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Full summary: After coming back from a trip to England that her best friends paid for, Gabriella Montez finds out that they did so only to sell her house while she was away. She returns and finds that the new owner of the house is none other than famous actor Troy Bolton, whom she happened to meet on her trip. Circumstances bring Troy and Gabriella into a marriage by contract, making them appear as a couple to the public. Under the terms of the contract, they will be married for 6 months while Gabriella does all the housework. After 6 months, she will get the house back. Gabriella finds herself falling for Troy, but he loves his childhood friend, Sharpay. Troy's friend, Ryan also shows an interest in Gabriella. Many interesting and amusing things happen to this "couple" throughout their married life that bring them closer together, but will they really become a couple?

Chapter one

Gabriella Montez always believed that money is the only thing lonely people, like herself, can trust… but it's hard to trust money when there's none.

"…and then she looked into is mesmerizing eyes and felt like… uhm…" Gabriella sighed and rubbed her forehead in frustration. To say she was tired was an understatement. There were huge bags under her eyes and her hair looked like it hasn't been washed in weeks. While putting her hair in a messy bun, she contemplated on her next words as she leaned against her chair.

Her dream job was to be a well-known writer ever since she read 'Pride and Prejudice' for the first time. However, her dream job didn't really work out as she planned it. She was a writer alright, but the stack of bills on her coffee table showed that the "well-known" part didn't quite come yet. She was talented and dedicated. But sometimes talent and dedication just aren't enough.

"She could swim in them forever and not drown." She sat up straight and started writing furiously on her laptop. Her stray of ideas got caught when the doorbell rang. Annoyed about the interruption, she stomped to the door and opened the it with force, fully prepared to yell at the person who dared to disturb her during her working time, only to come face to face with her two best friends, Chad and Taylor.

"What the hell are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be on your honeymoon and being all lovey-dovey with each other?" Gabriella asked them in annoyance.

"Well it's great to see you too Gabby," said Chad while he invited himself into the living room, pulling a grinning Taylor with him.

"Why don't you come in." Gabriella exclaimed sarcastically as she slammed the door shut. "Make yourselves at home." She added, after Chad put his legs on her coffee table. "Why are you here exactly?" she asked after she sat herself across the married couple whom she often referred to as her best friends.

"We came here to tell you great news! Two actually!" Taylor informed her in an excited voice. "Guess what!"

"Oh for Christ's sake! Just tell me already. I don't have time for this!" Gabriella hissed as her level of patience rapidly decreased by each second.

"Fine! No need to be moody! We won a lottery!" yells Chad. "Isn't that great?"

"Wait, it gets even better! We decided to go on a trip to England! The three of us! Just like old days!" Taylor excitedly told Gabriella who was just staring at her two friends in disbelief, the new piece of information just slowly sinking in.

"Are you freaking serious?" She asked after whole 5 minutes of digesting what her friends just said. "Going to England with you guys when I can hardly manage to pay the bills for this house? Never gonna happen."

"Oh come on Gabby, you know you want to. Besides we will pay everything for you!" Pleaded Chad "When was the last time you had some fun and saw new places?"

"Actually…..never." informed Gabriella hesitating a bit while thinking about her bills, work and the offer.

"And most probably never will if you continue to stay at home writing your stories." Piped in Taylor observing her friend.

"Why don't you think about it while you get us something to eat, because I am starved." Suggested Chad.

"When aren't you?" asked Gabriella in a mocking voice, her mood visibly better than when she opened the door. Still, she got up and walked into the kitchen to prepare something for her friends. Meanwhile, Taylor and Chad looked at each other nervously.

"Are you sure this is going to work out?" asked Taylor in whisper.

"It has to! We need to do this!" Chad whispered back and cleared his throat as Gabriella walked back into the room with a tray of snacks for the ever hungry Chad.

"England huh?" She said in thoughts while she put the tray on the table and sat back into her seat.

Troy Bolton always did his utmost not to hurt other people and not to hurt himself. However, being the big movie star he was, scandals and rumours were unavoidable.

"How can you explain this?" Harry, Troy Bolton's currently angry manager exclaimed while throwing People's Magazine on the table. The cover showing no other movie star than Troy Bolton himself standing very close to another guy, too close some would say, while resting his hand on the guy's shoulder and whispering something into his ear. The headlines screamed Troy Bolton and his secret lover?

"So what? It's just a photo. No big deal, besides nothing happened there." Troy informed in a cold yet calm voice, which seemed to anger the manager even more. His face became dangerously red, almost turning purple.

"No big deal? NO BIG DEAL?" screamed Harry "the whole fucking world thinks you are gay! Even Bruno called me this morning! He wants your phone number!"

"Who the heck is Bruno?" asked Troy amused. It's not that he didn't care what people thought about him, but the fact that there were so many stupid rumours that didn't even make sense seemed funny to him. It also didn't help that he had problems expressing himself and his emotions.

"That's not important, what is important though, is the new movie you will be shooting soon. You will be leaving for England in three days so prepare yourself would you? Also expect even more paparazzi and a possible press conference."

With that Harry picked up his coat and headed to the door of the hotel room where Troy was staying. Yes, Troy Bolton didn't have a house, yet. Not that he was homeless because his parents had a big house back in Albuquerque, New Mexico. However, he was constantly on move. Shooting movies all around the world and always starting new projects, Troy didn't see much sense in buying an apartment in LA just yet if it was left empty for most of the time. That, however, didn't mean he didn't want to have a house. In fact, he was already looking, his personal assistant Tracy was looking, to be exact, for a house in a secluded area in LA where he could get a bit of privacy. After all, he couldn't live in hotels for the rest of his life no matter how comfortable it was. He didn't want an apartment in the middle of the town, not in the main suburbs in Beverly Hills either because he didn't want to run into his costars or other famous people constantly.

Sighing, Troy stood up from the couch and went into his bathroom to take a shower while thinking about his upcoming movie he was shooting in England. England meant rain and even more rain. He was already mentally preparing a list of things he would need to pack into his suitcase to bring onto the plane. All the other things he would leave in the hotel room and later on, Tracy would come up, pack it all and send to his parents where most of his belongings were. Until he'd buy a house anyway.

"So remember, you will go to England first and we will meet you there right after we go and visit Chad's mother." Taylor told Gabriella while handing her the airplane ticket. Gabriella decided to go to England in the end. She couldn't wait to get there as it was her dream to visit Cambridge and many other historical landmarks that she read about in High School. So while Chad pigged out on her fridge, she sorted everything out for the trip. She even went shopping with Taylor for new clothes. Although, she couldn't believe that her best friends would pay for her trip and all the expenses, she still pushed her doubt to the back of her head and focused on the upcoming weeks of total bliss.

"Why can't I wait for you and we could go to England together?" asked Gabriella for the hundredth time in the past two days. She didn't like the fact that Chad and Taylor decided to send her to England on her own few days before them because they had to go and visit Chad's sick mother. For someone who haven't left their hometown since birth, being in a foreign country and continent all alone was a scary thought.

"Because we don't want you to hold back on the sightseeing, this way you will be able to see more and not have to face our lovey-dovey mood every single day. You will have about 4 days without us reminding you every single moment that you need a boyfriend." Informed Chad casually which earned him a hard smack on the head from Taylor. "Hey! Be careful! My afro will be damaged" yelped Chad in pain while rearranging his hair into it's normal "shape".

Taylor only rolled her eyes in response and said "Don't worry Gabby, four days are nothing. You will enjoy it! Now go before you miss your flight." As soon as she finished the sentence, bunch of screaming girls were seen together with even more paparazzi and man dressed in black. Bodyguards? The paparazzi were screaming questions while snapping away on their expensive black cameras and the girls were running around the group, standing on their toes, trying to get a peek at the star that was currently the center of attention of the airport.

A pair of teenage girl were walking past the three curious friends when one of them screamed and started running towards the big group. "OMG! It's Troy Bolton!" which of course caused her friend and even more people to run towards the star while Gabriella only winced in pain while being completely convinced that she had just gone deaf.

"Oh, I heard that he was heading to England too. Apparently shooting another movie." Informed them Chad casually, not seeing why most of the people went crazy over some dude that filmed few movies about basketball. Yes, Chad adored basketball, but he was convinced that all those "matches" in the movie were fake and that he could take on the star-wanna-be-basketball-player any day. After all, he was the obsessed with the sport to the point where it took Taylor almost 4 years to convince him to put down his precious basketball and leave it at home.

"Yea, that's great. Now I will miss the plane because Mr. Big star there appeared. I think I better get going! See you in a few days guys." Gabriella tried to cover for her embarrassment after realizing that she had been staring at the group for a while and kind of drooling. She picked up her carry on bag while heading to the check in counter, giving Chad and Taylor a small wave. When all the administrations were done, Gabriella walked through the security place and went to find her boarding gate.

When stepping on the plane, she was greeted by the stewardess who showed her to her seat. Chad and Taylor were even kind enough to pay for a first class seat. Gabriella was excited but nervous as hell. She had never traveled by a plane and didn't particularly feel good when thinking that she was basically giving the pilot her life for the next 12 hours or so. Finally after walking a very short distance, Gabriella found her seat and sat down. She was busy putting her passport and ticket away and getting herself comfortable, she didn't notice anyone sitting beside her until a voice spoke.

"Excuse me miss, but what do you think you are doing?" Gabriella froze at what she was doing and slowly looked up to the owner of the voice, only to be met by a pair of electrifying blue eyes.

A/N: So this is the first chapter guys. Hope you liked it, we know nothing really happened, but this was more of an introduction. PLEASE REVIEW! 3