Disclaimer: I own the characters not mentioned in High School Musical, other than that I own nothing.

Chapter One

Mack opened the door of the jeep and stepped out. She looked at her surroundings. East High had never looked so big before, but now that she was an actual student...wow.

"You okay?"

She looked back at Troy who was still sitting with his hand on the wheel. She nodded and started to walk towards a large tree. This was the meeting place her and her friends had set on the ride home from the 8th grade last day of school dance.

When she thought about her friends it made her laugh. Just six months ago they had been enemies, but when Mack and Calum started going out their groups slowly adjusted.

"Mack!"

Mack smiled and ran over to the voice. She gave him a big hug and then looked up at him. Calum's face was really tan from a summer at basketball camp in southern California. The sun had made the blond highlights in his hair stand out. He was wearing one of those rope necklaces with a red bead. All in all, Mack thought he looked like he was from Hawaii.

After she had given Calum his hug, she turned to Adam and Teagan. Teagan who was normally tan had only gotten a little bit darker, while Adam's normally light colored skin was tan mixed with shades of red. Adam had gone to a basketball camp in Arizona, while Teagan had gone to a "smart camp" in Washington D.C. for half the summer and then went to a basketball camp there for the remainder of the vacation.

"Have a nice summer Mack," Teagan asked, politely.

"Oh yeah," Mack said sarcastically. "I loved following Troy around as he checked out the colleges."

"Party at UCONN," Adam joked.

Mack laughed. "Not exactly, I had to be on my best behavior."

"Has he picked one yet," Calum asked.

"No! Are you kidding, that kid wouldn't know how to make a decision if he had a 'making decisions for dummies' book."

Calum rolled his eyes. "Mack I know you're lying."

"How!"

"Your ears twitch," Adam said smiling. That was when Mack noticed that all three of them had grown at least three inches over the summer. It was making her feel short. "Where's Bailey and Keisha," she asked.

"Keisha went to go find Chad in hopes that he might show her how to get to first period Spanish," Teagan said while trying to hold back a laugh. All of them knew that Keisha had the biggest crush on Chad- even if Chad was dating Taylor.

"And Bailey is with her new boyfriend," Adam sneered. "Nicky."

Mack frowned. Calum had told her in a letter that Adam really liked Bailey, but she was oblivious. She felt bad for him and remembered going through this same process with her brother when Zeke was 'in love' with Sharpay.

"She'll be back before homeroom," Calum said, flashing Mack a look. "Which reminds me, what do you have for classes?"

Mack quickly pulled out her schedule. "I have homeroom with my dad."

"Same here," Teagan said.

"Cool! Then I have first period with Darbus."

"That's with me and Bailey," Calum said.

"Alright, second period science with my dad."

"You're going to sit next to me right," Adam asked. "I don't want to be alone, I was just talking to Zeke and he said your dad goes hard on his kids' friends."

Mack smiled. "Of course I'll sit next to you. Then Lunch, then free period, then gym."

"I think Keisha has gym with you," Calum said.

"But that's only half the schedule right," Adam asked pointing to a different column on his paper.

Teagan gave him a look. "You do know that the left column is first trimester and the right column is second trimester right," he asked warily.

Adam smiled. "No I didn't, someone could have told me. Yes! I don't have math this trimester! This is my lucky year!"

Calum shook his head as Mack and Teagan laughed at Adam, who was doing a little happy-dance. Bailey walked up behind him and started to snicker.

"Hey Adam," Calum said. "Dude stop!"

Adam stopped and opened his eyes, which widened when he found out he was facing Bailey. She raised an eyebrow at his actions and he blushed. "Hi," Adam said. Before anyone could speak again, the bell rang and they all ran to their homerooms.

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"Why didn't I come to East High sooner," Cam said. "The girls here are better looking then the ones at West."

"Because-" Ryan started to say, but Chad cut him off. "He didn't want an answer."

"Oh."

"But," Chad said. "Girls that are off limits are Taylor, Gabriella, Kelsi-."

"I knew that," Cam shrugged. "So no Taylor, no Gabriella, no Kelsi...anyone else?"

"Stay away from Sharpay," Zeke warned.

"Okay," Cam said holding his hands up in defense. "No offense, but you can keep her. I had enough of her in middle school."

The group laughed at the memories of Sharpay chasing Cam around the playground after he had taken her mirror, or her microphone, or her bag...the items he took went on and on.

"So, who is our homeroom teacher," Cam asked.

"Ms. Darbus," Chad groaned.

"Is she hot?"

"Cam, lets just say-" Troy started to say as they entered homeroom, but he was cut off.

"Mr. Bolton, you and your sports posse is on time for once. Danforth! What did I tell you about that..."

"Basketball," Jason supplied.

"Right. I don't want to see it again."

"You got it, your honor," Chad said as he led Cam to a seat near him. "That is Ms. Darbus."

"Shoot me," Cam said.

Troy turned around in his seat, "she's better if you're in the musical."

Cam's face dropped. "Are you kidding me? Me, in a musical? That's really funny Troy. You and Ryan can be in the musicals, I'm not musical singy acting type," as he pulled out his cellphone.

"Oh, I wouldn't-" Zeke started.

"Mr. Boucher! It's your first day and you've already earned yourself a detention!" Ms. Darbus walked over to Cam with her 'cellphone bucket,' "Cellphone, and I'll see you in detention."

"Great," Cam said as he placed his cellphone in the bucket. He noticed light coming from under Troy's desk, so he pulled himself out of his chair a little so he could place his hands on Troy's shoulders and see what the light was. It was his cellphone and -by the looks of it- he was text messaging Gabriella.

They heard a loud clanking noise and looked up. "Mr. Bolton, how did I know? Cellphone, and you can join Mr. Boucher here in detention."

Troy sighed and placed his cellphone in the bucket. Cam sat back down in his seat, "so what do we do in detention?"

"We paint sets," Troy groaned. "It's a drag really."

"Hmm, interesting." The bell rang and they stood up. "So, who do we have next."

"My dad," Troy said.

"Goody, science," Chad said. "Do I have to go?"

"It can't be that bad," Cam said.

"No, it's not," Jason said.

"Jason's only saying that because he's a science genius," Chad yelled.

"Come on, lets go, I don't need another detention today," Troy said.

"Yeah, why did you have your cell out, shouldn't you know not to by now," Jason asked.

"I'm an idiot."

"Well we all knew that," Chad said. "Tell me something I don't know."

"You're slower then me," Troy said triumphantly.

"You want to see slow," Chad said as he began running after Troy. Troy kept running faster and faster, but Chad was catching up. Troy was beginning to slow down when Chad jumped on top of him. "I'm slow, right Troy?"

"Get off," Troy said in a pained voice.

"What's wrong," Chad said jumping off of him. Troy got up and put his hands on his knees. "Troy?"

"Nothing is wrong with me."

"Yeah there is, and I'm telling your dad," Chad said. He turned, but Troy grabbed his arm. Troy smiled. "I'm fine, see, nothing wrong!"

Chad narrowed his eyes. "Guys! Come on we're going to be late," Jason yelled. The rest of the group walked over and Troy gave Chad a look. Chad knew that look was the 'don't tell anyone, I'm fine, I'm strong, I can't show weakness because I'm captain' look. Troy was smiling and looked fine, so he shrugged of Troy's behavior before. He looked off into the distance, silently praying that his decision wasn't going to come back to haunt him.

So, there's chapter one! Tell me what you think!