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East High...
Gabriella pulled up into a parking space outside her new school and bit her lip. She was petrified, truly she was, she was well aware that everyone was about to make her life a living hell. She took a deep breath before swinging her car door open and walking into the building.
The halls fell silent as she walked down them, hushed voices ringing in her ears.
"What's she doing here?"
"Bitch"
"West High trash"
The brunette ignored all the comments and strode past everyone coming to a stop in front of her new locker. She swung it open and dropped her books inside; she squeaked and jumped back as it slammed shut in front of her.
"Well, well, look what we have here. West High's Princess, what are you doing here?" Chad Danforth asked Troy and the rest of the basketball team around him.
"This is my school now" She sighed and almost laughed at the shocked expressions on their faces.
"What do you mean?"Chad asked
"I mean that I go here now, I've transferred" She admitted and this time she did snort at the looks she received.
"What!" They all exclaimed as a collective group.
"Trust me it wasn't my idea, my mom wants me to do a stupid course here" She grumbled and grabbed her bag ready to walk away.
"Watch what you do here Montez!" Chad called after her but she didn't turn around.
"You do realise that when she was at West High she was the only one out of the entire bunch that ever stuck up for both sides, well her and that blonde" Troy told the group who started at him like he'd grown a second head.
"She's West High's princess!" Chad wailed and Troy shook his head.
"Not anymore mate" He grabbed his bag and walked off. The basketball team all exchanged looks realising Troy was right, Gabriella was now an East High girl.
The brunette sat in homeroom in the far back corner trying to disappear and hoping no one would notice she even there. Just then Troy, Chad, Zeke and Jason all walked into the room and she let out a frustrated sigh, that was just great.
Chad was the first one to notice her; she raised an eyebrow in surprise as he offered her a nod. East High was supposed to hate her, what was going on?
Troy's brilliant blue eyes fell on the girl he'd always wanted but had never been allowed, until now. With a smile he walked over to her and crouched down. Ah here it was, Gabriella waited expectantly for the jibe that never came.
"Gabriella right?" Troy asked and to her dismay she blushed.
"Yeah, you're Troy aren't you?" She asked back and he nodded.
"Welcome to East High Gabriella" He smiled and then went to his seat next Chad. She stared open mouthed at the back of the boy's head, the boy she'd wanted ever since she first laid eyes on him. What the hell was going on!
"We have a new student joining us today!" Ms Darbus announced to the class, "She comes from West High, Gabriella Montez"
The silence that fell over the students was agonising and Gabriella just wished she could disappear.
"Gabriella?" Ms Darbus asked and with a sigh Gabriella rose to her feet. The students sent her hate filled glares all apart from the basketball team, that was odd.
"Hi" She smiled but the silence remained. "I erm... come in peace?" She offered and Chad grinned, he actually thought that was quite funny. Troy looked around and sighed before he knew what he was doing words we're flying from his mouth.
"Looks like people are finally picking sides" He commented and the whole class turned to look at him making him shrug "What? Gabriella picked our side, the way I look at things she's a bit of a hero" He announced and Gabriella gaped at him. The whole class nodded in agreement, Troy was right, and besides if East High's King liked her, East High liked her.
"Well then, Welcome aboard" Ms Darbus grinned and Gabriella blushed sitting back down.
Lunch...
Gabriella was in awe of this school, people were waving at her and calling out her name, just like when she was at West High. Surely she wasn't becoming East High's Queen... was she? She pushed open the doors to the cafeteria and blushed at the amount of people who waved her over trying to get her to sit with them.
She recognised a girl from her new AP chemistry class and headed over to her table.
"Hey... Erm... would you mind if I sat with you?" She asked and the girl turned her head to look at her almost choking on her food.
"You want to sit with us? Don't you wanna go sit with them?" She asked pointing to the basketball table. Gabriella raised an eyebrow, there was simply no way she could sit at the popular table... was there?
"I'd rather sit here... if that's ok?" She asked and the girl nodded moving up so Gabriella could sit down.
"This is Kelsi" She introduced and Gabriella smiled, the girl she was sat next to was called Taylor and Gabriella had taken an instant liking to the girl.
"Hey Kelsi" She greeted and the petit girl waved back her mouth too full to speak. Gabriella almost jumped out her seat as someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to look at them and gapped as she met the brilliant crystal blue eyes of Troy Bolton.
"Hey Troy" She smiled, she couldn't deny it she liked this boy; she'd liked him for years she just hadn't been allowed to show it.
"Aren't you coming to sit with us?" He asked looking slightly hurt. Gabriella nearly choked on her apple at the offer. He wanted her to go and sit with the popular people.
"Are you serious?" She gapped and he nodded.
"Yeah"
Gabriella looked around at the people next to her and smiled.
"Can Taylor and Kelsi come?" She asked and Troy grinned looking at the other girls.
"Sure, if you like them they've gotta be cool" He shrugged and Gabriella was taken by surprise at her own giggle. Taylor and Kelsi were openly gaping at Troy.
"You want US to come and sit over there?" Taylor asked pointing towards Troy's table, he nodded and before he could say another word the girls had grabbed their trays and were already making their way over. "Come on Gabriella!" Taylor called over her shoulder making the brunette giggle again.
"Looks like I'm sitting with you" She smiled and Troy grinned grabbing her tray for her. She raised an eyebrow in surprise; the popular crowd at East High sure was a lot nicer than the popular crowd at West High.
Troy sat down placing her tray next to him, so with a shrug that was where she sat. Chad raised an eyebrow at Troy who grinned and looked at Gabriella.
"Looks like you were made for royalty" Zeke smiled kindly at Gabriella and she frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"Well East High is looking for a new queen" He grinned and her frowned deepened. Surely he couldn't be implying that SHE was East High's new queen.
"Do you know everyone?" Troy asked interrupting her train of thought.
"Erm... Not everyone" She admitted and he grinned.
"Well I'm sure you know Chad, not very many people don't. That's Zeke, Jason, Kevin, Vince, Jessica and Alice; they're Kevin and Vince's girlfriends." He told her and she smiled at everyone.
"I take it you all know Taylor and Kelsi" She introduced her new friends who beamed and the people around them.
Troy grinned at the girl next to him, she was gorgeous and he didn't think he'd ever get tired of looking at her.
"I think we should hit the mall again tonight and show off our new girl" Chad grinned and the table all quickly agreed. Gabriella frowned in confusion.
"New girl?" She asked and Troy laughed.
"You El" He smiled and she blushed at the nickname.
"Hi Gabriella" A girl smiled as she walked past the table, Gabriella spun around about to say hello but the girl had already gone. Troy laughed again at this; she was defiantly fitting in well.
"Do you even know who that was?" Chad asked and Gabriella turned a confused face to look at him shaking her head.
"I have absolutely no idea" She admitted and the whole table laughed.
Mall...
Gabriella couldn't actually believe what was happening; she was walking through the mall with East High, walking right at Troy's side. Everything felt so surreal that she had to pinch herself.
Suddenly she saw a flash of blonde and West High's popular crowd rounded the corner, but that wasn't what Gabriella was looking at. Her eyes were glued to the blonde walking with her head slightly down at the end of the line.
"Shar!" Gabriella squealed and the blonde's head snapped up her eyes lighting up as she looked at the brunette. The two girls launched away from their groups and ran to each other meeting in the middle, Sharpay grabbed Gabriella around the waist and twirled the girl in a circle both giggling.
"Gabby! God I missed you so much today!" The blonde giggled excitedly.
"I missed you too, school is so hard without you" Gabriella giggled back both still in a state of euphoria that neither noticed the tense atmosphere around them.
"East High!" Ben bellowed and the girls head's snapped around.
"Oh shit" Gabriella muttered and Sharpay frowned.
"What's wrong Gab?" She asked and Gabriella stepped to one side revealing East High behind her. "Wow, what are they doing here?" Sharpay asked not offensively just asking.
"Well I'm kind of... Well I think I'm East High's Queen" She whispered and Sharpay's mouth dropped before the laughter escaped her.
"God Gab you never cease to amaze me! What are they like? What's he like?" Sharpay asked being the only one who'd ever known of Gabriella's crush on Troy Bolton.
"They're so nice Shar, I met these two girls called Taylor and Kelsi, there in that crowd somewhere, but you'd love them they're so nice. It's so different at East High to be popular you have to actually be NICE" Gabriella stressed and Sharpay looked surprised.
"Really? That's so cool" She giggled making Gabriella giggle too.
"Gabriella!" Ben called and her head snapped up to look at him.
"Howdy Ben!" She waved making Sharpay giggle again.
"What are you doing here?" He snapped and she raised an eyebrow.
"I came here with them" She shrugged pointing at East High. There was a gasp from West High as East smirked.
"What!" Ben roared and Gabriella rolled her eyes grabbing Sharpay's hand and tugging her over to East High. She managed to find Taylor and Kelsi and set about introducing them.
Troy grinned at Gabriella who really did not seem at all fazed by the appearance of her old school; well apart from the blonde.
"Gabriella, come over here now!" Ben ordered and Troy took a step forwards.
"I'm afraid Gabriella isn't on your side anymore" He ground out and Ben growled.
"She is!" He snapped and Troy just smirked.
"Ella!" He called and Gabriella looked up from her conversation with the girls before smiling and bouncing over.
"Yeah Troy?"
"Do you want anything to do with this boy?" He asked gesturing to Ben. She raised an eyebrow and looked him up and down.
"Not unless it's scrapping his pulverised body off the floor" She chirped with a smile.
"How could you! You little bitch!" Ben seethed and took a step towards her, before he could blink Troy, Chad, Jason and Zeke were surrounding the small brunette.
"You won't touch her" Troy growled and Ben stared unable to believe his eyes.
"You're defending her! She's our Princess!" He shouted and Chad shook his head.
"Not anymore she isn't now she's East High" Chad announced and West High fell silent as Gabriella waved before grabbing Sharpay's hand again and tapping Zeke on the shoulder.
"Shar this is Zeke" She smiled and Sharpay blushed ducking her head. Gabriella knew of Sharpay's crush on Zeke, the best friends had secretly harboured feelings for East High for as long as they could remember.
"Hi" The blonde blushed making Gabriella grin.
"Come on Sharpay! We're leaving!" Ben snapped and Sharpay blinked looking up at the expectant crowd. Now that Gabriella was gone Sharpay was West High's princess, she sighed and looked up apologetically at Zeke before grabbing Gabriella in a hug.
"I'll see you later Gabs, call me tonight" She ordered and kissed the brunette's cheek before bouncing off to follow West High.
