The Road Less Travelled.

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Gabriella Montez walked into her spacious bedroom tired and dreary. Today… had been an extremely busy day.

You see Gabriella Montez was a busy, busy girl.

Not only was she the child of the one and only Anthony Montez, the highly acclaimed industrialist but her mother was Elizabeth Montez, the fabulous fashion Designer.

And by the way, running from the paparazzi in Marie Claire pumps is not recommended.

Because of her famous parentage, the paparazzi stalked her 24/7 365 days a year.

But above all this, Gabriella was a genuine good person, she loved working at the hospital as a helper, it was really fulfilling for her. And today, they fired her, she volunteered, they can't fire her. They said she was a great helper, it's just that the strings attached i.e: paparazzi, crazed creepy fans, were too much for the hospital to handle.

Suddenly, there's a knock on the door.

"Come in," came Gabriella's curt reply.

"Hey gab's, Whats up?" asked Sharpay Evans, her best friend as she stood in the door way.

"I can't do it." said Gabriella suddenly.

"Huh?" asked Sharpay, confused.

"I simply cannot do it."

"Do what?"

"IT!"

"Whats it?"

"IT!"

"Gab's, if you don't tell me what IT is, I swear to god I'll…"

"Life, I just can't handle it now, shar! That's it Shar, I need to escape, from school, fame everything!"

"you know you shouldn't run away."

"I'm not running! I'm just tired of this I need … a new environment."

"A new environment?"

"Yea…"

"Okkkaaayy, it's the summer, how does the Bahamas' sound to you?"

"No."

"Hawaii?"

"No."

"L.A"

"No!"

"Europe?"

"No!"

"Ugh, gab's where do you want to go? It sounds like you wanna go on like a road trip or something." Said Sharpay.

"Oh My God Shar! You're a genius!"

"I am? I mean, of course I am! Umm…why?"

"A road trip! That sounds perfect! Ooo! I could plan it now and leave tomorrow!"

"What? NO! no.no.no.no.NO! I was joking gab's! "

"Yea, well a road trip is perfect!" said Gabriella turning on her Laptop, " ooo! This sounds interesting route 66…"

"No gabs! Road trips are sooo….Un – glam!"

"Precisely, that's why I wanna do it, besides, it's not like your coming right?"

"What gave you that idea?"

"Road trip's aren't a cruise to the islands Shar, its gonna be pretty…dirty."

"Yea so, you're my best friend, you really think I'm gonna let you go alone?"

"Oh My God! Really?"

"Yep! Your stuck with me sister!" said sharpay grinning.

Gabriella ran and engulfed sharpay into a big hug," thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!"

"No problem girl, now let's get planning!"

Both girls sat down and planned their trip for the next few months, Gabriella couldn't be happier.

As Gabriella laid down for a good night's sleep, she had a big smile on her face.

Gabriella groaned as she woke up at 5 am the next morning. Her first action was to slam the alarm clock onto the floor and pull the covers over her head, but as soon as she realized what was going happen today and she got up immediately picking up the phone and calling Sharpay. She picked up by the 3rd ring.

"Good morning Shar!"

"Morning Gabs!" greeted Sharpay.

"You're already awake?"

"Sweetie, I've been awake for an hour already."

"Why?"

"Hey! Looking good takes time!"

Gabriella laughed," I should have known!"

"Uh huh, I still got to get ready and something tells me that you just woke up. So I'm gonna put the phone down. Later Gabs."

"Yea, Later!"

And with that both Gabriella put down the phone. She got up to take a shower and get ready to leave. Once she was done, she looked at her self in the mirror, she was wearing Jeans and a simple vintage shirt. She grabbed some sneakers and fixed her long curls so that they were falling over her shoulders and she put a cute lime green hair band and she grabbed her handbag and her big suitcase and headed out the door.

When she reached downstairs she saw her mother, who was rarely ever at home in the kitchen.

"Hello darling, where are you of too?"

"Shar and I are going on a road trip together."

"Shar?" asked her mother

"You know, Sharpay Evans, my best friend, she has been since I was 5."

"Oh, you mean sparkly pink girl."

Gabriella let out an annoyed sigh," yes mother her."

"Yes, well then have fun. Your dad and I were planning on going to L.A anyways, we have work to do there. You have enough money dear? Here take an extra $100, 000. You know, just incase." Said Elizabeth picking up her wallet and taking out a wad of cash."

"Thanks mom. I'll see you later then, bye."

"Bye Gabriella!"

Gabriella sighed again. Her mother was hardly ever there, she didn't know anything about her, and frankly, her mother didn't even care. A normal mother would stop their daughter and immediately question them on a situation such as Gabriella's, but her's… never did.

Truth be told, Gabriella acted like she didn't care, but really, it was the most important thing in the world.

As she climbed into her BMW, she turned on her iPod and plugged it into the Car docking station, letting the music rush over her.

She stopped by Sharpay's house (Mansion) to see her waiting outside with 6 Bags.

"Whoa, Sharpay, that's a lot of stuff."

"No, it's like 1 billionth of what I was going to bring you better thank me for cutting down!"

"Okay, okay. Lets see if this stuff fits."

Sharpay and Gabriella managed to fit all of the bags in my putting Gabriella's Bag and Sharpay's clothes bag(3) in the back seat and they put the rest of the bags in the hood.

Both girls climbed into the car.

"Ready?" asked Gabriella.

"Yea! Let's go!"

Both the girls cheered as they drove of together.

Towards the start of a new adventure.

Wooo! What do you think? I know it's a bit slow now, but it'll get better, I promise. It's like it takes time to warm up but once your running, nothing can stop you!

Don't worry though, I won't abandon its Arranged! I'm working on it!

Peaceout girlscout!

Bhavana