"Goodbye Chicago, hello Albuquerque," I whispered to myself.

"Come on gabs, its gonna be fun. And don't worry you'll make heaps of new friends." my mom said, trying to cheer me up.

I just sighed and look out the aeroplane window.

It was no secret that Gabriella Montez didn't want to move houses. Its not like moving is new to her or anything, her mums company is always transferring them, and shes sick of it!

Gabriella is 17 years old. She had naturally tanned skin, huge brown eyes, long flowing curly hair and a body to die for.

-- 4 days later --

BEEP BEEP BEEP.

"ugh." Gabby mumbled still half asleep, and hit snooze on her alarm and went back to sleep.

2O MINS LATER.

"OH MY GOD! I'm gonna be late for school on my first day." Gabby quickly jumped out of bed and got straight into the shower.

She wore a nice grey baby doll dress, not too long but not too short. She didn't want a reputation of being a nerd on the first day, but she didn't want to look like a skank either.

heels or flats? She decided to go with flats. Her outfit was perfect for the first day, it was just simple but nice.

Gabby quickly brushed her teeth and put some make-up on, not to much though, she just wanted to look nice.

She took one last glance in the mirror and then ran down stairs.

"Bye mom" I yelled running out the front door.

"Aren't you having any breakfast, dear?" my mum questioned.

"No, I'm already running late"

"Okay, have a good day sweetie"

Gabby wasn't really running late but she had to go to the office and collect her schedule, find her locker and get to homeroom

She quickly jumped into her car and drove off to school.


Walking down the halls of East high were the hardest steps I ever taken because all eyes were on me.

I tried to ignore all the staring but it didn't work that well.

What is with these people? Have they never had a new student before!? I thought to myself.

Once I had found the office I got my schedule and the number of my locker, now all I have to do is find it.

Locker 234, where do I start there's lockers everywhere!

I was looking for only about 2 minutes when I bumped into someone.

"OH MY GOD! I'm so sorry!!" I apologized picking up my books

"That's alright" I looked up to see a dark skinned girl with dark brown hair and brown eyes.

"Hi, I'm Taylor, Taylor McKessie."

"I'm Gabriella Montez, but you can call me Gabby" I said politely

"Are you new here?, I haven't seen you around before."

"Yeah, I just moved to Albuquerque 4 days ago and its my first day at East High."

Taylor smiled. "Let me tell you who's who in this school, well there's Troy Bolton Lunkhead basketball man" Gabby laughed "then there's Troys 'robots' which is the rest of the basketball team, then there is the schools drama queen Sharpay Evans and everyone else either thinks Troy is some sort of god and in love with him otherwise their nerds or live in their own little world.

"whoa, sounds like you have this who school figured out. So, where do you fit in?"

"I'm kind of part of the 'nerd' group, but I'm happy with that. Gabby just smiled.

"Ugh, I still gotta find my locker. Do you know where locker 234 is?

Taylor smiled, "Follow me."


Taylor and I walked to homeroom together and I sat at the desk next to hers.

A few minutes later Mr. Popular walked in the room with his 'basketball robots' all the girls that were noticeably in love with him.

"Let me guess that's Troy Bolton?" I whispered to Taylor

"Good guess." both the girls giggled.

I sat just sat there and watched him sitting on his desk, laughing with his friends and hugging all the girls.

"Ugh, who does he think he is" Gabby mumbled under her breath, then she turned to talk to Taylor.

TROY'S POV

I was looking around then room and then I spotted her, sitting at the back of the room talking to that Taylor girl.

She was gorgeous the way her hair fell in loose curls down her back, her cute little smile and beautiful eyes.

It was like the everything and everyone else in the room went blurry and she was the only thing I could see.

"Troy, dude? Hello anyone there?" My best friend Chad Danforth said while waving his hand in front of my face.

"What? sorry" I said.

"Are you okay? You seem a bit zoned out"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just didn't get enough sleep, that's all." I lied but Chad fell for it.

"So, are you coming?" he said

"Um, going where?" I said a bit confused, wait I wasn't a bit confused I was really confused.

"Dude, where have you been the last 5 minutes!?" Troy knew exactly were he'd been and it was in his little fantasy land about Gabriella and he wanted to go back there.

"um, right here?" Troy said.

"Then how come you missed the whole conversation about coming over to my house tonight with the gang?"

"Troy, you really confuse me sometimes" Chad said and Troy just put on a fake smile.

"Okay, listen up everyone" My homeroom teacher Ms Darbus said as she walked into the room. "We have a new student starting here today, I'd like you to all make her feel welcome." Where do I sign up for that job? Troy thought to himself.

"Miss Montez, would you like to come up here and introduce yourself," Ms Darbus said with a small smile.

Gabriella slowly got out of her seat and walked up to the front of the classroom while looking at the ground.

She looked really shy but Troy couldn't help but smile at how cute she was.

"Hi, I'm Gabriella" Gabriella Montez, a beautiful name for a beautiful girl! Troy thought

"um, I'm 17 and I moved to Albuquerque 4 days ago from Chicago."

As she continued talking about herself Troy couldn't stop thinking about how much he loved looking into her gorgeous chocolate brown eyes, hearing her angelic voice and all he wanted to do was run his hands through her long brown hair and he hasn't even spoken to her yet!

Once she was finished talking, she walked down past Troys desk to her own and Troy got a whiff of her hair it smelt like heaven,

even though Troy didn't know what heaven smelt like, he was sure that was it.

All of a sudden the bell rang and rudely awoke Troy from his daydream.


Troy was at his locker getting out all his books for first period when he noticed Gabriella walking towards him.

Gabby opened her locker getting out her books while Troy was over excited about having her locker next to his.

GABBY'S POV

ugh, out of all the people in the school my locker had to be next to his!

Gabby knew she shouldn't judge a book by its cover but she didn't know what it was about him, she just didn't like him.

It was the same scenario for Troy but he didn't know what it was about her, he was attracted to her like a magnet.

The first few classes went by quickly and right now she a math. Everyone always hated math at her old school but she actually likes it.

Its one of her strongest subjects. Gabby walked in the classroom and took a seat at the front. A few minutes later she saw Troy Bolton aka Lunkhead basketball man walk in the room.

Ugh, my lockers next to his, I'm in his homeroom and now I'm in his math class. great! she thought to herself sarcastically.

The whole lesson she felt eyes piercing straight through her like knives. She knew someone was staring at her. Maybe its Troy staring at me? She thought to herself. wait, that's like the most stupidest thought I've ever had! Why would 'Mr. Popular' be looking at me. Gabby was getting so caught up in her thoughts she was completely off track and not focusing on her math work at all. Ugh, what am I doing. Why would I care if he was staring at me or not. Seriously, his a stuck-up athlete who doesn't care about anyone but himself. Wait, I don't actually know, that I haven't even spoken to him.

It was like Gabby was having a fight between herself and her thoughts. Maybe I'm jealous? wait, why would I be jealous. UGHH, what am I doing I have to focus on math. Gabby was so confused with her thoughts and was trying to concentrate but she wasn't very successful. Maybe I like him? NO! GABRIELLA MONTEZ YOU DO NOT LIKE HIM AT ALL. HE THINKS HIS SO COOL JUST BECAUSE HIS GOOD AT BASKETBALL!... Gabby's thoughts were cut off by her teacher Mrs Fletcher.

"Do you need some help there miss Montez? she asked noticing Gabby was completely off track.

"No thanks, I'm fine." She replied in a sweet voice.

TROY'S POV

Shit! Its nearly the end of class and I've only done 5 questions. Troy thought to himself. He had got so sidetracked too because of one certain brunette that he can't get off his mind, but he finally made a decision he was gonna talk to her at lunch.

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