a/n: okay, so i went ahead and wrote the troy part because i was well...bored. however, i am still in search of a co-writer for the troy parts. if you are even remotely interested please let me know with an email x.xtwirlx.x at hotmail dot com. also please review after you read, because i'm not going to write the next chapter until after i get ten reviews. please and thank you!! i love you guys.

disclaimer: sadly i don't own high school musical, but i'd love to own zac. he'd make the best graduation present.

TROY

troy was woken up by his alarm much too early. it was four in the morning, but he had to be at school by five thirty for training. why his father wanted to team working out year round, he couldn't figure out. he figured at his something to do with it just being him and his father since his mother left his father for another man three years ago. sure it have been three years ago, but troy could tell he was still suffering. it had been hard on both of them but they had made it through. jack bolton had thrown himself into his job, coaching and teaching, while keeping up the house. troy on the other hand just forced himself to get over it; never really dealing with it. on the surface it seemed to work, but on the inside it's been building up for three long years. the worst thing about his mother's departure, on troy's side anyway, is his belief, or non-belief, in relationships. as far as he is concerned girls were good for two things: great friends or great fucks, nothing more nothing less.his guy friends are always trying to convince him otherwise, but he never always trying to convince him otherwise, but he never listens, the amazing thing is the east high female population really doesn't care. every one of them wants a piece of him, after all he is the star basketball player, the golden boy of east who has the body of a god. i wouldn't go so far as to say he was cocky, well at least he isn't all the time. our troy boy defiantly seems true to stereotype when it comes tho being the king of the school.

after slipping on his workout clothes and packing a pair of clothes to change into afterwards, he made his way down stairs. there was a note on the fridge saying his father had gone in early to set up for the when the guys get here. it figured. jack bolton was hardly not doing anything anymore. troy sighed to himself, he was really worried about is dad t. the brunette boy grabbed an energy drink and a protein bar before heading out the door to his pick up. he found himself glancing at the overly large house across the street from his. he had watched the new family move in a couple days ago, and from what he saw they were another evans family. not that he would mind, sharpay evans was his best girlfriend. however, he fell there was something different about the daughter, Gabriella. He had heard her mother call her that at least. He had only seen her once, but in the few moments his eyes connected with her chocolate brown ones he knew she wasn't like them. then that friday he'd seen the father arrive, and the father defiantly gave off a "man of the house" aura. of course troy was sure that she was the most gorgeous sexy woman to ever come to albuquerque, a girl he'd most defiantly go after.

he found himself staring at her front door in contemplation when the door opened. troy expected to see the father come out and make his way to the slick BMW in the driveway, but to his surprise it was gabriella who walked out. her brown hair was pulled up into a messy bun, and she had on running clothes. he watched her as she put earphones in her ear, and began running down the road, opposite of the way he was about to be headed. he didn't know any girl who would be up this early to go running. at least not any girl who looks like that. this girl was defiantly a girl he was going to get to know better. he might even get a good friend and a good fuck buddy out of her. snapping his attention back to his truck, he opened the door and made his was towards the high school. he wasn't really looking forward to the first day back. sure it was the start of his senior year, but still a first day is a first day. he was looking forwards to hanging out with everyone again, and seeing all the girls who come back from the beach tan and fit and ready for some troy. the thing he was looking forward to the most was the evans' traditional back to school party. last year he'd been drunk by ten thirty, and had sex with four girls by the time he passed out on a lawn chair. parties, especially the evans' parties, were his idea of a good friday night, and the parties seemed to like him too.

practice shots. he was so in when he arrived at school he immediately went to the gym to find he was the first one there. grabbing a basketball he began to warm up with some practice shots. he was so the zone he didn't hear the rest of the guys come in until the ball was snatched out of his hands by an african american boy with an afro. "geez bolton is this all you do?" his best friend chad inquired. troy just shrugged his shoulders as he took the ball back and shot it, with a swish it went in, as usual. about that time coach bolton come through the doors, signalling to the boys to start running. two hours later they finished up, and the boys showered and changed. as they made their way to homeroom, troy got slopped by a couple girls who asked how his summer was. eventually they made it to ms. darbus homeroom class where they were greeted by a blonde girl and a blonde boy, aka the evans twins sharpay and ryan. not long after the door opened again, but troy didn't really pay attention after all it was just another classmate. then shar asked "who's she"? that caused troy to turn to see who shar was talking about. there, talking to darbus, was his new next door neighbor she looked gorgeous and a lot different than this morning. "gabriella" troy found himself whispering.