Chapter 2: New Girl in School
"Mom, what if the kids don't like me?" Gabriella questioned.
"Don't worry, sweetheart, just get to know them a little better," Julia Montez answered.
Gabriella walked out of her mom's Volvo 1994 car and headed straight toward the entrance. When she was about to enter in the hallways of East High, she bumped into someone.
"Sorry."
She looked up and saw a pair of blue eyes. Is it him? No way, he said he had a charm. But he is pretty cute.
"Are you okay?" The guy lifted her up from the ground.
"I'm fine. Thanks," Gabriella said.
"Then see ya." The guy just walked away.
No way, he's so rude. He can't just walk away. Gabriella walked to her first class, but got lost. She asked another student in the hallway.
"Do you know where 28A is?" Gabriella asked.
"Yeah, it's just down the hall and make a right turn. I'll walk with you; I have that class too," said the girl.
"Thanks. I'm Gabriella, or you can call me Gabi," Gabriella said.
"I'm Taylor, or you can call me Tay." Gabriella giggled.
"What?"
"Nothing."
They enjoyed talking during Trigonometry. They had so much in common. They were both smart, was in the Scholastic Decathlon AN: Gabriella was in the Scholastic Decathlon in her old school.
They talked for the rest of the periods until lunch.
"Why don't you come and sit with us?" Taylor pointed to the table next to the cheerleaders.
"Sure." Gabriella and Taylor walked over to the table where three other people are.
"Guys, this is Gabriella. Gabriella, this is Martha, Jonathan, and Kevin," said Taylor, pointing to a black hair who's kind of chubby girl, a greasy hair guy with glasses, and a red hair who has a pen in his shirt pocket guy.
"What's up dorks? Working on math equations for the geeky competition?" said a guy with an afro carrying a basketball.
"It's called the Scholastic Decathlon, dumb brain. And no, we're eating like regular people. That's why this period is called lunch," Taylor snapped back.
Gabriella heard a laugh and turned around. She saw the guy she bumped into this morning.
"Whatever." The afro guy and the guy who bumped into her this morning walked away to the table next to them. It was where all the jocks and cheerleaders sit.
"Who are they?" asked Gabriella.
"The stupid guy is Chad Danforth. He's pretty dumb for his age, and still a jerk. His best friend, Troy Bolton, was the one laughing at his stupid joke. They're both in the basketball team this year and Troy's the captain," Taylor explained.
"What do you know about Troy?" Gabriella pretends she never met him.
"Well, he moved here when we were in sixth grade. He was like the new kid that time, but nobody teased after he made the three pointers during our first game of the season. He then became the most popular guy in elementary following till today. Chad was his best friend in seventh grade."
Suddenly, a girl with a sidekick in her hands and a guy with a goofy looking hat walked through the cafeteria on the way to the cheerleaders and jocks table.
"That's Sharpay Evans and her brother Ryan Evans in the background. They're both in the drama club. Sharpay's currently dating Troy Bolton, but I don't know what Troy sees in her," Taylor said.
Sharpay walks up to Troy.
"Hi Troy." She sits on Troy's lap and lightly kisses him on the lips.
"They're so disgusting. Ughh." The bell rings and Taylor throws her trash away.
Gabriella follows but looks at Troy and Sharpay. They look so happy together. She sighs.
When she got home, her mom came rushing down the stairs.
"How was your first day of school?"
"It was fine, mom. I'm just gonna head upstairs."
"Alright. Dinner starts in two hours."
Gabriella was doing her chemistry homework when her phone rings Walk Away by Paula DeAnda.
"Hello?"
"Hi Gabi. It's Tay."
"Hi."
"Do you know what the history assignment was?"
"It's read chapter 3 and 4."
"Okay."
"So what are you doing?"
"I'm doing my homework while on AIM. You should get a screenname."
"Sure, I'll go on right now and I'll make one."
"Okay. When you're done, tell me your screenname so I can add you on my buddy list."
Gabriella signs on to the Internet and signs up and downloads the instant messenger.
"My screenname is x lovetosing."
"Okay. Mine is Smarts up."
"Okay. I'll talk to you online."
"Bye."
Gabriella hangs out and talks to Taylor online.
Smarts up: do u like any1 da skool so far?
x lovetosing: i dunno. i dink troy bolton is pretty cute.
Smarts up: omg! sharpay would kill u if she knew bout dat.
x lovetosing: y?
Smarts up: Cuz sharpay is really overprotective of her boyfriends. especially troy since he's da most popular guy in skool.
x lovetosing: well, all i said wuz he wuz cute. it's not like i'm gonna steal her bf.
Smarts up: yeah, although i heard that troy had a crush on a little girl he met when he was little. so i don't know if he still likes that little girl or in love with sharpay.
x lovetosing: well i g2g. dinner awaits.
Smarts up: okay. bye.
Gabriella signs off and starts thinking of what Taylor said to her. Could it be him?
Please R&R. i'll update everyday since it's the summer.