Riella Cruz is Gabriella Montez's cousin and Gabriella and her mom move in with Riella and Riella's mom.
At The Cruz/Montez Residence...
"I'm so happy you're here, Gabi!" said a short Latina. She stood 5'6, had short, black, loose curly hair, olive skin, a heart-shaped face,and whiskey-colored eyes. The Latina was wearing a long-sleeve, sea-foam green shirt, black pair of Nike running shorts, and white Converse. She was walking into a room.
"I'm happy, too, Riella." replied Gabi. Gabriella had, long, black, curly hair, olive skin, an oval-shaped face, chocolate-brown eyes, and she stood at 5'7. Gabi was wearing a plain, light purple shirt with a pair of gray sweat pants and black Converse. She followed Riella into her room. Riella sat down on her bed and watched Gabriella look around her room.
In her room, Riella had a lot of things related to softball. Several frames with softball quotes like the one above her bed. It was her with her back facing the camera, her number 7, her in her red, white, and black Wildcats softball uniform with the picture faded with the quote, "Never let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game" from Babe Ruth. Across from her bed was her uniform from freshman year in a frame on the wall. With it, it had a pennant flag that said "WILDCATS" and her softball hair bow. Her walls were painted a maroon. Her floor was somewhat clean as the only thing on it was her cleats and bat bag. Riella's desk was cluttered with pens, pencils, and pictures of her friends and her family.
"So, how nervous are you about starting a new school?" Riella asked her cousin.
Gabriella shook her head, "No, not really. Seeing as I've changed schools so many times. I just don't want to the "freaky science girl" again."
Riella smiled at that. "You don't have to be. You can just focus on your grades until you're settled, then you can decide what you want to do."
"You say it like it easy." Gabriella exasperated.
"What do you mean?" Riella replied slowly.
"You already know what you want to do."
"It's only because I've been here my whole life, you are beginning to explore what you want to do. It's not a bad thing."
Gabriella sighed, "I know. I'll probably start thinking about what I want to do later on."
"Well, you'll be starting East High, and that school has a great Scholastic Decathlon. Principal Matsui will most likely be happy that he has a student who is a top scholar."
"Really, that's great!" Gabriella smiled.
"Yeah, but he's really happy now."
"Why?"
"Our school's varsity basketball team is going to the championship. It's like the first time in forever." said Riella. She was close friends with some people on the team, such as Zeke, Jason, and Zach. She, also, had a slight crush on Zach as well.
"Wow, that's great!"
"Yeah, it is."
The two cousins talked until around 10 p.m., so that they could go to school the next day. After all, what could happen in the next few weeks?