Summary: Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are best friends. Gabi comes back from a short trip and has made a new friend. What happens when this new 'friend' isn't what they say they are? And Gabi learns not to trust everyone.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.

A/N: Hello, anyone who is going to read this. It's my very first story, and it might be a long one, or a short one. It depends on how many reviews, I get and how much time I will have. Seeing as it's the middle of the summer where I'm from. And I most likely won't be updating that offten, due to haveing a sister that has a secret boyfriend, but is very blunt, when it comes to hiding it. Espically when the boy comes and intoduces himself, to your mother. Anyway, let me know what you think of this story, and if I should continue writing it. Please comment (review) if you do not want to say what you think of the story. So ladies, and Gentlemen, let me present to you, the one, the only, very first chapter of this story!

Gabriella Montez, was sitting in the passanger seat of her mother's car, driving back home from a week spent at her Grandmother's. They were crusing along the highway, when Gabi's iphone started to ring. She looked at the caller ID and found that it was her best friend since nineth grade, when she had moved here from Ohio.

Gabi, rolled her eyes as she answered her phone, "Hi Troy."

"Hey Gabi. I was ju-"

"Just wondering when I'd be home?" She interupted.

"How do you always know what I'm thinking?" He asked with amusment laced in his voice.

"Let's see..." Gabi pondered. "I've been your best friend since nineth grade?"

"Ah, see that is where your wrong. Your my best girlfriend." Troy said without thinking. "Chad would get too upset if I he was told you were my best friend."

"Oh, since when have I agreed to being your girlfriend?" Gabi asked, a little blush rising to her cheeks, as her mother gave her a questioning glance.

"Girlfriend?" He asked confused until he re-thought what he said. "Oh, I get it now. No Gabi, I've told you a hundred and one times, you aren't my girlfriend." He said with sarcasim in his voice.

"Ew gross! I'd never be your girlfriend. You only wish I was your girlfriend." She shot back at him, a smile playing on her face.

"Yeah I do." he said teasingly.

"What?" She questioned confused, and shocked that her best friend would actually like her.

"Ha ha! Just kidding Gabi. Sorry I got your hopes up." He teased again.

"Oh right. Just kidding. I get it. Ha. Yeah funny, funny you. I knew you were kidding." She said with a bit of dissapointment in her voice, as she tried to cover up her little secret. Only her, her mother, and her diary only knew about her secret affection towards Troy. She'd been trying to get over him for a while now, but it just seemed to never end up in her favor. That is until she discovered something in a chat room.

"Sure Gabi, sure." He said. "But seriously, how much longer are you going to be? I miss you. I haven't had fun since you left." Troy whined down the phone like a little kid.

"What about Chad? Hasn't he been keeping you busy?" She questioned.

"No. He's been spending time with Taylor. And even though he invites me over, all he does is suck face with Taylor. It's disgusting."

"Aw. Poor you. Suck it up you big baby. I'm almost home, we've just turned into our street. Are you going to come over and welcome me back?" She questioned.

"Yeah I'll be there in about 15-20 minutes or so. However long it takes me to change my cloths and skateboard down there." Troy said looking down at himself, and seeing a dirty wife beater, and stained pants.

"Aw! Your going to change your cloths just for little old me? How conciderate of you." She teasted.

"Hey, not nice Montez." He said mock hurt in his voice.

"Just getting back at you from earlier. But I got to go, we've pulled up outside my house, and I need to help my mom with the unloading."

"Okay, see you in a few."

"Alright, bye." She finished as she hung up the phone. Gabi put her iphone back in her pocket, as her mom turned the car off, and turned to her.

"You know you have to tell him sometime Gabi." Her mother told her.

"I know mom, but how do you tell your best friend you secretly like him, and for him to except it, and have him not freak out. Mom, Troy's my best friend in the entire world. I couldn't live with the fact that I would be the one to ruin our friendship. I'd be to hard." Gabi confessed to her mother. Not making eye contact with her, and instead playing with the end of her shirt.

"Gabi," Her mother started, reaching a hand out to touch her shoulder for reasurence. "Troy won't freak out. He's a nice boy, and knowing him for as long as I have, he might even feel the same way about you. You just have to find the right moment, at the right time to tell him. I've been trying to tell you to tell him for a long time now. Ever since you came to me when you were 14."

"Oh god mom. Please don't tell me the story. I was there, I know what happened. There's no need to remind me." Gabi moaned at her mother. It was true, a few weeks after moving here, and getting to know Troy, and trusting him, Gabi started to have feelings for him. She told her mother, and she made her mother promise she wouldn't tell anyone. True to her word, she still hasn't told anyone.

"Alright, but I'm just saying, tell him okay?" She smiled at her daughter.

"Don't worry mom. I think I've found something that will take my mind off Troy. And hopefully forget my feelings towards him." She reasured her mom.

"Okay. Just be careful." She warned Gabi.

"I am, and for future refrences, I will." Gabi told her.

"Okay then. I'm going to go and unload the car. You going to help?" She questioned knowing even if Gabi said no, that she would get her to help out anyway.

Gabi rolled her eyes at her mother before she answered. "Yes mom."

"Good." And out the car they went.

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After hanging up the phone with Gabi, Troy got up off the couch and went to his room to change. He took of his dirty cloths, and threw them in the dirty hamper. He went into the bathroom and turned on the shower. After getting out of the shower, Troy went in search of some new clean cloths. He opened his closet, and found it empty. Sighing, Troy turned around and went looking on the floor. A few minutes later, Troy found a blue polo shirt, and some denim jeans. He grabbed his phone from his nightstand and went downstairs. Troy opened the garage door and grabbed his skateboard. Turning back to shout at his mom that he was leaving.

"Mom, I'm going to Gabi's house and I don't know when I'll be back. Bye!" And he turned to leave out the door.

"Hold on Troy. Is Gabi back yet?" His mother Lucille, asked as she came toward the door.

"Yeah she just got home, and I told her I was coming over. She said it's fine." Troy reasured his mother.

"Alright if it's okay with them, it's okay with me. Are you going to be home for dinner?" She questioned.

"Maybe." He answered looking at his mother, hopeing that was a good enough answer. But she gave him a stern look, telling him it wasn't the answer she was looking for. "Alright fine, I'll be home for dinner." He Said

"Good choice. Now go before your late." His mother said ushering him out the door.

"Bye." And with that, he took off on his skateboard towards Gabi's house.

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A knock sound on the Montez's front door, indicating someone was there. Gabi, heard the knock from her room upstairs, and rushed to look out the window to see Troy with his skateboard in hands. She zoomed down the stairs yelling "I'll get it!" and answering the door. "Hi Troy." She greeted.

"Hey Gabi." He replyed walking through the door.

"Where's my 'welcome back' hug?" She teased.

"Right here." He said opening his arms and having the circle around her, and her's around him. After a few seconds, they pulled apart. "So, how was Spokane?" Troy questioned.

"It was good. Oh and my Grandma baked some sugar cookies while we were there. She said she remembered how much you liked them. So we brought you some." She said going into the kitchen and getting the said item.

"Sweet. Tell your grandma thanks." He said opening the bag of cookies and taking a bite out of one. "Mmm... These are the best cookies in the world." He moaned.

"I'll be sure and tell her that. Oh and she also said to share them with Chad."

"Uh-uh. No way is Chad getting his filthy mits on these. He'd eat them all in one gulp." Troy said covering them with his arms. Gabi just rolled her eyes at him, and turned to go up to her room. Troy following. "So how did you survive without me in Spokane?"

"Oh that's what I wanted to tell you. I've made a new friend." She said smiling.

"Trying to replace me? I think not." He said

"I'm not replacing you, Troy, don't worry." She reasured him. "I haven't actually met him."

"So how can you be friends then?" He questioned confused.

"I met him on the internet."

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A/N: Well, that's the first chapter guys. Let me know what you think, and if I should continue this story. Again I might not update for awhile. Tell anyone who reads fanfiction and who likes HSM to read my story. I've tried this before, and it didn't work out very well. So tell all who you think would like this story to read it please. Review! Thanks.

~HSMfan002