Chapter Two

"Hello?" Sharpay called Gabriella from her cell phone.

"Hey. It's me, Gabriella! I can't answer the phone right now, sorry. Leave a message. Thanks," Gabriella's voice mail said.

"Dangit," Sharpay rolled her eyes. "Montez, this is Sharpay, call me ASAP."

"Oh gosh, Sharpay called," Gabriella said to her buddy Taylor. "Should I call back?"

"Go ahead. I wonder what she wants," Taylor was curious.

"Hello?" Gabriella called back. "You wanted to talk to me?"

"Umm. Yeah. Why'd you think I called?" Sharpay laughed. "Anyway, there's a rumor in school that everyone seemed to have heard already. Have you?"

"Nope," Gabriella replied worriedly. "Is it about me?"

"Sorta," Sharpay said. "It's about the two of us... in a tub."

"A hot tub? Like just chillin' as friends, no?" Gabriella calmed herself down.

"Umm... not exactly," Sharpay frowned. "I wish it was instead, though. There's a picture, but it's not colored."

"Oh goshers," Gabriella commented in her "nerdy" language. "Tell me about it, please. I'd love to know, I guess."

"Okay, long story short. Me plus you in bath tub getting jiggy with it," Sharpay explained.

"What'd you just say? Did I hear you right?" Gabriella asked softly.

"I'm afraid so," Sharpay said. "The picture was disgusting. How can we prove that it wasn't us?"

"I'm not sure. But since we know it's really not us, we shouldn't care what other people think, right?" Gabriella suggested.

"Ermm, whatever you say, Gabriella," Sharpay slightly disagreed.

"Can I see the picture?" the brunette asked. "Please?"

"Sure. I took Chad's copy earlier. But I don't have a scanner, sorry," Sharpay replied. "I'll show it to you tomorrow since it's the weekend anyway."

"Yeah, okay. Thanks. Well bye...," Gabriella's voice began to fade.

"What was that about?" Taylor McKessie asked. "You sounded a bit scared. Everything alright?"

"Well, she said rumors were spreading about me and her."

"Good or bad?"

"More like disgusting, really."

"Ohh..."

"She said the whole school knows about it. But I won't worry, since like, it's really not us."

"I guess you're right. What was it about?"

"A picture of two girls in a tub, supposedly."

"And...? What else?" Taylor asked.

"They were doing some stuff," Gabriella screeched. "Some stuff that are above my limits, you know?"

Taylor let out a shocked expression; her mouth opened.

"What Tay?" Gabriella asked. "Why are you so shocked?"

"Oh nothing...," Taylor said. "I have to go! Oh goshers, it's late! Sorry I forgot I had to go home at this time, I have something to do!

"Wow. Okay bye. What a late notice leave...," Gabriella commented and waved.

"Shit," Taylor whispered to herself.

No, that picture wasn't of Gabriella and Sharpay, it was of Taylor McKessie and Kelsi Nielson, and Taylor knew it.

More coming soon.