Everything seems blurry to Gabriella. Last night, she slept thinking about her past which she isn't clearly sure if Troy and her best friend is the same person. She tried her best to remember everything but only little memories she and that person shared are the only things she can remember.
She got up from bed lazily and went to the bathroom to take a bath. She'll be going to the orphanage today to give the unusable stuffs in the old house she used to live in before her parents died.
Instinct strike suddenly to Gabriella and she thinks to herself that her day will be not good. A bad thing will surely happen that she will never expect.
The house is silent when Gabriella went downstairs. She can hear a sound coming from the kitchen which she isn't sure if there is a person there. She made her way to the kitchen and saw Troy washing the dishes. She quickly turned around and walked outside the house. Avoiding any 'war', she drove off to the orphanage without eating breakfast.
Time passed fast at the Bolton's house. Troy's friend arrived just after he had lunched. He never saw Gabriella that morning, so he assumed that she left without letting him see her. After all, he didn't want to see her until that time.
Where is that girl? He asked himself. He wanted to see her. He wanted to talk to her and asked her how she had been but he hated… no, he just need to hate her. The door opened making Troy break his trance. The people in living room look at the person who opened the door.
Gabriella looked at the people sitting around on the living room and said "Hi" shyly before making her way to the kitchen to grab something to eat.
Troy looked at her not angrily but he looked at her normally when she headed to the kitchen.
"Troy, who's the girl?" a blonde asked.
Troy looked at the person and replied, "She's Gabriella"
The five people (Taylor, Chad, Sharpay, Zeke, Ryan) in the room gasped and their jaws dropped when he said the name Gabriella.
"You mean, she's your—" Troy cut off Chad.
"Yes, Chad. She's the one I'm talking about who left 14 years ago." Troy replied tiredly.
"How come she's here?" Taylor asked.
"I don't know. All I know is that my parents agreed that she live with us"
"When did she move here with your family?" Zeke asked looking at him questionably.
"Yesterday." He replied plainly.
"Aren't you going to talk to her since she lives here now." Sharpay asked with a shrug
"I don't know. It's been a long time since I saw her. And she probably doesn't remember me." He said sadly knowing she'll not recognize him after long years which seem like an eternity.
"Dude, you need to talk to her. Ask her questions and maybe she can remember you afterwards." Chad suggested.
"How am I supposed to do that? Chad, she's freaking left 14 years and you think she'll remember everything about me and the promise she made with small talks?!" Troy yelled. Little did they know, Gabriella heard everything since the part were Zeke asked Troy.
Now, Gabriella knows why Troy gave her a bad attitude last night. She now remembers about him. Still, she can't remember about the promise he had mentioned.
Running upstairs, she slammed the door to her bedroom. Troy's friends run upstairs to see what happened to Gabriella. Troy didn't even care what will happen to her. He's so mad that he can't face her.
The five people knocked on Gabriella's room door and opened it quietly when she didn't reply to their knocks. Looking at the girl laying on the bed, they knew that she heard what Troy said that's why she had ran up to her room.
The two girls sat down on the bed trying to sooth her. They don't know her that well but they are trying to talk to her, maybe get to know her a little.
"Hey." Taylor spoke up as she and Sharpay rubs Gabriella's back.
"Listen," Sharpay started. "We all know that you heard everything we talked about downstairs and we're sorry that you need to hear all of that." She apologized on behalf of the group.
Gabriella turned to them and smiled sadly. "You don't need to apologize. Besides, if I haven't heard what he had said, I won't have to think why he's mad at me when I came here yesterday."
"But really, we are truly sorry." Taylor said
"It's okay. I forgive all of you. No need to apologize." Ryan opened his mouth but got cut off by Gabriella. "One word about apologizing, I'm going to kick all of you out of my room, understand?" she asked raising her eyebrows.
They all nodded their heads in understanding causing Gabriella to laugh.
"Why are you laughing? You look like a fool" Chad said
"Is it bad to laugh, huh? What's your name?" she asked at the same time leaning her body forward.
"It's not bad but laughing for no reason makes you look like an idiot. And my name is Chad and these are Zeke" he said pointing to his left. "This guy with a hat is Ryan" he turning to his right. "And these beautiful ladies beside you are Taylor and Sharpay whose hand is behind you."
"Nice to meet all of you" she said smiling to them.
Ryan looked at his wristwatch and it said 3:45. "Um... Your name is Gabriella, right?" She nodded her head in response. "I'm sorry but I need to go now. I have some errands to do. I want to stay here but I can't. Maybe we can hang out tomorrow at the mall, if it's okay with you?" he asked hoping that she'll go with him tomorrow.
"Sure, I love too. I need to buy a guitar since I lost mine 6 months ago."
"Okay then. Meet you there at 2 in the afternoon, okay?"
"Okay."
"You guys need some lift?" he asked before walking out of the room.
Zeke turned and said, "Me. I need to go home and finish packing."
"Okay then."
The two boys left the room and the four people talked a little before Taylor, Chad and Sharpay decided to leave.
Gabriella made new friends. She discovered something from her past. But there is one thing that she can't put a finger on, the promise Troy had mentioned earlier. A promise she will discover soon enough.
A/N: Sorry if it's short. Whew! Gabriella now knows that Troy is a part of her past. What do you guys think, make Gabriella asked Troy what's the promise is about or make Troy the one tell Gabriella about the promise? R&R…