Gabriella stood on the stage looking at the audience. She wore a pair of white boots with jean shorts, and a gray stripped long sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Gabriella closed her eyes and started singing.

I'm so in love,
And I cant fight the feeling
My heart is helpless and I cant resist.
I still remember when the world stood still when,
The first time we kissed.

You're all I see,
When I think of forever,
Me minus you just wouldn't make much sense
boy I believe,
We were meant for each other
So lets give it a chance.

She opened her eyes and saw that everyone was enjoying it. She started walking across the stage.

I'm caught up in you,
I'm facing the truth,
What else can I do,
With all these emotions
Cause I'm, I'm falling deeper in every way

I cant sleep at night
Cause nothing feels right,
I cant deny
My heart when your near me,
My love
Grows stronger everyday

Oo, oo, yeah
Caught up in you,

She put her hand over her heart.

Before your love,
My heart was broken,
I didn't think that it would ever mend,
And then you came
Into my life boy,
Now I don't need to pretend

I'm caught up in you,
I'm facing the truth,
What else can I do,
With all these emotions
Cause I'm
I'm falling deeper in every way.

She went to the right of the stage.

I can't sleep at night,
Cause nothing feels right,
I can't deny
My heart when your near me,
My love
Grows stronger everyday

Every time I look into your eyes
Every time I take your hand in mine,
I know there's nothing else I need

I'm caught up in you,
I'm facing the truth,
What else can I do,
With all these emotions
Cause I'm
I'm falling deeper in every way.

I can't sleep at night,
Cause nothing feels right,
I can't deny,
My heart when you're near me my love,
Grows stronger every day.

I'm caught up in you,
I'm facing the truth,
What else can I do,
With all these emotions,
Cause I'm
I'm falling deeper in every way.

I can't sleep at night,
Cause nothing feels right,
I can't deny,
My heart when you're near me my love,
Grows stronger every day.

Caught up in you,
Caught up in you,
Caught up in you,
Caught up in you
Caught up in you,
Caught up in you
Yeah
Caught up in you,
Caught up in you,
Caught up in you,
Caught up in you
Caught up in you,
Caught up in you
Yeah

She ended it with a pose and smiled. She accomplished something that was hard for her. She got off the stage and hugged the gang.

"Oh my gosh. I can't believe I did that." she said. All of a sudden she fainted. Troy caught her in time.

"Gabs." Sharpay said as she fanned Gabriella with her hand. Gabriella's eyes fluttered open.

"Wha? What happened?" she asked.

"You fainted. I think all that excitement got to you and you just blacked out." Kevin said. Gabriella nodded. She got to her feet with the help of Troy.

"...Give it up for Joe, Kevin and Nick Montez." the announcer said. Joe was wearing a lavender stripped shirt with a lavender jacket and a purple scarf with some blue jeans. Kevin was wearing a gray typed jacket and underneath it was a long sleeved white shirt and he was wearing gray pants and a gray scarf. Nick was wearing gray polo shirt with a black blazer on and white pants. Nick and Kevin had their guitars.

A/n: Joe is Italics
Nick is Bold
Both Bold Italics

Share with me the blankets that your wrapped in
Because its cold outside cold outside its cold outside
Share with me the secrets that you kept in
Because its cold inside cold inside its cold inside

And your slowly shaking finger tips
Show that your scared like me so
Let's pretend we're alone
And I know you may be scared
And I know we're unprepared
But I don't care

Tell me, tell me
What makes you think that you are invincible?
I can see it in your eyes that you're so sure
Please don't tell me that I'm the only one that's vulnerable
Impossible

I was born to tell you I love you
Isn't that a song already?
I get a B in originality
And it's true I can't go on without you
Your smile makes me see clear
If you could only see in the mirror what I see

And you're slowly shaking finger tips
Show that you're scared like me so
Let's pretend we're alone
And I know you may be scared
And I know we're unprepared
But I don't care

Tell me, tell me
What makes you think that you are invincible?
I can see it in your eyes that you're so sure
Please don't tell me that I'm the only one that's vulnerable
Impossible

Slow down girl - you're not going anywhere
Just wait around and see
Maybe I am much more you never know what lies ahead
I promise I can be anyone, I can be anything
Just because you were hurt doesn't mean you shouldn't bleed
I can be anyone, anything, I promise I can be what you need

Tell me tell me
What makes you think that you are invincible?
I can see it in your eyes that you're so sure
Please don't tell me that I'm the only one that's vulnerable
Impossible

The audience cheered. Some girls were crying. Joe, Nick and Kevin walked off the stage.

"Wow. That was great." Sharpay said.

"It was kinda hard on to decided who would sing the main course and who would sing back-up. But I think it was great that Joe did main course." Nick said.

"I agree. But when you came in Nick it was like you and Joe's voice blended together and it made it so emotional." Demi said she had a few tears running down her cheeks. Joe went over and hugged her. He whispered soothing words in her ear and kissed the top of her head.

After everyone who was in the talent show went the judges and the Hollywood Records label people decided who should win the prize. It took about 5 minutes to judge. Once they were done they gave the envelope to the announcer.

"Alright. The judges just gave me the envelope." he said. Everyone got quiet. "Alright, the winner of the talent show and who gets to be signed with Hollywood records is..." he said and opened the envelope. "Wow, we have a three way tie and I couldn't pick any better winners, Troy Bolton, Gabriella, Joe, Kevin and Nick Montez." he yelled. Troy, Gabriella, Joe, Kevin and Nick ran on stage.

"Congrats." he said. Everyone cheered. Troy and Gabriella hugged. Gabriella then hugged her brothers. Her brothers also hugged Troy.

"I can't believe we won." Gabriella said to Troy.

"I can." he said and kissed her passionately.

Its been two weeks since the talent show. The seniors were getting ready for graduation on Friday. Since it was Monday, they had a lot of things to do. Troy, Gabriella, Joe, Kevin and Nick were REALLY busy. Since they got signed to Hollywood Records they have been recording songs. Gabriella has her own. Troy has his own and Joe, Kevin and Nick were doing one together. They have been playing songs here and there. They told the label that they wanted a week off for Graduation. They all had big plans. Especially Troy. Troy wanted to propose to Gabriella at graduation. Right now, he was sitting in the living room of the Montez house. With Joe, Nick and Kevin and Greg. Gabriella was out with her mom.

"So what is it that you wanted to ask, Troy?" Greg asked him. Troy gulped and looked up at Greg.

"Well, I, uh, I wanted to ask you a serious question." he said.

"What is it?" Greg said.

"As you know, Gabriella and I have been dating for some time now. I really love her. So here's the question. Is it OK with you guys if I, uh, propose to Gabriella?" he asked. Troy looked down. Troy was scared like a cat on a Ferris wheel. Greg looked at Troy.

"Sure." he said to Troy. Troy's head shot up.

"It's OK?" he asked dumbly.

"I don't see why not. Gabriella has really taken an interest in you. As long as she's happy with you its fine." Greg said with a smile. Troy looked at the Montez brother's who were smiling.

"It's alright with you guys? I mean your not gonna beat me up?" Troy asked them. Joe got up and went over to Troy and patted him on the back.

"Its cool, dude. As long as you don't hurt her." Joe said.

"If you do then we will probably be in jail." Nick joked. They all laughed.

"It would be cool to have you as a brother." Kevin added.

"Thanks." Troy said.

"Welcome to the family, Troy." Greg said. Troy smiled.

"Ugh. This is ugly. Mami." she whined. Gabriella was looking for a dress to wear under her graduation gown.

"Alright Gabi. Try on the other dress." she told her daughter. Gabriella tried on the other dress. She stepped out the dressing room with a smile.

"This is the dress. I love it." Gabriella said. She twirled around.

"Its pretty. How much is it?" Maria asked her.

"It looks so great on me mom. It would go great with the high heels granny gave me." she said. Avoiding the question.

"How much is it?" she asked again.

"And the purse Shar gave me. Troy wi-" she started but her mom interrupted her.

"Gabriella! How much is it?" Maria said sternly.

"Only 500 dollars." she whispered.

"500 dollars?!" Maria screeched. "I don't think so."

"Please mommy. I need to get this dress. I promise I will pay you back." Gabriella pleaded. She did the puppy eyes.

"OK fine. And it's not just because of those eyes either." Maria said.

"Yay! Thank you mommy." she said and hugged her mom. She went back into the dressing room and into her regular clothes. They went to the cashier. The cashier swiped the dress without looking up.

"That would be 500 dollars." the girl cashier said and looked up. That's when she looked up.

"Oh my gosh. Your Gabriella Montez." she said.

"Yea I am." Gabriella said.

"I love your music. I can't wait for the CD." she said. Maria gave the cashier her credit card.

"Thank you." she said.

"Here's your dress." she said as she gave back the credit card and handed the dress to Gabriella.

"Thanks." Gabriella said. Her and Maria left the store. Both of them thinking that they should have left through the back. Paparazzi had surrounded them.

'Gabriella over here.'

'Maria how do you feel about your kids being stars?'

'Gabriella whens the next CD?'

Maria didn't say anything. They just went to the car and drove off. A few minutes later they arrived home. The paparazzi was there. Gabriella groaned.

"Its alright sweetie. Just ignore them." Maria said. Gabriella grabbed her bag and got out the car. Her mom locked the car and they both walked up to the door. Once they entered the house they closed the door quickly.

"Whats going on out there?" Troy asked.

"Paps. They are starting to follow." Gabriella said. She went over to Troy and kissed him on the cheek.

"Well then that's a problem. The gang wants to meet at the Cafe down the street." Nick said.

"Awe man. When?" Gabriella asked.

"In 10 minutes." Kevin said.

"Alright. I'm going to put my dress away and then we can leave." Gabriella said. She went up to her room and put the bag on her bed. She went back downstairs.

"OK. I'm ready. I'm riding with Troy." she said. Nick, Joe and Kevin smiled. They all walked out the house and was met with flashes. Gabriella had linked arms with Troy and they went to his car while Joe, Kevin and Nick went to the family car. Troy opened the door for Gabriella and she went inside. Troy closed the door and ran to the drivers side and got into the car. He started the ignition and waited.

"Why aren't we leaving?" Gabriella asked Troy.

"The paps are in the way and I don't want to get sued for running one of them over." Troy explained. Gabriella sighed. She started to get impatient to she honked the horn. The paparazzi moved back and Troy backed out of the driveway. Joe did the same and followed them. Gabriella turned on the radio.

"And the request song of the day will be coming up soon. Vulnerable by the Montez Boyz." said the radio person. Gabriella looked over at Troy. She text Joe and told them that their song was going to be played next.

"This song was been requested a whole bunch of times. Well here it is." the radio person. The song played on the radio. Gabriella hummed to the song. A few minutes they arrived at the Cafe. Troy and Gabriella got out the car. They were surrounded by paparazzi. Gabriella went over to the car her brothers were in. Joe, Kevin and Nick exited the car. Troy went up to them.

"You guys ready?" he asked. They nodded and all of them walked towards the Cafe.

'Gabriella, Troy. Over here.'

'Gabriella is it true that you got raped?'

Gabriella teared up. She didn't want to remember that awful day when Drake had rapped her at school. Troy looked at her. He put his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him as they walked.

"Don't let them get to your head." Troy whispered in her ear. She just nodded.

'Joe is it true that your sister got raped?'

"Thats none of your business. If she did or not, it doesn't concern the whole entire world." he told them.

Kevin is it true that every girl you date becomes a lesbian?'

"No. Now can you please get out of our way." he said. They finally made it into the Cafe.

"Took you long enough." Sharpay said.

"Not our fault that the paps are on us now." Gabriella said. She hugged everyone and then sat down on a chair. Troy sat next to her.

"Man, this weeks gonna go by real fast." Chad said.

"Yea. Just think, When were done with high school we are off to college. Well except, you guys. Your gonna be famous." Taylor said.

"Don't forget us little people." Sharpay said.

"Don't worry you guys. We will never forget you guys." Gabriella said. They ordered what they wanted. All of sudden Gabriella's phone rang.

"Hello?...Yea this is she, who's this?...Um, Ok?...bye." she said. Gabriella hung up the phone. "Remind me before we leave that I need to change my number." she said.

"Why?" Sharpay said.

"Some fan got my number." she said.

"Oh." said Sharpay. The gang talked about everything. From college to having kids.

"I want to have a boy and a girl." Gabriella said. Troy tightened his grip on her waist. Nick nudged Troy in the ribs. Out of no where a teenage boy came up to them. He was the same age as them. He had braces and shaggy hair like Troy's.

"H-hi. I'm like your biggest fan, Gabriella. C-can I have your autograph?" he asked.

"Sure." she said. "What do you want me to sign?" she asked.

"Oh. It's something very special." he said with a smirk. Troy caught on.

"Oh no you don't. You take you and your little 'friend' somewhere else. That's my girl your talking to." Troy said as he stood up and faced the boy. The boy got intimidated because of the size of Troy.

"I'm s-sorry." he said and ran away. Gabriella grabbed Troy's hand and dragged him to a corner.

"What was that all about?" she asked. Troy looked at her.

"Brie. Did you have the slightest idea of what that kid was talking about?" Troy asked her. She shook her head. Troy sighed and whispered it into her ear. When he pulled back he leaned against the wall.

"Eww. Thats nasty." she said. "I'm so sorry Troy."

"You have no reason to be sorry baby." he said and pulled her to him. She was leaning against his chest.

"Have I ever told you that I love you?" she joked. Troy smirked.

"Only a lot but I guess I can hear it again." he said. She smiled at him.

"I love you, Troy Bolton." she said.

"And I love you, Gabriella Montez." he said. They kissed passionately. All of a sudden there was screams heard. Troy and Gabriella pulled away and ran towards the screams. Their eyes widened at what they saw.