This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud
It's my life

IT'S MY LIFE – BON JOVI

Prologue: It's My Life

Hi, I'm Gabriella I guess. No, I mean my name is Gabriella, Gabriella Montez to be exact, but what I was going for was I'm guess if you care or whatever. My story is pretty simple and a bit plain if you ask me, but my best friend Sharpay insisted that I write it down in story form, whatever. I've also been told by Shar that I say whatever too much; actually Taylor told me that to, but whatever. God, there I go again.

Let's start from the beginning shall I? Or I'll just give you a quick back ground story. I had a pretty picture perfect family for four years when my father passed away from cancer, so I don't really remember him. That's okay though. I mean I love him, but I didn't really know him. I can't even really remember him, which does actually make me sad when mom talks about him. My mother remarried when I was eight to Hunter Cross, and that is how I got my step brother, Jason. He's a…character, but more about him later.

So, the "gang" spent their first five years growing up in Albuquerque without me, and that is when we moved there…duh. After that we spent the rest of our years growing up together. We are the closest I think any friends could be, god I sound like a girl. I mean, damn it you know what I mean. I might as well warn you about the gang while I'm at it. We'll start with Sharpay, just because she'd kill me if I didn't start with her.

"FABULOUS!"

Sharpay Evans is the blonde of the group, not to mention the drama queen of the group. Trust me when I say you don't want me to go into detail, but I will. Sharpay is always trying to do things over board, not to mention she likes things big and pink. I've grown to hate pink because of her. I hate to say it but the Ice Queen is the perfect. You mess with her, believe me when I say it's the last thing you'll ever do.

"And I'm the queen of England."

Taylor McKessie is more of a friend to me than Shar, but don't tell her that. Tay is quite the firecracker too, and the brain of the bunch not to mention the queen of sarcasm. She is extremely loyal. The kind of friend that won't think twice for standing up for you or doing what she thinks is best. The thing we two share is our stubborn nature. It's hard when she thinks she right , and won't listen to me when we know I'm the one that is right.

"But it's lunch time!"

Chad Danforth, the goof ball of the group. I love being around Chad, because he is just so freaking hilarious. He is always freaking hungry too. How Taylor puts up with him I'll never know. OH RIGHT! He and Tay have been dating since junior year of high school. Oh, and he's a good drummer. But no matter how much of a goof ball he is, Chad is a great friend and an even better listener.

"So, how was work?"

Ah, my oh so loving step brother Jason Cross. This guy…I love him, but sometimes he is just so clueless. He's a sweet heart though not to mention an annoyingly over protective big brother, and a rocking base player. It might take him a minute to catch on, but when he gets it he's always there. Sometimes I don't think I would have made it all these years without him.

"I made creme brulee!"

Zeke Baylor is like the best cook in the world. I am not even kidding. How a boy that good at cooking and as nice as he is could fall head over hills in love with Shar I'll never know, but those two have been dating on and off for four years. He is so smitten it's sickening. I really don't know what to do with him sometimes. I have to remind him that he is his own person.

"I..I..I mean if you want to."

Little Kelsi Neilson is just cutest thing ever. She's the shy one of the bunch, but you can't help but adore her! She is one of the most amazing composers ever. She is always writing something or another. When we were little she was always the one that would sneak off and hide away from the world. Surprisingly she's doing a lot better even though she isn't a fan of the party scene like the rest of us. Kelsi is one to keep us in line when we all get drunk off our asses or something like that.

"Psht. I make the best pb and j's!"

Troy Bolton, or should I say the Golden Boy, he is the starting forward on the basketball team, and tends to be a little over confident. Okay, so he's got an ego the size of a planet, but if you get close enough you see the sweet caring side of him. Not to make his ego any bigger, but he's the SHIT when it comes to guitar players. Oh yeah, and he can sing…even though he doesn't like to in front of a crowd. He's the leader of our little group really.

"Why can't we all just calm down?"

Ryan Evans, sigh, is just the nicest guy. He is always looking out for others, and he lets his twin sister (Sharpay, oh yeah…her) run over him. He really is just such a loveable guy. He's also just an awesome piano and keyboard player, and singer to. I guess the other thing you should know about him is that he has been my boyfriend since freshman year of college.

"SHUT UP! The game's on."

And then there's me, Gabriella Montez. I'm the crazy tom boy of the bunch. I like to cuss more than I should, and then I would rather watch basketball than a soap opera. However, you give me a musical and I'll drop everything I'm doing to see it. I suppose I'm a good singer, that's what everyone tells me anyway. I'm stubborn as hell and proud of it, damn it.

The nine of us live together in a giant house that Ryan and Sharpay's parents gave us to live in about fifteen minutes from UCLA where we all are attending for college. Let me tell you, having nine in a house isn't easy no matter how big the house is or how close the nine of us are…because there are always extras. It always seems the extra's are the problems, aka troy's many girlfriends.

However, the one thing that all of us can count on is LuCKY UNDERWEAR. What is LuCKY UNDERWEAR you ask? Well that is our band. I know I know, dorky and clichéd right? Right, but we've been together as a band for three years now and it's been awesome. Chad is of course our drummer, Jason our base player, Troy is our guitarist, Ryan plays our keyboard, and I am our lead singer. Sharpay is our "image consultant" because we apparently need our own look. Taylor is our manager alongside Zeke who works as our publicist. You can't get any better than these two. Kelsi is our TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY AMAZING composer. She has written us so many songs that are just amazing it's crazy. She was always trying to get me help write them, because she thought I could. Of course I'll never forget my first song, but you'll hear about that during the story.

Back to the basic's I guess, my story starts when we're students at UCLA and are majoring in everything from business to neurology to theater, and we're all sophomores, but Tay is about four hours from being a junior. It's rather annoying having a smarty pants around…until she embarrasses Chad then it's all good.

To sum it up I love these guys more than life itself.

So let's jump right into the story shall we?

It all starts on the day Troy brings home Whitney Tillman, the girl I'd learn to hate.

Sneaky bitch.

Note: I'm not forgetting about starlight kisses, but i need something else to keep my muse going. i'll be updating starlight kisses soon. I'm actually writing a novel but with different charries and I thought it was perfect for a HSM fanfiction. Of course there will be differences. Anyway I don't own HSM (or zac sadly) and i don't own IT'S MY LIFE. Let me know what you think of this one! Love you guys!