So yeah, Hey! Sorry about the long wait. But I have about...30 hours of dance every week. So weekends are good for updating. I'll try to get some more chapters up this weekend. Anyways this chapter has drug use, and if your offended by that then... sorry. But its part of the story. I'm trying to make this "High School Musical" more like regular high school. And this story is based on true life experiences. And this is how it goes. So yeah, enjoy!:D And you know review if you want too! Plus I know from experience that people don't really read the bold text at the beginnings ( aka me ) hahaha. So its all good if you didn't read this.

"Gabriella! Come on, can you walk any slower?" Emily yelled running down the pier.

"I'm...coming" Gabriella huffed, dragging multiple beach supplies behind her.

"Mm, Okay lets park it here, it's perfect!" Emily exclaimed clapping her hands in excitement.

Soon they both started laying their towels down, and setting things up. Taylor, Ryan, and Kelsi soon came.

"So what are we going to do..just sit?" Taylor asked

"Nope." Ryan answered holding up a board.

"And what is that?" Taylor said looking at it with confusion "Some type of surf board?"

"Skim boarding, you've never been?"

Taylor shook her head. "It looks dangerous" She answered eyeing it closely.

"Its your call" Kelsi piped in grabbing her own skim board and heading down to the surf.

"Come on Gabriella we'll teach you!" Emily screeched grabbing Gabriella by the arm and dragging her down to the water.

"Okay it's really easy" Ryan began "You just wait for the water to come up...like this. Then you throw your skim board in...and just jump on it!" He said successfully demonstrating for her.

"Your turn" He smiled handing the board to her. She nervously took the board from him and did as he told her ... waited for the water to come up.. Check. Throw the board in...check. Jump on it...not check. Gabriella stumbled off the board and wiped out flat in the water.

"Well, well, well. Look who we have here." Sharpay mused, her blonde hair blowing in the wind. "Making new neighborhood friends are we Ryan?" She said giving him a glare. "Looks like you need a little practice" She said scoffing at Gabriella who was lying in the water.

"And your any better?" Gabriella shot back, smiling at the blondes defeated face.

"I've got better things to do then skim board, That's Troy's thing" She smiled. "Speaking of which he is waiting for me, Ryan you'd better be home when I get there". Hitting his arm and running off to a group of teenagers.

"God I hate her, the only reason she comes down to the beach is to tan and smoke weed." Ryan said rolling his eyes at his sister who was now flirting with all the basketball jocks - especially Troy Bolton.

"Wait better be at home...are you two related" Gabriella questioned, looking at him with a shocked face.

"Yeah, she's my sister." Ryan said laughing at Gabriella's expression. "What?" he asked

"Wow...nothing, it's just you two are NOTHING a like." Gabriella answered

"Yeah, I get that all the time."He said grabbing the skim board from Gabriella "Ready to try again?"

"Zeke, pass me the lighter" Sharpay sneered pulling the joint closer to her lips, smoke cascading out of them.

Zeke threw it over to her receiving an annoyed glare from Sharpay. "Man that girl needs to get high faster" he said whispering to Troy who was already inhaling his own joint. Troy just laughed, his eyes still stuck on the girl at the shore.

"Who wants to go skim boarding" Troy asked bringing his joint back to his mouth.

"Dude, chill. We do chronic first.. Then skim board." Chad replied lighting the bong that was in front of them.

"Nah, I think I'm gunna go down now" Troy answered picking up his board and heading over to the three figures on the beach. Successfully rubbing out his joint on a nearby rock, he made his way to the shore smoothly.

"Hey guys" Troy said as he walked up to Ryan and Gabriella.

"Man you reek" Ryan replied back, looking at Troy with a disapproving face. Gabriella just looked away awkwardly, avoiding eye contact with the shirtless but high Troy.

"I'm going to go see Taylor" She replied looking at Troy with an annoyed look on her face and heading back up to their towels.

"Well man, if you were trying to make a good impression. You just blew it" Ryan said to Troy as he saw him look after her longingly. Troy just looked down and rubbed his eyes. "Fuck".