Alright, this is my first chapter story and i'm gonna try to update it as much as i can but my goal is update it at least once a week if not more. I'm not sure how long its going to be since i'm writing it as i go but well see. This is a Troy&OC story i just prefer writing them that way but im hoping people will give it a chance even if its not really a Troyella story at least i dont think it will be but anything can happen though most likely it will be a Troy&OC story in the end in someway. But yeah please Read and Review it when your finished because i'd love some feedback on what you think of the story so far and anything you'd like to say and ask any questions if may have any. But enough of my rambling and please enjoy this chapter :)

When I moved away from Albuquerque when I was 8 years old I didn't care that I was leaving the city the only thing I cared about was that I was leaving my best friend Troy Bolton. We had known each other since I was born since we were next door neighbors. So since we were neighbors our parents became friends which meant we spent a majority of our time together, whether it was goofing around up in his tree house or just being there for each other if one of us got hurt. But when my parents told me we were moving to some little town in Ohio I tried to act like I was ok but really all I could think about was how am I going to find another friend like Troy? I still remember the last day I saw Troy, he was 9 years old and had the slight gap between his teeth that everyone made fun of him for but I never really noticed. The only thing that I ever noticed was his bright blue eyes and every time I looked into them I knew everything was going to be ok, but when I looked into his eyes the day I left all I remember is that they weren't that bright blue color that I loved but a grayish blue color that went with his sad look upon his face. He didn't want me to go anymore then I wanted to move. We begged his parents to let me stay with them but they shrugged it off saying "your parents would miss you too much if you stayed here". So since it seemed that there was no hope of me being able to stay there it seemed that I was really going to have to move away from Troy.

The day I that I did move we didn't say much to each other, mostly because neither of us knew what to say. But what we did say to each other I'll never forget. He hugged me for what I wanted to last forever and when my parents said it was time to leave he pulled away slightly and looked into my eyes

"I don't want to say goodbye because I want to see you again someday, but just know that if for some reason we don't that I'll never forget you ok?" he said almost sounding like he was about to cry, which made me start to tear up

"I'll never forget you either..." I said going in for another hug burying my face into his shoulder trying to hold back the tears threatening to fall down my cheeks as he holds me close to him those last few moments we were together, listening to him telling me not to cry. My parents then said that we needed to go now and as I pulled out of the hug I looked up at him for the last time taking him in.

"Goodbye Troy" I barely said above a whisper before turning and heading towards the car finally letting a tear fall down my cheek. I then got into the car knowing if I didn't I would end up running back towards Troy if I got the chance to. I then opened the door to the car and got in. As my father started up the car to leave I looked out the window and as we pulled out of the driveway I looked to where Troy was standing and gave him one last wave goodbye and watched him wave back at me and as we drove away I watched him taking his image in for as long as I could as he slowly shrunk out of view till I couldn't see him anymore.

But now it was 9 years later, and I'm 16 years old and it's the anniversary of the day that I moved away from Troy, June 17. It was tough in the beginning when we first moved because I really didn't want to make new friends. I had a best friend but he was 1,576.5 miles away in Albuquerque and I was here in the little town I wanted nothing to do with. I honestly didn't want to make friends because I kept holding out thinking that my parents would change their mind and that we'd go back if they saw how miserable I was without him, but that didn't happen because after about a month they sat me down and said "we aren't back so stop moping over around and go make some new friends when I started school tomorrow". So I did, I made a few friends here and there and they are great, don't get me wrong but they just weren't Troy, but I have to make do with what I have in the situation. But as I grew up through the school years I dealt with everything without Troy, I realized I could live without him and things got easier and the pain of missing him went away slowly every day and I made a life with friends and my parents here in this little town that we moved too. But now 9 years later I got the news from my parents that I wanted hear well 9 years ago… We were moving back to Albuquerque.

9 years ago I would have been jumping up and down hugging my parents so excited to see Troy again. But now I wasn't all that excited, I mean sure I was happy I was going to get to see Troy but I was horribly nervous about seeing him again wondering would he remember me like he promised, had he changed at all and become someone I wouldn't recognize, was the gap in his teeth gone, and so many other questions that flew around my head and I just didn't know how to handle it. All that I knew for sure was that in 2 days Troy Bolton would be back in my life and I had no idea what to expect.

I didn't know what I was going to do when I saw him again either, I mean it wasn't like I could just go run up to him and hug him expecting that he's remembered me after all this time. All I thought about as I packed up my stuff and sat in the care the whole drive back to Albuquerque was what would happen with Troy. Would things be awkward between us or would we just go back to being best friends like I had never left?

We arrived in Albuquerque 2 days later and we moved into a house that was in the same neighborhood and same block as Troy's house and my old house. The house was actually the house across the street from Troy's and my old house. I was disappointed in a way and took it as a sign that since we were in a different house then thing with Troy would be different than they were before. I got out of the car grabbing the bag that was next to me filled with some of my things I looked around at my surroundings taking everything in before looking across the street to the house that held the person I was excited to see but at the same time I was nervously awaiting the moment we met again.

I was a different person then who I was the last time we saw each other and I just hoped that he still would accept me as I am now. The last time he saw me I was 8 I was a 4 foot 2 flat chested girl with short just above the shoulder-length curly brown hair and green eyes wearing a blue t-shirt with overalls and tennis shoes but now I'm 5 foot 6, 16 year old with curves and long mid back length wavy brown hair wearing a black tank top with jean shorts and black flip-flops. I wondered what he looked like the last memory I had of him was him being a 4 foot 8, 9 year old with a gap in his teeth his bright blue eyes shaggy brown hair and him wearing a white t-shirt and jean shorts and tennis shoes. I could picture him in my head like it was yesterday. I just wish it had actually been yesterday that I last saw him so I wouldn't have to go through all this awkwardness.

As I laid in bed that night after unpacking my things I tried to sort through everything going on in my head and when I would finally see Troy again, part of me hoped it would be later rather than sooner since I had no idea what I was going to say to him after all this time I mean it wasn't like I could just go up to him and be like "hey remember me? The girl you promised you'd never forget well I'm back now..." no that sounds stupid. But it looked as if we'd be seeing each other sooner as my parents informed me the next day that she had bumped into Troy's mom, Lucy that morning and she invited us over for dinner that night. So as I got ready I wasn't sure if I should dress up or stay casual so I settled for a pair of khaki shorts with a floral tank top with some gladiator sandals and I kept my hair in its natural wave and put on some light make-up and when it was time she headed over to the Bolton's home with her parents. She was nervous the whole way over their wondering about Troy but as she arrived her nerves slightly subsided as she heard that Troy was just leaving basketball practice and wasn't home yet which gave her a little more time to gather her thoughts. But an hour later her nerves came back as she heard the door open and knew it could only be one person.

"Mom, I'm home, and I brought Gabriella with.. me" Troy started to say and he stopped seeing me and my family standing in the kitchen with his parents. I looked up and saw the girl I assumed was Gabriella standing next to him holding his hand. She was about 5 foot 3 with long curly black hair and hazel eyes. She had on a simple white shirt with a short sleeved beige jacket over it and a jean skirt with and beige flats. But I didn't notice her for long as my eyes wandered to the boy standing next to her. The boy I'd been longing to see for 9 years now and he looked so grown up but yet still looked like the same boy I knew all those years ago. He still had the bright blue eyes I loved so much but the gap between his teeth was gone and the shaggy brown hair was slightly shorter and looked a little darker brown and he'd grown quite a lot and I'd say he was almost 6 feet tall now and was now this muscular guy and not the scrawny 9 year old I knew all those years ago.

"Troy, you know I love Gabriella but you should have told me you were bringing her home with you, I could have told you we were having company over for dinner tonight." Mrs. Bolton said to her son

"I would have but I figured you would have called me or something if we were having anybody over..."

"Lucy it's fine, we don't mind if Troy's girlfriend is over" My mother said but as she said Troy's girlfriend I felt weird. Maybe it was because I never really thought about Troy having a girlfriend before and I just assumed he would always be single.

"Are you sure?" Mrs. Bolton asked

"Yes it's completely fine." My mother replied to her not bothering to ask me if I was ok with it because honestly I really don't think I was. I think mostly because if she was here Troy and I probably wouldn't get to talk that much since he'd probably be spending most of his time talk to her while I was there. It was silent again for a moment before Mrs. Bolton spoke again

"Oh I completely forgot to introduce everyone or reintroduce you Troy, you remember the Davis's don't you? They were out neighbors awhile back and they just moved back into town yesterday into the house across the street from us." Troy's mother said to him and I could see a flicker of confusion as if he was trying to remember who we were for a moment before it seemed like a light bulb switched and he remembered who we were
"yeah I remember, it's nice to see you all again" He said with a friendliness to his voice that just made me want to smile but part of me didn't really believe that he actually remembered us or well me since he didn't even say my name yet.

"It's nice to see you too Troy and I can see that you're becoming a very respectable young man" my mother replied to him. They kept up some small talk for a little while but I didn't pay much attention to it since no one was really directly talking to me. The next hour was really a blur for me. All I remember was sitting down for dinner across from Troy, we still haven't said a word to each other which bothered me and he kept flirting with Gabriella the whole time, which I wasn't really mad about since it was his girlfriend and it was to be expected but watching them flirting made this huge knot form in my stomach and I didn't know why or did I? Could it be because I'm jealous of Gabriella and how close she is to Troy now? Is it because I feel like I've been replaced by this girl and he doesn't need me anymore. I wasn't sure I just knew that I couldn't sit there any longer in fear that if I did I'd do something I'd regret. So I turned to my parents saying that I wasn't feeling well and asking if I could be excused. They didn't seem to believe me but after a moment of talking they agreed to let me go.

So I got up from the table and headed out the door heading down the driveway but before I could start across the street a hand grabbed me from behind and turned me around and all I saw was the bright blue eyes that I had missed all those years but all you could see in mine was the confusion as to why he stopped me. He stood there for a moment just staring at me almost seeming like he was in awe that I was actually standing in front of him before he finally broke the silence

"It really is you" He said with a matter of factness to his voice "you're really here, I don't know why but I couldn't believe it was really you till now I never forgot you like I promised" He said sounding like a little kid who wanted to be praised for his accomplishment "I'm really glad your back, I missed you but I know you're not feeling well so well have to catch up when you're feeling better" He said to me with this voice that sounded all grown up compared to the puberty-less voice I remember from the past. I stood there in awe taking in the words he spoke to me before replying
"yeah, definitely" That was all I could muster out I didn't know what to say

"alright awesome" he said to me "well you should probably go lay down since you're not feeling well and I should probably head back inside since I only told them I was going to the bathroom" He said with a slight laugh to his voice "but yeah well catch up soon alright take care of yourself" He replied to me and kissed the top of my head "Feel better Savy" He said calling me by my nickname that he gave me when I was 4 years old. He then gave me a quick smile before heading back inside to the group of my parents, his parents and his girlfriend who were waiting for him. As I watched him leave I felt my heart speed up and I felt this feeling I'd never felt before with him and Everything I thought I knew, I now knew would never be the same what I knew now was My Name is Savannah Davis and I think I might be falling for my former best friend Troy Bolton. And as for the future all I know is that things will never be the same between us again as long as I feel this way, and whether things will be good or bad between us well I guess only time will tell..

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