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"Wow, it's been forever since I've been in classes, that felt so long." Gabriella huffed as she walked out the door beside Troy. He chuckled and led her to where her locker would be.
"Okay, this is your locker." He said pointing to locker number 26. Gabriella smiled gratefully and put her lock on it. As she was putting her things away she noticed that she was now all alone at her locker. Where was Troy? Gabriella franticly looked down the hallway and saw that he was nowhere in sight. Calm down Gabriella, your being stupid. He doesn't have to stay with you all the time. He probably went to find his actual friends. She thought to herself. She took a deep breath and closed her locker. Before she could start walking down the hallway she hit something hard. Looking up she saw Troy's blue eyes looking down at her.
"You really need to stop doing that." She grumbled before fixing her bag over her shoulder. Troy smirked and took her bag from her.
"Come with me, I want you to meet my friends." Troy said. Gabriella's eyes widened, she was going to meet his friends. They were probably popular and didn't want to be friends with her.
"Troy, first of all, you don't have to carry my bag. Second, your friends aren't going to like me." She said, her voice getting slightly higher at the end of her sentence.
"Gabriella, I want to carry your bag. Is there something wrong with that? And my friends will love you, trust me." He replied and without a word, started walking down the hallway. If Gabriella knew her way around the school she probably would have let him walk away but, she didn't really want to get lost so she followed him. They entered what looked like the library and went to a table full of people.
"Hey guys." Troy said, taking a seat beside a dark skinned guy with bushy hair. Everyone greeted him and the guys did handshakes. Gabriella stood off to the side, not knowing what to do.
"Guys, I want you to meet Gabriella." Troy said suddenly, motioning for Gabriella to come sit beside him. Slowly, she took a seat beside him and smiled shyly at everyone.
"Dude, where you keeping this pretty little lady all to yourself this morning?" the bushy haired boy asked nudging Troy. Troy smacked him on the arm playfully and Gabriella giggled.
"I'm Chad Danforth, it's nice to meet you." He said. Gabriella shook the hand he had extended and smiled.
"Oh Chad, leave the poor girl alone." A high voice said in front of Gabriella. She looked up to see a petite blonde smiling at her.
"I'm Sharpay, Gabriella. And this bozo here is Zeke." She said pointing to another dark skinned boy who smiled shyly at Gabriella.
"I'm Taylor and this is Kelsie." A dark skinned girl said from beside Gabriella. She shook hands with her and the curly haired girl sitting beside her.
"Where's Jason?" Troy asked.
"Detention." Everyone answered simultaneously. Troy made an Ahh sound and chuckled.
"So Gabriella, what class do you have next?" Taylor asked. Gabriella looked at Troy who still had her schedule and he handed it to her.
"Uhm, Chemistry with Mrs. Doss." She said. Taylor squealed and hugged her.
"Finally someone that has Chem! I love you already!" Gabriella laughed and hugged her back.
"Oh Taylor leave the poor girl alone. Gabriella, you should come shopping with us Friday after school. The guys have a late practice and we have to do something to pass time." Sharpay said closing a book she was looking at.
"Shar, Gabriella is NOT your new Barbie doll." Troy said firmly. Sharpay rolled her eyes at him and kept her gaze on Gabriella.
"Oh come on Gabby, you'll have fun, I promise!" she pleaded. Gabriella smiled at the new nickname and sighed.
"I guess I could come." She said. Sharpay squealed and clapped her hands together as Troy groaned.
"Now look what you got yourself into." He whispered in Gabriella's ear. She smiled up at him and poked his nose.
"You said you wanted me to go out. Now I have friends to do it with." She said. Troy leaned back and groaned as his words were thrown back in his face. They talked for a while, getting to know each other before the bell rang, putting a halt to their conversation.
"I'll meet up with you at lunch. You have all the classes till then with Taylor." Troy said, handing Gabriella her bag. She nodded and went to stand by Taylor.
"Ready?" Taylor asked. Gabriella nodded and followed her out into the busy hallway. They weaved around groups of teenagers chatting at their lockers. They finally entered a room with tall lab desk and glass beakers. Gabriella followed Taylor to one of the tables in the back and put on the apron and goggles that were laying on her desk.
"No one sits beside me so, you should be fine here." Taylor said. Gabriella nodded and smiled.
"So, are you and Troy together?" Taylor asked out of the blue. Gabriella looked at her and her eyes widened.
"No, we're just friends. I just met him today!" she said. Gabriella knew it was a lie but, just a small one. Taylor looked at her skeptically, not believing her.
"I know he likes you and I can tell you like him." Taylor said, opening her notebook.
"How do you know he likes me?" Gabriella asked. She was new to this, she had never had a real boyfriend.
"The way he looks at you. It's like your glass and so fragile and that he has to protect you. I've never seen him this way. He watches everything you do." She said, looking at Gabriella seriously. Gabriella looked down and blushed. No one had ever said anything like that to her.
"Wow, I didn't know that. But he would never go for anyone like me. I'm not good enough for him." Gabriella whispered. Taylor put her hand on Gabriella shoulder and leaned down close to her.
"Gabriella, he likes you, a lot, I can tell. Just trust me on this one." She said winking. Gabriella giggled and nodded. She still couldn't believe that Troy would like her. Before she could say anything a lady with dark brown hair tied up in a high bun walked in.
"Hello class. Everyone get your notebooks out and copy the formula that is on the board." She said going to her desk and shuffling through some papers. Gabriella did as she was told but when she got to the end of the formula she saw a mistake. She hesitantly raised her hand and the teacher looked at her.
"Uhm, I think that the last part should be 16 over pi." Gabriella said softly. The teacher gave her a skeptical look and looked over her work.
"Ahh I do see my mistake. Thank you Miss…..who are you anyway?" she asked causing everyone including Gabriella to giggle. She liked this teacher already.
"I'm Gabriella Montez, Mrs. Doss. I'm new here." She said. The teacher smiled and came to her desk to give her a thick text book and a notebook with CHEMISTRY BLOCK 3 on the front.
"It's lovely to have you here Miss Montez." Mrs. Doss said smiling. Gabriella returned it and wrote her name on the front of the notebook. The rest of the class went smoothly and all too soon, the bell rang. Gabriella and Taylor stood, getting their things together.
"Okay we have Calculus next, then lunch. Let's get going." Taylor said leading Gabriella out of the classroom.
Calculus went pretty good. The teacher liked Gabriella enough and she took the pop quiz everyone else had that day and nailed it. After that class was finished, it was finally time for lunch and Gabriella was grateful. She had missed Troy. She missed his calming presence and soothing voice. Taylor led her to the cafeteria where they met with the group.
"Hey Gabby, how is your first day so far?" Chad asked as Taylor took her seat next to him. Gabriella sat down, noticing that Troy wasn't with them.
"It's been great so far. I love having Taylor in all of my classes." She said smiling at Taylor who hugged her in return. All of a sudden she felt two strong arms come around her from behind. She gave a small scream and looked up to see the pair of shining blue eyes she had missed.
"Hey Brie, sorry I was late. I had to finish something in English." Troy said, reluctantly letting her go and sitting beside her. Gabriella unconsciously leaned into Troy's shoulder and looked up at him as the two locked eyes. The others watched quietly, amused at how much they liked each other.
"It's alright. Now, I'm starved, where do you get the food here?" Gabriella groaned burying her head in Troy's shoulder causing everyone to chuckle. She pulled away and started getting her wallet out of her bag but Troy hand stopped her.
"Don't worry about it; I'll get it for you. I'll be right back." Troy said. He walked away before Gabriella could say anything, leaving her gaping at his retreating back.
"Ohhh Troy's got it bad." Sharpay said from across Gabriella. Gabriella looked down and blushed crimson red. She liked the way Troy was acting towards her. It made her feel special.
"Guys, leave Gabby alone, she can't help it that she's beautiful and a guy fell for her." Kelsie said. Gabriella looked at her gratefully. Troy came back then, a tray of food in one hand and two bottles of water in the other.
"Do you want to go somewhere else?" he whispered in her ear leaning down. Gabriella nodded and stood up.
"I'll talk to you guys later." She said and followed Troy out of the cafeteria. She followed him up a flight of stairs to come onto the roof with flowers everywhere.
"Wow Troy, what is this place?" Gabriella asked looking around in amazement. Troy chuckled and sat down the tray and water before leading her to a small table in the corner.
"This is the science club's place. They let me use it though; it's where I come when I need to think." Troy said handing her a sandwich and her water. Gabrielle took it gratefully and started eating it right away. They ate in a comfortable silence and once they were done, Troy led her to a swing. Gabriella sat beside him and snuggled into his side.
"So, who is watching Sophie while you come to school?" Troy asked after a moment.
"My grandmother." Gabriella answered. She felt Troy's hand gently rubbing her thigh and it made her stomach flip.
"What about your mother?" Troy asked, not knowing that it pained Gabriella to answer that question. She stayed quiet, thinking about that night. She thought that he deserved to know though, so she took a deep breath.
"It's a long story but it happened one rainy night. Mom and I were sitting in the kitchen talking about her new job and we heard glass break upstairs….
Sorry for the cliff hanger! Review and we'll get a new chapter up early! I want to get to at least 25 before the next chapter is up! Thanks!
-Shay&&Dace