Powerful, rich, and successful would be how people would describe the Montez family. They had everything; the fame and fortune. This family was probably the family people would envy; there was a beautiful girl who was smart, athletic, and majorly talented she went by the name Gabriella Montez. She was one of the nicest girls anyone could meet; she never was rude, ignorant, or snobby. Most people would think if you came out of a rich family you'd be stuck up and snobby, but Gabriella was far from that.

"Daddy, I think I can go to a boy-girl school." Gabriella told her dad when she was following him up the grand staircases of their mansion home.

"Are you sure? Isn't PBA for girls good enough?"

"Please Daddy?" She asked him; by her tone you could tell she really wanted to go to a different school.

Her dad was tired and couldn't win this argument anymore, "Fine, anything for my little girl."

"Love you." She kissed his cheek then walked off to her bedroom. Gabriella has attended Pacific Beach Academy for girls most of her life. It's great and everything; she just didn't like spending her time away from home and spending most of her time there. Her dad would always think that boys will try to get with her and break her heart in the end so he thought it was safer to put her in an all girl school. On her way up, she saw her brother listening in on the conversation, "Relax Matt, I'm not gonna go to your school." She rolled her eyes.

"Good, I didn't want you there anyways," He said to her, grinning. "But If I hear some guy is doing something to you, I'm gonna kill him."

Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Shut up." She said then walked to her room and closed the door. She lay back on her bed and looked up at the ceiling, she was happy. She was happy that she got the chance to experience a boy-girl school. Looking out the window; she watched the sun start to go down as it was getting later.

The next morning, Gabriella got up and got ready for her first day at school. She took a shower, did her hair and makeup, and then she got dressed. She went downstairs and saw her dad sitting in his office. She knocked softly on the door and waited for him to invite her in.

"Come on in." He yelled out.

Gabriella walked in and sat in the chair, "Hi daddy, I'm off to my first day of school." She smiled at him.

Her dad looked at her and then nodded, "Oh okay, well go eat breakfast and I'll drop you off."

"Actually…I was hoping you'd let me take the car today." She asked in a hopeful voice.

This caught her dad's attention. He put down the newspaper and looked at her, "I don't think so." He said to her.

"Please daddy, only for today." She pleaded.

He just couldn't say no to her, "Fine, well go eat breakfast first. Your mother is already eating."

Gabriella nodded then went to eat breakfast with her mom, after that she went to grab the car keys. "Bye dad." She said and when she walked to the door, her brother stopped her.

"Who's taking you to school?"

Gabriella grinned, "I'm taking the Bentley to school." Gabriella smirked then walked out, she heard her brother angry voice and then she drove off to school. When she got there, she parked the car and put the alarm on then headed off towards the big school. She walked to the entrance and looked up.

Welcome to East High.

She read the sign then walked through the doors. This was going to be an interesting first day of school for her.

"Damn, who's that new girl? Is that Gabriella Montez?" She heard someone saying that as she passed them on her way to the office. When she turned another corner she heard some boy say something like, "Hey cutie, you new?" But she didn't answer him of course.

On the other side of the hallway, here you have two boys talking to each other.

"Holy shit, that's Gabriella Montez!" The tall, big curly hair boy spoke to his friend.

The other boy looked back and saw her, "What is she doing here?" He yelled.

"You know her?"

The boy nodded, "Yeah, I hate her and her family. What is she doing here?" He asked again.

The big curly hair looked at his friend, "why do you hate her?"

"It's a long story actually." He said then walked off towards the girl. He needed and wanted to know why she was here out of all places. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Gabriella Montez." He said when he caught up to her.

Gabriella heard someone say her name; she turned around to see who was talking to her. There she came face to face with him. "Troy Bolton." She said his name in a disgusted voice.

Here you have the other rich family of the city; the Bolton's'. This family was a rich and powerful family as well, they had everything they needed; a huge house, money, fame, and anything else that was good. One thing they had in common with the Montez family was they hated each other. Everyone knew why they hated each other, it goes far back when both of their parents went to high school. It was just a competitiveness that got the both of them to hate each other and from there it caused each person to hate the other family. Here you have Troy Bolton; he was pretty much the face of this school everyone loved him. He was athletic, cute, and mysterious. Troy had a legacy at this school; his father left a legacy and he was here to pick that back up.

"What are you doing on my territory?" Troy asked her in his ignorant tone.

Gabriella quirked her eyebrow and crossed her arm. There were people around staring at the two people talking. "Oh shut up, I transferred from the girl academy." She told him bitterly.

"Well why are you going to East High then? Why don't you go to your brother's school?" He asked her.

"Because I can." She told him straight out. "I can't be seen talking to you, daddy won't like the fact that I'm talking to a Bolton." Gabriella gave him a small taunting wave and began walking off.

Troy narrowed his eyes at her, "Tell your brother I'll see him on the court, and beat him again." He called out.

Gabriella rolled her eyes and continued walking off towards the front office. She was stopped by two girls though. "Can I help you?" She asked in an impatient voice. She needed to go to the office to get her schedule…if only she knew where it was.

"You seem lost, you need help?" One of them asks.

Gabriella looked around; she knew she wasn't going to find it anytime soon. "Sure." She said and walked with them.

"I'm Sharpay." The blonde one spoke.

Gabriella looked at her, "Gabriella."

"We know." They said. The other one spoke, "And I'm Taylor."

Gabriella looked at the two, "Well it's nice to meet you two." She said to them. They led her to the front office and smiled.

"Well we'll see you later?" Sharpay said to her.

Gabriella shrugged, "Maybe." She waved to them and then went inside to get her schedule. About ten minutes later she left the front office and headed to her first class which said homeroom. She walked to that class and she could see and people whispering and talking about her as she passed. This was something she had to get use to; all the talking and such. It was just a new experience. When she was walking to homeroom (attempting to find the room), she saw Taylor and Sharpay. She walked over to them. "Hey."

"Oh hey Gabriella." Taylor said, "What's up?"

"I can't find my homeroom class, can you guys help me?"

Sharpay laughed, "Sure, we have that class too so you can just come with us if you want."

Gabriella nodded and walked to the class that she had with the two girls she had met today. While walking towards class, she admires all her surroundings; everything was so school colored and she really liked it. Gabriella walked into the classroom and told the teacher she was new at this school.

"Ah! A Montez; how fortunate!" Miss Darbus spoke, "My open seat is in the back." She acknowledged her.

Gabriella smiled at the teacher and took a seat at the back of the classroom where she was assigned to. She looked around the classroom; some people were looking at her and talking about her. She did her best to ignore all the talkers.

"You'll get use to it." Taylor told Gabriella. Taylor sat across from Gabriella so it was all good.

Once the bell rang, the other students came in on time and took a seat. One person Gabriella noticed was Troy walking into this class. She groaned silently, "Great…" She muttered.

Miss Darbus began on announcements and then introduced Gabriella. "Everyone welcome Gabriella Montez; most of you might know her she is the daughter of David Montez." Miss Darbus said, "Troy, I'm sure you're familiar with Miss Montez."

Troy looked back at Gabriella, smirking a little then looked at Miss Darbus, "I guess so." He said to her, shrugging his shoulders again.

Gabriella shot Troy a quick look like then looked back at the teacher.

"Well, you two know that I do not tolerate with any rivalry stuff in this class. We all know that the two of you and your families have a feud but please keep it outside the class." Miss Darbus said.

Gabriella and Troy both nodded, "Yes Miss Darbus."

"Well welcome to East High Miss Montez." Miss Darbus welcomed her.

Gabriella smiled and gave Troy a deadly look. She knew there was no way that these two could be friends…ever. There were many reasons, like for one; she knew he was the biggest jerk ever, two; they don't get along, and three; her dad would not approve of her hanging out with a Bolton. She wondered what her dad would do when she told him that she attended the same school as him.

Troy looked over at Chad and then at the teacher before speaking to him, "Be careful of that one; her family are manipulative people who will backstab you." Troy whispered. "You better watch of for Taylor; who knows what'll happen if Gabriella and her become friends."

Chad rolled his eyes and laughed, "She doesn't seem that bad." He said to Troy, "Maybe you're overreacting."

Troy shook his head, "No, I'm positive of this one; I've known her and her family since I could even remember."

After class, Gabriella walked with Taylor and Sharpay to her next class since she didn't know where it was.

"Are people here nice?" Gabriella asked them.

Sharpay nodded, "Most people are." She told her, "The only way they're mean is if you try and start something or you're weird." Sharpay laughed.

"But in your case, I'm sure you won't be hated much…" Taylor's voice drifted off.

"Except by Troy…" Gabriella spoke.

Sharpay looked at Gabriella, "Well you're in for something because he's all that this school talks about all the time."

Gabriella groaned, "Great…just great."

The three of them walked to her next class and Gabriella was glad that they had that class together too. When she walked into the classroom, she was assigned to sit at a table with the girls. She saw Troy was already in this classroom.

"Wow…"She said, "He really is in all my class huh?"

Troy smirked at Gabriella.

Gabriella sat down and looked around the classroom; people would occasionally wave to her and say hi. She'll say hi back to them.

"It's going to suck if we have all classes together." Gabriella heard Troy say. Gabriella nodded, "I know huh." She said. She looked back at him then back forward.

Well, she never knew that Troy would turn out to be cute…very cute. She knew it was wrong for her to look at him this way, but she couldn't help it. Maybe she was developing a little crush or not; she knew that he was her enemy.

Troy looked at Gabriella when she was looking at him and smirked. He turned back towards the front of the class and thought to himself. She was very pretty; he had to admit that but there was something about her that he had to hate…he just didn't know what yet.

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