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Chapter Three

"Ouch! Hey! What the crap Shar!" Ryan complained as Sharpay dragged him down the hallway. "Would you at least mind telling me what the hell is going on?"

"Fill him in Katrina," Sharpay ordered as she continued to drag Ryan through the hallway.

"Hey Katrina," Ryan said with a huge grin on his face. He hadn't even realized that Katrina was there because she was walking behind them the entire time.

"Ryan," she said acknowledging that he was there. She laughed when she saw the huge grin on his face. Ryan did always know how to make her laugh.

"Ok, so now that we're all reacquainted, fill him in," Sharpay said, raising her voice a little bit. Katrina just rolled her eyes at her friends stuck up attitude. "Sorry, I'm just a little stressed." Sharpay confessed to Katrina. Katrina nodded and faced towards Ryan.

"We're going to go and see Kelsi about helping us with the play," Katrina finally said. Ryan looked at the both of them in disbelief.

"Shar, are you sure?" he asked. Sharpay nodded. "You've got to be joking; Gabi and Troy will hate us if we steal Kelsi from them."

"Do I ever joke around?" Sharpay said defensively. "And plus, who cares if they hate us, it's not like I'm ever going to need them to make me happy in life."

"But Sharpay, they're are friends now. We should at least be a little bit nicer to them, don't you think?" Ryan asked, hoping his sister would agree with him.

"First of all, Ryan, I will never be friends with Gabriella Montez." She paused for a while waiting for them to say something.

"What about Troy Bolton?" Katrina said, not even attempting to hide the huge grin that was plastered on her face.

"I'll never be friends with him either." Sharpay said quickly. Ryan and Katrina looked at each other and smiled.

"Well, I still don't know. What do you think, Trina?" Ryan said, looking over at Katrina. She thought for a little bit.

"Technically," she said after thinking it over for a minute or two, "we wouldn't be stealing Kelsi from Troy and Gabriella. We would just be getting help from her too. I think we should at least stop by there and ask her." Katrina said. She waited for Ryan or Sharpay to reply. Ryan sighed after thinking for a while.

"Ok, we'll go, but if they get mad at me I blame you," Ryan said to Sharpay.

"Since when do I care if you blame me for things like that? Plus, it's not like I really care what Gabriella Montez thinks about me." She paused for a second "Or Troy Bolton." She said quickly.

"Then it's decided," Katrina said, "let's go and see Kelsi now, before Troy and Gabriella get to." The three friends began to walk down the hall.

MEANWHILE…..

"I really hope Sharpay is feeling better. Maybe we should go and look for her before going to see Kelsi," Gabriella suggested as she, Troy, Chad, and Taylor walked out of Mrs. Davis's class.

"Gabi, Sharpay was faking it," Troy told her for the tenth time.

"Are you sure?" Gabriella asked.

"Positive," Troy promised.

"She's a pretty good actress," Gabriella admitted to herself and all the other people around her.

"Well, acting school can do that to you. She's been performing since she was like, what, five maybe," Taylor said, joining in on the conversation.

"Probably," Chad said, agreeing with his girlfriend.

"Hey Troy," Gabriella said, "Do you want to come over today after school? We should practice out singing. After all, the musical tryouts are in two weeks."

"Gabi," he said softly, "you know that the tryouts aren't in pairs this year. We are auditioning solo this year because Mrs. Darbus wants to pick the pairs."

"Yeah, but it doesn't mean that we can't practice," Gabriella said hopefully.

"Sorry, I can't. I have to practice for the big game next Friday," he said. When he saw the hurt look in Gabriella's eyes, he went to her and put his arm around her. "Hey, you know that if I could, I would come over. I'm sorry, but I really need to practice for the game." Gabriella smiled.

"I know, Troy. You don't have to explain to me." She pecked him on the cheek. He smiled one of his cute, boyish grins.

"Plus, I know we'll do fine. I'm sure that we'll play the leading couple," Gabriella said hopefully.

"Please don't say that Gabi, you don't want to sound like Sharpay," Taylor said. That's all she needed was her best friend being exactly like the girl that she hated most.

"I'm sorry Taylor. A little confidence never hurt though, right?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah, I guess. Just don't you dare start acting like Sharpay Evans. I swear, that girl is nothing but trouble," Taylor replied.

"Taylor, she's changed. Why can't you guys just give her a chance? Troy and I have forgiven her and Ryan. You should be able to too," Gabi said.

"Sorry Gabi. You're my best friend and I don't want you to be hurt." Just then the bell rang. "Look, I got to go. I'm late for class." Taylor said. She and Chad slipped away.

Gabi smiled at Troy. "You want to go and see Kelsi. She should be able to help us. After all, she did write the play." Gabi asked Troy. He smiled at her.

"Of course." He said. She slipped her hand into his, and they walked down the hall together.

(A/N: All of you Troy pay fans don't be mad at me! This is just one part of the story. I swear I'll put a lot of Troy pay in later!)