A/N: This is my first story in a long time. I really hope you guys enjoy it, I really like where my mind is going with this story. First chapters in books aren't always that interesting, but trust me, it'll get better!

All rights go to Disney and all song titles are either made up or from somewhere! The opening 'act' is a band I made up as well and the tour name.

Chapter 1

The loud noise coming from the audience echoed throughout a sold out-concert Staples Center arena in Los Angeles, California. Children, teenagers, and even parents stood out in front of the stage, reaching their hands as far as they can towards the stage to be touched for a split second. Girls were crying while some were trying to capture a picture to treasure for the rest of their lives. At any moment, a riot could happen if the security were not tight around the stage. Everyone here in this arena wanted to see the teenage heartthrob perform at his best in his city that he lived in. After his longest note in his number one hit single 'Sorry Won't Cut It', Troy Bolton threw one hand balled into a fist into the air.

The fire sparks coming from the stage burst up into the air, shining light throughout the arena. Troy reached his hand out to the audience and everyone pushed to attempt to get a single touch from the singer. Flashes from the cameras were going off all around the arena, taking any possible candid they could of their icon. They began to chant his name, asking for an encore before he left the stage. This is the life he loved, the life he always wanted.

"Before I sing an encore song for you all, I just wanted to say a couple things. First; thank you everyone for coming out to the last show on the Forever Young 2010 Tour, it means a lot to have over 20 thousand of you packed in this arena tonight in my town L.A!" he dragged on the word L.A and the crowd went crazy. "I wish I could meet each and everyone one of you, but let's face it, that's impossible!" he chuckled in the microphone. "I'm a seventeen year old guy who has the best fans in the entire world and I am so grateful that you guys all enjoy my music. Second of all; if you haven't bought my new record, there will be stands all around the arena for your chance to buy it. Thank you for the support and thanks for making 'Sorry Won't Cut It' another number one hit!" The crowd erupted into cheers and some were trying to get his attention from the bottom of the stage. He winked and waved at the girls and they went completely insane after that. "Lastly on a serious note, this will be my last tour until 2012," Troy said in a sad tone and the crowd booed to the fact that he wouldn't be on another tour until later on. "I want to go back to school and finish my senior year like a normal guy. I will continue to write music and release music, I just won't be able to go back on tour," he said, "so as a thank you for everything, I'm going to sing my first #1 hit for you guys 'Imaginary World'." The crowd erupted into a louder cheer and Troy began to sing into the mic for one last time.

After Troy finished his song, he took one last bow and waved to the crowd. This moment was a moment he was going to remember, he loved doing this. Troy turned his back to the crowd and walked backstage to finish off the night. People were cheering for him and his tour crews were giving him a handshake for completing his first tour. "Great work everyone!" he yelled before going into his dressing room. Troy sat down in his chair and glanced at his reflection.

"Troy honey! You did amazing, I know you usually do, but tonight was just over the top!" his mom burst into the room and gave him hugs and kisses.

Troy laughed. "Thanks mom, it was fun, I'm definitely going to miss traveling all over the world," he said. He knew why he was doing this and he knew he'd regret it later, but he wanted to go back to school and see what it was like. The last time he ever gone to public school was in the seventh grade and he didn't even finish that.

"Well there's always 2012 sweetheart," his mom said to him. "So right now, I want you to get your personal things together and Delilah will get all your other stuff for you. The tour bus will be in the garage and the crew will show you where to go. There might be some fans waiting out there so make sure you sign whatever they have with whatever time you have. I have to go talk to some of the workers here and then I'll meet you on your bus," she said to him. His mom was like his manager; she always did all of the paperwork and business-like stuff for him. She made the big decisions and made sure to hire the right people. He trusted his mom with his life; he knew he could put his life in her hand and know that it'll be fine. "Don't be late or stay out with the fans too long, I know you love to do that but we have to catch the next flight out to Albuquerque to meet up with your dad," she said before leaving the dressing room.

Troy changed into the clothes he just performed in and changed into a pair of basketball shorts and a sweatshirt from USC college. He grabbed his iPhone from his desk and then his duffel bag from the closet in the back. He made sure he had all his personals before the crew took him to the tour bus. Once he got out of the arena, screams erupted immediately from the fans waiting out by the gate. Troy grinned at them and went over to sign and take pictures with a few.

"Troy! What school are you going to? Somewhere in California?" one fan asked. Another fan tried pushing the first one out of the way to get an autograph and Troy went to sign her poster.

"Can't say," he said to her, winking and then signed a few more. He couldn't get to everyone in time before his publicist told him to get on the bus. "I hope to see you all in the future, love you all!" he said and went onto the tour bus.

"Now Troy, are you sure you want to do this?" Delilah asked.

Troy threw his stuff onto his tour bus bed and then flung himself onto the bed as well. "Do what? Go to school? Lilah, I've been set to go to school since before the tour, I know what I'm doing," he said.

"Yes Troy, I know you're smart enough but a public school? You know how crazy teenage girls can get. How are you about to get anything done at that school?" she asked him while making Troy his favorite coffee.

Troy laughed at the comment Lilah made about crazy teenagers. "Yes. I know. I think after the first month, they'll be fine," he said. "Besides, I'm pretty sure people at East High won't even care that a celebrity is in their school."

"You say that now…you say that now."

Troy's mom came onto the bus and closed the door behind her. "Sorry I'm late, some of your fans wanted to take pictures and they were too cute to resist!"

Troy rolled his eyes at his mom and pulled the covers on. "Wake me up when we're at the airport," he said. Troy was overwhelmed with everything that went on today. He was exhausted and wanted to go to his hometown and see his dad. All he wanted was to be in his hometown house in his bed with his dog and one thing he wanted was to start senior year.

"Oh my god, did you hear? Troy Bolton is coming to our school?"

"The Troy Bolton? As in the pop-star, teen heartthrob, Troy Bolton?"

"No way. I don't believe it!"

"He's soooooo cute! I want to ask him out!"

"Why is he going here?"

"Well this is his hometown and he wanted to go back to school so he chose here! Also his dad is the basketball coach, so it makes sense!"

"AH I can't wait!"

The story spread fast at East High. When one word came out from one person, it got back to her within the school day. Everyone loved to gossip, but they loved when the gossip was true. Gabriella Montez walked down the hall with her books in her hand as she heard the news about the pop sensation coming to East High. All she could do was roll her eyes at this 'Troy Bolton'. Oh yeah, she's heard of him. Was she fond of him? No. The petite brunette stopped at her locker and put away her books that she had in her hand. Once she closed it, the faces of her two best friends were by her side.

"Did you hear?" the blond asked.

Gabriella opened her mouth the answer the question, but the other friend intercepted before she could speak.

"Troy Bolton is coming here to our school!" she exclaimed in excitement.

Gabriella opened her mouth to sigh, "I know. I heard. I don't get what the big deal is. I mean I know he's a pop sensation and all the girls love him. I know that he has like a million hits on YouTube and over millions of stream on his music, but other than that, he's a normal teenager," she said to them. "I don't get why he has to go to public school when everyone knows it's going to turn into trouble anyways," she said.

"But Gabriella, he is so freaking cute," the blonde one said.

"Sharpay, he's beyond that, he is fine. Beautiful, gorgeous, and absolutely talented as well. I'm pretty sure my boyfriend will agree with that one," the other friend announced.

"Taylor, that's weird," Gabriella laughed.

The three best friends walked down the hallway while the gossip was still buzzing around the school. "When is he going to be here anyways?" Sharpay asked.

Taylor shrugged her shoulders, "if the gossip is true, then he should start coming here today or tomorrow," Taylor said to them.

These three girls weren't the most popular girls in school; they were average in the chain. Well, Sharpay was pretty popular since she was a cheerleader, but Taylor and Gabriella were just average girls who fit in with everyone else. They weren't what you would call the talk of the school, but they were known around school. Gabriella is the girl-next-door type of girl while Taylor was the smart and sassy kind of girl. The three of them together though was another story, they were inseparable. They have been best friends since middle school and they planned everything together. Wherever one went, the other two went too.

"I can't wait until the news about Troy dies down, I'm already sick of it," Gabriella said.

The two girls looked at each other before looking at Gabriella.

"What? I'm serious, we all know that this boy will come into our school acting like he's the big man on campus and he'll think everyone will bow down at his feet. I'm not having any of that especially since everyone here should be treated equally regardless if he's a superstar," Gabriella said.

Taylor placed her hand on her friend's shoulder. "Calm down Gabs, he can't be that bad" the 'that' being emphasized a bit.

"Whatever, let's just go to class," Gabriella said and the three of them walked to their first class. The talk of the school was Troy Bolton entering East High for his senior year. All the girls loved it, all the guys were stoked, and Gabriella, well she wasn't excited one bit.

The alarm beeped at six thirty and Troy's eyes fluttered open. "First day of school," he sighed. Getting up and out of his bed, Troy grabbed his towel and headed into the shower. All that was running through his head was would he be fine on his first day? Would there be a swarm of girls trying to get his attention? Was he going to make any friends? So many questions were running through his head that he didn't realize he was in the shower for longer than he wanted.

It took him a while to figure out what he was going to wear on his first day. He didn't want to dress overboard where he stood up or people thought he was better than everyone else. He owned a lot of tux and nice clothes since he had been to so many award shows. "Definitely can't wear a tux to school," he said and closed his closet. Going into drawers, he found some going out in public clothes that would have to do for now.

Troy Bolton stood in front of his mirror as he was buttoning his plaid shirt. A part of him was extremely nervous while the other part of him was anxious. He knew how people were going to react when they saw him, but was he going to like high school?

"Troy, you ready for school sweetheart?" his mom called out from the hallway.

Troy grabbed his backpack and his car keys, "yeah just a second," he shouted back. He grabbed his iPhone from off the charger and then headed out to the hallway where he was greeted by his mom. Troy could hear people outside. It could be the paparazzi or just the neighbors walking around and he prayed that it was just the neighbors. He didn't want the paparazzi following him to school, especially on his first day where he was trying to fit in with the rest of the crowd.

"Are you sure you don't want me to go with you on your first day?" her mom asked nervously.

Troy's dad walked into the hallway and placed his arm around his wife. "Relax honey, he'll be fine," he said.

Troy smirked at his father before kissing his mom bye. "I'll see you guys later," he said and went into the garage to drive his Audi. Fortunately, the people he heard outside were indeed his neighbors and he had nothing to worry about. Backing out of his driveway, he headed off to his first day of high school. There was no turning back now.

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