A 13 year old Gabriella stopped her bike dead in it's tracks in front of her best friends house. She was wearing jeans and a shirt with the cookie monster on it. She was also wearing UGS©. Her long locks were in a ponytail and she had bangs. She knocked on the big white door as she rubbed her glossy lips together. The door opened to reveal a tall Red head. Gabriella smiled.

"Hello Gabriella" The lady smiled genuinely.

"Why hello Mrs. Bolton. Is Troy here?" Gabriella asked smiling.

"Yes actually im sure he's upstairs buried under them covers now why don't you go and get him and I'll make ya'll some snacks before you leave for the big game" Mrs. Bolton smiled.

"Thank you" Gabriella smiled brightly showing off her retainer. She walked in slowly and then bolted up the steps. When she opened Troy's room door she ran and jumped on his bed. "Wakey, Wakey" She giggled while jumping up and down.

"Ow" A young voice mumbled. "Ella bear stop" He whined. She smiled at the pet name and pulled the covers off his head. A young Troy Bolton squinted his eyes from the sudden lightness. He covered his eyes.

"Don't make me do this Troysie get up!" She said before tickling his side.

"Ah!" He rolled out of bed with a loud thump. Gabriella gasped and looked over the bed. He sat up on the floor and blew his strands of his hair out of his face. Gabriella then giggled and covered her mouth. "Oh you think its funny do you Ella Bear?" He asked. His voice hadn't matured so it was cute and adorable. He pounced on her and began tickling her making her go into a fit of giggles.

"Troysie stop p-please" She stuttered before busting out laughing. Troy smiled showing off a gap-tooth green. His weak showing muscles held a tiny Gabriella down while tickling her. She gasped really loud. He stopped and rolled off of her. "Thank you" She said out of breath but still smiling. He smiled at her.

"You wear lip gloss now?" He asked rubbing his eyes.

"Yup…Why does it look funny?" She asked touching her lips. He pulled her hand down.

"No its fine its just…I didn't think YOU would ever wear you know lip gloss" Troy laughed.

"Im female aren't I?" Gabriella asked.

"I don't know…you're the only female I know who can throw a football 40 yards" Troy said nudging her.

"Uh!" Gabriella said giggling and nudging him back. Just then his mom came upstairs with sandwiches.

"Thanks ma" Troy said kissing his mom's cheek and grabbing a sandwich before running out of his room. Gabriella stood and took the other one.

"Thanks Mrs. Bolton" She smiled and then quickly followed Troy. They jumped on their bikes and rode off. Troy's mouth looked like he was storing acorns since he still had his sandwich in his mouth and Gabriella was nibbling on little pieces of hers. They rode down the dirt road.

"I'll race ya" Troy said smiling.

"I'll beat ya" Gabriella smirked and started moving her legs quite quickly. Troy smirked and swallowed his sandwich before racing off at the speed of lighting. Gabriella gasped as he passed by her. She giggled and caught up. They were side by side almost to the High school where the game was being held. Troy stopped his bike right in front and Gabriella came two seconds after out of breath.

"Ha!" Troy said.

"No fair you play basketball show off" Gabriella giggled.

"Well I'll give you a break. I'll give you 10 second head start to get to the gym." Troy said.

"Fine" Gabriella said.

"GO!" He said. Gabriella took off. "8...9...10" Troy said and then took off running Gabriella swung the school door open and ran in. She turned the corner.

"Im going to beat him!" She squealed. She missed the wet floor sign and fell. Troy came around the corner. When he saw Gabriella he laughed and continued to run.

"Ow" She whimpered sitting up and grabbing her ankle. Troy stopped when he heard the whimper and turned to see her crying. He rushed over.

"Gabby" He whined and pulled her into him. She sniffed. He touched her ankle and she gasped " …can you walk?" He asked. She shook her head. "Ok come on" He said helping her stand. He turned so his back was facing her and let her jump on his back. He then carried her into the gym. The game had just started he led her over to the top bleacher and sat her down. She sat on his lap.

"Hey Bolton" A boy with blonde hair and gray eyes came walking up giving Troy a high five. He looked at Gabriella in disgust "Why are you hanging out with Dorkarella?" He asked. Troy looked confused and then looked at Gabriella. Troy took her off his lap accidently moving her ankle.

"OUCH!" She gasped.

"Aww does little Dorkarella's ankle hurt? You slipped on a piece of mirror when you broke it with your ugliness this morning didn't you" The boy said kicking her ankle. Troy glared at him. "Nice Bolton…everyone will LOVE to hear you're hanging out with this…thing" He said texting everyone. He laughed and walked off.

"Ella Bear are you ok?" Troy asked hugging her. She pulled away.

"Why'd you just sit there? You're supposed to be my friend" Gabriella said looking back at her ankle as tears poured from her eyes.

"That's my father's friend son. He's a senior and he's been helping me so that I can make it as captain on the team next year since im trying out next week to be on the team at all…You know how much that means to me I couldn't risk anything" He said.

"I get it…Basketball is more important than me" Gabriella cried.

"No come on Gabby your talking crazy" He said "Your like my little sister you know I love you" He said pulling her into him. She sniffed and nodded calmly. Troy looked over and saw the boy pointing with his friends and laughing. He slowly pulled away from Gabriella embarrassed. He looked down and then at her. "Uh…lets watch the game" He said looking forward.

2 weeks later.

"Troy!" Gabriella smiled looking at him "You excited for tryouts?" Gabriella asked. Troy ignored her. "Troy?" She asked.

"I gotta go" He closed his locker and walked off. Gabriella sighed and looked down. He had been ignoring her for the past 2 weeks. She was so excited when she got her crutches off last week and she had called him to celebrate but he had blocked her number. She felt tears form in her eyes as she looked around her. She punched the locker and walked down the hallway.

Troy's POV

I felt terrible about what I was doing to Gabriella. Ignoring her so I wouldn't be the laughing stock. Its just she's embarrassing to hang around. Always wearing sesame street clothes or cartoon outfits. We're 13 GROW UP! And she's always getting straight A's…Geek. I mean im going to make it on the basketball team im going to be one of the most popular people in the school and she's…she's not the type of person jocks hang around. At the basketball game one person was laughing at the fact that I was sitting next to her. I couldn't imagine the whole school like that. So I had to keep my distance. At least for awhile.

I walked in the gym and dropped my bag on one of the bleachers. Today were tryouts. I gulped down some water to calm my nerves. I then put it in my bag and ran to the center of the gym.

5 minutes later

We were told to do drills so that's what I was doing. I kept telling myself to keep my head in the game because I felt to chocolate brown eyes burning into my back. Not to sound harsh but didn't she get I didn't want to be around her right now? I shot a basket and got nothing but net. People high- fived me and I smiled. Once we were done we all got to sit on the bleachers and wait for the results.

"Danforth, Baylor, Cross, and uh…Bolton. Welcome to the team" The coach smiled widely. Me and The boy's shouted 'YES!' while others walked off with their heads down.

"Yo, congratulations man" Chad said to me while giving me a handshake and then man hug. Zeke and Jason did the same.

"Hey same to you dude" I said trying to sound cool. My voice was scratchy but I thought it was just dry. I cleared my throat.

"There's a celebration tonight at my house you wanna come?" Zeke asked.

"Yeah sure I just gotta-" I was cut off by a squealing Gabriella hugging me tightly.

"Congratulations WILDCAT!" She said pulling away and biting her lip while smiled.

"Thanks" I said backing away and turning to the guys. "Come on" I said leading them away I could feel the pain that was inside her when I glanced back and saw pain flashing across her face. I quickly tore my head away.

"Dude who was that?" Jason asked.

"Nobody just some weird fan" I laughed "Well um…tonight your place?" I asked.

"Yeah and um…invite your fan too" Zeke said walking off. I took a deep breath and turned around to see Gabriella walking out of the gym. I rolled my eyes and then ran over to her.

"Hey Gabriella can I ask you something…"

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Ok so I got this idea in my head and I had to write it down hope you liked this first chapter

Xoxo Nessa