Chapter 1: A New Life
Gabriella Montez, high school senior, looked outside the window on the plane that took her from her home in New York City, to her new home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A new home, a new brother, new parents, new school, new friends, and new life: this sucked. She glanced at her twin sister who was sleeping next to her. Ryleigh Montez did not seem to have ANY problem with making the move, in her own words "it'll be nice to have a home again." Well we HAD a home. New York WAS her home. Now she had to leave it all behind because of some drunk driver. Again, this sucks.
Sooner or later the plane landed and Ryleigh and Gabriella got off to meet their "new parents": the Danforths. Apparently Leslie and her mom had been roommates all through their high school boarding school years and through college. Best friends, the maids of honors at each other's weddings, everything. They lost touch when Carl Danforth's job took him out of NYC and to Albuquerque, which was the center of nowhere to NY girls.
Gabriella and Ryleigh had never met the Danforth's before, hell they'd never been to New Mexico before. The only thing they knew was that the Danforth's, along with their six best friends, were the wealthiest families in all of New Mexico. "Well, at least we should have the same lifestyle." Gabby thought to herself. It was unusual that she was so self-centered and superficial, but she had been the strong one through all of this crap that she figured, as long as she kept her thoughts to herself, what harm could it do?
"Look, Gabs!" Ry suddenly cried, "There they are." Gabby smiled and nodded her response as the two girls made their way over to an attractive African-American couple.
"Oh my goodness!" Leslie said, "You two are just the spitting images of your parents." Gabby often heard that she looked just like her mother: exotic and mysterious, with her olive complexion, long brown curls that cascaded down her back, and chocolate brown eyes that at the moment, held all sorts of pain and wisdom. Ryleigh, on the other hand, looked just like her father. She still held the same olive skin tone, only hers was slightly lighter. Her eyes were a hazel, full of fun and laughter, and her hair was light brown, highlighted from the sun. The four exchanged warm greetings as they made their way back to Carl's car. Carl had promptly told them that they were officially a part of the family, and that the girls could call them Carl and Leslie, NOT Mr. and Mrs. Danforth.
When the four arrived at home, their two dogs were already anxiously awaiting their arrival. "Gilligan!" Gabby cried, as the sleek black Portuguese Water Dog came bounding towards her.
"Maizie!" Ry shouted, as the tiny Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier went hopping, much like a rabbit, to her mistress. Both dogs were female, and were absolutely adorable. They loved their "mothers" and the four were so attached to each other.
After the long-awaited greeting, Leslie showed the girls to their rooms, which were not unpacked, but all their stuff was there. The girls spent the rest of the day unpacking and getting ready for school, which began tomorrow. The name of the school was East High. Their new "brother" Chad, was going to be there. He was currently at a basketball camp that was mandatory for the team to go to every summer. They would arrive at school just in time for homeroom on the first day.
That night was quiet, the two spent the time exploring the EXTREMELY large house, which to Gabby's delight had a dance studio, and to Ry's delight had a large swimming pool.
The next day came bright and early and the two set out in Carl's car for school, not having a clue as to what was in store for them. They went to the principal's office, where they got their schedules and their locker numbers and such. Thankfully, the principal had been able to find two empty lockers next to one another, seeing as how their admittance into the school was so late because of the accident. The girls were making their way to their lockers when Gabby accidentally bumped into someone. She bent down to retrieve her papers and when she looked up she was face to face with the hottest boy she'd ever seen. But his face held no emotion, his eyes were an ocean blue, but they were cold and uncaring almost. She apologized, but when she still elicited no emotion, she gave him the exact same look he was giving her, if not cooler, until he finally tore his eyes away and walked off.
Gabby and Ry finished the trek to their lockers and began to compare schedules and get the books they needed out. They realized that they had A.P. Lit, A.P. Government, A.P. Calculus, P.E., free, and lunch. Separately, Gabriella had A.P. European History and A.P. Spanish, while Ryleigh had A.P. Physics, and A.P. French. They both had the same homeroom, Ms. Darbus, just her name sounded crazy so they could only imagine how she would be. The sisters decided to make their way to their homeroom, which they knew they would never find. About 20 seconds before the final bell rang the twins entered the classroom. The first thing they saw was a stage, "Aren't stages supposed to be in theatres? Not in classrooms." Gabby asked.
"Gabs, that's what I always thought, but this is New Mexico, not New York, things may be a little different here." She giggled, causing Gabby to giggle too. The girls handed their papers to Ms. Darbus and went to take seats in the back. On her way to the back row Gabby made eye contact with the cute boy with the emotionless face, they again stared each other down until he looked away. "Always giving up first." Gabby mused to herself, "Interesting."
The first homeroom was, well interesting would be the only way that Gabby could describe it. The entire 20 minutes Darbus carried on about the evils of cell phones and whatnot. BORING. When she exited the room to head for Spanish an arm grabbed her. She was spun around until she was face to face with the emotionless boy. "Troy Bolton." He said as he stuck out his hand.
"Gabriella Montez" She replied.
"Well, Gabriella, what class do you have now."
Gabby noted that his face still remained expressionless, "A.P. Spanish. Why?"
"Me too, mind if I walk you?"
"Not at all." The two walked to their class in silence. It was not an awkward silence, but instead, surprisingly comfortable. It turned out that Troy and Gabby had the same schedule and walked together to each class. Troy invited Gabby and Ry to eat lunch with his friends. It was there that they met him for the first time: Chad Danforth, their new brother. The three hit it off immediately, but Gabby and Troy were more interested in being in their own conversation than in the groups. And when Gabby wasn't talking to Troy, who was calling her Ella, she was talking to Sharpay.
The entire gang had classes together, which was nice, including all of them having free and P.E., not to mention the fact that they all got to suffer together in homeroom with Ms. Darbus.
Gabby's Schedule:
Spanish, Government, Math, English, Lunch, European History, Free, P.E.
Ryleigh's Schedule:
Physics, Government, Math, English, Lunch, French, Free, P.E.
Troy's Schedule:
Spanish, Government, Math, English, Lunch, European History, Free, P.E.
Sharpay's Schedule:
Spanish, Drama, Math, English, Lunch, European History, Free, P.E.
Ryan's Schedule:
Government, Drama, Physics, English, Lunch, Math, Free, P.E.
Taylor's Schedule:
Physics, Government, Math, English, Lunch, Latin, Free, P.E.
Chad's Schedule:
(easier) Math, Government, (easier) French, English, Lunch, Environmental Science, Free, P.E.
Zeke's Schedule:
Spanish, Home Economics, Math, English, Lunch, Government, Free, P.E.
Jason's Schedule:
Marine Biology, Government, (easier) French, English, Lunch, (easier) Math, Free, P.E.
Kelsi's Schedule:
French, Drama, Math, English, Lunch, A.P Art History, Free, P.E
During free period the girls went and watched the guys shoot baskets in the gym, while they chatted about nothing in particular.
"So, Gabby," Sharpay began, "I noticed you and Troy seemed awfully comfortable with one another."
"I guess, he doesn't ever show emotion does he."
"You'll see, only around us he does. Around the school he's solid as a rock. He keeps this place in line, which is nice. And if you're one of us, you're always protected with these guys." Gabriella just nodded, she had noticed that Troy was looking at her, a little smile played at the corner of her mouth as she saw him give her a full on grin which made her melt. Yes, Gabby could really see her spending a lot of time with him and this group. Maybe this move wasn't so bad after all.
AN: I don't own anything. I just randomly thought this up, ya'll can tell me if you want me to try to continue or not!
Mollie XOXO