Hey again! I posted this chapter quickly after the prologue…mainly because it was boring…haha…and I wanted to start the STORY so badly. And the fact that I have almost all of the chapters written already. Boo yah! I'm so proud of myself...no more long waits guys. I hope you're happy:-)

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Chapter 1

Gabriella Montez sat on her suede covered bed, chewing down on her pencil while staring intently at her Chemistry book. Sighing, she took a deep breath as she listened to the sounds of cars rushing past her condo, out on the busy streets of New York. She was lying on her stomach and her knees were bent and crossed upward, with her chin propped up on her hand.

"Still can't answer the problem?" Her best friend forever, Shelly said from across the room, sitting on her swiveled chair also with a book upon her lap. She grinned down at Gabriella who groaned lightly and let her head fall down to cover her book.

Grunting loudly again, she looked up and grinned slightly at Shelly. "Why do we even need chemistry Shell? It's not like I want to be a chemist when I grow up…" Gabriella muttered with a roll of her eyes.

"Maybe you can try and attack Mr. Bridges with what you did to Lucas the other night…then maybe you guys can compromise…" Shelly said with a smirk on her face, and Gabriella gasped loudly.

"SHELL! That is just…so wrong. So wrong of you to say…I'd rather die over this stupid homework problem than…ugh" Gabriella shivered at the thought of it.

Shelly laughed, "I know Brie. Chill…I was just joking."

"Yeah you better be" Gabriella muttered quickly, as they heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" Gabriella responded, picking up her pencil again and attempting at the question again.

The door opened with a click, and Gabriella's mother, Lisa, poked her head through the door. "Hey Gabi…just making sure you were awake. Oh hello Shelly! You're here awfully early aren't you?" Lisa smiled hesitantly, looking at Gabriella's best friend.

"Hello Lisa" Shelly greeted, as she packed up her things into her bag. "I was actually heading out anyways…I think Brie needs to study on her own, or else she'll go ballistic with me around…" She laughed and waved goodbye at her friend.

Gabriella grinned. "Got that right…call you later Shell!" She yelled after her friend, as she tucked her pencil inside the book, and closed it while pushing it aside. Sitting up straight she sat cross-legged and looked at her mother who still stood in the doorway.

"Mom…did you need something?" She asked with curiosity, raising an eyebrow while reaching for her sidekick on her bedside table.

"Uhm dear…actually I really needed to talk to you about something…" Lisa began as she moved swiftly across the room towards her daughter, but was quickly cut off,

"Oh cool. But can it wait? I really need to call Lucas…I mean I haven't talked to him since last night and we haven't seen each other since yesterday morning…" Gabriella told her, as she started punching numbers into her phone.

Lisa sighed and grabbed the phone out of Gabriella's hands and pressed the 'end' button. Gabriella stared at her mother in shock…as she glowered down at her. "Gabi…when I say we need to talk…I mean we need to talk."

Gabriella still sat with her mouth open wide. Her mother had never grabbed her phone out of her hands like that…and she never stopped her from calling Lucas before. What was so important that she had to tell her?

"So…talk" Gabriella said annoyed, glancing up at the clock which read 11:03 A.M. She knew Lucas was leaving in a half and hour to go visit his grandparents for a weekend, and she really wanted to see him.

"Gabriella…honey…this may be about something you won't like…" Lisa started slowly, glancing worriedly at her daughter who was just rolling her eyes and shaking her head.

"Mom...just get on with it. What's wrong?" Gabriella sighed impatiently, playing with the rings on her fingers.

Deciding it was best to just blurt it out, Lisa turned to Gabriella. "Gabriella…pack your things. We're moving" Lisa explained calmly, before getting up and moving to leave the room.

Shock immediately wept across Gabriella's face as she knew what was happening. "WHAT?" She screeched so loudly that most of New York City could have heard her. She jumped off her bed, fuming, while glaring at her mother who was about to leave.

"I'm sorry honey…we just have to leave" Lisa said yet again calmly, before opening the door and closing it behind her.

Gabriella stood frozen to her spot in the room, still glaring at where her mother once was standing. Shock, anger, sadness, and horror were buzzing together inside Gabriella's head, and she slapped a hand to her forehead to try and stop it.

Setting a hand behind her, she felt for the bed, and gently sat herself back down on it. Taking a deep breath…and then letting it out, she started to ask herself questions. What the heck had just happened? Surely it just couldn't be real…it most definitely had to be a nightmare.

Without being able to take it anymore, she flopped down on her pillow, and started sobbing and sobbing…her life was for sure, over now.

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Heart-wrenching…haha not really. This is most definitely OOC Gabriella…actually basically everyone is out of their characters. Only a few select characters from the movie will be in this story…and there are a lot of characters I own. Like Shelly and Lucas already…

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