Hey! Thanks for all the reviews. Enjoy the story. And your reviews did actually help, (Stessa here) because Noukka finally got her act together and wrote some on this story! She had a little more than two pages written when she send this to me, but with my wonderful editing and adding, we got it up to full three pages! So from now on, expect to have some Noukka writing! Which is also cool, because otherwise I might as well have posted this myself ;o Anyway, on to the story, Noukka wrote the first part! And one last thing,jemima-the-puddleduck noticed that Sharpay says "Goodie" a lot, well that's me, I say that all the time, and when I write Sharpay it just comes out of me, I'm glad you think it suits her! And I'm also glad that all of you liked the whole part "…Who wouldn't want to become popular? Duh, it was the name of the fic they were both in, so Gabriella was gonna do this, whether she liked it or not!..." because I was a bit insecure of putting it in there! Well, that's my sense of humor anyway! I had been thinking about using it in Libby Lee actually, because that fic is already crazy, but then it fitted this moment. Maybe I'll use it in Libby Lee too, but in a slightly different way, I've had it on my mind for awhile… So, seriously, I'll stop rambling now, and let you guys read, before you chop my head off!

Disclaimer: We don't own High School Musical, and "Popular"!

Popular!

Chapter 5.

--

La la la la
We're gonna make
You popular

--

"Hey Gabby." Sharpay greeted her. Gabriella spun around and gave Sharpay a hug. "Wow, you are really learning to do your make-up. It looks good." She gave her another hug.

"Thanks, well, I can only thank you for it… and Troy." Gabriella said, starting to giggle. Sharpay joined her. "Too bad we couldn't take a picture of him."

"Yeah, but it was still fun." Sharpay spoke.

"By the way what is my next lesson?" Gabriella asked, curious. Sharpay smiled evil, rubbing her hands together.

"Well, we are not done with flirting. It didn't go that well yesterday." She said.

"Oh, I really hoped I didn't have to do that anymore. You saw how I suck at it. Are you sure I have to try again?" Gabriella said, begging her not to.

"Yes, practice makes perfect. Gabby, if you want Ryan you have to learn how to flirt. He is almost as good as I am to it. Gabriella, pull yourself together and get over it. You have to try again." Sharpay said, almost yelling at the poor girl.

"Okay, okay, okay. Sharpay calm down. There is no need of yelling!" Gabriella assured her.

Sharpay smiled to her: "Do you want me to show you again?"

"Yeah, that would be nice." Gabriella replied.

"Okay, I am gonna try on Troy, he is right over there." Sharpay told Gabriella and pointed at Troy, who was a few feet away from them. Gabriella just nodded and Sharpay walked to her prey, swinging her hips seductively from side to side.

"Hi Troy…" Sharpay started, smiling sexy at him.

"Hey Sharpay," he said and walked away. He might as well had thrown his lunch at her, because the comment (or not comment, depending how want to look at it) really hurt her. She stared after him, trying to figure out why he had left.

Gabriella walked across the hall, approaching her friend, "Why did he go?" she asked, even though she knew it. It was because of their little talk last night. It was her fault that Troy was angry with Sharpay right now. That was so not good. She felt guilty.

"I don't know. I just said hi." Sharpay said, sounding a little hurt, even though she was trying not to show it.

The warning bell went off.

"We better get to class." Gabriella said and pulled Sharpay after her. "You can show me on somebody else during break."

--

Sharpay and Gabriella walked into the cafeteria. "Okay, I am ready to show you now…" Sharpay said, "Watch and learn" she let out a smile, as she walked towards Chad who stood by the table where Troy and Taylor were sitting. She was swinging her hips seductively, once again, knowing how it worked on guys.

"Hi Chad…" Sharpay flirted, smiling to him.

"Hey Shar." Chad said, smiling back.

"So what have you been up too lately?" Sharpay asked him in a sexy tone.

Troy looked at her. Why is she flirting with him? He has a girlfriend! Troy thought to himself. He looked at Taylor. She was mad, he could tell. Definitely mad. Oh no, was she gonna yell now? Taylor could yell like a mad woman when she wanted to!

"Basketball mostly." Chad answered, flirting back, slightly.

"I can see that…" Sharpay said, gently touching his arm. "Maybe you could teach me some day?"

Taylor stood up, really mad. How dare he flirt away with other girls when he had her? And when she was right in front of them? So yeah, if he goofed off at some lame party, flirting with a girl, it was okay, but not when she was standing right there!

Troy glared evilly at Sharpay. How come he got jealous, when she just was using him? He wasn't supposed to be feeling like this. She was Sharpay Evans, the Ice Princess… But he was jealous! Urgh, stupid crush!

"Yeah, that could be cool," Chad said, not really getting how many people he was pissing off right now. He couldn't see the big deal. Sharpay flirted with almost every guy, so he believed this was a normal conversation.

"Great, well, I'll see you around…" Sharpay said and gave him a little kiss on the check. She walked back to Gabriella and took a seat. Chad was still looking at her, so she sent him a smile, giggling like mad.

Taylor pulled Chad by the arm, into the hallway, where she started yelling at him. She thought she was being quiet, but nah… that woman had a voice like no other.

--

Whenever I see someone
Less fortunate than I
(And let's face it - who isn't
Less fortunate than I?)

--

"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to flirt with Chad. I think Taylor is pretty mad at you right now." Gabriella said when Chad and Taylor had gone.

"Yeah, maybe I should have tried on Zeke or Jason. But I can change that. I'll apologize to her later. Can I explain to her why I did it?" Sharpay asked. Maybe Gabriella didn't want Taylor to know that she was helping her. For some weird reason, maybe?

"Of course. Don't tell her I want to become popular, just that you were trying to teach me how to flirt, because I have a crush on Ryan. Okay?" Gabriella explained, her eyes big.

"Fine." Sharpay agreed, "Demanding much of me, huh?"

They sat in silence for a while, just digging their food. Gabriella was having Mac 'n' Cheese, but she wasn't very hungry. She felt bad for Taylor right now, but more for Chad, though. He was the one being yelled at. Sharpay didn't feel guilty, she knew everything would work out, it always did. She was just eating her salmon salad, avoiding the salmon.

"Hey, don't think you are avoiding this!" Sharpay suddenly burst out, "You have to try again. Try on Zeke."

"Okay…But what can I say to him?" Gabriella asked, insecure. "I'm not going to talk about food again! That was just too embarrassing! So not gonna happen!"

"Okay, okay, talk about…" Sharpay seemed to think about it, twisting her hair around her index finger, while biting her lip, "…basketball?" Sharpay suggested.

"Great, I'll try…" Gabriella said and stood up to approach the jock table. She shipped her hips from side to side, just like she always saw Sharpay do, knowing that it had to catch at least one guy's attention.

"Hi Zeke…" Gabriella smiled, trying to pull it off in a sexy voice. She hope it worked.

"Oh, hey Gabby. What's up?" Zeke said and smiled to her.

Okay, she could do this. It wasn't that hard, was it? It was just Zeke. Okay, Gabriella, just go ahead and flirt with him!, she reminded herself, "Not much, how about you?" Gabriella answered. "How is it going with basketball?"

"It is great. We played yesterday, two teams, going for a match. My team beat Troy's." Zeke told her.

"Oh, that is so cool, Zeke." She said, touching his arm. "So, when is the next game?"

"Ehm, let me see. Three weeks." Zeke counted, using his fingers to get it properly. So okay, jocks weren't the smartest people in the world. They could still be very cute, though.

"Great, maybe I'll watch it." Gabriella replied. She sent him a smile, and turned to leave, "Well, I'll see you later?"

"Yeah, be sure to." Zeke smiled back and watched Gabriella go back to another table, where Sharpay was sitting, eating her lunch. She sat down next to the blonde, a huge smile on both their faces.

"Not that bad." Sharpay admitted, padding her hand, "You're getting better, Gabs." She continued, and they continued to eat their food.

--

Sharpay stood by Taylor's locker when the bell rang. She was going to apologize for flirting with her boyfriend. She knew it was stupid that she had done it to him, but she couldn't help it. It was funny that she could get away flirting with a boy who had a girlfriend. But oh, she was Sharpay Evans, she could get away with everything. She smiled at herself. She was simply good. No, she was great. She loved her life.

"What are you doing here, bitch?" Taylor said.

Sharpay hadn't even seen her coming, so she was kinda taken aback, "I wanted to apologize for flirting with your boyfriend." She then explained, hoping Taylor would accept her apology. For once, she actually meant it.

"Oh, well why did you even do it? Do you like to hurt other people's feelings?" Taylor was getting mad again. Well, she could get worked up over nothing, so that one didn't come as such a surprise.

"Sorry, I was showing Gabriella how to flirt. She has this thing for my brother and asked me for my help." Sharpay told her. "And no I don't like to hurt other people's feelings. Don't think I do, I'm actually quite nice."

"She likes your brother?" Taylor smiled, aching her eyebrow. Thinking about it, they would actually make a pretty cute couple, "So, was she trying to flirt with him yesterday during break?" Taylor questioned, hoping she was wrong. If that was flirting, then Gabriella really needed help. That was almost as to watch Titanic sink, it was too horrible.

"Yeah, she was. You can see why she needs practice, right? " Sharpay asked her, nodding her head up and down, while trying not to giggle.

Taylor started to giggle, though, "Okay, well you are forgiven then. I just have a dork for a boyfriend, who thinks you are hot." Taylor said "It's not like he can't think that, it's totally okay, but he could at least keep it to a minimum when I'm in front of him!"

"Oh, that's bad." Sharpay said, "Do you want me to pound on him for ya'?"

Taylor laughed, "It's okay, Sharpay, I do that fine on my own."

"Yeah, but anyway, thanks for understanding. I won't use your boyfriend again, I promise." Sharpay told her, having a really sincere look on her face. She really did care about Taylor, though they weren't the best of friends. They had something.

"It's okay. But I gotta go, have a meeting to catch. See you around, Pay!" Taylor gave her a bear hug and rushed away, meeting the Scholastic Decathlon team.

Sharpay smiled to herself, thinking how great her life was. And then she skipped out of the school, humming to herself: "And though you protest, Your disinterest, I know clandestinely, You're gonna grin and bear it, Your new found popularity, La la la la, You'll be popular -, Just not as quite as popular, As meeeeeeeeeee!"

There you go. Now, I (Noukka) just have to tell, I wrote almost it all. See, I am not lazy. ;) Oh yes she is (Stessa here now) and she's a bit of a bragger too ;p Ah, you know I'm kidding honey, 'cause I love you! She did actually write most of this chapter, but that's fair, since I wrote like… the last gazillion updates we did! ;p I just edited a little, and added some of my jokes too, (you know I can't live without them, right?) trying to lighten it up a little. I'm good at that, I always crack something, and then Michelle can't even keep herself from laughing. And then I have to say, No Sleep Tonight is almost finished (my part anyway, talk to Noukka about hers) and I'm waiting for Libby Lee to be send to my com. But it's cool, 'cause you got an update now, didn't you? Anyway, we hope you liked this. Please leave us a review? They do mean the world to us (we know you think we're exaggerating, but we're not, they MEAN the world, get it!?).

Toodles, Stessa and Noukka

Peace out!