"2nd Cousins"

AN: Yes I know I'm starting a new story even though I did not update the other one, I'm sorry, but I got this idea in my mind for a while now and I promise I'll update the other story tomorrow, please read and review.

SUMMARY: The Montez family is going to a vacation in San Francisco; they are living with their relatives there, the Boltons. What if Gabi and Troy fall in love with each other, but they can't be together because they're cousins, find out how they will go through all the obstacles in their love life.

"2nd Cousins"

Chapter 1

"San Francisco"

The Montez family was riding in a car, heading to the house of their relatives in San Francisco.

"Mom, why do we have to go here?" Gabriella asked. She didn't really like going to other places.

Gabriella wasn't really like this, she was just not in the mood to travel, she was usually excited of going to places she never been at.

She has many talents, like singing, playing the guitar, and she was also smart, that's Gabriella.

"Sweetie, we have to go there, we have to visit our relatives, and you're going to have fun there, you have cousins there Gabriella, you'll have fun!" her mom answered patiently.

"Why can't I stay at the house mom? Why didn't you leave me there, why do I have to come with you two?" Gabriella whined again.

"We're staying there for one month Gabriella, we can't leave you at the house for one month, I'm afraid you'll burn it!" Mrs. Montez explained, making Mr. Montez laugh.

Gabriella sighed and leaned her head against the window.

"We're almost there!" Mr. Montez announced, happily.

After 5 minutes the Montez family, arrived in one huge house, it was color peach and it had a big grassy front yard with a coffee table and couches.

They all got out of the car and stretched, they went to the door and rang the doorbell, and a man answered it.

"Hello Bart!" Mr. Montez greeted, towards the man.

"Hello Arthuro!" the man named Bart greeted back, giving Gabriella's father a hug, her mother also a hug and her a hug.

"Come in, come in!" Jack continued, and gestured them to come in.

The family went inside the house and looked at it, it was marvelous, the floor was made of marble and there were all kinds of rooms, the music room, the indoor pool room, the basketball court inside the house, the ballroom and all kinds of rooms you can imagine, just by looking at the house you can tell that the Boltons are rich.

"Nice house!" Mrs. Montez commented, while nodding her head approvingly.

"Thanks!" Mr. Bolton replied, looking at Gabriella's mother then at Gabriella.

"Why don't you go to Tyler's room, you can look after him!" Jack Bolton continued toward Gabriella.

"Huh?" Gabriella reacted, obviously confused.

"Tyler is our son he's 4 years old, since Troy isn't here, no one will watch over him, so can you please do it?" Mr. Bolton explained, much clearer now.

"Yes Mr. Bolton!" Gabriella answered as she fled towards the stairs, but before she could clime up, Mr. Bolton called after her, "Call me Uncle Jack, because I'm your uncle after all Gabi!"

Gabriella nodded towards her Uncle and climbed up the stairs.

She first went left and found a door that had a sticker on saying, "Tyler's Room"

She went inside and saw a little boy playing with his toys happily.

"Hey!" she greeted softly, the boy turned around and looked at Gabriella with soft blue eyes.

"Huh?" the 4 year old boy replied with a cute voice.

Gabriella smiled at his cuteness.

"I'm Gabriella, your cousin, but you can call me Gabi!" Gabriella explained further, the kid only nodded and went back to his toys.

Gabriella walked over to him and sat beside him, "What cute toys you have!" Gabriella cooed.

"Thank you Gab…!" the boy named Tyler answered.

"Want to play with them?" Tyler queried, handing a toy car towards Gabriella.

"Of course" Gabi answered, getting the toy and playing with him.

With Mrs. Montez (Maria), Arthuro Montez and Jack Bolton:

"Gabriella seems like a nice girl, Arthuro!" Jack Bolton complimented towards Gabi's father.

"Please Jack, call her Gabi!" Maria inserted, "Yes and she is a nice girl, where's Lucille?" Arthuro Montez agreed.

"She's still at work!" Jack explained, when suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Jack headed to the door and answered it, he saw a handsome young man, with electric blue eyes, that looked like a calm part of the ocean, carrying an electric guitar. Jack's son just arrived from band practice,

Troy…Bolton.

"Dad…" Troy said cheerily, he moved forward and hugged Jack.

"Okay why is my son hugging me, there must be a reason… what do you need?" Jack said out loud.

"I need a new amplifier and a new acoustic guitar… please dad!" Troy begged, he was in a band that really rocked they were having a concert at August 9.

"Only if you baby sit Tyler for 3 weeks!" Jack considered, looking at his son intently as he thought.

"Deal" Troy agreed shaking his father's hand.

He went inside the house, almost running towards the stairs when his father grabbed his hand, "Say hello to your Uncle and Auntie, Troy!" Troy's father ordered.

Troy faced his Uncle and Auntie and said "Hi" to them before running up the stairs, he went to his room and got his acoustic guitar and started playing while walking down the hallway towards his brother's room.

With Gabi and Tyler:

"Hey what's that sound? Is that a guitar?" Gabi asked herself out loud.

Tyler released his toy and looked at his cousin.

"Twoy!" he said. Gabi looked at him and said.

"Go pick up your toy its right in front of you!"

The little boy shook his head and repeated "Tw…Tr…Twoy!"

I can tell the kid had a problem in saying the letter "R" (heheh!)

Gabi looked at him, and laughed.

"What are you talking about Ty?" she asked, using the nickname of Tyler.

"Twoy…" Tyler exclaimed again.

Suddenly, the guitar sound was getting closer and the door of Tyler's room swung open, Gabi turned around, seeing a very hot teen, playing a guitar, standing in her younger cousin's room.

Gabi couldn't help but stare, he was so hot, those electric blue eyes, that shaggy but now short hair, that body.

Troy went inside his little brothers room while playing his guitar, when he saw the most gorgeous girl he had ever seen, she had warm brown eyes, long almost black locks and a hot body.

He was staring at her, and she was staring back.

"Twoy!" Tyler intercepted the teen's thoughts by calling out to Troy, running towards him, and wrapping his little arms around Troy's leg.

Troy looked down to see his little brother, clinging unto him, he smiled at the gesture, and picked him up, spinning him around, while he said "Hey buddy"

He stopped spinning Tyler and put him down; he looked at the girl across from him and said "Hey!"

Gabriella looked at him again and answered "Hey!"

"I'm Troy!" Troy introduced himself, walking towards her and offering his hand to help her stand up because she was sitting.

"I'm Gabriella!" Gabi replied getting his hand and stood up.

"Are you the daughter of Auntie Maria and Uncle Arthuro?" Troy asked, trying to keep his voice from not sounding bitter.

"Yeah… You're the brother of Tyler?" Gabi asked back, much to her dismay.

"Yep…" Troy murmured totally disappointed.

"I'M HOME!" Lucille shouted through the whole house, making Troy and Gabriella's conversation end.

"My mom's here, we should go, she's going to kill me if I ain't gonna welcome her…she has good manners problems!" Troy explained, laughing, while Gabi laughed with him.

"My mom's like that too!" she answered making the laughter grow louder, Tyler watched his two cousins, he frowned, he hated being forgotten, he wanted all the attention to be at him.

"Ahh…" he screamed to get their attention.

The two immediately stopped laughing and looked down to see Tyler smiling innocently.

"You buddy, you're being selfish again, you know it's not gonna be about you all the time!" Troy commented, glaring at his brother playfully.

Troy picked up his brother and walked towards his brother's bed; he dropped him on his bed gently and tickled his brother to death.

Gabi looked at his two second cousins, smiling.

Yes, Troy, Gabi, and Tyler are second cousins, they are second cousins because Maria and Lucille are first cousins or plainly cousins, so since they are the kids of the two they are second cousins.

"TROY WHERE ARE YOU?" Mrs. Bolton shouted from downstairs.

Troy stopped tickling his brother and looked back at Gabi who was looking at him and said "Come on!"

Troy carried Tyler and went out of the room Gabi following, they went down the flight of stairs and found Arthuro, Maria, Lucille, and Jack, sitting in the huge living room, drinking coffee.

"Hey!" Gabi and Troy greeted in unison.

"Hello you kids come and sit with us!" Lucille Bolton offered kindly, she acted this way if there were visitors, but she's going to ease up when the day continues.

The two teens sat beside each other, while Tyler sat on Troy's lap.

"So Gabi how was your school year?" Mr. Bolton asked.

Gabi looked at his uncle and took at deep breath before answering.

"Well, I was recognized as the 1st honor. (in our school, we have a yearly recognition, and it's mainly honors, and they'll give us medals and such) and I got ribbons for co-curricular activities, such as sports and out-door programs and especially charity work!"

Lucille, Jack and Troy Bolton were astounded, in the academic and co-curricular participation of Gabi.

"Wow Gabi, we are so proud of you, we surely hope Troy will try to be like you in the next school year!" Lucille commented, turning to Troy.

"Yeah Mom, I'll try, but I have to concentrate in our band practices too, because the concert is nearing!" Troy quite agreed with his mom.

The school days were finished, the summer started just yesterday, that's why the teens were all free.

"Troy how was your band anyway?" Maria asked, she is a fanatic to music, but old and soothing music, not today's music, but she loves any person that plays an instrument.

"It's going good Auntie Maria, we auditioned for a concert and they liked it so, we are going to perform at August 9." Troy stated, making Auntie Maria smile.

"Good, so I heard you want a new amplifier and a new acoustic guitar?" Arthuro inserted, making Lucille raise her eyebrows.

Before Troy could answer, Lucille Bolton asked "You need a brand new amplifier and an acoustic guitar?"

"Yes, but Dad already agreed, if I will baby sit Tyler for 3 weeks!" Troy explained, for his father.

Lucille Bolton nodded and turned to the conversation Arthuro and Jack were having.

"Auntie Maria, is it okay when I take Gabi to the park where I'm meeting my friends?" Troy asked to her Auntie suddenly.

"If... Gabi is okay with it!" Maria replied nodding towards Gabi.

Troy looked at Gabi and Gabi just looked at him, hesitantly.

"I don't know Troy… I'm not used to… I'm just not really out-going, I find it hard making friends!" Gabi replied kindly.

"Aww… come on Gabi, my friends are not that bad… not like me…joking… please?" Troy pleaded, making a pout, not to mention a cute pout.

Gabi looked at him and smiled, "Okay!" she answered, she stood up and took Tyler out of Troy's arms and carried him to the door, looking at Troy with a "come on" look.

Troy came running towards Gabi and got out of the door, slowly walking on the perfect, green and luscious grass, getting out of the front lawn and outside of the huge lot.

They rode using Troy's black Ferrari Fiorano 599 and talked.

Tyler was on Gabi's lap, while Gabi and Troy talked.

"So what are your friends like?" Gabi asked, interested about Troy's friends, she was going to meet them anyways.

"Well, you have definitely have to be on the good side of Sharpay, she can be really cruel, and there is Chad, he loves basketball, he carries his basketball named "KB Jr." everywhere" Troy looked at Gabi and discovered her reaction was priceless, she was amused.

"Yes he named his basketball, and yes, he named it after Koby Bryant…Jr." Troy continued so Gabi could understand, after that Gabi burst out laughing.

"He really named his basketball huh?" Gabi asked, in fits of laughter.

"Uh huh!" Troy answered, turning the car to the left.

"Okay continue describing them" Gabi ordered kindly, Troy smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Okay, let's go back to Chad, he's obsessed in basketball, he's the clown in the group, he always jokes around, there is Taylor, the smart one, she's the closest friend of Sharpay in the group, she has a big crush on Chad, and Chad likes her too, there's Zeke, he likes basketball, but not as much as Chad, he has a crush on Sharpay, and Sharpay doesn't notice, even though she's searching for a boyfriend, there's Ryan, the twin of Sharpay, he has a girlfriend her name is Martha, she sometimes hangs out with the group, she's pretty nice, back to Ryan, he's great in singing and dancing, there's Kelsi, she plays the piano, and she also writes music and now she and Jason, are together, Jason is part of the group too, he likes basketball too, every guy in the group except Ryan are in the basketball varsity of our school!" Troy continued, they were almost at the park when he finished.

"So you're in a band, who are your band mates?" Gabi asked, she plays the violin and she got a few lesson in playing the guitar, but she's not as good as playing the violin than the guitar.

"Oh, actually, every person that I mentioned to you except Martha, is part of the band, Chad play's the bass guitar, Ryan sings, Sharpay, Taylor and Kelsi, are the back up singers, but Kelsi mostly writes the songs, Jason plays the piano, Kelsi taught him, he's pretty good, Zeke plays the drums, and I am the lead guitarist" Troy finished, and they arrived at the park.

Troy parked the car at the nearest parking space and they got out of the car.

As soon as Troy locked his car, they walked towards the swings seeing 7 people that looked like teens there.

Gabi and Troy walked towards them, Troy carrying Tyler.

"Hey guys" Troy greeted, putting Tyler on the ground.

As soon as Tyler landed on the ground he came running towards Chad.

"Chad!" Tyler squealed, he loves Chad, but he loves his basketball named "KB Jr." more.

"Hey Buddy!" Chad greeted, giving Tyler a noogie.

Tyler took Chad's basketball that Chad was currently holding in his arms and tried to dribble it, he was getting good though.

Troy saw Taylor, Sharpay and Kelsi looking at Gabi; the three really liked meeting other girls, especially, if the girl is hot.

"Guys, this is Gabriella Montez…" Troy announced, gesturing a hand towards Gabi.

The group looked at her and let Troy continue.

"… My cousin" Troy murmured sadly.

The group nodded and greeted "Hey!"

"Hey" Gabi greeted back.

Taylor, Sharpay and Kelsi stood up, since they were sitting on the swings, they walked towards Gabi and introduced themselves.

"Hi I'm Taylor!"

"Hi I'm Kelsi!"

"Hi I'm Sharpay!"

They all said each at a time.

"So you're Troy's cousin, sad!" Sharpay said, making a sad face.

"Yeah…" Taylor added.

"Why?" Gabi asked, looking confused.

"Nothing, we just thought he has a girlfriend already, because his been single a long time now, but anyways, I'm so glad we have a new member of our group!" Kelsi explained, but when she arrived at the last sentence she squealed and hugged Gabi.

"Yeah" Taylor exclaimed, also hugging Gabi.

"I have a new shopping buddy!" Sharpay shouted happily, making Gabi smile, she loves shopping too.

"Okay guys, let her breathe!" Troy inserted, pulling Taylor, Kelsi, and Sharpay off Gabi's petite body.

After the girl's introduced themselves, the guys came walking towards Gabi.

"Hey! I'm Chad!" Chad got to her first.

"I'm Zeke!"

"I'm Ryan!"

"I'm Jason!"

All the guys introduced themselves and nodded at Gabi.

"Aww… come one guys!" Ryan said, suddenly, the guys turned to glare at Ryan and went back to Gabi.

"There's nothing wrong in hugging her to welcome her, come on, don't be such I'm-not-hugging-her-because-I'm-not-a-girl kind of guy"

Ryan bribed, hugging Gabi happily.

All the boys gave in and hugged Gabi warmly, Troy smiled at his friends, seeing them treat Gabi that way.

The only thing that disappointed him is that, he liked her, because she's that kind of girl that he was looking for, but he has nothing to do, because he's her cousin.

AN: Thanks for reading, now click that purple button, please! No flames!

Mami K!