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Gabriella closed the front door of her house. At home Gabriella's life wasn't as nice as her school life. She had many problems at home but she dealt with them. Gabriella never invited her friends over unless she knew her mum wasn't going to be home. She wasn't her real mum; her real mum was dead as well her dad. They had died a couple of days after she was born and had been adopted by Clarissa Andrew. She was a cruel woman who spent most of her time drinking and smoking. The only reason she adopted Gabriella was because she could get money from having kid even if she had two sons already. Clarissa treated Gabriella like trash she made her do all the house work and also would make rude and hurtful comments to make her feel low but she had learnt to block it out.

Gabriella walked down the hallway when she heard someone call her from upstairs,

"Gabriella!"

"Yes," said Gabriella. Just then someone came down the stairs. It was no one other than Clarissa.

"Oh you're back then, were you too busy with your boyfriend that you forget to look after that bloody baby. She's been crying all day," yelled Clarissa.

"Sorry," said Gabriella.

"You better be," said Clarissa as she barged past Gabriella. Gabriella ran up the stairs and went into the room at the end of the room. She walked in and saw the 5 month born baby girl in the cot crying. Gabriella went over to her and picked her up and tried to calm her down.

"Ssshh Gabi's here sweetie," whispered Gabriella. The baby slowly stopped crying. "That's my strong girl. Sorry I was late Natalia, I ran into my old friend who's not my friend anymore." Gabriella loved talking to Natalia because she knew she would always listen to her. Natalia was her brother's daughter and when ever he was not around she would look after her. Gabriella put her to sleep and put her back into the cot. Gabriella went into her bedroom. Her room was the only place in the house where it felt like it was her own. The walls were always red so she added things to go with it and make it feel her own. It was small but she liked it. Gabriella walked to her dressing table and opened the drawer. She went to the bottom of the drawer and found the photograph. It was her and Troy last summer, the day they had met and become friends but only because Troy didn't know the whole truth about Gabriella.

It was the end of Gabriella's first day at her summer job and she was glad it was over. It had been exhausting. She was working at one of the hotels in New York as a life guard. Gabriella closed the door of the staff changing rooms and walked to the check in of the hotel so she could sign out. She signed out when someone called her from behind. A girl and two guys walked towards her.

"Hey Gabriella," said Stefanie. She was one of the girls staying at the hotel. Gabriella and she had become friends when they bumped into each other early.

"Hey,"said Gabriella. She noticed the guy with the long shaggy brown kept looking at her which made her feel a bit uncomfortable.

"You remember Craig, my boyfriend," said Stefanie.



"Yeah, hey," said Gabriella as she smiled at him. Craig smiled back at her but didn't say anything. Gabriella had still not heard him speak.

"And this is my friend from LA, Troy Bolton," introduced Stefanie.

"Hey," said Troy. Troy looked Gabriella up and down, this girl was hot and she was going to be his,

"Hey so your new here. Do you like it so far?" asked Gabriella.

"Yeah it's been great so far except that the New York Knicks are nothing compared to the LA Lakers," said Troy.

"Whatever. To bad they lost against the Knicks last week," said Gabriella.

"Wait you like basketball," said Troy and Craig.

"Um yeah, is there anything wrong with that?" asked Gabriella.

"No I actually find that quite attractive in a girl," said Troy as he smirked.

"So you find me attractive?" asked Gabriella.

"I may, I may not," said Troy. Gabriella was about to answer when there was a flash from Stefanie.

"What was that for?" asked Troy as he rubbed his eyes.

"A way to stop you two from flirting," said Stefanie as she put camera back in her purse."You know we have places to go people to see."

"Whatever, I was talking. Why don't you come with us?" asked Troy hoping she would say yes.

"I can't I have to be home today by 10," said Gabriella.

"But it's summer vacation," said Troy disappointedly.

"Sorry, there not my rules there my mum's," said Gabriella. "Maybe some other time when I don't have to leave so early."

"Yeah sure, how about I give you my number?" said Troy.

"Yeah do you have your phone?" said Gabriella.

Troy handed Gabriella his phone and she put in her number.

"Here you go," said Gabriella as she handed him his phone. "Well see ya." Gabriella started to walk away when Troy called her.

"Don't you want my number?" said Troy.

"Nah. If you're interested then you'll phone and I'll know you want to meet up," said Gabriella as she left, leaving Troy wanting her.

Now Gabriella wished she had told Troy from the start that she had a boyfriend and maybe she wouldn't have had the problems. She put the photograph back and slammed the door shut.



--HSM--

A week after the game Troy shut the door of his huge apartment after another win against Jefferson. He walked into the kitchen hoping to find Lisa his dad's cook but she wasn't there. Troy had everything in life but he didn't care he just took it for granted. He had people to do stuff for him. His dad wanted this for him for the time he didn't spend with Troy but he didn't give a shit if want anyone trying to prove there selves as he was happy without his dad over him which he had enough on the court.

Troy took a quick shower and put on a pair of shorts. He went into the kitchen grabbed a can of red bull and sat down on the leather sofa in front the plasma screen. As he watched the T.V the door bell rang.

"Who the fuck is it now," Troy muttered to his self. He put the can down and went get to the door. He opened the door and found two police officers at his door.

"Is this Jack Bolton's house?" the female officer asked.

"Yes, it is. Why?" asked Troy who wasn't really bothered.

"Um well you must be his son then. We just found out that you dad was in an accident. No one survived including your father," said the male officer.

"What!"said a shocked Troy.

Okay I'm sorry this took long. I'm not allowed on the laptop on school days since I have exams (KS3 SATs –I'm from England) next week and need good results to go to Anfield so sorry.

Thanks for the reviews. I hope it's a bit clearer known about Troy and Gabriella. R&R

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