Hey Guys! This is my first story, so please be patient with me. This is the first chapter and if you guys would just review and tell me what you thought about it then it would make happier and it would also make me improve my writing for the next chapter. Thanks!

-Nicole

Players. They have cold, strong hearts. Enough to handle switching from girl to girl. Enough to handle rejection and break ups. They never cared about the girls feelings as long as they got some ass. They charm them and get them into bed.

Troy Bolton. Currently attending East High School. 16, Senior. The schools current player and most cold-hearted person you will ever meet. Troy has had a hard life. His real parents died in a fire accident and he is now living with the Montez family. Troy is the captain of the East High basketball team which makes Troy the topic of every girl's conversation. He was a player and slept with half of the cheerleading squad, and dumped them all afterwards. He didn't care about them, only seeing his own personal need. Troy thinks his life is great so far, but only one thing is stopping him. Maria Montez's daughter. Gabriella Montez.

Fragile Hearts. You need to be careful with them or else they will break. You need to care for them and make sure nothing comes to harm with them. They can only handle so much.

Gabriella Montez has a fragile heart. Currently in East High School. 15, Senior. She is a very sweet girl who doesn't deserve the stuff she gets in school. She was constantly bullied and teased by the basketball team-which included Troy- and the cheerleading team only because she was a nerd. Only, she wasn't a nerd. She helped her community hospital every Saturday and helped little kids every Sunday. Gabriella never asked for anything in return. Gabriella come home with bruises and every night she treated them herself. Troy would just stand there emotionless, not caring that he did all that to her. Gabriella would cry at night wondering what she ever did to deserve the stuff she got. Her father died in a car accident and it added even more hurt on her.

Maria Montez was never home, she was always on a business trip. The two never spoke to each other at home. Troy would either just stay in his room and Gabriella would just read a book or do something quiet that would occupy her time….

Troy walked through the hallways of East High with his so called "posse" searching for their daily victim. He spotted her at her locker getting her things. He smiled coldly and walked over to where the delicate girl was.

Gabriella felt someone's breath against her neck and turned around. Troy jerked back at the suddeness. (A/N: Is that even a word? Lol)

"Whoa. Is Montez getting a little feisty?" Troy spat out, cornering her into a locker. His little posse looming behind.

"N-No" Gabriella stuttered out getting ready to brace herself for what was to happen.

"Good" Troy gripped her arm. Gabriella screamed out in pain.

"Did you do that homework I told you to do for me? Cause I was busy last night" He said, recalling the night he had with a girl named Stacy or Stephanie or something.

Gabriella was panting and trying to regain her breath.

"Obviously" She spat out.

"Excuse me Montez?" He added a little more pressure on her arm, causing her to scream out in pain.

"Are you deaf? I said Obviously" And that was enough. Troy let go of her arm and gestured to one of the girls in his group.

"This is Amy," Troy said as Amy smirked "She'll take care of you"

Amy stepped foreward and punched Gabriella in the stomach which made Gabriella scream and fall back against the lockers. Her eyes were shut tight trying to control her pain. She heard laughing and retreating footsteps. Then quiet. Gabriella opened her eyes and looked at her arm. She groaned and lifted her shirt, she saw a big bruise forming. It was nothing like the other bruises they gave her. This one was throbbing and was colored a very dark purple.

Slowly, she got up and breathed out as the pain in her stomach shot through her. Slowly, she walked towards the main doors of the school and headed home. No sense in going to class in pain.

Gabriella walked through her front door and walked into an empty house. She sighed and walked to the kitchen. She got out the first aid kit and fixed her arm. Gabriella walked towards the living room and laid on the couch, she decided to let the pain in her stomach subside. Soon, she had fallen asleep.

Troy unlocked the door and breathed a sigh of relief. He walked to the living room, dropping his bag in the hallway on the way, and saw Gabriella asleep on the couch. Her hair was flowing around her and her arms wrapped protectively around her. The shirt that she was wearing was slightly lifted showing a little of her bruise. Curiosity got the better of him and he lifted her shirt, careful not to wake her up. He saw the bruise full on and winced. A wave of guilt passed through him and he dropped the cloth. The guilt soon passed as he thought "She'll get over it" and walked up to his room.

There! I hoped you enjoyed it. Like I said Please Review! So Troy is a big jerk huh? Lol. Don't worry there will be Troyella in later chapters. J

-Nicole