All or Nothing

All or Nothing

Summary: My name is Gabi. I'm 15 years old and starting 10th grade at a new school. I know one thing for sure, they'll be drama, boys and tons of tears, but through it all I believe it'll be worth it. Follow me as I look for the perfect friends, perfect guy, perfect life and my very own happily ever after. (Troyella)

Sorry I'm not very good at summaries but I wanted to keep it pretty open because I have a lot of ideas for this story. Please R&R and I hope you enjoy it J

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters, high school musical, or any of the songs that may be used in this story. This is strictly fan-made. Thank You

Chapter 1

My name is Gabriella Montez, but I prefer to be called Gabi. I'm 15 years old and live with my mom and dad, we recently moved to Albuquerque where I'm going to start at East High. Now that we've got that through lets get onto the more interesting stuff.

If there's one thing you'll learn about me is that I love music, all my life I've used lyrics to help me through times, and choose songs with meaning behind them. I know what you're thinking, I'm going to be the desperate loner girl with no friends who sits in a corner and listens to her ipod all day. Well, I can't completely disagree with that but let it be known I do like to have fun and if there's something I treasure the most it would definitely be a few good friends. Oh and I'm definitely not desperate! Let's not forget that, I mean I'm not horrible looking or anything, of course I'm not a Miley Cyrus or Celena Gomez but I'm no troll. I just haven't found the right guy but that's what new schools are for right? To be completely honest I've only had one boyfriend before and that lasted only a week, this was because apparently I'm one of the guys or something like that, I don't really understand it but no one said boys weren't confusing right?

Anyways, let's get on with the story shall we?

It was a beautiful day and I decided to go for a walk around the new town, everywhere I looked people were hanging out, laughing and having a good time. I decided to sit under a tree with my ipod and soak in my new home. This was my town now; this was where I was going to spend the next few years of my life so I had to start somewhere. Luckily for me fate or destiny or something corny like that decided to kick in after only a half hour of good music. I was staring up at the clouds when something hit me hard in the side; I looked down and saw a red Frisbee lying beside my arm. Running towards me was a pretty girl with long dark curly hair, her brown eyes wide with alarm. Without hesitation I picked up the Frisbee and got up, flashing the girl a kind smile.

"I'm really sorry about that!" the girl began, "I'm here with my little brother and he doesn't have very good aim. Are you ok?"

"Of course I'm not? This is definitely going to bruise!" I responded, watching the girls eyes get even larger, I couldn't help but let out a loud laugh, "I'm just kidding with you. It's a Frisbee no harm down. My name's Gabriella, I'm new in town."

"Oh! You really had me going for a second, I was afraid you were going to yell at me. My name's Taylor. I go to East High, it's just down the road, I can't wait for school to start but I guess we still have another week of summer left."

"Oh really? I'm going to be going there as well. I'm kind of nervous though, since I don't know anyone here" my voice trailed off as my nerves started to get to me.

It was Taylor's turn to laugh, "Don't be worried. You know me now, and I know a lot of people and you seem pretty cool so I think you'll fit right in" she flashed me a huge smile and I couldn't help but smile right back.

Conversation started flowing as I learnt more about her and her family, I told her about my mom and dad and it wasn't long until she invited me to dinner. It took all my willpower not to look too excited because I finally made a friend and I couldn't help but feel that this town may be better then I thought. She lived about 2 blocks down from my house. She had a medium sized brick home with a beautiful garden out front. As she led me through the front door I was attacked by a small dog. Ok, attacked isn't the right word, let's go with licked furiously, but I was fine with it since it was a very cute dog.

Taylor's room was on the second floor with a huge window overlooking a beach not too far away. Her dresser was lined with various awards and trophies and I realized this girl was smarter then you'd think. It wasn't until then that I took in her outfit. She had a medium length jean skirt on, with a white button up polo and small studs in her ears. She wore flats and by the looks of it, she only had one other pair of shoes.

Taylor let out a small sigh and crashed onto her bed, asking me to sit beside her. Little did I know within the next few years I'd spend more time in this bedroom, on this bed, then I did in my own home. She told me about her life and her friends, making sure to give me a quick overview of the students in my grade.

"If there's one thing you need to remember is that the boys of East High love basketball. I'm friends with quite a few members of the team and sometimes you need to pretty much shove food in their faces just to get them to stop talking about the game. Personally, I don't find it that exhilarating but what can a girl do? Which reminds me, Ill tell you some names now so you have a bit of an idea who's who on Monday. First there's Chad. He's on the basketball team and extremely full of himself. I advise you stay away."

"What do you mean?" I couldn't help but ask.

"I'm just saying knowing him he'll hit on you and I don't advise you encourage him."

"Ok well guys don't hit on me so you won't have to worry about that Taylor," I let out a small laugh.

"Well believe what you want, just don't say I didn't warn you. Now there's also Chad's best friend, his name is Troy Bolton and is pretty much on a pedestal. Almost every girl wants him, and believe it or not he's actually a pretty good guy. I don't know who said all the good looking guys were assholes but Troy is definitely an exception."

"Well a guy like that must have a girlfriend then?"

"Oh no. He doesn't like getting involved to much with girls, but girls such as Sharpay Evans don't realize that and try every year to get their claws into him. I'm not even going to bother getting into her. To keep it simple though, she likes everybody and she never goes to any social event without hooking up with some guy."

I couldn't help but roll my eyes. East High seemed like it was going to have more drama then I'd like but I guess no matter where I went I couldn't really escape that. Time passed by as a learnt about more and more people and soon I couldn't help but try and change the subject. I got up and walked over to her dresser, inspecting the various awards showcased there. I learnt that Taylor was in many after school programs and was a very intelligent girl. At my old school I was known as geeky Gabi and I decided not to tell her about my participation in academic activities until later on in the week.

When I finally headed back home I was more then ready for school. I now had a friend and I was more then excited to finally start another school year. Walking over to my computer I flipped through my music to find something I wanted to listen to.

& I promise myself I ain't nobody's I just want to be free

& I promise myself even though it don't always come easy

Gunna learn from my pain never explain do it my way

That's what I say and I promise myself I'm the only one who'll ever lead me…

Smiling I stared up at the ceiling singing along to one of my favourite Vanessa Hudgens songs. This year I was going to make sure I lived it to the fullest, no matter what….

How do you like chapter one? I know it was kind of boring but I had to get the background stuff out of the way and such. The song I used at the end was Promise by Vanessa Hudgens since I thought it would be cool to have Gabriella be a fan of hers. Next chapter is going to be up very very soon since I'm writing it right now. Please read and review so I know this is going ok. I definitely have a lot in store for Gabriella's first year at East High and even though it is a Troyella, I'm warning you right now your going to have to wait a while for something to evolve between them. I want Gabriella to go through a bit before she finally meets that special someone J
Thank you R&R