A few days later, Gabriella walked into her new school with her mother and her new principal Mr. Matsui. "I expect your light will shine very brightly here at East High." He told her encouragingly.

Gabriella graced him with a smile while inwardly rolling her eyes then said 'bye' to her mother and followed him up the stairs. She walked into her homeroom and handed her papers to Ms. Darbus then went towards a seat in the back.

She spotted Troy sitting on a desk and talking to some dark haired kid, 'Well, well, well, we meet again…' She thought with a small smile.

Gabriella almost bumped into someone and looked up to see a pair of beautiful blue eyes boring into hers. She gasped and felt something explode inside her but continued to her seat and sat down, keeping her eyes downcast on her ragged nails.

Ms. Darbus began to talk about a new year and the winter musical and Gabriella's ears perked up. She glanced at the back of Troy's head and grinned to herself, 'This is going to be easy…' She thought then jumped at the bell.

Gabriella stood up and followed the blonde boy she'd bumped into out of the room only to find Troy waiting for her.

"I don't-"

"Believe it!"

"Well me-"

"Either!" They laughed and Gabriella blushed. "I looked for you the next day but-" "

Well we had to leave first thing!"

"Why are you whispering?"

"What? Oh, well my friends know about the snowboarding but not about the singing," He admitted.

"Too much for them to handle?"

"No, it was cool, but it's not really my thing." He replied but Gabriella, who had grown a little bored, wandered away and he followed her.

She was looking at the bulletin board when he came up behind her, "Now that you've met Ms. Darbus, I'm sure you can't wait to sign up for that." He teased, gesturing to the sign up sheet.

Gabriella giggled and told him if he sang, she would go see it. "Yeah, yeah, that's completely impossible."

Suddenly, a blonde swung around the bulletin board and simpered, "What's impossible, Troy? I wouldn't think 'impossibly' is even in your vocabulary!" Gabriella homed in on her then glanced at Troy and saw webs between them. But the webs were broken and disconnected.

She sighed, 'I'm here to bring two egotistical teenagers together?' She thought to herself then smiled and stepped back a little. Apparently, the blonde had addressed her and she replied, "Oh no! I was just looking at all the bulletin boards; a lot is going on at this school! Wow!"

The bell rang and Gabriella walked off but not before glancing at the sheet the thespian had signed, Sharpay, "Nice penmanship." She smirked and walked away.

She moved out of eyesight but not out of earshot and began to eavesdrop. "So Troy, I missed you over vacation! What'd you do?" She asked, as he was stepping away.

"Oh you know basketball, snowboarding, more basketball."

"When's the big game?"

"Two weeks."

"You are so dedicated," She sighed, checking him out, "Just like me!"

Troy forced a laugh and tried to escape but Sharpay called him back, "Come see me in the musical! Promise?" She pouted and Troy nodded. Another bell rang and he walked away, "Tootles!" Sharpay called and he turned around, "Tootles," He replied and finally ran down the hall.

Gabriella suppressed laughter and walked into her first class then sat down next to the blonde boy. About ten minutes into class, he slid her a piece of paper and she discreetly opened it in her lap.

I'm Ryan it read. She smiled and quickly scribbled back Gabriella.

He glanced at her and mouthed 'Hi.' She giggled and the teacher slammed a hand down on her desk, "That's enough!" She scolded and they turned away from each other and tried not to laugh.

During second period, Gabriella was copying notes when suddenly Sharpay began to speak with her. "So, it seemed like you knew Troy Bolton."

"Not really, he was just showing me around."

"Well, Troy doesn't usually interact with new students." She replied. 'Will this dame ever shut up? It's hard enough to pay attention without her running her trying to make nice!'

"Really? Why not?"

"It's pretty much basketball 24/7 with him!" Gabriella had a smart moment and noticed a mistake made by the teacher, "That should be 16 over pi…" She muttered.

"Yes, Miss Montez?" She teacher asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry, it's just…shouldn't the second equation read 16 over pi?" 'I don't even know what pi is! This is amazing!' The teacher fixed her mistake and Gabriella felt Sharpay rolling her eyes.

Thankfully, the period ended and Gabriella walked back to her homeroom then went to a nook of the library and stayed there for her free period. During this time, she pulled out a blue fuzzy notebook and dated the first page.

Operation We're All in This Together Day One:

Jocks:

Troy Bolton

Thespians:

Sharpay Evans

'Maybe this won't be so easy…' She thought and closed her notebook.

Sorry about not updating for two weeks! I've been working hard on my other story, which is rapidly coming to a close! Thanks for the reviews and keep them coming! Feedback makes my day! Another chapter should be up soon and don't forget to check out When Dreams Come True, and Angel of the Starz's stories: Separation Anxiety, Stars in Your Eyes and Guardian Angel! XOXO!