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Chapter Seven

(Kelsi)

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the party with everyone, I must say that I was happy to be back in school at the beginning of the week. At least here, Sharpay was a little closer to normal…

I was sitting in my studyhall with Ryan, and even though I concentrating on writing a new arrangement of different pieces, Ryan was clearly focusing on something different.

"Do you think I should ask Troy to carry my books around for me?" Ryan gave me a puzzled look. "Or would that be asking too much of him?"

"Well, considering he has his own books to carry…"

"You're right," Ryan cut me off, waving his hand. "It's too much to ask…but I want me and Troy to have a cute moment in school!" he whined, it was pretty cute.

"Ryan, relationships aren't always the way they are on TV," I said, looking at him. "I think you're looking too hard for something that doesn't need to happen…" Ryan looked at me, and nodded.

"I know, I just want us to be that perfect couple, ya know?" Ryan looked at me. "I just want us to be happy forever, I don't want any of this drama…"

"Drama's a part of life, Ryan," I said calmly. "Whether you like it or not. So many people are addicted to drama that they go looking for it when it's not there. If you go looking for a reason to make you and Troy a perfect couple, it will all come back to ruin your life."

"You make it sound so gruesome." Ryan said, gravely.

"Well, don't listen to me," I said, patting Ryan on his shoulder. "Just heed my warning." Ryan nodded as the bell rang. I headed out to my locker, just in time to see Troy walk into my next class, studyhall again! I had the most studyhalls out of all my friends, and I loved to flaunt it!

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"Kelsi, I need to talk to you, please…" Troy sat down next to me.

"I love to listen," I said, gesturing to Troy to continue.

"Do you think I should carry Ryan's books for him?" he asked nervously. I nearly did a double take. I couldn't believe that Troy and Ryan were on the same wavelength.

"Well, am I right when I say that you wanna carry Ryan's books so you guys can have your little cute moments at school?"

"How did you know?" Troy nodded.

"Let's just say a little bird told me." I shrugged. "Listen Troy. I think that you and Ryan worry too much about the way things should be. I think you guys should just go with the flow, do what Chad said; let love take its natural course." Troy nodded.

"I just feel like I should be doing more for him is all…" Troy said.

"I think he thinks you're doing just fine." I said, smiling. Troy gazed off into the distance, as if he was thinking hard. "Maybe you guys should just go on a date where you both talk about what each of you wants, and then you'll see that you both are doing just fine. I think you will notice that you aren't asking for as much as you think you are. Trust me Troy, I think I know what Ryan wants from you. And you've given it to him. The way you love him, it's enough." Troy smiled and hugged me.

"You always know exactly what to say," He said, hugging me. "Thanks, playmaker." I smiled; registering the use of my nickname Troy had given me.

"Anytime," I said getting up as the bell rang again, this time signaling the end of the day. "Hey, why don't you and Ryan come downtown with me and the rest of the gang. It would give you a chance to chill out with him, you know, maybe talk a little…" Troy nodded and headed off to his locker.

"Meet me at my locker when you're done," I called after him.

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When everyone had arrived at my locker, we all went to our cars, and put our miscellaneous things in them. We walked downtown, found a good spot to eat, and chatted.

"So, what show do you think Ms. Darbus will do next?" Troy asked.

"God, I hope she picks a good one!" Ryan voiced his opinion as he sat next to Troy.

"Maybe it'll be something fairly new," Sharpay shrugged. "Like Wicked, or RENT…"

"Or Seussical the Musical…" I muttered.

"What?" Taylor asked. Chad gave me a weird look.

"You know," I said, sipping my soda. "The musical based on all of Dr. Seuss's works? It was very successful on Broadway."

"Isn't that, like, a kid's show?" Chad asked. "Aren't you guys supposed to try and attract a broader audience?"

"It has a lot of adult humor, as well as some political laughs. Who knows?" I continued. "Maybe Ms. Darbus will do something older. Like Into the Woods, or Fiddler on the Roof." Everyone nodded, whether or not they agreed was up to opinion.

"Maybe we should do something different this year," Troy offered. "Like, write our own show or something." Everyone stared at him, a deadly silence hung in the air. The cheese on Chad's pizza slowly slid off onto his plate. "…Or maybe not…" Troy muttered, embarrassed. But soon, everyone was cheering, and talking about how cool it would be to actually create our own show. Troy seemed slightly confused, but joined in the conversation. Of course, Sharpay insisted on a lead role, and Gabriella said she'd take whatever role was offered to her. I volunteered to write the songs and script, with the help of everybody.

"I'll do it on one condition," I began; Troy gestured for me to continue. "Troy and Ryan have to be the main couple." Everything went back to the deadly silence, and I waited for everyone to suddenly start talking about it, and realizing what a great idea it was, but it was taking a little longer this time…

"Um, Kelsi?" Sharpay put a hand on my shoulder. "I don't know if…"

"Oh, come on guys!" I cut Sharpay off. "Think about it! Chad said we needed to attract a broader audience, so what better way to do it than this? It'll show everyone that love conquers all, and is not something to be twisted into a moralistic society law!"

All the girls…and Ryan…had tears in their eyes. The guys looked like they were pondering it…

"What makes you think Darbus will let you go through with it?" Chad asked.

"I think I can make it happen if I can get enough support for fellow drama members, and outside support is always welcome and appreciated." Everyone nodded, and murmurs of agreement spread throughout our table.

"Well, if you think you can pull it off, then I'm in." Troy said.

"Me, too." Ryan said, smiling.

"Me, three!" Gabriella said.

"Me---um...Me!" Sharpay nodded, beaming; everyone rolled their eyes.

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(The next day at school)

"But Ms. Darbus, this will be a great show!" I protested.

"Kelsi, how can you be sure?" Ms. Darbus asked. "I don't think the school is ready for this kind of show. I know you think highly of it, but you barely have any of the script or songs done, your list of characters seems a bit, well, different, and frankly, I have already chosen a show to do." Ms. Darbus waved her hand in the air.

"But Ms. Darbus, I have the support of many fellow drama go-ers, as well as some of the other various student body groups." My teacher turned to face me. "We can pull this one off, Ms. Darbus, just give us a chance."

Ms. Darbus squinted at me, and I felt very self-conscious, but she took a deep breath, and thought about it.

"I'm going to ask you something," She said. "If I were to allow you to do that show, and this is hypothetical, Ms. Neilson!" She said, quickly seeing my face light up. "If I allowed it, would I have yours and your fellow students' word that it would be a success?"

"By every and all means, Ms. Darbus!" I beamed. Ms. Darbus put up her hand before I could continue.

"And, if it is not as big of a success, would I have your words that from that point on, there would never be another original play written to be performed on our stage?" I sighed and took a deep breath. I didn't want to speak for everyone else, but what choice did I have? If I had said no, she would've not let us do this.

"Yes…you have all of our words'." I sighed deeply.

"Well then, when can I expect to start rehearsals?" Ms. Darbus smiled, and I smiled back. "Remember our bargain, Kelsi. I want the finished script and score on my desk no later that two weeks from today." She turned and left.

Two weeks was definitely a time-cruncher, but we could do it, we had to…

I joined everyone for lunch, and told them of our situation. They seemed genuinely pleased with the fact that we had gotten permission to do our play, but they were also concerned about our time limit.

"Look, guys, we can do this," I said. "All we have to do is remember that this will be a huge success and this will prove to Ms. Darbus that we have what it takes to make our own shows!"

"But how do we know it'll be a success?" Ryan asked from across the table. "I don't mean to rain on your parade, but we still might not get as big a response as we want."

"We'll work hard," Troy said. "We'll make it so good, people will have to love it and Ms. Darbus will have to trust our abilities, and let us continue to write our own shows." We all agreed.

"So, can everyone get together at my place tonight?" I asked, everyone nodded. "Good then. Alright team, tonight we begin a process that will lead to the best show this school has ever seen!"

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So, did you guys like it? I hope so…

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See y'all in Chapter 8!

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