Troy Bolton woke up to I Don't Wanna Be In Love by Good Charlotte playing on his alarm clock. He rolled over and hit the snooze button on his alarm clock. Today was that camping trip his father was forcing him to go to. He wasn't exactly happy about it. He didn't really want to go if his girlfriend, Gabriella Montez isn't going to be there. Neither is his best friend, Chad Danforth.

He had met Gabriella in New York when Chad's dad and her mother got married. Troy's dad was asked to be the best man in the wedding so Troy was forced to go. He was happy he was forced to go cause if he wasn't, he would have never have met Gabriella and he was beyond happy that he did. Gabriella just doesn't care for Troy, she loves him. She had told him plenty of times that her life would be meaningless if she has never met him and that made him completely happy.

He quickly rubbed his eyes and climbed out of bed and started to go through his closet, looking for something to wear. He pulled out his basketball jacket that his father had ordered for the team but his was specially designed for him. Like all the other jacket's for the team, it had a E on the right side but on the other side it had Captain in big white letters. He also picked out a plain white T-Shirt and a pair of jeans and he changed.

After he finished getting dressed, he walked down the stairs and saw his father sitting at the table drinking a cup of coffee and he was reading the paper. He put the paper down and looked at his son "Morning, Troy" he told Troy and started to read the paper again.

Troy smiled at his father as he got a bowl down "Morning, Dad" he said and walked over to the pantry and pulled out a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and walked over to the table and started to pour it into the bowl.

He then heard his house phone ring. "Dad, can you get it?" he asked his father. Jack nodded and stood up and walked in the living room. Troy walked over to the refrigerator and took out the milk and walked back over to the table and started to pour the milk in the bowl.

He began to sit eat when his father came back in the kitchen "Troy, it's Taylor. She wants to talk to you" his father told him. He nodded and got up and walked over to the phone. He wondered what Taylor did want. She probably was going to ask him if he could pick her up on his way to school

When he got in the living room, he picked the phone up "Hello" he said into the phone.

"Hey, Troy. I just need to ask you a favor. Since Chad is away, do you think you would be able to drive me to school?" he heard Taylor ask through the phone.

Troy paused for a second "Yeah, Tay, it's no problem. I'm still eating my breakfast so I'll come after wards. Ok?" he asked Taylor. He really didn't have a problem with driving Taylor to school. He had actually gotten close to her when she started to date Chad. Gabriella and Taylor are best friends as well

"Sounds fine to me. I'm still eating my breakfast too. Just call me when you get here" she told him. He could hear the smile in her voice. He was smiling himself too.

"Ok, Tay, bye" Troy said, laughing a little bit

"Bye" Taylor said before he hung the phone back up

"What did Taylor want?" Jack asked him as he sat down at the table across from Troy. Troy looked up at his father

Troy looked up at his father "She just wanted to know if I can pick her up before the trip" he said. He looked as his father nodded before continuing to eat his breakfast

"Let's watch some TV. Is that ok?" Jack said, looking at Troy. Troy gave his father a nod and watched as his father turned the TV. He was channel surfing for a few seconds before his attention was glued to news station talking about a prison break

'Our top story: 2 prisoners escaped from Albuquerque State Penitentiary. According to police, the escape happened around 2:35 this morning. Police chased the men until they lost them lost them in the woods. We are asking citizens to be on the lookout. Both men are considered dangerous. One is 45 year old white male with brown eyes and brown curly hair approx 6 ft. The other is a 29 year old black male with blue eyes and a bald head approx 6'2 inches'

"Unbelievable, another prison break" Troy's older sister, Emily, said as she took a seat at the table with her brother and father "Troy, when are you coming back from your camping trip this weekend?" she asked her brother.

Troy thought for a second "Sunday. Right, dad?" Troy asked his father, who nodded "Yeah, Em. I'll be back Sunday" he said and looked at his sister

"That's the 2 year mark since mom died" Emily said. Troy thought for a second, realizing that this Sunday is the 2 year anniversary since his mother died from breast cancer.

Troy stood up for a second and turned to look at his sister and father "I better get going. I have to pick up Taylor on my way" he said.

Jack stood up and clapped his son on the shoulder "Bye, Em" Troy said to his sister, who nodded back to him. He walked over to the door, grabbing his bag before walking out the door, towards his car.

Jack stood at the door and watched as his son pulled out the driveway and dove down the street before walking back into the house

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Taylor McKessie stood at her door waiting for Troy to come and pick her up when her mother came over to her "You ready for the trip?" she asked. Taylor looked up at her mother and nodded. Her mother smiled and pulled her daughter into a hug "I'll miss you, baby" her mother said

"I'll miss you too, mom, but it's only for the weekend. I'll be back Sunday" Taylor said and pulled out of her mother's hug. She felt her mother kiss the top of her head

Suddenly, she heard a car horn. She knew that Troy had arrived "Troy's here, mom. I got to go. I'll see you Sunday when I come back from the trip" Taylor told her mother, who nodded.

"Well, you better get going. You don't want to keep Troy waiting do you?" her mother asked her again. She nodded and grabbed her pocketbook and hugged her mother one more time before walking out the door.

She slowly walked put to Troy's car and opened the passenger side of the car "Morning, Troy" Taylor said as she got in the car. Troy smiled and nodded in greeting "Thanks for picking me up, Troy" Taylor said as Troy pulled away from her house

"It's no problem, Tay" Troy said, driving "Want to put the radio on?" he asked her. It was too quiet in the car for him. He wasn't exactly a morning and neither was Taylor.

"Speaking of the radio , did you hear about the prison break this morning?" Taylor asked, while changing the station he had on. Troy let his sister drive his car but only because she was getting hers back the same day as the camping trip. She only went to get some Advil PM so she could fall asleep.

"Yeah, it was on the TV this morning. My dad made us watch the whole story" Troy told her. He wasn't exactly paying attention to the road then to her. There wasn't much traffic on the road so he really wanted to stop and get his iced coffee before heading to school

Troy looked over at Taylor for a second "Do you want to get some iced coffee at 711, Tay?" Troy asked her as he pulled up to a red light. He looked over and saw that she nodded. Taylor always has to get iced coffee. She's like seriously addicted to 711 iced coffee's

Taylor looked at Troy disappointed for a second "I don't have any money. My mom didn't give me any and I don't get paid till next week" Taylor said. She works with the party city stores and only gets paid every other week. She hates getting paid every other week. It's so confusing

Troy smiled at her "Don't worry about it. I got it" he told her and smiled at her. Taylor completely shrieked with happiness. He swore for a second that she would have hugged him if he wasn't driving. It made him laugh. He knows how much she loves the 711 ices coffee's. Gabriella does just as such as she does

"Thanks, Troy. If you weren't driving I could jump on you" she told him. He laughed. She did too. She has to her iced coffee every morning. Otherwise, she gets really cranky. Everyone knows to stay away from Taylor when she's cranky.

Troy pulled into the 711 parking lot. Both of them got out of the car and walked into the store. Troy locked his car before he followed her in the store. These 2 older guys kept looking at them the whole time. It was completely freaking Taylor out but Troy told her not to pay them any attention

After Troy paid, they both got back into the car. Taylor turned the radio back on when her favorite song, Tattoo by Jordin Sparks, came on. She started to sing along and that caused Troy laugh. Taylor isn't that bad of singer. Chad hasn't told her so but she is

After a 5 minute drive, Troy pulled into the school parking lot and parked the car and put his permit thing in the window. At east high, every student has to have permit for their car. It's a rule. It didn't really bother him too much. He didn't care

Troy and Taylor walked over to where Sharpay Evans was standing with her brother, Ryan Evans, & her boyfriend, Zeke Baylor. Ryan refused to look at them since they were paying more attention to each other then they were to him. It caused Taylor to laugh at Ryan's expression "Hey, Ryan. We're here" she said as she walked over with Troy

"Morning, Troy" Ryan said to Troy. Tory nodded and looked over as Ms. Darbus began telling all of the students to get on the bus "Can I sit with you guys? I'll get ignored if I sit with Shar" he asked them. He liked Zeke but he didn't like the way he was all over his sister or how she liked it. Zeke & Sharpay are up for class couple but mostly everyone will vote for Troy and Gabriella

Both Troy and Taylor looked at each other and looked at Ryan and nodded "It's fine with us. We can't blame you for not wanting to sit with them. They always seem to wrapped in each other and it's kind of gross" Troy said as he got on the bus

"Just like how he is with Gabriella" Taylor whispered to Ryan as they got on the bus.

"I heard that" Troy called out to them as he took a seat on the back of the bus. Taylor sat next to him and Ryan sat next to her. Troy pulled his phone put of his pocket and saw that Gabriella had sent him a text message. He smiled and looked at the message

'Hi, baby. Just wanted to tell you that I love you. Call me when you get this. I'll see you when I get back from the wedding. I love you' the message said.

Troy smiled and pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialed her number. It rang and rang and rang until it went to her voicemail. He really did wanted to talk to her but was disappointed when he couldn't. She must at the wedding and that was ok with him

He just kept looking out the window as Taylor listened to her iPod and Ryan played around with his Razr. So far, this camping trip is off to a good start