E! News: Chapter 4 of Stand In The Rain

Authors Note: Hey guys! I hope y'all enjoy this chapter! It was great to write! Just to give you a heads up, 'Troyella,' will not get together as quick as you think! There's going to be a maybe a few more chapters before any signs. However, if you don't like this or like to suggest something or to speed up the chapters, please drop a review, or a Personal Message (PM) and I will get back to you! Thank you for reading, and please don't forget to review! Thank you!

p.s: I've been told that point of view of the story has become more confusing, I tend to shift from narrative, to Troy's point to Gabriella's pov, seeing as the confusion is annoying you guys, I will let you know who's POV, it is during the story.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, all rights belong to Disney and the song title goes to "Superchic[k]."

Troy's POV:

"You're late Bolton!" said my agent, Mark. I rushed into his office and set my bag to the ground. "I know, I know! I'm sorry Mark; I was running a bit late at the school." Mark sighed, I walked over to his office chair and took off my hoodie.

"Listen Troy, I called you in to talk about your options..Seeing as you wanted to take a break from the Lakers and all, and that the Lakers have approved however you did sign a contract to come back after two years. I wanted to know are you still holding that contract." I nodded, "I'm positive."

"Good," Mark looked at me and walked back over to his desk. "As you know, the Lakers have accepted you to take the break and have released the statement that you will be taking a hiatus and will be coming back in due time and ready for the next season." Mark shuffled some papers, and brought out a PEOPLE magazine, with the headline that read: "TROY BOLTON; was he fired? Is he taking drugs? What in the world is going on!?" I laughed, but Mark didn't seem to think it was amusing.

"Oh common, Mark! It's just some stupid rumors." I exclaimed. "Nothing to worry about," I added in. Mark shook his head, obviously not agreeing.

"You don't understand, rumors can lead to questions, questions can lead to curiosity, and curiosity can lead to you being exposed!" He threw his hands up in the air to express himself. "Now, what if someone in your school figured out your identity?" I coughed, "Oh no, please, oh please! Tell me you had your wig on at all times at the school?" He asked.

"Well…" I shifted my weight on my other foot, "you see, I think it's pretty useless." Mark slapped the table, "USELESS?" He shouted; and there goes Mark's temper. Let me catch you up, I made a deal with Mark that I will wear a wig to hide my identity, and he will allow me to teach at Beverly Hills.

"Look Mark," I stood up. "I thought about it, and what's the point of living my life and hiding my identity?" I said. Mark shook his head, "I don't understand, you said 'Mark, I want to leave the Lakers, I want to leave the 'fame' behind, I want to be me, I want some down time,' what happened to that?" He asked. It was true, things just got way to crazy for me, the fame was great, the money was great, the career was great; but I wasn't great.

I felt like the whole world was moving all around me, and that I'm not sure who I was, who Troy Bolton was. "You're right Mark, I asked to leave and to have some down time; but you see I want to be Troy Bolton, not some guy under a wig teaching English in some posh school! I want to have a life." Mark sighed and sat on his chair. "Are sure you know what you're doing?" I nodded.

Mark put his head in between his hands and thought for a second then looked back at me. "Fine, but on one circumstance." I grinned, "bring it." Mark stood up, and pulled out a poster. "You have to go to this event, and release a statement about what you're doing and all that jazz." I looked at the poster; it was a charity event in L.A for homeless dogs. I shrugged my shoulders, "sure, it'll be for a good cause!" Mark smiled and shook my hand, "Good, one thing; you're going to need a date."

I knew there was a catch!

Gabriella's POV:

"Bullshit!" Sharpay yelled out. I shook my head and flipped the card I had just placed on the floor. Sharpay moaned, "Ugh, damn it!" Taylor laughed and piled up all the cards.

"Shar, you should've known that Gabi wouldn't lie about her cards!" Taylor said, while shuffiling the cards. I leaned back into the chair and giggled. "Thank you Tay," I replied.

Shar stuck her tongue at me, "baby," I called out to her. She scoffed and threw her pillow at me. I shrieked, and threw it back.

And that started our pillow fight.

We all fell back onto Shar's gigantic bed, and held our sides from all the giggiling.

"Gosh, I haven't done that since fifth grade!" exclaimed Taylor, and we all nodded in agreement.

After a couple of minutes, we all calmed down and decided to watch some television.

"What time is it Tay?" Shar asked, while stuffing her mouth with popcorn. Tay looked at her watch and said, "8:30," Shar screamed and said, "E! News is about come on! Pass the remote Gabs!" I quickly passed the remote to Shar, not wanting to get into her way. "But, Gossip Girl and 90210 are coming up," Tay said, and I nodded in agreement, except I was more of a 90210 fan rather than Gossip Girl, but I still thought Gossip Girl was amazing.

Shar said, "Boho! Chuck turns gay, Silver is bi-polar, Dixon is weird, Navid's a porno dude, ya-da, ya-da. Seen it all before!" She exclaimed, and Taylor and I scoffed and whacked her with our pillows.

"Ow," Shar screamed, "it hurts to be true." We giggled and watched E! News. Ryan Seacrest comes on the screen, and gives us his dashing smile. "Hello, I'm Ryan Seacrest and this is E! News. Tonight we've got some juicy stories for you!"

Shar grinned and said, "probably something like Taylor Swift punches Kanye West or! Or! Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas and Selena Gomez hanging out! Eek, Now I'd pay to see that!"

I looked at Shar and wondered, how much does she know about the celebrity world? If she can remember all that, how come she never passes English or Media class?! I sighed, the wonder that is Sharpay Evans.

"Today's news is very special, because we have a picture that will shock you!" Tay laughed and Shar and I looked at her weirdly. "Tay, are you sure Chad is not a negative influence on you?" I asked. Taylor nudged me, "no, he's great. Any who, Ryan said that last week about Gerald Butler's used to be six pack."

Shar stood up immediately, "Even though he's used to be six pack was gone, its back! And my my it is yummy!" I shook my head, and giggled. "Is that all you think about Shar?"

Shar sat back down, "pretty much." We all laughed, and listened to Ryan Seacrest.

"and here is the shocking picture you have been waiting to see! The Troy Bolton has finally been seen, and above all places..he's in a gym, no surprise there, but he was at the Beverly Hills gym, with…a female." The picture comes up on the screen, and on it you can see The Troy Bolton on the floor looking at the female, and I gasped. It was me!

They blurred my face, thank god.

"Oh my gosh! Who's the chick?" Shar asked, Taylor shrugged while I watched the screen.

"From our sources, this mystery woman is from the school," Ryan said. The picture zooms in, and Ryan says, "would you like to see the mystery woman?" I jumped, and looked for the remote.

"Gabriella, what the hell are you doing?" Taylor asked, as she watched me run around the room.

"Uh, I saw a bug?" I stupidly said, but right there Sharpay screamed. "ITS YOU!?"

And at the perfect moment my phone started to ring.

The picture on the screen is more zoomed in than ever before, and on it you can see the star studded Troy Bolton; and me.

My phone started to ring, I picked it up and answered the unknown phone call.

"We've got a problem."

This day just got slightly spectacular.