Best of Both Worlds
By: lol925
Disclaimer: I do not own High School Musical or its sequel.
Dedicated: This chapter is dedicated to reeb.myoo! I am definitely going to read your stories!
A/n: My Goal was to get this up before February and I'm about two weeks late. I am so sorry about that! I have to admit I am a little disappointed in this chapter. It seemed a lot more interesting in my head, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.
March 7, Roosevelt High, 7:15
Flashback
"Thanks for dropping me off today mom," I said to my mom. I had woken up late, so I told my friends to go on without me.
"No problem Gabi, just try to wake up on time tomorrow," she said with a smile. I waved goodbye and she drove off. I walked up the stairs to the main entrance where my friends greeted me.
"Hey Gabi, I'm glad you still made it on time," Robin greeted.
"So, did I miss anything exciting?" I asked.
"Not really, but you missed a little "episode" of Katie Stroh drama," Laura informed me.
"You're right, I don't want to know. I just don't get how she has any friends at all. She is such a drama queen!" I exclaimed. My friends and I kept chatting while I unloaded my backpack at my locker.
"Well homeroom will start soon, so I should probably go. Catch you guys later," Melissa said. With that, all four of us went to class. I sat down in my seat just before the bell rang.
First the teacher took attendance and did the lunch count then she made an announcement, "Ok students, I have an important announcement. Roosevelt High is having its 7th annual "elections." Students will be nominated and voted on the following categories: best dressed, most popular, funniest, nicest, prettiest, smartest, most involved in activities, most athletic, most talented, and biggest individual. One boy and one girl will be chosen per grade for each category. You can nominate people at lunch today and tomorrow. Remember, you may not nominate yourself. Voting will take place next week and there will be an assembly to announce the winners. The winners' pictures will be displayed on a special page in the yearbook. Do you have any questions?"
"Can you win in more than one category?" Katie Stroh asked.
"Yes, you can even win in all the categories, but it has never been done before. I believe the record is five categories won by one person," the teacher responded.
"Well just so you're all aware I'm going to win all ten, so don't even bother being nominated," Katie Stroh announced. The teacher gave her a look and she promptly shut up.
I raised my hand and was called on. "Do you just vote off what you know of people or can they promote themselves?" I inquired.
"That's a good question. Most people promote themselves. If you want, you can put up posters, hand out fliers, or come up with a slogan etc. You can campaign like the people did for student council elections," she responded. For the last few minutes, we had free time.
My morning classes went by slowly, because I couldn't wait to talk to my friends about the "elections." At lunch, I ran to our table. "Hey guys, did your homeroom teacher tell you about the "elections?" I asked.
"Yeah, we were all just talking about that," Laura replied.
"Well I think we should nominate each other. This morning Katie was boasting about how she would win all ten categories. I'd love to beat her out. If we all try we could probably win something," I announced.
"I think we should do it. Let's see who would suit each category and nominate today. We can plan our campaign this afternoon," Robin said.
"Who do you think fits each category?" Melissa inquired.
"Well first of all, try to remember what the categories were," I said.
"I think Laura should get funniest and biggest individual," Melissa suggested.
"I think Gabi should get prettiest, nicest, and smartest," Laura said. They all agreed.
"Guys that is a bit much. I think I should only get two categories," I protested, but they wouldn't listen to me.
"Robin should have most popular and most involved in activities. She does a lot," Melissa said.
"Then I guess Melissa gets best dressed, most athletic, and most talented," Robin suggested.
"That's fine, but we'll have to campaign hard if we want to win. We can meet at my house after school today," I said. Laura and Robin went up to go nominate us and things settled down. I couldn't wait until after school.
My afternoon classes finally ended. I was searching for my friends, so that we could go to my house. I finally gathered them and went out to find my mom's car.
"Hi girls, are you coming over today?" my mom asked.
"Yes, we'll be crashing at your house for a couple of hours if that's ok," Laura asked.
"Of course, you girls are always welcome in our house," my mom replied cheerfully. We all got into the car and drove back to my house.
When we got there we raided the kitchen and got a snack. Then, we upstairs to my room.
"So, what's the plan?" I asked.
"Well, let's start with best dressed and see how we each think we should campaign," Robin responded.
"I think we can take a picture of Melissa right now, because her outfit is adorable! Then we make some huge posters. We can label all the aspects of her outfit that make it cool. For example, those earrings were homemade to match that outfit and they're so cute. She buys some brand name stuff, but she has like a vintage flair too. If Melissa wears her cutest outfits to school all week long and that category is in the bag!" Laura explained carefully. We all admired her campaigning skills.
"Now, we have most popular," I said.
"Robin is popular, because she's well liked by almost all he social crowds, except for people like Katie and her gang. So what if we listed all the different groups or "cliques" if you prefer and show how Robin has a connection to all these people," Melissa said.
"I have a feeling this is going to take a long time. So how about we just do the planning today and then do the posters and flyers later," Laura said.
"Let's see how should we campaign Laura for funniest? We could write down some of her jokes. We could also write about the comical things she says and does. While she's in class if she should be as funny as possible, but not in a forced way," I explained.
"Next, is what I'm now calling the Triple Gabi. We have nicest, smartest, and prettiest. I think for the nicest we should show how much she volunteers and treats everyone with respect. If she does a tad extra this week everyone is sure to notice," Robin said.
"Now for Gabi as smartest, I think we should photocopy her past report cards. I bet all your teachers had glowing comments. Also, since she is doing the science fair this year we should tell everyone to come see her smarts in action," Melissa told us. We all that was a good idea, but it made me nervous.
"For Gabi as prettiest I have a great idea. She has been talking about getting a haircut for ages, so I think she should and then get a fancy up do. Melissa can be her makeup artist. Then, we give her a great dress to wear and voila, we have Gorgeous Gabriella! We have to post the picture everywhere. That one is sure to win," Laura exclaimed.
"There are only four more to make a plan of action for. For Robin's most involved in activities, we just tell everyone what she is involved in. She is doing track and field, scholastic decathlon, school newspaper, yearbook club, and chorus I think. Wow, that is a lot of stuff! She has lots of experience and excels in all this stuff," I planned.
"Let's see Melissa for most athletic. She plays on the volleyball and softball teams. Plus, she's captain of the volleyball team and will probably get onto varsity next year. We have to tell everyone when her games are to see her amazing skills," Robin said.
"Finally, the last category is Melissa as most talented. I think we should focus on one talent, but which one? She has so many," Laura said.
"I don't have one thing I'm amazing at. Maybe, we should just keep playing the volleyball card," Melissa suggested.
"Yeah, I agree with Melissa. Well that pretty much wraps it up. Let's meet tomorrow and the day after so we can start handing out fliers and putting up posters," Laura stated.
"I can't do it tomorrow. I already have plans. An old family friend is coming over to our house. You guys can start though," I fibbed. I actually had a charity concert in San Diego to go to.
"It's ok Gabi, you can help us the day after. I have a feeling this is going to be a huge success," remarked Melissa. My friends left then, because we all had homework to do. Whatever happened I knew the "election" assembly was going to be interesting.
End Flashback
March 14, 1:00, Roosevelt High Auditorium
"Girls, the day is finally here!" I exclaimed.
"We're going to win this thing," Laura exclaimed cheerfully.
"Attention students, welcome to the 7th annual "elections" assembly. When the student council started this tradition I was a bit skeptical, but over the years it's been so much fun. We're going to have Emma Collins the freshman president read the freshman results first," the principal announced.
"My fellow freshman this is what you've all been waiting for. I'm going to start with the ladies. Some of these results may be a bit shocking. The winter of best dressed is Melissa Engle!" she exclaimed. We all started screaming and jumping up and down. Melissa went to get her award.
"The funniest goes to our class clown Jennie Jerowitz," she announced. Laura was a tad disappointed, but she was clapping for her wholeheartedly.
"Our next category is most involved in activities and it goes to Robin Swans," she said. Our group of friends was once again jumping up and down. Katie hadn't won anything yet, serves her right.
"Most athletic is Erin Delapo," Emma told everyone. We applauded politely.
"Next, can we have Laura Samuels up here for the biggest individual," Emma announced. Wow three people in our group got stuff already. Laura ran to the stage.
"Now for most talented our winner is our very own piano prodigy Danielle Jameson!" she said. Danielle was a great pianist and I'm glad she won.
"For nicest our winner is Gabriella Montez!" she exclaimed. I was frozen. I actually won something. My friends were yelling at me to get up there. After I received my award Emma told me to wait. "Ms. Gabriella Montez also won pretties and smartest. This is one well-liked girl," she said giggling. I was very ecstatic. I won three awards! IF Katie didn't win most popular I would be really happy.
"To wrap up the freshman girls the winner of the most popular is Katie…," Emma started, but could not finish her sentence. Katie Stroh had raced up onto the stage and snatched the award right out of Emma's hands. "What are you doing up here?" Emma asked.
"I'm claiming my award, stupid!" Katie said.
"You didn't let me finish my sentence. Katie is a common name. The winner of most popular is a girl that everyone likes, not hates. She is Katie Daniels!" Emma said rudely towards Katie Stroh. She exited the stage sulkily and was undeniably embarrassed. After we got through all the grades we were dismissed.
"Can you believe it? We won six out of the ten categories together. Plus, Gabi won three for us!" Laura said.
"Yeah, thanks to your brilliant campaigning skills. We make a great team," Robin said.
"To us," I said raising an imaginary glass. My friends giggled.
"To us," they chorused.
Well, I hope you liked it. I also hope that the campaigning strategies weren't too confusing. They just put stuff on posters and fliers and passed it around is what I was going for. I have already started writing the next chapter. It is a little Gabi in the beginning and the rest is Melody. You haven't seen the last of Katie Stroh either! Please leave a me a review with comments, questions, or suggestions.