Summary: Tragedy strikes the Danforth family, thus causing Chad to shut everyone out. The only one to bring him out of this is Troy's younger sister. Watch as relationships and friendship grow stronger, and fall apart.

A/N: Ok so here's my new story. This idea came to me with a little help from my friend Josh. I'm not sure how many people feel the same way but I've never been a big fan of Chaylor. My story has hints of it but...oh just read the story you'll see. Review and tell me what you think so I know whether to keep writing this or not!

Alexandra Bolton was a fairly chipper person. She was your typical 16 year old. She was Troy Bolton's younger sister. That was how she was known to the people who didn't matter. That's what she heard when she walked down the halls of East High.

"Hey look that's Troy Bolton's little sister. I wonder where her brother is."

To the people who did matter, though, she was Alex. Of course in school she was in Troy Bolton's shadow. New school years brought new teachers telling her what a great student Troy was and how they hoped she would be just as much a blessing as he had been.

Not long after East High decided to 'Break Free', did they decide to go back and stick to the status quo. Everyone in that school had to be a part of a group. Which is where Alex was different. She seemed to be a part of a lot of different groups. She was really smart which caused the braniacs to easily accept her. She was a wonderful singer, actor, and dancer which meant she was greatly accepted by the drama club.

Of course the group Alex was accepted by and stuck to the most was the jocks. This was for a number of different reasons. First off, she was very talented with sports, especially basketball. Another reason for being so close with the jocks, was of course she was Troy Bolton's sister. They were very close, as brother and sister. Alex was also very close to Troy's friends. Zeke, Jason, and, Chad were all like her older brothers.

Alex got along well with Gabriella, which pleased Troy a lot due to the fact the Gabriella was his girlfriend. Gabby and Alex were like sisters. They told each other everything. Alex was grateful to have a friend like Gabriella.

There was one person in the school that Alex got along with exceptionally well, causing everyone to fall over. That someone was Sharpay Evans. They had been best friends since Alex had been a Freshman. It didn't make sense to anyone how it was possible for the ice queen to have an actual friend. At first everyone assumed of course that it was just a way for Sharpay to get closer to Troy, but the truth was she never even talked about Troy. Sharpay just like everyone else needed a friend, and Alex was willing to be that friend. Of course even them being best friends didn't make any difference. Sharpay could still be quite the Ice Queen to Alex.

Of course Alex had to be up to Sharpay standards. She had to wear the part of Sharpay's best friend. Alex didn't seem to mind though. In fact she liked have to wear the nice clothes and be fashionable. The one thing that really shocked the students at East High though was that, Sharpay didn't care that Alex had other friends. She didn't always have to be by Sharpay's side, like Ryan.

One night Alex was sitting home by herself. Troy was at Gabriella's and of course her mother had a business trip. Her father lived in California. The pressure of being the great basket ball coach and father, plus his wife always being on business trips had finally gotten to him one day. He packed up and he was gone. Of course the basketball team was crushed but they kept playing their best. It didn't bother Alex too much. Her father and her never got along. She wasn't Troy and he didn't like that.

She sat on the couch, watching her favorite movie, "A Cinderella Story." She heard the house phone ring so she got up to answer it figuring it was just Troy checking up on her.

"Hello?" She said into the phone.

"Yes I'm looking for a...Troy Bolton." A strangers voice said into the

"I'm sorry he's not here right now, can I take a message."

"Yes my name is Mary. I'm a nurse here at Albuquerque General. A Chad Danforth was asking for Mr.Bolton."

"Oh my gosh...Chad...hospital...is he all right!?" Ten thousand things were running through her mind.

"Miss I assure you Mr.Danforth is fine. His sister was in a horrible car accident, and he said his family isn't available at the moment. He asked us if we would call Mr.Bolton. Do you mind if I ask what relation you have with Mr.Danforth?"

"Well, Troy is my brother. Chad is his best friend he's like another brother to me. Can you tell Chad that Alex will be there as soon as possible?"

"I will do that. I assume you're Alex?"

"Yes. Thank you! Bye"

Alex hung the phone up not even worrying if the nurse said anything else. She grabbed her shoes, her cell phone, and car keys and flew out the door. She had to go get to the hospital. She had to make sure Chad was seriously ok and she needed to know what was going on with Melanie.

Ok well that was the first chapter. It was mostly to give you background info on Alex. Melanie is Chad's sister by the way. Please please please review and tell me what you think because I don't want to waste my time writing a story no one is interested in. Thank you!