A/N: HELLO!!! I'm home at last! Yay! And have been working on a lot of stories this is brand new and I'm not sure if I like it yet. Tell me what you think R&R love you guys! xxxx

A princess and a king

Gabriella strode through the halls of West High her best friend close at her side. The guys winked and cat called as she passed and the girls tried to get her attention.

"So there's a five to four chance that Ben's gunna ask you out this morning" Sharpay informed her as she swiped her lip gloss brush over her already shinny lips. Gabriella rolled her eyes as she swung her locker door open.

"Do you think there's ever not a chance that, that total and utter completely miserable excuse for a man doesn't ask me out every day?" Gabriella sighed as she pulled her books out then shut the locker door. Sharpay snorted and fell back into step beside Gabriella once again as they headed off to homeroom.

"He thinks it's his given right-" She broke her sentence for a moment to say hi to a girl practically screaming her name "To go out with you. He's West High's Prince you're the Princess he thinks he owns you" She finished as the pair walked into homeroom.

"Ha! Like he could ever own me! I swear all the guys at West High are complete jerks!" She announced and Sharpay nodded in agreement.

"Miss Montez! Miss Evans!" Their homeroom teacher Ms Frank snapped and the girls rolled their eyes taking their seats.

Troy...

"So man, how are you and Britney?" Chad grinned slapping his best friend on the shoulder.

"Broke up" Troy shrugged

"What? Why? She's head cheerleader!" Chad frowned in confusion.

"She's shallow, dense, completely idiotic and I'm pretty sure she can't add 2 and 2 together without getting the answer 5" Troy replied making Chad snort with laughter.

"She was good looking though" He shrugged as he shovelled his books into his bag before slamming his locker shut. Troy just rolled his eyes and strode off down the hall Chad tight at his side.

"Troy!"

"Captain!"

"Hey hot stuff"

"Troy!"

"Yo! Troy!"

The voices kept calling out to him and he'd smile and nod at everyone without actually stopping. The best friends walked through the door to homeroom and were met with a very angry looking Ms Darbus.

"Bolton! Danforth! You're late!" She snapped and Chad's eyes widened.

"No way!" He blared his eyes snapping to the clock. Sure enough they were exactly 45 seconds late.

Lunch

Gabriella...

Gabriella plastered a fake smile on her face as the basketball team sat down at her table. Sharpay sent her friend a sympathetic look, understanding what was wrong with the brunette.

"Hey Princess" Ben grinned at Gabriella who blinked at the boy and took a bite out of her apple. "So we're headed to the mall tonight, you girls in?" He asked and everyone's eyes landed on Gabriella knowing that it was in fact her decision whether the girls would join them. Gabriella shrugged and took another bite of her apple.

"I guess"

Everyone grinned and stared talking excitedly about what they could do. Gabriella just watched, her eyes flickering from person to person. Good God she hated being popular, sure it had seemed like the most important thing in the world when she'd first joined the school but now... She hated the fact no one had their own mind, she hated that people would go out a buy the exact same clothes she wore the day before. She hated the way she was expected to have the hottest boyfriend which at the moment was Ben, who she despised. She just hated it, but now she was in she couldn't get out. The only consolation being popular had offered her was her best friend, Sharpay Evans. Sharpay had to be the only genuine friend Gabriella had, she was sure that if anything happened to her none of her other 'friends' would even notice.

She looked up at the blonde and smiled, they'd been friends for 3 years now and she simply adored the other girl. She was like her sister; if she wasn't at her house Gabriella spent every other moment at Sharpay's.

"Let's meet at the food court" Ben grinned and the girls giggled with excitement. Sharpay's eyes fell on Gabriella and they both rolled their eyes, Gabriella snorted while Sharpay giggled. The action earned them strange looks from the rest of their table but neither really cared.

Troy...

"Hey guys" Zeke greeted as he joined Troy and Chad at their usual table.

"'Sup Zeke" Chad grinned as Jason sat down beside him. Troy threw his grape into the air and caught it effortlessly in his mouth.

"Is practice on tonight Captain?" Jason asked leaning over Chad to talk to Troy.

"Nah mate I thought we could hit the mall, have the night off" He shrugged and the table grinned. Britney stormed into the room at that moment and marched over to their table dropping into an empty seat. The basketball team raised their eyebrows and turned to look at her.

"What?" She snapped angrily "This is the popular table! I'm popular! I sit here!" She seethed and the guys just shook their heads. Chad leant across the table as if he was about to divulge a secret.

"You were dumped by East High's King do you really think you're going to be able to hold onto you 'status'?" He asked and her eyes widened before she stuck her nose into the air and continued to eat her lunch.

Mall...

Gabriella walked out the store with Sharpay and headed towards the Food courts.

"Do you think Ben's gunna hit on me?" She asked the blonde the worry evident in her voice.

"Of course Ben's gunna hit on you Gab, he always does" She replied with a sigh knowing her words were true.

"Oh shit!" Gabriella exclaimed pointing towards the courts. Sharpay frowned and followed her best friends gaze her eyes widening. Ben and West High's basketball team were stood facing Troy and East High's basketball team anger seething between the two.

"Oh crap hurry up Gab's before Troy beats the shit out of Ben!" Sharpay squeaked hurrying over to the scene. Gabriella paused for a moment picturing the image Sharpay had just present to her, she smiled before following her friend.

"Get out of the mall! This is our turf!" Ben snapped and she rolled her eyes.

"It's a mall Ben I don't think it's anyone's turf" She replied and Sharpay giggled.

"Well then just get out! We were here first" Ben growled and she rolled her eyes again.

"God Ben you sound like you're five years old" Gabriella giggled and Sharpay had to clamp a hand to her mouth to stop her laughter.

"East High isn't welcome here!" One of the West High Basketball team spat and Troy raised an eyebrow.

"And who exactly say's this?" He asked folding his arms.

"I did!" The boy called and Gabriella snorted.

"Real original" She smirked; Troy turned his blue eyes to her and tilted his head to one side. She looked up at him and shrugged knowing that her words were confusing him; surely West High's princess should be defending its prince.

"Whose side are you on Gabriella?" Ben snapped and she rolled her eyes taking up her place at the front of this argument.

"Do you have a problem with us being here?" She asked her eyes locked on Troy's.

"Duh! Of course we do!" Chad snapped from Troy's side, her eyes wondered to Chad instead.

"Well tough because we have a problem with you being here!" She replied and Ben grinned in triumph at Gabriella's comment.

"West High doesn't share with East!" He told them from behind Gabriella. She rolled her eyes and turned to look at him.

"I've got this Ben" She sighed and he nodded folding his arms.

"Got a girl fighting your battles now then Masdon?" Troy smirked at Ben and he exploded shoving Gabriella aside.

"Why you little!" He growled marching up to Troy so his nose was practically against the other boys.

Sharpay's eyes widened, the last time Ben had gotten in a fight with Troy they'd had to wheel him to the emergency room while Troy hadn't even broken a sweat.

"Ben!" She squeaked "I don't think that's a good idea!" She hurried and Ben took a step back fully remembering what had happened last time.

"Come on we're leaving!" He growled and turned on his heel. Gabriella folded her arms and didn't move a muscle even as East High looked at her expectantly.

"I'm not going anywhere, I'm hungry!" She shrugged and everyone turned to look at her "Why should we have to leave, just because they're here" She frowned and Sharpay nodded walking towards her friend.

"What do you fancy Gab? KFC? Maccy's?" She asked and the brunette shrugged looking around.

"Oh! Let's go to the pizza place I love it there!" She grinned and West High's primo girls bounced away from the scene leaving two very baffled basketball teams in their wake.

Later...

Gabriella and Sharpay stumbled into Gabriella's house dropping their bags and heading towards the kitchen.

"Hey Mami" The brunette smiled at her mother as she saw her sat at the kitchen table.

"Gabriella, Sharpay, I think you should sit down" Mrs Montez sighed and the friends exchanged a glance before sitting down opposite the woman.

"What's wrong?" Gabriella asked worried about the saddened expression in her mother's eyes.

"I'm so sorry sweetheart" Mrs Montez sighed biting her lip.

"Mami! What's wrong?" Gabriella begged and her mother pushed a piece of paper across the table to the girls. Gabriella picked it up a frown on her face as her eyes scanned the words. "What!" She shrieked jumping to her feet. Sharpay snatched the letter from her friend's hand, her face paling as she read it.

"You're transferring Gabby to East High?" The blonde asked in shock as she looked up at Mrs Montez.

"I'm sorry Gabriella, I know how settled you are in West High but there's a new AP chemistry course just opened up at East High and it would look exceptional on your college application form" Her mother replied and Gabriella's eyes blazed.

"You didn't even ask me Mami! You just did it! How could you!" The brunette's eyes filled with tears and she fled from the room. Sharpay sighed and looked up at Mrs Montez.

"I'll go after her." The blonde announced and followed Gabriella to her room. She gently pushed the door open and saw her best friend in a heap on her bed sobs filling the room. Sharpay sighed and sat down next to her.

"Gabs?" She whispered and the brunette sat up.

"How could she do this to me Shar? She didn't even ask me! She just went and did it! I can't believe she would do this to me. Do you know what's going to happen to me at East High!" She sobbed and Sharpay sighed. Yes, she knew, Gabriella wasn't just any West High girl, she was the princess. The princess of West High attending East High would mean the entire school would hate her; they'd make her life hell.

"It'll be ok Gabby, you can still come to my house every night after school, we'll get through this" The blonde whispered and Gabriella threw herself into the other girls' arms. Sharpay smiled and patted Gabriella's back her other hand stroking her gorgeous brown hair.

A/N: what do you think? Good or Bad?