Do You Really Mean It?
Chapter 3- Friends, Enemies and Competitors
After the good friends helped eachother unpack and decorate, they all started to get hungry.
"Hey guys, my stomach is starting to growl." Taylor said hungrily, while licking her lips.
"Yah, its almost twelve, this is the time we usually have lunch, at school." Jason said.
"Yah," everyone agreeing with him.
While everyone started to head out of the bunks, and onto the trail, one of them spotted a sign.
"Look, theres a sign." Kelsi said with excitement, while pointing to a sign on their right.
The sign had three directions on it. Right was the main lodge, left was the outdoor ampitheater and foward was the cafeteria, so the gang went ahead.
While they were walking, Troy thought of something that he hadn't noticed before.
"Wow, Jason actually said something reasonable." Troy joked.
"Hey! Thats not funny." Jason wined.
"Sure," Chad added sarcasticly.
Everyone started to laugh at their friend.
"Seriously thought Jase, why are you always a teacher's pet to Miss Darbus?" Sharpay questioned.
"Who cares, we won't see her for the next two months!" Zeke stated happily.
And with that, they turned to see a few other teens walk into a big, gray building in front of them. So they entered the building.
They all knew that they had too meet the other competitors soon, so they all started.
"Hey!" Gabriella called out, walking away from her friends.
A short, petite, dirty blonde, turned around and looked at her.
"Hi, im Gabriella." She sqeaked.
"Hey, my name is Siri." The girl replied.
Gabriella started to small talk with this girl named Siri. She found out that Siri was from New Jersey, and went to Howell High. She was eight-teen, like herself, and was a complex individual. She hated the color pink cheerleaders. Gabriella also hated cheerleaders after what one did to her.
Flashback
Just a month before this camp thing began, the head cheerleader, Missy, approached Gabriella while she was walking to her normal lunch table, where all of her friends were seated.
"So I heard that you and Troy are really good friends," the head cheerleader questioned.
"Yah," Gabriella answered.
"Well than why are you so dressed up?"
"Cause I have to take some pictures later." Gabriella answered, sounding annoyed.
"Well hope you really aren't taking pictures then," the cheerleader answered, picking up a bowl of soup from another student walking by.
"What are you talking about?" Gabriella questioned.
The cheerleader smiled evily while pouring the bowl of chicke noodle soup all over her white, fleece top.
"What the?" Gabriella answered, covered in the broth.
The whole cafeteria heard the commotion, and when the gang heard Gabby's uncalled scream, they all rushed up to her.
"Gabby, what happened? Did the cheerleader do this to you?" Sharpay said, grabbing napkins for her friend.
"Well lets see... the cheerleaders are always up to no good!" Gabriella replied sarcasticly.
"MISSY!!!!!" Troy half-screamed, and everyone in the cafeteria, including Missy, turned to stare at him. "Why did you do this!? You should realize to NEVER hurt one of my friends!"
"Troy its fine, im okay." Gabriella replied, trying to calm him down.
"You would anly react like this for her!" Missy yelled.
"Im warning you Missy, this is the last time you should be doing this! If you do any of this to again to Brie, or any of my friends, you are going to get it!" Troy screamed.
The cheerleader's face slowly turned to a frown, and she trudged off. She tried to get one last glance back, but only to find all of the basketball members, Troy, Sharpay, Taylor and Kelsi, giving her death glares. She knew not to bother that Gabriella girl again.
-End of Flashback-
After departing with Siri, Gabriella turned to find Troy waiting for her.
Before she walked over to him, she saw that Taylor and Sharpay were talking to another blonde girl. She also saw Chad and Jason to a tall boy, Zeke giving a boy a death stare as the boy eyed Sharpay, and Ryan and Kelsi chatting quietly.
"Hey Brie," Troy said, kissing her on the cheek.
They both felt a little spark, they always ignored it because it was always there.
"So whats up?" Troy asked, interrupting Gabriella in thought, "You looked mad when you left that girl."
"It's nothing," she answered, "I was just remembering the time when you lost your cool at the head cheerleader, a month ago."
"Oh yah, I remember that, she dumped food on you!"
"Yah, and you yelling , and the whole cafeteria stared at you like you were going crazy."
"Yah, but I hope that Missy learned her lesson."
As the last word left his mouth, he started laughing, Gabriella joining in.
When they were almost finish laughing, a boy with light brown hair, came up to them.
"Hey," he greeted.
"Hey," Gabriella and Troy replied.
"Im Austin."
"Im Troy and this here is Gabriella."
Gabriella waved at the boy, and the kid named Austin, started to eye her.
Troy caught on to that this boy was checking Gabriella out. Brie was his best friend, but he had feelings for her, but he wouldn't admit it.
Troy knew that this boy had just put himself in a bad situation, and Troy knew this boy was no good, the way he stared a Gabriella like that...