Okay… Its so weird having to start all over again but I'll attempt it.

I walked outside of my house, it was like the third day of summer vacation and since it was the end of senior year, guess what I was hoping to get in the mail? Yeah, one word: college, higher education, my one and only chance to shed my image as a former alcoholic's sister. As you can guess last year was pretty over dramatic. Ryan had a pretty hard time convincing people that he was fully recovered, even though he totally was. Once everyone saw how okay Ryan was they sort of let the whole thing go. But as you've probably figured out by now, if there is anything that an East High student can do its hold on to the same idea for a long, long time. I hated the funny looks people gave me, but hey, imagine how it was to be Ryan in that instance. The parole people kept a close watch on Ryan for the next few months and probably still were, but at least he was almost put in juvenile hall. The week he turned eighteen he moved out of dad's house and into moms. Since she was out servicing the community and hopping in and out of jail, it wasn't that hard to convince her to let Ryan stay.

Okay, so back to the mail box. I found a letter in the box from the Hathaway Academy of the Performing Arts (A/N Non existent). I quickly opened it and read. Dear Ms. Evans, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted…that first sentence was all I needed. "Troy! I made it! I made it into Hollywood!" I screamed, running across the lawn to my boyfriend Troy's house, I jumped into his arms and screamed ecstatically.

"That's great, congratulations!" He said into my shoulder.

"I can't believe it!" I said, squeezing my eyes shut, trying to make the moment last.

"Whoa! Did we just walk in on a little PDA fest?" Chad said, I knew it was him, I didn't even have to turn around.

"I made it into college with out having to say my dad's name." I said, referring to the Danforth family shipping company, also big donors to colleges… specifically ones that Chad was interested in.

Chad smirked. "At least it gets me what I want. Where did you get accepted to? Beauty School"

I smiled, this was just our thing, we didn't mean anything by it. "No, but while you were there checking your few options did you get that hair cut?" I asked, referring to the fro.

"No, this thing is all natural, how about your hair Sharpay? Are they plug-ins or extensions?" He asked.

"How do you know these terms so well?" I asked him.

He blushed. "Touché" He said.

I mentally applauded myself and looked over at Chad. Taylor, Kelsi, Gabriella and Ryan were with him. "I made it to Hathaway." I said.

"Huh? Isn't Hathaway that girl from the Devil Wears Prada?" Ryan asked. It was one of the many movies he had seen with his semi-girlfriend Gabriella who was still kind of weird when it came to me and Troy. She was on the rebound but Ryan was sure happy to be her rebound guy.

"No you idiot, The Hathaway Academy of Performing arts is named after Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife." I explained.

"How do you know this?" Ryan asked, in his signature Ryan confused voice.

"We had a test on the life of William Shakespeare a week ago." I said bluntly.

"Oh… I knew that." Ryan said.

"Sure you did." I said sarcastically. "So did anyone besides me get accepted anywhere?"

"I did." Kelsi chimed. "Actually to the same place, I loved the whole vibe they have going at Hathaway." She said.

"I love that it's like, two miles away from the heaven that is Hollywood." I said.

"That's great, Gabriella and I are applying to an Ivy league near by." Taylor said, we weren't quite friends, but we could be civil, last year wasn't all good memories between us.

"Cool, maybe we'll all stay together." Gabriella said.

"It's sort of unlikely, but it's a major possibility." I said. Gabriella gave me a weird look, ever since she found out that Troy and I were going out immediately after they broke up she'd started asking me if he said anything about her, or if we talked about anything interesting. It was weird. It only got weirder when she found out that we loved each other, I know it sounds weird because we were only dating for a few weeks at the time but we really did -and still do- love each other. Gabriella found that really horrifying, she kept on asking me if I ever had second thoughts about Troy, or if I felt like he was going to leave me. I said no but she kept it up.

"Well however far apart we maybe, it'll all work out in the end." Chad said, obviously for Taylor's sake, if things didn't go good she would sort of start hyperventilating and try to force everything in perfect order. It never really worked out for anyone though.

"Yeah, but I hope we're close together." She admitted.

Gabriella smiled. "Okay, how about we all get together and watch a movie? I think the Notebook is coming on tonight."

"Oh, please no." Chad said, he wasn't really into the whole romantic movie thing either, and ever since she broke up with Troy he felt like he didn't have to be so stiff around her, he also learned that she wasn't as fragile as he thought she was.

"I agree with Mr. Beauty School." I said.

Chad gave me a smirk and turned to Gabriella. "Since there are no games on tonight-"

"Thank God." Taylor cut in.

Chad gave Taylor a look. "I propose, we watch a horror movie."

"I second that!" I said, loving horror movies myself.

Gabriella went pale "But… I can't, they're too… too…"

"Horrific?" I suggested.

"Yeah… horror movies are too horrific." She said.

Everyone gave her a look, guess she hadn't picked up on the whole sarcasm thing yet… it was still kind of creepy though. "So that's two votes for horror, one against what about the rest of you?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"I'm in for horror." Kelsi said.

"I'm out." Taylor said, as if scorning her boyfriend for bringing it up.

"I'm in." Troy said.

"Troy! I thought you liked my movies." Gabriella complained.

Troy blushed. "Yeah… I kind of… embellished my feelings towards movies of that-"

"He doesn't like chick flicks." Chad spat out. Troy gave him a thankful look while Gabriella didn't quite take it as gracefully.

"Troy… I can't believe you." Gabriella said, seeming profoundly hurt. "I've got to go." She said and walked away.

Every stared at Troy who shrugged and watched Gabriella leave. "So… horror wins, let's go." He said.

"Hey wait! Doesn't my vote count for anything?" Ryan asked.

"No, not really." I joked.

"Fine, I was going to vote horror anyways." He said.

I shrugged and went inside. We decided on snakes on a plane. Gabriella showed up about ten minutes into the movie and apologized to Troy. She was apparently she was sorry for the way she acted and it was probably just nervousness with college replies coming in and what not. She wouldn't answer when I asked her why though. Strange… very strange. By the end of the movie Gabriella's eyes were wide opened not moving away from the screen.

"But why? Why would he do that? I mean that is so evil… just to put a bunch of snakes on a plane." She said.

"Because, it's supposed to be scary, it wouldn't be scary if the guy just apologized and just took the punishment." I explained.

"But what about that couple? And that mom? And the dog? Why did they all have to die?" She asked.

"Gabriella, it's just a movie." Chad said.

Gabriella couldn't even turn her head. "But… It was just so… so…"

"Horrific?" This time Troy suggested.

Gabriella looked up at him, she was sitting on the floor and he was standing like the rest of us. "That's not funny." She said angrily and stormed out.

"Is she okay?" I asked.

Troy gave me a look, like he was worried, and guilty, and confused at the same time. "Yeah… she'll be fine." He said.

It didn't bother me that Gabriella was having a fit, but it bugged me that Troy knew something about it (and I know he did) and he was hiding it from me. I shrugged it off, she was probably just stressed or something. I smiled softly. "Maybe I should go talk to her, girl to girl you know?" I asked.

"No! I mean… I dated her for like a year, and I know that what she needs now is just some time on her own." He said, giving his best 'I didn't just make this up on moments notice' look. It sort of stunk.

I turned around and crossed my arms, this was all too weird.

Okay, this may have been sort of weird but trust me, it will soon be explained. Next chapter will take place after summer though, so just be warned.

Okay, on Monday I went to a Fall Out Boy concert with two of my friends… it rocked! Even though they were an hour behind. I got to see some other stuff too, like Cobra Starship, Paul Wall, and Plus 44 (my friend got hit in the head with Travis Barker's drum stick but she didn't catch it… that sucks) it was pretty cool. I witnessed a cramped mosh pit, two couples making out, eight mosh fights and a bunch of drunk high school kids… oh and there was music too.

Okay so here… chapter one… yeah.