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Gabriella watched as Troy smirked. She knew he was enjoying this but she was hoping he was lying. He wouldn't want to come to East High even if someone paid nevertheless be basketball captain. Her life would be messed up if he came to East High, she would remember the summer over and over again.

Troy looked at Gabriella he knew she was hoping he was lying, he was always good at reading her facial expression. After couple of seconds of taking it in Nathan said,

"Your lying! Why would anyone want you to become the basketball captain? And why would you even want to come to this school?"

"Because I have moved near this school and if you don't believe me then just ask your principal," said Troy. He wasn't going to tell them the whole story of why he was there.

"Why have you moved near here?" yelled Nathan. He was frustrated; he didn't want this git at his school. He felt someone put their hand on his arm and turned and saw it was Gabriella. He knew she was trying to calm him down as he could see it in her eyes. He put his hand on top of her hand to reassure he was okay and he wasn't going to flip. Nathan turned back to Troy waiting for an answer who was staring at where Gabriella had put her hand. Troy wished she still carried about him like that and showed it but it was no use he had blown it and now she was with this git who was annoying him.

"That's none of your business," said Troy. Gabriella, Chad and Taylor knew half the reason why he had moved here but Nathan didn't and they weren't that horrible to tell him because they knew Nathan would annoy him about it. Just then the principal came out of his office and said,

"What's going on here, Smith?"

"Is it true that Bolton here is going become captain of basketball team?" said Nathan.

"He's not going to become captain, he already is," said the principal. "We thought he could help the team become better."

"What's wrong with team right know?" asked Nathan.

"It's useless as a team," muttered Bolton. Nathan glared at Troy.

"The team needs improvement that all," said the principal. "Now I think it's time you all head off to class and Bolton you come into my office now." Nathan watched as Troy went the office and smirked at him before the door closed. Nathan punched the door and turned back to Gabriella. She took his hand and kissed it.

"Are you okay?" said Gabriella and Nathan answered by kissing her gently on her lips.

"Dude it'll be fine. Bolton loves to win on whatever team he is on so he won't try to ruin the team," said Chad.

"So you don't mind that he's here then? Don't you remember all the things his said to us after every game?" said Nathan.

"I do mind and I do remember but he's just one person and whatever he tries to do to ruin the team it won't work as the whole team will play like they do right know," said Chad.

"I guess," said Nathan. "Well I better head off to class then." He bent down and kissed Gabriella on the cheek and walked away. Chad and Taylor had both noticed how quite Gabriella had become after they had seen Troy. They both knew about her and Troy's past relationship and they knew how badly it had affected her.

"Gabriella, are you okay?" said Taylor. Gabriella nodded.

"Gabs your lying. You don't want Troy here do you?" said Chad. Whenever they talked about Troy in front of Gabriella they would use his first name. Gabriella nodded.

"Gabi you can't let Troy get to you," said Taylor.

"I know but what if he gets mad one day and blurt it out to Nathan," said Gabriella.

"He wouldn't because this something that Nathan doesn't know about you and he wants it that away. It's like his dirty little secret," said Chad. Gabriella smiled and said,

"Chad, do you have to phrase it like that? It makes me sound like I'm his whore or something," Chad put his arm around Gabriella's a shoulder and said,

"It made you smile and Gabs, you're every guys whore." Gabriella smacked Chad. Gabriella knew this was his way of cheering her by teasing her.

"That's not funny Chad. I've only dated two guys at this school well three now."

"Sure Gabs. When you say you're babysitting Cody and Andie, you're just off with some guy," said Chad as they got to there class.

"Chad shut up. Taylor, tell your boyfriend to shut up," said Gabriella as she sat in her seat next to Chad.

"Tay can't control me like that."

"Oh really? What happens when I stop tutoring you and you fail your classes, remember what I said to you?"said Taylor as she raised her eyebrows.

"Sorry Gabs," said Chad.

"What did you say to him?" asked Gabriella.

"I said that if he doesn't pass all his classes then I won't date him," said Taylor making Gabriella giggle.

"It's not funny. Its hard work and it doesn't give me any free time," said Chad.

"But I bet most of your study time ends your way, Chad," said Gabriella.

"No it doesn't even end up like that either," said Taylor. Just then Mr Howard came in and told the class to settle down. Gabriella liked this class because the teacher actually taught them something unlike most of the others who thought there was no point as no one bothered in the class or teacher didn't know how to teach. When Gabriella looked at the door she saw Sharpay kissing Zeke and saying bye to him.

"Ah Miss Evans late as usual I see so I'll see at 3:00 as usual. Take your seat," said Mr Howard.

"Over slept a bit didn't you, Shar. Had a busy night then?" whispered Chad as Sharpay took her seat next to Gabriella.

"Shut up Chad," said Sharpay as she checked herself in mirror.

"Hey you weren't the only one, Gabs here had busy night as well, isn't it Gabs?" said Chad as Gabriella blushed.

"You did? You did it?" said Sharpay and Gabriella nodded. "We have to talk."

Gabriella had finally had it with Nathan. It wasn't that she was a virgin, she had lost that in summer before her junior year, it was she had chosen it for the right time. Nathan had known that when they had started to date Gabriella was a virgin but when Gabriella lost it she didn't what to do so she had to make a lie up. She pretended they had had it when Nathan got too drunk one party and couldn't remember what had happened that night.

Nathan woke up with the morning sun on his face. He pressed his hand against his forehead, it was aching like mad. He couldn't remember a thing that had happened last night. He looked down at his body, he was wearing no clothes. All he had on top of him was a thin sheet. At the end of the bed was Gabriella, sitting there with her head in her hands wearing his black jumper. Nathan picked up his boxers on the floor and put them on and sat down next to Gabriella.

"What happened last night?" asked Nathan as he put his hand on Gabriella's back.

"We did it, Nathan. You were drunk and I wasn't thinking so one thing lead to another and we ended up here," whispered Gabriella as she pretended to cry. She didn't want to do this but she had to.

"Oh no, I'm sorry Gabi I knew you wanted to wait for the right time. I was just pissed of and I got drunk," said Nathan. "We were protected weren't we?"

"I think so, there was an empty packet on the table," said Gabriella as she wiped her tears away.

"I know we have done it now but I will wait for when you think it is the right time," said Nathan as he pulled Gabriella onto his lap.

"Thanks Nathan," said Gabriella as she lent her head against Nathan shoulder.

The bell rang for the end of lesson. Gabriella gathered her books and met the rest of the guys outside of the class.

"So Gabriella how was it?" said Sharpay as she linked arms with Gabriella as they walked to there next class.

"Do we really have to talk about this?" saidChad. "Can't you talk about this some other time?"

"No," said Sharpay.

"Shar, why don't you give them some personal space? She may not want to talk about it," said Chad.

"I just want to know how it was?" said Sharpay.

"Shar, it was amazing," said Gabriella happily. She hadn't been lying, it had been amazing.

"Thank you Gabi, that's all I wanted to know," said Sharpay and she started to walk to another corridor.

"Where are you going?" asked Chad.

"Um, to the loo," said Sharpay.

"You're bunking aren't you?"said Taylor.

"Sharpay don't, please. It's a waste of time," said Gabriella. She knew Sharpay didn't like coming to classes even though she was smart so Gabriella and Taylor had to force her to come.

"What's the point of coming? You know we won't learn anything," explained Sharpay. She wasn't lying, this one of the many classes where they didn't learn anything as there weren't any teachers who wanted to teach here to make any advance classes.

"Fine go," said Gabriella. Sharpay hugged Gabriella and ran down the corridor.

"She shouldn't have let her go," said Taylor as they walked into a classroom.

"She would have found a way to leave any way," said Gabriella as she walked towards her seat she found Troy in Nathan seat and Nathan arguing with him.

"Move out of my seat," commanded Nathan.

"Is there assigned seating?" asked Troy as he looked to see Gabriella had took the seat next to him.

"No, but this is my seat," said Nathan.

"If there is no assigned seating then why don't you go sit at the other seat on the other side?" suggested Troy.

"No I want to sit..." Nathan was cut off by the silence in the class. He turned around and saw the principal was standing at the desk.

"Mr Smith, please take the seat over there," said principal as he pointed to the seat Troy had been talking about earlier. Nathan did as he was told; shoving the desk Troy was at slightly.

"As most of your grade point averages are below 2.0 and seeing not much work is going in this class, we have decided to give you an exam to see how far you have got in this class and to see what needs to be improved," said the principal. "Any one you know who is missing from this class please tell to them to come to my office at lunch."

Gabriella looked around a third of the class was missing. The principal placed the test onto her desk. She got her pencil and got straight into the test. Troy watched Gabriella as she went through her first question easily. As the principal handed Troy his paper he said,

"Eyes on your own paper, Mr Bolton."

Gabriella was so happy it was finally lunch. Every class she had had today, Troy had seems to be in all of them somehow. She had been thinking was it fate that they had ended up together in the same school and classes. But she was going to allow fate for them to end up together. Sharpay came up to them in the lunch area outside and sat down.

"Sharpay we told you to go to the principal's office," said Taylor.

"I know but I'm not going to go," said Sharpay.

"Shar you'll get into more trouble, do you want that?" said Gabriella.

"You know I don't care," said Sharpay.

"The principal will kick you off the team," said Zeke as he rubbed her back. Sharpay got up and said, "I'm going, happy?"

"Very," said Gabriella and Taylor together happily. They watched as she walked away. When she got to the door Troy came outside. He looked and Sharpay glared at him and walked away with her head up. Troy went over and sat down on of the empty tables. The announcer went off,

"Boys who want to try out for the basketball whatever year they are in can go to gym today after school to sign up," said the announcer. Half of the school looked at Nathan and half at Troy who was too busy looking at his phone to notice everyone else. Nathan got up and went to where Troy was sitting with the rest of the gang following.

"What was that about?" said Nathan. Troy looked up and asked,

"What was what about?"

"That announcement about try outs, there is a good team already," said Nathan.

"Ah that, this school has had the same team since your freshmen year and when the older players left you didn't add new players you just picked some guys that were okay so I decided to have tryouts," explained Troy.

"So we have to tryout as well?" asked Nathan.

"Yes, everyone has to who wants to be on the team," said Troy.

"What?"said Nathan.

"If you don't think your good enough for the team then don't come to try outs," said Troy as he got up.

"Oh I'll be at tryouts," said Nathan in Troy's face.

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Troy sat on the bleachers waiting for the boys so tryouts could begin if anyone would turn up. The gym was different to West High's, there were no sponsors around the edge of the gym; the lines printed on the ground were coming off; and it was small. The door of the gym opened making Troy looked up. To Troy's surprise, many boys walked into the gym even the original basketball team. When they all came in, they all looked at Troy waiting for them to say something.

"Team work," said Troy. Everyone was watching him as he lifted his head up. "That's what the team didn't have." Few noises came from where the original team stood.

"Many of the players wanted to score achieve things there self but doesn't work. But why listen to me ex West High captain, who insulted there players, this school, fought with players, why? I'll tell you why. At West High I was with a team who never had a goal they just wanted to win they didn't want to prove anything, they just wanted to show off. They 

were good players but they were show offs. But here at East High I know I have seen students who want to prove that this school is great no matter what others say. They want people to know that the students at East High aren't useless and they are good as any other school. I want to help show this by helping the basketball team, reach the top and if you want to prove this as well sign up on that sign up sheet over there," explained Troy and pointed to the wall where the sign up sheet was.

All of a sudden a group of guys started to clap which spread across the gym. Troy had smiled he got the message through and he knew this was a start for them to build there trust. Once they stopped of the guys from the crowd shouted,

"Why have you suddenly changed your view on this school?"

"Because over this weekend I've had some changes in my life and it shown a different view of this school," answered Troy. "Also if you choosing to try out put this in thought before you sign up there will be intense conditioning and practises and some other conditions which you'll find out after you've joined the team." Once everyone who wanted to sign up had signed up, Troy stood onto the bleachers again. Gabriella had heard all of Troy's speech as she had been there in the hall. She was really surprised about this and wondered if he actually meant it.

"As there are many of you I'll need another person to help me. I have some people already to help me but I need someone from this school who will also be vice-captain. So I thought I would chose the best player on the old basketball team and the old vice captain, Chad Danforth," said Troy and the whole gym roared with applause. Chad went up to join Troy. Gabriella knew this was true but in some way it was an insult to Nathan.

"Dude are you serious!" said Chad. "Don't I need to tryout?"

"Yes I am serious and no you don't need to tryout and since when do you call me dude?" asked Troy.

"Since that speech," said Chad." You are serious about this aren't you?"

"Yes," said Troy. "Well see you guys tomorrow." Troy walked out of the gym thinking, Maybe it won't be so bad here.

--HSM--

Troy sat on the sofa with his legs up on the table. Tanya came in and took the remote from Troy and sat down next to Cody.

"Excuse me I was watching," said Troy as he got up and tried to get the remote out of her hand but failed.

"Tough," said Tanya. Troy went back and sat down. "Do you really mean what you said to the guys in the gym?"

"How do you know what I said to them, I didn't see you there," said Troy.

"Junior next door told me who got told by his brother," said Tanya not taking her eyes off the T.V.

"Yes I did," said Troy. "Who's junior, your boyfriend?"

"That's none of your business," said Tanya. Troy wondered why he was asking this as if he was an older protective brother. The front door rang.

"Troy could you get the door please," said Lucille from the kitchen. Troy got up and opened the door. It was Gabriella at the door with a baby in her arms. He was about to ask what she was doing here when Cody came behind Troy.

"Ella! You brought Natalia with you," yelled Cody happily. Gabriella smiled and said,

"Yeah I did but don't shout she just woke up."

"Okay," whispered Cody and led Gabriella into the house. Troy moved aside to let her in.

"Ah Gabriella your here, sorry about the short notice, I wouldn't have asked if I knew Troy didn't have any plans," said Lucille as put her coat on.

"It's okay," said Gabriella. "You don't mind I brought Natalia with me?"

"Gabriella your like my daughter of course I don't mind," said Lucille. "Well this Troy my son I'm so glad he came it was only because he promised someone special, I think you already must have met him?" Gabriella smiled Troy had kept his promise to her.

"Yeah I have," said Gabriella. Troy was going to say she wasn't Lucille wasn't his mum but he had noticed Gabriella beaming happily about what he had said.

"Well bye then. Troy help Gabriella if she needs it. Bye kids," said Lucille as she left.

"Why you so happy?" said Troy.

"Nothing much. I thought we broke all I promises, when we broke up?" said Gabriella.

"It must have slipped my mind when I made the decision," said Troy as he walked back into the living room. Gabriella sighed and followed him into the living room.

Tell me what you think about! I'll update in about a week or two if I can and the next chapter will have more about Troy and Gabriella's past and present relationship. R&R

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