Chapter 11-

Friday rolled around faster then anyone would have liked. Gabriella and Elizabeth were both in their adjoining bathroom getting ready for the day. "What do I wear? Tell me what you're wearing so I have some inkling" Lizzy asked from her side of the beadboard double bath console. The bathroom was done in a pink and white. It sat right in the middle of their two rooms, Lizzy's on the left and Gabriella's on the right.

"I wish I knew Liz. It's game day. I wear pretty much the same thing every week." Gabriella said brushing her into a high pony tail before wrapping it in the black holder.

"Just give me a hint. Shorts, skirt, jeans? Tank top, what? Come on Ella it's my second day." she said as Gabriella said walking over to their Hampton vanity tower and super set that they shared looking though one of the compartments that had hair accessories in it.

"Um shorts and what about couple of tank tops." Gabriella said as she pulled out a red, white, gold and black ribbons. Bunching them together she tied them around the ponytail holder as one.

"Okay thanks El." Lizzy said turning towards her room. "Wait you said it's game day right. And East high is big on school spirit?" she asked looking at her cousin who was on her way to her own room.

"Huge." Gabriella said smiling at her before turning into her room. Gabriella looked around her room and smiled. She looked at the brown wall behind her bed and smiled at the twelve blown up pictures in four rows of three of her and her friends. The first one was of her and Troy on a roller coaster in the front seat with Chad and Sharpay right behind them, it was taken when the junior class took a field trip to the local amusement park. The one below that was one of this her in a pink t-shirt and a big white head band, that Troy had taken when they were on Spring Break the year before. The third was of herself between Chad, Troy and Taylor on the other side of Troy. It was taken in March the year when Troy and Chad took her and Taylor to their sports award dinner hosted by their school for basketball. She remembered being proud of both of them and more then honored to be on his arm. The picture was taken right after the dinner and Troy was rewarded MVP for the entire season. The one on the top of the next row caused her to giggle, it was at the same dinner but it was just her and Chad and he had her in a pose that if he turned just slightly he would be ready to dance with her. The next picture was of Gabriella, one of the basketballs players that she had became good friends this past summer, Ryan and some other senior at the football homecoming dance. The sixth one was of her and Ryan from the year before at one of the talent shows that the drama club put on. The new row had a bunch of different group shots of her friends. There was a group shot of the girls by themselves and then one of the boys and finally one of all of them in front of the school. The last row was probably her favorite. All three of the pictures where of just her and Troy. The top one was taken when the two of them were on a merry-go-round at the local beach when the gang had taken off a few weeks ago for the day to get away from the stress that is high school. The last two were by far her favorites on the entire wall. His parents had invited her to go along with them on their yearly vacation to Hawaii during the last week of summer. So the last two were her favorite pictures from the trip. The first one was taken on their last night there and they had followed his parents down to the beach to enjoy the sunset one last time. They had laid down on a lawn chair and just as they where about to doze off his mother snapped the picture of them both with a small content smile on their lips. Gabriella had scanned the picture into her computer and added the text "We Were Born For This!" And finally the last one was the two of them in the ocean and she was laughing as Troy tried to pick her up over the wave, she again added the text "Keep Me Safe Inside Your Arms!" typed over the top of the picture above their heads. She smiled at the pictures before walking to her closet and looking though her shorts, deciding on a pair of extended tab porkchop from Wet Seal, she also put on a black ribbed tank top before walking back to her room to look for he most important part of her out fit. After looking for twenty minutes in her room, the closet, and the bathroom, she walked out to the hall way and bent over the railing a bit. "Mom?! Have you seen Troy's jersey? It's not in my room or our bathroom and it's game day. I need it!" she asked yelling down to her mom.

"Did you check your alls lounge? Maybe I left it in there." Nichole yelled back up to her.

Gabriella rolled her eyes and walked down to the huge open area at the end of the hall and scanned the room. She really needs to reminds the boys to quit leaving the game systems out when they play. Finding the red and white jersey in question on the pink floor cushion she smiled as she walked over and picked it up. "Found it." she yelled throwing it on and straighten it out so it fell just below her shorts. Turning on her heel she made her way back to her room and to the bath room where she found Lizzy doing her make up at the vanity. "Aw you look adorable." Gabriella said taking in her cousins dolphins shorts from Wet Seal and her red and white tank tops.

"If I get made fun of for being the new girl trying to fit in to hard, it should be on you mind." Lizzy said feeling a little uneasy about her second day.

"You'll be fine. The gang totally loves you and so will everyone else." Gabriella said walking behind her and placing a hand on her shoulder. "I've been where you're at so I'm not gonna leave you alone." Gabriella says wrapping her arms around her cousin.

"Thanks El." Lizzy said placing her hands on Gabriella's arms. Gabriella kissed the side of her cousins head before grabbing her make up bag and walking over to their sink.

"Nice jersey there Bolton." Elizabeth said joking with her younger cousin.

"I know right." Gabriella said grinning in the mirror. "Kels had Jason's, Shar has Zeke's, and Tay has Chad's. We've done it since pre season." Gabriella told her.

"So you have the boy's jersey, warm up jacket, and numbered tattooed on your back. Anything else?" Lizzy asked.

"Nope that's it." Gabriella said closing her black liquid eyeliner.

"I think it's adorable." Lizzy said standing up. "Kinda corny and old school, but adorable none the less"

"Uh huh, that's why you want Ryan's theater stuff." Gabriella laughed.

"Shut up! I've known the guy for what three days, he's a cool guy but I don't know enough about him to even say I have a crush, if I even did have one." Elizabeth said sitting down on one of the pink chairs closer to her cousin.

"well he's a great guy and when you're ready I'm all for you guys getting together." Gabriella said as she applied her last bit of make up.

"Girls we have to go." Nichole said from the bottom of the stairs. Lizzy stood up and checked herself in the mirror one last time while Gabriella did the same and pulled her ponytail tighter. They each made their way to their rooms and grabbed the school bags. Elizabeth took a moment to smile at her room. The funky pink, black and white polka dot bedding, furry rugs, and awesome bed fit her to a tee. The bookshelves and cork boards where covered in pictures of her friends back home. She smiled and met up with Gabriella in the hallway. Making their way down stairs they grabbed a mocha starbucks frappiciono from the fridge and a milk and cereal bar from the cabinet. "So girls," Nicole said as they got into the car. "Lizzy your eighteenth is in March and Ella your is just a month after that. You girls have any idea what you're gonna do?" she asked pulling out of the drive way.

"What do you mean?" Lizzy asked after taking a drink.

"Well do you each want your own party or do want to maybe have a joint party. Plus I need gift ideas if I'm gonna get you both something good." Nichole said as they made their way towards the high school"

"How about Liz and I talk about the party idea let you know. As for a gift, I so want a car. I just don't know what type yet." Gabriella said looking up from her text conversation with Sharpay.

"Yeah that sounds good." Elizabeth said as they switched lanes.

"Okay ladies. Am I picking you up after school or what?" Nichole asked as she turned into the neighborhood with East high in it.

"What do you normally do El?" Lizzy asked turning to her.

"I normally hang out around here with the girls while the guys practice or we go to Nicky's, the diner from he other night. But we can do whatever you want." Gabriella said hitting send and then looked to Liz.

"We'll hang with them. Are you coming tonight aunt Cole"

"I'm gonna try, but we'll see how my day goes." she said pulling up to the school. "Have a good day and tell the boys I said good luck if I can't make it." she said as the both opened their doors.

"Okay, love you." they said at the same time.

"Love you too sweeties. Bye." she said as they shut their doors and walked to the school linking arms.

A/N" Not the best I know. But I have an AC joint sprain in my right shoulder, so typing or even moving my right arm is like murder. Hopefully it'll feel better soon so I can edit the chapters. Please R and R