A/N In regarding the last chapter where I wrote the "Rape scene" I should have done my research before writing the scene. My apologizes. I also have been getting messages and reviews saying that it's too dark. I just find it funny because beck in between 2006-2010 (When HSM community was still relevant) There were loads of abuse stories similar to mine. I wanted to make mine different than the typical Troy abuse stories. Of course, the original version of the story (The Secret Life Of The American Teenagers inspired by "Samanta1024 "Tears Of A Wildcat"The original version of the story, I would like to believe is a much less dark version. This one is going to be a more messed up version of "The Secret Life Of The American Teenagers" I would also like to make a point that Matt (The patient that Troy worked with at a daycare job) won't make an appearance in the story. I reread the old version, i honestly had no clue where I was going with that character.Anyway, I like to thank everyone who gave my story a chance and read it. Just to let you all know, this chapter won't be quite as dark as the first one. There will be a fun and important scene that will appear at the end. I'm sure everyone will enjoy. Happy reading!

P.S i have the link to my old profile. On there, "The Secret Life Of The American Teenagers" is on there. If you'd you like to read the original story.

P.S 2: I finished this last night and i intended posting this chapter after work tonight. But i was really excited and really proud of this chapter. I can't wait to see your thoughts! REVIEW!

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Troy's eyes fluttered open as the sunlight poured into the bedroom. He took a glance at the clock which read 7:30am. Troy groaned, shoved his pillow into his face and screamed into it.

Today was the day. It was his first day at East High. Negative thoughts consumed his mind. He thought out all the what if's that could happen?. Would he be the laughing stock of the school again or would kids give him a chance and like him?. Either way, Troy decided that he would keep his mouth shut, keep to himself and remain silent at all cost. As if he ceased to exist. It would be one less problem to worry about.

"Will you shut up? Mom is still sleeping," Trevor hissed. "Don't wake her up. The last thing I want is to get screamed at 7 in the morning." He removed the comforters off of his body and jumped off of the bed. He slammed his hand into snooze button and headed for the bathroom.

Troy shifted his body on his side and held the warm comforters over his bed. He was at peace. Sleep made all his problems go away. He loved to hide under the sea of pillows and blankets in his warm comfy bed and give a mental middle finger to everyone that made his life difficult. It didn't take a few more seconds for him to drift off to sleep.

Whack

He was drifted back to reality. Groggily, he rubbed his head, and grumbled. "What the fuck man!"

"You have 15 minutes before the bus comes," Trevor snarled."I swear to God Troy!. You can be so damn irresponsible." He was right. Trevor was more of the responsible one out of the twins. He kept things more in check. Troy, however, he was more chill and did everything last minute.

Troy slowly rose out of his bed and into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face without a word to his brother. He walked back into the room and saw Trevor grabbing his backpack dressed in a white t-shirt, black leather jacket, and a dark blue jeans

Troy felt a pang of jealousy. His brother was cool, he was funny, he had style, he was smart, he was outgoing, and more well-liked. He was everything Troy wanted to be. Compared to his brother, he was shy, awkward, and dumb. While his brother had straight A's in school, he had C's in school. His brother played sports, he didn't. His twin brother was perfect. Something Troy wished he could be.

Troy scanned his closet and picked out a black hoodie, black sweatpants, a black baseball cap, and black shoes. It was 90 degrees, it was scorching hot. But he had to do whatever it took to hide his bruises.

"Ready, bro?" Trevor asked grinning widely.

"As ready, as i'll ever be." Troy muttered, avoiding his gaze.

A look of concern spread across Trevor's face. "Hey, don't worry, this time, I have a feeling, things are going to be good this time around." He murmured softly, resting his hand on his brother's shoulder.

"You say that every year," Troy retorted, "You say that things will get better. I walk into a new school with high hopes. But then people come and make fun of me. I become the laughing stock of the whole school. Don't even bother man."

"Bro," Trevor smiled warmly. "You need to chill man. Just walk into that school and be confident. People love confidence. The keyword is to talk. You can't complain about not having friends if you never talk. Remember, your older brother has got yo back," His brother was born first and Troy was born 15 minutes later.

Troy let out a half-smile. He knew his brother was always there for him. At home, they were practically best friends. But at school, Trevor liked to have his own separate life apart from his twin. Which Troy completely understood. He liked to have his own group of friends, it wasn't that hard because Troy hardly had any and teachers never put the twins in the same classes,

"Thanks bro. I love you"

"Damn right you do," Trevor laughed as he pulled his twin brother out of the room. "C'mon, lets see what fresh hell awaits us."

Troy and Trevor stood in front of the tan bricked school building, the red "East High Banner" was plastered across the front of the school. Red benches were everywhere and a water fountain stood in the middle of the courtyard. Kids were in groups talking to one another and laughing.

"Well, i'll see you after school," Trevor said as he took one glance at his twin and proceeded to walk away "Remember be confident."

Troy sighed as he was left alone. As much as he could understand why his twin didn't want to be with him at school, he was frustrated. Trevor could at least have the decency to walk him to his classes and help him make new friends.

He walked inside the school with his mouth wide open, the school was huge. On the left wall of the school, there was glass filled walls that contained framed pictures of the basketball team and many trophies. Right next to it was the school office. Right on front him, stood a cat statue. Troy walked towards the statue. There was huge view right in front, Troy walked up to the wall and looked down. He was blown away with the school cafeteria as it had a balcony where students ate their lunch. It had many red and white decorations plastered all over. He looked up and walked into the left hallway to explore more of the school. He had never seen so much red and white in one building before.

As Troy was wandered around, he was suddenly hit by something hard. Whack

Annoyed, he rubbed his throbbing head and turned around to find an African American boy with in a red tracksuit running up to him, along two boys trailing behind him laughing.

"Sorry about that dude!"

The boy bounced the ball repeatedly on the ground and cried out. "Danforth makes a right, blocks Zeke, and throws the ball to Jason."

The boy's friend Jason grabbed the ball and threw it back to the African American boy who grabbed the ball and ran away laughing as the two boys chased after him.

Well that was interesting Troy thought to himself.

He proceeded to walk down the hallway and managed to find his locker. He threw all his books inside and shut it loudly. He looked at his schedule to find out that homeroom with a teacher named Mrs. Darbus was his first class off the day. Troy threw his backup on his shoulders and took a deep breath. Today was going to be a long day.

Troy entered the classroom to find the African-American boy sitting in his desk twirling the ball in his hand. As he scanned the room to find an empty seat, he came to the realization that the only seat that was available was the boy who accidentally hit him with a basketball. Kids took a notice of him and whispered to each other.

"Look at that the boy. His outfit is terrible."

"Can't he afford better clothes?"

"He looks so ugly."

"Is he poor?

Troy ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. So much for making new friends. He took a seat right of the African- American boy.

The bell rang as chatter silenced down. Mrs. Darbus cleared her throat. "Ahem. We have a new student in class today. Care to introduce yourself?"

Troy slouched in his seat even further and stared at his desk. He didn't want to any attention on him. And with that, a few kids snickered.

"I can't hear you." The woman spoke impatiently, tapping her foot on the floor.

Troy didn't say anything and a blonde boy in the back snickered and yelled out."Looks like we have a faggot." The class erupted full of laughter.

Mrs. Darbus eyes grew wide and cried. "Austin Butler. You shall not speak any offensive language in this room," She marched towards the back of the room and grabbed his cell phone. "Detention after school, Mr. Butler." The class laughed even more.

"Quiet" Mrs. Darbus shouted, her eyes darting back Troy and pointing her finger at him. "And you. Tell the class your name. I won't let you go until you do."

Troy took a deep breath and replied. "My name is Troy Bolton and I am from Los Angeles, California.

"Now that wasn't so hard now. Was it,' Mrs. Darbus smiled warmly. "Let me be frank, once you are in my class, you are to participate. I don't care what is going in with your life. If you are asked to speak up, you speak. Now do make myself clear?"

Troy nodded. "Yes Mrs. Darbus. He sank in his seat even lower and knew that he was going to hate this class and not only that. Troy became another laughing stock of the school again.

When it was finally lunchtime, he walked down the stairs to the school cafeteria and grabbed a tray and filled it with a hamburger, french fries, and a soda. Once he paid for his food, he scanned the school lunchroom to find an empty seat. No such luck.

He walked up the stairs and out of the cafeteria to find a bathroom. Once found, he entered the room and found an empty stall. Troy locked himself and sat on the closed toilet seat to eat his lunch in sadness and silence.

Troy heard the doors open and in came a familiar voice, he recognized the voice to be from the boy who called him a faggot early this morning. He heard Austin walking into the stall next to him to pee.

Troy quickly stood up from the toilet and stepped out of his own stall in order to avoid any altercation with the boy who had made fun of him this morning. But before, he could move even further, Troy heard the stall door next him open and heard a cry. "Where the hell do you think your going?"

He stayed silent.

"You don't talk huh," Austin smirked. He grabbed Troy by the collar enabling him to drop his food try on the bathroom floor. "Let me show you how we welcome new students at East High."

Austin led Troy out of the bathroom and into the school hallway where a bunch of students were hanging out. An abundance of lockers stood before them. Austin laughed evilly as he opened his locker. He grabbed Troy's backpack and shoved him inside the locker.. Austin slammed the locker door shut . "Welcome To East High."

Austin turned to his group of friends and laughed as he walked away. Troy kept knocking on the locker screaming "Help Me"

Meanwhile, Trevor was walking out of the cafeteria in deep thought. He had a great first day East High, he made some new friends and loved all of his classes. He couldn't help but worry about his brother. Trevor couldn't help but feel guilty for leaving his brother alone. Trevor knew that his brother was constantly being made fun of at school. He was overprotective of his brother but only acknowledged Troy when he saw him get bullied. But honestly, he hated being an identical twin brother ever since he could remember. Back then, when life was good, his mom and dad dressed them both in the same clothes, he had always had the same classes with his brother, and teachers would constantly call them "The Bolton Twins" Not even acknowledging them as two separate individuals. Finally, Trevor had enough, he made a decision to ask the school board to separate him from his brother and he even made extra effort by not even talking or walking to Troy at school the summer before freshmen year. When high school started, he became the most easily liked twin, he was invited to parties, and had a few girlfriends here and there. Trevor loved going to school because he felt wanted and loved there. School removed Trevor from his destructive reality back at home. Even if it was only for eight hours in a day for five days a week.

Trevor was snapped out of his thoughts as he heard an evil laugh. He followed the sound and glanced at a blonde boy laughing. He recognized a black backpack that he was holding. The backpack had white letters decorations that spelled out "Troy Bolton" He must have taken it from his brother while taunting him. Trevor couldn't understand why people had bullied his brother. Sure, he had a weak sense of style, an awkward personality, and rarely talked. But if kids gave him a chance, they would realize that he was a chill dude to hang out with. He wished he could take all the pain away from his brother. Trevor wished he could have gone back in time and didn't care about what other people thought of them as twins. Trevor would have been by his brother's side 24/7 as they were best friends. No matter how hard he wanted to help his brother, Trevor liked to keep a distance away from him because he didn't want to reminded of all the problems at home. He liked that school was a happy place and he didn't want anything to give him a negative energy. But right now, Troy needed him more than anything, the least, he could do was threaten the boys who bullied his brother on the first day.

Angrily, he marched right in front of the boys. "That doesn't belong to you!"

The blonde boy stopped laughing as his eyes widened. "I thought I stuffed you inside that locker.

He couldn't take it anymore, Trevor tackled the boy on the ground and grasped the backpack out of the hand and punched him in the eye. "If you even try to hurt my brother again. I swear to God. I'll come find you and murder the living daylights out of you," He stood up and straightened his composure. "Oh, silly me. The name is Trevor Bolton."

Austin groaned in pain. "Faggot has a twin?"

Trevor laughed out loud and kicked him in the balls. "Big mistake. He has a name. His name is Troy Bolton. And I may be new here. But I have ways to make your life here a living hell. Keep messing with him and i'm going to make damn sure, you'd wish you were dead."

The students around him clapped his hands, the boys that were with Austin quickly huddled over the blued eyed boy. "Man, your dope. Your the first to stand up to us. Come walk with us."

"I don't make friends with guys who don't use their brains, correctly. And I sure as hell don't tolerate low life's who have nothing better to do but bully other kids." Trevor replied back. "Maybe, if you tell me where my brother is. I'd consider being your friend."

The boys nodded and led Trevor to the locker where they stuffed Troy inside 10 minutes ago. One of the boys twisted the lock and threw it open. Shocked, a boy stammered, "W-where the hell is he?"

"He probably escaped."

Trevor ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. He hoped that wherever his brother was. He was okay.

10 minutes earlier

Troy kept knocking on the locker door screaming. Suddenly, an angelic high pitched voice bellowed outside the lockers. "Oh Jesus, Austin. Not this again!. Don't worry, i'll help you."

Within a few moments, the locker door flew open and the most beautiful brunette stood before him. She had exotic features on her face and shiny brown soft curls that fell down her butt. She had on a black rock n roll t-shirt, distressed high waisted shorts. To finally complete the outfit, she layered on multiple necklaces. She was the most exotic and beautiful girl he laid his eyes.

A friendly smile plastered across her face as the girl extended her arm out, Troy took her hand and helped himself out of the locker.

"I haven't seen your ass around here. Are you new?"

Troy nodded.

The girl chuckled and extended her hand out. "The name is Gabriella Montez."

"Troy Bolton" He murmured softly.

"I would like to apologize for my fuckboy of a ex-boyfriend. He was just mad because I told him that he wasn't good in bed when we broke up." She cracked a joke in an attempt to make him smile. "His penis is the size of a thumb, he tries to make himself look all tough, and he tries to be popular. But in all honesty, he's just an insecure little wiener and takes out on other people to make themselves look bad. Just so he could feel better about himself. He's just a weak ass petty little boy. Don't mind him. Let me know if he bothers you again. My ass will destroy his small lookin ass penis. I can assure you, he won't bother you ever again."

Troy chuckled softly.

"Well, I've got to motor on," Gabriella replied back. "I'll catch you on the flip side, shy boy." She walked away.

Troy couldn't help but stare. Something about that Gabriella girl was memorizing, her personality was tough as nails, and she had a great sense of humor. She was perfect and a girl that was way out of his league. He was ugly and she was drop dead gorgeous. Someone like her would never consider going out with a loser like him The girl was beautiful. At first glance, you'd expect her to be soft like a marshmallow. But she was witty, funny and had a smart mouth. Gabriella was dangerously sexy.

The rest of the school day, for the first time in 3 years, dark thoughts were completely removed from his mind. Instead a beautiful brunette just couldn't seem to get out of his mind. And Troy liked that.

A/N I hope you enjoyed a very fun chapter. I really wanted to focus this chapter on Troy settling in his new life at school and slowly hinting of what is to come in the next couple of chapters. I also thought it was very much important that I added Trevor's side point of view in the story because I really wanted for you guys to understand his side of the story and also Troy's side. Because their relationship and their feelings of each other will be an important part of the story and it will all come to play towards the end. The rest of the high school musical characters will have a much larger role to play soon. Troy just needs to get out of his shell first. HAHA.

I just want to get you all in the mind of Troy and Trevor as they start their new life in East High. I just wanted you to get a grasp of the two different personalities they both have as well. I hope you guys like it. PLEASE REVIEW! I WANT TO KNOW YOUR THOGUHTS! Thank You

P.S What do you think about Gabriella Montez in this story? I'd like to know