There were many things that Gabriella Montez was certain of in her life. One was that she was never to ever again correct a teacher when they are wrong, the monstrous creature that is her History teacher did not take Gabriella's simple correction very well. That was an extremely fun meeting that Gabriella had to endure where she learned that she apparently is a "disruption to the entire class and is corrupting their education. Not to mention, her interrupting me is a nuisance." as the teacher said it. But Gabriella was a star pupil and on her best behavior at all times, so this hardly made any sense to her. The monster lady needed major therapy, but it taught Gabriella an important rule in life, never ever, in your wildest dreams, correct a teacher.
She had a list of the ten rules in her life that she was to follow. Rules about things she could never do or even think about doing. All of them had a reason behind it. Whether it be disliking it, knowing it is stupid, an irrational fear of this said action, or any reason she wanted to say. She just chose ten things and decided these are the rules I am to follow, and that is that. The second she wrote down the rules, all was said and done. That was that.
The List of Rules
1- Never correct a teacher
2- Never use the excuse "my dog ate my homework"
3- Never bite your nails.
4- Never do drugs.
5- Never wear the color yellow.
6- Never listen to anyone but yourself.
7- Never get into a catfight.
8- Never date.
9- Never fall in love.
10- Never break the rules.
These rules seemed to work for her. By now she was fifteen years old and had not broken one of them. All those her saw her rules thought she was a freak (never where yellow?), but she had her reasons. She had an unfortunate banana incident when she was younger and could never see the color yellow the same again. Gabriella had her reasons, reasons she never revealed to anyone, if she did it was within the greatest confidence, all she knew is she had to obey them. It was one of the things in her life she could control, because now, everything was to change.
Before, she went to an elite private all-girls school, but now, she's entering the world of multi-gender public school. Where rules don't apply and everything changes. Will she fight through and follow her most difficult rules? Will she gave into the pressure? Or will she realize that some rules are made to be broken, in fact, breaking them just might set you free.