Diclaimer: I own nothing, I only own Ellie

Gabriella heard shouting underneath her room floor and sighed, "That was some sigh."

Gabriella looked up and saw her cousin Ellie Marie, (but only call her Ellie.) who is 2 months older walk in and closes the door behind her. "Well, when your mother and uncle are fighting over custody of your younger cousin downstairs, it kinda annoys a girl." Gabriella said flipping through her science book.

"It's adamantium." Ellie said as she walked over to Gabriella and sat down next to her on her bed, "What?" "It's adamantium it's rare because people could kill them selves if they accidentally hurt them selves because it is in destructible. Hello, watch some X-Men once in a while." Ellie said. Gabriella giggled, "You may be as smart as me but you watch way too many movies." Ellie laughed "So I've been told." They heard a crash down stairs and jumped off the bed.

"What happened?" Ellie asked as they saw Maria Gabriella's mom, Ellie's aunt on the floor picking up a broken vase.

"We were just leaving, come on Ellie." He grabbed Ellie's fractured wrist and tugged it making her flinch.

"No, until the custody case is finished Aunt Maria has custody of me." "Fine but I will get custody of you whether you like it or not." He swung his fist getting Ellie in the stomach. "I can't believe that man was my sister's husband." Maria said tossing the glass in the trash.

"Yeah, well, he changed after she passed away 7 years ago." Ellie said clutching her stomach.

"Don't worry we will win the custody battle and your last name will be Montez like you asked."

"Thanks auntie, I really can't wait but at least the case is here in Albuquerque." Ellie sat down and Gabriella handed her an ice pack. "Thanks." "No problem." "Get some sleep; I need you to drop Gabi off at school tomorrow, if you can Ellie." Ellie nodded, "I'll take her don't worry." Ellie and Gabriella walked up to their rooms well Ellie went to the guest room and Gabriella went to her room.

The next morning Gabriella was helping Ellie walk down the stairs to the kitchen.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, why the stomach why?" Gabriella giggled helping her to a bar stool.

"I remember the time we went dirt biking and Gabriella was the one who needed help everywhere." Maria said picking up her lunch bag and car keys, "Well, I'll see you later, no fighting, and I called the school, you are welcome to stay if you like Ellie."

"All right, love you auntie." "Bye mama." Ellie and Gabriella kissed Maria on the cheek and she left.

"Well, we better go to." "Are you staying at the school?" "Yeah, if I stay here than it gives my dad the opportunity to come beat the hell out of me." Gabriella picked up her bag and walked out the front door, Ellie groaned and grabbed her car keys off the table and grabbed her back pack full of papers and sheet music and followed Gabriella out to her car.

Gabriella was sliding her hand across the hood of the car to the passenger side.

"Hey I just waxed the car gosh." Ellie said unlocking the car.

"How could someone like you, with a drunken dad and no mom no offense, afford a brand new Jeep Commander?" Gabriella asked climbing in and closing the door followed by Ellie.

"It's called insurance money not to mention before we had to drive out here I worked 3 different jobs and earned enough and when the insurance money and the money my mom left for me made enough money for me to pay for it." Ellie said starting the car.

About 10 – 15 minutes later Ellie pulled into the school parking lot and they got out and went to principle Matsui's office and got a visitors pass. "If class doesn't start in 30 minutes why are we here early?" Ellie asked, "Because I want to introduce you to everyone, but the others don't get here for another 10 minutes but I'm sure Kelsi is in the music room or the theatre." Gabriella said walking down the hallway, Ellie sighed and followed.

"Why is this school bigger than the one in Miami?"

"Because, this is Albuquerque, not Miami." Gabriella said opening a door into the theatre, "Hey Kelsi,"

a girl with round glasses, curly hair and a hat on looked up from the piano and sheet music she was working on. "Hey Gabi, who's your friend?"

"This is my cousin Ellie; she came to visit the school she might transfer here soon."

"Hey," Ellie extended her hand and Kelsi took it, as the Theatre doors busted open and a blonde girl and a boy stomped up to the stage and over to Kelsi ignoring Gabriella and Ellie,

"Hey Sharpay, hi Ryan,"

"Hi Kelsi," The boy named Ryan said,

"We need to rehearse a new sing but we need a new song so can you write one for us? Thanks let's hear it." Sharpay demanded,

"B-but I don't have a new song." Kelsi stuttered

"Of course you do," Ellie said digging into her bag, "You gave it to Gabriella to hold onto," Ellie pulled out the sheet music and handed it to Sharpay who snatched it and looked it over,

"Best of friends? Good title and the song is good looks like we'll use this one now if you would be so kind as to play it,"

"Uh it has to have a guitar." Kelsi said looking over the sheet music, "Well, go get one," Sharpay ordered

"Here," Ryan handed Kelsi a guitar, "Give me the guitar you play the piano." Ellie strummed the guitar to start the song as Sharpay and Ryan tried out the song

Sharpay- "I got someone to depend on, someone to lean on."

Ryan- "They're a friend that is a friend that makes us the best of friends."

Sharpay- "We may be the best of friends everyone looks up to, cause they think they will never have someone to make the best of friends,"

S&R – "To be the best of friends you need to trust, you need to believe that nothing will tear you apart, speak from your heart don't let anything get between you.

They stopped singing, "I know Kelsi couldn't have written this she doesn't have best of friends." Sharpay dissed,

"Well, believe it because she did write it whether you believe it or not!" Ellie argued

"Whatever, and who are you? I haven't seen you around at all." Sharpay got up closer to Ellie

"She's my cousin Sharpay." Gabriella said

"That explains it all." Sharpay walked off but Ryan stayed.

"Sorry about my sister, we may be twins but we are nothing alike, my names Ryan by the way Ryan Evans." He extended his hand and Ellie shook it, "Ellie…" Gabriella cough Marie Ellie pulled her ear "Ow, ow, ow"

"Yeah Ellie Marie Fillion soon to be Montez, but call me Ellie please." "And you're cousins?" "Yeah, but my mom is her mom's sister." Ellie explained. "Oh, ok." "RYAN!" Sharpay yelled, "I gotta go." He waved and left.

Ellie turned to Gabriella and Kelsi who had goofy looks on their faces, "What?"