Script
Audition Central: Old 341 - Disney's High School Musical JR.
Script: Gabriella Montez
SIDE 1
(TROY waits outside in the hall for GABRIELLA. They stare at each other in disbelief, finishing each other's sentences.)
I don't
(whispering)
believe it.
Me
(whispering)
either. But how
(whispering now too)
Why are you whispering?
Oh, well... my friends know I went snowboarding, but I didn't tell them about the singing thing.
Pretty crazy, right, meeting up again like this?
(TROY and GABRIELLA look at the bulletin board, where the audition sign-up sheets are posted. Behind them, SHARPAY eavesdrops.)
Hey... now that you've met Darbus the Deranged, I'll bet you can't wait to sign up for the show.
(laughs)
I won't be signing up for anything here for a while. But if you signed up, I'd consider coming to the show.
That's completely impossible.
SIDE 2
(TAYLOR moves next to GABRIELLA. SHARPAY takes out her spare phone, dials and whispers into it.)
You're a genius.
Please, it's just an equation.
(privately, into her spare phone)
Ryan, it's me. I need you to do something right now...
I thought Ms. Darbus took your cell phone.
What? We always carry an extra, in case our agent calls.
(to GABRIELLA)
Look, our Science Decathlon team has a big regional match on Friday. We've never won it before, but with you on our side,we might stand a chance.
Thanks, but I just want to get acclimated to the new school and all.
Well... promise you'll think about it?
Promise.
SIDE 3
(stunned)
Where did those come from?
Didn't you slip them in my locker?
Of course not.
(SHARPAY eavesdrops.)
Well, we'd love to have you on the team. We meet almost everyday after school. Please?
(interrupting, to GABRIELLA)
What a perfect way to get caught up... meeting with the smartest kids in the school.
We've never ever won the Science Decathlon. You could be our answered prayer.
(still reluctant)
Well... okay, I guess I can do it.
(hugging GABRIELLA)
Yay!
Okay, so like what do you know about Troy Bolton?
Troy? He has his clique, I have mine. Watch how it works in the cafeteria. You'll see.
SIDE 4
(Lights up on the rooftop garden, Horticulture Club headquarters. It's a hidden oasis, filled with flowers in full bloom. TROY and GABRIELLA run on.)
How crazy was that?!?
(catching her breath)
Wow, so this is your private hideout?
Thanks to the Horticulture Club. I come up here when I want to be alone.
Must be tricky being the coach's son.
He's gonna freak when he hears about the singing thing.
You're worried?
Sometimes I don't want to be "the basketball guy." I just want to be, you know, me.
I know what you mean. At my other schools I was always "the freaky math girl." I hated it.
But you can't let people stop you from doing what you want to do, right?
Remember how cool kindergarten was? You'd meet somebody, and ten minutes later you were best friends.
Yeah, they didn't care if you could shoot hoops or solve equations.
Right. So you really want to do the callbacks?
Hey, just call me "freaky callback boy."
Thanks for showing me your top-secret hiding place. Just like kindergarten.
Be your best friend.
(TROY and GABRIELLA smile. And very tentatively, hold hands. Lights fade.)