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Chapter 12

Sharpay checked her outfit again for the billionth time. She was sure it was perfect, but still, you never know.

Wait till Troy sees me in this, she thought with a smile. There's no way that Montez girl would be able to compete.

She put on some berry lip gloss and smiled at the mirror. She was ready.

"So, let me get this straight," Janine said the next morning before homeroom. "You and Troy had been friends for...how long?"

Gabriella shrugged. "Maybe a month...and a half."

"And you're still not going out?" Haley asked her.

"Janine!" Gabriella exclaimed. "Why would I wanna go out with Troy?"

"You guys just seem so perfect for each other," Janine said. "And Haley told me guys probably hugged. That's usually the first step to a relationship."

"How does SHE know we hugged?" Gabriella demanded.

"So you did?!" Janine exclaimed.

"Troy is not my boyfriend," Gabriella insisted.

Janine shrugged. "Doesn't matter. You like him. I can tell."

"Hey, Brie."

Janine grinned. "And speaking of lover boy..."

Gabriella ignored her and smiled at Troy. "Hey, Troy."

"You okay?" Troy said. "Tiffany didn't try anything yet."

"What about her?" Janine asked.

"Nope," Gabriella answered, ignoring Janine's question. "Is Sharpay here yet?"

"Noo, thank god," Troy said.

"What about Sharpay?" Janine asked.

Again, she was ignored.

"I still can't believe this," Troy. "Sharpay's bad enough but Sharpay and Tiffany"

"What about them?" Janine asked.

Suddenly, there was a loud, "Hi, everyone!"

Everyone turned toward the doorway and saw a blonde in a pink and sparkly outfit walk into the classroom.

"Hey, Troy," Sharpay said, grinning. "I liked East High so much I decided to enroll. Isn't it a dream come true?"

"Looks like a nightmare to me," Janine muttered. A few kids giggled.

Sharpay shot an icy glared at Janine but she just smirked.

Sharpay smiled sweetly at Gabriella. "Hey, Gabriella. I heard you're gonna dance with my dance team. That's so cool."

After that, everything seemed to happen in a blur for Gabriella. All she could remember was a hand pushing her legs off the desk she was sitting on. She tipped over sideways and was about to fall when a strong pair of arms caught her just in time.

"Ohmygod, Gabi, are you okay?"

That was Janine's voice.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Gabriella answered. She smiled at Troy.

But Troy didn't see her smile. He was too busy glaring at Sharpay.

The bell rang too early for him to do anything drastic but Gabriella noticed that her body seemed a bit cold when Troy removed his arms.

Janine noticed Gabriella shivering.

And Sharpay noticed that Troy was smiling at that brunette!

Sharpay tried again and again to hurt Gabriella but Troy always seemed to be there to stop it.

There was that one time when Gabriella was walking by Sharpay's lunch table. The blonde stuck her foot out and Gabriella was about to trip over. But Troy caught her and glared at Sharpay.

There was that other time when Sharpay had tried to close Gabriella's locker door on Gabriella's hand. But the brunette had took her hand out just in time. She just smiled at Gabriella and skipped away.

Then Tiffany came in.

The thing about Tiffany was that she knew Gabriella a lot better than Sharpay. And she knew the school better.

Her ideas were far more violent.

First she started simple. She pushed Gabriella into the bathroom but Taylor McKessie, who was coming out of the bathroom, had caught her.

Then there was gym time. Tiffany had thrown the ball at Gabriella and it almost hit her in the face. But TROY ahd intercepted it.

Troy was getting more and more irritated with Sharpay and Tiffany. Not only were they trying to hurt Gabriella but he kept finding notes in his locker saying why Gabriella shouldn't be his dance partner.

But Troy was patient. He knew Gabriella would hate it if he stooped to their level. So he was quiet throughout the day while Tiffany and Sharpay tried more and moer to injure Gabriella somehow.

But eighth period was the last straw...

Troy was heading toward history. He had a feeling something was gonna happen to Gabriella before eighth period and he wanted to get their fast so he could prevent it.

But he stopped when he saw Gabriella at the top of the stairs. Good, they could walk together.

But then he saw someone come up behind Gabriella.

Who was that?

Suddenly, Gabriella tipped forward. It took only a second for Troy to realize what was gonna happpen.

But it was second too late.

Gabriella fell down the stairs and landed at the bottom. Everyone gasped and gathered around her.

Troy looked up and saw Tiffany smiling at the top of the stairs.

That was too much for him.

"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLE?" he shouted. The hallway went quiet.

Tiffany shrugged. "It was an accident."

Troy looked down at Gabriella, who was laying still on the floor. Troy picked her up and sat her up.

"Gabriella?" he whispered.

She seemed to be sleeping.

Anger filled every cell in Troy's body. Was Tiffany really THAT desperate to dance with Troy? He knew Sharpay wasn't behind the staircase incident. Sharpay never did anything like that.

He ran up the stairs and stood in front of Tiffany.

"Are you really that desperate?" Troy demanded.

Tiffany smirked. "Why are you depressed? Now you can be my dance partner. Don't you think that's way better than dancing with her?"

"WHY WOULD I WANT TO DANCE WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU?" Troy shouted. "I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE TEN TIMES BETTER THAN GABRIELLA IS! YOU COULD'VE KILLED HER!"

Tiffany rolled her eyes. "But she's fine. And now we don't have to worry about her getting between us."

She leaned forward, probably hoping for a kiss. But she never got one.

Without thinking, Troy did the most unthinkable thing.

He pushed her down the stairs.

Bum-bum-bum.

To be honest, i think tiffany deserved that.