Link to Season 1's Playlist: (open dot spotify dot com slash) user/ynqdxbe00t5c9pyz8nzv2ajoz/playlist/2sTuLU8SeaYezKhYBQ7wbX?si=BxlzrbBjQfSJXQ1aeMchqQ

And if that didn't show up on the doc guys (websites usually don't and I have class in a bit so I'm not coming back just to check that lol), just follow ADSPC on Spotify and click on 16andUp Season 1 soundtrack xD. The song will be there.

The song is: If I Never Knew You by Jon Secada and Shanice

(***) means to start the song.

Have fun!

Thank goodness the bus had arrived. The 5 minutes of awkward silence with moments of Chad messing with Taylor had become annoying to her and boring to him. When they boarded the bus, their eyes widened. It was crowded more than it usually was. There wasn't an empty seat in sight. Even the standing poles had people hanging onto them. Each pole was occupied except for one in the middle of the vehicle. They'd have to share and hold on. Chad and Taylor shuffled through to the pole, each latching a hand onto it. The bus doors closed and they were off.

Chad was a little taller than Taylor so his hand was on the upper half of the pole. Taylor took the lower half and the two tried to keep their hands off of each other's.

After two minutes, Chad whispered to Taylor, "Where is everyone even going?"

"I don't know…" She looked around the bus discreetly. "They don't seem to be in a group?"

"Yeah, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that guy over there isn't with that young lady." Chad whispered back, discreetly motioning over to the back of the bus.

A woman wearing a dress had her legs crossed, her thumb typing away on her phone. A guy who looked older and if they were being honest) not his complete right mind, started to-

"Oh my gosh, is he smelling her neck?!" Taylor hissed under her breath in alarm.

"That's weird. What should we do? Can we do something? Does she not feel this?!" Chad hissed with equally wide eyes.

"It has to be cold as heck. That's an inhale in January." Taylor cringed

"Hello!" Chad squeaked quietly as the guy's lips almost touched the woman's neck.

Suddenly the man yelped due to the woman had stepping on his foot with her heel. Taylor and Chad's tried to hold in their snickers when the woman stared at her phone as if nothing had happened at all.

"That was great!" Taylor laughed.

"Sh!" Chad teased. She giggled some more before playfully punching him. After a minute or two of messing around, they cleared their throats. The rest of the ten minute drive went by uneventfully. The bus came to a stop.

"This is my stop." Taylor said.

"Oh, okay. Goodnight Taylor." Chad said as she moved towards the front of the bus to go down the stairs.

"Goodnight. Oh and, Danforth?" Taylor called.

"Yeah?"

"I got off the bus first. Proving, that I was the one protecting you." She smirked triumphantly.

"Wait. Hey!" Chad called in protest as the doors closed. Taylor watched as the bus drove away before starting to walk to her house. She sighed and put her key in the door, turning it and walking inside.

"Mom, I'm home!" She called out, closing the door.

"Taylor, is that you?" She heard in response.

"Well Mom, everyone else is home except Taylor. So yeah, that would have to be her." Taylor heard another voice say. Taylor gave a small smirk at that comment, walking further into the house.

Her mother, Diana McKessie, walked into the room. "Hi darling!" she smiled at her youngest daughter. Diana wore a black dress and matching heels. Her long and dark brown hair curled against her shoulders. The dress hugged her slim but curvy figure quite nicely.

"Hey, Mom!" Taylor smiled, giving her a hug.

"Hi sweetheart!" Diana smiled fondly, gently kissing her forehead.

Welcome To The McKessie Household

Taylor gently pulled away with a smile. "So, I thought I heard Jordan. Is Dad with her?"

Diana nodded. "They came home a while ago, they're working still, but not as hard. They're in your father's office so you can say hi. As a matter of fact, I was just in there. Why don't you join us?" Taylor smiled and nodded and Diana offered her hand. Taylor took it and they made their way around the corner to a room with double glass doors. Window coverings made the area inside invisible. Diana knocked and - or Tyler- opened the door.

"Hi, princess!" He smiled to Taylor, giving her a hug.

"Daddy!" Taylor squealed. Diana smiled, going into the office.

Tyler and Taylor broke apart from their hug, causing Taylor to see her older sister Jordan, who was 20.

"Hey, Tay!" Jordan grinned, looking up from her laptop. She had her legs crossed, her black heels still on her feet. Jordan wore black dress pants accompanied by a black shirt. A blue overcoat completed the outfit perfectly. Like their mother, she too, had long dark brown hair that curled against her shoulders.

"JJ!" Taylor hugged her. Jordan laughed. "How was your trip?" Taylor smiled breathlessly. She hadn't seen Tyler and Jordan in a week.

"Excellent, we saw a lot of new things." Tyler smiled. "Luke and Jordan were funny though. Jordan called Luke after and told him about all the new products we saw. I could hear his voice through the phone!" He laughed.

"He sounded like a hyper puppy!" Jordan laughed.

Luke and Jordan were close despite the five year age difference. Jordan was next in line to take over the company for her father, which she would start to do at the age of 25. When she was ready- and when Tyler thought she was ready- she would step up. Luke wanted to work for the company one day as well and showed a great interest in creating new things. Due to him being his secretary/ best friend's son, Tyler was fond of the boy and decided to train him for a high position alongside Jordan. The two trainees had known each other her entire life and shared a fascination for the new inventions at Tyler's company every time they went to check on it's headquarters in New York.

What was his company?

McKessie Enterprises. It was a company where new inventors grouped with Tyler McKessie- who was an inventor himself- to make their dreams come to life. A lot of the inventions went to the upper class though. They could afford cool stuff like that. Well, the upper class and the McKessies themselves.

"No fair! I wish I could have gone." Taylor groaned.

Jordan gave an evil cackle. "You're too little! You have school and I did my classwork in New York. So I got to be with the cool stuff. That's just how it is sis."

"Jordan!" Diana playfully slapped her leg. Taylor gave a triumphant laugh and Tyler smiled as he stood next to his wife's chair. She looked up at him and they both smirked.

XxxxxxxxX

Chad stepped off the bus, his face still scrunched from Taylor's earlier remark. He walked up to his doorstep before opening the front door to his home.

A small but joyful gasp sounded.

"Chad!" He heard a squeal. A little girl with shoulder length curly hair and overalls came running at him full speed. That little girl would be his four year old sister Christine.

Welcome to the Danforth Home.

Chad felt something on his leg, it was Christine. He looked down at her to see that she had started frowning.

"Is something wrong, big brother?" She blinked her big brown eyes up at him. Chad had realized he was still frowning.

He laughed. "Sorry, Christine, Taylor was getting on my nerves." Even the four year old knew of the loathing (although fading due to their friendship) between the two.

"Oh, good!" She exhaled. "I thought it was me."

"No, sunshine." He picked her up and she cuddled into his shoulder.

"There you are, princess!" Chad's father, Charlie Danforth, said as he came into the living room. "You ran off at the speed of light."

"Dad! Chris!" Chad heard a voice that belonged to his 12 year old brother James. "Can you come back? I'm starving!" He whined.

"Now James, you are not starving. Don't be dramatic." Chad heard a chuckle, belonging to his mother Elizabeth Danforth.

"Chill, James." He teased.

"Never!" James laughed. "Hey Chad. Hurry and get in here please. Mom made pie." James loved pie.

"Hold on champ." Charlie smirked. He placed a hand on Chad's back. "So, how was practice?"

"Um…" Chad thought. "There wasn't practice today, just meetings. Troy and I met with the guys at lunch and I handled my guys during free period." Chad said. By his guys he meant the baseball team. There Chad wasn't co-captain, he was the captain.

"That's good." Charlie nodded. "You're gonna kill it this season right?"

"Of course." Chad grinned.

"My brother always kills it." Christine said as if it were obvious.

"Tell him, Chris." Chad beamed at his little sister.

Charlie fist bumped Chad. "That's my boy."

"Charlie! Chad!" Eliza called out. "Please come eat, James is about to make like a racoon with this pie." They looked at each other. Christine included.

Chad started running, holding squealing Christine like a football kind of. "James!"

"Come eat!"James exclaimed. Charlie laughed, walking to the kitchen.

XxxxxxxxX

Troy sighed as he logged off his station at Best Buy so one of the adult workers could get it.

"Man, that was busy." He blinked. It was a month after Christmas, so maybe these were the late returners. Either way, Troy's brain felt like he'd been running a race, and when he'd finally won, all the pain and exhaustion became evident.

"Hey Troy." He heard. Troy turned around to see Natalie.

"Hey Natalie!" He gave a weak smile. "What's up?"

"I just had to return something for my dad." She explained, motioning to . "I forgot that you worked here, actually."

"Um, yeah!" Troy smiled. "I started last…. August, I think!"

"Oh, that's great!" Natalie replied. "I remember hearing that. I think you had a celebration at the diner with your...friends...that day. Amber mentioned that she saw you guys there." She cleared her cheerleaders and jocks were close in middle school. That was one of the main reasons why they enforced the status quo so much during freshman year on. With everyone beginning to mix, the group wasn't as cool or 'tight' as they would have liked to be. Some of them still believed statuses shouldn't mix. Natalie was in between but tended to gravitate towards the old way. Ever since Gabriella had come around, Troy seemed to want to hang out with her and Amber less...it sucked.

She began to speak again, looking down a little. "Hey, um…" she looked up at him again, "A few of us are having a party at my place... two Saturdays from now? It's my birthday party."

Troy thought. "I don't know, Nat….a lot could happen between now and then. I'll have to check my schedules."

Natalie groaned. "Troy...we never hang out anymore."

"I know...I'm sorry about that." He sighed. He really did feel bad about it, but he wasn't sure what to do.

"Ever since you met that nerd girl-" She began, Troy started to protest but she kept talking, "You, Chad and the others have been so distant." She continued. "She's nice, don't get me wrong. But...we miss hanging around you guy-"

"Troy!" He heard, Natalie sighed in defeat. Gabriella walked up with a bright and bubbly smile. She was waving a small paper bag at him as she walked over. "Hey Wildcat!" she greeted her boyfriend.

"Hey, sweetheart." He smiled, hooking an arm around her waist. "Whatcha got there?" he tickled her sides a little, causing her to giggle.

"Hey!" Gabi laughed before clearing her throat and resuming her previous posture. "Hi Natalie…" she said softly with a kind smile.

Natalie gave a soft nod up. "Gabriella."

Gabiella blinked. It was normal that the cheerleaders didn't like her, but it still stung. Natalie at least said hello, but Gabriella could tell that her presence still irked the girl. Natalie's dark eyes were focused on Gabriella. Her eyes were enchanting dark pools that could tempt even the most loyal man. Her dark hair was tucked underneath a hat she wore atop her head, the ends curled slightly against her shoulders neatly. She was perfect and everyone knew it. The girls at school sometimes called Natalie 'The snake' because she would 'slither' her way around school with her curvy hips softly swaying, hazel eyes ever confident, and presence naturally seductive. The boys practically kissed the ground that she walked on, no matter what status they were. Even if she would coldly brush them off, it was worth it just to be acknowledged by her. The jocks were really the only ones with chances. Like Troy…but the cheerleaders were like their best friends. Gabriella doubted that any of the boys in the group would actually consider dating them.

What was Natalie talking to Troy about anyway?

Natalie suddenly broke the stillness, straightening up again. She wore a form fitting blue shirt that suited her very nicely. She looked down at it, noticed how one side of the shirt's hem was higher than the other, and went to pull it down for an even adjustment.

She looked at him to see Troy blink, completely unfazed. "Whatcha got there, Gabs?"

Gabriella blinked and held a bag out to him. "I stopped at Subway on the way here, I thought you might be hungry so I got you what you normally get. I figured we could ride the bus together and walk home." She smiled.

"Sweet!" Troy's face lit up. "Isn't she the best?!" he smooshed Gabi's face, joking to Natalie.

"The greatest!" Natalie laughed. However, he still looked somewhat irked by Gabriella's presence. Gabriella began to think to herself again, zoning out of the conversation Natalie and Troy had started about an upcoming game.

"Why didn't Troy date Natalie? They get along so well… Would they have gotten together if I hadn't come to East High?" She thought. Suddenly, Natalie laughed and playfully slapped Troy's arm.

"Shut up! You're putting those bad thoughts in the air! Then we'll lose!" She exclaimed.

"I'm just saying, another blackout could happen!" Troy laughed back. "What if West High is all like 'Keep playing losers! Let's get em while the lights are off and-'-"

"Shut up!" Natalie laughed and Troy pulled her into a friendly hug, she hit at his chest playfully. Natalie smiled at the gesture and hugged him back.

When Gabriella saw how content Natalie looked as she hugged her boyfriend, at first she felt a pang of jealousy and possessiveness. What Gabriella did not expect to feel however, was guilt.

Natalie gently slugged Troy. "Alright, don't keep her waiting. I'll see you at school, okay?"

"Yeah." Troy smiled at her. "Come on, Gabi." he held his girlfriend's hand and started walking out.

"Text me if you can come!" Natalie called out, hugging herself and hoping he'd heard her. She sighed, going to get her stuff and drive home.

XxxxxxxxX

Gabi and Troy waited at the bus stop again. Troy was humming 'Getcha Head In The Game'. For a clique that wasn't into musicals, the basketball team made some nice impromptu songs. Gabriella quietly tapped her foot along with his humming before they both started slightly bouncing side to side, launching into small discreet dance moves.

Troy reached the end of the song. "You gotta getcha getcha getcha getcha head in the game-"

"Whooooo." They both whispered aloud. Troy laughed and pulled Gabriella close to him, nuzzling his face into her head a little. Gabriella sighed happily into his embrace. Then, she thought about Natalie.

Gabriella tensed as she thought of how pretty she was and how she was exactly in Troy's league. When he was with her, they always got weird stares and judgement. If he was with Natalie, he wouldn't have to deal with anything like that. She couldn't deny that they'd make a cute couple. So why didn't he just date her instead?

Troy looked down at Gabi when he noticed that she was frowning. "Gab?" Troy asked softly.

"Yeah?" she whispered.

"What's wrong?"

…

"What were you talking to Natalie about?" Gabriella asked quietly. "She looked upset when I walked up and I didn't want to make her sad...or mad...or both."

"It was nothing, really. I don't think it bothered Nat too much, you didn't know. Besides, she was just inviting me to a party that's all." He replied.

"A party?"

Troy blinked, trying to remember what Natalie had been saying. "Um..yeah something about us not hanging out since the rule change and us drifting apart? I don't even know if I'll go-" his eyes widened in shock when he heard a sniffle. "Gabriella?!" He held her at arm's length and saw a tear roll down her cheek. "Gabi, what's wrong?"

She wiped her eyes. "I-I'm sorry...I didn't mean to take you from your old friends…"

"Oh, Gabi…" He cooed, rubbing her cheek softly with his thumb. "I chose to do that. I didn't mean to drift that far, but Nat and I are still friends. Everyone is still friends."

"But you used to be close!" Gabriella pointed out. "When I came to the school, everything changed." she looked away.

"For the better!" Troy insisted, making her look at him again.

"No, Troy, not completely. Friend groups fell apart and even more separation happened. All because a jock and a brainiac fell in love." She grumbled. "You gave up a few things to be with me too."

Troy stared at her. "Is there something wrong with that?" he asked quietly.

She looked away. "Well...sometimes I think that it would have been better if we hadn't met." she confessed. ***(Reminder since it's the first run: Start the song now if you have it up. Also, italics and bold mean that there's a flashback scene. Bold is the song, italics is the flashback.)

Troy's eyes widened. "Gabriella...no." he gently turned her face to him again. "Don't ever think that."

"And why not?" Gabriella asked softly.

"Because meeting you...it changed me. Believe me, it was for the better. It changed so many others too." He said softly. "Without you...I'd still be lost."

She looked at him in awe. Troy took a breath, looking into her eyes. "Gabi…"

"If I never knew you, if I never felt this love, I would have no inkling of- how precious life can be…." he sang softly. He gently pulled Gabriella closer to him again. "And if I never held you, I would never have a clue, how at last, I'd find in you-" He looked at her again, chuckling softly, almost in disbelief. "The missing part of me…in this world so full of fear- full of rage and lies…" He tilted her head up to look at him. "I can see the truth so clear, in your eyes, so dry your eyes." He wiped her tears, swaying softly. "And I'm so grateful to you. I'd have lived my whole life through~ lost forever, If I never knew you…" Gabriella cuddled into him.

She inhaled before singing with him. "If I never knew you, I'd be safe but half as real. Never knowing I could feel, A love so strong and true…." She looked up at him. "I'm so grateful to you. I'd have lived my whole life through~ lost forever. If I never knew you…" Troy smiled at her.

"I thought our love would be so beautiful…" Troy said.

"Somehow we'd make the whole world bright." Gabriella shrugged at him.

They looked away with eyes of concern. "I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong. All they'd leave us where these whispers in the night." Troy and Gabriella sang before looking back at each other and nodding. "But still my heart is singing, we were right."

"If I never knew you,"

(There's no moment I regret)

They remembered when they were at the park. Gabi had been swinging. Troy grinned as he pushed her.

"Troy! Troy too high!" Gabriella giggled and screamed.

"Oh, sorry babe!" He blinked, realizing just how high she was going. He then smiled at her laughter. She was amazing.

"If I never knew this love,"

(Since the moment that we met)

Troy made a slam dunk and the buzzer went off. The Wildcats had won yet another game.

"YEAH!" The rest of the team screamed as the gym erupted into chaos.

Troy felt someone slam into him, hugging him tightly. He looked down to see his beautiful girlfriend grinning at him.

"You did it!" She jumped up and down.

"I did!" He laughed.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so proud of you!" Gabi hugged him again.

Troy smiled and hugged her back, resting his head on hers. "I love you." he said sincerely.

Gabriella smiled up at him. "I love you too, wildcat."

"I would have no inkling of"

(If our time has gone too fast, I've lived at last.)

"How precious life can be"

Gabriella slammed her buzzer during a class game. "The answer is Pi!" She grinned.

"Correct!" Their teacher beamed.

"Yeah! That's my girlfriend!" Troy cheered and pointed at Gabriella as she moved back to her seat, a blush coloring her cheeks.

"We know, Troy. Sit down." Chad groaned from behind him.

"Never." He whispered.

"Troy sit down."

"Yes Mrs. Johnson."

"I thought our love would be so beautiful. Somehow we made the whole world bright."

Troy and Gabi walked through the halls, holding hands. It was happy and peaceful until they walked past the rest of the Jock's lockers.

"There they go." One of the basketball players by the name of Jake sighed.

"I don't get this." Amber grumbled. Natalie rolled her eyes. She was in mean queen mode but her eyes were sad.

"This isn't how any of this is supposed to be." Ian- another basketball player- sighed.

Gabriella looked down before pulling and speed walking away from Troy.

"I thought our love would be so beautiful. We'd turn the darkness into light."

Troy found her hiding by the bathroom. He hugged her close and said, "Hey...don't pay attention to any of them. They don't know how to accept change."

"Yeah, change," Gabriella mumbled sadly.

"It's a great change." Troy smiled. "Look at how happy others are." He pointed to a set of lockers where a skater high fived a drama teen. The pair laughed, enjoying each others company. Gabriella smiled at the sight.

"All of this is because of you, beautiful," Troy said gently.

"Thanks, Troy." Gabriella sighed, hugging him.

"And still my heart is singing, we were right."

"We were right."

"And If I never knew you-" Troy looked and saw the bright lights of the bus approaching. "I'd have lived my whole life through…"

Gabriella sighed softly, nuzzling into Troy. "Empty as the sky…"

The couple looked at each other and laughed, shaking their heads. "Never knowing why…"

"Lost, forever, if I never knew…. " They whispered as the bus stopped. They gave each other's hands a gentle squeeze but kept their eyes on the doors. "You…" the doors opened and they boarded the bus.

XxxxxxxxX

Gabriella waved as Troy left the bus stop when they got off. Soon, he entered his house where his parents Jack and Lucille Bolton were waiting for him. The Boltons need no introduction needed, they're a well-known family.

Nevertheless, Welcome to the Bolton Home

"Hi, honey." Lucille smiled as he kissed her on the cheek. She was making a salad.

"Hey, Dad. Hey, Mom." Troy smiled. "Can I help?"

"Sure!" Lucille beamed, handing her son lettuce and a cutting board.

Jack gave a sly smile. "We leave school at the same time kiddo. It took you longer to get home from work than usual. Did dream girl stop by?" Lucille smirked at her husband's question.

Troy blushed. He looked at his dad and placed some tomatoes on the table near him. "You can help wash, Dad." His parents laughed.

XxxxxxxxX

Gabriella walked into the kitchen of her home. She saw her mother and uncle standing at the island counter that had a few papers on it. They looked up with surprised faces when they noticed her entry before giving her warm smiles.

"Hey, Mom. Hey Uncle. What's up?" She smiled.

"Hey, kiddo." Her uncle, Antonio (or Tony), smiled softly.

"Hi, honey." Her mom gave a weaker smile. "How was school?" Isabella asked.

"It was good. Um...is something wrong?" Gabriella blinked before being met with a moment of silence. Gabriella's eyes moved to the island where she saw a letter for her mother. She picked it up and read some of it before her eyes widened. Gabriella then looked back up to stare at her mother. "What is this? She whispered.

Isabella took a breath before answering her, "Gabriella, I think I found another job…" She said softly.

Welcome to the Montez home…

Or house.

Leaping Lizards, that was the last remodeled chapter! We're finally all caught up with the old version! I only own my OC's and ideas, so obviously I don't own things like Subway and Best Buy xD.

Anyways, thank you all for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please feel free to leave a comment below and tell me what you think! It's a wonderful motivation source and would be much appreciated. Thanks WildcatsLabyrinth2018 for your review! More to come!