Chapter One:
I wake up in the morning the same old same old routine. Get dressed grab some breakfast and then go to school. Well this year is going to be different. How you might ask? Well today is the start of my senior year at East High. The same school that both of my parents graduated from. If you are thinking that I am under a lot of pressure you would be right. It s not like my mom was the super genius in the school, or that my dad was the basketball star that led East High to win back to back championships two years in a row. Oh, wait that is me. Anyways you get the point. I m the daughter of Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez, both of which are amazingly successful. It is too much pressure.
My dad up until last year played for the Heat. He suffered a pretty bad blow to his knees and had surgery and extensive therapy to strengthen both of his knees. But he now just recruits players and still does all the publicity junk. I m not complaining but imagine the pressure that I am under when it comes to basketball. And my mom, well she is a lawyer at an amazing law firm. She went to Stanford and well she is a super genius, but surprisingly my parents don t put any pressure on me, I already do that myself.
So as you can see that's my life. Normal and ordinary, ok not so much. And then there are the pesky brothers I forgot to mention. Well I have three brothers. All of them are younger than me, and super irritating at times. First there is my oldest brother Zachary. He is fourteen years old, and in eighth grade. He is probably the nicest of my brothers. He and I get along really well. He, like myself does well in school and plays basketball pretty well. I could see him one day going pro. Anyhow he is not the average younger brother, I really do enjoy hanging out with him, and he doesn't bug me to the point of exasperation, not yet anyhow.
Then there are the other two. Well the next one is actually Zachary's twin brother. His name is Caleb. He is the complete opposite of Zach. He does irritate me sometimes, but it s because he thinks that he is just like me, but doesn't seem to realize that he is still in middle school. It is hard to be the oldest, but I do my best at it anyhow. Caleb, is one of those brother s that even though he might bring me to the point of exasperation, he is a good kid. Then there s my youngest brother, Zander. Well, Zander, we call him Zane for short. Anyhow he is the typical sixth grader. He thinks that he can rule the world, just because he is in middle school. Boys, they really can be annoying. Anyhow he is a mix of Zach and Caleb.
Really I do love my brother s even when they irritate me to my breaking point. What can I say, they are really sweet brothers, and I at least have it better than some of my friends.
I then start getting ready. Today, like I have said before is the start of my senior year. It's make it or break it time. I then put on the perfect outfit and put on a thin layer of makeup. I then go downstairs. Once I get down there I hear the voices of my parents. I then go into the kitchen to get some coffee.
"Good morning, Jessie."My mom says.
"Good morning."I say.
"I can't believe that she is a senior." My dad says.
"Well, she had to grow up at some point." My mom says.
"Yeah, I guess so." I say.
"Well the good thing is that you have been practicing all summer for basketball season." My dad says.
"Yeah." I say."Hopefully I can land a couple of scholarships."
"And maybe make it into the WNBA."My dad adds.
"Dad, I don't think that I want to do that." I say.
"Well, at least keep your options open." He says. "It would be good for you to get into to it at least."
"We'll see." I say.
"Alright." He says. "Would you do me a favor and make sure your brother's are up. I don t want them to be late."
"Ok." I say.
I then go back upstairs to my brother's rooms. When I walk into Zach and Caleb s room, I am very careful. First off, I don t want to trip over their mess, and two it is really dark in here. I then go over to Caleb s bed. I shove him to wake up.
"Mom, five more minutes." He says sleepily.
"One it's not mom, and two you need to wake up it is already seven o clock." I say.
"Then who are you?" He asks
"Jessie." I say.
"Oh." He says. "I guess I better get up."
"Yeah, you might want to." I say. " Do you know where Zach is?"
"No." He says.
"Ok, well thanks for the help."I say sarcastically. I then walk out of the room, and walk into Zane's room. When I walk in, he is just standing in his room with his boxers on.
"Get out!" He yells.
"Sorry." I say. I then walk out. As I back out of his room, I run right into Zach. "I'm so sorry."
"You're good." He says with a laugh. "I probably should've warned you that Zane would be in his boxers."
"Yeah, that might have been a good idea, but it's alright." I say. "I changed his diapers. "
"Ok, but he seemed to care." He says.
"Yeah, I think that the whole world knows." I say.
"It's too bad that we won't be at East High together." He says.
"Yeah, but this way you are at the top in middle school." I say.
"True." He says.
"I didn't think about that. Plus, you and Caleb will have East High all to yourselves, until Zane is old enough to come there." I say.
"Yeah." He says.
"Alright, you have to leave in like thirty minutes."I say.
"Are you taking us?" He asks.
"I can, but you have to be ready in thirty minutes, because I have to be at school by eight fifteen, and if I have to drop you guys off, we ll have to hurry." I say.
"Ok, I ll spread the word." He says. I then walk into my room and grab a bag and a couple of other things that I will need for school. I then walk down the stairs and go into the kitchen and start making a smoothie. I then pour the mixture into a cup and take a sip of it.
"I don't see how all you eat for breakfast is a smoothie." Zach says.
"Well, she is a girl." My mom says.
"Besides, I like smoothies." I say.
"What did you put in it?" He asks.
"Fruit, and juice." I say. " Do you want some, you can have what s left in the blender?"
'Sure, I ll try some." He says. He then gets out a glass and pours the rest of the smoothie mixture into the cup. He then takes a sip.
"So what do you think?" I ask.
"It's pretty good." He says.
"See, I told you." I say with a smile. A little time goes by and then I leave to take my brothers to school.
When I reach the middle school, I drop them off.
"Jess, who s picking us up?" Caleb asks.
"Dad, should be." I say. "Otherwise you will have to wait a while."
"Ok, I ll text him to find out." He says. "I'll let you know if you need to pick us up."
"Ok, hope you guys have a great day." I say.
"You too." Zach says. I then drive off. I then head over to my school which is about a ten minute drive depending on traffic. This morning, I think that it is going to be much worse.
I am stuck siting through three red lights before I am able to turn into my school. When I get there I pull into a parking space and walk into the school. When I get to the entrance, I see Chris standing there with two cups of coffee in his hand.
"Hey, I thought that you were never going to show up." He says.
"I'm sorry, I had to drop off my brothers." I say. "And the traffic was horrendous."
"Well, I got you some coffee." He says. He then hands me a cup.
"Thanks." I say. "You are the best, best friend in the history of best friends."
"You're welcome, but we were destined to be best friends." He says.
"True, but just because our parents are great friends didn't mean that we had to." I say. "other than the fact that we have known each other since we were in diapers."
"Yeah, exactly." He says.
"I guess it was destined for us to be friends." I say with a smile. The bell then rings. "But if we don t get to class we both will be destined for detention." We both laugh and go to our first class of the day.
It is so great to have a friend like Chris, we really have been friends since birth. Our moms would always set play dates up for us. At first I thought that he was so weird but eventually I realized what a great friend he really is, and I think that he would feel the same way.
Once school lets out, I go home. I then start on my homework. I don t really have that much, but I knew that I should start it now rather than waiting until two o clock in the morning.
Once I have finished my homework, I go downstairs and see my brothers playing basketball outside on our court. I then walk out there.
"Hey, are you guys having fun?" I ask.
"Yeah, do you want to play?" Zane asks.
"I don t know." I say.
"Why not, come on, it would be fun." Caleb says.
"Unless you re afraid that you'll lose." Zach says.
Guys, you all know how competitive I am." I say.
"Which is why you should play." Zach says.
"Alright, but I need to change, I ll be back in two seconds." I say as I run inside the house to change.
When I come back, my dad is standing there. "Wait so you guys decided to kick me out of the game?"
"No, dad wanted to play too." Zach says.
"Oh, wait where did Zane go?" I ask.
"He went inside, he said that he had too much homework."Caleb says.
"Poor guy, first day of middle school and he already has homework." I say.
"Are you going to play?" Dad asks.
"Yeah." I say. "Have you all already picked teams?"
"No, we were waiting on you." Caleb says.
"Ok, so how about dad and Jess, versus Caleb and me. Zach says Wait that isn't fair." Caleb says.
"How?" Zach asks.
"She has dad." Caleb says.
"But she s a girl." Zach says.
"True, we should be able to beat them." Caleb says.
"Are you two girls ready to play?" I ask.
"You're the only girl out here." Caleb says.
"I know that." I say. We then start the game. At first, they kind of go easy on us until they remember that I play pretty well and, dad even with hurt knees is still really good. They then press us just a little bit harder. In the end we beat them.
"Good job, Jess." My dad says.
"Thanks dad, you did really well out there too." I say.
"Well the only reason that you won, was because you had a pro on your team." Caleb says.
"You guys have to remember I'm not as young as I used to be." Dad says.
"I had forgotten that Jess has been playing since she could walk." Caleb says.
"Yeah well, y'all did too." I say.
"She does have a point." Zach says. "We all then go inside. Mom is in the kitchen fixing dinner."
"Mom, do you need any help?" I ask.
"No, I think I've got it, thank you though." She says.
"I could use some company though. Ok, how was your day?" I ask.
"It was work." She says. "How was your day?"
"Mom, it was school." I say. "It wasn't all that bad I suppose."
"Well, that's good." She says. "East High is a great school, I'm glad that you were able to go there."
"Me too." I say.
"Maybe you'll meet your true love, like I did." She says.
"But you met him at a ski lodge." I say.
"Yeah, but it was fate that I just happened to move here and go to the same school as your father." She says.
"It is sort of magical. I love hearing about how you met." I say. "I think that it is sweet."
"Me too." She says. "I hope that you find someone just as great if not better than your father."
"That might be hard to do. My dad says.
"Troy". "Mom says.
"What, it's the truth. He says You are too full of yourself, Troy Bolton." Mom says. He then kisses her.
"I remember when you would yell out gross every time we would kiss in front of you." He says.
"Yeah, well what can I say, I m growing up dad." I say.
"That you are." He says. "Man, it feels like just yesterday, you were a little girl and now you re a senior in high school."
"It was bound to happen one day." I say.
"That is true, Troy." Mom says. "She can t stay a little girl forever."
"Well, at least she hasn't dated any guys yet." Dad says.
"Dad, I think that most guys are terrified of you." I say.
"They probably are, and they should be, I don t want anyone to hurt my little girl, no matter how old you become."He says.
"It's good to know that someone has my back." I say.
"I think that we all have your back." Zach says.
"You guys are so crazy." I say.
"Well, we are a crazy family." Caleb says.
"True." I say.