Chapter 6

Gabriella watched Sharpay carefully the next day. Gabriella knew that the Ice Queen was up to stealing Troy, but she wasn't going to let her.

Sharpay, pretending not to notice, walked right up to Troy. She rubbed his muscular and cooed, "Hi, Troysie!"

Troy shrugged her arm off and went back to talking to Chad, who apparently, was trying very hard to pretend Sharpay was invisible.

Sharpay pouted. She walked over to Zeke and whispered, "Zekey, can you do me a HUGE favor?"

"Anything," Zeke answered.

Sharpay smiled. "Could you flirt with Gabi for me?"

Zeke knitted his eyebrows. "Gabriella Montez, Troy's girlfriend?"

Sharpay nodded. "Please," she pleaded. "For me! Just for a little while."

Zeke sighed and said, "Fine. But if Troy attacks me, I'm not making you sugar cookies."

Sharpay was about to scream, "EW! I don't eat sugar cookies! Forget the whole plan!" But that would have ruined everything. So Sharpay just smiled and said, "Okay, Thank you!"

Zeke took a deep breath and walked over to Gabriella.

"Um, hey, Gabi," Zeke said hesitantely.

Gabriella smiled. "Hi, Zeke."

They chatted while Sharpay watched with approval. She walked over to Troy.

"Hey, Troy," Sharpay said. "Isn't that Gabi over there?"

Troy smiled and followed Sharpay's gaze, but then he frowned. What he saw wasn't pretty.

Gabriella and Zeke were talking. Okay, there was nothing wrong with that...if Zeke didn't have his arm around her!

"What the hell is Zeke doing?" Troy hissed. Chad looked at Zeke then at Troy.

"Um, Troy," Chad said with fear. As co-captain of the Wildcats basketball team, Chad knew some things about Troy...like his hot temper. "Now don't jump to conclusions. I'm sure there's a logical explanation for all of this. You don't have to bite Zeke's head off."

Sharpay frowned. The boys were going in the wrong direction.

Sharpay stood beside Troy. "Why are you mad at Zeke, Troy? You should be mad at Gabi. She's the one flirting back."

Troy looked at Sharpay. For a second, he was actually considering what she just said. Gabriella was the one flirting back...well, it seemed that way. So...

"You're right," Troy said to the beaming Sharpay. "I should be mad at both of them."

Sharpap quickly said, "But, just in case, you're wrong, lay off for awhile. Maybe Zeke is just asking for Gabi's help on an assignment or something. And wouldn't you feel just awful if you accused Gabi of something that she didn't even do?"

Troy nodded. "Yeah, I guess." He grinned at Sharpay.

Chad watched this whole thing . He had seen that smile on Sharpay before. It wasn't her I'm-glad-to-help smile. It was more like Troy's-actually-falling-for-it-I'm-so-good smile.

As the boys walked away, Chad had a feeling that Sharpay was puttig her acting skills to use...again!

When Troy and Chad were out of sight, Sharpay walked over to Zeke and Gabriella.

"Hello, you two," she said in a fake sweet voice. "Gabi, could you be kind enough to leave me and Zeke alone for a few mintues? This is private."

Gabi nodded and was about to walk away. But then she turned around and asked, "Sharpay, have you seen Troy anywhere?"

Sharpay shrugged and pretended to be absolutely clueless. Gabriella frowned and walked away.

"Okay, Zeke, keep it up," Sharpay said. "Just flirt with her for a day or two."

Zeke looked at Sharpay like she had two heads.

"Why?"

Sharpay rolled her eyes. "Just do it!" She walked towards homeroom.

Zeke watched Sharpay walk away and wondered, What cold plan did the Ice Queen come up with now?

But not wanting to make Sharpay mad, he flirted with Gabi for the rest of the day. He held books for her, he was extra-nice to her, and he even made her chocolate chip cookies...her favorite! Gabriella, thinking that Zeke was just being nice, acted equally friendly.

And all of this didn't go unnoticed by the very, very, very jealous Troy.

During lunchtime, Troy sat down at an empty table with Chad. When he saw Gabi, he was about to ask her to sit with him. But Troy never got a chance.

Because Zeke had gotten it first.

"Want to sit with me, Gabs?" he called out.

Gabs?, Troy repeated angrily in his mind. That's MY nickname for her.

He watched with glares as Gabi walked over to sit with Zeke and a few of his friends.

Troy muttered, "Not hungry." He picked up his uneaten lunch and threw it away.

Sharpay followed.

"Hey, Troy," she said. "I saw what happened in the cafeteria. I'm really sorry."

"Yeah," Troy mumbled. "I guess I just wasn't good enough."

Sharpay stared in disbelief. This wasn't supposed to happen!

"No, Troy," she said firmly. "You can't just let Gabriella get away with this! You have to confront her!"

Troy looked at Sharpay. He couldn't believe that Sharpay was actually giving advice to him...good advice to him.

"You're right!" he exclaimed. "I can't just let Montez get away with this!"

Sharpay grinned when she heard Troy say "Montez". "That's the spirit. You should confront her right before basketball practice."

Troy grinned. And before he knew it, he put his arm around her and said, "Thanks." They both walked away happily.

neither of them had noticed an two African American kids watching the whole thing. And they weren't happy with what they saw.

Sorry for the slow update! But school's almost over, so I'll have plenty of time during summer vacation. REad the next chap if u want 2 find out who the kids are. But I'm sure you'll get it! LOL:)