(If you liked this story, you should read my two oneshots, Splash, and it's sequel Stolen Halo.)
Disclaimer: After writing this whole story . . . I still don't own it! Some things never change, eh?
Checklist; The whole she-bang is done.
Recap
She knew the truth at last.
Calendar
Monday: Drama club moved table. Talked to Troy, saw smashed piano in auditorium.
Went home, talked to Gabriella on phone. Complained to Mom about piano, she suggested being creative in another way. Went to bedroom, wrote first part of first story, Ice Queen.
Tuesday: Sharpay tripped me up, wrote second part of story, accidentally told Chelsea about secret, who told Sharpay.
Went to Cafeteria, Ryan talked to me, Chelsea talked to me, went to gym, and wrote Switching Roles. Sharpay tried to talk to me.
Went home, flopped on bed. Wrote first part of Zeke's Cupid Catastrophe.
Wednesday: Missed Drama practice, wrote last bit of Zeke's story. Ms Darbus caught me out, I'm in big trouble!
Thursday: Bumped into Troy, talk to him about Gabi, wrote first part of Taylor's story, Part one.
Went home, wrote last bit of Part one.
Friday: Caught Taylor confronting Chad, talked to her. Went to class, confronted Chad. Wrote Taylor's story Part two.
HSM (week 2)Monday: Dad turned up unexpectedly. Went to school, got in trouble with Ms Darbus, talked to Sharpay.
Went to practice, wrote ASTDPJTR and Candi saw. Told me that Ryan wrote stories too. Went with Ryan, wrote first part of Troy Bolton meets his match.
Went to get Ryan's hat as he went to auditorium for Lunch break rehearsal, over-heard Troy and Chad, thought of part two of Troy Bolton Meets his match, went with Chad to auditorium, quit show.
Talked to Chad, Zeke and Jason, went to talk to Drama Club about Dilemma, went with Chad to talk to Taylor. Put notebook in locker, saw Troy. Dad said the person renting the piano was Candi's Mom.
Went to Candi's house, hung around, met family, then got phone call from Taylor about Troy.
(A.N. OMG! I didn't realise how long I made Monday! It lasted from C7 to C10!!!)
Tuesday: Found notebook in bag. Went to school, lockers had been broken into. Talked to Candi, promised to go to house after school. Go to library, Martha gave me Sharpay's Message, wrote Ryan's Glamorous Genie.
Met Sharpay. Forgot to go to Candi's house, went to Ryan's instead, talked to him. Found out he played piano too, he gave me feedback on stories. Ryan was cute (giggle.) Went home, wrote Martha's Garden.
Wednesday: Told Drama Crew my idea.
Thursday: Nothing special.
Friday: Musical arrangements were set. Tickets for show are selling really quickly.
HSM (Week 3)
Monday: Programmes had been made, fliers went up.
Tuesday: Costumes were finished, more costume rehearsals.
Wednesday: Talked to Ryan, put notebook in locker again. Ryan said he's going to Young Actor's Award ceremony, will be back on Sunday.
Went home, called Candi. Candi said why she's unwell, and then I wrote Gabriella's .
Thursday: Went to Chelsea, Adam, Kennedy, and Dave, just to find out that Mickey didn't have my book.
Friday: Went to school, saw that Gabriella had my book.
Sunday: Phoned Candi, she's at rehearsal. Called Ryan, he told me to ask Gabriella for my book back. Went to Gabriella's house, stole my book back.
HSM (Week 4)
Monday: Nothing Special.
Tuesday: Finally looked at the book I stole . . . found that it was Gabriella's diary.
Wednesday: The first show. Told Candi about Diary.
Thursday: The second show.
Friday: The third and final show. Someone put Chilli in Candi's sandwich. Confronted Gabriella about piano.
. . . the truth came out. Went to after party, YAY!
A week later . . .
Sunday: (today) About to go for a walk in the moonlight with Ryan . . .
Diary
Midnight, me, and Ryan Evans. A divine combo.
Sorry, I guess I should have written a proper intro, but I'm really excited about tonight . . .
It's Sunday today. The first Sunday of a new month. It feels good, fresh, like I can start all over again.
Last month was crazy, too crazy for my liking, but the outcome has opened my eyes to a lot of things.
Gabriella, for one, has sworn to stop being someone she's not, which means that her relationship with Sharpay has kinda crumbled. Ah well, I guess it wasn't meant to be.
You may have noticed that I'm writing in my own book again (lol), me and Gabriella swapped back. Thankfully.
Troy and Gabi have got together now, so they're really happy. And Taylor and Chad are happy as well; they're calling me the 'Matchmaker' cause I got a whole bunch of people together;
Troy and Gabi, Adam and Chelsea, Kennedy and Suzy, Dave and Ally, Candi and Mickey got back together, and believe it or not, Jason and Sharpay!
Even my love life's looking up. Me and Ryan (or should I say Ryan and I) are going out! Sharpay had no objections, so we're happy too.
My friendship with Troy has also been repaired; mainly because of the Gabriella thing, but it's different now. Out of all the good stuff that's happened, something bad was bound to come out sooner or later.
He doesn't call me 'Kel-Bell' anymore; he still calls Gabriella 'Gabi', though. And he still hasn't apologized for being an idiot.
I guess too much has changed to go back to the way things used to be, but I don't care anymore; I have Ryan.
My writing addiction . . . no longer a problem. I've harnessed them into creative playwriting skills, so Ryan and I just write scripts and compose all day long.
It's so awesome!
This navy book I'm writing in now will be put away. Maybe I'll show it to my kids or something.
Hey, when I started writing, Mom said she used to write stories about animals that could talk and stuff. I remember now! I wonder if she can show them to me . . . ?
I've rebuilt my relationship with my Mom and I've got back into practice with my piano playing. Dad's around more often too, which is great.
As for the broken piano, the Drama Crew decided to use Ryan's 'raising money' idea, so in the Auditorium, the people I'd written about in my notebook (Troy, Gabriella, Chad, you get the pic) would actually act out the stories I had written!
Even now, I can't believe how successful that was. The 'Zeke's Cupid' one was particularly funny!
Anyway, I have to go and skip into the sunset with my happy ending or something.
Well actually, it's moonlight; Me and Ryan are going for a moonlight walk, like we do every so often. If my Mom found out, she'd so flip . . . but I've been lucky so far!
Hehe.
Afterwards, me and Ryan go to his house, and do more work on the script/songs for the next show, but then we muck about which usually ends up with us kissing . . . One time, Sharpay walked in, and . . .
Um . . .
ANYWAY, I should really go. I'm still adjusting to all the Changes. Things are so different now. I feel different, that's for sure.
Maybe . . . maybe I needed all of this craziness to happen to me . . . so I could figure out who I truly am.
And so, here I write the last stories I will ever write in this book, and then I will put it away . . .
So I can start over.
X X X
If the price is right
Jason entered the Jewelers, open-minded. He wanted to get a really necklace or ring or something for Sharpay, and this was a good place to start looking.
"Hello again, sir." said Walter, with a friendly smile. Walter was the cashier, and he knew a lot about the Jewellery they sold at the store. "What are you looking for this time?"
"I dunno . . . a ring or necklace for a fussy lady!" replied Jason, laughing as he looked around.
"Ah, may I suggest this one then, Sir," smiled Walter. He showed Jason a ring, gold and quite bulky, with makings engraved on the surface. Jason shook his head; he didn't like it and he knew Sharpay wouldn't either.
"What about this one?" offered Walter.
It was a Silver necklace with a Rose Quartz crystal at the end. Jason knew Sharpay would like it, especially because of the pink crystal, but the price was extreme.
"We have one over here," said Walter, and Jason sighed, hoping that he'd be third time lucky, and he was. Walter showed him a beautiful silver ring with a single, pink gem set into the metal.
It was dainty and small, but very sweet. It shimmered beautifully in the light, and Jason stared, mesmerised. She'd love it.
"How much?" said Jason immediately.
"One Thousand, five hundred dollars." ($1,500) said Walter. Jason slowly looked at him.
"One thousand . . .and five hundred dollars?!?!" he repeated, raising an eyebrow.
"You're joking. There's no way I'm paying that much! C'mon. It's a pretty ring, pure silver, pure crystal, I know. But really, five hundred dollars, at the most." ($500)
Walter did a double take. "Sir, we are respectable people! I cannot possibly give it to you at that price! One thousand is reasonable." ($1000)
"C'mon, it not like it's stuffed with expensive gems," snorted Jason. "Seven hundred dollars is a sensible price, surely?" ($700)
"Sir," Walter moaned. He'd never had this much trouble with a customer before. "Nine hundred dollars, my final offer." ($900)
"Seven hundred and fifty, my final offer." retorted Jason. ($750)
"Eight hundred and fifty." ($850)
"Seven hundred and ninety." ($790)
"Eight hundred and twenty." ($820)
"Eight hundred, take it or leave it." demanded Jason. ($800)
Walter sighed. It was better that nothing. "Agreed." He sighed, and Jason paid, got the ring in Sharpay's size, and left, grinning widely.
Old codger, he thought. Always raising prices. He knew Walter well, which is why he fought so hard to lower the price. Because the price he got it for . . .
Was the price it was originally in the first place!
X X X
Eavesdroppers
"We need to talk," said Gabriella awkwardly, as she sat down with Troy on her bed in her bedroom.
"Look, I know what you're thinking, Gabi, but it doesn't have to be like this!" Troy sighed. "I'm sorry. I wish we could start over . . ."
"Just forgive him," whispered a voice from the wardrobe.
"Who's that? frowned Gabriella, and Troy shrugged.
"I don't know. Listen – Gabi, Maybe we should take a break, you know? Maybe . . ."
"Troy . . . there's something I need to tell you . . ." confessed Gabriella. Troy's eyes widened in surprise as he listened intently.
"You don't wanna do that," A muffled voice drifted from below them, where they were sitting on the bed.
"Who is that?" stressed Gabriella.
"Never you mind." came another voice. It seemed to be coming from behind the curtains.
"That's it." said Gabriella loudly, standing up. "Whoever's in my room – show yourself now!"
There was silence for a few seconds, then Zeke and Sharpay fell out of the wardrobe.
"I couldn't breathe!" gasped Zeke.
"You idiots!" exclaimed Sharpay angrily. "You gave the game away!"
"It's not my fault!" said Ryan, steeping out from behind the curtain. "Kelsi and Taylor were putting me off!"
"Don't blame us!" said Kelsi and Taylor together, as the curtains were pulled back. "We just wanted to listen!" whined Kelsi.
They were resting their elbows on the window, standing on the vine that grew outside Gabriella's window. Gabriella usually used it to sneak out late at night.
"You were making kissy noises!" said Taylor, making sure she kept her balance. "I couldn't help giggling!"
Gabriella, shocked, sighed and flopped back down on her bed, where a small 'ow' was issued. "What the . . . ?" she began.
Chad slid out from under the bed. "Don't be angry at me – I just wanted to know what was going on!"
"Me too!" added Taylor.
"We all did." Summarized Sharpay.
"Well I hope you're happy. You can leave my room now!" stormed Gabriella, striding to the door. As she opened it, Jason and Martha, who were leaning against the door, fell inside.
They grinned sheepishly at the furious Gabriella, stumbling to their feet.
"GET OUT!" she screamed, and everyone, ran hurriedly from the room apart from Taylor and Kelsi, who quickly climbed down the vine.
"You were saying?" said Troy, nervously, and grinned when Gabriella's shocked expression remained for a few seconds.
"I'll tell you later," she said weakly.
X X X
The Detention Club
The door opened, and two more teenagers came in. Sharpay and Ryan.
"Again?" said Troy in disbelief. They'd been coming to detention more than usual.
"We couldn't help it. Consistently throwing water at the teacher is so satisfying . . ." grinned Ryan, and Sharpay grinned back.
"What are you in for?" she asked.
"Didn't do homework." shrugged Martha.
"Caused a major explosion in the science lab," said Taylor bluntly.
"Set of fireworks on the school grounds," grinned Chad, and Troy, Jason, and Zeke nodded; they'd all done it together.
"Back chatted to the teacher." said Gabriella wistfully.
"Gave Ms Darbus the finger." said Kelsi quietly. Everyone looked at her, thoughoutly suprised. "I didn't mean to!"
"None of us meant to," said Taylor quickly, "Apart from you lot," she indicated the boys, who started to laugh. "We keep trying not to, but we can't help it. We've formed some sort of . . . club. We keep coming back."
"I don't wanna come back!" said Ryan, his eyes wide.
"Then don't. We won't, at least." Said Sharpay, as though it was the simplest thing in the world.
"You think it's that easy?" said Zeke incredulously. Sharpay nodded.
And they kept their word. The twins didn't come back, they were good in lessons, and even joined the drama club. They turned out to be very good at drama.
So, following in their footsteps, less and less people showed up in detention.
The boys joined the basketball team, and Taylor and Gabriella joined the scholastic decathlon.
Martha became a brainiac, and Kelsi composed for the school shows, and helped the Drama Club.
In fact, everyone knew how hard they'd worked to turn their life around.
They'd managed to start over.
X X X
Time to close the book.
Luv, Kelsi Nielsen xxx
That concludes What if it went like this, and thank you for reading till the end!
I wrote this because I wanted to round of the story in a nice way, and using Kelsi's Calendar, this will make the story a bit clearer.
I'm doing some other HSM Horror and Supernatural stories, but I'll do romance Oneshots too, so look out for those! Look out for my new story, Wildcat Daredevils!
Bye! Star x x x