Chapter 2

Troy's POV

I'm used to walking through the corridors and people staring at me but today it was different. Nobody was looking at me, nobody admiring my looks, everybody staring at the new girl who I was showing around. After form I realised that we had quite a few classes together so I told her that I'd show her around. Sharpay Evans the schools local drama queen was following her about star struck with Gabriella. I had got used to her hanging around me but I don't know which clique she fits into so her hanging around us for a bit can't hurt.

"I'll come and get you from the library after free period, then we can go to lunch." I told her kissing her on her cheek before running off to the gym.

The changing room was a large room with a shower area and several changing areas. I walked into one of them and walked towards my locker and started changing before Chad came over to me and asked "Dude are you still hanging around that new girl?"

"Yeah man I've been showing her around. Is that a problem?" I asked him putting on my uniform and sitting down to put on my trainers.

"Well if that girl is going to distract you from your game yes it will be a problem because we are preparing for our biggest game of the year, you know the one that we could win the championship trophy in. Remember your most important game as captain?" Chad said.

"Yeah Chad like I could forget, and Gabs and I are just friends." I told him walking out of the changing room to do a couple of warm up laps around the gym.

Chad caught up with me on my 4th lap and said "you better stay focused dude cause the rest of the team is counting on you to lead us to infinity and beyond."

"I got it Chad, its not like I have time for a girlfriend even if I was interested in her in that way." I told him before starting practice.

Gabriella's POV

Free period is really dull at this school especially on your first ever day when you don't get that much homework to be able to do in the free. I finished all of my work in the first 10 minutes so I started working on a new song.

I was humming a really good melody when I heard a shrill voice behind me making me jump. "HI!" said the voice. "I'm Sharpay Evans, I'm president of the drama club and local queen bee, I heard it was your first day today and I thought why don't I go and see how the new girl is getting on so here I am!"

I turned around to see the person that the excited voice belonged to. She had long fake blonde hair reaching mid abdomen, her face was plastered in makeup. She was wearing a bright pink vest top and a pair of white hot pants saying SE all over them. She was smiling at me.

"Hi Sharpay Evans I'm…" I started

"Your Gabriella Montez, the famous singer, right? The one whose mom is also a famous singer and whose dad is a really fit actor?" Sharpay babbled to me.

"Yeah that's right." I said still staring at the bluntness of Sharpay.

"OMG seriously. Well we have to BFF's if you are Gabriella Montez since I'm East High's current star singer." Sharpay said sitting down in the chair next to me.

"Okay sure Sharpay we can be friends but I am capable of choosing my own friends in the future." I told her shutting my songbook and staring at her.

"That's not a problem Gabriella I will just make sure that you will be making friends that are suitable for your… position in society." Sharpay said.

Suddenly from behind Sharpay I saw Troy enter the library, his hair slightly damp. He was looking around the room before seeing me and smiling.

I smiled at him and Sharpay stopped talking "Are you even listening to what I'm saying?"

"No of course not Sharpay, anyway I'll see you around I'm going to lunch." I replied picking up my books and bag and walked towards Troy "Thank you so much you have literally saved me there."

"I can see that Sharpay is… really annoying I mean like super annoying. Lets put your books in your locker before we go to lunch." Troy said leading me out of the room.

We put my books in my locker and walked into the cafeteria. A lot of the people stopped talking and stared at me and Troy "Why are they all staring at us?" I asked Troy.

"Well I'm one of the most respected people in the school and you are an internationally famous pop star. Which one do you think that they are more interested in? Or do you just think that they're amazed that we are both hanging around each other?" Troy said directing me to where the food was.

The food at East High was surprisingly good compared to the other schools that I have been to. I sat with Troy at the table with the basketball team on it. Some of them were talking about tactics for there next game and others were talking about some party they had been to.

I looked at Troy talking to his teammates and I marvelled at how passionate about basketball he could be.

I suddenly had an idea for a song; I looked around in my bag for my songbook but I couldn't find it. "Shit," I said before getting up quickly I picked up my bag and walked quickly out of the cafeteria feeling lots of eyes on me after my quick exit.

I almost ran through the corridors to my locker, I quickly opened it and looked through all the books that I put in there before going to lunch. I found it at the bottom of the pile, I quickly opened it and started writing down all the lyrics that I thought of in the cafeteria.

"You left in a hurry." Said a deep voice in my ear.

I jumped and turned to see Chad and Troy standing behind me smirking. "Oh yeah, that was an accident, thought I had lost this." I said waving my songbook in their faces.

"Hey what is that?" Troy said jumping forward to try and grab it.

I dodged him saying "Troy this book is to secret, nobody knows what's in it apart from my mom."

Chad grabbed Troy who was still trying to get the book off me. "Dude her mom is a singer right?" Troy frowned then nodded, "well so is Gabs here and don't most singers have a notebook that they write their songs in?"

"Yes that must be it." Troy said looking at me.

"Okay guys it is my songbook but nobody can know that I have it at school because I have several songs in here that are either unfinished or I haven't recorded them yet, meaning that if someone got their hands on this book they could do literally anything they wanted with them. Some of the songs in this book only my mom has heard and only people who buy the album are ever going to hear. So I can trust you two with this secret can't I?" I said threatening them.

"Of course Gabs."

"Sure."

I smiled at them as the bell went "I'll see you later boys, maybe if you're good I might give you a preview of one of the songs." I waved the book in their faces again before putting it in my bag and shutting my locker.

At the end of the day after the bell rang I was so ready to go home and relax that when I walked to my locker to see Troy and Chad there I groaned inwardly.

"We're not that bad you know." Troy said smirking at me.

"Let me guess you guys are here to try and get a preview of one of my songs?" I said putting stuff in my locker.

"Well Chad is I'm not." Troy said grinning at his friend.

"Okay then. Chad you can have a preview but not today okay?" I told him.

"Yes!" Chad said loudly "I told you Troy, I told you." He started walking around the corner whooping enthusiastically.

"Crazy." I said shaking my head, taking my sunglasses out of my locker and shutting it, "So what can I do for you Troy?"

"I wanted to know if you wanted to hang out after school?" Troy asked me scratching the back of his neck nervously.

"That sounds nice Troy but its really difficult to go anywhere with the paps around," I told him, his face suddenly fell so I said "but you could come back to mine if you want, we have a workout room that I'm sure that you'll love."

Troy's face brightened again as he said "Seriously? Sure I'll have to go and tell dad but I would love to come."

"Let's go then." I said walking off to the gym where his dad's office was.

"Dad." Troy said walking into the gym "Dad!"

Coach Bolton walked out into the gym and said "What Troy? I already told you that we are having mac and cheese for dinner." He stopped when he say me "Hello Gabriella."

"Dad I didn't come to ask what was for dinner again, can I got to Gabs house for a bit, just to study?" Troy said.

"Gabriella did you offer to have my son over or did he invite himself?" Coach asked me.

"I offered, sir," I told him before looking at my phone to see my dads message he was okay with me bringing Troy over.

"Okay then. You can go Troy, as long as you're back at the house ready to eat at 6. Got it?"

"Yes dad." Troy said meekly.

"I'll make sure he's back in plenty of time Mr Bolton, I can even get my parents autographs for you and your wife?"

"Really? Lucille would love that." He looked back at Troy "Go. Go have fun Troy."

"Thanks dad." Troy said before pushing me out of the gym. "Lets go."

"Do you have sunglasses." I asked him, as we got closer to the exit of the school.

"No why? Do I need them?" Troy asked me in confusion.

"Let's just say that if you are going to be hanging around me out of school I would bring some." I said walking out the door to be greeted with several flashes. Troy stood there like a rabbit in headlights. I grabbed his hand and pulled him towards my car. "The thing with the paps is to ignore them apart from at red carpet events, or if they are speading rumours that you are pregnant with the prince of Brazil's baby. Then you can lash out at them as much as you want but currently I want to go home so can you stop looking like a goldfish and get in my car?" I whispered to him angrily stopping next to the car.

"Yep sure I can manage that." Troy said before getting in the passenger side door. I smiled at him shaking my head still seeing the flashes going off like crazy. I walked round and go tin the car, ready to go home and get some privacy.

In the car Troy and I made small talk. When I reached the apartment block I drove into the private parking section and stopped the car, "I'm sure I have some here somewhere." I said rummaging around. "I knew it," I pulled out a pair of my dad's old sunglasses that had been abandoned in my car. "Put them on, facing too many flashes without them can damage your eyes." Troy nodded before slipping them on his face. We got out of the car and we walked back out into the open, more camera's flashing in their faces, "Follow me don't stop, don't acknowledge them if you do they'll start asking you pointless questions." I told me reaching the door and turning around and posing for a few photos. "Come on lets go have some fun Troy," I said leading him inside.

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