The next morning at 6:30, Michael brought Selene and Eve over to the Bolton's. Sarah brought Gabriella over to drop her off then quickly met Selene and Michael. Michael and Selene are in the living room talking with Jack and Lucille. Eve is laying in Troy's car seat/carrier on the floor still sleeping. And Troy and Gabriella have just woken up for the day. It's 8:00. The kids were still sleeping when Sarah dropped her off.

Gabriella started crying for her bottle as she was hungry. Lucille grabbed the bottle and quickly grabbed Gabby to feed her. Lucy burped her and took her along with the awake Troy down to play on the living room floor. She sat them down and smiled. "Play nice, Troy. Gabby's fragile."

Troy looked at his mother and nodded in understanding. He looked at Gabby then crawled over to her. Gabby smiled and opened her arms. Troy smiled and hugged her tightly, but not enough to break her as she was just human. Today was the start of the most beautiful relationship.

It's now Monday August 15, 1994. Troy, Gabriella, and Eve have been the best of friends since the day they met. Eve just turned 4 yesterday. She can now change to her hybrid form, but is still learning to control it as the transformation is tied to her anger. Troy protects her and Gabby like his little sisters, but he has building feelings of more than friendship towards Gabby that he is yet to be aware of. It's the first day of Kindergarten. Sarah, Lucille, and Selene have walked through the door and to their kids' classroom. They set the kids down on their feet and hand them their bags. Gabriella is still unaware like Sarah that their friends are vampires and hybrids. Sarah kissed Gabby's forehead. "Be good. And remember that Lucille is picking you up with Troy as I have to work."

"I know, Mommy. I will. Love you." She replied.

"Love you too, Sweetheart." Sarah said and left with Lucy and Selene.

Gabby turns around to see Eve waiting for her and Troy gone. "Where's Troy?"

"I think he went over there to play with some black kid." Eve replied pointing to the black kid over by the lego's with bushy brown hair.

"Oh." She said and started looking around. She saw a little black girl playing dress-up by herself. "Hey, Eve."

"Yeah, Gabby?"

She pointed to the lonely black girl over by the dress-up. "She seems lonely. Lets go meet and play with her."

Eve smiled. "Ok." She replied and the two headed over to the dress-up. "Hi."

The black girl looked up. "Hi."

"I'm Evelyn, but call me Eve."

"I'm Taylor."

"Nice to meet you. This is my best friend Gabriella."

Gabriella smiled at the girl. "Hi. You can call me Gabby."

"Cool." Taylor replied.

Gabriella pointed over to Troy and Chad. "That boy over there with the brown hair is Troy. He's our other best friend."

"Really? Why's he playing with Chad the meanie?" She asked.

"I take it Chad is the black kid with bushy brown hair." Gabby replied.

"Yeah. He makes fun of me because I'm smart."

"Is that why you were playing by yourself?" Eve asked.

Taylor looked at her and nodded. "Yeah. He has everyone against me."

"Well, Troy won't do that. He's the oldest of the three of us." Gabby said. "He protects us like an older brother."

"Yeah. We've all known each other since we were babies." Eve agreed.

"Cool. Chad used to be my friend when we were babies, but he changed and became a meaniehead when we got to daycare. So I haven't been his friend for a whole year."

"That sucks. Troy loves that I'm so smart. He'll like you. You'll be our new best friend." Gabriella replied.

"I hope so."

The teacher Mrs. Hope called them. "Ok, Class. Time to be put into groups." The kids all stopped playing and listened. "You will be put into groups that will be your group for the rest of the year."

Gabby turned to Eve and Taylor. "I hope we're in the same group." She whispered. They nodded in agreement.

"Group one will be at the front red table. When I call your names, come sit at this table." She looked at her seating chart. "Troy Bolton. Evelyn Corvin. Chad Danforth. Taylor McKessie. Gabriella Montez. And Henry Suttle." The six kids went to table one in the front. "Group two will be at the blue table behind them. When I call your names, come sit at this table." Looking at the chart again, she calls them. "Sharpay Evans. Ryan Evans. Ariana Hartly. Lilian Jethro. Tony Porter. And Shaggy Rolland." The six kids did the same as the first. "Group three will be at the green table beside Group one. When I call your names, sit at this table." She looks at the chart again. "Zeke Baylor. Martha Cox. Jason Cross. Brittany Logan. Connor Martin. And Kelsi Neilson." They sit down. "And Group four will be at the yellow table behind them. When I call your names, sit down." She looks at her chart. "Cindy Hepburn. Jacob Olsen. Cole Oscar. Storm Porter. Angelina Stone. And Carter Vanhorn." They sat down and that was the class. Mrs. Hope looked at them. "Ok. The seats you picked will now be your permanent seats for the year. I will hand you all a strip of paper and want you to write your names on them. They will be taped to the back of your seats so you can remember them." She handed them all a strip and and they took out their art boxes to find a marker to write with.

Eve looked and looked then frowned. She nudges Gabriella. Gabriella looks at her and whispers. "What is it?"

"Daddy forgot to pack my art box. Can I borrow a marker?"

Gabby nodded and let her choose a marker to write her name.