Meant for me

Chapter – 2

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Hey guys! Here's the second chapter. I'd like to dedicate this chapter to neila cross and SeBabGr, who reviewed for the last chapter and have since patiently waited for me to update and whose stories I've really come to enjoy :)

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"No"

"But Troy….."

"No Tay."

"Troy c'mon, please…….."

"Tay, I'm on vacation!"

"I know that."

"So you should also know that vacation means no work!"

"Oh Troy, this is not work! Sometimes you can be as stupid as Chad!"

"Okay whatever."

"So, will you come with me??"

"No"

"Awww, Troy. Can't you do a lil' sumthin' for a close friend."

"Don't give me that long puppy face, Tay. Why don't you go with Chad? He's your boyfriend!"

"I've gone with him loads of times. This is something I'm asking from one of my best friends!"

Troy sighed.

"But why do you want to the theatre of all places?!? I didn't know that you were into musicals."

"So you agree to go with me?"

Troy sighed again.

"Alright, I'll go with you."

"Yay!!!"

"You are so childish sometimes!"

"Hmm, maybe. I have my moments."

Troy smiled at her.

"So, when are we going? I want to get this done with!"

"Um, tomorrow evening. The show starts at 7.00. So, we'll have to be there by 6.50."

"Okey-dokey dudette.

"Oh I'm so excited."

"Why is that?"

"I've been wanting to watch this particular musical for about 3 weeks now."

Troy was surprised.

"3 weeks?? Woah! Why didn't you go see it before?"

"I wanted to, but Chad wouldn't come with me. He said that musicals are too girly for him and all my girl friends were busy. So……."

"………. I became your prey!!"

"I guess you can say that." Taylor grinned.

"Wow. Or should I say woah!"

Taylor giggled.

"Dufus."

"With discretion."

"Okay 'Mr. Dufus with discretion', I gotta go now or I'll be late."

"Late for what?"

"I got a date with Chad." she smiled.

"Cool." Troy said sarcastically.

"Okay, see ya."

"Right, bye."

"Bye, and hey, don't forget our date tomorrow." she winked at him.

"Yeah right, as if you'll let me forget it even if I wanted to!" he smirked.

Taylor smirked back and left.

"Gotta call Chad." Troy thought.

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"Hey, dude."

"Chad! Hey. What's up?"

"Nah, nothing much. I'm waiting for Tay."

"Oh yeah, about Tay. What's with her and theatre for fun?"

Chad laughed. "She asked you to go with her to see a musical, huh?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm, I should've known. Well, she asked me to go with her like a million times and I went on arguing that it is too girly for me and blah, blah, blah, so she gave up. So, did you agree to go with her?"

"I had to!" Troy whined.

"I pity you so much, dude."

"Yeah, right. If you do pity me, come with us!"

"Not gonna happen!"

"C'mon Chad, pleaaaaasseeee!!"

"Dude, she's forced me to go with her a gazillion times"

"So what? It's been sooo long since we three went together anywhere!"

"If you're so desperate for us to spend time together, then come crash our date right now!"

Troy rolled his eyes.

"I'm asking you to do one thing for my sake."

"You know what, she's rubbing off on you."

"Chad! I'm here only for a month and then goodness knows when I'll be back."

"Next year?"

"Yeah, so there is such a long hiatus in between."

Chad sighed.

"Okay, alright, I'll come with you two. Stop picking on me!"

"Good."

"But, you're gonna owe me for this."

"Sure, I do." Troy smiled to himself.

"Sooo much."

"Bye Chad."

"Yeah."

Troy hung up and cheered at the incredibility of the situation. Whatever Taylor was going to make him suffer, he was not gonna suffer it alone.

"After all, what are friends for?" he thought.

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The next day, the threesome met at the theatre where the musical was staged. Taylor was pretty excited and bouncy; while the two men sulked.

"Tay, stop being so fidgety." said Chad.

"I can't! Three weeks of patient waiting and the day has finally arrived! You guys don't know how much I wanna see this musical." Taylor replied.

"Well, we don't understand and hopefully never will." Troy mused.

"Yeah, look at the crowd! So much of chaos and commotion." Chad said bitterly. "You'd think that the President of the United States is gonna show up or something! A basket-ball match is so much better!"

"Yeah!" Troy agreed.

"You two would ofcourse think so." Taylor snapped. "I mean, can't you think of anything else than watching or playing basket-ball for spending quality time?!?"

"No." Troy said. "I can't. But I'm sure Chad considers eating just as much fun. The way he gobbled up the food yesterday………"

"Dude!" Chad exclaimed. "This is not the time for that."

"I was just telling that you need to be taught table etiquettes." Troy defended.

Chad shot him a death glare and Troy smiled inwardly.

"You don't know but Taylor is Darbus incarnation inside the 'hallowed halls'." Chad air quoted 'hallowed halls'.

"I am not!!" Taylor said indignantly.

"Yes you are, Tay."

"Humph"

"Okay, guys." Troy said. "I think we need to move in if we wanna catch the show from the beginning.

Taylor's mood immediately changed back to excitement and bounciness; while Chad sighed and prepared himself for another session of confinement in the 'prison of noisy indulgence'. Troy was antsy and was engaged in thoughts concerning the world he was about to enter.

Soon, the show began and Taylor watched each and every scene with anticipation clear in her countenance and manner; Chad fell asleep before witnessing even half of the show and Troy actually started to enjoy his time once he got acquainted with the sequence, though there was no way he was gonna admit it before Taylor or Chad.

By the time the show ended Taylor was smiling with satisfaction and Troy was glad to have been exposed to a refreshingly different aura and was happy that Taylor had forced him to come; Chad was snoozing peacefully in his seat and had to be jerked violently before they could get him to wake up.

"Dude, how can you sleep so peacefully in a theatre with all the noise?" Troy asked inquisitively.

"I have got used to it, my friend." Chad replied with a little hint of pride.

Taylor rolled her eyes. "He is THE worst companion one can have when you want to watch a movie or musical."

"Well, let's move out." Troy suggested.

The other two agreed and they started moving out but the large crowd was apparently not in a hurry to leave the place so soon. They were moving hastily in every possible direction they could, antsy to catch the actors of the show before they escaped. Troy, Chad and Taylor found themselves being pushed around the place in different directions away from each other. In matter of seconds, they were separated and were unable to find each other.

Troy was trying to search for the other two but it was impossible to recognize or find them in the large theatre. Soon, he somehow managed to free himself. He looked around and saw that he was near the left-hand corner of the stage. Frenzied, he moved around and was soon away from the flood of crazy people.

As he kept on moving, the noise and ruckus became inconspicuous and he stopped to look around his vicinity. It was very quiet around him. He moved around more and came to a big room, which he recognized, was the place where the artists and actors rehearsed before performing. Suddenly, he thought he heard a movement and quickly hid behind a curtain. Slowly, he peeped and was surprised to see the rear side of a woman sitting before a piano.

It was as if she appeared out of nowhere. She sat there for sometime without doing anything and it seemed like she was deep in thought. Troy didn't dare to move incase she saw him and thought that he was spying on her.

After sometime, she shifted in her seat and started playing the piano and singing along with it.

Suddenly I, am in front of the lights
Everything, I'm feeling
Scary and beautiful at the same time

Troy recognized her as one of the actors of the show. He was mesmerized with her voice and heard her with apt attention.

And every day I try just to breathe
I want to show the whole world
The truth inside of me

Suddenly people know my name
Suddenly everything has changed
Suddenly I feel so alive
In the blink of an eye

Troy thought that she sounded very soulful and meant every word she sang. It was beautiful.

My dreams begin to rain

Suddenly time, feels like the wind
It changes everywhere I go
I'm just trying to fit in
Now here I stand
And I'm still just that girl
I'm following my heart
In this amazing crazy world

Suddenly people know my name
Suddenly everything has changed
Suddenly I feel so alive
In the blink of an eye
Suddenly I am center stage
Suddenly I am not afraid
Suddenly I believe again

In the blink of an eye
My dreams begin to rain

After she finished the song, again she sat still deep into thought.

Troy was still behind the curtain and was influenced by delirium tremens himself and in that sub-conscious state, accidentally knocked over a broom which was kept against the wall. (A/N: - I had the image of Zac hiding behind that blue mop in HSM while writing this lol )

Both, Troy and the girl, immediately came back to earth when they heard the crashing of the broom.

"Who is here?" the girl asked apparently shocked.

Troy kept quiet.

"Who is here?" the girl asked again more confidently this time.

Troy thought and decided that it would be better if he showed up, lest some unnecessary commotion be created. He came out of his hiding place and stood by way of light so that she could see him.

"Um, hey." he said nervously.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" she asked him.

He explained to her that he was a part of the audience with his friends and that when the show ended, they were about to leave but fell into the hands of the merciless people and got separated. He was then trying to find a way out when he came across the room and heard her singing.

"You sing very well." he complimented.

She smiled. "Thank you. I hope you enjoyed the show."

"I did. And so did my friends." Friends?? That should've been just friend. Never mind!

"I'm glad you did, then."

Troy smiled at her. She was very beautiful and so was her voice. Her manner and conduct was very appealing therefore, on the whole making her a very pleasurable person.

"I am Troy. Troy Bolton." he said.

"Sharpay. Sharpay Evans."

Sharpay…… very unusual name. I like it.

They talked for a few minutes about the show and then Troy asked her to kindly tell him the way out and she did.

"Nice meeting you." he said.

She smiled at him and then he left.

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There! Finally done. Whew! I'd been writing this for the past three days between studying for my ongoing exams.

I know that the way I introduced Sharpay is very cliché but I couldn't think of a better meeting of Troy and Shar than this. I am so sorry if you are disappointed. But I promise to improve myself with the upcoming chapters.

The thing is that I'm very clear of the outline and the middle part of this story but it is not the same with the starting part. So, I kinda have to think about it and with the exam pressure I'm not able to do so much.

Please tell me what you think about it.

Review!!