disclaimer: i don't own hsm or any of the characters. i do, however, own the storyline, and any names of characters that i add in.

when finished with reading the chapter, please read the author's note at the bottom! :) thanks! :)

Chapter 1: The Beginning

It was a crisp, clear morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was just now at the time of the morning when the sun would begin its morning rise into the sky, creating a beautiful array of colors in the sunrise. In one room, the peacefulness of the new morning was soon broken by the annoying ring of the alarm clock. A slender, tan hand reached out, and turned it off, before the person got out of bed, and headed towards the bathroom to take a shower. That person was 17-year-old Callie Jacobs, a senior at East High School.

After taking a shower, she quickly blow-dried her blondish/brown hair, and curled it, before putting on her outfit for the day. It consisted of a pair of medium-washed denim Super Low Rise Flare Jeans, a Slinky Pocket Tunic in purple, and a pair of silver Metallic Rhinestone Stilettos. To top it off, she added a pair of purple Beaded Dangle Hoops, a black Jewel Necklace, and a gold chain charm bracelet. Before she went downstairs, she added a little bit of makeup.

Once downstairs, Callie quickly grabbed an apple, two granola bars, and a bottle of water, before getting her black braided front tote, cell phone, and car keys, before heading out the door. Slipping into her new silver Mercedes Benz, she turned the car on, before pulling out of the driveway carefully. She was driving down the road when she saw one of her friends in their driveway, having trouble with their car. She pulled over, and hopped out.

"Hey, Tay!" she called out to her friend. "You need a ride?"

"Yeah," Taylor replied. "Car's not working. Probably gonna have to take it in to get worked on." Grabbing her things, they hopped into Callie's car, before continuing their drive to East High.

About 10 minutes later, they arrived, and Callie quickly pulled her car into a spot, before they got out, and began to head towards the school. But they were stopped when they heard two people calling their names. Turning around, they saw Ryan Evans and Chad Danforth, their boyfriends, walking towards them.

"Well, don't you two ladies look lovely today." Chad commented, and Ryan nodded his head in agreement to his comment.

"Thank you," they replied, with a little bit of a blush appearing on their cheeks.

"So, are you ready to try and get through another day of torture?" Chad asked. Taylor, Callie, and Ryan just rolled their eyes. They were thinking the same thing. Typical Chad. "What?" he asked with a slight pout. The other three broke into laughter, before they headed inside.

The morning went by like any other morning. Collecting of homework papers, lectures, class notes, or discussions, and some more homework.

Lunch period; East High

Callie was sitting at lunch with her friends, having a good time. Everyone at the table was laughing at Chad, because he was telling a really stupid story. Besides Chad, Callie, Taylor, and Ryan, they had 6 others sitting at their table. They were: Troy Bolton, and his girlfriend, Gabriella Montez. Sharpay Evans, and her boyfriend, Zeke Baylor. And finally, Jason Cross, and his girlfriend, Kelsi Nielsen. The group was a very close, tight-knit group of friends.

The rest of the day went by just like the morning had. Finally, the last bell rang, and people quickly rushed out of the school, wanting to get home as soon as possible. Callie walked to her locker, and was soon joined by Taylor, who's locker was right next to hers.

"I really hate the Advance Anatomy teacher," Taylor complained. "Giving us a ten page packet due tomorrow? Come on."

"Tell me about it," Callie replied. She and Taylor, along with Gabriella, were in Advance Anatomy together. "I also have Pre-Calc, English, and Creative Writing to do."

"Same here." They quickly made sure they had the books they'd need for homework that evening, shut their lockers, and quickly headed out towards Callie's car. After dropping Taylor off at her house, she quickly drove towards her own house.

Callie pulled up to the big house she shared with her mom, and parked her silver Mercedes Benz in the driveway. Grabbing her books, she quickly shut and locked her car, before heading inside, and going up to her room, so that she could work on her homework.

The next few weeks passed without anything really big happening, and the gang was getting tired of the homework they had, especially Gabriella, Taylor, and Callie.

Another morning came, and Callie quickly got dressed, before heading off to school. Her mom had a doctor's appointment that afternoon, and Callie was nervous for what her mom might find out.

The morning seemed to pass by fairly quickly for most people, but for Callie, the morning seemed to take an eternity to be over. At lunch, Callie was unusually quiet. She would usually be talking animatedly, or laughing at some stupid thing Chad had done. But today, she was just sitting there, not really eating much.

"Are you okay?" Jason asked. Callie looked up, before responding.

"Not really. My mom has a doctor's appointment this afternoon, and I'm nervous on how it'll go. She's been sick for the past couple of weeks, so I'm just really worried about it." The rest of the gang gave her some encouraging words, before the lunch period ended, and they all headed back to class.

It was finally the last period of the day. For Callie, it was study hall. The room was loud, because a lot of the kids were talking animatedly to their friends. But Callie was trying to get her Pre-Calc done, so she wouldn't have any homework that evening. Finally, it was finished. Just then, the study hall teacher walked over to her.

"Your mom called, and she wants you to call her back right away. Go ahead and take your cell phone out into the hall, where it'll be quieter, and call her there."

"Okay." Callie quickly grabbed her cell phone, which was a diamond-encrusted, lavender Sidekick, and walked out into the hall. She dialed her mom's cell phone number with somewhat shaky fingers.

(Callie/her mom- beth)

Hello?

Hi, mom. My study hall teacher said that I needed to call you right away.

Okay, good.

What did you need?

I'm afraid that I have some bad news.

Okay, that was a really crappy chapter! Sorry about that! Anyways, what is the bad news that Callie's mom has? Find out in chapter 2, coming soon!

author's note: ok. i have some news. i just posted a trailer not too long ago on my youtube page, for a series that i'm going to do on there. and i also just posted a contest, to make the intro for the series. please look at the trailer, and think about doing the contest. also, please watch the episodes when they begin to come out on youtube! i'd greatly appreciate it. if you want, tell your friends about the trailer, and then have them look at the contest video. the deadline for the contest is november 8, and i'd like to have at least 5 or 6 entries to choose from. so if you could help me out in any way, that'd be great! note: have to watch the trailer first, followed by the contest video. you'll find out why if you watch the contest video! thanks for the support! also, please look on my author's profile page to find the link that'll take you directly to my youtube page! :)

-caitlin (softangelwings)