Hey lovers of HSM, here's the first chapter of my first story. I originally wrote this story based on my amazing friends but I thought I'd share it with you lot using HSM characters. I hope you enjoy it, please read on! :)

Hi, I'm Gabriella, and I'm in love with my best friend.

OK, maybe I'm taking this too fast. I'm Gabriella, I'm 16 years old, brunette, brown eyes, and... I'm in love with my best friend. Let's move on shall we.

For the past few months I've been hanging out with a friendship group, whom to me are everything. There's 7 of us, me, Taylor, Zeke, Chad, Kelsi, Sharpay and...Troy. He's just...so perfect. Tall, dark, blue eyes, cute smile, funny, I can't fault him. Actually I can, he doesn't seem to be taking much interest in me, but at the same time he is, maybe I'm not explaining this properly. Basically, he always seems to single me out over everybody else, he chooses to go on rides with me at theme parks, he shares his food with me if I don't have enough money, he even walks me home sometimes.

Anybody else would assume he was definitely interested, but the fact of the matter is... I haven't exactly has the best history with boys. Whenever they seem to show interest in me, its only for one thing, if you get my drift. I'd hate that to happen with Troy, plus I could potentially break the group up, which would be a nightmare.

I'm getting ready to meet them all today. Troy will definitely be there so I know I need to make an effort. I drag on one of my shortest skirts and a tube top, with a jacket on top so as not to look like a total whore. I try to keep the makeup light but end up putting eyeliner on anyway, and spray myself Nina Riche, as this seems to be his favourite, due to him always sitting close to me whenever I wear it. I know it seems sad to make such an effort for a boy...I don't know, I've never actually felt this way before, it feels like my heart stops whenever I see him, its amazingly terrifying, maybe one day I will just die on the spot.

I'm quite excited actually, some of us have been on holiday, so we haven't been able to meet up for a while. I grab my jacket and head out towards the park. Our special meeting spot is towards the back, next to a tree we like to call the mushroom tree (even though it looks more like a huge squashed penis, but squashed penis tree doesn't really have the same ring to it). As I draw closer to the park, I can see that Sharpay and Taylor are already there. Looking at them, you wouldn't think that the two would even associate with each other. Sharpay is blond and fabulous, with tanned skin and bright blue eyes. She's curvy but in all the right places and likes to wear quite figure hugging outfits. Taylor, on the other hand, is what you would call a 'geek'. She's obsessed with books, her favourites being Harry Potter and the Hunger Games, and she tends not to spend too much time dealing with clothes and makeup, I've never actually seen her dressed up. Compared to these two I look ordinary, which sucks when you're trying to impress somebody.

"Hey, where are the boys and Kelsi?" I ask when I collapse down next to them.

"Kelsi said she'd be here in a minute, and the boys are walking up now" Sharpay said, taking out her mirror to touch up her lipstick. Sharpay likes to impress no matter who we're meeting, although lately she's really been making an effort. Today she's wearing a tight dress with a push up bra so tight even I'm finding it hard not to stare at the serious cleavage going on.

Taylor rolls her eyes at the sudden appearance of makeup and starts chatting to me about a new book series she's reading. I genuinely am interested but part of me wishes I could see how my makeup is looking too.

Suddenly we see a figure skipping over the hills towards us, literally, skipping. Kelsi is, in a nutshell, mad. She's little with frizzy hair with a mind of its own and the most amazing personality ever. She's so nice and always manages to make you laugh, no matter what the situation. She also shares my love of Spongebob, which is always amazing in a friend.

"Hey hunnybuns, where are my meat sacks?" Kelsi asks, circling us and carrying on her skipping routine, I don't know where she gets the energy.

"If by meat sacks you mean the boys then they appear to be up on that hill" Taylor answers, gesturing to a hill in the distance where three figures stand, attempting to push each other down. Soon they start running towards us, although Zeke has to stop twice to pick his glasses up. Zeke is, although she would hate me for saying this, the male version of Taylor. Zeke has 'nerd' written through him like a stick of rock, with a scrawny body and rounded glasses, he also has a deep love of planes and, thanks to his family's wealth, is now learning to fly one himself. Zeke is the kind of boy who gets teased by everybody, I don't think he minds too much. Chad of course runs in front, being the most sporty of the boys. Chad is the kind of boy who at first, you would think is a really big jerk. He's tall and muscular, with a love of cooking and girls. He loves girls, therefore girls love him. I'm pretty sure just about every girl we know has at one point had a crush on Chad, although strangely not me. Chad is great as a friend but I'd never feel that way about him, not like...

Oh god, even when hes running about and acting stupid he looks gorgeous, with his tousled hair blown about and his toned body showing through his loose shirt and jeans. I try to remain calm but I know I must look idiotic, just staring at Troy like a startled goldfish, I can feel Taylor staring at me as Sharpay waves to the boys and Kelsi attempts to start a wrestling match with Chad, which ends with Kelsi hanging over Chad's shoulder, begging for mercy. I come back to my senses and laugh at the scene as everybody takes their place on the grass. As Zeke starts telling us about his last flying experience of flying a plane and we all joke about how he'll be taking us on holiday soon, I feel Troy sneak up beside me.

"Hey Ella" he whispers in my ear, sending chills down my spine. I turn towards him and smile, hoping he can smell my perfume.

"Hey shit head" I say in a jokey way, Troy grins and starts tickling me, but just as I'm about to tickle him, Sharpay drags him away, trying to tell him about her holiday to the Caribbean, although he glances at me quite a lot.

The summer hours go by, chatting and laughing, with the girls working on their tans and the boys playing a game of balls in the balls (in which you basically throw a ball at your friend's balls while people hold him down, pretty brutal but hilarious to watch).

Eventually some of us had to give in to the demands of our parents and left for dinner, leaving me, Taylor, Sharpay and Zeke to talk. Soon we got onto talking about crushes. Taylor and Zeke weren't interested in anybody at the moment but Sharpay was the sort of person who fancied a new boy every week, telling us graphic stories of her short encounters with a boy on holiday.

"So Gabs, is there anybody who you're interested in?" Taylor asks, looking at me in a knowing way, oh dear.

"Um, nobody really, I mean, I think I have to go" I stammer, attempting to stand up in my short skirt without revealing myself. Taylor raised an eyebrow.

"So you're telling me that you definitely weren't staring at Troy earlier like you wanted to devour him" she asks, laughing. Zeke's head shoots up.

"You fancy Troy?! Why didn't I know?"

"Its not that hard to work out Zeke, she's obviously smitten" Taylor said while I sat with my head down, wishing the ground would swallow me up.

"Don't look so down Gabs, I'm pretty sure he likes you back" Taylor said. I stare at her, wide eyed.

"Do you really think so?"

"Well yeah, you two get on so well and I see him staring at you sometimes, there must be a reason behind it"

"Its true Gabs, when us guys are together he talks about you all the time, we always tease him about it" Zeke adds.

I feel like I'm on cloud nine and there's a huge grin on my face, which I struggle to hide. While Taylor and Zeke laugh and tease me, I notice that Sharpay has gone quiet. When I ask her whats wrong, she just says she doesn't feel well and quickly goes home. I hope shes ok but I'm too happy to think too much about it, this could be my chance with Troy!

There you go guys, my first chapter! I hope you like it, I'll continue with the idea of you give me a few reviews, thanks for reading :)