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"Y-You're from W-West High?" He said, with very wide eyes. He looked over to see Gabriella staring at the ground trying to figure out what to say,

"Yes." she answered simply.

"I can't believe you're from West High! I can't even believe I'm talking to someone from West High!" He screamed, loud enough for everyone around them to hear.

" Troy can you keep it down! I'd really like to not get killed tonight." She said, while putting her hand over his mouth. After he nodded, she took her hand away, and let him talk.

" Sorry. It's just that I'm from East High and you're from West, and you know how big of rivals we are!" he explained.

" Yeah but I don't really get that. Who cares if you wanna be friends with someone from another school…you can't help who you like." She said, not knowing what his reaction was going to be.

" You're not a jock, are you?" He said with a small laugh.

" Far from it." she said, joining in with a small chuckle. " I take it you are?" she questioned.

He turned his head, not sure if he should tell her. After all, if she knew who he was, she may freak out.

"Um…I guess you could say I play some basketball." He said simply, not trying to sound like an egotistical maniac.

" Oh that's co-" she started to say before she interrupted herself. " Wait a second. Troy as in….Troy Bolton?" she asked.

"Yes?" It came out as more of a question then a statement.

"Holy Shit" she mumbled to herself. " If the jocks from my school find out I talked to you…they'll kill me!" she frantically said as she got up and started to leave.

"Wait Brie!" He said as he gently grabbed her wrist, spinning her around to face him. He was amazed when he actually saw fear in her eyes. " We don't have to let them find out!" he continued.

"You don't understand Troy. I'm a nerd at my school. The jocks make my life a living hell enough as it is…if they find out I'm talking to the captain of the East High Basketball Team, they'll kill me!" she explained.

"You're a nerd?" He said, emphasizing the words you're and nerd. She just nodded in reply. " What do they do to you?" he asked, sounding genuinely concerned.

" The usual. knock my books to the ground, insult me, slam me against the lockers…you know, all the stuff you probably do to the nerds at your school." she said, staring at the ground, not wanting to make any eye contact with him. He opened his mouth to protest, but he realized she was right- he did do all that stuff.

"Oh. I'm sorry Brie" was all he could say. He saw how hurt she looked, and seeing her like that made him realize how the other nerds at his school must have felt.

" It's okay." she said. " and where did Brie come from?" she asked with a slight chuckle.

Troy shrugged and replied " I don't know…I can stop calling you it if you want" he sadly said.

"No!" she replied quickly. " I like it" She added. As soon as she said that, she saw Troy's face light up.

" Well I better get going. My mom expects me home before 1 and it takes about 20 minutes to walk to my house. She'll freak out if I'm even 5 minutes late" She said as she started to walk off.

"Brie!" Troy shot up and walked after her. " I can give you a ride home. That way we can…you know… get to know each other more."

" Oh no that's okay. You stay here and have fun." She replied.

"I don't mind. This party is a drag anyways. Plus, it's not safe for you to be walking home alone and night." He said with a caring tone in his voice. This made Gabriella blush. She nodded her head signaling that he could drive her home.

The drive to her house only took about 5 minutes, so they decided to go the long way.

" What's your favorite color?" She asked after a minute of silence.

"What?" Troy asked, not taking his eyes off the road.

" Well you said you wanted to get to know each other more…so what's your favorite color?" she said.

" Orange. Since Basketball are orange." He said. At first Gabi thought he was just kidding, but he was completely serious.

She laughed and said " I should have seen that coming"

" Hey! Orange is a great color!" he protested as he looked at her. She just shook her head at him. " Well then what's your favorite color?!" he asked.

"Yellow" she simply replied.

After 10 minutes of driving around the block, they finally arrived at Gabi's House. She was getting ready to get out of the car when Troy stopped her.

" Hey Brie?" He asked, sounding pretty unsure of himself. " Put your number in my phone?" He questioned. Instead of replying, she grabbed his phone out of his hands and put her number in. Then she gave him her phone, and he did the same.

" You better call me, basketball boy" she said while giggling. Then she got out of the car, shut the door, and walked into her house. Troy sat in his car, with a smile plastered to his face.

As soon as Gabriella got into her house, she started dancing and singing to herself. She couldn't believe THE Troy Bolton asked her for her number. After 2 minutes of continuous dancing, she stopped when she remembered…He was from East High.

" SHIT" she mumbled to herself. " I meet one guy who likes me for me, and he's from East High. Just great" she said, continuing to mumble to herself.

Well, I guess it can't hurt to talk to him on the phone. She thought to herself.

She went upstairs, changes into her pajamas, and went to bed, with Troy Bolton on her mind.

A/N: Sorry. This is pretty uneventful. I just had to throw this in there to set everything up. Please Review!