My first High School Musical story. I am SO glad my sister got me into it. I hope you like it, but as a fair warning:it's a tragedy story, but...MAJOR TROYELLA FLUFF!

Title: Soaring, Falling

Rating: T

Genre: Romance/Drama/Suspense/Tragedy/Musical/Hurt/Comfort

Pairings: Troy/Gabriella, Sharpay/Zeke, Chad/Taylor, and Ryan/Kelsie

Characters: Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, Sharpay and Ryan Evans, Chad Danforth, Taylor McKessie, Kelsie Nielsen, Zeke Baylor, Jason Cross, Mrs. Montez, Coach Jack and Mrs. Bolton, and Ms. Darbus

Summary: Everything happens for a reason. If falling was for a reason...nobody saw it.

ProLogue

Of course it had been raining. They hadn't had rain in Albuquerque for days. Yet it just had to rain on that particular day. Of course...as always.

Troy Bolton stared boredly out the passenger side window. The rain was falling a little bit harder than before when they left his house that afternoon. And the darkness of night just made it worse.

Troy and his father, Coach Jack Bolton, had been at the local colleges all day, searching for some good of interest to Troy himself. And of course they were all those big major basketball colleges. Not that Troy wasn't grateful that they were, but he had been thinking about fitting his girlfriend Gabrielle Montez into the mix of things, too. And of course his dad wasn't thinking about what his son solely wanted. At least not completely.

Rain was always a bad sign. Troy knew that much. It was like a symbol of hurt, confusion, and sadness. Possibly more if you thought hard enough.

"So," Coach Bolton broke his son's thoughts and Troy looked at his father. "Are you thinking?"

"Dad, I'm kind of tired," Troy sighed and leaned back into his seat.

"There has to be some idea in that mind of yours."

Troy ran a hand over his face. He didn't feel like discussing his options then. He'd done enough hunting for the day and he was tired of thinking about it physically and mentally.

"Do you think it's a possibility to include Gabriella into my plans? Not just you?"

Hey, he never said he was tired of or about discussion Gabriella into the plans. And he'd tried to make that statement with as much force and respect as he could bring out.

Jack Bolton looked sideways at Troy for a moment, then placed his eyes back onto the road. "Gabriella?"

"Yeah, Dad. I mean, she's my girlfriend..and everything leading up to her and college should be my decision, don't you think?" Troy brought his knees up to his chest.

"I suppose so. But, Troy, you know that she may not--"

"That's for her to decide, Dad," Troy shot back with just as much respect he could add into the conversation.

Coach Bolton sighed and turned his focus back onto the road. Troy laid his head down across his arms and looked out the window once again in boredom and some level of frustration.

Of course the tension started to rise. Of course it was raining. Of course nobody saw the careening truck heading straight for their silver Blazer and the basketball star's side.

And yet of course, by the time they had flipped over twice, it was still raining...

How's that for a teasing Prologue? I promise that if you want more, I have planned out this whole entire story already and I would hate to throw it all away.

Jay