Gabriella laid in her bed, staring at her phone, the alert telling her she had a voice mail blinking at her. Selena was in the shower so she had some time to think about Troy. She was thinking that she had made a huge mistake when she left Albuquerque. How could she have left her true love behind??? He made her laugh, and made her smile. He held her close when she needed to cry. He was her diamond in the rough. Gabriella started to wipe the newly-formed tears away when she heard the bathroom door open. She stood up and ran into the bathroom before Selena could ask what was wrong. She took a hot shower and got dressed. She pulled on her tight black jeans and paired it with a teal halter top and flip flops.

"I'm ready darling," Gabriella said.

She threw her hair up in a messy ponytail as her bangs hung the sides of her face. Just a little make-up and she was ready to go to breakfast at Zeke's.

"You look fabulous!" Selena squealed.

She was in her yellow halter dress that was tight on her perfectly tanned body. The girls linked arms and walked outside to get a arrived at Zeke's in twenty minutes. The girls talked about the night before and the kiss between Gabriella and Troy came up.

"I just don't get how you two even started talking again. I mean, when you said that kiss didn't mean anything, Troy looked so hurt. It was almost as if you broke his heart all over again. Do you even….."

Gabriella interrupted, "Stop, just stop, Selena. You're right, that kiss did mean something to me; it showed me there are no sparks, no fireworks. My heart is with Cam now."

Selena didn't say anything because she knew that was such a lie. Before she could say anything else, the girls were soon interrupted.

"Did someone order spirit fingers?" said a familiar voice.

Gabriella said, "NO, sorry we…."

She cut off when she looked up and realized who it was; Ryan, her very dear old choreographer and her old best friend. Gabriella tried to keep herself from screaming as she jumped up and hugged him really tight.

He laughed and said, "Easy Gabs, don't break me."

They both laughed and she said, "What are you doing here? I haven't seen you in forever! You look so good. Oh, I missed you so much!" She gave him another hug.

He smiled and said, "I live here silly. I do have good news if you're going to be here this weekend. Ryan gave her the flyer.

It read:

WILDCAT WONDERLAND! OPENS NOVEMBER 24! COME HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR BUDDIES AND FAMILIES! SEE YOU SOON! *SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR EAST HIGH ALUMNI!*

"No way! Ry, you opened your own amusement park? That's awesome! I'm so happy for you, but I won't be here that day," Gabriella said.

Ryan laughed and said, "Tomorrow, our whole gang, including you, is going because we have the park to ourselves, so you have to come. You can come to," Ryan said to Selena.

Gabriella looked between her two best friends and rolled her eyes. She would have to talk to Selena and remind her that she was with Joe, and in no way was she going to go out with Ryan, the only one of her friends who had forgiven her for cleared her throat to gain Ryan's attention again, then he said "Oh….um well I'll give you a call later to let you know what time the car will pick you up. Are you staying with your mom?"

" Actually I'm staying in a hotel until Selena here, leaves in two weeks." Gabriella said, making it clear to both of them that nothing can happen in those two weeks.

"Oh, okay, then just text me which hotel you guys are staying at." he then turned to Selena and said "And yes you are coming."

Ryan looked at Selena and blushed. She then heard her phone ring and noticed she had a text message from Joe. She quickly became interested more in the texting conversation than the conversation between Ryan and Gabriella.

Ryan looked down at his watch and said "shoot"

"What is it?" Gabriella questioned him.

"Um…. I have a meeting I have to get to. So just text me and I'll text you everything you need to know." Ryan said while he hugged Gabriella. As he walked away he turned and caught Selena's eye and winked, making her giggle.

Lava springs

"Where the heck is he!!!!" said an impatient Chad.

"Oh will you just calm down? I'm sure he will be here in a little bit," Taylor said.

"Well he said it was important! If it's so important, then why is he keeping us waiting?"

" I don't know Chad! Maybe he is in a meeting. I mean, that's why he couldn't come to the event last night. Speaking of the event, you still haven't told me what happened between you, Troy, Zeke, and Gabriella's friends," said Taylor, putting down her magazine and looking over at her boyfriend.

"I told you, nothing happened. Well, something did happen, but, well let's just say it was nothing too drastic. Everything was taken care of. So let's not dwell on the matter any longer, shall we?" said Chad, who had quickly picked up the latest issue of Sports Illustrated. Before Taylor had a chance to argue with Chad, Ryan had walked into the lobby and was scanning the crowd, looking for them. He spotted them and walked over. He hugged Taylor and gave Chad a man hug. He told them to follow him into his office.

"Take a seat guys. I hope you weren't waiting a long time. I kinda got caught up in a meeting," Ryan Chad could answer Taylor said "Oh, no both know you've been really busy. So what did you want to talk to us about???"

"Oh, yeah. Well that secret project that I've been working on is all finished! So I want you guys to round up the gang and we could all go and check it out!" Ryan said.

"Oookay, but what is the 'secret' project that you are talking about," Chad handed them both a flyer, the same one he had given Gabriella that morning.

Taylor smiled after reading the flyer and jumped from her seat to hug Ryan and said" OH MY GOSH!! This is sooo cool! I can't believe you actually pulled it off!"

"You are going to let us get in for free, right? I mean, we are your best friends," Chad said.

Ryan laughed and said "Yeah, of course. So will you guys please spread the word to the gang? The info is on the back."

" Yeah, of course we will," Taylor said.

"Thanks guys. Oh yeah, before I forget. How was the event last night? Sorry I couldn't be there to help out. I was putting on the final touches."

"It was fun. The kids had a great time. And we understand. No worries" Taylor said.

"Did you guys run into Gabriella?" Ryan asked Taylor, but it wasn't her who answered.

"Yeah, we did. So is this all we have to do? Just give these flyers to our friends?" Chad said, trying to get Ryan to drop the subject of Gabriella.

Ryan took the hint and said, "Yeah. That's all. Oh and I ran into Gabriella and her friend and I invited them to come along!"

"Why would you do that? I mean, we don't even talk to the girl anymore?" Chad said, before getting the flyers and leaving the office.

Ryan gave a puzzled look to Taylor, who then said "Apparently something happened between Zeke, Troy, Chad and Gabriella's friends. He won't tell me what happened though."

"Oh, well I'm sure we will all find out sooner or later. Well I should get going I still have to make sure everything is ready for us, for tomorrow!" Ryan said as he hugged Taylor goodbye.

"Oh and thanks for doing this for me!"

" No problem Ryan.

What are friends for?"

As Taylor walked back to the car, where Chad was waiting for her, she couldn't help but wonder how she was going to handle being around Gabriella all day.

at Zeke's

The girls paid the bill and were just finishing up their waters while Selena was reading the flyer.

"So we are going right?" she asked.

"Well, I don't know. I know Troy will be there, and after last night I don't think I could face him. So would my old group of friends. I mean, besides Ryan, I haven't talked to them since I left. So I highly doubt they will be jumping at a chance to talk to me."

"Well, take this as the opportunity to mend things back together. I see how much you miss them."

Gabriella sighed as she took a sip of her water, noticing that Taylor and Chad were walking into the restaurant. She hoped that with her sunglasses they couldn't recognize her, but Taylor looked her way and they locked eyes for a split second.

Taylor walked straight up to the waitress and said "Hey Nicole, is Zeke out back?"

"Oh yeah, let me get him for you. You want anything while I go back there?"

" No, thank you. We just came to drop something off."

"Oh, okay."

Nicole walked to the was trying hard not to march up to Gabriella and demand to know why she had suddenly left without telling anybody. Wasn't she her best friend? Or had she replaced her with the Latina looking girl sitting next to her with the matching sunglasses? Her thoughts were interrupted.

"Oh, hey guys! Whatcha doing here?" Zeke said.

"Well, Ryan wanted us to give you this," Chad said, handing Zeke one of the flyers.

"What? This is sooo cool! But wait, it says it doesn't open 'til next month."

" Well, everyone is going tomorrow to ride the rides becaue we have the whole park to ourselves," Taylor said.

"That's cool! So who else is going?" Zeke asked.

"The whole gang, and by the gang I mean the WHOLE gang." Chad said as he finally set his eyes on Gabriella's table.

Zeke followed his gaze and knew what he meant by the whole gang. He had known that she was here. His waitress had wasted no time in telling him the moment the two girls had walked in.

"Oh, well yeah, I guess I'll give him a call and let him know Sharpay and I are down. Have you told Troy yet?" Zeke said, while glancing at Gabriella's table.

"Nope, you're the first one. I think he's next on our stop list. So we better get a move on if we want to finish this up today. Talk to ya later man," Chad said.

"Yeah, later," Zeke said, giving Taylor a hug and they walked out, while Zeke went back into the kitchen.

"See what I mean Selena? I was right here, and neither of the three said a single word to me. Just imagine what it will be like tomorrow," Gabriella said, as she laid her head on the table.

"Well, missy. What are we supposed to do then? I'm not really in the mood for shopping so can we please just go!!! Pretty please???"

Gabriella sighed and muttered "Fine, we'll go. But I'm warning you, it will not be as fun as you think it's going to be."

Selena rolled her eyes and said "Sooooo, what's the deal with this Ryan guy? Is he married?"

Gabriella laughed and said "Please don't tell me you like Ryan. He is like my brother. Besides I'm sorry but I just can't see you two together."

Selena sipped the rest of her water and said "We'll see."

They both finished their drinks and headed back to their hotel room to rest for a little bit, the two girls happy about the fact that they weren't any paparazzi around capturing their every move.

East High Gym: Basketball practice

"Oh come on, man! You gotta go!" Chad said to Troy.

"I don't know Chad. I mean, it's going to be weird if Gabriella is going!" Troy said, while watching the scrimmage game between the Varsity and Jr. Varsity teams.

"Tell me about it. I mean, when Taylor and I went to tell Zeke about it, she was there with that one girl. It was awkward just being in the same room! Hailey is out of town right? So why not hang out with your friends? Besides, what are the chances of you and Gabriella even having to actually talk to each other?"

Troy watched as Trey, the captain of the Varsity team, walked over to the bench, reaching for his cell phone. The two teams had called time out to take a break. He distantly heard his conversation he was having with the other person on the phone. He was guessing it was his girlfriend since, when the person on the other end picked up, he had said "babe". The couple reminded him so much of Gabriella and himself back when they were in high school.

He was snapped out of his trance when Chad said "So what do you say, Hoops? You coming or what?"

Troy looked at Chad and sighed, "Yeah, sure man. I'm coming."

"Alright man!" Chad clapped his hands to signal the teams to gather around.

Troy looked around at Trey and smiled when he saw the surprised look on his face when his girlfriend had surprised him by showing up just to watch him practice. It scared Troy to think that he was actually in those same shoes as Trey was. Just like Troy, he was the last one to come over to the group of boys all gathered around Chad, waiting to start working on some of the new plays. He wished he was back in high school again so he could be surprised by Gabriella; to hold her in his arms again; to say comforting things to her while she cried on his shoulder. Troy left the gym to leave his best friend to do his job. He wished that tomorrow he and Gabriella would somehow talk to each other, even if they were just friends and nothing more. It would make him the happiest man on Earth

The next day : Gabriella and Selena

"Ugh! What the hell do you wear to an amusement park?" Gabriella said.

She had been trying to figure out what to wear for the past hour and a half.

"The first outfit you tried looked good on you!" Selena said.

She was ready to go as soon as the car that Ryan was sending out to drive them arrived. She was dressed in simple blue jeans with a tank top and a shirt to go over it, as to create the layered effect. For shoes, she chose her black converse. She had very little make-up on; only eyeliner and mascara.

"Easy for you to say," Gabriella said.

"Okay, I swear on my life that the first outfit looked fine! I don't care if your shirt is exactly like mine, except the tank top is pink and your shirt is black! Now go into the bathroom and put that on! Ryan said the driver will be here at noon and it's now 11:50!" Selena said, taking over the situation.

Gabriella smiled and did exactly what Selena had told her to do. She too had very little make-up; only eyeliner and mascara. Gabriella finished getting ready in the nick of time. The front desk had called them to tell them that the car had arrived and was waiting for them downstairs. The girls grabbed their money and cell phones, shoving them into their pockets. They had decided against bringing their purses. They figured it would be too much of a hassle to be carrying them around all day long. As they got closer and closer, Gabriella started to panic. Was it a mistake for her to come? Should she tell the driver to turn back around and apologize to Ryan for flaking? Just when she was about to tell the driver to turn back around, she saw that they had arrived and everyone was already there. They were waiting for the two girls to show up. She looked around as she got out of the car. She felt two sets of eyes looking at her she turned her head, and there stood Troy, in all his glory, looking at her.

Wildcat Wounderland

"OH MY GOSH!! Why can't we just go in without them???" said an impatient Chad." I mean, you sent them a driver. You'd think they would get here early and not late!"

"Chad, calm down. They are not late. You're just here super early" said Ryan.

The gang was all waiting for Gabriella and Selena to arrive. The others immediately wanted to go inside. They had no reason to wait for their "so called" friend. Ryan had other plans for them. He forced them to stay and wait for their other friends, to their dismay. They were silent for a while, no one saying a word, when they heard the sound of a car approaching.

"Look Chad, here they are. You don't have to act like a little kid anymore!" Ryan said, moving away from the group to greet his best friend, and his friend.

"Hey, you guys are right on time. If you would have taken any longer, Chad over there would have had a temper tantrum," Ryan said laughing.

He hugged Gabriella, and then hugged Selena, holding her a bit longer than he should have.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Bubbles over here couldn't make up her mind about what to wear," Selena said.

Gabriella blushed and adjusted her shirt. She looked around and noticed that everyone was looking at them. She looked around when she felt someone look at her. She turned around and looked at Troy who gave her a smile. Then, out of nowhere, a limo pulled up, and out stepped Joe. He looked around, and notices that Ryan and Selena were giggling and Selena had her flirty face on.

Joe stomped over and gripped Selena's hand, spinning her around and shouted "BABE!!!! I missed you; I was in Cam's private jet, went home, and realized the house is really empty without you."

He turned around and noticed Gabriella standing there. "Oh, hey bubbles!"

"OKAY!! Really, can you just drop that nickname already?! It was just one night. Just one night. Just uno day!!"

Troy noticed that Cam was nowhere to be found. He walked over and bravely wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"So, what did you do to get the nickname bubbles?" he whispered in her ear, sending chills throughout her body.

Joe overheard and said, "Well, this one night, we were at my house…."

Gabriella leaned forward and covered Joe's mouth and yelled, "SHHHHHHTTTTT!!!!! We do not need flashbacks and stories right now! Let's go!!!!"

Everyone paired off; Chad and Taylor, who had already left; Zeke and Sharpay, Selena and Ryan, who were flirting, and Kelsey with Joe. The only two that were left were Troy and Gabriella, who were both standing by the front, watching their friends go.

Troy reached over and intertwined his fingers with hers and said, "You ready?" as he gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.

Ryan had given everyone a map of the park. Troy took it out and looked over the map. He turned to Gabriella and said "You wanna ride the teacups? You know, start out easy then go into the crazier rides later?"

"Uh, okay. But NO rollercoasters!" Gabriella said, looking up at Troy.

He laughed and pulled her towards the teacups. When they got in both of them never realized they were sitting rather close to each other. They enjoyed their day together. They laughed and joked around with each other. When Gabriella would want to buy something, Troy wouldn't let her. It was as like the past few years never happened. They were walking when they ran into the rest of the gang. They were all going on a ride that was called "Big Thunder Mountain." They told Gabriella that it was a kid's ride and that it wouldn't go that fast. When they were walking, Gabriella noticed that Selena and Ryan were holding hands and giving each other kisses every so often. She looked at Joe to see his reaction, only to notice that him and Kelsey were also holding hands and kissing. Beginning to think about what the press would think about his, She felt her phone vibrate in her back poket.

She takes it out and it's from Cameron: Hey babe! I miss you! What are you girls up too?

"Who is it?"

Gabriella looked up from her phone and smiled when she saw it was Troy who asked. They had fallen behind the group who were walking toward the next ride they were all going on.

"Um…no one important," she said

"Oh, okay" said Troy.

They got to the ride and were all seated. The second Gabriella sat down, she knew Ryan and all the others had lied to her. She turned in her seat and gave Ryan the coldest glare her face could muster.

"Oh, come on Bubbles! It won't go that fast! Well, I hope it doesn't. Does it go fast Ryan?" Selena asked.

Ryan never had a chance to answer, because the train had taken off. Gabriella had buried her head into Troy's chest. Troy took this as an opportunity to wrap his arms protectively around her. She screamed into his chest. When the ride was over, Gabriella immediately got up and chased after Ryan for tricking her into riding a roller coaster. She chased him to a stage a couple of feet away from Big Thunder Mountain. The girls had followed them and Selena instantly knew the song that was playing from the DJ.

"OH MY GOD!! Gabriella, come here! Let's do the dance!!" Selena said, saving Ryan from Gabriella, who looked like she was going to kill him.

She let Selena drag her towards the other girls. She smiled and realized that it was the Hoedown Throwdown.

Pop it, Lock it,

Polka dot it

Country-fy then hip hop it

put your hawk in the sky

Side to side

Jump to the left

Stick it slide,

zag cross the floor

Shuffle in diagonal

When the drum hits,

Hands on your hips

One foot it, 180 twist

And then a, zig zag,

Step, slide

Lean it left,Clap 3 times

Shake it out

Head to toe

Throw it all together

That's how we roll.

The girls all laughed and looked to see the boys just standing there giving them weird looks. Joe was looking at Gabriella like she was crazy.

"Gabriella, I thought you couldn't stand Miley?" he asked.

"Just because I hate her, doesn't mean I can't dance to her music. Besides, if no one sees me dance to her music I'm good! And please Joe, I know you know this song. So why don't you teach those guys how you dance!" Gabriella said as the dance started again.

Pop it, Lock it,

Polka dot it

Country-fy then hip hop it

put your hawk in the sky

Side to side

Jump to the left

Stick it slide,

zag cross the floor

Shuffle in diagonal

When the drum hits,

Hands on your hips

One foot it, 180 twist

And then a, zig zag,

Step, slide

Lean it left,Clap 3 times

Shake it out

Head to toe

Throw it all together

That's how we roll.

When the song ended the girls were leaning on each other they were laughing so hard. Gabriella felt like they were all back in high school. When they were calmed down, she noticed that Taylor and Sharpay went back to their boyfriends without a backwards glance at her. Gabriella sighed and thought to herself what she had to do for them to talk to her. She was busy trying to think of ways for her to have them talk to her that she didn't notice Kelsi had come and stood in front of her.

"Hey, I just wanna say I'm sorry! Even though I didn't do anything wrong, well maybe the whole not returning calls, but I'm sorry! I really am sorry!" Kelsi giggled and said, "Kelsi, you're rambling, you know that! It's okay. I get it. I just wish other people were that forgiving."

"Don't worry, they'll come around sooner than later." Kelsi gave Gabriella a hug and ran off to where Joe was standing.

Gabriella looked around and noticed that Troy and her were once again left alone. It was 11 o'clock at night and Ryan had said they were all leaving at midnight. Troy and Gabriella were once again holding hands. Neither of them were talking. They walked towards the front gates and Troy lead her through the parking lot. He stopped at his car and just like in high school he lifted her and set her down on the hood.

"You know, I had a really good day today," Troy said.

" Yeah, me too. To tell you the truth, I hadn't had this much fun in a long time."

"So, Ms. Montez, tell me, how is it being a famous singer? Having teenage girls from all over the world looking up to you?"

"To tell you the truth, it all seems like I'm living in a dream. When I first started out, I was scared. I second guessed myself about moving out to LA. I wanted to come back here to my real home. Then things started to move fast. I was an overnight sensation, as people say these days. I made friends, and now my group of friends and myself are considered royalty. Things are just getting too crazy, which is why I'm here for two weeks so I can clear my head."

Gabriella laughed and then said, "Wow, haven't opened up this much before. You probably don't care about my life. I'm the one who left you. You should be hating me right now, not talking to me!"

"Hey, hey, don't say that. I mean, yeah I was mad, but you're here now and that's all that matters right? Just like that song Kels wrote for us 'you are the music in me' and nothing you do or other people say is going to change that" Troy both were staring at each other.

Then they both started to lean in. Just as they were about to kiss, Selena yelled "COME ON, BUBBLES. THE CAR IS HERE AND I'M TIRED!"

Gabriealla blushed and said "Well, thanks. You know, just for listening. I better get going."

She jumped off the hood of the car and ran toward the car. She hugged Ryan and climbed in. Troy watched the car leave.

Ryan walked to where Troy stood and said "Well, you guys have any fun?"

"Yeah, we did. Thanks for inviting me, but I have to go and call Hailey." Troy said as he dug his keys out of his pocket.

Troy waved to the rest of his friends and left the parking lot.

Ryan looked around and said to himself, "Well, everything seems to be going right. Well almost everything." He smiled and looked down to see that Selena's cell phone number was written on his hand. He smiled and walked to his own car and drove away. He couldn't wait until the big dinner that was taking place the next day at the Montez's house.

there you go guys! sorry couldn't get up sooner. been busy with prom, my school's musical which is 'high school musical' haha ( and no i'm not actually in it i just do the make up) and other stuff. by the way i don't own any of this stuff! i mean if i owned disnyland ( which me and my best friend were at when we came up with this chapter. in line for big thunder mountain actually haha) then i would be the richest girl EVER! and the hoedown throwdown? yeah not mine either! anyone watched 17 again?? most amazing movie EVER!!! okay enough of you reading this! go and review!!!!!!!! oh yeah! we couldn't get crative and come up with our own ride names so we kinda used disneyland ride names, if you didn't already notice!! hehe