Hey Guys! Surprise! A new story. Here is the beginning of the sequel to Sweet Summer Time. I started this one so i can finish writing There Goes My Life. I'll probably alternate updating. I really hope you like this story. Dont forget to review :)

"Texas was my whole life waving goodbye.
Thought I'd die.
A heartache i'm still trying to get through.
Texas was you."

-Jason Aldean

Gabriella's POV

Its been one and a half years since I've spoken to Troy Bolton. Last time I talked to him he was either going to Stanford or Oregon, I don't know which he accepted though. I Just graduated high school and I'm going to Arizona State University on a Softball scholarship. I fell back in love with softball after the summer off, I missed it, I really did. Senior year Our team was one of the best in the state, I was getting scouted all over the place, but I picked Arizona, I needed a change of pace from Texas. Its also where Sharpay got into as well. We are dorming together and being in college is much easier then high school. People are much nicer, that's for sure. Our pre-softball season just started, we just came back from Boston. Were going to California next, Stanford University. All the Stanford talk made me think about Troy again. I never did take off that necklace he gave to me, even though its been two years.

I pulled on my shoes and grabbed a binder and my bag. "I've got to go to class, Remind me when I get home I have to catch up on my homework before I leave for California."

She pulled out a pad of sticky notes. "I have these this time so I'll put one on the fridge."

"Thank you." I picked up my keys. "Is Zeke coming over tonight?"

She smiled. "We're going out to dinner tonight actually."

"Ohhhh! How romantic." I waggled my fingers at her, dancing around.

She giggled and pointed to the door. "Go to class."

Zeke was Sharpay's new boyfriend, they've been together for about a month now. I can tell they're smitten. I went off to class then met up with the team for game procedure, since we were leaving in couple days. I got back home and finished my homework, by then Sharpay got back from her date, her face flushed.

"Hey lover girl, how was your date?" I smiled at her and raised an eyebrow.

She smiled. "It was fabulous.." She had the dreamy in love look in her eyes.

I smiled at her. "It looks fabulous by the look on your face and the hickey on your neck."

She covered up her neck and smiled. "You can see that?"

I nodded. "It's faint so don't worry."

"Anyway" She said looking at me, sitting down. "When do you leave for California?"

"Thursday night" I got up and opened the little refrigerator. "Do we have any food?"

"No." She pulled out her wallet. "Here's some food money though."

I left to get groceries, I saw my friend Briana there, she helped me buy groceries, then came back to the dorm with me. She lived in a hall on the other side of the campus. We were talking about softball and California when we got back, I opened the door Sharpay was on the phone talking. We started putting groceries away.

"Alright, Take care. I'll talk to you later. Bye Chad" Sharpay said hanging up the phone.

I turned to her. "Chad?"

"Chad Danforth. Do you remember him?" She asked me. She knew that was a stupid question.

"Of course. Are y'all best friends now or what?" I said giggling.

She rolled her eyes. "We've been best friends Gabi."

"I remember when you guys hated each other." I smiled at her.

"I did not hate him." She said. "Anyways. Hi Bri, how are you?"

"Hey Shar" She said smiling. " I'm good thank you."

"I'm hungry." I said starting to make dinner.

It was so weird how all of the sudden were talking about Chad Danforth and Troy Bolton when I'm going to California in less then a week. I shook it off and made dinner. This week was just softball, school, eat, sleep. But now it was Thursday night and we left early, to get to California.

Once we landed, I called Sharpay and my parents and told them how the flight was. We took a bus to a hotel near the Stanford campus. The next day our coaches let us walk the campus and socialize with the other players, before we had to get to play later that day. I was talking to a girl on the Stanford team named Diana.

"So you're a freshman?" She asked as we walked around the campus.

"Yes, I love college so far." I smiled and looked around.

"That's good. I'm a sophomore. It's so much more fun than being in high school." She said giggling.

"What's it like being in one of the most prestigious schools in the nation?" I asked her.

"It's phenomenal. We live so close to the beach, and the boys aren't half bad either. " She smirked as we continued walking.

I giggled. "Oh yeah?"

She nodded. "Oh yeah!. I love your necklace."

I put my hand over it instantly. I moved my fingers over it and smiled at her. "Thank you."

She was looking at a group of people. "Hey, want to meet some of my friends?"

"Yeah, sure." I said

I looked around then looked down. I started chipping the nail polish off my fingernails. I needed to re-paint them. Diana is a nice girl and I'm glad I met her. We walked over to her friends and I looked at Diana as she spoke.

"Hey guys, this is a girl from ASU were scrimmaging them twice this weekend. " She looked at me and smiled. "her name is-"

"Gabriella." I heard his voice. I looked up and saw him. It felt like my stomach fell out of my butt.

"T-troy?" I choked his name out.

"How do you guys know each other?" Diana asked.

I just stared at him, I couldn't say anything, my mouth was open ready to talk but nothing was coming out. He looked it me like he was studying me. He had facial hair, His hair was a little longer and it seemed lighter. He looked really, really good.

"Gabriella? Hello?" Diana said waving her hand in front of my face.

"Yeah?" I turned to her.

"How do you know Troy?" She said looking us curiously.

I sighed. "It's a long story."

Troy reached down and touched my hand. I turned my attention to him. "Its so good to see you."

I smiled slightly at him. "It's good to see you too." I said quietly.

He held his arms out to hug me. Should I hug him? I don't know. So I did it anyway, I wrapped my arms around him and laid my head on his chest. Something hit me, something felt connected, complete. I just don't know if I could do that again. Go through months of waiting for phone calls, not talking, falling back into love. I pulled away quickly and started to walk away.

"Diana, I have to go." I said with tears burning into my eyes.

"Gabriella Wait!" She called after me.

I was already walking away, I started running and I found a place quiet and secluded and I called Sharpay. By then I was crying, I was so over whelmed. "Hello?" She answered.

"S-Shar. He's here." I said, trying not to sob loudly.

"What? Gabi? Are you crying?" She asked me.

"He is here." I took a deep breath.

"Who is… OH!" She realized "Troy. Did he talk to you?"

"He was there and he said my name and he was so perfect." I let out another sob.

"Gabs, calm down. I can't understand you."

"What should I do?" I asked her, trying to wipe the running tears down my face.

She took a breath. "You should go and play softball Gabi. Keep your head in the game."

"I-Alright. I'll talk to you later" I told her. I said goodbye and hung up. By then I was back to my normal voice. I wiped my face and fixed my hair. Now all I had to do was find my way back to where somebody was. I walked around and I finally found one of my teammates who was equally lost.

"Hey Ang." I yelled and she turned back to me. I walked over to her. "You lost too?"

She nodded. "I am so lost right now!" She giggled. "Thank god I found you Gabi."

"How long have you been walking around for?" I asked her as we started walking forward.

"About a half hour. I left my phone back at the hotel too." She sighed then smiled at me.

"Well let's go find the rest of them." She nodded and linked her arm onto mine and we walked away from the little secluded area.

Troy's POV

I graduated high school the first in my class, I got a scholarship to Stanford and I took it. Freshman year was rough, traveling and playing football, but I am focused now. I got into a routine. I hadn't heard from Gabriella Montez since New Years. We were really busy people, I had football and I played baseball, and Gabriella played softball. I couldn't be there for her as much and I wanted to be. So we broke it off. I missed her, I thought about her all the time but that just made me push myself that much more. never really got over her.

I had practice that morning then class in the after noon then some friends and I were just going to hangout at the dorms. We were talking outside of a class room when my friend Diana came over with a girl. I knew who she was once I set my eyes on her. My pulse quickened and she looked up when I said her name. She looked like she saw a ghost. Her hair was longer, she still had beautiful brown eyes, but she did look older, it has been two years. She is as beautiful as I've ever seen her. I looked down and saw the necklace I gave her. I couldn't believe it, then she just ran off and I was at a loss for words.

"Where is she going?" Diana said looking at Gabriella running off.

"I don't know" I said quietly.

Diana hit me really hard. "What did you do to that poor girl?" She asked me.

I shook my head. "Nothing, I just gave her a hug."

"No… There is something else going on" Diana said, eyeing me suspiciously.

I sucked in a breath. I needed to get out of there before Diana resorted to Chinese water torture to get the truth out of me. "Well I have to go to class. So I'll see you guys later."

"Not me, I have practice."

"Alright, bye" I waved to the walking off. I walked off in the direction Gabi walked, which was also the way my class was. I saw her walking again, with a short girl this time. She didn't see me though. I knew I had to do something before she left. I needed a plan. I walked into class.

After class I walked back to the dorm. I just couldn't wrap my head around Gabriella. Just seeing her, giving her a simple hug, made me feel so right. I haven't been the same since that summer. Diana ended up coming over that night, we talked about softball

"So what time is your game tomorrow?" I asked Diana.

"At noon." She said. Her phone rang. "Hello… Oh hey Gabriella."

My head perked up and I looked at Diana who was staring at me. "Gabriella?" I asked her quietly. She waved me off.

"That sounds fun. Can I bring somebody?" Diana said talking into the phone. "Alright. I'll be over soon, Bye."

"What did she say?" I asked her anxiously.

"Well apparently we are going to a pool party at the hotel there staying at tonight." Diana said, smiling at me. "Better get changed." She walked out the door.

I shot up and got changed into swimming trunks. I removed my shirt and traced my tattoo, looking at myself in the mirror. I smiled and put a clean shirt on. Diana came walking in and we got into the car and drove to the hotel they're staying at. We got out and Gabi was standing out by the front doors. She looked tense as she looked at me. I scratched my head. Was this a good idea?

"Come on Troy." Diana pulled me along.

We walked over to Gabi. "Hello." She said to both of us.

"Thank you for inviting me. I brought you a surprise. It felt like you had some catching up to do." Diana said.

"I'm sorry for running off on y'all earlier. I was a little shaken up." Gabi said quietly. "Come on, I'll show you where everybody is."

We followed Gabi out back. There was a lot of college students in there. The ASU softball team and the Sanford softball team and other random people. Diana took of her shirt and her shorts and dived into the pool after handing them to me. I set her stuff down and put my towel and shoes with her things. I walked over to the empty hot tub and took off my shirt. I heard some whistles but I ignored them. I threw my shirt over towards our things and got in. I leaned back and closed my eyes.

"Hi Troy." I heard Gabi get in next to me.

I sat up and looked at her. "Hey Gabi." I smiled at her.

She smiled at me. "How have you been?"

I nodded. "I'm hanging in there. College is so much more hectic."

She smiled. "I agree. I've been traveling non-stop."

"It gets easier once you get into a routine." I said, smiling.

She stretched her arms up and I looked at the top of her tattoo. I smiled and moved closer to her. "Do your parents know yet?"

She looked at me confused. "About what?" She rested her arms up on the edge of the hot tub.

I traced the circle on the top of her ribcage. "Your tattoo"

She giggled. "Yeah they do now. Dad was ready to rip your head off though."

I nodded. "It's understandable."

"Does your mom know?"

"Yeah. She was shocked." I told her laughing lightly. "She still thinks I'm crazy."

"You are crazy Troy Bolton." She giggled. She looked up at Diana who was walking over.

Diana got in. "Fuck, This is hot." She smiled at us. "Are you guys all better now?"

I looked at Gabi who looked at me. "Were working on it." I said. I stood up fixing my trunks.

"Oh my god." Diana said quietly.

"What?" Gabriella asked her. I turned to Diana who was staring at me.

Diana shook her head. "Nothing, I'm just being weird" She giggled nervously. "What's your last name Gabriella?"

"Montez." Gabi said looking confused.

"GM Oh my God." Diana said loudly. "Gabriella Montez. Oh. My. God."

Everybody looked over at us and I covered my face. "Diana shut up." I mumbled.

Gabi giggled quietly beside me. Diana whispered. "She's GM the girl from your tattoo!"

I nodded. "Yes Diana." I told Diana about the tattoo when we first met. She was one of my first friends and best friends here. She helped me through a lot of things.

Gabi smiled and walked over to Diana and lifted her arm showing Diana her TB tattoo. "They're matching."

I laughed as Diana bugged out. We hung out a little while later then Diana and I left and went back to campus. I was definitely going to the games now.