high school musical · east high · troy bolton · gabriella montez · musical theater · high school romance · cliques · coming of age · disney · singing
The East High cafeteria is vibrating with a strange, electric tension. For the first time, the invisible walls separating the cliques are beginning to crack. In a moment of sudden bravery, Zeke steps away from the jock table and marches up to Troy. "You're an inspiration, man!" he exclaims, his voice ringing out over the chatter. "If the best player on the court can be in a musical, then I'm done hiding it—I bake!" A heavy, stunned silence descends upon the room as the other athletes stare at Zeke in absolute, slack-jawed disbelief.