"Seats please students," Ms. Darbus instructed. Everyone sat down in their own seats except for Vanessa. Vanessa completely forgot about who she really was, so she took a seat in Gabriella's seat.
"Hey!" Troy exclaimed. "Gabriella could be coming back today," he added.
Vanessa turned back at him and he saw that this wasn't just any old classmate. "Sorry!" Vanessa whined, angry at Troy for screaming. Troy made a face, he was sick of waiting for Gabriella to come back, so he decided to get grumpy instead.
"Excuse me Troy, this is class," Ms. Darbus called out. Vanessa moved away from Troy. She knew now that Troy gets angry when his best friend isn't present in class. This was a new point for her friendship note-taking when she went to the bathroom. "As we all know, we have a special guest coming in today," Ms. Darbus announced.
Taylor raised her hand. "Who is it?" Taylor asked.
"Our special guest today is Ms. Lucida Peters, from the Singing Institute of America," Ms. Darbus proudly announced. There were a few oo's and ah's coming from the students. Ms. Darbus proudly smiled as they quietened down. "Except," Ms. Darbus held in silence and removed the smile from her face. The student's eyes widened as they awaited Ms. Darbus' next words. "She will be coming later today," Ms. Darbus concluded. They all moaned because they had been looking forward to it for weeks.
Class ended as they made their way to sport. "Boys will be training with me and girls are with Isabella Stanley for a workshop," Coach Bolton announced. The boys rushed over to Coach Bolton. The girls had heard of Isabella Stanley before, and she did hardcore gymnastics training. The real Gabriella knew secretly how to flip and perform tricks. All of her friends knew what abilities she was capable of. Half of her friends were with Coach Bolton but half still remained with her. The girls made their way to Isabella Stanley in their comfortable pants.
"ALRIGHT GIRLS!" Isabella Stanley screamed at the top of her lungs. Set out in front of them was every gymnastic apparatus in different areas of the new gym sponsored by Isabella Stanley. Each mattress and apparatus had the words 'Isabella Stanley' with a different figure performing a trick printed on it. "Now… WHO HERE KNOWS HOW TO DO ANY FLIPS ON FLOOR WORK?" Isabella Stanley screamed. Vanessa was very tempted to raise her hand. Sharpay looked around and then raised her hand with a smile on her face telling people 'I can do what you can't.' "Yes you! Show us what you can do," Isabella said expecting something fantastic. Sharpay took off her high heels, which she wasn't meant to be wearing them, but for fashion's sake she did. Sharpay did a wobbly cartwheel and landed on her bottom.
"TA DA!" Sharpay screamed.
"Not so much, I'll show you the trick that I was expecting," Isabella Stanley replied to Sharpay's scream. Isabella Stanley raised her hands in the air, pointed her toe. She leaped into the air and performed a triple flip, jumped on the ground and came back with three back-flips. She imitated Sharpay, "TA DA!" Sharpay frowned at her and squealed. "We have different stations, you'll be each going in a group to each station," Isabella Stanley announced. Vanessa, Kelsi, Sharpay and Taylor were in a group together. They began doing ground-work.
The first activity was to try a handstand or single flip. Of course Vanessa could do this, but it was best to hide the ability. Taylor attempted and she was able to do the flip. "Gabriella taught me how to do this," Taylor told Vanessa when she came back. Sharpay struggled to even make it to a handstand. She came back to the line with a frown. It was now Vanessa's turn. Kelsi whispered in her ear, "Just do it!" Instead of just doing the flip the correct way, she fell on her bottom when she flipped from the handstand. Kelsi frowned at her when she came back to the line. Gabriella taught Kelsi to flip too, so Kelsi performed just fine.
By the end of the lesson, Vanessa pretended that she had learned to do a single flip. She was capable of much more, but she thought that it was better that Kelsi knew who she really was than all of the class knowing.
Isabella Stanley told the girls that they were welcome to the gym anytime and they now had their own key cards to enter the gym. "Uh, thanks Bella! I was good when I came in anyway…" Sharpay thanked. Isabella Stanley rolled her eyes.
"Fantastic…" Isabella Stanley said just to make Sharpay stop talking. Sharpay walked over to the other girls and began bragging to them too.
Vanessa really didn't want Kelsi to tell everyone who she was, so she whispered in Kelsi's ear. "Meet me at lunch break at the table on the balcony," Vanessa whispered. Kelsi winked as she did a double flip.
The girls met back at Ms. Darbus' classroom. The boys had already arrived back. "Listening!" Ms. Darbus yelled when the chatter built. "Lunch break is in two minutes, pack up and get ready!" Ms. Darbus announced. They all began to pack up and prepare for the special guest arriving after lunch break. Kelsi leaned over to Vanessa, as Kelsi sat on the left to her.
"Psst! Vanessa! Remember the balcony meeting," Kelsi whispered.
"Yep!" Vanessa whispered.
"SHUSH GIRLS!" Ms. Darbus yelled at the sight of them talking.
The bell rang and students went pouring out of Ms. Darbus' classroom. Vanessa knew exactly where she would be heading, the Balcony Table. Vanessa knew that the Balcony Table was only meant for Year 12's who booked it, but as this was a special occasion, this would have to be an exception. The Balcony Table was locked away and above from everyone else in the cafeteria, you could stare down at people, but they'd never see you.