The next morning it did not escape Kiki's attention that everyone was staring at her. She was use to it, at first people stared because she was Ryan and Sharpay's sister, then it was because they found out she'd been at a boarding school for the past two years. Now, the reason was painfully obvious. Everyone was staring because she was going out for the basketball team. Kiki sighed and spun the lock, pulling it open. Her locker was messed up and all it took was a really good spin and the sucker would just pop right open.

"You're Kiki right?" the blonde turned, nearly running into a brunette with buck teeth and freckles across her nose.

"Maybe, what did she do?" Kiki asked suspiciously. The girl laughed and clapped Kiki on the back.

"She didn't do anything. I just wanted to know if you… I mean she actually tried out for basketball."

"Yeah, I did." Kiki nodded, grabbing her books and closing the locker, spinning the lock again.

"Good, me and a bunch of my friends-"

"A bunch of my friends and I." Kiki corrected automatically.

"Whatever, anyway we're going to be at the cuts tonight rooting for you." She smiled.

"And you are?"

"Larissa, Larissa Mickowitz." Kiki nodded. She so wouldn't remember that. She stopped, sitting her books on the stairs so she could twist her blonde locks up into a twist to keep it out of her face.

"Well then I'll see you there." She said when it was obvious Larissa Mickowitz intended to follow her all the way to homeroom. Larissa faltered a moment, but brightened.

"I can't wait!" She chirped and skipped, literally skipped, away.

"Who was that?" Kiki jumped when she heard a voice behind her. Rocket Man and Donny stood there, arms crossed and eyebrows raised.

"That was my fan club, apparently." Kiki said, looking down the hall to make sure Larissa was gone. Jimmie snorted and shook his head.

"Some fan club. They haven't seen you play."

"I beat you Rocket Boy." Kiki pointed out. "Not a lot of the newbies managed to beat the old players."

"Rocket man" Jimmie corrected. Kiki rolled her eyes and picked up her books.

"I'm going to be late Rocket Man." She said, heading up the stairs. Jimmie, and of course Donnie, followed.

"Good thing we have homeroom together." He smiled.

"Do we? I never noticed." Kiki said honestly. She usually slept through homeroom. For all she knew her mom, dad, brother and sister all took the class and wore monkey suits. She had to smile at that image, nearly tripping when she ran out of stairs. Jimmie caught her arm.

"Geez, first you ignore me then you nearly face plant. Are you always this out of it?" he asked.

"Usually, yeah." Kiki nodded, pushing open the door to homeroom. Kiki wasn't going to lie, she knew who and what she was. She took her usual seat in the back of the room and slumped down, resting her head on the desk, nearly getting sat on when Jimmie hopped up.

"This is not time to sleep, this is time to talk."

"It's not grammar time either is it?" She asked. He looked confused. "Never mind." She shook her head. She didn't want to waste her time explaining grammar to someone who wouldn't remember what she'd said ten minutes from now.

"So a bunch of the guys on the team are mad."

"Am I supposed to care?" Kiki asked. Jimmie looked at Donny and nodded. Donny walked off, going to his own seat. Jimmie turned to face her, one of his feet on either side of her legs, his elbows resting on his knees.

"Look Baby Doll,"

"Don't call me that you condescending ass." She ordered. He was taken aback for a moment but quickly gathered his bearings.

"Look Kiki, I don't know why you want to join the team, but the word around the team is you're doing it to meet guys." He took her hand and smiled at her. "If that's it, you don't need to join basketball, we've already noticed you." Kiki narrowed her eyes, ripping her hand from his and stood up.

"You honestly think this is so I can meet guys? If I wanted to meet guys, which honestly I don't, I wouldn't join the basketball team to do it! You all are egotistical, patronizing lunk heads who can't even beat a girl at their own game! I told you all yesterday, I'm joining the team because I love basketball and I want to play. You all are not going to stop me!" she hefted her bag over her shoulder and got up to go to a different seat. Halfway there she stopped, turning back to him. "Oh, and try to hold my hand again, lest you find it shoved someplace incredibly uncomfortable." She warned, going to the new seat. Everyone had turned to watch the exchange and Jimmie was mildly embarrassed.

"You're just messing everything up. Couldn't you join a league at the community center or something?"

"Please, those are jokes. If I get in I'm going to play and you and all your little lackeys won't be able to stop me." She managed to say just before Darbus walked into the room and started reading off announcements.

"I personally," she added at the end, "Would like to extend a wish of good luck towards Miss Evans; I hope you make the team. I know your brother and sister would be proud of you." Kiki snorted, covering her mouth.

"Sorry. Sharpay is far from happy and Ryan doesn't know yet." Kiki nodded.

"Oh, well I'm sure Ryan will be happy for you when he knows."

"That's if I make the team." She said, looking down at her notebook.

"Well I heard from certain sources that you were… kickin'." The class held back laughter as the bell rang and everyone ran out to their first hour.