Secrets of America's Sweetheart


Summary: Gabriella Montez was just a regular girl. Now she is an international superstar and her boyfriend Troy Bolton is an NBA basketball player who plays for the L.A. Lakers. What happens when Gabriella goes on a four-month tour and Troy, having gone with her on her other tours, must stay for the NBA Finals? Can she stand being alone without him, or does she fall in love with her opening act, fresh pop/rock artist Tyler Hope?

Main Characters: Gabriella Montez, Troy Bolton, Tyler Hope

Other Characters: Taylor McKessie, Chad Danforth, Gabriella's band (Rhian Webber, Benjamin Christiansen, Gabriel Forrester, and Derek Zyber), Ryan and Sharpay Evans, Jason Cross, Zeke Baylor, Kelsi Nielsen

Rating: T for slight adult themes

Genre: POV

Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical, it's original characters, or most of the songs. In this story, the following songs are Gabriella's and not their original owners:

"Never Underestimate A Girl", "Let's Dance", "Don't Talk", "Make You Mine", "Drip Drop" and "Too Emotional" -- Vanessa Hudgens

"L.O.V.E.", "Invisible", and "Fall In Love With Me" -- Ashlee Simpson

"My Wonderful", "Sweet Kisses", "Heart Of Innocence", "With You", "B.O.Y.", and "I Belong To Me" -- Jessica Simpson

"He Said, She Said", "Be Good To Me" and "Headstrong" -- Ashley Tisdale

Here's the first chapter!

Dear Diary,

Here I am, Miss Gabriella Alessiah Montez, 22-year-old superstar. My new album is doing very well, and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. I am in New York to debut my first music video off the album on MTV's TRL. Troy is here with me for a few days until I begin my new tour. He has to fly back to L.A. to play for the NBA Finals. He and I have been dating ever since Triple Threat Day at East High. Since then, though, things have changed.

For example, I got a record deal during my senior year of high school. We were both very excited until I realized that I was going to have to go back to California, where I was originally from. I had hated San Diego, which is why we left, so I figured that Los Angeles would be better. When I really thought about it though, I knew how much I would miss Troy.

As fate would have it, he got a full scholarship to USC for basketball. He ended up coming with me, and we bought a house together in Beverly Hills. That was five years ago.

Oops! Gotta go! Troy and I are going to get ready and go out to lunch before we head over to TRL. Bye!

Hugz n' Kissez, Gabriella

I looked over at Troy as I closed my diary. He smiled.

"You're really serious about this whole 'diary thing' aren't you?" he asked.

"I told you I was. You just didn't want to listen," I replied.

He came over to the bed and started to kiss me. After a few minutes, he got on top of me. I pulled away. "Troy, we can't do that right now. I have an appearance in less than two hours!"

"Fine," he said, getting up off of me. He kissed my cheek before going into the bathroom to get dressed. I followed him in.

"Troy, I didn't mean it like that. I want to, really I do. It's just…I've never really…you know, and I thought we should wait and make it really special," I explained, placing my hand over his chest.

"Okay," he replied. Just then, he got a goofy smile on his face. "How about tonight? We could go out for dinner at that really romantic Italian restaurant and-"

"Whoa, Troy! Settle down, let me think about it."

He just stared at me for a second before getting a disappointed look on his face. I started to giggle.

"Troy, I was kidding. Sounds great," I said, kissing him gently before I closed the door and allowed him to get dressed.

When he came out, I had made grilled cheese sandwiches. They were on the table with some chips and drinks. He smiled as he sat down.

"I thought we were going out for lunch," he stated.

"We were, but we're going out for dinner instead," I replied, taking a bite out of my sandwich.

"I love you, Gabi," he said.

"I love you, too, Troy," I countered.

We finished our lunch, and I got dressed. Soon, we were on our way to MTV Studios for the premier of my video.

HSMHSMHSMHSMHSM

Later on that evening, Troy and I finally made it through crowds and crowds of paparazzi to the restaurant. We ordered Stromboli and spaghetti.

As we waited for the main course, we ate breadsticks.

"Troy?" I asked.

He looked at me, waiting for me to continue.

"Have you ever thought about what it would be like if we…you know…got married?" I finally blurted out quietly.

"Married?" he asked loudly.

"SHH!" I hissed. "They'll hear you!"

We looked up at that moment to notice the whole restaurant staring at us.

He spoke again, softer this time. "I-I don't know. Have you?"

I nodded, blushing a little.

"Care to tell me about it?"

"Well, it's just…we'd have a beautiful wedding in Hawaii, and go on a romantic honeymoon to Rome, and have a big house and eventually have little Troy's and Gabriella's running around."

"Little Troy's and Gabriella's, huh?"

I nodded again. "Yeah."

He smiled. "I like that."

"So maybe someday we'll get married," I said.

"Someday soon," he added.

We both grinned as we ate our dinner. Soon we were back at our hotel, where we put our pajamas on and hopped into our bed. Troy turned the television on and found a movie. As we watched, we cuddled up together.

Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed him and kissed him. We started to make out, and soon we were making love for the first time. We fell asleep that night, both dreaming of our future together.

I hope you liked it! The next chapter will be up as soon as possible, although I'm not sure if that will be tomorrow or the next day. Anywayz, in chapter two, Gabriella leaves for her tour. See how she and Troy deal with the first few days of being apart for the first time since they met!