After shattering his ankle in a skiing accident, and is no longer able to play basketball, Troy becomes a film director. Little does he know, the once love of his life, Gabriella Montez, is one of the actresses on his set. He also gets a big surprise from an old high school classmate. Troyella

A/N: Thanks again for all of the reviews!! You are all awesome! I know most of you don't like all of this Ryella business, but it's vital to the story. Don't worry, Troyella is just around the corner (In fact, this is chapter the very, very, very beginning.) Also, the video of 'Tinkle Town' was the turning point of Gabriella's feelings/emotions.

Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical, just my original characters, and the plot.

Gabriella woke up very tired, and confused. She got up, trudged to the mirror to survey the damage. Her make-up from the previous night was smeared on her cheeks, and her hair was in a wild frenzy. Gabriella cried herself to sleep the previous night. She turned around to see what time it was.

"CRAP!!! It's 10:30! I was supposed to be at work two hours ago! Troy is going to be livid at me!" Gabriella hurried, and got ready. She washed her face, but there were still swollen bags under her eyes from all of the crying.

Gabriella rushed to work, and got there as fast as she could. When she got there no one noticed her. It was as though they didn't need her in the film anymore. Ryan saw her and rushed over.

"Where were you? I tried to call you at least ten times! I was worried about you, are you ok?"

Gabriella's processing speeds weren't quite up to par. "Uh, yeah. I'm fine. I just woke up a little late, that's all."

A little late? Something must really be wrong with Ms. Punctuality over here if she thinks two and a half hours is 'a little late'. Ryan though to himself. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Do you know where Troy is? I need to talk to him."

"I think he's filming with the other actors right now. I wouldn't disturb him, though. He hates it when people do that…or at least when I do it." Ryan said with a smile.

"Ok. Thanks." Gabriella said as she walked away.

"Troy! There you are!" Gabriella was exhausted from trying to find Troy. Luckily, he wasn't in the middle of a take. He turned around and looked at her "I just-"

"Where have you been?! I expected you here two and a half hours ago!"

"I'm sorry. Can I just talk to you?"

"I'm very busy, it'll have to wait." Troy hated telling this to Gabriella. He hated seeing her so tired and depressed. He wanted to forget about the movie, and just talk to Gabriella. "Please go to hair and make up. You'll be filming as soon as you're done in there."

"When can I talk to you then?"

"Come find me when we're done filming today." Troy was acting coldly towards Gabriella.

Gabriella was disappointed about having to wait so long to talk to Troy.

Gabriella shot her scenes with precision, so she finished early. There was still one and a half hours until Troy would be done, though. Gabriella decided to walk around, and try to sort out all of her thoughts. She found a couch out of the way of everyone and everything, and decided to take a rest. She retrieved her cell phone from out of her pocket, and turned it on. The screen said '15 missed calls' on it.

"Well Ryan, apparently, you tried to call me 15 times." She said sarcastically. Gabriella remembered that she never called Taylor last night. She dialed her phone number.

"Hey Taylor. Sorry I forgot to call you last night." Gabriella had a depressed tone in her voice.

"That's alright. Are you ok? You sound a little blue."

"Everyone keeps asking me that same question. I'm just tired, that's all."

"How did the date go? What did you guys do?" Taylor was excited to find out the details.

"The date was very fun. It was 'mini' themed."

"Huh?"

"That was my reaction at first…" Gabriella told Taylor all about phases 1 and 2 of the date. Most of Taylor's reactions were 'awe!' or 'that is so cute!'. Her explanation took about an hour.

"And then there was phase 3" Gabriella said.

"Phase 3? My goodness, how many more phases are there?"

"This is the last one." Gabriella said with a laugh. Talking to Taylor was cheering her up. "We walked around a corner of the field that was covered by some trees. There was a big red, comfy couch in the middle of the grass. It faced a projector screen."

"That's so cool! What did you guys watch?"

"We watched 'Twinkle Towne'. It was a copy of the one from high school that Troy and I were in together."

"What did 'Twinkle Town' have to do with the theme?" Gabriella explained everything. She also told Taylor how much fun they had watching and singing.

"It was so much fun watching the play. We all looked so much different back then! Ryan and I sang the words to all of the songs. I can't believe that I still remember the words after almost eight years."

"Oh, Gabriella! That sounds like so much fun!"

"I was having the time of my life…until 'Breaking Free' came on. Then I started to get really sad."

"Why?"

"I'm really not quite sure. I guess it's because that's when Troy and I were starting to fall in love."

"It sounds like you really miss Troy." Taylor said sympathetically.

"I do, but then I don't at the same time. When I think of all of the wonderful things we did together, and all of the fun memories that we have, I really miss him." Gabriella was starting to tear up, but you couldn't hear it in her voice. "But when I think about how he left me, I just get so sad and depressed."

"You don't feel anger towards him anymore?"

"No, not really. I guess I let all of my anger go when I yelled at him. Hey Taylor?"

"Yeah Gabriella?"

"I've got to go, I think Troy will be done by now."

"Ok! Tell me how it goes! You know I live vicariously through all of your drama."

"Ok." Gabriella said with a laugh. "I'll talk to you later…Bye" Gabriella dried off her tears, and went to go find Troy.

Knock, Knock, Knock

"Come in."Troy said, he was in his office. He stood up when he saw that Gabriella walked in

"Hey Troy, is it ok if we talk now?" Gabriella shut the door behind her.

"I guess." Troy said, letting out all of his breath. He was leaning against a wall.

"I'm really sorry that I came late today. I know it was unprofessional-"

"Unprofessional?! No, I'm sorry, 'unprofessional' is ten minutes late, not two and a half hours!"

"I know, I'm sorry."

"You cost me hundreds of dollars just by waiting for you!" Gabriella was starting to tear up, but Troy didn't really notice.

"Please Troy! I'm sorry!"

"I can't believe that you would show up two and a half hours late to a job, Gabriella! That's not like you at all!"

"I know! I'm sorry!" Gabriella was really starting to cry, sound effects and everything. Gabriella had her arms crossed, with one hand over her face. Troy noticed it this time.

"Well, what do you want me to do?!" Troy said.

"I don't know!!" Gabriella started cry even harder. "I don't know." She started to collapse towards the floor, and she couldn't catch her breah.

Troy ran towards Gabriella and brought her up in a big hug. This made Gabriella feel a lot better. "I'm sorry Troy." Gabriella said with a softer voice, into his chest.

"It's ok, Gabi. Everything will be alright." Troy was doing his best to console Gabriella, just like he did when they were a couple. Gabriella kept crying into his chest. Troy ran his fingers through her hair, just like he wanted to do when he first saw Gabriella.

Hey peoples! Thanks again for reading! I didn't really like the way this chapter turned out, and sorry if it seems like a weird place to end… more Troyella to come! Please write a review, and tell me what you think.