A/N: Thanks guys! It must've been an off day yesterday 'cause I only had six reviews! That'a half of the chapter before that! Well anyway, thanks to my new reviewers: SimplyMarvy, and TroyandGabriella2gether4ever. And thanks to my regulars!

Here's the next chapter.It's not that long, but I think it's longer than the chapter before this but. I hope you guys like it!

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To Kiss Or Not To Kiss

Chapter 9: So What's The Plan?

Gabriella stepped out of the limo and couldn't believe what she saw. Rayner Richardson actually held the door for her. With white roses in his other hand! Were those for me? Probably not. Maybe those are for his girlfriend or something. Gabriella thought.

"Gabriella, these are for you." Rayner said, giving Gabriella the bouquet. Or not.

"Thank…" Gabriella couldn't finish her sentence because she got lost in his beautiful blue eyes. But then she quickly snapped back to reality. "…you. I didn't know you were such a gentleman."

"Well that's because we've just met. I'm Rayner Richardson."

"Of course. And I'm Gabriella Montez." Gabriella and Rayner shook hands. "These roses are beautiful. And they're my favorite. How'd you know?" Rayner looked at V.

"Let me introduce you to your other new cast mates." They walked over to a group of people.

"Gabriella, this is Serena Lloyd. She plays-"

"Natasha. Nice to meet you." Gabriella shook hands with a tall, green-eyed, brunette. "Nice to meet you too Gabriella." Next they approached a tallish man who had brown eyes and long blonde hair.

"This is Drake Campbell. He plays-"

"Mitchell. It's very nice to meet you." Gabriella shook Drake's hand. "Nice to meet you too. Glad you could be in the show." Then they come up to a taller African American man with natural hazel eyes and long black hair in dreadlocks.

"This is Terrell Dwight. He plays-"

"Duncan. So nice to meet you." Gabriella shook Terrell's hand. "Pleasure to meet you too. Welcome to the show." And lastly, they come up to a tall, middle aged, blonde woman with gray eyes.

"And lastly, Gabriella, this is Rachel Richardson. My mom. She plays-"

"Nicole. Who is also your mom on the show. It's really nice to meet you." Gabriella shook Rachel's hand. "So nice to meet you too sweetie."

"Wow, Gabby. I may call you Gabby right?"

"You may."

"Looks like you already know half the people on the show. Jeremy Lake and Desiree Sullivan can't be here because Jeremy had a very important doctor's appointment and Desiree had a CD signing. But they said to say hi."

"Tell them, I can't wait to meet them."

"Let's head inside, shall we?"

"We shall."

All seven of them (Gabriella, Rayner, Serena, Drake, Terrell, Rachel, and V) went inside the restaurant to have brunch.

After the brunch, Gabriella goes back home to her condo. She calls Troy to tell him that she actually had brunch with the cast of "A Teenager's Life".

"You did? So how'd it go?"

"It was awesome! And guess who I met."

Here we go again with the Rayner thing. Troy thought. "You met Rayner Richardson and all his glory, blah, blah, blah."

"Yeah! He was so cool! And he's a total sweetie!" And they talked about a lot more other stuff. Then when she finished her conversation with Troy, she calls the gang in Albuquerque and tell them that she had brunch with the cast of "A Teenager's Life" and that she was gonna be part of the show.

After that, she changes clothes for Church since it's Sunday, and she was off to Church.

When she came back home, she changed to her regular clothes, has dinner and calls her mom and tells her about the day she had.

"Sounds like you had a lot of fun."

"I did. And the best part was, I got to meet Rayner Richardson, in person. And I got to touch his hand."

"Is Rayner the boy you've been obsessing with since his new show went on?"

"Yeah. That's the one." They talked a little bit more and finally they hung up. Gabriella changed into her PJs and got a good book and crawled into bed. An hour later, she closed the book and went to bed.

Gabriella was woken by the sound of her annoying alarm clock. She got up and got ready for a frantic day. Today, she was gonna rehearse her first episode of "A Teenager's Life". She now plays "Charlene" a girl that likes "Jericho" (Rayner's character). She took a shower, got dressed, ate breakfast, did her hair and makeup and was off to the set. When she got there, it was a mess. Everyone was rushing. She just avoided everybody and got to the set. Vince came up to her and gave her some kind of booklet.

"This is the script for the episode. I highlighted your lines so you wouldn't get confused. All you have to do is memorize them and then act. Just like you did in that musical with that boy. What's his name?"

"Troy."

"Yeah, him. Okay, make me proud!" With that, V left Gabriella alone. She went to her trailer/dressing room to read and memorize her lines in peace and quiet. She had a big part in the show. She read her lines the first time and then the second time, the third time she read them, she tried to say them with feeling. And then the fourth time she read them, she tried to say them without looking at the script. By the seventh time, she got it all memorized perfectly. Now all she had to do was add feeling. By the ninth time, she got it all down. Then there was a knock on her door. And then Vince came in.

"Hey, you sound like you've been practicing a lot. We start rehearsals in fifteen minutes. Someone sent this for you." V handed Gabriella a bouquet of white roses. "Looks like it was from a boy." And then V left.

Gabriella read the card that was with the roses. All it said was, "From Your Blue-Eyed Boy". Rayner is so sweet! What if he likes me? Oh, my God! Gabriella thought.

Fifteen minutes later, Gabriella came out of her trailer/dressing room and went to the set. They all got to places and the director yelled "Action!" Since it was just rehearsals, they didn't get their hair and makeup done. Or changed their wardrobe.

As usual, Rayner and the rest of the cast delivered their lines perfectly. Gabriella, on the other hand, not so perfectly. Maybe because it was her first time on a Hollywood set, or maybe because she's in the same room as her celebrity heartthrob. Well, whatever the reason, it's keeping Gabriella from doing a good job.

"Gabby, what's wrong?" V asked.

"I'm just nervous."

"About what?"

"This is my first time rehearsing with the cast of 'A Teenager's Life' and my first time on a real Hollywood set."

"Oh. This might help. Imagine that the set was the stage you were on back at NJ High. And imagine that Rayner was that boy, what's his name again?"

"Troy."

"Troy right. And imagine that the rest of your cast mates are your friends back in NJ High." That's the problem. I had no friends at NJ High. Except for Troy. Gabriella thought. So she just imagined that the rest of the cast was her friends back in Albuquerque.

When Gabriella took Vince's advice. She got better at delivering her lines. A lot better. It's like she didn't even read it from a script. It sounded and looked like she was saying it from her heart. Maybe because when she's with her real friends, she can open up her heart and say what's in it freely, without being conscious that she'll mess up or they'll laugh at her.

The rest of the rehearsal went great. Tomorrow, they were going to rehearse a different scene. After rehearsals, the cast went for some pizza, including Gabriella. When she got back, she went straight to the bathroom for another shower. She called her mom, Troy, Sharpay, Taylor and Kelsie and told them about what an awesome day she had. After that, she went on the Internet for a while and checked her email. She didn't have anything interesting so she signed off and went to bed.

The next day at Albuquerque, Sharpay can't help but think about Gabriella and her new career and Troy. And then she had a brilliant idea that might actually work (A/N: I know, that is so rare). Before Sharpay and Ryan got out of the limo in front of the school, she asked her dad a question.

"Daddy, didn't you say you're really good friends with the producer of 'A Teenager's Life'?"

"Yes. Why do you ask, honey?"

"I was just wondering if I could talk to Rayner Richardson for a while."

"No. You may not go out with Rayner Richardson."

"I don't want to go out with him! I just wanted to talk!"

"Okay. I'll do that right after you come home from school."

"Thank you daddy! I love you!"

"Love you too princess! What about you Ryan, don't you have something for me to do too?"

"No. I'm good. See you later dad! Love you!"

"Love you too!"

Later at lunch, Sharpay forced the gang to sit at her table again.

"What is it Sharpay?" Chad asked.

"Yeah? What's so important, that all of us have to sit here again?" Taylor asked.

"Yeah, and how important is it?" That was Jason.

"Well, if you guys stopped asking then maybe I could answer your questions." Sharpay said. With a very good point. Everyone sat down at the table.

"You guys know that Gabriella is starring in a TV show right?"

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with-" Zeke butted in.

"I'm not finished!" Sharpay shouted. "And you guys know how Troy keeps telling us that he misses her a lot but won't tell her, right?"

"Right." Everyone said.

"Okay, so here's the plan…" They talked about Sharpay's plan for the rest of the lunch hour. (A/N: Don't worry. I'll tell you guys at the end of the story what Sharpay's plan was)

After they stopped talking about it. Ryan spoke.

"Don't get too excited guys."

"Why not?" Asked Zeke.

"Because if dad doesn't approve, we're gonna go with plan B."

"Which is?" Kelsie asked.

"We don't know yet, but we know it's gonna take a lot of hard work. Sharpay, you could break a nail!"

"NO! I am NOT breaking a nail. Do you hear me? I may be doing work but I am not breaking a nail!"

"Chill, I was just joking!" Ryan said.

"Well you're not very good at it! But if my plan does work, you guys make sure you pack enough stuff because we are going to be there for a long time."

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Well, that was Chapter 9. Hope you guys liked it!

Coming up next chapter: Rayner gets a call, they carry out Sharpay's plan witha little more help from daddy Evans.

Coming up in later chapters: Gabriella has a date! The party, and something about the white roses. That's not all! So keep reading!