Disclaimer: Disney owns High School Musical & the characters & anything else you recognize. I do own Ashley and Adam, though.

-HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL-

Gabriella Montez just arrived back to her dorm. It was 2:45 p.m., and her last class of the day finally finished. She was so happy to be out of class. In two hours she'd be leaving for the airport with her friends to go home for Christmas break. Gabriella was ready to get away. She was happy that she wouldn't have to see Troy as much.

Troy. Seeing him brought back so many memories. They weren't even at USC a month when he broke up with her.

-Flashback-

"Gabs, we need to talk," Troy said walking next to her in the park.

"Okay. What?"

"Um..Ithinkweshouldbreakup," Troy said really fast.

Gabriella didn't understand a thing he told her. "What?"

Troy took a deep breath. "I think we should break up. And believe me, you did nothing wrong. I just think that we need a break from each other to really college life."

Gabriella looked at Troy, and she could tell he was heartbroken by telling her this, but if it's what he really wanted…"Okay, Troy. I totally understand. See ya around." Gabriella walked back to the campus and tried not to think about that day too much.

-End Flashback-

But she didn't hate him for it. No. She loved him too much to hate him for anything. They still talked and hung out (with the whole gang around), but they were dating other people. He was dating Ashley, a beautiful brunette with blue eyes, and Gabriella was dating Adam, a tall, dark complected guy with green eyes.

Adam. Her boyfriend. Sure he was a nice guy and all, but she didn't love him like she should. And that's why she was breaking up with him whenever he gave her a chance to speak. All he did was talk about football. He reminded her of Chad. Maybe that's why Adam and Chad got along so well.

Chad? You're probably wondering how they know each other. Chad, Taylor, Gabriella, Troy, Zeke, Sharpay, Ryan, Jason and Kelsi all attend USC, which is where they met Ashley and Adam.

Gabriella was lost in thought when her cell phone started to ring. She looked at the caller i.d. and saw that is was Taylor.

"Hey Tay!"

"Hey Gabs!"

"What's up?"

"We're all done packing, so I called to see if you're done."

"Yep. I finished about ten minutes ago," Gabriella laughed.

"Alright. Come down and put your stuff in the van so we can head to the airport."

"Van? What van?"

"Chad figured instead of all of us leaving our cars at the airport why not rent a van."

"Oh. Okay. Be right down."

Forty-five minutes later the whole gang plus Ashley made it to the airport. Yes, Ashley was going to New Mexico with them for a few days. Adam was flying out to meet them the next day.

"Boy, this should be loads of fun," Gabriella muttered as she boarded the plane.

The plane ride was pretty uneventful. The group talked for a while before falling asleep.

Finally the plane landed. Slowly the plane's occupants made their way off of the plane and towards baggage claim. After ten minutes, they all had their luggage and made their way out of New Mexico International Airport.

-HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL-

Author's Note: Hi everyone! I've been having this story written since the end of my freshmen year of high school. I just started my junior year, so that should tell you something. Haha. I really hope you all like it. The whole story is written, so hopefully it won't take me too long to update for y'all. Let me know what ya think so far!