Best Of Both Worlds Chapter 1: The Stars, a high school musical fanfic

Urm, well I have to explain myself now. The reason why I've deleted everything for this story is because I'm re-writing it! I looked over the story before and realised that it was too much like Hannah Montana and I didn't like that, I wanted it to be more unique. Also my writing style has changed and developed and it's better!

So after finally finishing My Cinderella Story, I've decided to post this up again.

I hope that no one is mad! I hope you enjoy it and if you don't I'll post up the original again. But I think that this is now much much better.

Best of Both Worlds

Chapter One

The Stars

"Brie! Brie! Brie!"

She stood waiting for her cue and listened out at the crowd. They were screaming her name over and over again, sounding restless, but that was the fun of it all. She grinned, feeling her adrenaline running.

"Brie! Brie! Brie!"

They chanted her name again and again. This time she was the one feeling restless, she wanted to jump out onto the stage and sing her heart out. She could feel the warmth and love radiating from the stadium, alongside that excitement and enthusiasm. She was thankful that they had all come to see her. She climbed onto the small platform that would lift her up and grinned at the crew, giving them thumbs up.

"There are people of all sorts out there." One of them told her. "There are kids, teens and loads of older people. It's packed out!" He gushed and she blushed slightly. It was all too overwhelming but she welcomed it happily.

The audience was getting more restless by the second. Their eyes were glued to the stage, awaiting her arrival. Wondering where she would make her entrance, where they would first set their eyes on her.

"Brie! Brie! Brie!"

She took a sip of her Evian water and then passed the bottle back to one of the crew members. She craned her neck and smiled when she heard them chanting again.

Finally, it was time...

"Brie! Brie! Brie!"

The LCD screen lit up and began counting down the seconds until she would make her much-awaited arrival.

"5… 4… 3… 2… 1!" The crowd counted along and then burst into a chorus of screams when she jumped up on stage. The lights flashed everywhere; changing from yellow to blue to red to green and then fading away. She grinned, imagining the fun that Darren had with putting together the show. She stood waiting, just like the crowd, for that booming overhead voice that would kick off the evening.

The lights unexpectedly flashed and settled on her face, allowing her to smirk and cast her green eyes up, giving the crowd a small wink. That drove the crowd insane, they cheered as the backup dancers joined her on the stage. The dancers jumped around until they finally settled and stroke a pose, a different coloured light landed on each dancer.

"Introducing…" The voice over man, who she knew as Darren, spoke in a very thunderous, powerful voice. "…The unbelievable…indescribable Brianna Hudgens! Baby B!" Darren's booming voice stopped, leaving the crowd silent for a moment. She opened her extremely glossy lips and began to sing.

Every day I try to play another game
But my heart can't take it
I try to find another boy
But all the while I can't face it

She moved from her place, singing out to all her fans as the back-up dancers moved to the beat.

Why do I miss you so much?
I wanna stop to turn inside
Oh baby please
Give us one more try

She smiled and waved out at various people in the audience, giving them a thrill.

See you out with all your friends
Laughing it up as you pretend
To have a good time, I know cause I'm living the same life

She moved to the other side of the stage waving out to the other half of her audience.

I'm about to go to say
We can't keep living this same way
So I'll be the one
Yeah I'll say it I'll say it I'll say it I'll say it again

She moved back to her first position, ready to begin the dance.

Baby, come back to me
In my heart I still believe
We were meant to be
Together so whatever it takes

She perfected each move as she danced and sang.

Baby come back to me
I should've never set you free
Love maybe
Come back

She stopped dancing as the lights flashed again and the crowd screamed louder. She let out a little giggle and then started on the next verse.

I wanna call, but then I stall
Cause after all, I just couldn't take it
Cause if your play was to push me away
You know the day, my heart you'd break it

I know we made a mistake
It's just like your foolish pride
Come back to me
Let us try, let us try, let us try

She repeated the same steps as before, glad that she had gotten all the moves right.

Baby come back to me
In my heart I still believe
We were meant to be
Together so whatever it takes
Baby come back to me
I should've never set you free
Love maybe
Come back

The lights faded to black and there was only one spotlight on her. This was her favourite part of the song.

You know you miss your Baby B
And I can see that you think about me
So why do you act like you don't care
Like all this love between us isn't there
I know that you're upset
I know I did you wrong
I know that you want me to pay for all the pain I've caused
But in the end it all comes down to just one thing
It's you and me
So I sing

She smiled and winked out at the crowd as the stage burst into a show of lights and colours. The back-up dancers began to move to the beat again as she belted out the last chorus of the song.

Baby come back to me
In my heart I still believe
We were meant to be
Together so whatever it takes
Baby come back to me
I should've never set you free
Love maybe
Come back

The music ended and she blew the crowd a kiss and gave them her signature peace sign. The crowd went wild, making her smile. She waved at them at the same time as the back-up dancers stood beside her. They waved out at the crowd and then exited the stage, leaving her on her own with the crowd. She lifted the mike to her mouth.

"Good Evening San Fran-sis-co! Woo! I'm having a hell of a time, are you?" She yelled out at the crowd. Their excitement matched hers as they yelled 'yeah' and 'hell yeah' back at her. She smiled, proud of herself for singing, and thankful for her amazing fans. Her smile widened when she heard the small chorus of 'I love you's' throughout the crowd.

"Why thank you! I love you guys too! You're the only reason I'm up here and I know that sounds completely clichéd but it is true! Thanks for coming out to see me. This next song I'm going to sing is dedicated to all of my friends and all of my fans. Yes that means you lot!" She said and the crowd cheered. "It's all about letting loose and just having some fun!" The music began to play and she took a sip of water before opening her mouth to sing again.

The days are long, I just got home
And work is driving me crazy
I could do up, I could go out
But Im feeling too lazy
I wanna run, I wanna have fun
But I don't wanna work it
All I wanna so is go kick it with my crew tonight

All I do is let go tonight
Feeling right, I just wanna forget about it
All I wanna do is let go tonight
Wind it up without my game
All I wanna do is get down tonight
Move around tonight, don't really care about it
All I wanna do is let go tonight
Im feeling free tonight it's just for me

I count on you you're coming too
Yeah I hope that you feel it
Get out my face and out my words
Yeah you've already seen it
Let down your hair, the hell who cares
Gonna let it all out
All I wanna do is kick it with my crew tonight

High heels, just feels
Like a business dance, makes it hard to dance
Tight shirt, short skirt
Just hurt too much worth
Fake up, make up
Let me handle the way
Just I wanna sway
All I wanna do is kick it with my crew tonight

TWO HOURS LATER

Never underestimate a girl
Gets anything she wants
She's never gonna stop
(You know it...we know it)
Never underestimate a girl
She's always got a plan
The world is in her hands

She stopped singing and smiled at the crowd. It was the end of another amazing show.

"Whoa, that was amazing guys. Thanks so much for having me and coming out to see me tonight. I love you all so much and I hope I get the chance to come here again. Goodnight San Francisco!" Brie bid the audience goodbye before running off the stage.

Once backstage, she was handed a towel and a bottle of Evian water. She thanked the crew member and then retreated to her dressing room. She opened the door to the small, but cosy, room and headed straight for the bathroom. She was more than exhausted. Putting on a show was a lot of work.

She had arrived in San Francisco the day before to go over the routines and to do a last time sound check. All night she was practicing and only received a few hours of sleep. The two weeks leading up to the show she had been working her ass off dancing and learning the steps to all the dances for all the songs that she sang. Brie loved to sing, but dancing was also a passion of hers. So she loved doing them both together, it made her both versatile and able to do everything.

She walked out of the bathroom and looked through her clothes to see what she was going to wear for the signing that always came after a show. There was a knock on the door.

"Yeah?" She asked her voice was still uneven from all the dancing and singing.

"Brie, you have twenty minutes until you have to sign." One of the crew members, Jamie, told her. Brie nodded.

"Cool, I'll be out in twenty then." She smiled at him before he closed the door. She quickly wiped off most of the makeup on her face and reapplied it, but lightly. She didn't like to look so made up when she was meeting her fans. She quickly changed from her green, sequined dress to a simple white dress, with some tiger style heels. She kept her hair down but added a thin headband to keep it in place. She applied one last coating of lip gloss before grabbing her water bottle and signing pen.

She opened the door and was met with a large man with blonde gelled up hair.

"Darren!" She exclaimed. "The stage was amazing and the whole composition and production of the show was amazing. Well done!" She said, giving him a small hug. Darren grinned.

"Why thank you very much Miss Hudgens." He thanked the teen pop-star and then walked on, needing to sort the stage out. Brie waved at him before spotting Jamie and running up to him. Once she got there she found an older woman talking to the young man.

"Hey Diana." She greeted her manager. Diana looked up at Brie with her crystal blue eyes and smiled. Brie winced when she noticed that Diane had whitened her teeth again. Those pearly white's could put Simon Cowell out of a job.

"Brie! Darling, that was an amazing show and the turnout was phenomenal." Brie could see the dollar signs in Diane's eyes and chose to ignore them.

"Okay, Brie. You can go out now." Jamie said, pointing towards the door that led to the seat that Brie would occupy for a long time. She nodded and took a deep breath before opening the door and walking out with Diane on her heels.

"...As promised, Brie Hudgens!" Marissa motioned for Gabriella to come forward. The brunette smiled as she walked in and Jamie handed her a microphone.

"Hey guys, it's nice to see you again. I hope I get to meet all of you in this short amount of time!" She said and then handed the microphone back. She walked up to the table and sat down in her seat. She took the lid off her special pen and smiled at the little girl who walked up to her shyly.

"Hello honey. What's your name?" She asked as the little girl placed a photograph of Brie on the table.

"Brianna." She smiled at Brie who grinned back.

"That's my full name too!" She spoke with excitement. Brianna's eyes lit up and Brie knew that she just loved her job.

ALBUQUERUQUE, NEW MEXICO

The limo turned the corner into the neighbourhood where his friend's house was situated. Inside the limo sat Troy Bolton. He eyes were on the small TV in the limo and his hands on the remote. In his other hand was a can of soda and on his face was his signature smirk.

"...She was really nice to us and she's absolutely awesome!" A short, raven haired girl gushed on E!

"She was also smoking hot." A blonde boy added. Troy laughed as he switched off the TV.

"Too right about that mate..." He whispered to no one in particular. He was busying himself by watching E! News. Ryan Seacrest was covering the latest Brie Hudgens concert and Troy was more than willing to watch the exotic beauty do her thing on the stage. He made a mental note to book a ticket to her next concert. He knew that it would be a vey... exciting event for him. He looked out of the dark tinted windows and saw that they were almost at the house that would become his home for – possibly – the next year. The limo slowed down and came to a halt in front of the house. Troy spotted Mr Danforth's new BMW parked in the driveway. The limo door opened and Troy stepped out.

He held an umbrella up, as it was raining, and walked towards the door. He lifted his hand to ring the doorbell and then waited. There was a lot of shuffling from behind him, because his luggage was being placed beside him, and a lot of shuffling from the inside.

"Sorry, couldn't find the key." Obviously. Troy rolled his eyes at his never changing best friend. He reached forward and met his friend with a man hug. "Come on in dude." Chad Danforth stepped to a side so that Troy could enter. He looked out and laughed as he saw around four or five men lugging Troy's luggage towards the house. He looked out at the limo and saw another person step out. The door opened and out stepped a young man, around a foot taller than Troy, with dark black hair. He had shades placed over his eyes and a clipboard in his arms. He was talking into his Bluetooth handset. He walked past Chad and into the house without a word. Chad just rolled his eyes and followed the man into the living room where Troy reunited with Chad's parents.

"You look older, and skinnier." Rosa, Chad's mother, looked at Troy and then at the other man who had walked into the room.

"Troy eats perfectly fine Mrs Danforth." The man spoke to her.

"And you are?" She asked him, wondering why an unknown man was sitting in her living room.

"Oh Mrs D, this is Andre, my agent/manager and most recently my babysitter." Troy muttered the last part bitterly.

"I'd like to think of myself as his substitute parent." Andre smiled at Rosa, showing her his pearly whites. Rosa smiled back at him and just turned to face Troy again.

"Well there is no need for him being your 'parent' anymore. You're here and we'll look after you." She smiled at Troy. He was like a second son to her. Chad smiled slightly, in a way Troy was her second son. Troy's actual mother, Lucille, wasn't ever around when he was younger and used to live in Albuquerque. Rosa had practically raised him.

"I'm sure you will." Andre said in a bored tone. "Now Troy isn't here to relax..."

"I thought I was?" Troy interrupted. Andre sighed.

"No, you're here to do some research for your new movie." Troy rolled his eyes.

"I thought that was just for the press." Andre shook his head and Troy groaned. "So you mean that I'm not here because mom thought that I needed a 'reality check', but because you've found another way to torture me. Oh the joy..." Troy sighed and crashed on the nearby couch.

"I have to agree with Troy, he needs a vacation from movies and all those things. He's got enough to think about as it is." Rosa defended Troy. Chad made his way towards Troy and crashed down next to him.

"He's a bit tight isn't he?" Chad whispered to his best friend of seventeen years.

"A bit doesn't cover it." Troy mumbled back.

"I'm sorry Mrs Danforth but you aren't legible to discuss this with me. I think I should have a chat with your husband, he might have the right... outlook on things." Andre said and Chad's mouth dropped open.

"Now he's done it." Troy closed his eyes, clearly annoyed by his manager.

"Excuse me Mr Andre; I am completely legible to talk about Troy with you. I practically raised the boy! Also my husband holds the same views as me because in this family we are both equal partners. So please, leave your medieval views on the doorstep when you enter my home. Or just don't enter at all." Rosa lectured Andre who just sunk back in his chair.

"I think we should let Troy settle in. I'm going to go and take my reasonable views with me to my hotel. Troy I'll meet you tomorrow at eight." Andre nodded at the teen and then walked out.

"Sorry about that Mrs D." Troy apologised for his agent's behaviour. "Andre is very... professional and just thinks he's the bomb. When he is clearly not." It was no secret that Troy disliked his agent as well.

"Don't worry about it Troy, we all have annoying people in our lives." Troy looked up and saw Chad's older sister Liss walk into the room.

"Liss!" He exclaimed and hugged her.

"Well lookie at you Troysie. You're all growed up!" She smiled at him. Troy rolled his eyes.

"Same Liss."

"You know that." Liss grinned and took a seat. "So Troy boy, how's life on the A-list?" She asked.

"It's fun and annoying. It's just exhilarating and frustrating at the same time." Troy answered.

"Okay kids, enough about that, let's go eat. I made all your favourite dishes Troy!" Rosa said and all three of the hungry kids jumped up to go eat.

As Troy sat down to eat with the Danforth family, he was glad that he came back to Albuquerque. Whether it was to do work or not. It felt like he was coming home, and he was actually home. Troy lived in Albuquerque until the age of thirteen when his mother decided that they would go to Hollywood and try to make something out of him. He was upset when he had to leave his home, his school and his friends. But he did move onto better things.

The only thing he found wrong with fame was that he lost all his friends in the process. He stayed in touch with most people and then realised that they just wanted to know him because he was Troy Bolton, the triple threat. Not Troy Bolton an actual boy. So he lost contact with all the phonies and only remained in contact with Chad and his family. Chad was literally like his brother from another mother. And when Troy had had enough of Hollywood, Chad opened his doors for his brother.

The truth, though, was that Troy had lost his way. His private tutor had quit; saying that he was irresponsible and an idiot. That was the fifteenth tutor that Troy had. His mother, for lack of a better word, decided that he needed to be reminded of who he was. So she sent him back to Albuquerque, where it all started. She had also enrolled him at East High school, where she hoped that he would settle down for a year or two. He was going to be staying at Chad's house until the basketball season finished and his father could come over.

The only part Troy hated about leaving New York was the fact that he was now out of a job for a while at least. There were so many good roles going out for handsome and young budding actors like him. He thought he was a shoo in for all the roles and it was a fact that he had an extremely big ego.

But as Troy sat down and ate dinner with the Danforth's, he couldn't imagine what exactly Albuquerque had in store for him.

SAN FRANCISCO

Brie stepped out of the concert hall with her Louis Vuitton bag and placed her Prada shades over her eyes. She waved out at her fans as she walked down the street with a group of bodyguards. Diane was at her side as she signed some last minute autographs.

"Thanks you guys." Brie called out and gave the crowd another wave before she got into the black SUV that was waiting for her. "Phew. That was amazing." She said once the car drove off.

"As always." Diane added. Brie rolled her eyes at her manager's tone of voice.

"Yeah, because it's always amazing." Brie replied. She looked out of the window at the streets of San Francisco. "Make sure to book another concert here soon." Brie told her manager.

"Brie, you can't do another concert here yet. You've got school for the next few months and then you're going to leave early to do your tour of America. Then you can play there again. It's all mapped out sweetheart. You just concentrate on your singing." Brie rolled her eyes again. As if she could think about anything else but singing.

"Okay, I'm going to come with you to Albuquerque because I've got another meeting down there and I've got to sort some things out for your next performance." Brie just nodded and rested her head against the window. Sometimes her manager was annoying. "And you did great out there kiddo. Kudos to you." Then again. Sometimes Diane was awesome.

AT THE AIRPORT

Brie stepped out of the cab, only to be mobbed by the paparazzi.

"Brie!"

"Is it true that you and Joe Jonas are hooking up?"

"What do you think about Britney's breakdown?

"I heard you were going to be in a movie with Troy Bolton. Can you confirm this?"

"Look to your right Baby B!"

Brie just looked down and walked past them until she made it safely into the airport. Diane followed her.

"God, they're like animals." She shuddered. Brie nodded in agreement. The paparazzi were the greatest negative point of being famous. But she would endure that any day if it meant that she could sing to an audience. Some airport staff met them and then followed them as they made their way towards the right terminal. Brie sighed, feeling glad that she was going home.

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

Brie walked out of the Albuquerque airport a few hours later. She smiled as she breathed in the Albuquerque air. She was home. Diane and some men carrying their luggage followed her out and towards the Porsche that was waiting for them.

"Looks like Dad's here." Brie muttered. They walked up to the car and Brie grinned as her father stepped out of the car. "Hey Papi." She greeted her father with a hug. Samuel Baylor helped the multiple number of men load the few bags into the car.

"Okay Brie, this is where I say goodbye." Diane said, gesturing towards her own car, which was of course a limo. She gave Brie a small hug before making her way over to the limo.

"Let's go honey." Samuel opened the door for his daughter and she sat in the car. He made his way over to the driver's side and sat down. Brie smiled, anxious to get home.

THE BAYLOR-MONTEZ HOUSEHOLD

"...Brie Hudgens also had an amazing night. She performed in San Francisco and the audience claimed that it was the most exciting concerts they've EVER been to. Miss Hudgens has definitely left her mark. Let's go to see what some people thought of the concert."

"It was absolutely amazing and she is a beautiful, beautiful girl. I'm so glad I'm rich! Otherwise I could never have jetted it over, just to watch her! I love Brie Hudgens. She's my role model."

"Ma, guess who just complimented Brie." Gina Montez-Baylor walked into the living room and sat down next to her step-son.

"Sharpay Evans." Zeke, her seventeen year old son, replied.

"You mean the one you like?" Gina asked with an eyebrow raised. Zeke rolled his eyes.

"That was a month ago Ma, will you never let me forget it?" He asked her. Gina laughed and patted his head.

"I'm sorry baby." She said. The mother and son looked up at the time. "They should be here any minute now." Gina said. At that moment the front door opened and some shuffling could be heard.

"Honey! We're home!" Gina rolled her eyes at her husband's choice of words. After a few seconds, Samuel entered the room.

"Where's my baby girl?" Gina asked. Samuel pointed towards the ceiling.

"She's exhausted. She wanted to get some rest." Gina nodded and leaned into her husband as he sat down next to her. Zeke stood up.

"Okay, time for the unscarred teen to leave." He announced and ran out of the room. He walked up the stairs and stopped when he spotted his sister. "Good job with the concert sis." He gave her a thumbs up and then walked into his own room. Brie smiled walked down the hallway. She loved her step-brother like he was her own brother. She stopped in front of the last door at the end of the hallway and took out her set of keys. She picked out the key with the initials BH written on it and placed it in the lock. She turned the key and entered the room devoted to Brie. The room was coloured in red and white paint with multiple frames on the walls. All of Brie's accomplishments and awards were displayed in the room. As well as her pop star clothes and everything that was Brie.

She took off her white dress and exchanged it with a simple white tank top and some boy shorts. She sat down at the dresser and removed the makeup on her face. After using four wipes, it came off and she could see her own complexion then. She then removed the green contacts, revealing a pair of honey coloured eyes. She tied up her hair and smiled.

She was now plain old seventeen year old Gabriella Montez.

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