* Hey everyone! Mrskatiehale, I hate to disappoint you but even though I love the Twilight aspect of this story, the High School Musical part is much more interesting and I'm going to continue on with that. I will delve more into the Bella situation through a Bella POV chapter coming up eventually. For now, I have to get back to the musical auditions and getting Gabriella & Jacob together because that's important. And I know, I can't imagine Alice without Jasper either but I can't find room for him in this story. It's the same with Carlisle & Esme, although I may find reason to include all those characters in chapters that will be from Bella's, Edward's, and Alice's POV. I actually find love triangles mighty interesting so…? We'll just have to see is what I'm saying. I'm pretty much spinning this story from nothing. There's no ultimate plan for what's gonna go down. I do plan a happy ending, though, because in my world there's always a happy ending. So does that make you happy? Okay, now onto the new chapter!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own 'I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore' or 'No Air'. They're the property of their respective artists and record companies.
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Troy timidly entered the theater.
He saw Ryan sitting with Sharpay in the seats, along with everyone else who wanted to audition.
As Troy wondered whether he should sit or not, someone clapped him on the shoulder.
Turning, he saw Emmett Cullen.
" Hey, man", Troy greeted the heavyset guy.
" Hey, Troy. So you here to audition?", asked Emmett.
" Are you?", Troy equivocated.
Emmett snorted then said, " Naw, I'm here to watch Sharpay".
" I thought you guys weren't supposed to be talking?", asked Troy.
" We aren't. It's just… Don't tell Alice this but I'm really into Sharpay. I mean, after hearing her sing the other day, she's just been all I can think about", Emmett admitted to Troy.
" I get what you mean. That was how Gabriella and I met and fell in love", sighed Troy.
" So you never answered my question", pointed out Emmett, nudging Troy in the ribs.
" What question? Oh, yeah. That one. I guess you could say I'm auditioning", Troy replied, glancing over at Ryan, who happened at that exact moment to look over his shoulder and seeing Troy, gave him a quick smile, before focusing back on what the Drama teacher, Ms. Darbus, was saying.
" Yeah, I heard about that, too, and don't worry, man, you being gay doesn't bother me", Emmett assured Troy.
" Well, I'm supposing if you were ever anti-homosexual, Alice would gladly castrate you", Troy stated.
Emmett let out a bark of laughter then said, " Yeah, she would".
Troy looked behind him suddenly to see Jacob Black enter the theater, looking about as timid as he did about entering such a place.
Jacob wore a tight black muscle tee, dark blue jeans with a brown leather belt, and scuffed brown hiking boots. His long wavy dark hair was out of its ponytail and flowing about his shoulders. Troy noted that he looked good then catching his thought shuddered and sat in a seat with Emmett sitting right next to him.
Jacob was looking for Gabriella. He didn't see her among the people sitting in the crowd. He saw Troy, Sharpay, and Sharpay's twin brother but no Gabriella.
He turned around and all of a sudden, she was there.
She was dressed in a blue sweater over a white tee, bright blue pants, and nice little brown flats. Her hair was pulled back with a barrette and the ornate locket she wore the other day was the only necklace that adorned her collarbone today.
" What are you doing here?", Gabriella asked Jacob.
" I'm here to audition with you", Jacob answered.
" Yeah, right", snorted Gabriella, moving around Jacob and heading to take a seat.
Jacob followed her, saying, " Please, audition with me and I'll tell you everything".
" You would? Really?", Gabriella asked, turning back to him, her gaze hopeful and questioning.
" I would. Gabriella, I meant it when I said I wanted to be with you. I thought you knowing my past would turn you from me but I know now that I just have to take a chance and hope you'll still want to be with me after knowing the truth", Jacob answered honestly, taking Gabriella's hands into his own.
Gabriella sighed and told Jacob, " Jacob, I don't care about anything you may have done or not done in your past. What I do care about is being with you. Being away from you is like painful for me".
" It's painful for me, too", admitted Jacob, stepping closer to Gabriella.
" Jacob…", Gabriella sighed as Jacob cupped her face with his large hands and leaned forward to kiss her.
" Excuse me, but there shall be no PDA in this hollowed hall!", Ms. Darbus shouted at the pair.
Jacob & Gabriella blushed and sat back down, saying in unison, " Sorry, Ms. Darbus".
" Now let's get on with the auditions. Sharpay and Ryan, will you do the honors of going first?", Ms. Darbus asked the twins.
" Certainly, Ms. Darbus!", tweeted Sharpay, standing and practically running to the stage.
Ryan followed her but at a slower pace.
" Ryan! Hurry it up! We need to sing now!", whined Sharpay, readjusting her bra in plain sight of everyone.
Today the blonde wore a pink spaghetti-strapped tank with a sequined jacket over it, a washed-out jean skirt, and open-toed pink three inch heels. Her blonde hair was down and waved. She looked semi-decent today (for once in her entire high school career).
" Don't plan to", Ryan muttered to himself just as a bucket of pink paint hanging over Sharpay upturned itself, dumping all two gallons of paint on the unsuspecting blonde.
Sharpay let out a bloodcurdling scream.
In the din of her scream, maniacal laughing could be heard from offstage.
Looking offstage, Sharpay let out a dramatic gasp and screeched, " ALLIE!".
Then she ran offstage, still dripping in pink paint. She was soon followed by Emmett who was muttering, " What did I ever do to deserve such a sadistic sister?".
" Well, looks like I need someone to audition with", Ryan said to Ms. Darbus innocently.
" I could do it!", A voice cried out.
Everyone looked around to see Troy standing up from in the audience, looking both embarrassed by his outburst and amused (probably by the earlier display).
" Troy Bolton? I don't see your name on the audition list", Ms. Darbus said suspiciously.
" Oh, don't worry, Ms. Darbus, this is no joke on the Drama Club by the Basketball team. Troy's here to sincerely audition with me. There's nothing wrong with that, right?", Ryan told the eccentric Drama teacher, putting his arm around Troy's shoulders as he came near.
" If you say so. Go on, show your stuff", Ms. Darbus told the two boys.
" Yay!", trilled Ryan, grabbing Troy's hand and leading the boy up on the stage.
Handing Troy his sister's sequined microphone, Ryan grasped his and began by singing to Troy,
" I can't fight this feeling any longer
And still I'm afraid to let it flow
What started out as friendship has grown stronger
I only wish I had the strength to let it show
I tell myself that I can't hold out forever
I said there is no reason for my fear
'Cause I feel so secure when we're together
You give my life direction
You make everything so clear".
Troy then began to sing to Ryan,
" And even as I wander
I'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window
On a cold, dark, winter's night
And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might
And I can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
It's time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars forever".
Together, Troy and Ryan sang,
" 'Cause I can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
And if I have to crawl upon the floor
Come crashing through your door
Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore".
The boys ended the song staring deeply into each other's eyes. They barely noticed the applause until a moment later.
Then they made their bows and left the stage. Kelsi was tearing up at her piano and crying, " Yay, gay rights!".
" Ms. Nealson couldn't have said it better", stated Ms. Darbus then turned to the rest of the applicants, " Anyone else want to try?".
Most of the people except for Jacob and Gabriella left the theater so fast that no one really knew where they went.
" How about you two?", Ms. Darbus asked Jacob and Gabriella, unfazed by everyone else's abrupt departure (obviously that happened a lot at these auditions).
" We're ready", Jacob told Ms. Darbus as he and Gabriella stood, hand-in-hand.
" Well, break a leg!", Ryan wished the two as they passed him and Troy on their way up to the stage.
" Is that some sort of threat?", asked Jacob, leering in Ryan's face.
" No, that's theater talk for 'good luck'", Troy explained to Jacob, pushing him away from Ryan gently.
" Oh, well, sorry", Jacob stammered.
" That's okay, Jake. I almost puked when I first heard someone say that to me", Gabriella reassured Jacob.
" Didn't you have food poisoning that day?", Troy asked Gabriella.
" Yes. That is why I shall never try the shrimp rolls at Mamma Chow's ever again", Gabriella answered, giving Troy a genuine smile. The first since their break-up.
" Well, break a leg, Gabriella", Troy wished his ex, giving her a genuine smile of his own.
" Thanks, Troy. Let's go, Jake", Gabriella replied then followed Jacob up onstage.
Turning to each other, Gabriella held the microphone to her lips and sang first,
" Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air (air)?
Oohh…
If I should die before I wake
It's 'cause you took my breath away
Losing you is like living in a world with no air, oh".
Jacob went next, singing,
" I'm here alone
Didn't wanna leave
My heart won't move
It's incomplete
Wish there was another way
That I could make you understand".
Together, they sang,
" But how do you expect me
To live alone with just me?
'Cause my world revolves around you
It gets so hard for me to breathe
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
That's how I feel whenever you ain't there
There's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
There's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
There's no air, no air
No air, air
No air, no air
No air".
Troy and Ryan cheered and clapped for the two. Jacob gave Gabriella a kiss on the forehead then turned to wave at Troy and Ryan.
Ms. Darbus sat, frozen. " Uh, Ms. Darbus?", Ryan asked carefully.
Ms. Darbus just ran from the theater, sobbing loudly and dramatically.
" Uh, what does that mean?", Jacob asked Ryan.
" Well, you were either very good or very bad. You can never know with Ms. Darbus", Ryan answered with a shrug.
" So what now?", asked Gabriella.
" Now we wait 'til the call back list is posted", Kelsi said as she closed the piano and stood to leave, swinging her bag over her shoulder.
" Which is when?", asked Jacob.
" Monday or Tuesday", answered Ryan then grabbed Troy's hand and left the theater, calling, " See you Monday!".
" Better go see how Emmett and Alice are faring after the whole Sharpay incident. Okay, see you Monday, Gabriella", Kelsi said and left.
Jacob and Gabriella were all alone. They said nothing for a minute. Then Jacob took Gabriella's hand into his and asked her, " Do you like Italian food?".
" Love Italian food", replied Gabriella.
" What do you say we go grab something at La Italia?", suggested Jacob with a smile.
" Like a date?", asked Gabriella.
" Well…yeah", answered Jacob.
" Okay, let's go", was Gabriella's reply as they left the stage and headed up the aisle to the exit doors.
" Tell me, Gabriella", said Jacob and when she looked over at him, he smiled and finished by saying, " Have you ever ridden on a motorcycle?".
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* Aww! What a sweet chapter! And yay, Jacob and Gabriella have hooked up! I can't wait to write about their date! Will Jacob follow through on his promise to tell Gabriella everything? We'll just have to see! But first, I have to write the Bella POV chapter. So expect everything to be explained and a certain brooding vampire to grace the halls of East High! I won't say much more than that. Just leave a review and I'll get back as soon as I can with that new chapter! Love you guys so frikkin much! See ya!