Sweat. Lots and lots of sweat dripping off his muscled packed body as he punched the bag infront of him with his red gloves. his hair becoming slick with more sweat, panting heavily, and punching it with more more force.

Jack Bolton walked into the gym of the Boxing Studio. "Troy. come on you're gonna be late for school." Troy stopped what he was doing, and was breathing heavily, "Okay.." Jack nodded, going over to the bleachers lifting up his backpack.

Troy slipped under the net and slipping on his red shirt, and taking towel to wipe the sweat off of him. his dad giving him his backpack. "You should take a shower before you get to school." Troy nodded, "Yeah, I'll do that."

Gabriella walked into the school building, she looked at people talking at their lockers, and then seeing a couple kissing. she sighed, going to her locker that was assigned to her. When she had opened the locker, it was shut again.

Gabriella looked up to see a tall muscular asshole smirking at her, "You infront of my locker." Gabriella crossed her arms, "Sorry?" The guy looked at her, and grabbing her by the shoulder. Gabriella pushed him off of her, "Let go of me asshole!"

Troy and Chad showed up in the middle of the scene, "Hey, that's the new girl." Troy looked at her, she was beautiful, breathtaking gorgeous. Brett, the asshole pushed her on the ground, knocking her books on the floor, "come near my locker again, and I will hurt you."

Gabriella looked at him, "It's ...my locker." her voice as small, Brett scoffed, "stay away from locker freak-" "Hey!" Troy said, moving to stand in front of Gabriella and glaring at Brett. "You know what, if I was an asshole like you Brett, I'd be eager to learn some manners."

Brett scoffed, "yeah...I don't need manners, women just need to learn their place in this world and that is to serve me-" "Watch it." Troy said, stepping dangerously close, "if you don't change your attitude, I swear-" "you'll what?" Brett chided, sneering at him. "You may think your a big shot in the ring, but really..you. are. nothing."

Gabriella looked at Troy, then at Brett, Troy smirked, "Stay away from her. leave her alone, if you come near her again." He pushed Brett against the locker, "I won't be afraid to hurt you." Troy warned.

Brett chuckled, "Whatever Bolton." he stormed off down the hall. Troy turned around and saw Gabriella on her knee picking up her books and schedule. He bent down to help her, "Here. I'll help you." he lifted up a notebook that had a picture of his hero. Thomas Montez. The Greatest Boxer that ever lived.

Troy smiled, "You like boxing?" Gabriella looked at him, and smiled, "Yeah.. I love it.." He smiled, looking at the notebook, then at her, "So You were a fan of Thomas Montez." He gave her the notebook. she smiled, "Well kind of." he smiled, "really?" she nodded, "He was my father."

Troy looked at her, his jaw just about dropping."Are you serious?" Gabriella bit her lip, nodding slowly, "Can I have my picture back please?" Troy looked at her, then he looked at the man-Thomas Montez- in the picture. "He..he's my inspiration for boxing."

"He's an inspiration for a lot of things and a lot of people. Can I have picture back please? It's my first day at a new school...and I don't want to be late to any classes."

Troy nodded giving her the picture back, "Do you want me to show you to homeroom?" Gabriella looked at him, "that's okay. You probably don't have the same homeroom-" "Who's you're homeroom?"

Gabriella looked at her schedule, "Darbus." "Mine too..come on." she sighed and nodding walking beside him to homeroom. "I'm Troy..Troy Bolton." Gabriella smiled, "Gabriella..Gabriella Montez."

He chuckled, "I knew that my hero had a daughter, just didn't know her name, or how beautiful she was." Gabriella blushed, "Well, it's nice to know that I'm beautiful... how long have you been boxing?" she asked.

Troy shrugged, "Oh...er, just...ever since I first saw your dad at a live boxing match when I was 12." Gabriella nodded, "he taught me to box; mostly to defend myself against boys if they ever tried anything." Troy laughed, "Hey, Brett is an asshole, maybe next time he messes with you we can tag team-" "I don't box..anymore.."

Troy looked at her, "Wh-what? Why?" She looked down, "I thought all his fans knew that he died-" "Yeah, I mean...it was ...it was really a bad day to find out that he did die. Cause, it was my dad's birthday. Happy birthday to him, right?"

Gabriella giggled, "Yeah, I guess." They walked in silence, until they reached the entrance of the classroom. "If you don't mind me asking, Gabby," she looked at him."Yea?" "How did your dad die?"

Gabriella gulped, looking down, and looking away. Troy bit his lip, "If it's an uncomfortable topic for you, I understand-" "No..it's okay..um..Well, he was coming out of his hotel room, and he didn't have any security guards or body guards around him, and then he was stabbed to death by a crazed fan." she brought her books up against her chest.

Troy bit his lip, "Gabs, I am so sorry, I..I didn't know." Gabriella sighed, "it's..it's okay." He sighed, "Umm I feel really bad about asking that.. Can I make it up to you-" "you don't have too-"

"I want too." He smiled, "Want to get some pizza and ice cream after school? I know this really cool place." She smiled, and nodded, "I'd like that alot...thank you."

He smiled, "No problem." Gabriella smiled, and they walked into homeroom together, and taking their seats.