Chapter 13 - Dress to Impress
As Gabriella lay on her couch that night she thought about that day. It had been interesting, and she was happy she had made friends - people who actually cared. She was grateful that no-one was really bother about her being an ex-West High Schooler. If it was West High she had moved to, she probably would be dead by now, no joke. But, that thing in the hallway, was weird. He was rude, self-centred, arrogant, bad, laughable, and yet, seemed sad. He had won Gabriella's sympathy, for something she didn't know about. When he looked at her, and she looked in those gorge blue eyes, he problems seemed to show. But the rest of the world was oblivious to it. It seemed like she knew more of the real Troy Bolton than people who had known him for years.
"Honey, you ok?" Her mum called, entering the room.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking"
"Nothing happened at school?" Her mothers brow furrowed.
"No mum"
The doorbell rang and Gabriella jumped.
"Honey, can you get that?"
"Sure"
She stood up and walked through the hallway, over to the door. She peeked through the eye slot, but couldn't see clear enough. She opened the room, and in front of her were her two new friends. Sharpay and Taylor.
"Hey guys, whatcha doing here?" Gabriella was confused.
She watched as Taylor laughed a little, and Sharpay rolled her eyes.
"Ha, Gabi, What is happening at school tomorrow?"
It was Gabriella's turn to furrow her brow.
"Eh, Dance?"
"Yeah, and that means, Taylor?" Sharpay turned to Taylor, and Taylor's face lit up.
"FASHION!"
"Thats right Taylor, dance means dress!" Sharpay continued.
"And that...uh-"
Her eyes fixed on behind Gabriella, making Gabriella turn around and come face to face with none other than her brother.
"Who's at the door?"
Gabriella turned back to her friends, and saw that Taylor had turned slightly pink.
"Eh, Chad, these are my new friends; Sharpay and... Taylor"
Chad gulped, Taylors here? Oh my, she's...she, FOCUS CHAD!
"Uh, hi Sharpay...Taylor"
They both replied 'hey'.
"Um, i'm gonna shoot some hoops"
He said to the two other girls, and only giving a nod to his sister, he wasn't on very good terms with his sister after the 'hallway incident'.
After he left, Taylor and Sharpay entered the house ans she closed the door.
She shouted down the hallway to her mum.
"Mum, some friends have come around, I'll be up in my room!"
"Ok, I'll bring some cookies up later!"
"Ok"
The girls made their way up to Gabriella's room. Gabriella was behind them, directing them, when her eyes caught sight of a huge suticase that Taylor was carrying. Gabriella's eyes widened. She didn't know dance at East High would be such a big deal. Sure, she loved it, but West High never went this far. Why hadn't Chad told her this, she'd never know. But she guess that the boys weren't as interested as the girls. She figured that the boys would be checking out all the girls, that would be interesting!
When they arrived in her room, Sharpy went straight to Gabriella's closet and started racking around.
"Sure, just jump in" Gabriella said sarcastically, Taylor laughed.
"When it comes to fashion,' Taylor replied, 'Sharpay's the first in!"
"I can see that!"
The girls enjoyed their time together, and eventually Gabriella asked what all the fuss was about? It was only dancing!
"Oh no, it's not just dancing; it's making a statement! You see, the boys have to pick the girls, and if you don't look good, you won't get picked, and basically you'd be the laughing stock of the whole school. It's your second day here, you really wanna be laughed at?"
"No" Gabriella shook her head.
"Good' Taylor continued,' Well, you see, me and Sharpay come up with a plan, and a good one!"
Gabriella was confused.
"Your mad at Troy, right?"
Gabriella, in truth, hadn't decided, but he had been mean, so she nodded.
"Well, why don't we give him a run for his money?"
Gabriella caught on.
"By dressing to kill!"
"Exactly" Sharpay squealed.
After a few hours, they had finally decided what Gabriella was going to wear the next day. It was a low cut white top, with red shorts, which showed off the perfect legs, and her ballet pumps with her red leg warmers. Taylor and Sharpay gasped in awe when you returned wearing the outfit.
"Troy is gonna die!" Sharpay shouted.
Gabriella looekd at herself in the mirror, she looked good!
And she knew Troy would pick her for the dancing, she looked too good to resist!
There you go! It was kinda like a filler chapter, before the dancing one - which should be longer than this. I hope you enjoyed it anyways :)
Their relationship will blossom in the next like 5 or 6 chapters, so not long to wait til they get together!
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