Troy and Chad ended up getting a ride to their houses by Ryan, Troy and Chad just had to promise not to tell Sharpay though.
The moment Troy got home Troy wanted to ask his dad if he remembered anyone by the name of Marcus Fielding. However, when he got home he found a note on the fridge saying that they went out and would be back late. Troy then decided to finish the rest of his homework and he went to bed.
The next day arrived and Troy was eager to ask his dad about the previous night. He got up and dressed earlier than usual and headed to the kitchen downstairs. His mom was near the stove making eggs and his dad was at the table looking at the sports page and drinking his coffee.
"Morning mom, hey dad," greeted Troy as he sat down at the table.
"Morning Troy, do you want some eggs?" asked Mrs. Bolton.
"Sure mom. Uh, Dad…" said Troy, "Do you remember a guy when you were in school by the name of the Marcus Fielding?"
Mr. Bolton was looking at Troy and then had a curious look on him. He was trying to remember but couldn't. Finally Mr. Bolton spoke, "Sorry Troy, don't remember him. Why do you need it for?"
"No reason, just wondering, Chad, Ryan, and I found a yearbook last night and saw a picture of him. It said that he'd never be forgotten," recapped Troy.
"What year was it?" wondered Mr. Bolton.
"I think it was '81," stated Troy.
"No wonder I didn't remember, I didn't go to East High until '82," recalled Mr. Bolton.
"Thanks anyway dad, and thanks for the breakfast mom. I got to go, I promised Chad I'd give him a ride today," said Troy as he got up from the table and went to the garage. When he had reached to door both of his parents said their farewells.
Troy parked his car and he and Chad got of the car. Troy wanted to tell him what he had found out last night but Chad instantly changed the subject. Before homeroom began, Troy was trying to find Ryan and tell him, but he got sidetracked when he saw Gabriella.
He had to tell her what happened. However, once he had finished the story she just said that that he most likely imagined the whole thing. The thought had crossed his mind before but there was the fact that Chad and Ryan had seen it as well. So he still believed that it was true. However, he decided to drop the subject because it wasn't worth going any farther.
The homeroom bell rang and the entire gang was in Ms. Darbus' room. As soon as Troy sat down at his desk, he remembered that he wanted to talk to Ryan.
"Stay seated Mr. Bolton, you may talk to whom ever you wish after my homeroom," dictated Ms. Darbus. Troy then relaxed in his seat waiting till the bell rang.
The bell rang and Troy instantly got up from his desk and went over to Ryan. He was trying to talk fast because he wanted to walk Gabriella to her next class.
"Hey Ryan! You now about what we saw last night, well I looked back in the yearbook and it was gone. There was a picture of a person by the name of Marcus Fielding. I ask my dad if he knew that name from when he was in East High but he didn't. So what do you think about all this?" recapped Troy quickly.
"Well I was thinking about last night and I think we just imagined it. And you going back to look at it and seeing the picture of a regular guy, kind of proves it," explained Ryan.
"I guess you right. Hey catch ya later, I gotta walk Gabriella to class," said Troy. He caught up to Gabriella who had just left the room.
For the rest of the morning Troy was trying to convince Chad that what they saw was true, but he had failed miserably. He couldn't even talk to him about it because he would change the subject. He finally cornered Chadin the hallway between classes because they had the same class next period.
"Chad we have to talk about what we found last night," told Troy.
"No we don't. And as far as I'm concerned what we saw last night, never really happened. All we found was your chem book and that's it," said Chad as he hurried forward ahead of Troy. Troy sped up to get beside him.
"You can't just do that, Chad. It really happened last night. Plus I went back and looked at the yearbook and the picture wasn't there anymore. It was replaced by a dud by the name of Marcus Fielding," told Troy.
Chad really didn't want to hear this because started to make him think that he was going insane.
"Dude, can you just do me a favor and forget that this whole thing ever happened?" asked Chad.
"No, dude, this really happened, We ha e to find out more about this guy," dictated Troy.
"What's whit this we. You can do it I won't," stated Chad.
"C'mon, you're my best friend. At least can you help me figure out who he is?" insisted Troy.
"If I do it, will you drop this whole thing?" asked Chad.
"If we don't find out anything about him, yeah," compromised Troy.
"Fine," said Chad and they walked into their next class.
Their next class was math. The subject was taught be Ms. Tridal. She was the oldest teacher in the school. She was short, had blonde going to white hair, glasses. And wore loose fitting clothes.
By sheer coincidence Troy and Chad sat next to each other and an idea occurred to Troy during class. He thought that one of the teachers might know who Marcus Fielding was. However the teacher had to be there teaching for about thirty years. He decided to try Ms. Tridal since she was the oldest teacher.
Troy quickly opened one of his notebooks and tore out a sheet of paper. He started to write down his idea and folded it several times. He waited till it was safe to give it to Chad.
Ms. Tridal was going back to her desk and Troy seized the opportunity. He threw the note across to Chad, who was half asleep. The note hit his face and Chad jerked up extremely fast. Troy and the classmates around him started to laugh quietly. Chad saw the folded piece of paper and opened it. He read it quickly then wrote his response, then passing it back to Troy when Ms. Tridal wasn't paying any attention.
Troy opened the note and it read:
Fine if check out the teachers and don't find anything will you drop it.
Then Troy wrote back and passed it once more. Chad read the note:
Fine… let's start off with Tridal, since we're here anyway.
Then Chad ripped up the sheet of paper so nobody could tell what they were talking about. Chad turned to Troy who was facing him, and mouthed the word 'sure'.
Nobody in class was really paying attention to Ms. Tridal (nobody ever really did) Troy was focused on the questions that he was going to ask her after class and Chad was preoccupied with his basket ball that he brought everywhere.
Then the bell rang and everyone got up the classroom, except Troy and Chad. Chad was at the doorway waiting for Troy to finish questing Ms. Tridal. Troy just got up and he gave a glaring look at Chad. Chad knew that meant that he was going to have to ask questions too.
"Uh…Ms. Tridal…can we ask you a question?" asked Troy. Ms. Tridal looked star-stuck. She had rarely been asked a question especially after class.
"Uh…Yes… Mr. Bolton, How may I help you?" asked Ms. Tridal.
"I know that this might be had to remember, you know do to your age…" started Chad.
Troy instantly started to talk, "do you remember anyone by the name of Marcus Fielding?"
At the mention of this name, Ms Tridal's eyes widen which were magnified by her glasses. She looked dumbstruck and dumbstruck. "I…I…I'm …I'm sorry…I can't help you?"
Troy and Chad saw her reaction and freaked out by it. They knew that they had found their person. The question now that they faced now to find out how to get her to talk about it.