Okay so the first two little parts are just to kind of show what Troy and Gabriella are like, like with dancing and basketball. Basically how she loves to dance he loves basketball. Don't let that part confuse you. Other than that I really hope you guys like this, please please REVIEW and let me know. A ton of you guys put this as one of the stories you want to be alerted about but only one reviewed, and that scares me. So thanks to hsm123456 for doing that. I really appreciate that you took the time to do that.

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"Gabriella that was amazing!" The young 18 year old brunette heard her best friend, Katie, compliment her. She smiled, feeling a familiar burning feeling appear on her cheek from her blush. She always got that way when she was complimented in anyway.

Gabriella turned off the music and turned to her friend, "Really, you think so?" She asked in her soft, velvet like voice. "because Sharpay and I have been talking to Mrs. Darbus about helping with the winter play this year." She said as she clasped her hands together, nervously playing with her fingers. "I mean we've been in the East High plays since freshman year, and Kelsi is actually composing this one. We want it to be great." She rambled on before letting out a deep breathe.

"Gabs, shut up." Her best friend exclaimed as she let out a small laugh. "You're rambling again, and trust me it's great. Everyone will love it. You're an amazing dancer, hell we've been dancing since we were five." She said as she shook her head with a smile. "Now show me it again, I want to learn it!" She said with an excited grin, clapping her hands together a few times.

Gabriella just simply rolled her eyes and laughed at how excited her best friend had just suddenly got. She nodded simply, "come here." She said as she gestured for Katie to come stand by her before starting the song over. "Start like this." Gabriella said as she showed her what to do.

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"Yo hoops," The sandy blonde haired boy turned his head around when he heard the nickname his best friend had given him being called. He smiled and stood up after finishing up his shoes. "Ready to get your ass kicked?" His best friend, Chad, asked as he grinned.

Troy just laughed and ran over to him, taking the basketball out from Chad's finger where he had been spinning it. "Yeah, we'll see about that." He said before he dribbled it for a second, turning to the basket and shooting it. Swishing it of course before turning to Chad who looked shocked.

"Damn. You'd think a week of you not playing would at least give me a little bit of a lead." He muttered as he shook his hair, his puffy afro blowing in the wind as he did so.

Troy laughed and shook his head at his friend who just hoped he could beat him in one game. "Keep dreaming Danforth."

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"Bolton, late again."

Troy groaned when he heard the voice speak up, looking over and noticing that the teacher hadn't even looked up. "Yes, Mrs. Darbus." He muttered under his breathe. How did she always catch him like that? He shook his head and sat down in his desk, looking around his drama class.

"Okay class," Mrs. Darbus's voice started up once again as she stood up from her desk and walked in front of the class. "Today we will start working on our group projects. Groups of two, and I will pick them. No complaining and we won't have problems." She said as she stopped walking and turned to her students with a smile. "Any questions?" She looked around, seeing all the kids with blank faces. She smiled and nodded. "Great. Groups are as followed."

Troy sighed as she listed the names off, Amanda Brown and Jonn Williams, Chad Danforth and Taylor McKessie, Sharpay Evans and Kelsi Neilson, Krystal Kox and Katie McCormick, Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez… And that was when he stopped listening. Gabriella Montez? He had never even talked to that girl. He sighed and turned his head around to the back of the class to see the brunette girl with her curls tied up in the back. Well this should be fun.

Gabriella sighed and looked up a few seconds after hearing her name along with the name of her partner. She looked towards the boy sitting at the front who was turned around looking at her. So that was definitely had to be her partner, well it was Troy Bolton. Of course she already knew who he was, but who didn't know who he was.

The bell rang just minutes later and she shoved her books into her bag, standing up and slinging over her shoulder. She walked up towards the front of the room and stopped abruptly when she saw her new partner standing next to the door with a small smile. "Hi." She said softly.

"Hey," He said with a small and waved nervously to her. "So, what exactly is the project?" He asked before letting out a low chuckle, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly out of habit.

"We have to research one of Shakespeare's play, any of them. Our choice." She said softly as she looked up at him, realizing just how much taller her was than her. "Then when we're done with that we have to put on one of the scenes from it, once again our choice." She said as she tilted her head to the side a little bit, biting down on her lower lip.

"Sounds easy enough," He nodded once or twice after listening to her and how she described it. "Wanna meet up after school? Say my house at around 4?" He asked after a few seconds, smiling softly. She just simply nodded and muttered a 'sounds good.' He nodded in response and they stood there in an awkward moment.

"Mind if I go to class now?" She asked as she let out a small giggle, gesturing towards him and how he had been blocking the door. "I wouldn't want to be late like you, Bolton." She said as she smiled and breathed out softly.

Troy laughed and shook his head at how embarrassed he felt after that. He hadn't realized that he had been blocking the door. "Right." He said before moving out of the way and gesturing for her to walk out. "I'll see you at my house tonight then."

She smiled and nodded quickly before mumbling a bye and walking past him, heading to her next class.

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"Troy," Gabriella said while letting a sweet giggle erupting from the back of her throat, shaking her head as she looked at him. "Stop joking around." She said as she tried giving him a stern look while tucking some hair behind her ears. "We need to get working." She said with a simple nod at which he mocked, causing her to smile.

"Sure thing, mom." He mumbled under his breathe as he rolled his eyes jokingly at her. Gabriella was still in shock at how easily the two had opened up to each other since the project had been assigned, which was about five days ago. They could easily have fun and joke around with each other and she was happy about that.

He most definitely was not one of the stuck up jocks that wouldn't talk to her, and she knew that for a fact considering they talked at school too. "Okay so we picked A Midsummer Night's Dream," Gabriella started as she looked down at the book she held in her hand, "But which scene?" She asked as she looked up at him at which she caught his gaze. "What?" She asked simply.

"Brie." Troy stated simply before letting out a long breathe, looking down at his figeting hands before back up at her.

"What?" She asked again, impatience clear in her voice.

"Well you see, I need your help" Troy said as he looked at the brunette in front of him, letting out a soft sigh while he shoved his hands into his pockets and leaned back in his computer chair a little bit

"With…?" She said after he didn't continue with what he was saying.

"With Katie," Gabriella felt her eyes go wide at that. Why would Troy Bolton, East High's basketball star, need help getting a girl? Especially a girl that was her best friend.

"Oh." She said before letting out a quick breathe. "Well that's strange. With what?" She asked as she looked into his blue eyes that seemed to be burning wholes into her face with the way he was staring at her.

"Well you are her best friend. And you know how we, and when I say we I mean me and you, and that means Katie's been there too and well," He breathe out shortly before looking down and not finishing his sentence once again.

"You like her? You're interested? You're madly in love with her and want to make babies with her?" Gabriella rambled on before letting out a soft giggle at the last thing she said, flicking some of her hair over her shoulder as she lay on his bed.

He let out a low chuckle and shook his head, throwing the pillow that he held in his hand at her. "Brie, stop joking around." He said as he raised an eyebrow at her, causing her to roll her eyes at how she had used the same statement just minutes earlier. "I'm serious about this, she seems like a great girl."

"And you just want the chance to impress her and get to know her even better?" Gabriella guess as she let out a soft sigh. "What guy doesn't? She's gorgeous." She said shortly, obviously referring to the amount of guys that have wasted so much time chasing after her best friend.

Troy smiled and nodded his head at her. "Exactly."

"Fine, I'll help. Just don't get your hopes up." She said softly as she looked at him. She knew what her best friend's reputation was like and how she acted. It's not that she was a bitch, because she definitely wasn't, but she had her fair share of boyfriends. And she knew Troy was just going to be another guy to her. "One condition though."

"Yeah?"

Gabriella looked down at her fingers that had been fidgeting with the others. She let out a quick breathe and looked back up at him. "Don't fall in love with me Troy."

Troy looked at her with wide eyes, causing her to get scared before he let out a loud chuckle while shaking his head. "Brie, you're kidding right. Like that's going to happen." He said as he rolled his eyes and turned back to his computer, scrolling through the stuff he had found about the play. "You sure know how to make me laugh."

"Troy, I'm serious." She said quickly as she stood up from her bed and walked over to his window and sitting on the window seat that had a dark blue cushion on it. She turned and looked at him after a second. "Don't let it happen."

"Okay, okay. I won't" He said as he turned to look at her with a small smile. "Promise." Gabriella smiled and nodded.

"Good, now have you ever actually had a good conversation with her? Like a real one on one conversation?" She asked as she raised an eyebrow at him.

He shook his head and scratched the back of his neck. "Well, no. Not really." Gabriella rolled her eyes and let out a sigh at the boy in front of her.

"We have a lot of work to do."

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Gabriella opened her locker up the next day before rummaging through it, jumping when she felt someone touching her shoulder with their hand. She turned around quickly and placed her hand over her heart, "Jesus Troy, don't scare me." She mumbled before turning back around to continue with getting the necessary books that she would need.

"Have you seen Katie?" He asked quickly, ignoring what she had already said.

"Oh hello to you too, yeah my night was great. How was yours?" She asked sarcastically as she shook her head, closing her locker once she was done before turning to him.

"Right, hi." He said quickly. "Now have you seen her?" Gabriella rolled her eyes at how pathetic he looked at that moment. He had hardly even known the girl and he was going crazy about whether she had seen him or not.

"No, I just got here. Why?"

"I heard her and the football captain hooked up. Is it true?" He asked quickly and she couldn't help but laugh at how his nervousness just flooded over his face. His blue eyes shading a shade of a grayish blue.

Gabriella shrugged, "I don't know, I haven't talked to her." She said softly as she looked up at him, hugging her books to her chest. "I warned you last night Troy, she goes through boys just as fast as I go through my books." She said as she shook her head and the two started walking down the hall.

He shoved his hands in his pockets and sighed. "I know." He looked down at his feet before biting his lower lip. The two walked down the hall in a few seconds of silence before he spoke up again. "Do you think they hooked up?" He asked nervously before stopping her by stepping in front of her.

Gabriella laughed quietly and shook her breathe. "Troy remember what I said last night, don't act so desperate. At least don't let her see it, and trust me if I can see it she can too."

Troy nodded and let out a short breathe while shoving his hands in his pockets as the two walked into their homeroom class. His eyes catching the blonde beauty that sat at her desk, laughing as she talked with some people.

Gabriella looked up at him and rolled her eyes, "Just go sit down, Mrs. Darbus will flip if you're late again." She said as she nudged him a little bit. "And do yourself a favor and don't talk to her yet, you're far from ready."

Troy glared at her playfully after she said that, causing her to laugh a little as she walked towards her desk in the back right by Katie's.

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"Okay Troy, I really think you're ready." Gabriella smiled with an approving nod as she gazed at the boy standing in front of her. It was just a few hours after school that same day and Gabriella was more than impressed with how he was able to stray away from Katie like she told him to. He was an easy 'student' as she liked to call him.

Troy grinned and looked at the mirror that was in her bedroom. "You really think so?" He turned to her while biting his lower lip. Gabriella nodded and smiled, letting her eyes run over his outfit that consisted of jeans from American Eagle that were just a little baggy and a plain white t-shirt that hugged his arms perfectly. Well at least she thought so.

"Yeah, as long as you remember my tips." She said softly, referring to the few things she had warned him about Katie.

He nodded and looked back in the mirror. "She hates clingy romantic guys, doesn't like settling down right away with a guy and I have to make a good impression on her." Troy responded to her by repeating everything she had said earlier.

"And how will you do that?" Gabriella retorted quickly.

"I will be unavailable to her and hard to get. Be with a few girls at one time and in stead of being obsessed with basketball I will learn to do what she loves."

Gabriella smiled and nodded, "Right, now when do we start our dance lessons start?" She asked with a giggle, referring to how she had talked him into learning for Katie since that's what she loved.

Troy rolled his eyes and looked over at her, shaking his head. "Stop laughing Brie, I am just trying to impress her. Like you told me to." He reminded her before walking over to her computer chair which is where his bag sat. "Now back to when they start," He said while picking his bag up and slinging it over his shoulder. "When do you think we should start?"

"As soon as possible." She smiled softly as her eyes moved over to her bed where her copy of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' sat. "I mean we've gone over our project tons of times and I think we'll be okay with that since we still have quite a while until that's due. So we'll start tomorrow?" She asked in a question tone, making sure it was okay with him.

He nodded with a smile before walking over to her, giving her a quick hug which she returned to him. "I owe you Brie, I really do. You ever need anything you let me know." Gabriella nodded with a small laugh.

"I will" She answered to him in a mumble before pulling away from him, "I'll see you at school tomorrow and we'll talk about where we'll do this." Troy nodded and smiled before muttering a bye and heading out of her bedroom.


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