Hey everyone! This chapter is pretty short like the first one, but trust me, they get longer as we get into the story. The first few chapters are just introuducing the story. Enjoy!

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Chapter Two

A Freedom Taken Away

Gabriella bolted out of her bed the next morning when she heard yelling coming from the kitchen. Her heart was pounding as she ran into the kitchen and she stopped suddenly when she saw her brother and his good friend Chad. Charlie was on the phone, yelling furiously, and Chad was nodding at him supportively.

"Tell him he can't do this to our team!" Chad shouted to Charlie.

"You can't do this to our team!"

"Tell him we have new players coming from different states that want to train at his camp and that we all can't become a team without going!"

Gabriella rolled her eyes as her brother repeated what Chad told him to say and she walked over to the refrigerator, opening it and standing into the coolness it was giving off.

"Listen, man, what are we going to do for three weeks?" Charlie asked. "We were supposed to go to your camp! You can't turn us away at the last minute…. I don't care if a team from New York wants to go there! We got the reservations first."

Gabriella's eyes widened and she slammed the refrigerator door close and marched over to Charlie, grabbing the phone from him. Her face was red and Charlie and Chad exchanged a quick look.

"What do you mean 'they're not going to the camp'?" Gabriella shouted into the phone. "What about my girl nights and pedicures! Hello? Hello, are you there?"

Gabriella slammed the phone down and grabbed Charlie's shirt in a fist. She pulled him closer to her and looked him straight in the eyes.

"You are not ruining my summer! Do you hear me?" She screeched.

She pushed Charlie out of her way and whacked Chad on the head.

"Do you ever go home, Chad?" She screeched as she left the kitchen.

Charlie and Chad looked at each other with worried expressions and laughed when they heard Gabriella screaming something about suing the basketball camp for everything that it was worth.

Later on, Gabriella was lying on her bed with a pillow tucked under her arms as she looked at the ceiling. She had tears in her eyes for her summer gone wrong and for having to have a stupid older brother. There was a knock on the door, but she ignored it. The door opened anyways and Charlie stepped into her room.

"Coach just called and said that our camp is going to be held at school. It'll probably be all day so I'm sure you can have fun when I'm there." Charlie said.

"Did Mom and Dad make you come up here?" Gabriella asked.

"Yup." Charlie admitted as he annoyingly looked around Gabriella's room.

"I'm having the team over on Friday. We have to meet the kids coming in from California to play." He told Gabriella.

"Fine. I won't be here anyways." Gabriella answered.

"Did you finally get accepted to that science camp and you are never coming back?" Charlie asked hopefully.

Gabriella chucked one of her pillows at him and pointed to her bedroom door.

"I'm going out with Jeremy." She said as she shook her head at him.

"Ew, Gabriella, he's such a loser. Dump him while you still can." Charlie said as a look of disgust appeared on his face at the thought of his sister kissing anyone like Jeremy.

"He's not a loser." Gabriella said as she turned her back away from him.

"He is, but that's okay, I guess. Two losers must some how equal out to be a winner." He chuckled.

"Goodnight, Charlie." Gabriella said as she closed her eyes to hold back her tears.

"Night."

"Do me a favor before you leave though?" Gabriella said quickly.

"Depends."

"Ask Mom and Dad if they can put you up for adoption." Gabriella told him.

"I'll see what I can do." Charlie said as he closed the door behind him.

Gabriella was about to fall asleep to forget about her horrible day when she heard her computer make a small ringing noise. She smiled and crawled off of her bed, scouting over to her computer chair. She looked at her inbox for a minute, thanking Troy silently for emailing at a moment when she needed to hear from someone other than her brother.

To: GabriellaSWEETMontez(at)comcast(dot)net

Subject: Change of plans

From: TroyPROBolton(at)comcast(dot)net

Well, Gabriella, I'm so glad you got a laugh out of my misery. Although I'm going to miss those little kids, I'm done and excited about it! I just got home, but apparently I'm moving. My dad's company is being transferred to God only knows where and we're going along for the ride, I guess. I'll be playing basketball though, so as long as I'm doing that all of the time, I'll be okay.

Zeke is coming with me, actually. His parents have been traveling the world on some quest to protect wild birds, so my parents insisted that he came along with me. His chocolate chip cookies are the best and he is now working on his pecan vanilla cookies along with his skills on picking up girls. I think he is going through some kind of crisis. He wants to find a girl who will try all of his desserts without complaining about getting fat. Know anyone interested in an eighteen year old cookie master?

So, I might not be able to talk to you for a few days because I'll be moving into my new house and won't have access to a computer, but I'll be thinking of you.

Your Friend,

Troy.

P.S. See anything you like in those stars? I'll look at them too to see if I can find a favorite star or something. Dorky much? Well, look what you have done to me, Gabriella.

Gabriella smiled softly and shut her computer off without replying. She had time to think of something interesting to say while he moved. She looked at the night sky and smiled. Maybe Troy was looking at the stars, too? The thought of seeing what he was seeing made her forget about her three weeks of freedom that she would not get anymore.

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