Hey everybody, its me again, I've been pretty busy lately with school and all, but I finally had time to update. Thanks again to all of you who reviewed and once again, I don't own anything HSM related here except the plot, so don't sue me anybody.

You Seem Different

In Albuquerque with Vanessa

"Hey Gabi," Troy said to who he assumed was his girlfriend as he drove her home. "Are you okay?"

Vanessa looked up at Troy carefully, "Why do you ask?"

"I dunno, you just seemed, different tonight, that's all." He said as he kept his eyes locked on the road. "Almost like you were a completely different person."

"How so?" she replied, although knowing the reason she seemed like a different person was because she was a different person.

"Well…. I….uhhhh….. Oh, never mind, it was probably just me." Troy said as he gave her a quick smile.

They pulled into her driveway and Troy rushed out and to the other side of the car to open the door for Vanessa.

"Thanks." She said as she got out.

"Hey Gabi, when was the last time I told you I loved you." Troy said to Vanessa as he grabbed her hand and gave her a smile.

Vanessa looked deep into Troy's eyes, still amazed that she was with him. "I'm not sure." she said, which technically was true.

"Well I do." Troy said, and before she knew it, he had closed the gap that separated their lips. Once again, she felt powerless to pull herself away from his grasp, so she gave in and deepened the kiss. They stood there together, kissing in the driveway for a few minutes.

"I gotta go." Vanessa told a disappointed Troy with a smile. "I kinda wanted to talk to my mom about some stuff tonight."

"Alright, well I'll see you later then." He gave her a quick kiss, "Love you."

"I love you to." Vanessa said, and with that, she walked towards her door and realized that she didn't have keys to open the door. She cautiously walked up and rang the doorbell.

Troy gave her a confused look, "Where are your keys?"

"I guess I forget them." She replied to Troy who was still leaning on his car.

"Wow, that isn't like Montez." He said playfully.

"I guess I've just had an off day." Vanessa said. As soon as the door opened, she quickly ran into the house, just in case her mother might want to talk to Troy.

"Where have you been Vanessa, I was starting to get worried." Anna exclaimed to her daughter.

"I'm sorry mom, I decided I would go out, and apparently some of Gabriella's friends noticed me." She said nervously.

"Oh, well that's good I guess." Anna said calmly, "Who exactly did you meet?"

"Ummm, Taylor, Sharpay, Kelsi, and a few other people." Vanessa replied.

"Okay, well, I have some good news." Anna said as Vanessa looked up at her, "I'm free tomorrow so we can spend some time together."

"Oh, that's great." Vanessa said with a faint smile. She was glad she could finally spend time with her mother, but she suddenly wanted to see more of Troy.

Anna noticed the disappointment on the face of her daughter's face "Oh, well, I guess I'll just talk to you later."

Vanessa nodded, and went upstairs to her sister's room. She felt terrible for what she was doing, all of it, not wanting to spend time with her mother, but most of all, pretending to be her sister, and pretending to be her sister's girlfriend.

San Diego with Gabriella

Gabriella woke up the next day in an unfamiliar place, it wasn't her room, but she felt comfortable. She soon remembered that she was now with her father. She began to walk downstairs to find her dad at the kitchen table, with breakfast out for her.

"Good morning, Gabi- I'm sorry, Gabriella." Greg said as he remembered his daughter's request.

"Good morning, and you can call me Gabi if you want." She said as she sat down and began to eat breakfast. "Ummm dad?"

"Yes?" he asked.

"I just wanted to apologize for the way I acted the other night, back in Albuquerque." Gabriella said as she looked down at her food. "It was just a shock to see you after you had been gone for so long and I don't know what came over me."

Greg smiled at his daughter, "I don't blame you for being mad, I'm just glad that I can spend time with my other daughter now."

"Me to." Gabriella replied simply. "So what exactly do you have planned for us today?"

"Not sure actually, I didn't really have anything planned per say, anything you had in mind?" Greg said before taking a bite of toast.

"Didn't we go over this yesterday?" Gabriella said as she let out a laugh.

"I'll take that as a no then." Greg said, joining in the laughing. "How about I just show you all around San Diego for the day, since I don't have anything in particular planned until tomorrow." he said with a smirk.

"What are we doing tomorrow?" Gabriella asked curiously.

"Don't worry about it, just get ready for today right now."

Gabriella did as she was told and went upstairs to get ready. Gabi spent the day with her father and again, had a great time. She couldn't even remember how she could have been mad at her dad, he was so cool, she thought to herself. They got home late again and Gabi got ready for bed. As Gabriella was about to go to sleep, she began to think of Albuquerque, she thought of her mom, and her friends, and Troy.

"OH MY GOSH!" Gabriella thought to herself, finally realizing that she hadn't told anyone that she had left. She looked at the clock and realized that it was really too late to call anyone, and quite frankly, she was tired herself. She decided that she would let someone know about everything the next day. With that, Gabriella drifted off to sleep.

Well, there it is, sorry it was kinda short, but I'm kinda having a writer's block right now. And with the whole thing with Gabriella, sorry if it just seems like shes just playing tourist with her dad, but I didn't really think of what I would have Gabi doing while Vanessa was with Troy. If you have any ideas, let me know, I'll be sure to give credit where credit is due. Troyella is coming up, and maybe even a little Rynessa? Read and Review.