A/N: OK, so here I am again :). This chapter explains a bit more about Troy's life at home and school. I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot.

Troy's pov :

As i woke up the next morning I took a shower and put on some clothes and received a call from Gabriella saying we couldn't meet up at her house tonight because her mom was having dinner with a few friends and that we'd have to do it at my house. 'Shit' I thought, I couldn't let her find out about Lisa. She would tell everyone at school what a jerk I am, she already hates me! I walked downstairs to see my parents and my little sister of 9 years, who was sitting in a special wheelchair made just for her because of her being paralyzed from the waist down, sitting at the table. I walked over to my sister and gave her a hug. "Hey Lisa, how are you? Slept well?" I asked her. "Yes, thank you," she said in her sweet little voice. She didn't blame me for anything, 'accidents happen', she always says. What a smart little girl. My parents on the other hand weren't that accepting. But they saw how bad I felt about it and decided that I was feeling as much pain as they were.

"Is it OK if someone comes over tonight to work on a project?" I asked my parents. "Of course," my mom answered. "Is he or she going to find me weird?" I heard my sister ask sweetly. She has always been very insecure about her being in a wheelchair and sadly, the doctors say there is little chance for her to be able to walk again. "No, not at all. Plus you'll be asleep before she comes over," I answered smiling at her. "She?" my dad asked. "Yes, a she. Now I have to go. Bye mom and dad, bye Lisa,' I said and hugged her again. "See you tonight Troy!" Lisa said before she waved at me and let me leave for school with a smile on my face.

At school

When I arrived at school I was immediately meeted by a few cheerleaders who were all over me, but once again I got rid of them only to find Chad standing at my locker, waiting to tell me how the party what he went to last night was. "Hey man," I said before giving him a box and taking a few books out of my locker for the next period and stuffing a few in there at the same time. "You missed a whole lot last night man, I don't get why you never go with us! You're no fun!" he cried out to me. "I told you, I had this project to work on with Gabriella," I said as I slammed my locker close. "That geek, Montez? Why are you doing a project with her?" he asked me. I sighed before answering: "We got signed up together." He laughed as we started walking off to our homeroom that we had together as he just rambled on about last night.

At lunch

As I walked over to the table that I normally sit at with the jocks and the cheerleaders I saw Gabriella sitting at her table with her friends talking about upcoming tests and projects and I found myself smiling at how cute she looked. I shook my head and walked further to my table. As I sat down a cheerleader came and sat down on my lap. "Hi Troy, I missed you last night," she said as she ran her finger down my chest. I smiled a little and put my hand on her lower back and we started talking through lunch. What was a guy to do?

After lunch

As I was walking to my next period I bumped into Gabriella and her friends. "Watch where you're going douchebag!" one of her friends screamed. "Guys, it's OK," Gabriella calmly said as they started to walk further, but Gabriella stopped to say something: "This didn't mean anything Bolton." I sighed as I watched them walk off before continuing my walk to my next period that I shared with Gabriella.

When I was sitting in English class, one of the most boring classes ever, I took a paper and started to draw random things on it as the teacher kept going on about a book we'd have to read, but after a while I found myself writing Gabriella's name all over the paper. I sighed and crumbled up the paper, but left it laying on my table.

After class I hurried out like everyone else, but I forgot to take the crumbled up paper with me.

Gabriella's pov:

As I was picking up my books I looked over a Troy's table and saw a crumbled up paper laying on his table. I saw him drawing things on there. He always did that when he was bored. I didn't want to look, but I had this urge to. I walked over to his desk and took the paper and opened it again so I could see what was in there, but I was shocked when I saw what he had actually written on there. He wrote my name several times on that paper surrounded by little hearts. I took the paper, still shocked, and continued to walk to my next period.

After school

I decided to not talk to Troy about this, maybe someone else put in on there or maybe he was just pulling a prank on me. You never know with him.

When I was taking some books out of my locker Troy came up to me. "Hey," he said, "is it OK if you come over by 8?" "Yeah, sure," I answered, slamming my locker shut. "Ok then, I'll see you then Gabriella," he said smiling before walking off. He couldn't like me could he? I mean, what does a badass have to do with me, Gabriella Montez, the geek? I shook my head and started to walk home. I really didn't look forward to tonight.