"Not the night he expected."

"Troy would you hurry up." Chad yelled as he was waiting outside of Troy's bedroom.

"Chill Chad, I'm coming." Troy's voice was heard through the door.

"I swear you better hurry or else we're going to be LATE!" Chad yelled as if he was ready to break down the door.

"I'm done… I'm done. Don't have a cow Chad." Troy said opening his door, while buttoning his shirt up.

"Finally!" Chad said while grapping Troy by the arm, both heading to the car.

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After a five minute drive, Troy and Chad arrived at the "All you can eat buffet." (The restaurant is right by their apartment.)

"Ok Troy before we go in do I look good?" Chad asked while he was straightening his shirt and touching his hair. Troy let out a little chuckle.

"Chad you look good, but aren't you supposed to pick up your date?" Troy looked at him.

"I asked my girlfriend if I should pick her up at her apartment, but she said she has a few things to do and she'll meet us here." Chad said, giving a shrug. All Troy did was nod.

Both boys went inside the restaurant. Chad was looking around for the gorgeous brunet.

"Chad where is she?" Troy said after they practically circled almost the whole restaurant.

"Maybe she isn't here ye-"

"Chad!" A soft voice was heard. Chad and Troy both turned around to see a tan, brown-headed hair girl making her way to them.

"Gabriella!" Chad shouted, giving the petite girl a hug. Troy looked at her in amazement. Chad clearly wasn't lying when he had said she was different then any girl he's ever dated. (Well for the looks anyways.) Once both of them broke from the hug, Gabriella's eyes landed on Troy. She gave him a sweet smile, which he returned with a wide smile, but not before feeling butterflies growing in his stomach.

"Gabriella, this is my best friend Troy Bolton." Chad said introducing the two.

"Hi Troy. It's indeed a pleasure to finally meet you. I'm Gabriella." Gabriella said while sticking her hand out.

"Gabriella… wow what a beautiful name. It's nice to meet you too." Tory said while shaking her hand. The feeling of her touch sent voltage throughout Troy's body, but he ignored the feeling, thinking that it was nothing.

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Thirty minutes passed by with jokes after jokes. Chad would tell Gabriella the crazy things they'd do in high school and Gabriella would tell them how her high school memories went…

"So how did you two meet?" Troy asked.

"Well I was at the airport and I seen Chad. He told me he just seen his best friend leave… I guess he was talking about you. He instantly helped me with my suitcase. Then-" Gabriella was cut of by a ring.

Ring… ring

"Ah sorry it's my cell phone." Chad said while answering his phone.

"Hello"

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"Oh hey"

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"Right now?"

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"Ok, ok I'll be right there. Bye!" Chad ended his phone conservation.

"Chad hun is everything ok?" Gabriella asked apprehensive. Troy winked at the word… hun, he didn't know why, but he didn't like the sound of Gabriella calling Chad that one bit.

"Everything's fine Gabriella, I just need to go help out a friend ok?"

"Ah… ok? I need to get home anyways." Gabriella said still confused. Gabriella was beginning to get up, until she heard Chad shout.

"No Gabriella don't leave because I'm leavening. You can still hang out with Troy. Get to know each other. Troy is that ok with you?" Chad said eyeing his friend.

"Ah… yeah of course." Troy said contentedly.

"Really?" Chad asked.

"I said yes didn't I? Troy said.

"But you said you didn't like any of my girl-"

"Chad just leave." Troy said, trying to stay calm. Gabriella sensed this and gave out a soft giggle. Chad nodded at Troy, gave Gabriella a kiss on the cheek and left while saying his goodbyes.

"So…" Troy said trying to make a conservation.

"So…" Gabriella repeated.

"Y-You want to go for a walk?"

"A walk seems like a good idea." Gabriella said giving out her famous smile. Troy couldn't help but beam back.

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"So…why did you come to New York?" Troy said.

"Well technically I lived in Florida. But I wanted to just leave my home for a while and find adventure you know? I want try new things, explore the world." Gabriella said, while Troy gave an understanding waggle.

Yeah…New York is filled with lots of adventure." Troy said, while looking up at the dark sky. Gabriella did the same, and was astounded at how much stars were lit up tonight.

"Thanks." Gabriella quietly said. Troy removed his eyes from the stars and looked at her, baffled.

"Thanks for what?" Troy said, still looking at her.

"For asking me why I came to New York; I've been here for two months and no one has asked me that question." Gabriella said, not keeping her eyes off of the stars. Troy didn't say a word. He looked at her and couldn't help but feel how incredible this girl is. She wasn't like other girls who he could envisage what they'd do next, or what they'd say next. She was full of surprises and that's what Troy liked about her.

"You're welcome." Troy managed to say. Gabriella tore her eyes away from the sky and looked at him; both of them looking at each other's eyes. Gabriella adored his blue eyes, while Troy esteemed her brown-chocolate eyes. It was as if they were both in their own little world.

"How come?" Gabriella whispered nonetheless looking at him.

"How come what?" He whispered back.

"How come both you and Chad are so different? You both love to play basketball, both of you are jocks, yet both of you have two different personalities. Chad loves to talk about basketball 24/7 while you… you like to talk about anything… everything." Gabriella said examining him with mystified eyes.

"We're two different people I guess. Sure… basketball is nice, but there are lots of other wonderful things out there, like… you." Troy said shyly.

Gabriella beamed at him, which made his heart thaw once again. She came closer to him, which made Troy's heart was beating faster and faster, wondering what she was going to do. She kissed Troy on the cheek. Her lips on his cheek made Troy want to jump up for joy, but he remained tranquil.

"Thanks for a wonderful night Troy." With that she left to her car.

Could it be that Troy was falling for this girl at just the first day he meet her?

No I can't be. It's impossible. This is Chad's girlfriend not mine. Troy thought to himself. But he couldn't help the way he felt when she was with him. It was a feeling he'd never felt with anyone before… a feeling he couldn't describe.

It's probably just nothing. Right? Troy thought. This was not the night Troy expected, thus this was not the girl Troy expected either. He expected to see a selfish blond cheerleader, but what he saw was nothing compared to that. He saw a gorgeous girl, full of expectations in life…what he saw is Gabriella.

Troy looked at the night sky once more, touched his cheek where the heat of her lips remained, before walking back home with a huge smile on his face.

A/n: Oh God this took so long to write. Three hours! Grrr, but it was worth it. Thanks for the previous reviews and please review again. :