Gabriella woke up to the sound of her radio…it was playing the Jonas Brothers. She loved them. She looked at the time. 8:00. She yawned, got out of bed, jumped in the shower and was downstairs in an hour, dressed, made up and ready to go.

"Morning mom" she said, grabbing an apple

"Good morning sweetie" Mrs. Montez said as she poured some coffee for herself

"Im gonna go. I'm so excited. Working with little kids! Bye mom!" Gabriella had gotten a summer job at her high school summer camp. 'Camp Wildcat' it was called.

Gabriella walked out of her house and into her black Mercedes. She drove and parked in the all-to-familiar parking lot of East High. She got out of the car and entered the lobby. She walked to the office.

"Hi, I'm Gabriella, I'm supposed to be a counselor this year?" she asked

"Ah, Miss Montez, you have been assigned to kids 5 to 7 with…..Troy Bolton" the receptionist handed her a bunch of papers, a tee shirt, and a zip up sweater. "This is your schedule, and this is your uniform. I'm sure you have plenty of Wildcat shirts other than this one, seeing as you go to this school. You must wear one of these every day. This is your personalized sweatshirt."

Gabriella took all the stuff and looked at the sweatshirt back. It was a white zip up sweater with "MONTEZ" written in red over a red wildcat. On the bottom in red it said 'C.W. '08'. "Thank you. Um…did you say Troy Bolton?"

"Yes," the receptionist replied. "Is there a problem?" Gabriella smiled, shook her head and walked out the the office.

"Great," she thought. "Just who I need. Bolton."

Earlier with Troy

Troy woke up and looked at the alarm clock by his bed. It said 900."MOM!" he shouted.

"What Troy!?!" she shouted up the stairs.

Troy went downstairs to the kitchen. "Why didn't you wake me up? I have to be there at 9:30!"

"I did Troy. 3 times I went up there and you told me 5 more minutes," Lucille Bolton said.

"Urgh!" Troy ran back upstairs and quickly showered and dressed. "Bye mom. Bye dad! He ran out the door and jumped into his Audi A6. He ran into the office. "I'm Troy Bolton. I'm supposed to be…"

"A counselor," the receptionist finished for him. "Here." She handed the same thing she'd given to Gabriella to Troy - after the same speech. "You've been pared up with Gabriella Montez to work with kids aged 5-7."

"Thanks." Troy walked out of the office, papers in hands and went to the cafeteria. "Well, if it isn't Ms. Gabriella Montez!"

"Look. It's bad enough we have to be partners." Gabriella rolled her eyes

Troy walked right up to her and put his hands on her waist. "You know you secretly love the fact that we're partnered," he whispered smugly.

Did she? "Troy…I have a boyfriend, I don't know what your problem is." She didn't THINK she was happy with Troy as a partner.

"Whatever Gabs." Troy kissed her cheek.

"Get away from me!" Gabriella said, shoving Troy back. "And only Josh calls me Gabs!" Gabriella walked off to her car and drove home.

The Next Day: at Camp Wildcat:

"Hey! Tucker!" Troy whispered loudly at a kid "Come here!"

"Yeah?"

"I want you to go tell Gabriella over there that Troy says she's cute." Troy grinned.

"Okay." Tucker did as he was told.

Gabriella smiled at the little naive boy."Excuse me, Tucker." Gabriella walked over to Troy. "You need a 7 year old to do you're to much of a baby to do yourself?"

"Montez, I'm going to be completely honest with you. I really do think you're cute"

"And Bolton, I'm going to be completely honest with you too." Gabriella changed her voice to a sweet whisper and reached up to Troy's ear. "Get a life!" She stalked off and went back to making bracelets with a few of the girls.

"OKAY GUYS, IT'S LUNCH TIME!" Troy shouted. All the kids ran to the cafeteria, leaving Gabriella in a pile of knotted string. She was singing to herself. "Need some help?" Troy offered.

"Go watch the kids Bolton." She went back to her singing.

"Look, I'm trying to be social here. I would really like to get to know you better, especially seeing as we will be working together for the next three months."

"GO WATCH THE KIDS BOLTON!"

"Alright, alright. Jeez, keep your bra on." Troy walked out and went to the cafeteria.

Gabriella's phone started to ring. It was Josh, her beloved boyfriend of 8 months.

"Hey!" Gabriella answered, walking into the cafeteria. She sat down next to a group of 6 year old girls.

"Hey. Did you drive in this morning?"

"No, my mom dropped me."

"I'm picking you up, okay?"

"Sure! Bye Josh."

"Bye Gabs." Josh hung up.

"Who was that? Was that your boyfriend??" Jessica, one of the girls, asked.

"Yes, it was my boyfriend," Gabriella giggled.

Troy walked over and sat next to Gabriella. "Boyfriend? Are you talking about me?"

Gabriella rolled her eyes. "No, Troy, I was talking about Josh."

"Whatever Gabs, you can't deny our love forever."

"Do NOT call me Gabs."

"Whatever Gabs. We've got gym next period and I'm gonna go set up what we decided to do. See you... Gabs." Troy smirked as he left the cafeteria.

"Gabby?" Melissa said. "Do you like Troy?"

"Of course I like Troy. As a friend of course" Gabriella lied swiftly. "Okay guys! Everyone line up at the door!" Gabby walked to the door at the front of the room to the front of the forming line. She did a head count, discovering all 20 of the kids that were supposed to be there were there. She led them to the gym where Troy was standing outside.

"Are you guys ready for this?" he asked. She admired how he was with these kids.

"Whoa!" she thought to herself. "When did I start admiring BOLTON?!?"

"Gabriella?" Troy noticed she was looking at him funnily. "Are you alright?"

Gabriella snapped out of her confusing thoughts. "What? Yeah, I'm fine." "What is WRONG with me? This is driving me insane!"

At the end of the day after all the kids had been picked up, Gabriella and Troy were in the lobby. Josh had just pulled up.

"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow then Gabriella."

"Sure, see you later Troy." She smiled and walked out to Josh's car

"Bye Gabby!" Troy called as he walked out the building.

Gabriella waved as she got in Josh's car.

"What was that?!?" Josh said, anger in his voice.

"What was what?" Gabriella said nervously. She hated it when Josh let his temper get the best of him. It usual ended in fighting, crying, then walking home alone.

"Smiling at Bolton? Waving at Bolton? What's going on? You're cheating on me, aren't you?!" Josh was mad, it was obvious now.

"Josh, please, I would never…" There was the fighting.

"Get out."

"What?" She was confused now.

"Get the hell out of my car!! NOW!" Josh shouted.

"URGH!" Gabriella gladly jumped out of his car. "God, Josh! If you can't handle me talking to other guys, then fine, I will leave!" she shouted as Josh drove away. She sat on the curb and sighed as a tear trickled down her cheek. "Here's the crying.."

Troy was just now pulling out of the parking lot, therefore he had heard everything. "Hey!" he shouted at Gabriella. "Do you need a ride?"

Gabby smiled and walked to Troy's car. "Would you?"

"Hop in!" Troy unlocked the doors for her. "So where do you live?" Troy asked, driving away.

After he brought Gabby home

"Who would've guessed that YOU were my neighbor?" Troy said, getting out of the car.

Gabby followed his lead and got out. "I sure as hell wouldn't have. Well, thanks again for the ride Troy."

Troy looked at Gabby. "No problem."

Gabby unlocked her door and started to open it. "Gabs?"

"Yeah?"

"By the way," Troy smiled "you're an amazing singer" and with theses word he went into his apartment.

"Hey bunny, your home! Oh, Josh called. How was your first day of actual work?"

Gabby sighed, thinking about Troy. "It was good, I guess…when did Josh call?"

"A few minutes ago. You should call him back."

"Okay" Gabby picked up the phone off the counter and headed to her room. She dialed Josh's familiar number and waited for him to pick up.

"Baby, thank GOD you called. I'm so sorry."

Gabby sighed. "Should I forgive him?"

"Gabs? You there?"

"Look, Josh….I don't think I can take this anymore."

"Take what baby?"

"Us. I'm sick of you loving me one second, then the next you find something wrong with me."

"What do you mean?" He sounded near tears.

"Josh…I think we should end this." She finally said the words she'd been dying to after every fight.

"WHAT? WHY?"

"I just don't feel the way I used to about you, Josh. I'm sorry."

"It's Bolton, isn't it?" he said quietly.

"What?!? Why would you think that?"

"I knew you were cheating on me!!" Josh yelled. Now he was mad. There were those mood swings again.

"GABBY! DINNER'S READY!" her mom called.

"Look, I have to go. bye." she hung up, glad for her mother's distraction. She went downstairs and took her usual spot at the table.

"Oh, before I forget, tomorrow we're having dinner with the Boltons." Inez said.

"The Boltons? As in Troy and Jack and Lucille Bolton?" Gabriella said, poorly hiding her excitement.

"Yes…why?"

"No reason!" Gabriella quickly bit into a piece of garlic bread. "Mm, yummy! Great dinner mom" Gabriella got up from the table. "Thanks!" She ran up the stairs and to her room. She plopped on her bed and picked up her phone. She saw a text from her best friend Sharpay Evans flashing on her screen. She read it.

Sharpay: Gabs, I miss you like CRAZY. When are you coming up to Lava Springs??

Gabriella: Shar, idk…it's up to my mom. OMG: Guess who I'm working with at the Camp!

S: WHO?? TELL!!

G: Troy. Troy BOLTON!

S: Wow. What about Josh?

G: Oh, we broke up.

S: Ahh, should I be sorry?

G: No. he was a jerk. But…I think I like Troy…

S: FINALLY! It took you long enough to figure it out! You two would make such a cute couple!

G: We'll see! Our families are having dinner tomorrow. I gotta go. I miss you 33 Gabby

She put away her phone just to get a phone call. She answer it.

"Hey…uh…it's Troy…"

"Oh…hi!"

"So, I just found out we've having dinner tomorrow…"

"Yeah, my mom just told me. But I gotta go, I'm supposed to be in the shower." she giggled.

"Oh, ok…so I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yep! Bye Troy."

"See you." Troy hung up and Gabriella smiled to herself.

"GABBY! ARE YOU IN THE SHOWER?!?!"

Gabby stopped smiling and turned on the water so her mom could hear it. Gabriella got in the shower, and let the hot water work its magic. She washed her hair and brushed her teeth. She walked into her room and put on her pajama pants and a tee shirt. She walked downstairs to see her mom on the phone.

"Good night mom" she whispered.

"Buenas noches, mi hija." she kissed Gabriella's cheek and sent her upstairs to bed.

Gabriella got in bed and turned off her light, a calm, blissful sleep falling upon her.