I don't own HSM Gabriella, Troy, Chad, or Taylor.

Hey everyone! I'm SOOO sorry that I haven't updated in forever. I was on vacation and couldn't get to a computer, but don't worry...i'm definitely still writing:-) Here's the next chapter...It is exactly what the title says...

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-Chapter 10-

-Introduction to a Very Long Day-

By the time Thursday morning rolled around all of the girls moods had been changed. Gabriella didn't know what to feel after her phone call with Logan in which he told her that he already booked a flight and he would be out Thursday morning. She went between excited to see him because she missed him, to mad that he was interrupting her time with her new college friends, to downright sad because she knew deep down what she had to do when he came.

Taylor and Lexie just wanted to support Gabriella, but due to her differing opinions, didn't really know how.

Lexie also had nerves swarming her stomach as she was thinking about her first real college soccer game…it was today.

Taylor was already extremely overwhelmed with school, she was very bright, but pre-med was hard. So far, having Luke in her classes and spending time with her other friends were the only things keeping her sane. She truly appreciated all of the different personalities that formed their group of friends and knew that their light-heartedness was something she needed.

Chad woke up the next morning at 6:00, two hours before his first class. He showered, got dressed, and then went into the kitchen to find food. A groggy Troy followed him out.

"Chad, why are you up? You don't have class for another hour and a half…and I don't have class for another three!" He added slightly annoyed.

"Well yesterday I slept in and it wasn't a very good day, so obviously I thought I'd try getting up early today." He spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"We're…"

BANG, BANG, BANG.

Troy had started speaking, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

The two boys looked at each other with utter confusion.

"Who is here at 6:30 in the morning?" Troy asked looking accusingly at Chad with exasperation in his voice.

Chad's hands immediately shot into the air to signal his innocence, "It wasn't me! I didn't invite anyone over!"

BANG, BANG, BANG.

Troy looked at Chad one more time as if to say "I don't believe you!" and then walked over to the door to open it.

Before Troy stood a very unfamiliar boy, wearing jeans and a long sleeved shirt, with black hair and a bag over his shoulder. Chad had followed Troy over to the door.

Chad looked at the boy curiously, "Um dude, did you know that you're in California?"

The boy looked at him as if he were an alien.

Troy shook his head, "Do you need something?"

"Yeah, I'm looking for Luke MacaDangdang."

"Oh." Troy and Chad both looked surprised, but it was Troy who realized who the boy was.

"Yeah, you must be Logan, come on in."

The three boys walked into the apartment Chad silently trying to talk to Troy who kept waving him off.

"His room's right there" Troy pointed as he walked over to the couches and didn't attempt to (or want to by any means) say another word to Logan.

Chad followed Troy and sat down.

Logan knocked on the bedroom door and Luke emerged looking as if he had just woken up.

"Log, I'm so sorry! I didn't expect you this early."

"It's ok, I didn't mean to wake you up."

Luke ushered Logan into the room and the two began talking. A little while later Troy popped his head in the bedroom door.

"Hey, Chad and I are going to go over to the gym and shoot around since coincidentally we're both up so early." He finished the last part with a roll of his eyes towards where Chad was sitting behind him, "Do you want to come?"

Luke looked over at Logan who Troy had purposely not made eye contact with, "No, I think I'll stay here and hang out with Logan until my class. Thanks though…Oh yeah, why are you guys up?"

Troy rolled his eyes again, "Chad's logic…yesterday he woke up late and didn't have a good day…so he thought he'd try getting up really early today. You know Chad." Luke and Troy laughed a little and then Troy continued, "Ok, we'll see you later then. Oh," He added as he turned to leave, "Don't forget about Lexie's soccer game this afternoon…Taylor, Gabs, and the guys are all meeting us here at 3:30 to go over to the field."

"Got it, thanks Troy"

With that Troy left the room. Logan turned to Luke with a questioning look on his face and as he was about to say something…

"That's weak Luke! You should be coming to the gym with us!" Chad laughed.

After that they heard the door slam shut.

"The gym, soccer games…and who are Taylor and Gabs?" Logan asked. His face was now distorted with his eyebrows furrowed and his mouth slightly downcast as he looked at Luke.

"Oh, Troy and Chad are both on the basketball team so they go over to the gym a lot for practice or just to work out. Since I'm not working on the farm at all anymore, I go with them to stay in shape. Gabs is your girlfriend…Gabriella. Taylor is her roommate and Lexie is their other roommate. She plays soccer so we're all going to her game. Hasn't Gabi told you about them?"

"Wait…First…Gabi? Since when do you call her that? And why did Troy call her Gabs? That's just weird it's not like he knows her very well…And sorry about your roommates both being jocks…they seem awful if it's any consolation…And so what if Ella's roommate plays soccer? That doesn't mean that you have to go to the game."

Luke was shocked. He had never said anything mean about his roommates, they were both his friends. He didn't feel like answering all of Logan's questions so he diverted the conversation.

"Well, I have to get ready for class. Taylor and Lexie are coming down here for breakfast; we all have class in the same building this morning." He turned to go toward the bathroom to get a shower, but added, "And Troy and Chad are not awful, you don't know them at all, and I don't know how you can come off saying that, but I wouldn't say it to Gabi if I were you."

He couldn't believe how angry he was. He had been psyched for Logan to come (except for the whole Gabriella crying and being upset thing), but now it felt like after only one week away he didn't even know his so called best friend anymore.

Logan sat on Luke's bed confused. Luke had just yelled at him. He had never done that before, and sticking up for a bunch of jocks! Whatever, Logan thought and he pulled out his phone to call Gabriella.

"Hello?" Gabriella mumbled into the phone. She had no idea why someone would call her before 8:00 in the morning.

"Ella! Hi. I'm here; I came to Luke's room first because I didn't know when you were getting up and everything."

Right Gabriella thought, Logan was here in California…at her school…a few floors below her. She mustered up all the enthusiasm she could, "Logan! Hi! I didn't know you were getting in so early. Um, I just kind of woke up."

"Alright, well do you want to try and get together before your first class? What is your schedule like today?"

"Sure, we could," Gabriella glanced at her clock, 7:15, "Let me get ready and then I'll give you a call. My first class is at 9:30 and then I have another one at 12:00."

Gabriella walked out into the living room to find Taylor and Lexie sitting at the kitchen bar talking in their pajamas. She smiled as she thought about how much she loved this life.

"Morning Gabi!" Both girls called when they saw her.

"Hi guys"

"We were just talking about Lexie's game today," Taylor gushed when Gabriella sat down with them, "I was telling her that I'm so excited to go!"

"Thanks so much for coming guys, it really means a lot. My stomach is already in knots and I really didn't sleep well at all last night."

"Aw, I'm sure you'll do great Lex," Gabriella encouraged her.

"Hey, we better get ready, we told Luke that we'd be down there by 8:15 for breakfast," Taylor changed the subject as she looked at the clock.

"You guys are going down to the guys apartment?"

"Yeah, Luke and I have class together this morning and Lexie's is in the same building."

"Oh, well…Logan got here this morning," This earned concerned faces from both Taylor and Lexie, "He wanted to talk this morning, but I need a little more time to think. Do you think I could come down with you guys so he and I aren't alone yet?"

"Of course," Both girls assured her.

After getting ready the three girls headed down to the apartment that had become very familiar to them.

"Hey guys, come on in" Luke greeted them.

They all walked in and saw Logan standing across the room. Lexie and Taylor looked apprehensively at Gabriella. Gabriella and Logan locked eyes and to her surprise a smile crept onto her face and she could feel herself getting excited.

"Logan!" She ran across the room and flung her arms around him.

Everyone in the room was taken aback by her reaction of seeing him. Lexie and Taylor glanced at each other, both shrugged, and then smiled. Luke automatically wanted to tell Gabriella what Logan had said about Troy and Chad…if he was mad at Logan, he wanted her to be too…but then again, he thought, two of my best friends look extremely happy right now. With that thought a smile crept onto his face as well.

Troy was in the locker room finishing getting dressed again after a good morning workout. As he began to think about his day, he realized that Thursdays were probably going to be his favorite days. He only had two classes, both of which happened to be education classes, which he happened to have with Gabriella. They had already decided to have lunch together, and then of course there was the Thursday night ritual that they had both mentioned to each other throughout the week. Troy smiled to himself, man he thought, this girl really is doing something crazy to me.

He looked down at his watch and saw that he was supposed to be meeting her in the lobby of their building soon and headed for the door, completely lost in his thoughts and completely forgetting who had shown up at his door this morning.

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