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Gabriella waited for Troy and Liam after school beside the truck, but neither of them came. Eventually, a girl with long, dark hair walked over, books clutched to her chest. She smiled hesitantly, then stepped forward and thrust out her hand.

"Hi, I'm Taylor," she said with a smile.

"I'm Gabriella," Gabriella replied, shaking hands and returning the smile.

"You're waiting for Troy, right?" Taylor McKessie asked. Gabriella nodded, squinting slightly at the dark-skinned girl, as though there was something fimilar about her. "Well, they both have basketball practice in the gym. There's also cheerleading tryouts, so they're probably perving more than practising." Gabriella's eyes widened.

"There's cheerleading tryouts?" She asked, her voice sounding more excited.

"Uh, yeah," Taylor nodded.

"So, it's open for anyone?" Taylor nodded again.

"You sound like my cousin. She doesn't go here, but she is totally into cheerleading. She's actually the captain of her squad."

"Omg--Jenna, right?" Gabriella gasped, realizing the resemblance.

"Yeah, you know her?" Taylor asked, surprised.

"Yeah--she's like, my best mate!" Gabriella grinned. Taylor laughed.

"Wow, that's weird," she grinned. "Anyway, I'm going over to the gym now, my boyfriend is giving me a ride home so I gotta wait until practice finishes. I'll walk with you." Gabriella nodded, picking her bag up off the ground. Despite the fact Shapray was the head cheerleader, that didn't stop her wanting to tryout for the team. She still loved cheerleading, the feeling of precision and delicacy. The freefalling feeling which came when you were thrown into the air. When the two girls reached the gym, Gabriella spotted the tryouts being conducted on the farside, a teacher yelling at a group of girls. Sharpay was standing to one side with a bunch of other girls, who were obviously the cheerleaders.

"Okay, I'll catch you later," Gabriella called over her shoulder as she made her way over to the group. The teacher turned and sighed when she saw Gabriella.

"You want to tryout too?" She asked, sounding tired. Gabriella nodded. "Hurry up and get changed...Hope you're better than this lot," she muttered under her breath. Gabriella ran off the changing rooms, catching a glare from Sharpay on her way there. She changed quickly and then ran out, seeing the teacher running through several basic cheerleading moves. A somersault off the ground, splits, a round off, and so on. Gabriella pulled her back away from her face, falling into play with everyone else. The teacher watched her closely, seeing how she moved with ease.

"Okay, uh, new girl!" The teacher called. Gabriella looked up. "I want a double somersault, backwards roundoff, and land in splits." Gabriella moved away from the group, feeling not only the eyes of the other girls on her, but also the basketball team. Taking a deep breath, she done the routine the teacher had just yelled, looking over at her hopefully. The teacher nodded. "Very good," she said with a smile. Gabriella smiled back, ignoring the glares she was getting from Sharpay. Everything was wrapped up, and the teacher announced that the two girls who had made the squad would be written up on the notice boards the next day. Sharpay frowned and Gabriella realized that they were meant to be trying out for the three girls. The teacher touched Gabriella’s arm as she was about to leave, and she said, “I would like you to come back. You will be a very valuable member to our squad.” Gabriella grinned, hardly able to contain her excitement. She walked back toward the changing rooms, and then felt someone elbow her from behind.

“So, you made the squad,” Sharpay said, putting a hand on her hip. Gabriella nodded, staring at Sharpay straight back. “Well, you may have made the squad, but that doesn’t make you a cheerleader,” Sharpay hissed, her voice snide. Gabriella laughed.

“You’re funny, Sharpay,” she said, backing toward the changing rooms. “Especially for a girl who was named after a dog.” She heard gasps behind her as she walked into the changing rooms. Several of the other girls on the cheerleading squad gave her smiles and congratulated her for making the team. A majority of the girls seemed really nice, there were just a few—Sharpay’s cronies, she gathered—who gave her cold looks and wouldn’t talk to her. Afterwards, she walked back onto the court where the basketball team was just cooling down. Jack called for Gabriella to join him and she jogged over.

“Liam wants to take the truck home himself because he is giving his charming girlfriend a lift home. You okay coming home with me and Troy?” Gabriella nodded, grinning as Jack winced when he saw Sharpay run across the court and leap into Liam’s arms. “Oi! No PDA!” He shouted as they began kissing. Liam just laughed and pulled away, taking Sharpay’s hand and leading her off toward the car-park. Troy had gone in to have a shower first and they had to wait for him to finish before they could leave. He came out, his hair mussed up, looking gorgeous. Gabriella smiled slightly and followed Jack out to the staff parking lot.

“So, did you make the squad?” Troy asked as Jack unlocked the doors. “You were pretty good—almost as good as Sharpay!” Gabriella rolled her eyes.

“Yeah, I made it. Blondie didn’t look too happy about it though, may I add,” Gabriella slid into the back seat. Jack and Troy began talking about a game coming up in two weeks time, and Gabriella tuned out, staring out the window at the landscape as they drove down different streets toward the Bolton residence. Jesse was sitting outside, talking on his phone, and Shane was watching him, breaking twigs, a mischeivous look in his eye. The three made their way up the driveway, and Jack shouted out to his son,

"If you throw them and Jesse pummels you, don't come crying to me!" Jesse's head snapped up, and he glared over at Shane, before getting up and walking away. Troy shook his head and then turned to Gabriella.

"How was your first day?" He asked her, smiling as they walked into the house.

"It was good, you know, for the Devil School," she grinned. "I found out that this chick Taylor McKessie is, like, my bestfriends cousin. It was weird." She laughed. Troy nodded.

"Yeah, Taylor goes out with my boy, Chad," he replied. "She's smart as." Gabriella laughed and nodded. "Yeah, she was carrying heaps of books." Troy nodded. Caleb came sprinting into the room and latched onto his brothers leg. "Hey, bro, how's your day been?" Gabriella couldn't help but smile as Troy swung Caleb into the air and ruffled his hair affectionatly. He was so sweet.

Gabriella's P.O.V.

Okay, so I've realized several things over the past few days. They all come down to this. Not only is Troy an amazing kisser, but he seems like a pretty amazing person. He gets on with his brothers surprisingly well, and he treats his younger brothers really sweetly. And he must be a pretty amazing guy (although the fact he's hot probably helps) because he is so popular!

Caleb looked so happy, perched on Troy's arm, as Troy went about making a sandwich as though he didn't even notice the added weight on his arm. I watched, and then troy looked over at me, and I felt my face get hot, realizing he had noticed I was watching him. He just smiled at me, an absolutely adorable smile on his face. Suddenly, my phone started ringing, playing S.O.S by Jordin Sparks. It was my personalized ring tone for Jenna. I gave Troy a quick smile and then answered the phone.

“Baby G!” Jenna squealed into the phone. I had to hold it away from my ear. Troy raised an eyebrow and I quickly ducked out of the room and into the hallway. All the other boys were outside, so I luckily seemed to have some piece. “Girl, I haven’t heard from you at all—minus a text you sent me telling you arrived and you’re alive! And then for the past couple of days I’ve been dealing with your jackass boyfriend—who is saying he is sooo broke up about you leaving—and then hooking up with his new Spanish chica behind the toilets! Sooo tacky!” I laughed out loud and leaned against the wall. “So how you hanging anyway, girlie? Think I can come over in the weekend?”

“You so want to get your skinny ass into this house, don’t you? And I have a feeling it’s got nothing to do with me!” I cried into the phone, my shoulders shaking with laughter. It felt so good to speak to Jenna again—actually, it felt good just to talk to a girl.

“Course I want to see you, babe, although I admittedly wanna check out some of those guys…” she drifted off. I suddenly realized I hadn’t even filled her in who Troy was.

“Ohmigosh,” I gasped. “Guess what?”

“Ohmigod! Are you already sleeping with one of them?!” Jenna cried.

“No! But one of them…” I trailed off. And then told her he was the guy I had hooked up with at the party. She sounded as though she was crying with laughter as I finished. I looked up and Jack was waving his at me. “Oh, I have to go, Jenna. But I’ll call you later.” We said goodbye and I ran out the door to see what Jack was wanting me for.

End Of Gabriella's P.O.V

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