I'm starting a new story…Yey this one is going to take place in Spain! And I'm putting Spanish in it, I'm Hispanic so it's only natural but don't worry for you non Spanish speakers I am transferring all the Spanish to English in bold after the sentences. Ay que bueno! Starts off with Troy and Gabriella together for about half of the story but with some…drama. And then you have your usual couples…Ryan will be paired off with my original character, Alessandra at first and then, well you'll see. Anyways it starts off with them getting there two weeks before the school starts and they meet Alessandra who is housing them in her families beautiful villa and kind of takes responsibility in showing them around her beautiful Barcelona. Hope you enjoy it…Please Review.

"Ladies and gentlemen we have arrived. We'd like to thank you for flying with Iberia and hope you enjoy your stay here at Barcelona ," the pilot said over the loudspeaker. The passengers started gathering their belongings and started off the plane.

"Woo! We're finally here!" Zeke yelled. He put his arm around his girlfriend, Sharpay, and waited for everyone to get off the plane. Jason, Kelsi, Chad, Taylor, Ryan, Troy and Gabriella soon walked out of the boarding ramp.

"Ok, so who are we looking for?" Jason asked.

"Well they said there should be somebody with a sign saying East High by baggage claim, so lets head down there," Troy said. Gabriella grabbed his hand and they made their way down to baggage claim.

"Ok so we have all our bags now all we need is…"

"East High?" somebody from behind asked. They turned around to see a man in a black chauffer suit.

"Yes."

"Ah, bienvenidos a Barcelona, welcome to Spain," he said with a slight accent.

"Gracias," Gabriella said. She was Hispanic and even though she didn't speak Spanish perfectly she understood a lot of it.

"My name is Diego and I will be taking you to where you will be staying. Bueno, vamonos, no?" everyone looked at him with a confused look. "Lets go?"

"Oh, yea," they said. They made their way outside and got into a comfortable van.

"This place is so beautiful," Gabriella said as they passed by beautiful buildings.

"This place is pure history," Ryan said. "I say we do some sightseeing before we start school."

"We have two weeks before it starts, of course we're going to do sightseeing," Sharpay told her brother.

"I wonder if the family we're staying with is cool."

"The family is very nice. They are greatly anticipating your stay. Their daughter is very anxious to meet you guys," Diego said.

"Daughter?" Ryan asked.

"Yes, she is sixteen and will be starting school with you."

"Does she know how to speak English?" Chad asked.

"Almost perfectly and here we are." They looked out the window and were in awe when they got a glimpse of their new home. It was a gigantic villa with an open garden in the center of the driveway. A grand porch stood out with tall mahogany doors. On either side of the driveway were what appeared to be guest rooms.

"Oh my…" Sharpay said. She thought her house was nice but compared to this it seemed more like a dollhouse. The car pulled up to the front of the house where a lady in a black suit, three maids and a butler were waiting.

"Welcome to Barcelona," the lady in the black suit said with a British accent.

"Thank you."

"My name is Maryanne and I am the head of service here. Well follow me so I can show you to your quarters." They went to get their bags but were stopped. "No need to worry about your bags, they will be taken to your rooms by our staff, now." She started walking and they followed her inside. "This right here is our guest lounge area, your rooms are down this hallway. Your names are printed and our hanging off your beds so you may find your rooms easily. We have supplied you guys with maps and metro passes, now if you would like to go and freshen up you may or you can follow me and go for a tour so you will know the house." They decided on the tour and were taken around the huge villa. "The property has a total of fifty five rooms. We have a theater room, a game room, two pools, one indoor another outdoor, a spa, a gym, tennis courts, basketball courts, a recording studio, two libraries, three computer rooms, a bowling alley, three dens, five different lounges which are located on opposite ends of the house, and many guest rooms. If you get lost we have also given you a house map." They were in shock.

"These people must be freaking royals or something," Chad whispered to Jason.

"Oh my gosh this is a castle," Taylor said.

"I so want to live here," Kelsi said.

"Hello, we are living here," Sharpay, reminded them, causing them to smile because for a year this was all theirs…and the family that lived there of course.

"So, are you guys hungry?" Maryanne asked. The gang looked at each other then nodded. Maryanne let out a small laugh. "No need to be shy around here. Come on, lunch is about to be served in the back garden."

"Troy this place is so awesome," Gabriella said.

"I know, I almost can't believe we're here," he said as he put his arm around her. She laid a soft kiss on his neck and they followed Maryanne to the back garden, which to no ones surprise was beautiful.

"I don't know about you guys but I'm hitting those basketball courts later," Chad said.

"I'm with you man," Zeke said.

"Take a seat here and the food will be out shortly," Maryanne said before walking inside.

"Oh my gosh I feel like I have died and gone to heaven," Sharpay said.

"Heaven? That's a first," somebody said. They all turned to the door and a beautiful girl was walking towards them with a large smile. All the boys quickly sat up and smiled.

"Hey," they said. The girls shook their heads. Boys will be boys.

"Hi, you guys must be the East High students, right?" she asked, a small accent creeping out.

"Yea."

"Ok let me see if I got your names right. Troy, Gabriella, Kelsi, Jason, Zeke, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad and Taylor. Am I correct?" they smiled and nodded. "Es un placer a tener ustedes aquí con nosotros. It's a pleasure to have you guys here with us," she said in English so they understood her.

"Thank you," Troy said. "So you know all of our names, what's yours?"

"Oh, how rude of me. I'm Alessandra del Castillo."

"Nice to meet you Alessandra del Castillo." She laughed.

"Please call me Alessandra, no need to say my full name." The chef walked out with two waiters and food was set down in front of everyone.

"Alessandra, vas a comer tu también?" the chef asked Alessandra. (Are you going to eat also?)

"No Federico, solamente me voy a sentar con ellos, pero gracias, chao," Alessandra said before sitting down in the empty seat next to Ryan. (No Federico, I am only going to sit with them, but thank you, goodbye.)

"So are you guys excited to be here in Barcelona?" Alessandra asked.

"Yea, your house is beautiful by the way," Sharpay said.

"Thank you but it is your house as well now, I want you guys to enjoy it as much as possible."

"Thank you."

"Do any of you know Spanish?"

"I do," Gabriella said.

"A si? Cuando te vi pensé que tu lucias Latina. De donde eres?" Alessandra asked. (Yes? When I saw you I thought you looked Latin, where are you from?)

"Mi mama es de Mexico," Gabriella said trying hard to make it come out perfectly. (My mom is from México.)

"Cool. Have any of you ever been to Barcelona before?"

"No, first time for all of us."

"Well then will you guys be interested in going out there today? I can show you around my wonderful Barcelona," Alessandra said.

"I think that's a great idea," Ryan said.

"Alright, so once you are done we will go then." They smiled at her and finished their lunch.

"Ok, I think we are all ready to go," Chad said.

"Alright, let's take the car and we'll drive around while I explain to you about your new school and then we'll get dropped off and make our way around Barcelona," Alessandra said as they made their way out of the house. They piled into the van and Diego started the car.

"So our school? Is it nice?" Kelsi asked.

"Oh yes, it's beautiful. It's called Sagrada Familia Academy."

"Sagrada Familia? Why have I heard that before?" Zeke asked.

"Well La Sagrada Familia is a famous building here in Barcelona. It's means Holy Family, and was built by Antonio Gaudi. The construction for it started in 1882 and it was completed in 1926."

"It took 44 years to complete it?"

"It's a complex building, we'll stop by there today." Alessandra went on talking about school.

"Do we have to wear uniform everyday?"

"It's a catholic school, unfortunately we do."

"Do you have a lot of friends?" Taylor asked.

"Yes and you'll be able to meet them next week where I am throwing a party."

"Oo, I love parties," Sharpay said.

"I think this is a good place to get off," Diego said.

"Yes, Diego, esta perfecto, gracias. Come on guys," Alessandra said. (It's perfect.) They got off the car and stood in front of a tall building.

"Whoa, that is the coolest building I have ever seen," Jason said.

"Well that's La Sagrada Familia," Alessandra said.

"Damn, it is complex looking."

"Told you." They made their way around, getting into the car every once in a while. A couple of hours later they had already seen L' Aquarium de Barcelona, Poble Espanyol, which was a Spanish village and La Pedrera - Casa Mila, another architecturally magnificent building by Antonio Gaudi. They were walking down Las Ramblas, the most famous street in Barcelona and Alessandra noticed that everyone seemed to be coupled up, except for Ryan.

Ryan was walking alone when somebody tapped his shoulder. He turned around and was surprised to see Alessandra.

"Ryan right?" she asked.

"Yea, hey."

'She's so pretty,' he thought.

"Hi, so what do you think of Barcelona?"

"I think it's beautiful, I'm glad I'm going to be living here for a year."

"Yea, I'm glad you guys are all here too. I'm an only child so sometimes it gets boring at home."

"Well with all that stuff you have it seems like it would be hard to become bored."

"Well yes, I do have a lot but those are all materials. I can't have a conversation with a pinball machine, well except for the usual 'stupid ball' or 'what, I totally pulled the lever in time'." Ryan laughed. She was cute.

"Well if you ever need to talk to somebody you can count on me."

"Gracias."

"Um, no problema," he said. Alessandra laughed. "Terrible?"

"No that was great," she said with a brilliant smile.

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"Well will you look at whose getting along," Sharpay said. everyone turned around to see what she was talking about. Ryan and Alessandra were walking together with Alessandra's arm slipped through Ryan's.

"That's cute," Kelsi said.

Troy looked at Ryan with Alessandra and couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

"Troy, Troy!" Gabriella yelled.

"Huh, oh sorry."

"Babe you were staring at them."

"Weren't we all?"

"Well yea but…"

"But it doesn't matter, anyways, I'm hungry."

"Yea me too," Kelsi said.

"Hey Alessandra, where's a good place to eat around here?" Jason asked.

"We are near Trobador Rambla Catalunya, it serves Mediterranean food, really good. Would you like to go there?"

"I'm game," Chad and Zeke said at the same time.

"Very well, let me call Diego." She did and soon they were at the restaurant. Throughout dinner Ryan and Alessandra talked and for some reason Troy couldn't stop staring at them. He tried to shake it off by talking to Gabriella but he still found himself looking at them from the corner of his eye.

"I love you Troy," Gabriella said as she leaned in to him.

"I love you too babe." He kissed her and they did that for a short while.

'Well that took my mind of her,' he thought. 'Gabriella is perfect, Alessandra is just nice. Yea, I was acting that way because she was foreign and new...'

"I love you so much," Troy said as he leaned in for another kiss. He put his arm around her and then turned his attention to the conversation going on.

"Tomorrow we can go visit some museums," Alessandra said. "And then do what I love best, shopping."

"Alessandra we are going to get along great," Sharpay said. Alessandra smiled and they finished eating then headed home.

"Why don't you guys go change and then meet me in the theater room so we can watch a movie?" Alessandra suggested.

"Alright." they changed then met up in the theater room where they watched 'The Goonies'.

"Goodnight guys," Alessandra said as they walked out of the theater room. "I'll see you tomorrow morning."

"Goodnight," they said. Ryan stayed behind. She walked up to him.

"Tomorrow morning I'm going to do this thing in the morning, would you like to come with me?" she asked him.

"What kind of thing?"

"Come and find out. Meet me in the living room at ten." She didn't wait for a response. she just gave him a quick kiss on the cheek then walked up the stairs. Ryan smiled to himself then walked to his room.