Okay here is the first chapter. I hope you like it. Just to let you know, I did not follow my trailer. So I may just completely change it or take it out.

Chapter 1

No Spying

Troy POV

It's been a while now. Exactly 21 days since she started working here. I even remember the day she came. She came every day to the Science Fiction section every day at 1:01 p.m. exactly. Pretty soon I wasn't the only one who noticed her here every single day. Some customers came up to her and asked her for a specific book and she would give them the exact area where it was located.

Our manager finally had enough evidence to offer her a job. Being polite she accepted thankfully. Usually I would have asked her out but I was just waiting. Waiting for the right moment to ask her. I used my time to just observe what she did. One thing I noticed is that she always disappeared at lunch. I could've followed her but I didn't want to seem nosey or anything. Her personality was so innocent and sweet. But I was being careful. She had to have a downside to her innocence.

[3:03 p.m., In Troy's backyard

"Hey Chad…. What do you think of that girl?" I asked as I shot a basket. She kept coming into my mine so I would eventually have to talk about her to someone. He rebounded the ball and shot a look at me. "Are you talking about that girl you stalk?" He asked. I let out a sarcastic laugh. "Ha ha ha Chad. First, I do not stalk her. I just watch her." I explained. "She just keeps bothering me. I keep thinking about her." The only thing I could do was go talk to her about it. But for some reason she was different for other girls. "Dude, this whole week you've been talking about her. Why don't you ask her out already? I don't see any point of waiting." He advised. I could follow his advice but last time I did that…not a happy ending. "I don't know. She's just so different from most girls I've dated." I wandered off.

[12:36 p.m., at lunch

She disappeared again. I scanned the room for her but I didn't see her. It would have been helpful to learn her name. That was one important thing I didn't know about her. "Gabriella, can you come here for a second?" The manager asked. Gabriella was her name. Next on my list was to find her. The brunette basically came out of nowhere and chatted quietly with the manager. Here was my chance to find out where she was. When the conversation was finished she walked slowly up an unnoticed flight of stairs. That's where she goes I thought. I slowly tip toed up the stairs. It was sort of like a small white room. The sofa was faced towards the other side of the room so all I could see was her brunette hair. I walked a little closer and saw her reading a book. "I got a smart girl on my hands." I murmured under my breath. She must have heard because she turned around and dropped her book.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." I apologized. She sat frozen still not saying anything. "W-What are you doing here? I swore this was a private room." She asked as she stood up. Her personality seemed very timid. "It probably is a private room." All she did was stare. "Oh I'm Troy. Troy Bolton." I introduced and I held out my hand. She must have felt more comfortable because she walked over to me and shook my hand. "Gabriella Montez." She said. "Look no offense but what are you really doing here?" I cut straight to the point. "You want to eat lunch together tomorrow?" I asked.

[Next week 2:32 p.m. At the mall

We quickly became friends and her personality changed. I actually could be myself. My real self with her. Today we were going to meet with our friends. "Dude you think she has any hot friends?" Chad asked. I gave him an evil eye. "You aren't here to date her friends Chad. I just want to introduce you to her." I explained. Chad shot me a confused look. "Too big of a word? Hmmm, introduce as in meet her." I told him.

[Gabriella's POV

Today I was going to meet his friends and he was going to meet his friends. "Do we have to? I mean there is no point of us going." Taylor complained. "Well it's too late now. Just do this for me Tay." I begged. Before she could answer I spotted Troy surrounded by other people.

"Hi Troy." I greeted. "Hey Gabs." He greeted back. 'Gabs' was a nickname he came up with. (A/N: Have you noticed how long the name Gabriella is?) "Troy these are my friends. Taylor, Sharpay, and Kelsi." I said as I pointed out each girl." And Gabriella these are my friends Zeke, Jason, and Chad." Troy said as he pointed out each boy.

[2:57 p.m. At the Food Court

I could already see the pre-made couples. Taylor and Chad were near the bookstore and reading magazines. Sharpay disappeared to some store buying clothes having Zeke carry the bags. And Jason was teaching Kelsi how to make a basket near the basketball court. The only people left were me and Troy. When I was talking to him I had this feeling. I was sure I knew what it was because I felt it before. But I pushed it away because I wasn't doing that again. Last time I did….I got hurt and I wasn't going through that again. "I enjoyed my time with you Gabriella but I got to go. Thanks again." He said as he gently kissed my cheek. I felt a warm sensation as he left. It was official now. I couldn't hide it. I was falling in love with Troy Bolton.

[12:33 p.m. Inside the secret room

I needed to end it. I had to end it before I fell too deep. It was only a few minutes before Troy would come and eat lunch with me. "Hey Troy. Can I talk to you?" I asked. He set his tray down and sat next to me. Today I wasn't going to fall for him…again. "Yeah. What do you wanna talk about?" He asked. It was going to kill me to tell him after all we've been through. "Troy it really really is hurting me to tell you this. We've been getting along perfectly which is great. That's why we have to stop hanging out together." I explained. He gave me a confused expression. "I don't understand why." He said. It already started to hurt me. "Troy I'm falling in love with you." I confessed. His face curved into a smile but then quickly fell after I dropped my face. "What's wrong with falling in love? Especially with me?" He defended. "Do you want to know what the problem is? The problem is that……….."

Why is it bad for Gabriella to fall in love with a certain blue-eyed boy? Find out in the next chapter.

Well…...I like the ending because of the suspense. But I want to know what other people think about it. REVIEW REVIEW! A heads up the next chapter is called I've met you before. Its gonna explain all about Gabriella's problem with falling in love with Troy. Gonna update by Saturday or earlier.

- Thanks always, Brittany