Glamorous

Wet Soil...You're So Mean

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for the plot.

A/N - Thanks for the reviews, guys! And I know I'm major late, but this story is starting to feel like baggage...but don't worry, I'd never give up on it! It's to 300 pages on Microsoft Word. That's a whole books length. Haha, I feel like an author. (: Really, I don't know how I'd end this story. Well, enjoy and tell me what you thought!

"Yeah…You are my fire. The one desire! Believe when I say, I want it that way!" the girls bellowed loudly. "But we are two worlds apart. Can't reach to your heart. When you say—"

"That I want it that way!" Reva sang loudly. They all erupted into laughs and giggles. "Tell me why. Ain't nothin' but a heartache!

"Tell me why!"

'Ain't nothin' but a mistake!"

"Tell em why!"

"I never wanna hear you say. I want it that way!"

"Oh, would you shut it already?" Sammy said, covering his ears. The girls all collapsed against their seats, laughing loudly. Since Rosie wanted a day off from everyone, she decided that it would be okay for them to take the van and cruise around town a little. The girls thought it would be funny to yell songs that would come up on the radio. The boys thought it'd be annoying.

"You had a lot of crooks tryna steal your heart," the girls sang loudly, gaining groans from the boys. "Never really had luck, couldn't never figure out how to love. How to love!"

"We're here!" Troy says. "That means you can shut up."

Leilani stuck her tongue out at him. "You're just mad because you can't sing."

Troy scoffed but decided to say nothing. He pulled up next to the curb by the park and everyone climbed out. "We're going to play basketball," Troy said, speaking for himself, Sammy, Chad and Emil. The girls waved them off before trotting to a shady part of the park. They had a nice view of the boys. "I don't know why you gave up Troy," Maxine said softly, watching as he threw his shirt off of him. "I don't like him or anything, we've been best friends forever, but you guys are perfect. And I have to admit, he's hot."

Gabriella rolls her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hear it all the time. You're cute, you should get back together, and he's hot. Is that the only reason why people are in relationships? Because of how they look? I want to get back with Troy; you don't know how much I do. But a part of me is reluctant. And it's all because we're stupid."

"You guys will get over it," Sharpay said. "Just give it time."

Sammy through his shirt off and grabbed the basketball. He bounced it against the pavement, bended his knees and jumped, letting the ball go. It tumbled through the air and dropped into the net. He grinned and looked at Troy. "See, that's how the Sam Master does his thang." Troy rolled his eyes. He bent to retrieve the ball, ran up to the court and then dunked the ball into the net. Sammy's eyes widened. "That's not fair! You're like twenty feet tall. I can't even touch the net."

Troy patted Sammy's head, laughing. "Don't worry, you'll grow taller. I didn't start to grow tall until I was fourteen. The girls were getting way far up there, but I grew."

"Fourteen? That's years from now!" Troy just laughed. They split up into two teams, Emil and Chad, Troy and Sammy. They were about to start their two-on-two match when a few boys came strolling up to them. A few boys from West High, that is. John and a few other guys. "Hey guys, look what we have here," John says, smirking.

Troy sighed. "If you want to start problems, I'd suggest you leave now."

"The championships are next week, Bolton," John reminded him. "I'm just saying this: watch your back."

Troy crosses his arms over his chest. "Is that a threat or a promise?"

John shrugs. "I don't know. Maybe both. But do know this; we're taking that trophy home with us." John flashes a cocky smirk before turning and walking off. Troy rolled his eyes. "They're a bunch of assholes."

Sammy nods and crossed his arms over his chest. "Yup. They are a bunch of assholes."

"Don't mess with us, we're from down under! Wildcats do have that thunder!" the cheer squad cheered. It was now free period the next day and a boring old Monday. The basketball was hyped and practicing non-stop. Along with them was the dance and cheer squad. "I don't get why we have to be at the game anyway," Selena mumbled. "Cheer girls are supposed to attend, not dance girls."

"A lot of people are required to be there," Maxine says. "Football team, soccer team, dance team of course, and the volley ball team. We have to show our school pep in order to win."

"Look at those cheerleaders," Gabriella said. "They have enough pep for both teams and more. And God, if I see Reyna flash her underwear at another boy, I'll flip out. She's such a slut."

"Those skirts are too short," Taylor acknowledges. "They hardly make it past their butts."

"Yeah, well, better room to stick their mouths up in when they make a smart ass comment," Gabriella said. They laugh and coach calls for showers.

Reyna glares as the dance team makes their way to the showers. She heard their snide remarks and was sick and tired of them. She made her way after them, not caring at the calls she received from her fellow cheer mates. While the girls went to step into the showers, Reyna snagged their bags and quickly ran from the girls' locker room. She chuckled quietly to herself as she ran outside and dumped the clothes in the dirt. "Let's see how much dirt you'll be talking now,' Reyna said quietly to herself. She kicked their stuff around in the dirt. While doing it, she noticed something. Reyna bent down and picked up a necklace. It was a T necklace with a red ruby in the left corner. Eyebrow cocked, Reyna stuffed the pretty piece of jewelry into her pocket. She could remember vaguely Gabriella wearing it. Smirking proudly, Reyna turned and stalked back into the building.

"Where the hell are our clothes?" Reva yelled. Everyone's lockers were empty of their change of clothes. All that was left were their dirty clothes. Gabriella eyes widened as she stepped out of the showers. "Oh no! My necklace was in my pants pocket…Troy paid a lot of money for it!"

"Who came and took our stuff?" Taylor wondered aloud what everyone was thinking. Miss C walked into the room, frowning. "What's wrong, girls?"

"Someone took our clothes," a girl said. "Can you check the cameras?"

Miss C nodded. "Yeah, I'll check. Meanwhile, your uniforms arrived. You can all put those until I resolve this problem, okay? I'll bring the box in." Miss C disappeared and then reappeared with a box of uniforms. The uniforms were white tights and tight red shirts. Groaning, the girls went and got changed. "I think Reyna did it," Gabriella said once she was out of the locker room. Reyna was chilling on the bleachers, a smug grin tugging at her lips. Rev shook her head and crossed her arms. "Bitch."

Gabriella walked off towards Reyna's direction. Reyna looked up at her and grinned. She fingered the hard silver in her skirt pocket. "Oh, hey Gabriella. Nice outfit."

"Where are our clothes, Reyna? I had something special in my pants pocket."

Reyna shrugged. "I don't know, I'm sorry."

Gabriella's voice lowered. "Reyna, I'm not kidding. Where are my clothes?" Reyna shrugged again and leaned against the bleacher. She grinned. "I'm not kidding either. I don't know where your clothes are." Reyna sat up and eyed the drain bolted to the floor. She instantly grasped the T necklace in her hand as a sickly plan formed in her head. "Alright, fine, you got me. I took your clothes and dumped them on the dirt in front of the building."

Gabriella glared at Reyna before turning. Reyna grinned. "But, if you're looking for your necklace, I have it right here." Gabriella stopped and turned. Reyna had pulled the necklace out and was now hanging it over the drain. People were now turning heads, curious at what was happening. Gabriella started forward to grab it, but Reyna held up a hand. "I'll drop it."

"No, wait," Gabriella said. "Stop that cost a lot of money and means something to me."

Reyna rolled her eyes. "Blah, blah, blah. Mushy, mushy, romance. Like I care. Why should I give it to you and be nice?" Gabriella narrowed her eyes at her and Reyna smirked. "Mhm, that's what I thought. Say bye." And she dropped it. Gabriella's eyes widened as the necklace slipped between the bars and fell into the drain's dark depth. "Oops." Reyna stood and started to walk away, but Gabriella grabbed her arm, pulling her back. She couldn't believe Reyna would just do that.

Everyone was now looking. Troy dropped his basketball as soon as the smack was heard and ran over to them. He pried Gabriella away from Reyna who was fighting back. "Gabriella, Gabriella, calm down!"

"She dropped my necklace in the drain!" Gabriella said angrily. When Troy didn't let her go, she kicked his shin. "Let go of me, Troy!" He did and backed away in pain. Gabriella glared at Reyna before running off. She started to cry when she was out of everyone's earshot and she didn't know why. That necklace meant a lot, it did, but she didn't know why she was crying.

Maybe it was because she was sick and tired of Reyna. Ever since Gabriella stepped into this school, she was tortured and taunted by Reyna, simply because she loved Troy. Gabriella sniffled and wiped at her moist eyes. Wanting a least a bit of her composure, she straightened her shoulders and started towards the theater. However, like she anticipated, it wasn't empty. A girl was on the stage, funky music bouncing off the walls and reaching her soul. She was dancing like Gabriella had never seen before…something like you'd only see in movie stars. Gabriella leaned against the door and watched with pure interest as the girl continued to dance her heart out. It was as if she was a part of the song.

When the girl spotted Gabriella, she let out a startled scream and stopped dancing. Gabriella's eyes went wide when she acknowledged that the girl had come here to get privacy, not perform. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" Gabriella said apologetically. "I was coming in here for privacy and then I saw you…"

The girl sighed. She reached down and turned the music off. "Dance horribly?" the girl said bitterly. Gabriella was taken aback. No, she wasn't thinking that all. More like dance amazingly. "No," Gabriella said quickly. "You were amazing. Really amazing. How come you didn't try out for the team…?" Gabriella trailed off, not knowing the girl's name. She shrugged and looked down bashfully. "It's Martha Cox and…a lot of people say really negative things about me. It will only grow when they see a heavy girl break out into dance."

Gabriella felt sorry for her. She shouldn't be judged by how she looked. This girl was seriously amazing. "I thought you were perfect. And you shouldn't let people put you down…you should show people that you can dance."

Martha shook her head. "Maybe in movies you've been in it's easy like that, but this is real life, Gabriella. People don't care."

Martha started to leave the theater, but Gabriella was quick to stop her. "Just…wait. How about we dance? Just the two of us, there isn't anybody else." Gabriella looked at her pleadingly. Martha sighs and puts her stereo down. "Fine. But only for a bit."

Gabriella grinned. "Okay, good. What do you have?" Martha switched on LMFAO. "Good, this is easy. Come on." They fell into the song easily, moving to the rhythm and jumping to the beat. Soon they were going through five songs and then ten and then fifteen. It was when they collapsed against the floor, tired and hyped, laughing. Gabriella got up and then helped Martha. "That was really fun, Gabriella," Martha said. "Thanks."

Gabriella shrugged. "You're welcome. We can do it anytime." Martha grinned. She picked up her stereo and started to leave. "And, Martha, you really have talent, talent that shouldn't be wasted."

"Thanks, Gabriella. I'll keep that in mind." Then she left. Gabriella sighed and sat Indian style on the stage. She had five minutes until free period ended, but she didn't feel like moving. So instead she sat and thought. Lyrics started to form in her head and when her song was complete, she grinned, stood, and then left for class.

"Where were you for the rest of free period?" Maxine asked as they walked to their next class. Gabriella shrugged. "Just around. Hey, do you think Miss C would be able to add another person to…" Gabriella left her question hanging when she saw Martha, getting yelled and taunted by some girls, calling her fat and a geek. She had never known high school could be so cruel…and the girls weren't that skinny, either. They were a bit pudgy on the sides.

Martha looked ready to cry. Gabriella walked over to them, angry. "Hey, leave her alone!" The three girls were startled. They looked at Gabriella and were speechless. "Now you have nothing to say. Come on, Martha." Gabriella tugs on Martha (who is confused) and pulls her along. Maxine follows quietly after them, just as confused. When they're far away, Gabriella turns to Martha. "Are you okay?"

Martha shrugged meekly. "Yeah, I guess so."

Gabriella smiled softly. "You can tell someone, you know. No one should get teased and tortured."

"I'm used to it."

"This is my friend Maxine. Max, this is Martha. I was asking you earlier if Miss C will take any other kids. Martha is really good at dancing."

"Gabriella," Maxine sighed.

"We've met already," Martha said, crossing her arms. "And she's no different from those girls. Thanks Gabriella, but, really, I'm not your concern. You can go back to your jolly life because I was fine without you." Martha glared at Maxine then turned. Gabriella was absolutely flabbergasted. She looked at Maxine. "You made fin of her too, Max?"

"It was just…I…" Maxine looked down, ashamed. Gabriella narrowed her eyes at her. "Bringing other people down doesn't bring you up, you know. It just makes you look like a really big jerk." Gabriella walked off and tried to catch up with Martha, but she didn't see her. Instead she bumped into Evelynn. "Oh, Evelynn, hey!" Gabriella pushed the cheeriness into her voice. Evelynn smiled up at her. "Hey, Gabriella. We still haven't met up for this project…"

"Shit, I'm sorry, I forgot. Let's meet up after school, okay?"

Evelynn nodded. "Sure, that works for me. So I'll talk to you later?"

Gabriella nodded. "Yeah. Bye, Evelynn." Evelynn smiled at Gabriella before walking off. Gabriella let out a breath and started towards class, but bulky arms stopped her. Gabriella turned around and was met by Troy's piercing blue eyes. "Troy…"

"What happened at free period?" he asked.

Gabriella sighed. "Reyna dropped my necklace in the drain, Troy. I cried, but not because I lost it, even though it means a lot, but because I'm tired of her. She dumped all of our clothes outside in wet soil…sometimes I want to hit her with a car."

Troy sighed and pulled her into a hug. "Can I second that?"

"Of course. But you'd have to take the blame."

Troy laughed and Gabriella smiled. They stayed like that until the halls were cleared and the bell rung, indicating that whoever was in the hall was now late. The pair jumped apart, laughing, before quickly heading for class.

A new friendship is being stirred up, maybe? I don't know, probably! Thanks for reading, now, is it time for reviews? Thanks!

Thanks!-Brittany