I'm back with a sequel! WHOOOOOHOOOOO! Okay, sooo…I couldn't really give shout outs to those who reviewed last time, but…let's just say there were a lot. So I'm just going to quickly name them at the END OF THE STORY! For now on, all my shout-outs and author notes will be towards the end so you all immediately read and I don't get annoyed, agitated readers…(starting the next chapter)
Ideas for the sequel go to: AlmancexGurl: Thanks for the ideas! They sure helped me write this and I think this one should be amazing!
Chapter 1
I stared at myself. I wasn't going to be 'the shy girl' this year. Not when I was only going to be here for this year. Not when I had Troy Bolton by my side. "Gabriella! TROY!" I laughed, noticing that Lucille's voice grew when she said Troy's name.
"Breakfast!"
I fixed one last strand of hair and then grabbed my handbag and walked out of my bedroom. I saw Troy, who smiled as he shut his door to his bedroom. "Ladies first…" he said, as he gestured his arms towards the stairs.
So things went well last summer. Troy and I finally got together and Zak was totally okay with it. After all, he was the one who told me to go after him. We even few Sam and Kayla out here for a week and we managed to all get along. Jessica wasn't a problem anymore and Troy promised that he wouldn't acknowledge anymore.
Today was the beginning of something totally different. I was going to Troy's school and his territory. Troy warned me though, that school was going to be different and he'd probably act like a total jerk…and Jessica was going to be there no matter how much either of us wanted her to disappear.
"Nervous?" he said as his hand found mine and gripped it tightly and I gave a weak smile.
"Of course not…" I said sarcastically.
He laughed as we walked into the kitchen to see the biggest breakfast that I had seen.
"Eat up! You guys have a big day today! Oh and Troy…Zak wanted a ride from you." Lucille said and Troy looked at me and I raised my eyebrows, amused that he had to look at me before answering. He already knew my answer was going to be that he had to do it, whether he liked it or not.
"Of course he can ride with us…" I said in a manly voice, imitating Troy and he playfully pushed me.
"Yes-" he cleared his throat.
I laughed and he looked at me. "What?" he said.
"You just made your voice sooo lowww…" I said using my manly voice again while saying 'so low'.
He rolled his eyes, "My voice is soooo low…" he said, "Anyways, yeah, Zak can ride with us." He said and I gave him a cheesy smile, as I sat down at my usual spot on the corner and grabbed something to eat.
"Great. I'll-"
"I'LL TELL HIM!" I said, hopping from my chair then running outside of the house towards Zak's.
The door opened and I saw Zak, in his usual type of outfit. He had some faded blue jeans and a flannel shirt and his hair was practically so messy it was perfect. "Hey!" I said like a little kid and he looked at me confused.
"Somebody's excited…" he laughed as he leaned against the door jam.
"Why wouldn't I be? I'M A SENIOR!" I danced around him.
"And so am I, but you don't see me dancing like a seven year old, now do you?" he raised an eyebrow.
"Well pardon moi but we're giving you a ride so I wouldn't be judging me!" I said, sticking out my tongue.
"You're mature…" he laughed, noticing my sarcasm and my childish antics were never going to disappear.
"I know you are, but what am I?" I laughed, totally feeling like an idiot.
Zak grabbed his bag, which was leaning against the staircase and we began to walk back to 'my' house and walked back into the kitchen. "Good morning Zachary! Are you ready for your last year of high school?" Jack greeted him and Zak smiled.
"It should be interesting…" he said.
Jack gave a laugh and Zak sat down next to me as I sat next to Troy and we sat there waiting for Troy to finish eating. "You're a garbage disposal, y'know that?" I said, staring at Troy, who was shoving food in his mouth.
"Yes, but I'm a cute garbage disposal." He said, with a mouthful of waffles in his mouth and I looked away, totally disgusted.
"You are when you're not eating." I laughed and Zak couldn't help but laugh along with me.
"Yeah, well…you love me anyways." He laughed, swallowing his food. "Okay, who's ready?" he said as he wiped his mouth with a napkin and got up from his chair.
We all followed Troy out to the garage and we hopped into Troy's black range rover. "Shot-gun!" Zak said and I rolled my eyes, willingly letting him take the passenger seat.
The ride to the school was awfully silent. No music was played and nobody talked. Maybe it was the nerves?
This continued for several more minutes. "And here we are!" Troy said enthusiastically as we drove into the parking lot and I smiled.
The school was huge and it seemed to me like there were way too many people already surrounding the entrance of the school. "Thanks Troy. Catch ya later Gabs." Zak said as he hopped out of the passenger seat and walked towards the school.
"Well…that was…fun." Troy chuckled as he opened my door for me and grabbed my arm.
I rolled my eyes and then finally took a look at my new school. It was huge and it was going to be where I'd be graduating. "I'm so nervous." I said softly.
"You'll be fine. Just follow me to homeroom and nobody will touch you." Troy said in calm voice.
Two weeks before this day, we had to register Troy and I for the year and I ended up sharing several classes with Taylor and Zak. I shared homeroom with Troy and the rest of his friends, including Zak. Our homeroom teacher was Mrs. Darbus and according to both Troy and Zak, she wasn't the woman to screw around with.
We entered the school and I immediately felt several eyes staring at either Troy or me and several giggles and murmurs. "Who's she?" "I heard she was Troy's new arm candy…" "I heard that Troy got her pregnant…"
I felt myself grow angry, hearing all these horrible rumors already beginning to spread about me. "Don't worry about them Gabs…" I felt Troy's words vibrate against my ear and I suddenly felt…well…still angry.
"You tell that to them!" I whisper-yelled, already getting more tense.
Okay, so I may be over-reacting, but last time I checked, a good boyfriend would defend their girlfriend when girls are criticizing her. I mean seriously, do we need to write out a handbook for boys?
"She's such a-"
"You want to finish that sentence?" I looked over to see Zak glaring at a small, petite brunette who looked like she just saw a ghost.
I smiled slightly, knowing that I had Zak to watch out for me. Three days before, he promised me that he'd be there for me no matter what.
"N-no. Sorry…" she said as she looked at her friends and they turned and walked down the long hallway.
"Don't worry about them Gabs. Some of the girls here can be a little…cruel. But I got your back." He winked at me and then walked into our homeroom.
"Well…that solves my problem." Troy mumbled and I narrowed my eyes towards him.
"What's that supposed to mean? You couldn't tell them that yourself?"
"That was Jennifer, one of Jessica's very close friends. I'd rather not have to start out my year by getting my reputation-"
I rolled my eyes, following Zak into homeroom, not caring about what Troy had to say. A women with blond hair with big, rectangular glasses in a very bright blue long sleeved shirt and black dress pants greeted me, "Ah, you must be Ms. Montez! Welcome to East High! I'm sure you are very excited to be here!" she said in a bright, enthusiastic voice.
I nodded and she smiled, "Now, go have a seat next to Mr. Zak Greene." I nodded and looked at Troy who didn't exactly look like the happiest man in the world.
"Right…" I said as I made my way to the far corner of the room.
"Well Mrs. Darbus seems to be in a good mood…" Zak chuckled and I looked at him, dazed.
"Normally she's infuriated by Troy and his posse…" Zak explained.
"Oh?"
"Don't worry, Mrs. Darbus seems to like you." Zak said as he flipped open his notebook to a fresh new sheet of paper and got out his favorite pen.
"Okay class, it is a brand new year and we have a brand new student sharing her senior with us! Gabriella, please stand up and tell us about yourself!"
I inwardly groaned and stood up. "I'm Gabriella Montez, I'm from New York City, but I'm here for the year because my mom had a job offer in Oregon. " I said, making it as casual as I could.
"Great! Thank you! Now, as for this period goes, I do NOT want a repeat of last year so I will be separating Troy Bolton and his 'crew' with assigned seats!"
The class groaned in response.
"Okay, Taylor, please have a seat in front of Mr. Zachary Greene and Chad you will sit next to Ms. McKessie."
Taylor got up from her seat and sat in front of Zak and smiled at me. "Hey Gabriella! I haven't seen you much this summer, how's staying with the biggest lunkhead of them all?" she smiled at me, but glared at Chad as he made his way to his new seat.
"Troy is not stupid. He just…decides to act stupid but he has great grades." Chad said.
"It was fine." I answered simply as I looked up and saw Troy who was seated across the room.
"Well, that's good. So, are you excited for AP Calculus?" she said, ignoring Chad.
"Totally…?" I laughed and Zak laughed.
"What about you, Zak?"
"What Gabi said, I'm ecstatic." He laughed and I smiled at Zak, I turned to see Troy who was smiling at me and waved.
"Right…" Taylor laughed, "Well I think it's going to be amazing!" Taylor said happily.
….
I looked around, trying to decide who I was going to sit with. I had made several friends and Ryan did say that Zak and I could sit with him and his sister. I had also made friends with this really awesome guy, Carter who also said that I could sit with him.
But…throughout all my requests to sit with people, I hadn't seen Troy all day and that was the one person I wanted to be with. "Hey Gabi, are you joining us?" Ryan greeted me and I shook my head.
"I'm trying to find-"
"Troy? Yeah, he's…going off campus for the day with a couple of his buddies and some girls."
I felt my heart sink. He was going to ditch and he didn't even invite me to go with him? "Oh well then I'll go sit with you guys." I said in a dry tone.
"Well Zak and Carter are already there, so it'll be Kelsi, Shar, Zak, Carter, Martha, you, and then myself." He smiled and I gave a weak smile back.
Okay, so I guess Troy might have forgotten about me…which is….well…not exactly the best thing in the world, but I guess it was fair since he did warn me that he would act this way. "Well then let's go!" he said as we spotted the rest of them and sat down.
"Oh my gosh I hate Calculus!" I laughed and Carter was glaring his text book down.
"I don't think glaring down your text book is going to make it easier Carter…" I laughed as I sat next to him.
He smiled at me and continued to work on his homework. "So where's your guy?" Zak asked as he was also working on his homework.
"Out…" I sighed, suddenly feeling my phone vibrate in my pocket.
One new message: Troy
Hey, sry for not telling u I was going out to lunch w/ some buds. I will stay on campus w/ u tomorrow. Meet me outside after school so I can drive u home. I love u!
I smiled to myself and shut my phone. "Lemme guess, Troy texted you to say he was sorry?" Sharpay said as she picked at her food on her tray.
"Well-"
"Of course he did. He does that to every girl he dates." She said, "Trust me, it's his signature with every girl." Sharpay said, continuing to poke her food with a fork.
I looked at her confused, but already doubting her. "Yeah, but he said I was-"
"Different than the rest of the other girls that he dated…." Ryan finished for me.
"Well yeah, but-"
"Don't worry Gabi, Troy has changed…" Zak reassured me and I gave a weak smile.
…
"Where is he…?" I mumbled under my breath, searching for Troy.
"Where's who?"
I turned around and saw familiar blonde haired, brown eyed boy who was smiling at me and carrying several text books. "My boyfriend…" I mumbled and Carter laughed.
"I don't know, but you've been out here for a half hour."
"How do you-"
"School got out thirty minutes ago." Carter said, "Do you need a ride?" he asked, "Well… I don't exactly have the hottest ride on campus, but…it works." He smiled as he looked at his old, beaten up white truck.
"Um…" I turned around and sighed, still seeing no sight of Troy.
"Well…I don't want you to have to wait here for another thirty minutes just to realize that you're going to have to walk home." He nudged me slightly.
"True…can you give me a ride?" I sighed, getting annoyed.
"Well I just asked, weirdo!" he laughed as slightly pushed me towards the stairs.
"Okay, okay…let's go." I smiled, grabbing his left arm, making sure not to make him drop his text books.
"So, why are you still at school?" I asked.
"Well I was helping a junior who needed some help with some trig homework." He said, "I'm a tutor…" he said, sounding somewhat…ashamed.
"Well, that's awesome! Most guys hate being tutored, let alone being a tutor." I smiled.
"True…" he laughed, turning the steering wheel to drive out of the parking lot.
I grabbed hold of the volume knob and turned it up so we could listen to music, so I didn't have to relive this morning. "So…do you like New Mexico?"
"Yeah, it's been an interesting summer." I said remembering the last few months.
"I bet…" he laughed, "So how did you manage to end up dating THE Troy Bolton?" he asked and I narrowed my eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Well…Troy isn't exactly the best person to ask to get commitment from. It seems to me like every great relationship he has, which isn't that many, he pushes them away and dumps the girl or vice versa."
I wasn't sure as to what to say in response. Was this true? Did Troy really…do all of that? "Well, I'm sorry about bringing down your mood, just…warning you." He said, his jaw beginning to clench.
"I know…it's none of my business and I know nothing about your relationship with Troy, but…for once, I don't think it's fair for Troy to win and break another girls heart." He said, looking at me for a moment, as we pulled into the neighborhood.
I didn't know what to say. What was I supposed to say to this? How could I accuse him of lying when I barely know him? How could I believe him…?
"I'm sorry…this isn't it exactly what I wanted to talk about." Carter let out a huge breath, "Just forget what I said. As far as I know, he's changed over the summer."
I nodded, as we turned into the cul-de-sac. "Thanks for everything Carter. I'll see you tomorrow." I said, pulling on the handle, opening the door.
"I'm sorry about all the Gabi. I shouldn't have laid all of that on you." He said, "See you tomorrow…" he said.
I nodded, shutting the door, slowly walking towards the house, slowly. What was I supposed to be thinking? Is Troy…cheating on me with some girl? Was Troy trying to push me away? I swung the door open and then slammed it shut. "Gabi, You're home, I thought you'd never make it! Where have you been? Where's Troy?"
I sighed and shrugged. "I don't know where he is. I just caught a ride from a friend. Anyways, Lucille, I think I'm going to go do my homework." I said, walking up the stairs.
I swung my bedroom door open and slammed it shut, just as I did with the front door and threw my bag on my bed.
I pulled out my phone, calling my mom as she told me to call her after I was done with my first day of school at East High. "Gabi! How was your first day of school sweetheart?" I smiled hearing my mom's voice.
"It was good but I have a lot of homework."
"Well I'm sure you'll be fine. You always were a smart girl." My mom laughed, "Anyways, I'm glad you're having a great time in New Mexico! Maybe we could move down there instead?"
I sighed, "Yeah, maybe, Mom…" I said as I plopped down at my desk chair.
"Well I have to go sweetie! I have a meeting tomorrow morning and I need my rest! And I'm sure you want to get a head start on your homework!"
"Okay, bye Mom! Love you!"
"I love you too sweetie, I miss you and have a great night! Tell Lucille and Jack that I say hi! Bye!"
I hung up, then opened up my lap top and quickly signed on, needing to talk to Sam and Kayla.
I signed onto my email, smiling at the fact that both of them were online.
(For all new readers: NewYorkGurl17: Gabriella; LadysMan247: Sam; Writer_At_Heart47: Kayla)
Writer_At_Heart47: Gabs! How was ur first day of school?
NewYorkGurl17: Hey Kay…it was…good? I guess…
LadysMan247: U guess?
Writer_At_Heart47: What did Troy do this time?
NewYorkGurl17: What if it wasn't Troy? Maybe it was one of the teachers or the girls there!
LadysMan247:We all know that if it wasn't Troy, then you wouldn't be getting online right after school Gabs, now what'd he do?
NewYorkGurl17: …he 4got to give me a ride home from school and he totally ditched me at lunch for his buddies and some girls and went off campus…
Writer_At_Heart47: HE WAT? IF I GET A HOLD OF THAT BOY, HIS HEAD IS GOING TO BEO ON MY MANTLE!
LadysMan247: …Id warn troy…
NewYorkGurl17: …its fine kay. Im…just confused.
LadysMan247: About?
NewYorkGurl17: …this guy who's in most of my classes told me stuff about troy.
LadysMan247: he must be smart…lol. And what stuff?
NewYorkGurl17: he said that troy has issues with commitment and that I should be careful.
Writer_At_Heart47: I like this boy. Dump troy…he's infuriating me…
LadysMan247: Calm down Kayla…im sure troys just confused or something. Yknow, just like every other time?
NewYorkGurl17: Well…true, but he promised the he wouldn't do this again… /:
Writer_At_Heart47: DUMP HIS ASS!
LadysMan247: KAYLA! CALM YOUR ASS DOWN!
NewYorkGurl17: Its alright guys…I have homework. Ill update u guys on the new later. Ttyl….
LadysMan247: Great Kays…you scared her off. :P bye gabs, have fun and good luck! Im sure troy will get his head back on straight! (;
Writer_At_Heart47: I did not scare her off! :P love you gabi! Sorry I over-reacted. C u!
I quickly logged off of my computer then grabbed my bag from my bed and moved it to my desk, but before I could get out all my homework, my phone began to ring. "Hello?"
"Meet me out back…"
"Huh?"
I heard a click and I groaned in frustration. He hung up on me. I got up, confused as to what he meant.
I walked out back, to see Troy with a single white rose in his hand and an apologetic look on his face. Behind him was a stereotypical red and white picnic blanket along with a picnic basket. "I'm sorry Gabs, I really was a jerk today and…well, I'm trying to make it up to you." He said, and I narrowed my eyes.
"Troy…I don't really want to do this right now." I sighed, not willing to give into his cheesy apology.
I turned around before I could hear him plead several times more and ran up the stairs and into my bedroom, locking the door behind me.
How could I trust a guy who I had been dating for two months when he ditches me at school?
Okay that was the intro chapter and I was still trying to make sure I got it right so hopefully you all didn't have to wait too long!
Okay first of all, I want to thank you all so much for reading the first story and reviewing! They were all wonderful and I mean really guys, 382 review? That's amazing!
It really was horribly written story, but I love romances, but I need to start writing stories that have some sort of theme…and I guess this story isn't going to be it. Soooooo…yeah…sorry. But all of you should my stories on FP (fictionpress). The link is on my profile!
I hope there aren't any mistakes, as I did look over the whole thing…I'm trying to work on that.
Now, since I couldn't give you all shout-outs, here they are!
Shout-outs:
Dawb(x2): I could be wrong as to how many times you reviewed…but yeah…if I am, I'm sorry. Both of them were just relevant to the story, but I'm glad you decided to review…so thanks.
Kaybaby1127(x25): Just as I said before, all of your reviews were relevant to the story and not about my writing, but thank you for the reviews! It means a lot and I'm glad you decided to look at my story and review twenty-five of the twenty-six chapters…so thanks a bunch!
Zanessafan4eva14: Aw thank you so much! I'm glad you liked my very poorly written story. Thank you so much for reviewing!
Batzmary: well I'm glad you liked that chapter. Hopefully you don't hate Troy that much in this chapter…because…well you always do. Hahaha, anyways, thanks for your review!
Xxluvstrukxx: Aw thank you for the sweet compliment! I hope I didn't disappoint and you liked the intro to the sequel! Thank you so much for your review!
Zanessatroyella2013: Hahaha…I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!
Zac is my life: Well I hope you liked this chapter! This is just the beginning of a very interesting story. I'm not sure where I'm going to make-…well now that I think of it, I just might be able to incorporate everything I want into it! Woohoo! Thank you so much for your review!
Lola: Well I hope you liked this one just as much! Thanks so much for the review!
Kellyharper: Don't all girls love it when guys have to work for something? Hah, well thanks for your review!
AlamancexGurl: Well I'm glad you liked the ending! I thought it was nice to make the 'nice' Troy come out for the ending! Hope you like the sequel just as much and I'd like to thank you personally for your ideas!
NavalHut: Well I'm sooo happy you liked the finale! Thanks so much for the review!
You Know Who I Am/Zanessastories1225788: I'm glad you liked the ending! I thought it was decent! I hope you like the sequel just as much and thank you so much for all the awesome reviews that you gave me!
CrazyKenpogirl: Awww thanks! I hope you liked the sequel and thanks for your review!
Sprinklz76: Short and sweet hahaha. Thanks for your review and your continuous support!
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Sara: Well I hope you will enjoy this one just as much as the first one! (:
xEmilyHeartsx: That would be amazing! But I doubt that will ever happen to me. I'm glad you liked the story and I hope, if you do read this, that you'll enjoy this one just as much!
x-TammieBaybii-x: Hahahaha…well I got it up finally! Woohoo! I'm glad you liked it as much as you did and thank you so much for your continuous support! I love you to death! Love you!
Okay guys, that's all. Thanks so much for your reviews and support! I hope you all enjoy this sequel just as much as the first one!