Hey Everyone (:

Thanks for the reviews! I wasn't expecting to get any!

Well I just wanted to say I am going to try to update

as soon as I possibly can after each chapter, so please

be patient. I also wanted to say (just to be clear) that the parts of the story

that are in quotes and are italicized are the person's thoughts.

Anyways, enjoy (:

Love yah,

Sky.

Gabriella made her way through the crowded lounge full of teenagers and all eyes were on her. She loved making an entrance almost as much as she loved scoring the winning goal in a soccer game. She thought she heard someone call her name. Gabriella shook her head, knowing that no one she knew was there, but she turned around anyway, just incase. Scanning the sea of people, she noticed a boy sitting alone in a corner, reading.

'Who reads at a party…?' She wondered to herself thinking it over. 'Who would read on vacation?!' Her mind screamed as she continued to stare in confusion. Gabriella felt a smile creep on her face as she began inching her way across the dance floor to the chair where the boy sat.

She cleared her throat hoping to get his attention, but the boy kept reading. The room was obviously too loud for him to hear her.

"Hey, want to dance with me?" Gabriella asked confidently. It was her vacation and she thought it was about time she took charge of it. Besides…she couldn't stand wallflowers. This time the boy heard her and his head bolted up in surprise. He looked her up and down and then turned around to see if she had been talking to him or someone else. Gabriella laughed slightly and continued to smile at the boy.

'She can't seriously be talking to me…right?' Troy thought as he kept staring at the girl, almost too awe-struck to say anything at all. 'Come on, don't be stupid,' he resisted the urge to smack himself on the forehead.

"Uh… I uh I..." Troy tried to answer but was at loss for words. Of course he wanted to dance with her, every boy in the room had their eyes on her, but his inhibitions were getting the best of him. Before he could embarrass himself anymore, a spotlight stopped on them, causing them both to squint in the bright light. "What the-" Troy began to say but couldn't be heard over the blaring voice projected through the microphone.

"You and you!" Another teen said as he pointed at Gabriella and Troy from the karaoke stage where he stood. "Come on up here, you're next!" They couldn't object, for they were being shoved toward the stage by the forceful arms of people around them.

Troy peered over at the girl who had just asked him to dance not too long ago. She looked the least bit nervous, while his hands trembled as he clutched his microphone tightly.

Gabriella giggled as she was pushed up on the stage next to the boy who she had just met. 'This is definitely going to be fun!' She thought as she waited for the TV screen to flash the lyrics that she would have to sing. Beside her the boy shifted uncomfortably, deciding whether he should or shouldn't stay up on the stage. Gabriella shrugged and read the TV screen.

"We're going to be singing 'The Start Of Something New!'" Gabriella exclaimed excitedly to the spectators who had gathered to watch. Troy's gaze switched from the crowd to Gabriella with astonishment, then he braced himself to start singing.

'I'm going to do this,' he confirmed, assuring himself.

Gabriella began to sing with a smile on her face.

"Living in my own world

Didn't understand

That anything could happen

When you take a chance." Gabriella finished her first part of the song and glimpsed at Troy, who she was half expecting to run off the stage any second now.

To her surprise, Troy cleared his throat and began singing apprehensively.

"I never believed in

What I couldn't see

I never opened my heart

To all the possibilities." Troy sang as he became a little less nervous and looked over at Gabriella who beamed at him, making his heart melt.

"I know that something has changed,
Never felt this way
And right here tonight
This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new." They sang together as the crowd clapped along, encouraging them to continue.

Time passed and the song seemed to end before Troy and Gabriella could even catch their breath. Gabriella couldn't stop staring at Troy as she focused on his ocean blue eyes. They both tried regaining their breath, their faces only inches away from each other.

"Gabriella," she said smiling as she extended her hand towards Troy. He reached out and took hold of her hand firmly and returned her smile.

"Troy," he said finishing off their introduction.