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Chapter 4
Gabriella's POV
I walked towards the gym to get Troy and Chad after their basketball practice. I had avoided Sharpay after lying to her about what I was doing after school.
Nobody was in the gym when I walked in. I suddenly heard a loud noise escape the changing room and I turned to face the door, I saw Chad and Troy walking into the gym talking animatedly. Both were holding books and sunglasses and were obviously excited.
"Oh my God I can't believe that I might be in a magazine after this." Chad said to me when he got close.
"Don't get your hopes up Chad," I said to him walking out of the back exit with them "Come on I have a song to let you listen to." We got in the car and I quickly started driving, " I just have one rule for you boys to follow, it's quite a simple one so it should be easy."
"Sure Gabs." They both said.
I continued, "you have to swear that any songs that I sing for you or show you before they are released will not be repeated to anyone, anywhere, they are top secret until they are recorded and released. We can manage that can't we?" I said before groaning looking at all the camera crews surrounding the apartment block. I parked my car and put on my sunglasses, "Let's get inside quickly," I looked at Chad "Don't pay attention to them Chad just walk past them and ignore them. Got it?" I stared at him.
"Yep got it." Chad said
"Good," we walked passed them and the flashes started going off, I stopped half way to the door and grabbed Troy's arm and said quietly "if we let them take some photo's of us together they might leave quicker." We both smiled for the camera before joining Chad again and walking inside the building.
"Studying first guys." I said to them " the song can be a reward for working hard." Chad's jaw dropped
"Seriously?" they said together.
"Yes, I can help you, I did all mine while I was waiting for you two," I said. "The faster you start the faster you finish." they quickly spread their books out on my bedroom floor and started working I giggled to myself at their faces. I grabbed my phone and took some pictures of them. Looked at Troy "Troy," he quickly looked up and I took a photo of him.
"Cruel." Troy said looking back at his work. I sat on the sofa in the corner of my room and grabbed my guitar and songbook; I flicked through it and chose the song that I was going to sing for them. I quickly found the one that I wanted and started finding the cords on my guitar. Once I had found them I looked back to Troy and Chad who were packing up their books and standing up, they came over to me and sat down on the floor by my feet.
"Ready?" I asked them, they nodded enthusiastically and I smiled at them, "I only wrote this last night so it needs a bit of polishing so don't judge if it goes a bit wrong." I told them and they settled down so I started
People like to talk,
But I can't understand a word,
They threw us to the wolves,
But I can't say I'm stronger now,
My back's against the wall,
I'm drifting door to door,
No I can't rest.
We just lay awake,
But tell me now is that just one big,
Stupid mistake,
Cause I can't get you off my mind, I'm drifting day to day,
I just lay awake,
No I can't sleep.
I close my eyes,
And you are here,
With me tonight.
In another world,
Oh I know, I know, I know,
That you would be my guy
And nothing would tear us apart.
Another universe,
The stars would light the way for just the two of us
And nothing would tear us apart.
Oh-woah, in another world,
Oh-woah, just the two of us,
Oh-woah
I glanced at Troy and Chad who were sitting back enjoying the performance.
A special place in time,
I'll out it in a bottle,
I'd go back there in my mind.
I'm up above the clouds 'til I come
Crashing back to earth.
Cause I know this can't work
Cause when it hurts
I close my eyes,
And you are here,
With me tonight,
Tonight.
In another world,
Oh I know, I know, I know that,
You would be my guy
And nothing would tear us apart,
Another universe,
The stars would light the way for just the two of us
And nothing would tear us apart
Oh-woah, in another world,
Oh-woah, just the two of us,
Oh-woah,
And nothing would tear us apart.
I close my eyes,
And you're here with me tonight,
And nothing would tear us apart.
I just close my eyes
Can't get you off my mind
And nothing would tear us apart.
I close my eyes,
Can't get you off my mind,
And nothing would tear us apart.
In another world,
Stars would light the way for just the two of us
And nothing would tear us apart.
People like to talk
But I can't understand a word,
They threw us to the wolves.
I strummed the last chord on my guitar before looking at Troy and Chad who were clapping furiously, I blushed and gently took off my guitar and placed it back by my bed, leaning against the wall.
"What'd you think?" I asked them going to sit on the floor next to them.
"That was awesome Gabs." Chad said.
"Yeah it was amazing." Troy said. "Did you really write that all last night?"
"Yeah I couldn't sleep and this song came to me," I replied casually shrugging.
"You wrote a whole song and it's like that in less than 24 hours?" Chad said letting out a low whistle. "That proves that you must be a true songwriter if you can do that."
I smiled appreciatively at him for this comment, but I don't like talking about my career for too long so I changed the subject. " What do you guys know about Sharpay Evans?" I asked staring at them.
They exchanged glances. "The Ice-Queen is someone that you should avoid Gabs." Chad said, "She'll do anything to be your friend because of your fame and then when she gets bored of you or when you do something to displease her she'll get revenge."
"Fuck," I muttered under my breath.
Unfortunately Troy must have heard me as he groaned and stared at me saying, "What did you do?"
"Nothing." I said in a small voice not meeting either of their eyes.
"I can tell something happened. So are you going to tell me or do I have to go and tell you dad that something has happened at school?" Troy said in a low voice.
"She was trying to force me to go to the mall with her but I wanted to come here and hang out with you guys so I kind of lied to her and said that I had a meeting with my agent and that I had to go to the recording studio and that we were doing damage control with the press. But to be honest that part is true cause we need to do that after dinner Troy. Anyway away from the point, then I asked her why I would want to hang out with some girl from my school who I didn't even know and then I walked off." I rambled off without stopping for breath.
Chad let out another low whistle "Wow Gabs your going to be shocked when she gets revenge on you. What you said to her was like what she said a couple of years ago to some new girl who was trying to get her to sit with her at lunch and trust me that did not end well."
"What happened Chad?" I said closing my eyes and waiting for the response.
"Sharpay managed to convince one of the older guys on the team to ask her to homecoming and then the guy stood her up, she hasn't really been the same since, all reserved and quiet and stuff." Chad responded.
"Who was she, the girl?" I asked meeting Chad's gaze.
"Taylor McKessie." Chad said, his gaze softening slightly when he said her name.
"You like her don't you?" I said pointing at him.
"No I don't I haven't ever had a conversation with her." Chad said softly. "She's a geek, I'm a jock. We're not supposed to date people in other cliques."
"Chad it doesn't matter who you ask out, it's your choice you don't have to go out with a cheerleader just because you're a jock, everyone deserves there chance to be happy." I told him moving closer to him and touching his arm.
"Yeah I know I just have a feeling inside that she might reject me if I did." Chad said with a wistful look.
"You never know what her reaction might be unless you try, Chad." I told him.
Troy joined in the conversation after silently watching the scene in front of him. "See Chad I told you being friends with a girl had its benefits." Troy said jokingly.
"Yeah, I'm glad that we're friends Gabs even if you do get followed by the paps 24/7." Chad said standing up, as did Troy. Troy looked down at me and offered me his hand to take. As I put my hand in his and a small tingle of electricity sparked through my body I was shocked at first but pushed it aside.
"WHO WANTS FOOD?" I heard dad shouting from downstairs.
"Did someone just mention food?" Chad said before running down the stairs.
Troy and I shook our heads before Troy said "Thanks for helping him out there, cause I've only seen a few people that Chad has ever talked to like that and it's good to see that he trusts you."
"Thanks. I like it too, I like being able to help people solve their problems." I said looking at him.
"I like helping people out too. But just a word of warning." Troy said.
"What?" I said.
Troy stepped slightly closer to me and said, "If we don't go now they'll be no food left."
I laughed and said, "We better get down there then."
We walked down the stairs with Troy opening the door for me in a ridiculous fashion. So I shook my head "crazy."
A few days later
As I was sitting on my bed trying to do homework when my phone started ringing "hello?" I said when I picked it up.
"Hey Gabs!" I heard Troy say, " I just wanted to tell you that you should probably watch ESPN."
"Wait. What? Why?" I asked him.
"I can't talk now Gabs I'm in the middle of a game, I'll call you after just watch it please." Troy said before hanging up.
I was really puzzled by what Troy had just said but I did what he asked and walked downstairs and turned the TV on. Suddenly my name flashed on the screen and they started talking about me:
Today after a shocking interview with one of Gabriella Montez' new friends is America's Sweetheart really all that sweet?
Started the reporter. Hundreds of pictures of me started flashing up on the screen, some of which were really inappropriate I noticed. Others I don't even remember them being taken.
My heart stopped when the reporter said, and here I have Gabriella's friend who has given us this insight into Gabriella's private life. Sharpay, how did you come across the news that Gabriella had slept with several of her classmates in the past few days? The camera moved so that Sharpay was in the centre of the shot, well it is well known around the school really because Gabriella isn't that discreet about it she tells me about her conquests in front of everyone and doesn't even try and cover it up.
I couldn't believe that Sharpay had just lied like that, putting across to the whole country that I was a slut. I couldn't watch the report any longer I reached for the remote so that I could turn off the TV but I suddenly stopped seeing in the corner of my screen a LIVE sticker.
Now's my chance, I thought to myself, now's my chance to fix things before they get more out of control. I quickly ran through to my room and got my purse and shoes before running out the door shouting that I would be back later. I grabbed Leo, our bodyguard on duty's arm, and pulled him down to my car.
"No offence or anything Miss Montez." Leo started "But what the hell are we doing?"
"We are fixing something," I said turning towards him and saying "Shades on for this mission Leo, it might get a bit bright." Leo obliged and followed me out of the building. There were two times as many paps outside as there was before. I just ignored them and quickly walked to my car, Leo hot on my heels.
I started my car and drove as quickly as I could to the school. I parked my car and jumped out to more flashes, I still ignored them and ran into the school. When I opened the door I looked down the corridor to see Sharpay talking to the news reporter still. I quickly walked up to her saying "SHARPAY."
"A new revelation we have here ladies and gentlemen Gabriella Montez has just entered the school and she is not looking that happy." The news reporter said to the camera.
Sharpay ran over to me and gave me a hug "I'm so sorry Gabriella I just thought that instead of people making up rumours about you, that they deserved to know the truth."
I stepped back from the hug and took off my sunglasses staring at Sharpay directly in the eye. "Nobody is making up rumours here apart from you Sharpay." I could feel the camera on me but I continued regardless, "Sharpay it's not right to do this to someone just because they don't do something with you. You asked me to go to the mall with you, I said no and you do this to me, Sharpay you might think that this is you getting revenge on me but it's just you trying to get attention. You're interfering with my private life, my friends and my career, and that's not okay with me." I said still staring at Sharpay's now shocked face, " Now Sharpay you can either look straight into that camera," I pointed towards the camera that was still staring at us, "and say that you lied about this entire thing or I can make you wish that you did." I moved slightly closer to her and muttered "if you don't I will darken your reputation so much that your life will become a misery and no one will ever look at you in the same way ever again."
Sharpay glared at me before turning to the camera and saying "I made it up," in a quiet voice.
"I can't hear you Sharpay." I said loudly.
"I MADE IT UP!" Sharpay screamed before lunging towards me to try and start a fight. Quickly Leo stepped in front of me and protected me from Sharpay. He said something into his radio on his chest before grabbing both of Sharpay's arms and pulling her off to the office with her kicking and screaming "I HATE YOU GABRIELLA MONTEZ YOU ARE AN EVIL BITCH. I WILL GET EVEN WITH YOU."
The reported turned to the camera and started animatedly talking into it. I heard clapping coming from down the corridor and saw Troy and Chad standing there in their basketball uniforms, both smiling at me.
"I am so glad I didn't miss that." Said Chad.
"Dude you are so weird." Troy said before setting forward and giving me a hug, the strange sensation wrapped it's self around my body. I couldn't think of why this happened every time Troy touched me. He let me out of the hug and put both of his hands gently on my shoulders and looked me squarely in the eyes, "that my friend was awesome." I smiled at him. "Nobody has ever done anything like that to Sharpay since she was in Kindergarten."
"And I'm glad that I was here to see it," said Chad. I laughed again before saying, "That match still on?" they nodded their heads confused, "good cause I feel like watching some great basketball after doing that to Sharpay. So now if you lose I will be so disappointed." I said to them.
"Losing who said anything about losing Montez. You happen to be talking to the captain and vice captain of East High's basketball team, like we're gonna loose." Said Chad smugly.
"We'll see about that then. Won't we?" I said running off towards the gym with the guys on my heels.
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song: Another World- The Vamps (p.s. not all the songs will be by The Vamps, its just a few of them go well with the storyline.)