Well here I go with another of my little day dreams. Since I am writing this as I go I'm not sure how good it will be. I only hope it doesn't disappoint you too much. As usual I own nothing to do with Disney or our beloved HSM, I only wish I did. Sorry that it's a little short. Please let me know what you think but be kind? Love TinkTxx

"Hey! Gimme that!" cried eleven year old Gabriella Montez, as she jumped in the air, trying to reach her backpack that dangled from the fingers of her bully.

"Jump nerd jump!" Bud laughed swinging the backpack in the air and watching as she grabbed for it.

"Make her beg Bud" his companion Chase laughed as Gabriella's face crumpled.

"Say please, pretty please can I have my bag back Bud" he taunted dangling the bag before her.

Gabriella looked at the boys and felt tears forming behind her glasses. They were teasing her because she was new to the neighborhood and because she was a nerd.

"C'mon Geek beg for your bag, like a good little nerd" Bud laughed as he opened her bag and began to rifle through its contents "Oh lookie here, lunch money, thanks geek"

Gabriella glared at the boys through her tears, knowing that they were going to win. They were bigger, stronger and meaner than her, which meant they could pretty much do what they wanted.

"Please can I have my bag back" she said quietly eyes on the floor.

"It's ours now geek" Bud said mockingly, laughing with Chase.

Gabriella didn't know what to do and reached out trying to the snatch the bag while Bud was distracted.

"Ah, ah, ah! Manners!" he said as he held the bag away from her.

"Please, please give it to me" she begged starting to panic a little now, not only had she lost her new bag but now it looked likely she would be late for her first day at her new school.

Bud looked at Gabriella and laughed as he threw her bag to the floor and it landed in the middle of a muddy puddle.

She raced forward to catch it, not seeing the foot Chase stuck out and suddenly she was falling. Gabriella landed in a heap in the puddle, the contents of her bag now scattered around her. She began to cry quietly as Bud and Chase laughed down at her, pointing their fingers.

"Hey! Get away from her!" came a voice from a across the street.

Gabriella looked up and through her tears, saw a sandy haired boy hurrying towards her.

"Oh shit, its Bolton" said Bud "run for it".

The boys took off at a run.

Gabriella wasn't sure who Bolton was but she was sure glad to see him.

"My knight in shining armor" she murmured almost to herself, as he leaned down to her.

"Are you ok? Did they hurt you?" he asked with a concerned expression, holding out a hand to her.

Gabriella looked up at her savior and felt her eleven year old heart go flip flop.

"No they didn't hurt me, I'm ok" she replied with a shy smile.

He was the cutest boy she had ever seen, tall and skinny with messy sandy hair and friendly blue eyes. He wore a white shirt and dark jeans.

Taking his had she pulled herself to her feet and began to re pack her bag. He handed her a pencil tin as she tried to dry the bag on her shirt sleeve.

"I'm Troy by the way, Troy Bolton" he introduced with a smile and Gabriella felt herself blushing madly.

"I'm Gabriella Montez" she smiled back, showing off her colorful retainer, embarrassed by the braces she wore.

Troy looked thoughtful for a second "Montez? My mom mentioned we had new neighbors called Montez, you live on Oak and Vine right?"

"Yeah, you live there too?"

"Uh huh. We're 101"

"Oh that's neat, we're 103" she paused and offered him another shy smile "thanks for getting rid of those guys for me, I thought I'd never get my stuff back"

"No problem, those guys are just jerks . . . So my mom tells me you're really clever, like super smart or something, like a genius"

Gabriella shook her head "Not really, I just like to study" she admitted softly and Troy laughed.

"Cool, cos I'm really stuck with this math problem, think you could maybe help me out a little?" he asked hopefully and she grinned unable to resist the look on his face.

"Sure, I owe you one for helping me out"

"Awesome, we can talk about it on the way to school if you want, it's only a couple of blocks from here . . . You know I've never had a geek as a friend before" he teased.

"Well I've never had a knight in shining armor as a friend either"

"I guess we'll make a great team Montez" Troy smiled.

"I guess so Bolton".