Troy that she couldn't sing with him?

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Sharpay smiled at the comments she heard as she walked down the hall. It seemed that the students were united. All of them believed that Gabriella Montez had been lip synching. Her smile grew. Even if Ms. Darbus would give them another chance, which was unlikely, Gabriella would be too afraid to get back up on the stage.

She was brilliant. It was amazing that she had remembered Gabriella's little bout of stage fright from the last audition, but she was so glad she had. She and Ryan would definitely regain their status and, once again, they would rule the drama club.

These chapters seem to be getting shorter and shorter! Sorry, I'll try harder next time to get it longer, but please review anyways!!