Detention{Ms. Darbus and All Detention Students}

[Jason Cross]

Troy felt guilty almost for Gabriella getting detention. Yet she had been talking to Bebe. His face still red and slowly dragged his feet through the hallway all the way to the theatre to spend detention with Ms. Darbus, Gabriella Montez, Bebe T. and Emma the Sharpette. Maybe Zeke got detention to be with Emma? Who knows?

Troy, still tired, entered the theatre dragging his feet. Luckily he wasn't the first one. Someone else was here. It was Emma or Gabriella he couldn't tell. He figured he'd say hi after all. Ms. Darbus wasn't around to rat him so he figured why not. "Hey what's up?"

[Emma the Loyal Sharpette]

Emma sat in a chair in the very first row of the audience. She sulked in her seat as she thought about the unfair detention she received on the first day! She definitely didn't like Darbus. She thought about how if only Darbus wasn't so full of it, and actually made the announcements somewhat interesting to listen to, she wouldn't have fallen asleep in the class. She sunk lower in her seat, as she waited for everyone else to arrive. She knew she was there early for detention, but she really just wanted to get it over with.

Emma perked up and turned around when she heard a voice. She recognized the voice and saw Troy Bolton walking towards her. She held her breath slightly as her heart skipped a beat. She had always had a slight crush on Troy, probably because Sharpay did. She quickly got up, straightening out her jean capris and green flowing tank top, and smiled at Troy. She stood there as he walked closer. "Hi Troy!" Emma smiled, and waved at him excitedly.

She suddenly changed her attitude when she realized she was acting too happy to be in detention. Emma sighed exasperatedly and looked at Troy. "Isn't it terrible that Darbus gave us detention on the first day?" Emma tried to figure out how to stand looking distraught, but still look good at the same time. She finally decided to pop her hip, and place one hand on her hip, the other swinging her Coach purse slightly. She looked at Troy and waited for him to answer.

[hsmgirl17]

Lexy headed down the hallway to her locker. She got there and opened it up to put her books up. Luckily she didn't have homework on the first day of school. She would rather have that than detention though. She closed her locker and sulked all the way down to the theater. She opened up the doors and saw Troy and Emma there already. She didn't want to disturb them so she found a seat in the front row but on the far left by the wall so nobody else would notice her.
"So, this is the theater" Lexy thought. It was big and nice looking. There were many seats and lots of lights too. She can see why Ms. Darbus loved this room a lot and that was probably why she loved to hand out detentions. She waited for Ms. Darbus to show up.

[Jason Cross]

Troy smiled when he saw Emma. "Yeah well Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, Ryan and I all got detention last year the first day back from Christmas Vacation so yeah, I guess you could say that." Troy took a seat behind the curtains. There red strings were falling in his face. "This is why I hate curtain jobs. Mostly crew! Bleh." He kept waving his hands to get the string out of his face. "So where's Ms. Darbus?" He asked. Usually she was late but not this late.

[Alexandra Archer]

Alex walked into the theatre, she'd told her guardian, Lesley, that she was hanging out with a couple of her new friends. No way was she telling her she had detention on the first day. She saw Lexy sitting in the audience and went and sat next to her.
"Hi." she said, she was annoyed with her for getting her into detention but at least she was being friendly, unlike everyone else.
She'd been ignored all day, it seemed everyone knew about what she'd done in homeroom, she even had a girl come upto her and ask her what her problem was, to which she replied "Nothing." This got her the filthiest look she'd ever seen.
She was off to a great start at East high.

[hsmgirl17]

Lexy was in her own thoughts. What was she going to say to her parent's? They would probably understand though because Lexy has never been in trouble in her life. The thing is that Lexy actually liked it. People sorta respected her more when she was supposedly a "troublemaker".
"I guess I can lead them on" she thought to herself. Alex came up to her and sat down. She said hi to Lexy.
"hi, you know, I'll understand if you hate me, I actually hate myself right now" she whispered to Alex. She paused for a moment then added
"I would really like to have another chance at being your friend if you'll let me" She waited for her verdict at what Alex reply would be.

[idiocynic]

“Detention, detention,” Lizzie muttered to herself as she walked down to the theatre where said event was taking place. Not with malice though; she was still trying to wrap her head around the concept and whether she should be annoyed. Her father had always said that a person made the experience, not the other way around, but detention, wasn’t that supposed to be a bad thing? “Daddy knows best,” she decided at last, a small grin already breaking through her irritated façade.

By the time she reached the room she was already back to her perky self, full of smiles and jumpiness. Looking around and find no Ms. Darbus, she wondered out loud, “Does anyone know what we’re going to do today? Like, maybe we’ll get to paint! How exciting!”

[Emma the Loyal Sharpette]

"Really all of you got detentions? Wow." Emma said, acting very impressed by this fact. She giggled as Troy batted the strings out of his face. She went over and sat next to him. Emma didn't see any harm in getting to know Troy a little better before detention. She knew she was being flirty with him, but she figured flirting was harmless enough.

"I don't know where she is." Emma said, really wondering. "What does she usually make everyone do for detention?" Emma wondered if it was going to be like normal detention where maybe you had to write lines or just sit in a classroom without talking. She figured that since it was in the theater, this was probably not going to be a detention like any other.

She rolled her eyes as she saw Lizzie entering detention. Emma had forgotten Lizzie got detention too. She definitely made no urge to answer Lizzie's question. She just turned back to Troy and smiled. "I'll bet you're glad Gabriella is in detention with you." Emma knew that when flirting it probably wasn't a good idea to bring up the girlfriend of the guy you are flirting with, but sometimes it worked to your advantage. The guy would think of her, but then notice the cute girl flirting with him. Emma decided to see how Troy reacted. She smiled, and crossed her legs, as she waited for Troy to answer.

[Alexandra Archer]

Alex considered her answer should she say yes? should she no? Was this girl always going to get her into trouble? But all these questions were batted away by one simple fact, Lexy was the only student who was talking to her.
"I'm not going to lie and say I don't entirely hate you." She said watching the girls face fall slightly "But above all you've been the only person who's been nice to me so yeah I'll be your friend although if you want to avoid talking to me in the corridoors to save your status then I'll totaly understand. I'm public enemy number one it seems, apart from Marco."

[hsmgirl17]

Lexy's face fell when Alex said she said she didn't hate her entirely. On the other hand, Alex said she would be her friend. She wanted to fix what was right. So, she got up her courage and told Alex that
"Well, if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't even be here. And for that I'm sorry. I'm not usually like this. I don't know what happened. I guess my weakness is caring for other people and that even got somebody I was trying to help, in trouble. And as for the avoiding you part, never!
I'm used to being avoided, cause people call me the "teacher's pet". I know that's hard to believe because of today, but you'll see once things get settled. And I didn't see what happened between you and Marco so don't worry. Who's Marco?" Lexy told Alex leaning back in her chair. She thought she was over doing it by talking too much, but who cares? She waited for Alex to reply.

[Jason Cross]

Troy smiled at Emma. "Yeah, except parts of it was my fault. I meet her on the very first day of January. New Years Day!" Troy thought back at when they first meet. He began singing without remembering people were around...

Living in my own world
Didn't understand...
That anything can happen
When you take a chance.

Those words meant so much to him and it had sounded like Gabriella was right next to him singing the same song. He loved her voice so much. She was surely the music in him.

[idiocynic]

Finding no reply to her airy question, Lizzie bounded down the steps to the front of the room, none the more perturbed by the disregard than when she had entered. Four people, two groups of two, she noticed. She, of course, recognized all their faces, even if their names were at a loss; if there was anything she remembered well, it was gossip.

Puckering her face into a frown, she glanced between the two, waiting for a sign of notice or welcome. Discovering neither, she turned to the one of the right (that was the luckier side, wasn’t it?) and threw herself into the chair next to the brunette girl with the ponytail, who seemed absorbed in conversation. Not that that mattered to Lizzie, who tapped her on the shoulder with her usual candor.

“Oh my gosh, aren’t you excited? Prop decorating is so fun; I mean, if we get to do that.” She paused to smile good-naturedly. “Like, you’re the England girl right? You have to speak English for me; I mean, like, have to. Well, British English, which is just like so much cooler.” A second pause to glance over the other girl, glasses and braces and all; Lizzie didn’t miss a beat. “And you were harmonica girl this morning right? That’s like so… I can’t think of a word, but like oh my gosh!” She paused a third time from losing her line of thought; thinking of nothing more to say, she added purely for (misplaced) politeness, “I’m not interrupting anything important am I?”

[Alexandra Archer]

"Marco is a really cute guy in our class." she blushed, it was often she called a guy cute. "Everyone was laying into him really badly and I went in and had a go at everyone when it wasn't even my business." she put her head in her hands, "turns out he started it by being rude to the blonde boy who was wearing a hat."
Alex looked up as some girl said [/i]"you're the english girl right?"[/i]
"Yes I am she said and we're talking at the moment could you come back later?"

[hsmgirl17]

Lexy listened as Alex told her about Marco. She was starting to get comfortable around Alex. Elizabeth came up and asked Alex a question.
“Like, you’re the England girl right? she asked Alex smiling. Alex told her that she was busy at the moment.
"Yes I am she said and we're talking at the moment could you come back later?" she said trying not to be rude.
"Sorry" Lexy said apologetically.
She went back to Alex and asked
"Do you mean Ryan? I heard his sister call him that." She said noticing Alex smile at her. "What's her name, Sharpay?" she asked not really caring.

[Alexandra Archer]

"Yeah she is. She seems OK, she didn't say anything to me but she hasn't asid anything since so I think she hates me too." she said feeling depressed again, it didn't help having this annoying girl still standingnext to her and Lexy was she going to get the hint that they were busy?