Disclaimer: Do not own high School Musical, do not own Charmed Constance M. Burge does.
Graduation day finally came. Seniors all around her were crying because they couldn't see their best friends again. Parents were hugging their children for actually making it out of high school and were shedding a few tears while doing it because they were leaving the nest. Some teachers were actually sad that some students were leaving, even the worst of students. They must have given them a thrill while working there over the years. They were also sad, of course, that some of the best students were leaving, and hoping that the juniors could live up to their standards and children related to those students could live up to their legacy at East High.
It was funny really. Gabriella remembered when Ginger graduated East High School. Ginger was one of the top students there. Everyone was sad she was leaving. Gabriella felt like she had to be great and live up to everyone's expectations of being Ginger Montez's sister. Now Gabriella just graduated and everyone was expecting Giliana to live up to everyone's expectations. They were going to be so disappointed.
Her new boyfriend, long time crush, Troy Bolton had come up from behind her and spun her around causing her to scream. "It's okay, I got you. You're always going to be safe around me," he whispered into her ear. She wished she could say the same to him. She knew with all the fighting going on he would be dead in a heartbeat if he didn't stay his distance. "Can we talk?"
Gabriella feared those words. Usually at graduation, the boys would break up with their new or long time girlfriend so they could date some college girls. He led her to their secret spot on the roof top and sat her down on the bench. He took a deep breath.
"We have known each other for fourteen years, and you have been the greatest friend to me. I at first started to have a crush on you then as we got older I started to fall I love with you. I know we just graduated and we're going to the same college, but I just need to tell you…" She knew this was the part where Troy says they should just stay friends like they always were and hope that we meet different and better people, "I will always love and I'll always be there for you. I know dumb senior boys usually break up with their girlfriends at his point but I love you too much for that."
Gabriella smiled as she heard those words. She couldn't believe Troy Bolton wanted a committed relationship with her. "And I will always love you." She leaned in and they had a soft passionate kiss. After they broke apart, she sat on his lap. "We should probably get going before someone comes up here and finds us." They went back down to where all the chaos was happening.
Gabriella went back home to pick the perfect dress for Troy's senior party. She couldn't find anything and fell back on her bed in frustration.
"What is wrong with you?" Ginger came into her room.
"I can't find a dress for the party."
Giliana suddenly came into her room "It looks like more than that."
"Troy said he that he will always love me." She spit out in disgust. Her sisters gave her a confused look.
"What is wrong with him?" Ginger played along, "I can't imagine if he ask you to marry him and you have two kids, living in a white picket fence and a dog."
"Oh no," Giliana joined in, "at their wedding she has on a gorgeous dress and doves fall from the sky."
"That's not why I'm upset. I'm mad because he is so comfortable be honest with me and I can't even tell him where I have to dash off to in the middle of our date. I can't tell anyone anything." Her sisters understood more now.
"You have to follow your heart," Ginger said. "Do what's fair for both you and Troy."
"You can't have a stable relationship without trust or honesty," Giliana joined in.
"Okay," She walked out the room but turned around to see Ginger again. "You should really try asking Nate out again."
Ginger considered the advice and walked out of the room. She went into her room and took a deep breath. "Nate, Nate, I know you can hear me! Please, come down!"
A bundle of blue lights came in front of her and formed the body of Nate. "How'd you find out?" He got right to the chase.
"I know you're a whitelighter," she ignored his question, "and I know that you have feelings for me, and I'm just going to come out and say it. I have had very strong feelings for you ever since the day I met you. I also know that it's forbidden for whitelighters and witches to date but I just want to forget about that rule and try and make this relationship work."
He looked into her eyes and found she was really telling the truth. He saw she was a person that really wanted to make this relationship work. She looked into his eyes. She saw that he was a passionate man that would do anything in the world to make her happy and not be hurt.
"We can make this work." He finally answered. She smiled and leaned in and they both tenderly kissed.
Gabriella walked into the backyard of Troy's house and saw the senior party going on. The whole place was overloaded with red, white, and gold. The place was filled with seniors, of course, and a couple of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who wanted to crash the party. Kelsi was the DJ, Ryan had on his mascot tail, which he's wearing since he was the mascot, and Chad and Taylor were having a moment on Troy's old swing set. She looked around to find Troy until she finally spotted him in his tree house overlooking the party. She climbed up the tree and sat down next to him.
"Can you believe we just graduated?" He was still looking out into his party. He finally stopped looking at her and looked back at Gabriella "Is it selfish to say I'm glad Stanford rejected you, so we can be together through college."
Gabriella smiled and rested her head on her shoulder. "No, it's not. It's actually really cute and sweet." She remembered the reason why she came to the party. "We need to talk."
"What's wrong?"
"These past couple months I haven't been fair to you. You know how I've been going in and out of places without a good explanation." Troy nodded his head eagerly hopping that he would finally know what's going on but was disappointed for the next words. "I can't explain all that."
"Why can't you just tell me?" He started to get angry at Gabriella.
"I really, really do, I just can't. I haven't been honest to any of you for a while, Troy. I haven't been honest to any of you. I love you, and I can't keep lying to you. I think it's best if we stop seeing each other." Troy wiped the tears from her eyes with his thumb.
"You can't be serious."
"I am. It's probably best if we never saw each other again. We shouldn't talk to each other or see each other." She saw the tears welling up in eyes. "This is the right thing to do. Remember that."
She ran off out the house as fast as she could. Troy followed her out the gate and ran as fast as he could. When he finally got to where she would've, she had disappeared.
5 Years Later
Wicked was the nightclub of the century. Everyone went there to relax. People were either up dancing around or ordering a drink from the bar. The bar was on the side of the club while in the front was a stage big enough for a band and performer. To the left was a little VIP room for the owner and her friends. Everywhere else was where tables and chairs, enough so people could dance around. Currently, the club was in full swing.
Gabriella was sitting down at a table with her date. "And that's how we almost lost the company," he laughed. Gabriella fake laughed along too. For five years she couldn't find a decent relationship other than Troy.
Her cell phone rang. She looked at it and saw it was a message from Giliana. "I'm sorry, but I have to go. Family emergency." She made up an excuse just leaving him there confused. She disappeared in a light of blue orbs and arrived at a fight scene.
Ginger had been thrown above the fireplace left with only minor injuries. Gabriella saw a woman with a black, skin tight leather outfit on. She had long, black fingernails for talons. Out of her hand, she threw a blue energy based dart at Gabriella while she wasn't looking. She, fortunately, moved out the way and it destroyed the table. Giliana did a back flip and kicked her in the stomach causing her to fall.
She rejoined her sisters and they said a spell from a small piece of paper
"Claws of pain, we have to sever
Demon, you are gone forever."
They got up from the floor and started a conversation like nothing ever happened. "We're sorry for ruining you date, Gabriella," Giliana apologized.
"No problem. He was really boring, and I was going to make up an excuse to leave anyways," she said then saw the remains of the demon. "What exactly was she anyway?"
"A harpy," Ginger said, "tried to kill us to move up on the demon hierarchy, you the usual." There was crying from upstairs and Ginger hurried to check on it.
"Can you believe it? For five years we can't even keep a relationship, but she can find a boyfriend, get married and have a beautiful baby boy." Gabriella walked into the kitchen with Giliana getting a bottle of water.
"You can find the right guy," Giliana replied. "You just always find something wrong with them and make an excuse not to date them."
"I don't need this conversation. I need to get ready for work tomorrow." Gabriella starts to walk out the kitchen while Giliana follows her.
"You're a photo journalist for a magazine. You have to get up early for crap like that?"
"Yes, and until you get a real job instead of that temp working stuff you do, you will never understand being a working girl." Gabriella walked up to her room.
A lot of things can change in five years. Ever since Gabriella broke it off with the gang neither the gang nor Gabriella knew what the other was doing. Gabriella perused her dream and became a photographer at a famous magazine in Albuquerque after she finished college. Ginger married Nate and they had a baby, now two years old. They couldn't get that happy relationship without a fight from the elders. Ginger also got a job at an auction house. What better job to do when you went to college and studied history. Giliana started college and started doing temp jobs. Although she has a job and is in her last year in college, she still likes to act like a teenager and have a little fun.
Gabriella went the magazine agency for her new assignment. She had heard it was a very important one involving a local celebrity.
"Montez, we have your fist major photo assignment," her boss, Jerry, told her. She was excited. She had never had photographed someone big before. If she did well, she would be a well known photographer.
"You will be taking a picture of one of the most famous advice columnist in town." Her face went blank.
"You don't mean…" Gabriella trailed off.
"You will be taking pictures of none other than Sharpay Evans."
Sharpay walked into her office at Current Albuquerque, the newspaper. She got her dream to famous. When she imagined it, she saw her on a TV screen doing drama or Broadway. She was famous for giving wonderful advice. Everyone in Albuquerque asked Sharpay about their daily lives and, most importantly, love. Sharpay was excited. She got to be photographed by a top photographer, and her photo was going to be in the most read magazine and on a billboard.
"Sharpay, the photographer is here," her boss, Monique, yelled out. She walked out her office and turned pale.
"Hi Shar," Gabriella said. She was the same Gabriella. Her hair had grown a little longer and she had gotten a little taller, but she was the same Gabriella. She had the same big brown eye and the same exotic look.
"What are you doing here?" She took a step closer to her. Gabriella looked like she didn't want to be there as much as Sharpay didn't want her there.
"I don't want to be here either Sharpay, but I need to be." How could she seem so calm? After all of the sadness she put the gang through, she acted like they were in a little fight in high school. She had left them saying it was for the best and couldn't explain why. She wasn't there for them during their worst moments, especially for Sharpay. She couldn't stand her right now.
"No you don't. Get out of here right now." She pointed her finger at the door.
"I can't. If you want your picture on a billboard for millions to see, you're going to have to deal with me whether we like it or not." Sharpay gritted her teeth. Even after five years, she still knew she couldn't resist a chance for people to adore her.
Taylor walked into the coffee shop looking around, trying to spot the blonde. She was sitting at a table looking into her coffee with a distant expression on her face. She had to rush here seeing as though Sharpay seemed very worried on the phone.
"What's wrong?" she sat at the seat across from her.
"Nothing, I just needed to talk to someone." She was looking out the window and saw the street. If you go down the street and turn left, you get to Gabriella's house. She wondered why she didn't go there anymore. Troy had said that Gabriella didn't want to see them again. She had tried calling her and went to her house but nothing happened. She wouldn't return her calls and wouldn't answer the door. One day Gabriella just came to Sharpay's doorstep saying they shouldn't be friends, and it would be best if she just kept her distance along with everyone else.
"How'd the photo shoot go?"
"I saw her." Sharpay ignored the question. Taylor gave her a questioning look causing Sharpay to sigh. "I saw Gabriella Montez."
"What happened? What did she say? Did she want to see us again?" Taylor bombarded her with questions.
"She was the photographer that was sent from the agency." Sharpay started with that.
"That would make sense since she's always wanted to be a photographer," Taylor said her thoughts out loud.
"I smiled for the camera. She took the pictures and left. My face will be on a billboard next week, and I am happy that I am getting famous." Sharpay let out a frustrated groan and put her manicured fingers in her hair. "What should I do, Taylor? Do I call her? Do I leave her alone?"
Taylor put her hands up in defeat. "I don't know. You're the advice columnist."
Sharpay put her hands up in anger, and the table flew to the wall. Sharpay paid for the damages and walked out with a dazed Taylor.
"What just happened?"
"You seem to be asking a lot of questions lately," Sharpay said.
"I have to go. I have papers to grade." Taylor went into her car very confused.
Taylor became a college professor at U of A while her husband, Chad, became an inspector for the Albuquerque Police Department. They all kept in touch with the others except for few. Troy and Chad were still best friends, and he was a fireman. Kelsi turned into a nightclub owner for the famous nightclub Wicked. Zeke had broken up with Sharpay at Troy's party like Gabriella. No one's ever seen from him since.
Gabriella went into the manor to see Ginger playing with her child, Matthew. "How'd the photo shoot go?"
"I photographed a celebrity like I said." Gabriella plopped down on the living room couch. Ginger gave her an odd look, knowing there was more to the story.
"I took pictures of Sharpay Evans!" Gabriella exploded.
"What happened?" Ginger sat on the couch with Mathew on her lap.
"Exactly what I said. Things were a little tense at first, but after our little greeting we didn't say anything to each other." Before Ginger could give Gabriella any advice, Nate orbed in and had his eyes set on Gabriella.
"What's wrong, Nate?" his wife asked.
"I have a message for Gabriella from the Elders," he said while picking up his son.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and scoffed. "This day could not get any worse."
"Actually, it's not that bad. It depends on how you take it." Gabriella looked at him, telling him to continue. "You're getting your first charge."
Gabriella got nervous. She didn't know how to be a whitelighter. She didn't know how to guide people. For five years she's been fighting demons and evil. Now she had to protect people. Sure, she did it most of the time, but that was with her sisters to help her. She finally stopped shaking and calmed down.
"Who's my new charge?" Gabriella finally managed to ask. Nate looked concerned and had a look on his face that hoped she wouldn't ask that question any time soon.
"Sharpay Evans."
"You've got to be kidding me."
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