A/N: Hmm..So the alerts are off..again. But I'll update anyway :)

The next morning, Gabriella woke up at the sound of her alarm on her phone. Taylor also woke up and they both sat up straight away, Gabriella rubbing her eyes to help her wake up. As she looked at Taylor, Taylor smiled and stood up.

"Today!" Taylor said, walking over to her wardrobe.

"Yeah." Gabriella said, not as excicted as she was the day before. She was too tired to be excited.

Gabriella looked at the clock..5.00. It was too early, but as her, Taylor, Troy and Chad were getting the train, they had to be ready in 30 minutes. Gabriella picked up her phone from the bed and dialed Troy's number. Once he answered, Gabriella told him to meet her and Taylor at the park in 20 minutes. Troy agreed, and Gabriella took clothes out of her suitcase to wear, and then walked into the bathroom to change.

Once Taylor had changed, she walked over to her dressing table and sat down. As she was in the middle of doing her hair, Gabriella walked back in, telling her that they had 10 minutes. Taylor quickly nodded, and carried on doing her hair. Meanwhile, Gabriella was stuffing her clothes into her suitcase. Taylor laughed at how much her friend was struggling to shut the case. As she finished her hair, she walked over to Gabriella, and suggested that she'd do the case, while Gabriella did her hair and whatnot.

10 minutes passed, and it was time to leave. Gabriella got her case, and Taylor got hers, and Gabriella walked downstairs. Taylor went into her parents' bedroom to say bye, and then walked downstairs. They opened the front door and started walking towards the park.

When they finally got to the park, Troy and Chad were already there, looking exhausted. Taylor smiled at them as they reached them, and they sped-walked to the train station. Not long after, the four of them boarded the train and sat down.

"So Gabs. I can't wait." Squealed Taylor.

Gabriella smiled as Troy spoke. "Yeah, me either."

"Well you bet not leave me and go off with some other people." Gabriella said, jokingly.

"Oh, of course Gabs. I'll leave you within 5 minutes." Troy said, smiling.

Gabriella smiled and playfully hit him on the shoulder.

"Nah, Gabs. We won't leave you. Why would we? You're amazing." Troy said, looking down as he said the last part.

Gabriella could have sworn she saw him blushing, but smiled and ignored it. As she looked at Taylor and Chad, they were both happily chatting away, although it seemed as if Chad was falling asleep. Taylor didn't seem to mind, though.

30 minutes later, and the four were still talking and laughing with eachother. Gabriella had moved closer to Troy, without even realising it. Troy noticed, but smiled at how close they were. He still had his mission to find out more about Gabriella in this one month they had left. He wasn't going to forget it.

A few more hours later (A/N: I don't have a clue how long it would take them to get there, so I'm just making it up lol), the train stopped at the station. They had made it. They were in Oregon. After hours of talking about mostly the same stuff, they were there. Gabriella smiled as she was the first out of the train. As she breathed in the familiar smell, she smiled. Troy, Taylor and Chad walked off, and Gabriella phoned her mum to tell her they were on their way. Troy and Chad would be going to hers until school started, and then they'd meet their host families at school, as Gabriella did at East High.

Gabriella called a taxi, and the four stepped in. They were on their way to Gabriella's house. Taylor still hadn't shut up about how excited she was. It was getting a bit annyoing to Gabriella, but Gabriella didn't show it. Troy could tell, though. He kept on laughing at her, and Taylor was wondering what was going on. But she carried on anyway. Chad was finally starting to wake up, and he had hardly any idea what Taylor had been talking to him about on the train.

Soon enough, they parked outside Gabriella's house. Gina, her mum was outside waiting for them, and as soon as the car pulled up, she'd already ran up to them and hugged her daughter. After paying for the taxi, Gina ushered them all inside.

A/N: So that's that chapter. I'll update again when the alerts have started working.