A/N: Thanks to all those people reading my story. Here's chapter 3! Hold on, since I can't be bother sending the shopping bit to people separately, I'm gonna put it before chapter 3, which'll be after I stop drabbling. Personally, I think it's gay.
The gang walked into the mall, which was full of teenagers, mothers and whining children. The girls rushed off.
"I guess we better go," Ryan said.
"Why?" Zeke asked, looking puzzled.
"Because we just lost the girls," Chad said, sitting on the bench nearby.
The guys ran off but had to come back because they lost Chad. They finally found him in front of an ice cream parlour and then went off in search of the girls. They soon found them at a clothes shop, trying on new dresses.
"There you are," Jason said, running over to them.
"Do you think this looks good?" Taylor asked, looking in the mirror.
"Yeah, it looks great!" Gabriella complimented, looking at her.
"Hey, Kelsi!" Sharpay called.
Kelsi looked up from the ground.
"This would look great on you," she said, handing her a red dress.
"Really?" Kelsi asked. "I mean, I don't have enough money to buy it,"
"Yeah, but I do," Sharpay scoffed, taking out the credit card.
"No, you don't have to," Kelsi said, handing the dress back.
"But I don't have to," Sharpay replied. "I want to,"
Kelsi sighed. There was no use arguing now. She sat back down and stared at the ground.
1 and a half hours later…
Most of the boys were sleeping on the bench next to Kelsi. Troy's eyes were drooping and Chad was snoring on Jason's shoulder and Jason was also asleep. Ryan was curled up like a cat, asleep, and talking. Zeke was just sitting next to Kelsi, occasionally talking to her.
"No! Gimmie back my donut!" He mumbled, rolling over.
He fell off and landed with a thud. Jason woke up immediately.
"Hya!" He yelled, making karate moves.
In the process of getting up, Jason knocked Chad over and he fell like a domino into Troy. He fell off the side and woke up.
"Huh? What's happening?" He asked, his eyes all red.
He stood up and walked to the other side of the bench. He saw Ryan on the floor, still sleeping. Kelsi yawned.
"Can we go do something else?" Kelsi asked, getting up and stretching.
"Okay, okay," Sharpay said, putting the black dress back.
She, Taylor and Gabriella paid for their clothes and walked over to the half asleep boys.
"Wake up!" Taylor screamed.
Chad woke up immediately.
"We're still in this freaking mall?" He asked.
Gabriella nodded.
Ryan was still asleep on the floor so Sharpay poked and prodded him still he was awake. (Just like what little kids do to your pets. Poke, poke. Prod, prod. Pull the tail, pull the tail) He sat up, but then fell back down again.
"I need help," Ryan whined.
Sharpay and Gabriella pulled him up to his feet and they went to the food court. Chad had a happy meal from McDonalds, Gabriella, Taylor and Sharpay had subway and Troy, Ryan, Zeke, Kelsi and Jason grabbed a couple of pizzas and shared them.
After their lunch, they headed back to the shops. The boys, plus Kelsi, who hated clothes shopping, went to the arcade.
Very many, many, many, many, many hours later, they all headed back to the hotel.
Chapter 3
Gabriella pushed past Troy and ran away as fast as she could. She ran up the stairs until she reached the top. There were a couple of benches overlooking the town and spread throughout the whole complex were plants of all different varieties.
Sitting on one of the benches was a guy who had short, spiked up black hair and electric green eyes.
"Hey," Gabriella said, finally realizing she wasn't the only one up here.
The guy turned around a looked directly at Gabriella.
"Hi," he said, taking off his hood. "Umm, I'm Seth,"
"Gabriella," Gabriella replied, walking closer to him and extending her arm.
They shook hands and smiled.
"So… why are you up here?" Gabriella asked.
"Uh, you know, just to think clearly," Seth said, looking out towards the scenery. "Why are you here?"
"Err… to think, mainly. Clear my head," Gabriella said, taking a seat next to him.
Seth studied her face closely.
"No, you just broke up with your boyfriend, didn't you?" Seth asked.
"What? I don't even have a boyfriend!" Gabriella exclaimed.
"Oh, right," Seth said, shaking his head.
"So, why are you in Paris?" Gabriella asked, sensing that the subject needed to be changed.
"Holiday," Seth said, looking towards the ground. "You?"
"Same," Gabriella replied, bringing her knees to her chest.
"Cool, where are you from?" Seth asked.
"New Mexico," Gabriella said, putting her knees back down.
"I'm from New Mexico!" Seth exclaimed, looking up at Gabriella.
"Really?" Gabriella asked, surprise written all over her face.
"Yeah, I go to West High and I'm on the basketball team. Captain of it, actually," Seth said, smiling.
Gabriella looked shocked.
"Did I say something?" Seth asked as he looked at Gabriella.
"Umm… my friend, well, not really my friend, is Troy Bolton and I'll probably get badly hurt if he sees me with you so I umm, should really get going," Gabriella said, hurriedly getting up. "It was nice meeting you, Seth,"
"You too!" Seth replied as Gabriella went down the stairs. :Gabriella! Wait!"
Gabriella raced back up.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Would you like to accompany me to dinner tonight?" Seth asked, a pleading look in his eyes.
"Sure," Gabriella said, waving.
"Wait!" Seth yelled again.
Gabriella walked back and sat on the bench with him.
"Yes?" she asked.
"I'll come pick you up," Seth said.
Gabriella nodded.
"Which room are you in?" he asked.
"Room number 24," Gabriella said. "Bye,"
She headed into the lift and it went down. It stopped and Troy walked in. There was a bitter silence. The lift came to a stop again and Alexa walked in.
"Hey!" Alexa said, giving Troy a hug. "Why are you here?"
"I'm staying in this hotel," Troy replied as the doors closed.
"That's nice," Alexa said. "I'm staying here too,"
The lift went down again and suddenly jerked. Troy held onto Alexa to keep himself steady. Gabriella fell onto the floor, her heart breaking as she saw Troy's arms go around Alexa's waist. The lift came to a stop and Gabriella stood up again, holding back her tears.
"Are you okay?" Alexa asked.
"Yeah," Troy replied. "Gabriella? Are you okay?"
Gabriella ignored him. Troy sighed.
"Gabriella, why aren't you talking to me?" Troy asked.
Alexa looked between the two of them, utterly confused.
"Just shut up Troy! I hate you! I hate you!" Gabriella screamed.
She slumped onto the floor and started silently sobbing. Alexa looked at her worriedly.
"Do you have a cell phone on you, Alexa?" Troy asked.
Alexa handed him her pink phone. He called Chad.
"Hello?" Chad asked.
"Hey, dude, we're stuck in an elevator," Troy said, trying to sound as calm as possible. "Can you get us some help?"
"Okay, just hang on," Chad said, hanging up.
Troy gave the cell back to Alexa and sat onto the floor. After about half an hour, the door was broken open and they ran out.
A/N: Okay, I'm gonna have to leave it there coz I have no idea what to write next. If anyone has ideas, please send them to me. Thanks to those reading!