Hello again! I'm going to try and make the next chapters as good as possible, so if you have any ideas, please let me know!
Recap
Even when Sharpay herself popped up and demanded to know what was happening. Kelsi was walking away then, her cheerful cries of laughter echoing down the silent hallway. She figured Chelsea must have told her about the secret thing, because just before she was out of earshot, she heard a screech,
"What the hell? Secret? Kelsi knows about WHAT?"
Ryan stared from where he was sitting ,at Kelsi, who was red in the face from laughing. 'What is wrong with her today?' he thought, bewildered. She sat at the old Drama club table, on her own. He decided to join her, seeing as Sharpay was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey." He plonked his stuff down on the bench.
"Oh . . . oww ohowww, my mouth hurts. My whole face hurts!" Kelsi groaned, resting her head on the table.
"That's because you've been laughing like an idiot for ages! Everyone thinks that Sharpay's secret must be really embarrassing or something. Or, they just think you're a wack-job."
Kelsi snapped her head up and looked at Ryan, dazed.
"I'm glad to decided to come here on your own," she said seriously, even though she was still thinking about her story, "You shouldn't let Sharpay boss you about." She would have burst out laughing again, if Ryan's expression wasn't so troubled.
"Kelsi . . ." began Ryan, unsure how to say it. "If there's something about Sharpay I need to know about . . ."
"No, I was joking, it was -" Kelsi sighed. "I'm not lying. There is no secret."
"Then why is Sharpay acting all weird?" burst out Ryan, flinging his bag away from him, "And why did she tell you, instead of her own brother? I'm not stupid, even if Sharpay does boss me around." Ryan stressed. Kelsi was starting to slowly fall back to reality, coming off the high of being so happy.
"Ask Sharpay." She said in a low voice. Sharpay really does have a secret? Well, it was nothing to do with her, even though everyone else thought it was.
"Fine. Bye." Ryan said sulkily, and as he left, Ally, Chelsea, and another girl with ginger hair approached.
"Kelsi!" whispered Chelsea eagerly. "What the secret that Sharpay's all edgy about?" Kelsi stared coldly at her.
"So now it's all nice and politeness, is it? Next time, try doing that before you're rude to me, and maybe I'll be more – inclined – to tell you something you want to know!" with that, she haughtily left, but not before she heard Chelsea say 'What the hell is wrong with her?'
Kelsi didn't know herself. She didn't usually act this weird or this fierce. Maybe it was just hormones or something.
Kelsi didn't know where to go now. She didn't want to stop and hang around, because sooner or later somebody would come and ask about Sharpay again. She looked around the shiny hallway and gripped her bag more tightly, before setting off to the auditorium.
On the way, she caught sight of the huge Wildcats poster that had Troy's face on it. 'Troy . . .' she thought, as she decided to go to the gym instead.
'What am I going there for anyway? Just to watch them practice? People will think – no. I don't care. I'm going anyway.'
When she reached the gym, she sat in the seats, which were empty, apart from one or two guys who had come to watch, and were shouting things like 'You call that basketball?' and 'How can you win the next match if you can't even catch the ball half the time?' It was pretty dumb, because half the things they said weren't true.
Kelsi took out the notebook with the story in it, and quickly wrote the end of The Ice Queen's secret, and found herself wondering about what to write next. She gazed at Chad, his puffy hair flopping about as he ran up and down the court. Then Jason, who had just caught the ball and was doing a few tricks before finally passing it on to . . . Troy. No surprises when he got the ball right into the net.
'Troy is really cool with all his rep and style, Jason, not so much. Taylor is really smart, Sharpay, not so much. Gabriella has a wonderful singing voice. Me . . . not so much. What if everyone like . . . swapped roles?' She quickly found a fresh page and quickly titled it 'Switching Roles' while thinking
'What if it went like this?'
Kelsi Nielsen aimed very carefully and pushed the ball up with her hands. The cheerleaders screamed with delight as the ball went into the net perfectly.
"I guess that means the cheerleaders win again!" she said, shooting a dazzling smile at the basketball team captain, Chad Danforth.
He shook his head in shame, his hair wobbling. "I guess so." He grinned at her and left the gym. She went over to the stands, where some people from the schools scholastic decathlon team were sitting. The main leader was Gabriella Montez, and next to her sat a shy girl called Taylor, but Taylor left quickly with Chad. Kelsi followed a little while after.
"So, tell me again Kelsi." Said Gabriella, hurrying to join her. "How is this tournament working?"
"Well," began Kelsi, "Being the head Cheerleader, I want what's best for my group. Our practice is scheduled for the same day as the basketball team, so they get to go first, naturally. The basketball team is sooo much more important, but they always take AGES to practice." They were outside of the Gym now.
"Because big head Danforth doesn't want to share, I said that we'll compete for it." They were walking down the hallway. Every so often, she saw posters, the cheerleading team in front, the basketball team somewhere in the background, and posters with vice versa.
"The days that we have practice, we do a cheer, and play basketball straight after, B-ball team v Cheer squad. Whoever wins both gets to practice first. Cheerleaders won today, they're practicing in the gym, but I'm not today . . ."
"And if it's a draw?" panted Gabriella, struggling to keep up with Kelsi.
The real Kelsi looked up. The real cheerleading squad had come to hang around and flirt with Troy if they were lucky. Smirking, she looked back down and wrote:
"Then it's the team leaders one on one," Kelsi grinned, as she flung open the auditorium door. "And that's what I find REALLY fun!"
They walked inside.
"Hiya honeys!" Kelsi beamed at Taylor, Chad, and Troy, who were standing on the stage.
"You been a while!" mumbled Troy, shuffling his feet.
"Sorry T.B. darling, I got held up." Kelsi raised her eyebrows at Gabriella, who blushed. "Lets get this show on the road. Taylor when you're ready. Who's the pianist?"
"I-I am." Troy came forward.
"Really? I never knew you could play, so can I!" Kelsi said in surprise, and everyone stared at HER in surprise.
"You play the piano Kelsi?"
"Really? I never knew?"
"For how long?"
"Couple of years, I guess," Kelsi shrugged. "Are we gonna do this or what?"
Troy sat down, and slowly got into his flow, playing beautifully with ease. It was so nice, Taylor forgot her cue to start singing.
"Oh – uh – sorry! A - maaaa – singgg graaace- how sweeeeet-"
"That is not how you sing Amazing Grace." Snorted Chad. Leaning on the piano like he thought he was so cool.
"You sing it then!" scowled Taylor, folding her arms. Kelsi and Gabriella looked at each other as if to say 'Uh-oh!' But Chad never backed down from a 'challenge'. He began to sing:
Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
Chad's voice was unbelievably good! Taylor joined in with the harmony, and Kelsi played the tune for the song with Troy, at the other end of the piano:
I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
And the sound of the whole thing truly was amazing. At the end, Taylor looked into Chad eyes, and Kelsi looked into Troy's eyes, and it could have been the beginning of a beautiful relationship and career. But of course, that's not how things happened.
At East High, reputation and being cool was more important than anything else. So Chad and Kelsi got together instead, because it was better for their rep. So did Troy and Taylor. And Gabriella? She just went back to her equations.
Kelsi snapped the notebook shut with a sigh. When she looked up, the whole basketball team had stopped playing at were looking at her, Troy grinning. The cheerleading team too.
"What?" Kelsi got up quickly at looked around suspiciously, nervous at so many eyes on her. It made her remember why she didn't go on stage so much: stage fright. "What?"
Troy went on grinning.
"You know Sharpay's secret, don't you?" Jason said suddenly, and everyone's faces went from being curious to being eager.
"Yeah sure. Of course I don't, you idiot!" Kelsi voice dripped with sarcasm before changing to annoyance. Suddenly, she caught sight of Troy's idiotic face. "Troy Bolton, why are you grinning like that? What did you say?"
Chad suddenly started to laugh, and when Chad starts laughing, everyone else around him will join in too, sooner or later.
Feeling a little humiliated, Kelsi left the gym, laughter all around. Troy caught up with her as she walked down the hallway.
"Hey, wait up, I'm sorry Kel-bell!" Troy said, turning on the charm.
"Shut up. Don't flippin' Kelly belly me. What did you say?"
"Just some crap about the secret and about how she- I mean when you-" Troy couldn't get the words out properly, and Kelsi got more frustrated.
"Speak up or shut up, Troy!"
Troy gave her a kiss on the cheek before pulling her into a bone-crushing hug.
"You know you love me really." He guffawed. Kelsi struggled against his strong arms.
"I wouldn't dare do anything so stupid! Maybe I should call you Bolton instead of Troy. Show you a bit of authority from someone else for a change." she giggled, and when he put her down, they smiled at each other.
"I'll talk to you later," Troy started to walk in the direction of the gym, before stopping to add "Kel-bell Niel-meal." He strutted off, making Kelsi laugh.
She stood there for a little while, and when she turned around, Sharpay was there, hands on hips, looking expectantly at her. Kelsi felt a tug in her stomach, and a little voice in her head shout 'Get away, get away!'
"We need to talk," she demanded.
"Sorry, can't, need to . . ." 'Get away' Kelsi thought again. ". . . go . . . somewhere . . ."
Kelsi walked quickly away, glad that Sharpay didn't follow. When Kelsi got to the door that led out of the school, Sharpay shouted down the empty hallway,
"You had time for Troy though, didn't you?"
Phew! It seemed like this chapter took ages, maybe because I was in a rush to finish it and couldn't find the time.
Now, I've done a story mainly about Sharpay n Ryan, and one of Kelsi. The next will be about either Zeke or Taylor. Which one do you want the most? Please leave a review or send me a message.
Also, did you get who switched places in the story? Chad n Troy, Taylor n Gabriella, Kelsi n Head Cheerleader, whoever she is lol (n kind of troy too), I didn't switch it too much, because I didn't want it to get confusing.
Until next time comrades!