Gabriella was sitting on the very edge of the surf, her feet hit the water as it swelled up the beach but the rest of her body was perfectly dry. Her short white skirt hung around her thighs and her plain yellow halter top clung to her body. She smiled as she watched the sun begin to disappear behind the horizon line. This was her favourite moment, sunset.

With a sigh she closed her eyes and tilted her head back letting her hair brush the sand, slowly she opened them and turned her head to the side to come face to face with Troy.

"Hey El" He whispered and she smiled closing her eyes once more.

"Hi Troy" She whispered back and he lifted his arm up dropping it around her shoulders and pulled her into his side as he kissed the top of her head.

Neither spoke they just watched the sun set together as Troy held her close. As darkness finally overcame them and the stars lit up in the sky Troy turned her to face him so they were both sat crossed legged their knees touching. Neither spoke, Troy lent in and pressed his lips to Gabriella's.

She smiled and lent into him savouring the taste that was simply Troy. After a moment both pulled back and just looked at each other.

"There are no words to describe how perfect you are" Troy whispered making her blush, but she didn't look away. With a smile Troy tugged her into his lap and wrapped his arms snugly around her body. The pair stayed like that for hours neither feeling the need to speak, it was the most perfect moment either had ever experienced.

School...

Gabriella was petrified as she walked through the doors to the school, what if it was just some big prank what if Troy hated her. What if he'd never wanted to be her friend at all. But as she walked down the halls of East High nothing was out of the ordinary. Well apart from the ridiculously large posters slapped over the walls.

PPPPPPPPPPPAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Over at Laguna Beach (Need directions ask Jason)

Tonight!

Everyone's invited

Gabriella sighed it looked like they'd found her beach.

"Nerd!" Chad Danforth's voice echoed down the corridor and she spun to face him.

"What do you want?" She snapped and he leered.

"You could be nicer Montez" He smirked.

"How about this Chad I'll be nicer if you try being smarter!" She quipped earning snickers from the basketball team, Chad glared at them all and they quickly shut up.

"You are such a bitch!" He snarled and Gabriella raised an eyebrow looking around the hall as if expecting to find someone else.

"Sorry I think you're mistaking me for someone who cares" She smiled sweetly and brushed past them all. Troy was walking the other way down the hall and their eyes locked as they passed each other, neither could hold back their smile and Troy turned full circle so he could watch her walk away before walking up to his team.

"What's with the posters?" He asked looking up and reading them, his face fell. They were going to ruin his and Gabriella's beach.

"Dude you should see this place totally off the hook!" Zeke grinned slapping Troy on the back.

"Yeah I can imagine"

The day was agonisingly slow for Troy, his lessons seemed to drag on even more than usual and when the lunch bell finally rang he practically flew from his seat only to come face to face with Chad.

"Oh hey man" He greeted with a half hearted grin.

"What's up Captain" Chad grinned back as they began to walk towards the cafeteria. A girl passed, she looked vaguely familiar to Troy, dark skinned, deep brown hair, glasses but he couldn't place her. Chad however could.

"Out the way Mckessie!" He snapped barging passed the girl. She squeaked in surprise and spun into the lockers. Troy had known Chad for a long time and he saw the twinge of regret that flittered through Chad's eyes as the girl winced in pain. With a sigh Troy walked over to her and smiled.

"You okay? I'm sorry about that, Chad has little to no hand eye coordination" He grinned earning a giggle from the girl.

"Thank you" She smiled as Troy helped her straighten up. He glanced over his shoulder to see Chad glaring at him, but he grinned. He knew that look well, Chad was jealous, Chad liked this girl, well this was new.

"Chad aren't you gunna say sorry mate?" He asked and Chad's eyes widened.

"Erm.... yeah..." He looked around the hall before whispering in a voice even Troy struggled to hear "Sorry"

The girl frowned and lent forwards, her eyes landed on Troy and she raised an eyebrow.

"Did he actually say sorry?" She asked making him grin.

"I dunno I sure as hell didn't hear him" He shrugged making her giggle again, the jealously flickered through Chad again.

"Sorry" He replied and the girl beamed at him.

"That's alright Chad I'm sure you didn't mean to" She smiled and bounded away leaving the two friends staring after her.

"So what was that about?" Troy asked and Chad just shot him a look.

"What? You were the one being nice to the geek" He shrugged and Troy raised an eyebrow.

"Mmmm... ok I get it, you don't wanna talk 'bout her" He grinned and Chad stopped glaring up at his best friend.

"There's nothing to talk about" He announced and Troy shrugged continuing to the lunch hall.

"Whatever you say mate"

Troy sat at their usual table surrounded by people he didn't really care about and waited for her to walk in. His eyes landed on her the second she appeared in the doorway, her eyes flickered over to his table but it wasn't him she was looking at, it was Chad. He frowned at the look of panic that appeared on her face and he turned to look at Chad.

Chad was getting to his feet a grin on his face and his eyes glued to Gabriella.

"Shit" Troy muttered and got to his feet too but he was too late Chad was already next to Gabriella.

"What are we having for lunch today then?" He sneered as he inspected Gabriella's tray. She stared up at him for a minute then let out a defeated sigh before handing over her tray. Chad stood dumbstruck as his fingers gripped the red plastic.

Troy watched helplessly as Chad frowned and looked back up at the brunette.

"You're just going to give me your food?" He asked and she shrugged turning to face him.

"Let's face facts Chad, if I try to keep my lunch you're just gunna take it off me and to perfectly honest I'd rather not fight with you today" She sighed, Chad looked at her lunch and then back up at her.

His face was set in a mask not even Troy could read. Finally Chad dropped the tray on a nearby table and marched back across the lunch hall. Gabriella stared at him before picking up her food and locking eyes with Troy. The pair stared at each other from other ends of the lunch hall and Gabriella could have sworn time stood still.

The entire hall fell silent as they watched the 'nerd' and the 'jock' stare at each other. Finally Gabriella tore her eyes away and went to her own, empty, table. As soon as the gaze was broken everyone turned back to their own conversations, flooding the room with noise once again.

Troy sat down next to Chad once again and looked up at him. Had Chad Danforth just left a 'nerd' alone? Had he actually walked away? Troy couldn't help the grin that spread across his face, maybe the school was changing.

"What?" Chad asked after he got uncomfortable under Troy's intense stare. Troy just shook his head and looked away with a grin.

A/N: What's going on with Chad? Is he finally being nice? What about the party? Will Gabriella and Troy be able to resist each other at their own beach? Review pretty pretty please :D I'll update soon I promise! Loads of hugs and kisses xxxxxxxxx

Hey guys :D Just thought I'd say don't worry their beach isn't going to get ruined I promise :D