Season 1

Episode 2

Shopping

Gabriella was in her bedroom laying on her queen size bed. She heard the birds singing and she smiled.
She finally started to get a feeling of summer. She opened her door to the balcony and stepped out as she looked through the neighbourhood
and took in a deep breath, closing her eyes once again.
She randomly giggled as if she felt someone tickling her. She knew there was none. None visible. She always imagined her father standing behind her tickling
her in the morning like he used to when he was still alive.
She spinned around and sighed. "I miss you dad."
She heard someone groaning and looked to the left side of the street. There was Troy shooting some hoops.
She smiled but quickly snapped out of it and rolled her eyes. Troy Bolton was a jock. Always have, always will.
-Flashback-
Gabriella walked down the road to the Boltons.
"Look who we got there. Slept tight sleepyhead?" The 13 year old boy chuckled and passed Gabriella the ball.
"Hey I was tired. Plus, its not even 12 yet." She said as she shot the ball into the net.
Troy smiled at his best friend. "It's 1.30 Brie."
She giggled "Oh whatever Troy."
Troy smiled but his smile faded away soon. "When are you leaving for the ballet-camp?" he asked looking sadly.
"..in two days." She said and looked down. It was so hard for her to say goodbye to her best friend but ballet was her favourite. She loved it almost as much as
she loved Troy.
"Oh......." He said as he tried to shot the hoop into the net but missed.
"Yeah and you should be happy I'm going because you really need to work on your jumps." She giggled and shot the ball into the net easily.
"Ha-ha, shut up Montez!" He chuckled and sticked his tongue out.
She gasped "Now its on!" She jumped on his back and he ran to the back yard with her on his back trying to pull him down.
"Wanna have a dip in the pool?" He smiled as she shaked her head heavily.
"NO!" she giggled. Troy tightened his grasp on Gabi and jumped in the pool while holding onto her.
The cold shock was rushing through their bodies and Gabi gasped. "I hate you!" She said but started giggling.
-End of Flashback-
Gabriella snapped out of her thoughts as her cell rang.
She groaned. She had thought about him again. It was the third time in two days. However she got inside her room and picked up her phone.
"Hey its Gabi, I'm not rly here its my voicemail so leave a msg, I'll call back pieeeeeeep." She said. She always did that it was fun to joke around
with her friends.
"Hey Gabi, its Chad. I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to come to Troys party tonight so call back yah?"
She immadntly started cracking up. Chad always fell for it whenever he called her.
He rolled his eyes even though Gabriella couldnt see him. "Screw you Montez."
She giggled. "I'm sorry.. so Troys party huh..I'd rather stab hot needles in my eyes."
He groaned. "Please Gabriella. Taylor said shes only gonna come if you're coming and you know me when im tipsy...........or drunk."
She chuckled. "Yes you need someone to satisfy your needs."
"Exactly! No wait what no not like that I mean you know uhm. no." He stuttered and made Gabi giggle.
"You're such a bad liar. Anyways fine I'll be there but not for long."
"Thanks so much Gabriella!!" He smiled bright which made her smile.
"Sure! See you then!" She hung up on him and walked down the stairs in the kitchen.
She saw a note laying on the kitchentable. She took it and read through it.
"Ella,
the hospital called it was an emergency I know I promised
the shopping trip but we have to do it later.
I'll be back at 2 be ready so we can head to the mall :)
Love,
Mom xox"
She smiled. Her mom was 38 and was pretty hot for a mom. She had tanned skin like Gabriella and dark brown hair which was often curly.
She looked up the kitchen clock as she noticed it was half past one.
"Shit!" She sighed and ran up the stairs to the bathroom, to get ready.
Half an hour later her mom pulled up in the driveway and hooted. Gabi grabed her purse and walked out the house and sat next to her mom in the car.
"Hey Honey!" her mom said and kissed her cheek.
"Hey Sweetie." Gabriella smiled and closed the car door. She used to call her mom sweetie or hunny just like she called her friends.
But if she was sad, tired, sick or anything in that way shed say mom or mommy. Her mother didnt mind she liked her relationship to her
only daughter. She knew it was a great one. And she knew they had been through alot together which made them alot closer.
Her mom drove off as she saw Troy and waved smiling.
He waved back and flashed his faboulus 'Bolton-smile'.
"I really dont know whats wrong with you guys. You were so close in middleschool."
"Mooooooooom. High School happened!" She knew that wasnt all. No high school could tear best friends apart but oh well. She learned to live without him and she was
not going to go up to him and be like 'hey! lets be besties again!' she'd def not do that.
Her mother sighed at the word 'mom'. She knew she would get her daughter upset if she kept asking and today was their day she wanted to enjoy it.
"Okay fine." She smiled and shook it off. "Starkbucks first?" Her mom looked at Gabi and smiled.
"Off you go hehe." Gabi took out her lipgloss and applied some on her lips.
Two hours later they were in the sixth shop.
Gabriella already bought some stuff just like her mother did.
Gabi sighed and she decided to tell her mom about the party she was going to since she'd find out sooner or later.
"So girl tonight is this party.." Her moms eyes shot open at the word 'party' and Gabi looked down.
"Go on." Sara told her daughter.
"It's at the Boltons.. you know Troys giving it and Chad asked me to come ugh I rly dont want to but you know Taylor shes just going if I do soo uhm may I go?"
Her mother stopped paying attention as her daaughter said 'Bolton' and smiled but tried to hide it by looking through the clothes again.
"Sure thats fine."
Gabriella was shocked, it never had been this easy to convince her mom to let her go to some party.
"Ohhkay...when shall I be back then?" Gabi asked making sure her mom knew what she was talking about....a party. Alcohol, boys, music, no parents.........
Her mom looked up again. "Oh I dont mind anything.. you know I like Troy hes a good boy."
"Right." Gabi chuckled and looked through the clothes too. Wait?! Did her mom just say she wouldnt mind any time??? "So you give me no.......?"
"Nope.. its two houses down the street.. youre 17.. I'm sure you'll be fine Ella!" her mom smiled and pulled out a very sexy top. "How about this one?"
"Huh?" Gabi turned around.
"Well I'm guessing you still need an outfit for that party so what about this top and a cute skirt? I saw one in the other shop!"
Gabriella beamed. She had the best mom to ask for she knew that but her mom proved it everyday.
"Yeah! Its perfect great choice hunny!" Gabi hugged her and took the top with her to the fitting rooms.

Two hours later both of them were sitting in the car home. They drove through the McDrive at McDonalds to get some food and were currently eating
in the car, something which wasnt happening often.
"So whens the party starting?" Sara asked as Gabi fed her with fries and giggled.
"Uhm i dont think it has a start sweetie.. you know you come and go when you want."
"Oh right...teenager ha! Oh well I hope you dont mind if I have a visitor tonight then......" Her mom quickly grabbed the burger and took a bite so she had an excuse to
stop talking. Gabriellas eyes shot open "A visitor like what?"
Her mom swalloed and concentrated on the street. "Well you know .. a visitor." she bit in the burger again.
"Ha, nooo! Visitor like your girls are coming or like grandma or is it like a man??"
"Uhm its a man.. work I bet you'll like him."
Gabi felt like someone just punched her right in the face. For the first time in years her mom had a man over. In the house her dad had built. She felt absolutly
uncomfortable about that. It wasnt just the fact that her mom started having men over again but she was still a married woman. Her dad was still there somehow..
he was just invisible. It wasnt right to betray him like that.
"Sure.. I dont wanna meet him though." She said as she looked out the window and drank her coke through the straw.
"Ella...c'mon you know it was hard for me too but I need to move on."
'Did she just say move on? How can you move on from the love of your life?! Ugh whatever mother!' She thought to herself and nodded her head.
"Sure you do that but I will not move on. I dont want a new dad. I'm fine with the one I have..well had."
Her mother sighed and looked at her.
"Gabriella please dont make it so hard on me.. it isnt easy anyway." She turned left to the road they were living in.
Gabriella faked a laugh. "Well obviously it is mother!" She was hurt. She couldnt believe her mom would do that to her.
"Gabs he isnt going to be your new dad." Sara sighed and waved Troy again who was still.. (STILL) shooting hoops as he waved back and flashed a smile.
"Okay first dont you 'Gabs' me it isnt your nick for me its his and second I know he isnt cuz none let me repeat NONE can ever just compare to my dad got it?!"
She pushed the door open as her mom pulled in the drive way, got her bags and walked directly in the house.
Troy was watching it from down the road and walked a bit closer to hear it.
"Gabriella Anne Montez! I cant believe your making such a big deal out of it!" Sara yelled from the car and Gabriella stormed back out of the house.
"A big deal? A BIG DEAL?! I CANT BELIEVE YOUR MEETING A NEW MAN!! AFTER ALL DAD DID FOR YOU!!" Gabriella felt a tear rolling down her face.
"IT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS GABRIELLA I MOVED ON!!" Sara yelled back. It hurt her to talk like that. She didnt move on she still missed him but she knew
she had to get over it.
"FOUR YEARS ARE NOT ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!! HE WAS MY DAD!!!! HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME?!?!" Gabriella stood there sobbing and crying.
Troy just wanted to go over and hug her. Of course he acted like he hated her but to be honest he still loved her...as his best friend of course. Right??
It hurt him so much to see her like this and he thought Gabi was right. Sara shouldnt meet any new guys. He still remembered it like yesterday.
Flashback
It was the day the people in the neighbourhood stopped breathing for a moment. The day the birds stopped singing. The cars stood still for a moment.
It was this awful silence in the whole neighbourhood and all you could hear was a smashed door and a thirteenyear old boy running down the street to his
best friends house. His best friend that he loved more than anything. That he couldnt live without. It was Gabriella Montez. He climbed up the house to her
balcony and knocked on the door. He saw her sitting on her bed her arms wrapped around her legs and her head in her knees but he could still see or more like
feel her tears running down her face. He opened the door a bit forcefully and rushed over to her bed and just hugged her.
She started crying more heavily and sobbed on his shoulder. He whispered things into her ear like ''It's going be okay'' and "Dont cry Brie. please dont cry.."
but nothing would help she just kept on crying harder and harder by the minute. It hurted him to see her like this it hurted him more than anything and to know
he could do nothing about it.
Today was the day one of the most amazing men, fathers, husbands, friends took his last breath on earth.
Today was the day, Joseph Montez died.
-Flashback end-
Gabriella stormed off and ran up to her room. If her mom was going to do something wrong she should do too.
Her mom couldnt say anything against anything Gabriella would just tell her to go to Andrew. She felt bad and dirty for thinking so but she slightly smirked
as she got into the shower and got ready for the night.

Troy sighed and turned around, dribbling the ball while walking. He hoped Gabriella was okay. He promised himself if she was there tonight he would actually
talk to her without starting a fight and calling her bitch or something like that. He would ask if she was okay and if she wasnt he would hug her just like he used
to did when she felt bad. Troy chuckled at himself and sighed. "Sure you will do that Bolton." He said sarcastically as he hopped into the shower and also
got ready for the party.