I've known Gabriella Montez all my life.

A day never goes by when I don't think about her. She's on my mind constantly; she's like an addiction. We've been best friends forever. I never got the chance to tell her how I really felt, I struggled to tell myself. This was it, the day Mrs. Montez was getting transferred to Florida. Gabriella was going to be moving to another school in Florida. With her. Without me. In ten short seconds, I watched the car drive down the street, with Gabriella out of sight. Out of my life. Completely.

Flashback

The day arrived. The day I had to say goodbye to Gabriella Montez. The day I dreaded for two weeks.
"It's only 2 years Troy." Gabriella said, with tear streaming down her face.
"But it's Florida!" I said, with tears brimming my eyelids.
Mrs. Montez was getting transferred 3,000 miles away, with only email for communication.
"I know but there is email Troy," she said.
"Gabby, it's time to go," I heard Mrs. Montez shout from the car.
I pulled Gabriella into a bone crushing hugs and finally let the tears fall. I couldn't be apart from her, I couldn't live without her. I clung onto her, hugging her close, breathing in her sweet smelling vanilla perfume for the last time. "Good bye." I said. "I'll never forget you."
"Troy, I'm coming back! I promise. I'm not going away forever. I'll be back as soon as you know it," she laughed through her tears. "I could never leave you forever! You're my best friend!"
"I know but I'll still miss you," I said.
"I'm going to miss you too wildcat." She said, releasing me and throwing her final bag over her shoulder. "I love you, you're always going to be my best friend" She said. She stood on her tip-toes and kissed my cheek. I knew that this was the moment to remember; it would be the last time I would see her. For two years. With that, she ran to the car, waved once more and left. I stayed frozen on the spot as the black car drove away. Then she was gone. Our last summer together was to be our last until she came back. She'll be back. She promised.

Flashback end

I broke from my thoughts when I heard my alarm go off, two years ago today, the love of my life left. I never told her I loved her. I should have but I didn't realize it until she left. God I'm stupid. I climbed out of bed and turned my alarm off and walked to my bathroom. I stripped down and jumped into the shower, letting the scalding water relax my muscles. After 20 minutes of washing my hair and body, I jumped out and wrapped a towel around my waist and walked over to the sink, and brushed my teeth.
"Troy, you're going to be late to pick Danielle up," my mother shouted from the stairs. I quickly ran out of the bathroom, dried off and threw on some clothes.
"Okay! Be right down!" I shouted. I grabbed my school bag and grabbed my car keys from my bed-side table and ran out the door, giving my mum a quick peck on the cheek and left to pick Dannie up.

The ride to school was everything but a silent one. Dannie wouldn't stop talking about shoes, clothes and make-up. But I wasn't listening. I couldn't get my best friend out of my head. Gabriella. I wondered what she is doing now. Would she be on her way to school? Would she already be at school? Did she have a boyfriend? I didn't know any of the answers but what I did know was that I was completely obsessed with Gabriella Montez.

I was disturbed from my thoughts by Dannie saying my name… twice.
"Don't you think so sweetie?" Dannie said, looking over at me. I looked at her and shook myself from my previous thoughts.
"Huh?" I asked, a confused look sprawled across my face.
"Oh, forget it, what's wrong with you this morning, you're not yourself" She opened her door and peered back down into the car "I'll see you at break" Dannie said, slamming the door. I was too wrapped up in my thoughts to even consider replying, or tell her not to slam my doors. Why was it, I couldn't get her out of my head? No matter how hard I tried, it just wasn't happening. I sighed and took the keys out of the ignition, grabbing my bag and slamming the door as I got out.

I was still in deep thought. I probably would be all day. I glanced across the parking lot to see most people were hanging around with their friends. Then, it was as if she just entered the area soundlessly, she walked through the crowd gracefully, even though she was new, it was like she belonged here. It was like magic in a way. It was like fate. I looked more carefully; she had brown hair, although I couldn't be sure from the distance. She looked so familiar yet so different.

My heart skipped a beat, was it Gabriella? Time seemed to slow down, as I eagerly looked across, trying to get a better look. I looked back over, attempting to see her face, but I had no such luck, I could only see the side view. My head sank down as I realized this 'brown-haired' girl was just someone with the same hair style. Her face wasn't like I remembered it. This person was someone much older, probably in the year above.

I didn't notice I was staring until Chad came over, balancing a basketball in one hand and the other holding his school bag up on his back.
"Yo! Hoops dude!" he shouted.
"Can you not shout? I'm only here," I said while I kept looking.
"Sorry man. What are you looking at?" He said. I saw him look in the direction I was looking at. "Whoa! That girl is hot!"
I felt anger rush through my veins. Why was I getting this worked up? I mean, this girl couldn't possibly be Gabriella. It was just impossible.
"Dude! Don't let Taylor here you say that." I said.
"Oh yeah. Shit. Don't tell her," he mumbled. He flung the basketball into my hands and looked around and spotted Taylor. "So I'll catch you later man, my girl's over there, cya!"
"Yeah alright bye," I said and I started walking into school to my locker. I got to my locker and noticed Dannie there, waiting for me. Oh god.

"Hey baby!" she practically screamed. "So I was thinking, tonight you could come over and we could watch a movie. What do you think?"
"Erm… I'll think about it," I mumbled while opening my locker.
"Oh okay," she said in a sad tone. To my surprise it didn't last long. She was back to normal, bubbly, annoying self in a nano-second. "Well don't think about it too long!" And she kissed me quick and walked away, catching up with her cheer leader friends. Today is going to be a long day!

I grabbed a couple of books out my locker and slammed it shut, why did I choose her? I thought to myself. Dannie never used to be annoying; she became all big headed when she started dating me, Come to think of it, getting on the cheer leading team didn't help her ego neither. To think, if Gabriella hadn't left two years ago, I wouldn't be with Danielle right now. I cursed myself for thinking about her again. I closed my eyes and leant against my locker, here we go, another day where all I thought of was Gabriella Montez.

Once again, I was disrupted from my thoughts by Chad's voice becoming like a fog horn.
"Hoops man, you coming to home room?" I opened my eyes to see Chad's afro bouncing towards me. I smirked 'His afro's almost as big as Danielle's ego!' I said to myself. I followed Chad and walked into Miss Darbus' room. Oh the joys of home room. I sat in my seat and zoned out for the fifth time that day. 'What would have happened if she never moved away? Would we still be best friends? Or would we be more than that?' I couldn't help but think of alternatives. I loved Gabriella so much. I couldn't help but think this, even with a girlfriend, but to be honest, Dannie isn't the best person to spend my life with.

Was it Gabriella? Was Gabriella the girl I wanted to be with for the rest of my life? It was like Romeo and Juliet in a way. A forbidden love. Not because our families hated each other and I was Montague and she was a Capulet, it was because she lived 3,000 miles away. It was just the same though; what it came down to was that we just we couldn't be together.

The morning of the school day flew by in a blur, nothing good happened. No drama, no complications, no fun. And soon it was lunch time. I was sat with my closest friends, Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, Zeke, Jason, Kelsi, Martha and Ryan and also Dannie. Looking around I noticed something was missing within our group. I hadn't noticed it before but now it stood out. Someone was missing. It felt like there was a hole in the middle of the gang and no-one could fill it. Could Gabriella fill it? 'God, Troy stop thinking about her!' I thought to myself. Not thinking about her was proving extremely difficult.
"... So my dad was like "Sharpay those jeans are too skinny." So I said "Dad, that is why people call them skinny jeans" my dad is just unbelievable. He has no clue about fashion!" Sharpay said as she was having a conversation with Taylor and Dannie. Laugher filled the table and I couldn't help but laugh at Sharpay's frustrated face.
"Hey baby, have you thought more about tonight?" Dannie said has she turned around to me.
"Huh? What about tonight?" I asked confusingly.
"God Troy! What is with you today? You never listen to me!" she shouted.
"Maybe because you talk about so much crap." I mumbled quietly, but un-fortunately she heard me, earning a few 'oh's' from the guys.
"Fine! Be like that. I'll get a ride from Lauren, so don't bother waiting for me after school!" she said angrily, grabbed her bag and she walked off. I stared after her, trying not to laugh. Man! She can be so dramatic. After a few minutes of silence Chad finally breaks it.
"Wow! I love drama! It's so dramatic!"

"No shit," I said quietly, looking down, I still couldn't focus on what had just happened between me and Dannie. My brain was focusing on Gabriella. I couldn't help but think about where she was? What she was doing? The group began talking about their own thing again, whilst I sat there in silence. Why did everything have to be so complicated? It was just all so annoying.
"Are you coming Bolton?" Chad asked, getting up from his seat and grabbing his basketball from under the table.
"Yeah" I replied "Cya later" I said to everyone, and I followed Chad out of the room with Zeke and Jason following behind.
"What the hell happened just then?" Chad asked, questioning me when out of earshot.
"My minds somewhere else today man" I said, walking into the changing rooms. The bright red of the walls and lockers stood out to me. The Wildcat colours.
"You better be focused on the game man" Chad said, taking his shirt of and replacing it with his wildcat shirt with a huge '8' wrote on the back.
"Don't worry I will be" I replied throwing on his number 14 shirt. But I didn't know, how could I focus on the game with this in my mind?

We all ran out of the changing rooms and into the gym, where we sat on the bleachers waiting for my dad, also known as Coach Bolton. I tried to focus, I needed to at least look as if I was making an effort, or my dad would notice something straight away. I needed to do this. It's just one hour, I know I can do it.
"Right, I want to see some dribbling, a few free throws, do some warming up"
I immediately stood up and ran to get a ball. I began my dribbling around the court, doing my own thing, taking a few free throws every now and again. My mind was still drifting off elsewhere, to that brown haired, brown eyes beauty.

After gym was done, it was time to go home. End of the school day and I couldn't be much happier. I quickly ran to the showers to freshen up and change to my casual clothes again. I hadn't been concentrating on people coming in and what not, because I was too focused on thinking about Gabriella rather than anybody else. I step out of the showering area and dried off and put my clothes on. Then Chad sneaked up on me and sat down on the bench as I was putting my shirt on.
"Dude! What is with you? You're all over the place," he said.
"I'm fine," I replied.
"Are you deprived from your sexual tendencies or something?" he said, smirking.
"What? Dude! You're disgusting," I whispered, not wanting anyone else to hear the conversation.
"I'll take that was a yes then," he said.
"I have to go now and find Dannie and say sorry. I'll see you later man."

I searched everywhere for Dannie; the classrooms, the hallways, the gym. Nothing. Where could she be? Maybe Lauren took her home? I can't be sure. I ran to the entrance doors of the school, opened them and was blinded by the light of the sun. Because of the brightness, I couldn't see where I was looking. Suddenly I banged into someone and lots of books crashed down onto the floor.
"Oh shit; I'm sorry," I said.
"No it's fine," the voice said.
I bent down to help the person with their books and as soon as they lifted their head up from looking down at the floor, all oxygen in my lungs were snatched away from me and I struggled for breath.
"Oh my god!" I shouted. You have got to be kidding me. Was this a dream? What the hell was happening?

Theres the first chapter! Please review!