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SUMMARY
Grace and Charlie Burch had just moved to Albuquerque from London and where about to go through a lot of changes, some that would make the grow. Grace has a passion for dance and Charlie, basketball; meaning the Grace introduced to Troy Bolton the captain of the Basketball team. Troy is cocky and full of himself something Grace hates in boys, however there is something about him that she just can't stay away from.
A/N Unfortunately for me I do not own High School Musical or any of the characters…
Oh and just to warn you there won't be any Troyella in this fic, sorry guys but I wanted to do something different!
Moving to America was a big step for Charlie and I, it wasn't something we were completely happy about but it wasn't something that we had an input on. Our Mum's company had decided to transfer her to New Mexico meaning that all three of us had to leave the sights of London behind and head to a place called Albuquerque.
"I've had enough of unpacking boxes." I huffed as I threw myself down onto the sofa
"Come on Gracie, we're nearly done and then you can start decorating your room." my Mum said
"Charlie, how you getting on in there?" Mum shouted out as a massive clatter of pans hitting the stone floor of the kitchen rung through out the house
"Fine." He shouted back
Charlie and I are twins, not identical but you can definitely tell that we are related, we've both got that same dirty blonde hair, blue eyes and naturally tanned skin. However personality wise, we were complete opposites, Charlie is quiet a shy person with a huge love for sports especially basketball, where on the other hand people I'm a confident person who has a passion for dance. We both saw the upsides of moving to America, it meant that we could get better training for the things we loved, Charlie had already been of a try out for the Basketball team at our new school on the recommendation of our PE teacher from back home, and mum had found a local dance school where I could continue my ballet and jazz.
Finally after we finished unpacking all of the essentials, mum started to make some dinner.
"So are you kids looking forward to starting East High tomorrow?" Mum asked as she started chopping away at some ingredients
"I'm so excited." I beamed sitting myself up at one of the stools at the breakfast bar
"I'm a little bit nervous." Charlie said as he sat up next to me
"That's understandable, I mean it's a new school and in a new country. It's a lot to take in."
"I'm sure you'll be fine Charlie." I told him giving his hair a ruffle
"Yeah, I know but it's just all a bit daunting."
"I bet it's exactly like City." I replied thinking of all the memories we had at our old school
"Only bonus is we don't have to wear those awful uniforms anymore." I continued shuddering at the image of myself in my old uniform
"Yeah I suppose that is a good thing." Charlie said with a smile appearing on his face
"It's not good for me, it means more washing!" Mum said laughing
"I just hope there are some nice people there, that won't judge me and Charlie." I said thinking about the way we were judge at City just because of the way we looked and our Mum's job in the Film business.
"I don't see why
on earth no one would like you two; you're the nicest bunch of kids
going." Mum said
"You have to say that you're our mum"
Charlie said grabbing a piece of pepper from the chopping board and
quickly popping it in his mouth.
"Cheeky." Mum replied
My alarm buzzed at 6.30am but I was already awake with excitement of the day that lay ahead, I'd planned what I was going to wear last night, my light wash levis and a simple baggy t-shirt that had I'm with the band written across it, teamed with my grey keds and my new red ray-bans my best friend Chelsie had bought me as a leaving present because I was off to the sunshine. I sat down in front of my dressing table and looked at myself in the mirror trying to decided how was best to wear my hair, my mum often described me as high maintenance but this was just something I had picked up through dancing as always having perfect grooming was something my dance school prided it self on.
"Curls" I said firmly to myself reaching for my GHDs and beginning the task of shaping my hair into the way I wanted to look.
Knock, Knock
"Come in" I shouted, my brother trudged in the room with his 501s on as well as two t shirts clutched in his hands.
"Do I go for polo shirt or keep it simple with a t-shirt." He asked holding each one up to his chest in turn
"Err, t-shirt." I said
"It's times like this I wish we still had a uniform." He remarked slipping the t-shirt over his head and exiting my room.
"You kids nearly ready?" Mum shouted along the hallway
"Ten minutes" I replied as I started to apply some make-up to my face
"I'm ready." Charlie piped up as he walked passed my room and ran down the stairs.
"Come on Grace, you'll be late." Mum once again shouted through the house
"Okay, okay." I snapped back grabbing my bag and shoving my phone and some make into it before running down the stairs and out the door.
"Good luck." Mum said giving us both a kiss on the cheek before walking out of the school office and back out towards the car.
"And then we were left all alone." I said sarcastically
"Come on let's try and find our homeroom." Charlie said looking at a map that the principal had just given us
"This place is way too big." I said looking around as I let Charlie lead the way
"Yes, this is why you need to pay attention to where we are going so you don't get lost."
"Alright, mister."
"Room 202." Charlie said in triumph at finding the room in less then five minutes
"You ready?" I asked as we looked in through the window and saw about 15 people sitting around the class room talking behind one another.
"Ready as I can be."
With that I twisted the door knob and we both walked up to the teacher at the front of the class who was sat on what appeared to look like throne.
"Ah you two must be the new students from England." She said clapping her hands together and rising out of her seat
"I'm Ms. Darbus and your names are?"
"Grace and Charlie Burch." I replied knowing that Charlie was too busy taking in the surroundings
"Ah yes, I have your notes here." Darbus said picking up a bunch of papers and quickly scanning them
"Class." She bellowed signalling all the students to listen
"We have two new students joining us all the way from England, Grace and Charlie Burch. Miss Montez if you wouldn't mind looking after Grace and Danforth let's see if you can finally handle some responsibility by looking after Charlie."
I looked round towards the class and saw a extremely pretty girl with dark brown hair that was loosely curled waving at me to come sit on the seat beside her, I could only assume that this was the Montez girl Darbus had assigned to look after me. Charlie made his way over to the guy he'd been assigned who had crazy curly hair sticking out in all directions. As I walked to my seat I couldn't help but see an extremely good looking guy who was smiling a flawless smile at me, he had a light shade of brown hair that was messily styled and piercing blue eyes that you couldn't help but fall into. I smiled back and gave him a little wink; well there was no harm with a bit of flirting on my first day now.
"Hey, I'm Gabriella and this is Taylor." The girl said to me pointing to the African-american girl sitting in front of her
"Hi, Grace." I said flashing a smile
"So where about in England are you from?" Gabriella asked me turning in her seat to face me
"London."
"Wow." Both of the girls responded
"It's not as fancy as you think." I said laughing
"London seems so classy though, bet Albuquerque seems dull compared to there?" Taylor asked
"I've only been here a week so I haven't really got the chance to look around yet, we only finished unpacking yesterday."
"Perhaps we could show around one afternoon or something?" Gabriella asked
"Yeah sounds cool."
At that moment the bell rang signalling the end of homeroom, we all made our way out the classroom. I caught the brown haired boy's eye once again and smiled before Gabriella grabbed my arm pulling my out the room.
"So what have you got first period?" She asked grabbing my schedule out my hand
"English with Kimble." I said
"You're in the same class as me then." Gabriella said
"Well I'll catch you guys at lunch then." Taylor said before walking down the hallway in the opposite direction.
"See ya Taylor" we both said before walking off to find my locker