Chapter 2 – First Day Part 1

Wow, this day has gone by fast so far. After homeroom, I had Science, and in between, I changed into the basketball shorts my mother forbade me to wear. Then I had Math, then lunch. It is lunch right now, and we're eating. Hehe, no shit. But, we did meet three people. Since Tay and I have the first two classes together, we know a couple new people. Their names are:

Sharpay Evans; blonde, funny, can be bitchy, but not to her friends, loves pink, and very girly. Tay's actually the one to talk to her, I didn't really want to, but I guess she could be cool. Oh, she's in our science class.

Chad Danforth. I started talking to him in math, because I was bored. He is funny, somewhat stupid, but smart academically, you get it? And he has the most awesome hair ever. It's a huge afro that I stuck pencils in during class. Oh, don't tell him.

And, last but not least, Troy Bolton. The cute, blue-eyed, well-built, sandy-haired guy that was in all my classes so far. We even had the same free period, which is after lunch. Well, all five of us have the same free period. But, back to Troy. He's really cute, funny, nice, sweet, everything that I like in a guy… whoa. It sounded like I like him… yeah right. I bet he's got no game. Not sure. I was the one to talk to him, too. At that, Taylor asked me, and I quote, "Would it kill you to make some new girl-friends?"

"So, what's everyone doing during free period?" asked Sharpay.

"I don't know yet, maybe walk around, explore." I replied.

"I'm going to the library." said Taylor.

"I'm going to… look for something to do." Troy replied.

"I'm gonna go with Tay-I mean, I'm going where she's going, with her-I mean, if she wants, because if she doesn't then… I should just shut up now." stuttered Chad.

Everyone gave him a weird look, and he just continued eating his sandwich.

At that moment, only one thing was going through my mind – Chad so likes Tay.


It was the end of lunch, and the beginning of free period, and I was walking around.

I was walking, and I saw that there was a door labeled as the "Library". I went in and my mouth fell open. This was the best and biggest school library I've ever seen in my entire life. I kept looking around, and thought, yup, if I have any free time, I'm spending it here… Then, I saw Taylor and Chad whispering quietly. Then I guess Chad said something funny, because Tay burst into fits of laughter. I smiled softly, and walked out of the library, continuing on my journey.

I passed by two big doors, and one of them had a sign saying "Auditorium". I opened the doors and walked in. I gasped at what I saw. It was HUGE. Perfect for anything. Speeches, talent shows, school plays, you name it. I saw Sharpay sitting on the edge of the stage singing a song that I don't know. But, she did have a pretty good voice.

As I walked out of the auditorium, I heard the bouncing of a basketball, and followed it. It led me to a gym. The gym was awesome. I might not be spending too much time in the library after all… I looked around, and saw that everything was red, white, said 'WILDCATS', or had the wildcat on it. I see this school's very proud, and has won many times. There were many banners hanging from the ceiling or on the walls.

Then I remembered the sound of someone playing basketball. I looked around the gym once more, only to see Troy just taking shots. Doing a lay-up once in a while. I walked up to him and said "So, I see you play ball."

He turned around, saw me, and smiled. "Yup, I played on the team in my old school"

"Same here." I smirked when I saw the look on his face: shock.

"I was on the team since I was a freshman." He shot back.

"So was I."

"I was MVP since then, too."

"Me too."

"I was the team captain for those years."

"I was too." I said, still smirking at the look, still on his face.

"So, I guess you got game Montez."

"You too, Bolton."

"Oh, so we're on last names now, are we, Montez" he said taking a shot.

"You started it Bolton" I said as I got the ball, ran to the 3-point line, and shot the ball from there, making a swish.

"Wanna play some one-on-one?" he asked me.

"Yeah, sure. Let's make it losers, and first to 14."

"Why 14?"

"Nothing, I just like that number."

"Oh, what a coincidence, I do too. It was my jersey number."

"Mine too."

"Okay, Montez, let's start. You can have first ball."

"Okay. Bring it."

"Oh, you know it."

It was 20 minutes later, and the score was 11-12, Troy was winning. He was about to take the winning shot, when he was blocked, and Gabriella took the ball, and dribbled to the other side of the court, easily making a 3-pointer.

They lay head to head (legs facing opposite directions) on center court, out of breath, then Troy spoke up. "Wow, you actually beat me, Brie."

"Brie?" I asked confused.

"Yeah, do you mind if I call you that?" he asked.

"Nope. I actually like it. It's cute."

"Okay then."

There was silence, so I decided to break it this time.

"Hey, there's still," I looked at the clock in the gym. "Half an hour until our next class, what do you wanna do?"

"Uhm, I'm a bit too tired to play another game, so let's just take shots." He replied.

"Oooh, I tired out Mr. MVP-Basketball-Captain. Awesome. And okay, let's take shots."

"Shut up, Ms. MVP Basketball-Captain…ette."

"Captain-ette? Nice…" I giggled.

"Once again, shut up."

"Fine, but… let's make this game a little more… interesting."

"How so?" he asked, somewhat scared.

"Well, we take turns shooting, every time I make a shot, you have to tell me something about you, and every time you make a shot, I have to tell you something."

"Sounds okay, what's the catch?"

"Okay, first thing, nothing we say can leave this room."

He nodded.

"Second thing, you HAVE to tell the truth."

He nodded once again.

"And third thing… haha…" I grinned.

"Uh-oh, what?" he asked. This time looking really scared.

"Every time you miss, you have to do a dare, chosen by the other person. And you HAVE to do it, or else you have to stick your head in a bucket of ice-cold water for one minute, and get a minute added every time you don't do a dare. And don't worry, you use a snorkel so you can breathe." I said, smiling evilly.

"Uhm, okay. Let's play…" he said hesitantly.