* Hey everyone! Wow, I'm getting reviews! FINALLY! Big thanks to Carzydude23 for your very sweet review. Mrskatiehale, sorry that I disturbed you with the Alice & Kelsi pairing, but I actually think it's rather cute and they make a very nice couple. Carzydude23 can agree with me! And EaseThePain, your reviews make me smile. This chapter is for all of you! Hope you love it!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own 'I Don't Have To Try'. It's the property of the amazing Avril Lavigne and her record company.
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" So what are we doing here?", Taylor asked Alice.
She, Alice, Kelsi, and Gabriella were sitting on the bleachers to the East High football field, watching the joint cheerleader and football team try-outs.
Their mutual friends, Martha Cox and Jessica Stanley, waved to them from where they stood in line with the other hopefuls desperate to wear the cheerleader uniform. They all waved back.
" We're making sure a certain blonde whore in minimal clothing makes no moves on my brother", Alice informed the other girls.
" I tried to talk her out of it, but she's obsessed", Kelsi complained to Gabriella and Taylor.
" Excuse me but I won't let that man eater lay her claws on my brother! The last girl who toyed with his mind and heart was able to move away before I could lay my hands on her but this time, oh, this time I'm going to get that throat and drain her dry!", Alice argued.
Taylor, Gabriella, and Kelsi all stared at Alice.
" What?", She said, staring with cluelessness at their looks of shock and revulsion.
" Even though that was probably the most horrifying thing to have come out of your mouth, I am still very in love with you", Kelsi told Alice.
" Aw, thanks, sweetie!", Alice cooed, kissing Kelsi then turned back to looking for Sharpay.
" Seeing as we're going to be here forever and a day, why don't I inquire as to whether you and the Black boy are an item or not?", Taylor said, turning to Gabriella.
" We're not", grumbled Gabriella, still stinging from the rough talk she had with Jacob earlier.
" Tell me everything", Taylor demanded, sensing the emotional turmoil in her friend's voice.
" He told me he wants a relationship with me but he won't explain why he ran out on me. Said something about secrets and they're personal and dangerous to know. Also talked about a girlfriend he had who may or may not be the reason to all this hesitation and secrecy", Gabriella told her friend.
" So he's a man with a past. A dark, secret past that no one has access to, other than himself", Taylor summed up.
" You pretty much pinned him down", stated Gabriella with a nod.
" Blonde slut at two o'clock!", cried Alice, pointing to where Sharpay stood chatting it up with an uniform-clad Emmett, " Troops, ascend onto thy head!".
With that, Alice, Kelsi, Gabriella, and Taylor sprinted down the bleachers, across the football field, to Emmett and Sharpay.
" Emmett!", Alice cried out.
" Oh, hi, Allie!", trilled Sharpay, waving at Alice as she trailed her pink manicured fingers up and down Emmett's arm.
" Emmett, unless you've been vaccinated against rabies, you should probably back away from this dog", Alice told her brother.
" What are you talking about?", Emmett asked his sister, looking at her, incredulously.
" Haven't you heard? She's a slut. She's only talking to you so she can get in your pants!", Alice explained.
" God, Allie, you shouldn't believe all the nasty lies people say about me in this school", argued Sharpay.
" They ain't lying, sister. You're a slut and don't you say you aren't because I've heard stories from the basketball team that would make your grandmother blush!", sneered Alice.
" So I admit it, I've slept with a few guys. There's nothing wrong with that", Sharpay stated.
" Try half the male population in the school", retorted Alice.
" God, what's your problem?", shrieked Sharpay.
" You really want to know? Fine, I'll tell you. I'm sick of blonde bitches thinking it's their right to screw around with guys' heads. It's not and I'm making certain that my brother doesn't fall victim to your kind's cruelty ever again", snapped Alice.
" What makes you think I'm screwing with Emmett's head? I might just be talking to him because I actually really like him", Sharpay declared.
" Yeah, right, and tomorrow it's gonna snow", scoffed Alice.
" Fine, don't believe me but I won't stop talking to Emmett unless…", Sharpay said dramatically.
" Unless?", asked Alice.
" Unless you beat me in a sing-off. Right here. Right now", Sharpay told the short brunette girl.
" Really? You're challenging me to a sing-off?", Alice asked, incredulously.
" Are you scared?", teased Sharpay.
" I actually pity you for challenging me and you'll see why", Alice answered with a smug smile at the blonde.
" Okay, I'll go first", Sharpay said happily then began to sing,
" I'm the one, I'm the one who knows the dance
I'm the one, I'm the one who's got the prance
I'm the one, I'm the one who wears the pants
I wear the pants
I'm the one who tells you what to do
You're the one, You're the one if I let you
I'm the one, I'm the one who wears the pants
I wear the pants
Hey, you, follow me
I'll take the lead
Can't you see?
Don't you question me
You just do what I say".
Sharpay pointed at Alice, signaling her turn. Alice opened her mouth and sang beautifully,
" I don't care what you're saying
I don't care what you're thinking
I don't care about anything
Get ready, get ready 'cause I'm happenin'
I don't care what you're saying
I don't care what you're thinking
I don't care about anything
Get ready, get ready 'cause I'm on the scene
I don't have to try
To make you realize
Anything I wanna do
Anything I'm gonna do
Anything I wanna do
I do
And I don't have to try
Try!".
As Alice finished the last note to everyone's gaping gaze, it became apparent that Sharpay wasn't going to stand a chance.
" But- how did you-?", stammered Sharpay.
" Musical Theater camp five summers in a row", was Alice's haughty reply.
Kelsi tackled Alice to the ground, kissing her and murmuring, " Goddess".
" Guess you were just out sung, Miss Ice Queen", A voice declared.
Gabriella looked over to see Jacob standing a few feet away, with a huge smile on his face.
Gabriella felt an instant pull towards Jacob's sunny personality. She began to step towards him but then remembered she was still upset with him for not telling her the truth. So she halted where she was.
" So as promised, I'll never talk to Emmett again", Sharpay choked out amidst tears.
" You swear? Pinky swear?", dared Alice, holding up her pinky.
" Fine, pinky swear", sobbed Sharpay, twisting her pinky with Alice's then ran off, her head bowed.
" I hope you're really happy, Alice. She looked real devastated that she lost", Emmett said to Alice.
" Oh, don't you worry about her. She's just being a Drama Queen. She doesn't really care about you", Alice assured her brother.
" Sure looks like she does", muttered Emmett.
" What did you say?", asked Alice.
" Nothing. I got to practice. Meet you by the Jeep in a few minutes", Emmett told her then ran off.
" Mission accomplished", sang Alice, taking Kelsi's hand and together, they skipped off to the parking lot.
So it was Taylor, Gabriella, and Jacob left, standing around.
Taylor just grabbed Gabriella by the elbow and swiftly led her towards the parking lot and her car, away from Jacob.
Once again, Gabriella had the sensation of her soul being ripped away and wondered about that.
Then she just shrugged and figured it was just some weird reaction to Jacob, that being away from him was like her soul was being ripped in two. She figured she'd get over it.
She got in her powder blue 2005 Toyota Prius and started it up. Then she saw Jacob straddle a black Harley Davidson motorcycle with red flames a little ways away and she felt her heart burst with longing for the red-skinned boy.
Tears filled her eyes as she backed out and sped away in the opposite direction, away from Jacob and her heart.
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* So what do you think? I think Sharpay is really human. I mean, as much as we all want to hate Sharpay because she's blonde and a ditz and tries one too many times to break up Troy and Gabriella, we got to consider the fact that she's human, too. And as much as I love Alice, I think she has no right keeping Sharpay from talking to Emmett. As one of my more favorite Disney songs say, love always finds a way. That can be said of Jacob and Gabriella, too. Oh, and expect a Jacob POV chapter coming up next! Whoo-hoo! Yeah, Jacob! So please leave a review and I'll catch you wonderful fans on the flip side!