Hey everyone, I decided I would try and get the next chapter up today before I leave. Thanks to freakygeniusgurl for the idea. (Forgot to say that last chapter, srry) I don't own anything here, just so you guys don't sue me :

Getting the Ball Rolling

Gabriella woke up and walked out onto her balcony to have a seat. It was still pretty early, and the sun was just breaking the horizon. She could see a few people out, jogging or walking their dogs, but soon after they were all out of sight. As she looked at her empty street from the balcony, she couldn't help but get a strange, uneasy feeling of being alone. She soon found herself lost in her thoughts, thoughts that were completely random, and yet always found a way to lead to thoughts of Troy.

Vanessa woke up a few hours later, and knocked on her sister's door.

"Gabi? Are you awake?" she called, but heard no answer.

She slowly pushed the door open and peaked inside. She could see Gabriella still on the balcony, but this time, her thoughts were lost in their sanctuary, deep within a book.

"Hey." Vanessa said as she walked out to where her sister was sitting.

"Hey, good morning." Gabriella replied as she marked her page, and closed her book.

"Good morning, how long have you been up?" Vanessa asked as she walked over to the edge of the balcony to look out at the street.

Gabriella glanced at the clock in her room, "A couple of hours now I guess."

"Any plans for today?" Vanessa asked.

Gabriella shook her head, "No, not really, just gonna go with the flow I guess. You?"

"Maybe." Vanessa said with a smirk on her face.

Gabriella caught the smirk, "What do you mean maybe?"

"You'll find out." Vanessa said, before turning around and walking towards the door, "Later sis."

Gabriella looked on, a little confused, but just shrugged it off. After a few minutes, she decided on going downstairs to grab something to eat.

"Oh, are you just waking up to Gabriella? You're just in time for lunch." her mother said.

"No, I've been up for a while, just been reading for the past few hours that's all." Gabriella replied as she took a seat to eat.

Anna nodded, then turned to Vanessa, "And what about you?"

Vanessa looked up, "Oh, I just woke up late actually." she said with a smile.

"So what are you girls doing today?" Anna asked her daughters.

Gabriella just shrugged.

"I have something planned for today." Vanessa said gleefully.

"That's really specific Nessa" Anna said sarcastically, "Care to elaborate?"

Vanessa shook her head, "No, not really."

Just then the phone rang, "I'll get it." Gabriella said as she got up to answer the phone.

"Hello?" Gabriella said into the telephone.

"Hey, what's up?" Taylor said from the side of the line.

"Hey Tay, nothing much, you?" Gabriella replied.

"Same, but hey, did you wanna come over later?" Taylor asked.

"Ummm, sure, I guess." Gabriella replied.

"Great, Sharpay is coming over around 2 or 3, and Kelsi said she might stop by to." Taylor said.

"Okay, see you then." Gabriella answered back.

They hung up, and Gabriella walked back over to the table to finish eating before going upstairs to get ready.

"Just like we planned it." Vanessa thought to herself as she watched her sister run upstairs.

Troy was in his backyard, playing basketball when suddenly, Chad, Zeke, and Jason came in through the side.

"Are you ever not playing basketball dude?" Chad asked as he walked up to greet his best friend.

"Yes, it just so happens that whenever you guys swing by, I am." Troy answered as he greeted the rest of his friends. "What are you guys doing around here anyway?"

"What, friends can't just spontaneously show up for a game of basketball nowadays?" Zeke asked as he took the ball from Troy and took a shot, which missed.

"Well, with that shot, I wouldn't really call it a game." Jason added as he grabbed the rebound.

"What do you say captain, little 2 on 2, you and me versus Jason and Chef Boyar-Zeke?" Chad asked as he walked over to Jason and Zeke.

"Sure, why not." Troy answered.

The four played a couple of games, switching the teams up every time, and just having a great time. After they had gone through all the combinations of teams, they were exhausted.

"That's what I like to see from my team." Jack Bolton called from the house.

The four just looked up at him, as if they couldn't move at all.

"What, tired all ready? Oh well, guess I'll just have to enjoy this pizza all by myself." Jack said.

That definitely caught their attention, as they all ran into the house, right past their coach and to the pizza on the table. The pair of large pizzas were gone rather quickly, and afterwards, Zeke and Jason headed home.

"So how is everything with you, feel like I haven't talked to you in forever man." Chad asked as they played a game of NBA Live.

"You know me, same old, same old." Troy answered.

"Everything okay with you and Gabi now?" Chad asked.

Troy shook his head.

"I thought you apologized and everything man?" Chad added.

"Didn't work out so well." Troy said.

"I see." Chad said, "Hey, I was gonna go to the mall and get a PS3, you wanna roll along?"

"How can you afford a PS3?" Troy asked.

"I have my ways." Chad answered with a suspicious smile.

"I'm sorry I asked, lemme just tell my parents."

Chad and Troy got into Troy's car and drove to the mall.

"I must say, that movie gets me EVERY time." a teary Gabriella said as the credits for Bambi played.

"Gabi, it was Bambi, what is there to cry about?" Taylor asked.

"BAMBI's MOTHER DIED!" Gabriella and Sharpay screamed.

"I really don't get you two." Taylor laughed.

"So, what do we do now?" Gabriella asked.

"Hey did you guys wanna swing by the mall? Ryan said he had a date, but wouldn't tell me who." Sharpay suggested.

"Really? He didn't tell me anything either." Gabriella said.

"Well, lets go get to spying then." Taylor said.

"Do we really have to invade his privacy like this? I mean, if he wanted us to know, he would have told us right?" Gabriella said, trying to be the reasonable one.

Sharpay and Taylor looked at each other, then to Gabriella, "You know, you're right." Taylor said.

"Yeah, so we aren't gonna invade Ryan's privacy, we'll invade Ryan's DATE'S privacy." Sharpay said as she grabbed Gabriella's hand and dragged her outside.

Taylor grabbed her keys, and Gabriella laughed and said, "I think you guys kinda missed the point."

"I hope this works." That was the exact same thought that Chad, Sharpay, Taylor, Ryan, and Vanessa were thinking.

Well, hope you guys liked it, thanks again to freakygeniusgurl and XxAnNy12X for the help. Next update on Sunday on the earliest. Read and Review.