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Troy strode into the gym. Everyone was hanging around, chillin, talking.
Chad was sitting in the stands, (A.N. You know the place where the seats are, is it the Stalls or Stands or something else completely) arms crossed, eyes closed.
"Hey." Troy said, and Chad opened his eyes, regarding him coldly.
"I'm guessing you didn't jump from the window, then?" Chad raised an eyebrow.
"No, I did jump . . . just not from the fourth floor."
"Then where did you jump from?"
"The first floor." grinned Troy. "It was awesome." As annoyed as they were with each other, then couldn't help grinning at the dry humour.
"I can't wait till tomorrow. Sean and Scarlet will actually teach us some real stuff . . ." sighed Chad.
Troy flopped into the chair beside Chad as Zeke came stomping in, and dumped his stuff in the seat on the other side of Chad.
"What's up?" asked Chad. "Is it the Queen Bi-"
"Queen Bee." interrupted Troy quickly. "He was gonna say Queen Bee." Zeke shrugged, not really caring, but Troy gave Chad a sharp nudge in the ribs when no one was looking.
"What did she do?" asked Chad, not letting the subject slide. "What happened?"
"I don't know . . ." said Zeke slowly. "I mean . . . we were making out, and then . . . I don't know, I guess I just felt . . ."
"Get on with it!" urged Troy.
Zeke swallowed. "I love her loads, you know. I just thought I should tell her that." Zeke stopped, like that was the end.
"Well, that doesn't sound bad to me," frowned Chad. "What went wrong? Wasn't she into it?"
"What, the making out? Hell yeah." snorted Zeke. "But then I said I said I loved her . . ."
"And she wasn't into that." realised Troy, and Zeke nodded.
"Zeke, chill dude. Sharpay's made of ice; she'll come around . . . when she's thawed." grinned Chad.
"It's girls in general." Troy shook his head. "And girls say that guys never wanna get serious!"
They shared a laugh, when the bell for class went, and lunch break was over. They got their stuff and headed out.
"Hey!" Chad greeted her in surprise, as he bumped into Taylor down the corridor. Troy said he'd catch him later, grinning, and walked off down the corridor and around the corner with the B-ball team.
"How come you're not going to class?" asked Chad, wrapping his arms around her.
"I was looking for you actually." Taylor said, hugging him back. They stood there in silence, swaying a little.
"You're so cold," murmured Chad, and kissed her neck. His warm lips against her not-so-warm neck felt so nice; Taylor smiled as a shiver went down her spine.
"Probably bad circulation. I haven't been bothering with exercise."
"Come and play basketball with the team. It'll be cool."
"And you want me to run around, getting sweaty with a bunch of boys?" snorted Taylor. "No thanks!"
(A.N. Yes, it IS mussing, not messing . . . you'll see what I mean.)
Chad laughed, and as he did so, his hair shook. "I love your hair!" Taylor laughed, mussing it up.
"I love you," Chad laughed back, but the laugh died in his throat when he realised what he just said.
How could I be so stupid? He cursed himself, remembering what Zeke had said about Sharpay. But Taylor's face lit right up at his words, and she planted a kiss on his lips.
"Too late," she joked. "I loved you first!" and with that, she ran down the corridor and round the corner to class.
(A.N. which she is already about fifteen minutes late for, by the way!)
Chad stood there, smiling and wondering how he'd got so lucky.
…HSM…
"It's weird isn't it? They're like, from different cliques." said Georgina.
Gabriella stood, just around the corner. She wasn't eavesdropping, just putting books in her locker, and she happened to hear their conversation.
"I know." said Amy. "But they are so totally cute together!" Georgina nodded. Gabriella shut her locker door.
"They don't care what anyone else thinks, which is probably why. When you think about it, Chad and Taylor do have quite a bit in common . . ."
Gabriella dropped the keys to her locker as she was locking it, out of shock. Taylor and Chad? Together? Was it true?
Snatching up the keys, Gabriella flew down the corridor as the bell went for class, but she ignored it. When she reached the science labs, Taylor wasn't there, so she went to Chad's Temple instead; the Gym.
She just reached the corner, when she bumped into Troy.
"Oh, hey! Slow down!" he said in surprise, with a friendly but charming smile. "What's up?"
"Just looking for Taylor," panted Gabriella. "You seen her?"
"With Chad," Troy indicated the direction he came from. "Why?"
Gabriella hesitated. "Are they . . . are they really going out?" she blurted.
"Who, Chad and Taylor? Yep." said Troy, nodding, then he frowned. "What, you didn't know?"
"Oh . . ." Gabriella felt crushed. Why did everyone know what was happening with her best friend apart from her?
"I suspected it, but I just wanted to clarify." She rambled. "Thanks Troy, gotta go, bye!" Troy grabbed her wrist as she tried to escape.
"Look, Gabriella . . . any time you want to talk . . ." Gabriella found herself gazing into those crystal clear blue eyes. They were so beautiful, so . . .
But then, she suddenly had a flash of memory and remembered the look he gave Scarlet Maize. What is the same one he was givng her? She wretched herself away. "I'm fine," she muttered.
" . . . Well, I'm here if you need me." But Gabriella was already off, and around the corner before she came to a sharp halt.
Taylor was mussing Chad's hair, then he laughed as said something. Taylor kissed him and said something else, before running down the corridor, and Chad stared after her as she left.
Slowly, Gabriella pulled out Sharpay's list, unscrunching it, and looking for the ones that she'd just seen.
Total signs of flirting: Guys
10. She plays with your hair or tries to put make up on you.
Total signs of flirting: Girls
1. He stares at you a lot.
Gabriella crumpled the paper in her hand, feeling strangely angry . . . and alone.
…HSM…
Sharpay pushed him down onto the grass, so he was looking up at her, lying on his back.
"Chill babe," he whispered, but she knelt on his chest so he couldn't get up. He tried to run a hand down her leg, but she slapped it away.
"Tell me what I want to know. Now." she said quietly.
"What do you wanna know?" he said, raising his eyebrows.
"Ace!" she shouted. "Tell me! Why were you trying to make me look like a twit in front of the whole school?"
"Chill, will you?" said Ace, now angry. He had let her sit on him, but now he was angry, his strength easily outmatched hers. He pushed her off him, and stood up as she sprawled on the floor.
"Don't be a little witch," he warned her. "If you really wanna know, I just got a hold of the pictures, and thought I'd have some fun."
Sharpay scrambled up. "Then who took the pictures?" she stormed, her voice ringing out across the field as the bell for class rang.
The other guys in the Soccer team were watching the mini-fight, laughing. Suddenly, Zeke pushed through them.
"Bolton and Danforth." he hissed, as quickly left as Zeke reached Sharpay.
"You okay?" he asked, putting an arm around her.
"No," she seethed. "I'm furious!"
…HSM…
Troy ran to Chad after school.
"We have to go," Troy panted. "Like, now. Ms Darbus is looking for both of us to put us in detention, and Sharpay's looking for us too, dunno what about."
"Maybe about the pictures . . ." panicked Chad. "Has Ms Darbus called my Dad?"
"I don't know. Oh yeah, Gabriella's looking for Taylor; I don't think she knew about the two of you . . ."
"What? Why?" said Chad in surprise.
"I don't think Taylor told her. Gabi wouldn't talk to me about it . . . why wouldn't Taylor tell her?"
"Maybe for the same reason you won't tell Gabriella that you like her . . ."
"Not true." protested Troy. "Listen," Troy lowered his voice as they walked home.
"You know we start our Training tomorrow? Well, I was thinking, we could miss school. That way, we'd have the whole day."
"Troy," Chad sighed. "We can't learn everything in one day. And we'd get into trouble."
Troy bit his lip, seeing that his point was true. Chad grinned and said;
"Ah well. If we're going to be Daring Daredevils, might as well get into the habit!"
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