A/N: So here's the next chapter. The chapters from now on are going to be quite long..
Gabriella and Taylor walked into the entrance of the main building of UCLA. They both sat down on the nearest chairs, waiting for Troy, Sharpay and Jason. It was farily quiet between the two - none of them knowing what to say. But when Taylor noticed Troy walk in, she nudged Gabriella who stod up and hugged him. Troy returned the hug, smiling and breathing in his girlfriend's scent.
Troy sat down next to Gabriella, and the three had a small conversation - mostly about their journey to the college. Next to turn up was Jason. He smiled at his friends ad hugged the girls, and him and Troy did their 'manly handshake'. Gabriella and Taylor laughed and shook their heads. The atmosphere was definately more fun now - atleast there was more of the gang going to UCLA than any of the other colleges.
Finally, Sharpay turned up. She walked in and ran upto her friends - she hugged Taylor and Gabriella, so hard that the girls had to ask her to let go. Sharpay also hugged Jason and Troy. Gabriella was sure she could see behind Sharpay's huge smile - she was sure it was fake.
"Shar, are you alright?" Gabriella asked, concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Sharpay replied, smiling again.
Although Gabriella and the others didn't believe Sharpay, they thought they'd leave it for the time-being. It was time for orientation. The five friends walked into the hall and found seats next to eachother. After a mere 5 minutes of talking throughout the hall, everyone quietened down as they noticed teachers walk over to the front.
Once everyone had listened to the lecture by the teachers, and had been told where to find the classrooms, they were dismissed. Today there wouldn't be any classes - it was just a day to get settled in. As the gang walked to eachothers' cars to get their luggage, Gabriella smiled. Hopefully it will be the same as East High. She thought. They all met back at the entrance. They looked at their sheets, to find out where their dorms were located. Luckily, they were all in the same building.
Taylor and Gabriella were sharing, Troy and Jason were sharing, and Sharpay was going to be meeting her roomate probably once she got to her dorm - she'd figured that Taylor and Gabriella should share, as they were closer than she was to any of them.
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Taylor and Gabriella walked over to their room, and said their goodbyes to Sharpay, Troy and Jason, who went to find their rooms. As Taylor unlocked the door and opened it, the two smiled at eachother. Although it wasn't the most perfect room, it was their own place. They'd asked for a computer - which they obviously had to pay for internet. That way, it would be much easier and cheaper to talk to everyone, instead of using the dorm phone.
Instead of unpacking, the two jumped on their beds. "I can't wait!" Gabriella exclaimed.
"I know. This is so awesome!" Taylor said, and they both laughed.
"We're acting like kids." Gabriella said.
"Yep." Taylor replied, and they started laughing again.
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Sharpay found her room, which was just a few doors down from Taylor's and Gabriella's. While she fumbled around in her jacket pocket for the key, she noticed the door was slightly open. She pushed the door open, and was greeted by the sight of a girl sitting on her bed and unpacking her suitcase. Hearing the door creak open, the girl turned around. Sharpay decided now would be the best time to introduce herself.
Walking over to the bed the girl was sitting on, she smiled. "Hi, I'm Sharpay. Your new roomate."
The girls didn't seem too impressed, but smiled nonetheless. "Sharpay?" Sharpay nodded. "I'm Victoria..But call me Vicky."
Sharpay nodded. "Ok. You can call me Shar. All my friends do." Sharpay then sat on the spare bed - which was hers now, and sighed. Vicky noticed that Sharpay didn't seem very happy.
"What's wrong?" Vicky asked.
"Oh, it's just that I'm here..all..well not alone. I hve four of my friends from High School here - but there's five more who aren't here - My twin brother, my boyfriend, my friend's boyfriend, and another friend. It's just weird that it's not the whole gang, you know?"
Vicky nodded. "I see what you mean. Although, I'm the only one out of my friends from High School who came to UCLA."
"Really?" Vicky nodded. "Well you have me. And I'm sure you'll get on with my friends. They're awesome." Vicky smiled. "You might not realise when you see us all together, but I never got on with any of them until about a year and a half ago." Sharpay laughed at remembering her times in East High.
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Walking up a few more flights of stairs to the boys' dorms, Troy and Jason finally got to their room. It was good they were athletes, otherwise they'd never have coped walking up and down the stairs. Troy unlocked the room and walked in. Like Taylor and Gabriella, they'd also asked for internet access..so they got a computer.
Straight away, Jason walked over to the computer. "Yeah, man!"
Troy laughed and rolled his eyes. "Jason, you do know that we're here to study..not use a computer."
Jason nodded. "Well I'm gonna start unpacking..and then I'm going on the computer."
Troy nodded, and started to unpack aswell. Once they'd unpacked, and Jason was on the computer, Troy sat on his bed and looked around. "Jason, this room is like well..boring."
"Uh-huh." Jason said.
Troy sighed at his friend's lack of attention. "I think we should go out and buy stuff. It needs to be more..well..homely." He saw that Jason still wasn't paying any attention, so he switched the computer off.
"Hey! I was playing solitare!"
Troy rolled his eyes. "Yeah, and we're going to see what the girls are up to." He then picked up his phone and dialed Gabriella's number.
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Over at USC, Chad and Zeke arrived at basically the same timer. They still had quite long to kill, but they weren't allowed into the dorms until after orientation, as they were all still being cleaned. The two friends sighed. what were they meant to do for an hour? Chad then smiled. He had the perfect idea. He dragged Zeke into his car, and they drove off to the nearest park.
Zeke smiled when he figured out what they were gonig to do. Of course - none other than basketball. Once the car was parked, the two got out and Chad got his basketball out of the boot. Running over to the court, and noticing that it was free, tey started a game of one-on-one. They stopped after 45 minutes. It just wasn't the same without the team - without the rest of the gang.
Seeing that they had 15 minutes to get back to the college, they both headed back over to Chad's car. Once they got back to college, it was time for orientation. Worrying that they were going to be the last ones, Chad and Zeke ran towards the hall, but saw that no teachers were talking - yet. Sighing in relief, they managed to find two seats, next to a guy who seemed round about the same age as them both. He smiled at them, and Chad introduced them both. The boy introduced himself as Orlando.
Their talk was interrupted by the sound of a voice. Looking over at the front, they saw teachers. Chad sighed as he listened to the lecture. Zeke kept on nudging him - making him listen. Orlando laughed, and Zeke whispered to him "Chad's always been like this." Orlando nodded and laughed again.
After what seemed like ages to Chad, they were dismissed. Orlando walked out of the hall with Chad and Zeke, and the three looked for what number their dorms were. Chad and Zeke's was #137, and Orlando's was #139.
"Only a room apart." Chad said to Orlando.
Orlando nodded, and the three walked out to get their luggage.
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Once they'd all got to Chad and Zeke's dorm, Orlando said bye and found his way to his dorm. Chad and Zeke walked inside and shut the door.
"A new mate already! Not bad, eh?" Zeke asked.
"Hmm.." Chad said. "Just not the same as Troy..Or Jason."
Zeke sighed. "Yeah, but we'll see them soon. I mean we'll go visit them over at UCLA in the weekend."
Chad nodded, and brightened up. "Yeah alright."
Zeke smiled, and started to unpack. Chad looked round the room. "Hey, I'm sure we asked for internet connection."
Zeke frowned and nodded. "We did..where's the computer?"
"Ugh! Our first day here, and already something's gone wrong."
"Don't worry man. Carry on unpacking and we'll go and talk to someone for help."
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After they'd both unpacked, they walked out of the room and looked round for the dorm supervisor's room. Once they found it, they knocked on the door and walked in. They were greeted by a smile, and Chad and Zeke smiled back.
"How can I help you?" Darren asked.
"Oh erm, well we asked for internet access, and were told we'd have a computer fitted into our room..but there's no computer..or a desk." Chad said.
"Are you sure?"
The guys nodded. "Oh, well I'm afraid we have no more dorms with computers or internet access left. We must have mixed you up."
Chad sighed in frustration. "Don't worry about it man. Bye." The two walked out of the room.
"Hey, lets go and see Orlando." Zeke suggested."
Chad agreed and they walked over to Orlando's room. They knocked on the door and walked in.
"Oh, hey guys." Orlando said. "Matt, this is Chad and Zeke - I met them at orientation."
Chad and Zeke nodded at Matt, and Matt nodded back. "Hey." Matt said.
The guys replied with a "Hey." Chad looked round the room and saw a computer. "You have internet?"
Orlando nodded. "Yeah. You don't?"
Chad frowned. "No. Our dorms got mixed up."
"You can share ours whenever you need." Orlando said. "Yeah, Matt?" Matt nodded.
Chad and Zeke smiled. Two friends already, and internet. It was going good so far.
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Ryan pulled up at NYU, and walked into the entrance hall. He was worried - he was on his own, and didn't know what to do. But he relaxed when he saw Kelsi sitting down..It looked like she was thinking the same thing. She hadn't noticed Ryan walk in yet. He decided to walk over to her.
"Hey Kels." Ryan said, smiling.
"Ryan! How are you?" Kelsi asked, pulling him in for a hug.
"I'm good thanks, you?" Ryan replied after the hug broke.
"I'm good." Ryan smiled and sat down next to Kelsi.
It was time for orientation, so they walked into the hall which was full of people. After looking around for two spaces, they spotted some in the middle, and walked over to them before the hall turned silent.
"Phew..Just in time." Ryan said. Kelsi nodded and smiled.
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After orientation, Ryan and Kelsi walked out of the hall. They agreed to meet back there when they'd gotten their luggage.
When they met back at the entrance, they both looked at where their rooms were. Unfortunately, they both weren't in the same building. Kelsi frowned.
"Aw Kels don't worry. I'll come visit you everyday." Ryan said, smiling.
Kelsi smiled and nodded. She hugged Ryan and they walked off opposite ways.
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Kelsi found her dorm and unlocked the door. Seeing that no one was in there, she chose her bed and sat down. She then heard the door creak open, and a girl shyly walked in. Kelsi smiled. "Hi!"
The girl looked up and smiled nervously. "Hey."
"I'm Kelsi." Kelsi said, standing up and helping the girl bring her luggage in.
"Kate. And thanks." She said, referring to her luggage.
"No problem. So what are you studying here?" Kelsi asked.
"Musical theatre..you?" Kate asked.
"Same." Kelsi smiled. She was surprised at how comfortable she was talking with Kate - it seemed as if she'd finally overcame her shyness.
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Ryan found his dorm, and opened the door. Once he walked in, he was greeted by a "Hey."
Ryan looked up and replied. "Um..hi."
He sat down on the spare bed, and lugged his luggage on it. "I'm Ryan, you?"
"Jeff." Came the reply. He was too busy unpacking..Ryan sighed - was he the type of person he wanted to share a dorm with?
"You play ball?" Jeff asked.
"Nah." Ryan replied, shaking his head.
"Oh. What do you do?"
"I was in the drama department in High School." Ryan said, recieving a little scoff from Jeff. "But my friends played ball - Troy, Chad, Jason and Zeke. Troy was the team captain."
"You..you didn't go to East High?" Jeff asked.
Ryan nodded. Yeah, why?"
"I went to West High."
Ryan mouth an 'Oh.'
"How'd you know I went to East High?" Ryan asked.
"When you named those guys. I figured you were talking about Troy Bolton - and then when you said the others, I knew it was definately him." Ryan nodded. "How'd you end up hanging with those, if you were in the drama?"
"It's a long story. I'll tell you soem other time." Ryan smiled at the thought.
Jeff nodded and carried on unpacking.
A/N: That's one long chapter lol! Took me ages to write. But yeah, the chapters will probably be long like this now.