Chapter 4:

Don't Hurt Me for Being a Saint

Will I have to say it again? I don't own anything!

"See you later, guys," Gabriella, Reva and Selena called out to Maxine and Sammy. They waved and jumped into the Escalade before Rosie drove off. Gabriella closed the door before sitting her laptop on the table and sitting down in a chair. She opened Skype and waited for her mom to answer.

When she did, the girls covered their eyes. "Ew, mom. TMI. Put some clothes on, will you?" Reva said, taking her hand off her eyes. Rayline shrugged a shirt on before adjusting the camera so only she'd show. "So, you have a boyfriend now?"

"I guess. I haven't dated in years. I think I should start now."

"That's good."

"Okay, enough about me, what's up? Rosie called me last night and told me what happened."

"Ah…that was really funny and messy," Gabriella said. "But Maxine and Sammy are nice. Maxine is obviously a fan, but she doesn't show it, really."

"That's good to hear. I sent the money out this morning. It should arrive soon."

"Thanks, mom."

"Well, I have to go. I've been in bed all yesterday."

"See you later, mom," Gabriella said. Before she could close it, Selena shouted, "Don't forget a condom!"

Gabriella pushed her before getting up and walking into the kitchen. "Who's hungry?"

"Bacon!" Selena pushed her way through her sisters and picked up a piece of bacon.

"I'm surprised you aren't fat, Sel," Reva said, sitting down on the stool. "You eat like a man."

"Yeah, Selena. You're the smallest one at this table—boobs included—but you eat like a man. How is that?"

Selena shrugged. "I dance, play soccer, and play softball. You have to stay in shape."

"Okay, let's search us up on the web." Gabriella pulled open the internet and typed in The Montez Trio.

"Well, everyone knows where we are. Middle finger…concert…new boyfriend…hey, look, a rumor. Apparently I'm engaged," Gabriella said.

Selena gasped and hit her. "And you didn't tell me? Some sister you are!"

Gabriella shrugged. "I didn't even know. I wonder who my fiancé is."

"Ooh, is it Taylor Lautner? Not only is he hot, but you'd be perfect together," Reva said.

"No, it's Troy Bolton," Gabriella said, examining the page. "Just because I talk to a boy I get engaged now?"

"Let's see. If you two got together you'd be…Groy? No…Trabriella. No…Troyella…Yes! Troyella would be the new celebrity relationship," Selena said, wiping her mouth.

"Have you forgotten we'll be outta here in six months?" Reva questioned.

"No, I haven't, but I can dream, can't I?"

Gabriella got off the stool and started for the backdoor. Then she looked out she grinned and turned back to her sisters. "Who wants to go swimming?"

G*L*A*M*O*R*O*U*S

Reva squealed as Selena pushed her into the pool. "Bitch!" Selena just laughed and jumped in, Gabriella in tow.

All morning and afternoon they played in the pool. They were in a session of volleyball when the backdoor opened and Rosie, Maxine and Sammy came through. "Hey, guys."

"Hey. How was school?" Gabriella asked, coming out of the water.

"Oh, you know. The usual. People are still talking about you all. They seriously can't wait for you to come."

"A week and six days," Selena announced, coming out of the pool with Reva.

"Hey, um, so would it be okay if some of my friends are here to meet you?" Maxine asked. "I told them not to, you know, get over excited."

"Of course it is," they all answered together. It was a thing they did. They weren't triplets, obviously, but they tend to say things together most of the time.

Maxine grinned before bouncing into the house and coming back out a minute later with her friends. The girl they saw in the parking lot with long blond hair came out first. Her eyes were wide when she saw them. A dark-skinned girl came out second holding hands with a guy that had a huge afro. The trio all exchanged glanced. After them came a girl with long, curly blond hair. Next came a petite girl holding hands with a guy with blond hair and then, lastly…Troy Bolton came out. Reva and Selena smirked at Gabriella.

"Well, friends, this is, you know, the Montez Trio and girls, this is my friends," Maxine said.

"Hello, I'm Reva Carmen Montez, nice to meet you," Reva said, coming up to introduce herself. "Hey, aren't you Troy Bolton? The one that is married to Gabriella Montez?"

Troy looked confused while Gabriella's eyes went wide. "Reva! What the fuck?"

She started chasing after her while Rosie called out, "What did I say about the f bomb?"

Reva slipped and fell into the pool. Gabriella laughed. "S-sorry, Rosie."

Reva climbed out of the pool and sighed.

"Am I missing something?' Troy asked, looking at Gabriella. Gabriella looked to Reva and Reva looked to Selena. "Well…you see, you were talking to Gabriella at the park yesterday and now people think you're engaged. Ooh, can I be your bridesmaid, Gabs?"

"You're getting married?" Rosie and Maxine questioned together. Gabriella shook and dropped her head in her hands. "No, I am not getting married to him."

"This is all so weird," the girl with the long blond hair announced. Maxine looked to her then back to the girls. "Okay, let me introduce everyone properly. As you all know, this is Troy," Maxine said, pointing to him. "This is Chad Danforth, Kelsi Neilson, Sharpay Evans, Ryan Evans, Taylor McKessie and Leilani Bolton. And… you obviously all know the Montez Trio."

"You guys are the best," Sharpay exclaimed stepping up. "And I don't think I've ever said that to anyone except mommy and daddy when they bought me my first car. And my second. And third, fourth, fifth, sixth—"

"Okay, we get it, Shar," Ryan said.

"I love your name," Reva announced. "It's a stage name…so unique and fascinating." Sharpay looked like she was about to faint. She fanned herself with her newly manicured hand. "She's a huge fan," Maxine explained and Reva nodded.

They all went into the house and once Gabriella, Selena and Reva were all changed they sat in Gabriella's room to hang out and do homework. "I don't get this," Troy announced, erasing a mistake he did. "Alberga is retarded."

"Or maybe it's just you," Leilani said, jolting down another answer. Gabriella scooted closer to Troy and looked down at his homework. "It's actually easy," she said, taking his book. Troy watched as she wrote down an answer. "You make it look easy," he commented.

"That's because it is. This should be ten over pie while this one is eight over pie." She also corrected that one.

"Dammit, you can sing, act and you're smart."

She passed him back his notebook. "So are you. You just have to pay attention in class."

"His mind is on basketball in class," Leilani said, not looking up from her work.

"And you say that like it's a bad thing," Chad said. "My man Hoops has got it going on."

They laughed and high-fived each other.

"Shar, we have to go now," Ryan said, standing. "It was nice hanging around with you guys. Maybe we can do it again soon?"

"But I don't wanna go," Sharpay whined, getting dragged form the room by Kelsi and Ryan. "Bye Gabriella, Selena and Reva!"

When she was gone, Maxine turned to them and grinned. "She is always bragging about herself and hardly ever says anything nice to people. You guys are her weakness."

"And mine," Chad said then said slyly, "And Gabriella is Troy's."

They both blushed. Gabriella stood and grabbed a lyric book. "You guys wanna hear something I wrote?"

"You wrote a new song?" Selena questioned, getting onto the bed. Gabriella nodded and picked up her laptop. She played the tune to the song. It was a quick tempo, great for dancing. Reva and Selena jumped up and started dancing. "I love this song," Selena said. "C'mon, guys. Dance!" Gabriella turned off the song and closed her laptop. "Okay, none of that."

Selena and Reva fell to the floor. "I can't until we go to school," Selena admitted, sitting up. "Are there any people who won't like us?"

Leilani rolled her eyes. "Ugh, Reyna and her stupid cheerleaders. She thinks she's all that and when she heard that you guys were coming, she acted like she didn't care and that she'd still be queen of East High."

Gabriella rolled her eyes. "That's so cliché. Typical bitchy head-cheerleader."

"I hope you don't think the basketball captain is a jackass," Troy said behind her. Gabriella turned to him and smiled. "No…he's actually nice."

"And I think I'm gonna gag," Reva said.

"I think you two are cute," Selena commented.

"What about me?" Chad asked. "Is the co-captain a jackass?"

Gabriella giggled and shook her head. "No."

"Hey, you guys wanna go swimming?" Maxine suggested and they all agreed. Gabriella, Selena and Reva all got back into the bikinis and Maxine, Leilani, Troy, Taylor and Chad got bathing suites from Rosie.

"Let's play Chicken," Chad suggested. "I got Taylor!"

Taylor rolled her eyes and slipped into the pool. "I call Gabriella," Troy announced. Gabriela raised her eyebrows and shook her head. "I'm fine, thanks."

"Don't be a baby."

"Yeah, I'll go easy on you," Taylor said, already on Chad's shoulders. Gabriella reluctantly got into the pool. Troy swam under her and put his head between her legs before coming out of the water. Gabriella gasped and hung onto his neck.

"Hang onto her, not me!"

"Go sister!" Reva and Selena chanted. Gabriella and Taylor went head to head, trying to knock each other off the other's shoulders. Gabriella was the first to fall into the water. Troy laughed when she came up fuming. "It's okay. Best two out of three, though."

The outcome was: Chaylor: 2; Troyella: 3. Gabriella cheered when Taylor went into the water again. "Yay! That was so fun!"

"Okay, kids, time to come in," Rosie called from Gabriella and Maxine's balcony.

They all headed inside to dry off. Chad rung out his afro then shook it. "Peter doesn't like getting wet that much."

"Peter?" Reva and Selena questioned together. Then Reva said, "You named your hair?"

"Hey, don't dis the afro, 'kay? Peter is the best out there."

Reva and Selena shared a look. "Right…"

"Okay, well we're heading out," Leilani announced, grabbing her coat. "It was nice meeting you all."

"Yeah, very nice," Troy agreed along with Chad.

"Bye, guys." Maxine closed the door after them then turned to the girls. "So, how'd you like them?"

"Oh, they were nice," Selena said.

"Yes!" Reva exclaimed. "And I think Gabriella and—"

"Say it and I'll seriously kill you," Gabriella seethed. Reva smirked before skipping up the stairs. "God, she is a weird little sister."

"I heard that!"

"You were supposed to!"

"You all talk bullpoopy," Maxine commented. Gabriella and Selena threw her weird looks. "Bull?" Gabriella said.

"Poopy?" Selena finished. "What, you have a strict policy on no shit talking?"

"No…I just don't like to cuss that often," Maxine said. Gabriella and Selena burst out laughing. "Don't hurt me for being a saint."

"C'mon, let's go to bed," Gabriella said, pulling her up the stairs.