Hello everyone! This is the story that won in the poll and I am excited for you to read it. I hope you all enjoy it and to be honest, I think I have shot myself in the foot this time. I have a gap to fill in chapter three and I have no idea what to fill it with... Hope you all enjoy this!
I don't own High School Musical, but I own Etrea and everything associated to Etrea.
It was a quiet Monday at East High school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gabriella Montez walked to her locker getting her books for the first couple of classes.
"Hey girl," Taylor said smiling walking up to her best friend. "What's up Tay?" she asked pulling out her notebook before shutting her locker.
"Nothing just classes," she said with a sigh. "Oh! And the declaration team needs you tomorrow," she exclaimed.
"Relax, I'll be there. I couldn't forget you guys," she told her best friend looking at her.
"I don't know why I'm so stressed," Taylor complained as they walked towards their homeroom.
"You're stressed about the yearbook, declaration team, school, Chad," Gabriella said looking at her. Taylor blushed and looked at her friend. "You're lucky. Chad is a great guy," Gabriella said and saw the vice principal walking towards them.
"Miss Montez can I speak to you for a moment in my office?" she asked looking at the two teens.
"Of course," Gabriella nodded following the vice principal. She was lead back to the office and there she saw a boy which she hadn't seen around before. He was tall, tanned and had brown short hair. When he looked up his bright blue eyes met Gabriella's brown.
"Miss Montez this is Troy Bolton. He transferred from a school abroad and will go to East high this semester. I was hoping that you would want to show him around, and make him feel like a Wildcat," the vice principal smiled.
"Of course," Gabriella said shifting her gaze from the vice principal to Troy back to the vice principal.
"Now I think you should head to class and welcome to East high," she smiled and they walked out the door.
"You already know my name but I didn't catch yours," he said smiling that could make anyone's knees weak.
"I'm Gabriella," she said exchanging a hand. "Troy," he said shaking it.
"Do you mind if I see your schedule for a moment?" she asked and he gave her the piece of paper. "We have almost the same classes," she smiled and gave it back to him.
"They also gave me this," he said showing her another couple of papers.
"Mandatory information such as meeting place if there is a fire drill, a map, school rules etc… The other is the book's you'll need and where your locker is," she explained.
"I have no idea where anything is," he confessed.
"Let's start by getting your books," she said and they headed towards the library. Ten minutes later they both walked out of there holding a stack each.
"How many classes are there?" Troy wondered looking down at the books he was holding.
"Not that many, but don't worry there are classes where you use several books," she said looking at him. "Now your locker isn't so far away from class," she said and they rounded a corner. "It's right here," she said and pointed to the locker with a wildcat paw on. "We have a high school spirit," she said when she saw his smile.
"I can see that," he laughed. Troy spun the combination and opened the locker. Gabriella helped him take the books he needed before lunch and put the rest in the locker. As Troy closed the door the warning bell sounded.
"We have to hurry. Mrs Darbus won't hesitate to give detention," Gabriella warned.
"That's not good," he said and they hurried to class. They just made it inside the door as the final bell was sounded.
"Ms Darbus this is Troy he is new," Gabriella explained to the teacher.
"Yes, yes. Welcome to East high Mr Bolton," the teacher said exited and Troy gave her the paper. Gabriella walked to her seat in the back of the class while Troy sat down in the only available seat on the front row.
Home room dragged by and before they knew it, it was language and Troy and Gabriella both had Spanish. "Could you help me with Spanish because that was amazing!" Troy praised her after the double lesson was over. "How do you do it?" he questioned.
"Well, I'm Hispanic so technically English is my second language and Spanish is my first," she said with a smile.
"Would you still teach me?" he asked. "Of course," she said looking up at him. They stopped by their lockers and both of them got their lunch.
"I'll introduce you to some of my friends. They're all in our class," she explained and they walked into the cafeteria.
"Hi everyone. This is Troy, he is an exchange student this semester and I'm helping him around here," Gabriella explained and sat down in the empty seat beside Jason. Troy sat down between Gabriella and Chad.
"I'm Chad and that is my girlfriend Taylor. That is Zeke, Jason and of course you know Gabriella," Chad said listing all the names at the table.
"Nice to meet you all," Troy said and smiled. "I've heard so much about the Wildcats but what do you play?" Troy asked.
"Honestly Gabby. You failed," Chad said looking at her. Gabriella only sighed deeply.
"Of course," she muttered.
"The wildcats are a basketball team. We have basketball try-outs tomorrow during free period," Chad explained. "Zeke, Jason and myself are all on the team," he said.
"That sounds fun. I have played some basketball home with my dad but I'm not that good," he warned.
"The team is in desperate need of more players so as long as you can get the ball in the net I would say you have a good chance," Zeke smiled and Troy shook his head.
The little group sat there talking to each other and getting to know each other during lunch. When the bell rang they all headed in their own direction to find their books for the next classes. Gabriella and Taylor had their lockers beside each other so after they had found their books Troy and Gabriella walked to Troy's locker. Troy needed some help from Gabriella to find the way but they made it to class just in time.
At 15:45 that day when English was finished Troy and Gabriella packed up their books and the first stop was Gabriella's locker.
"I really appreciated that you helped me so much today Gabriella," Troy said on their way to his locker.
"It's no problem. It isn't fun to be here alone the first couple of days," she said and he looked at her. "I was new here last year and it took a couple of days before I meet Taylor," she explained.
"I understand if you don't want me to follow you around tomorrow looking lost," he said as they reached his locker.
"I don't mind Troy really," she said. "You sound really interesting and I would love to get to know you more," Gabriella said.
"Me too," Troy agreed and took the books that he needed to do his homework. "Do you walk home?" he asked and closed the door.
"Yeah, you?" she asked. "Yes. Do you mind if I walk you home, and we could get to know each other better?" he suggested. "I'd love too," Gabriella replied smiling and they walked out of the school.
"Do you have any siblings?" Troy asked her.
"No, it's just me and my mom. My dad died when I was young," she said. "I'm sorry," Troy answered immediately.
"It's ok really. He had been sick for a long time," Gabriella said not wanting to make Troy un-comfortable.
"What about you?" she continued. "Well I am an only child and home I live with my mom dad and my dad's grand-parents. Here in the states, I live alone," he explained.
"So what country are you from?" Gabriella wondered looking at the boy walking beside her. "Etrea. It's an island between Australia and Japan a little bigger than Indonesia," he told her.
"I've heard about it. I know a couple of authors from there," she said.
"Is there anything you like to do in your free time?" he questioned not wanting to talk much more about Etrea. "I study a lot, that is no secret. I am on the scholastic decathlon team at the school with Taylor, but when I'm not doing any of that I love to listen to music. What about you?" she asked.
"I play some basket with my dad, and we have a couple of horses so sometimes I take my horse out just to look around," he said. "That sounds interesting," she smiled.
"It is, but I prefer basket. My mom is then one who is riding the most. We have had horses for as long as I can remember," he said. "Do you live on a ranch of some sort?" she questioned.
"No not exactly, but there is a forest behind our house that is beautiful. It's also amazing to ride into town," he explained. They reached Gabriella's house and she stopped.
"This is where I live," she said. "It was really nice to talk to you," Troy said. "You too. See you tomorrow," Gabriella said. "See you tomorrow," Troy smiled and he walked towards his own place.
Gabriella unlocked the door and looked down the road to see Troy walking before letting herself in. She immediately walked up to her room and grabbed her camera. "Dear diary, today was the first day back after the holidays and a new guy started in our class. His name is Troy, and I was asked if I could show him around," Gabriella started explaining to her video diary. "I have known him for less than twelve hours but I think we could become great friends. It is only the first day of school but we already have homework. I better get started," she said and turned off the camera. She sat down at her desk and pulled out her books and notebooks.
Troy continued to walk the last couple of blocks to his own small house. His parents thought it was best that Troy lived in a small house during his time in the USA. They also thought it was convenient if they were going to visit him, or hopefully have a couple of friends over. Troy found the keys in his backpack and opened the door. He walked into the living room and sat down on the sofa. He opened his text books and did the little homework he had. Once finished he walked into the kitchen and made himself some dinner.
His mother had given him some recipes before he left. It was so he could make larger portions and freeze them until later. He heated his dinner and sat down eating while watching a re-run of a basketball game. When the clock hit nine he decided to call his mother. He dialled her number and waited. "Hello Troy," she said. "Hey ma," Troy greeted.
"How was your first school day?" she asked.
"Great. The school is huge, and they defiantly have the school spirit that we see in the movies," he explained to his mother. "Did you get to know anyone?" she questioned.
"Actually I did. I meet about five new people. This one girl Gabriella she met me at the office and showed me around. We have most of our classes together and we walked together home. She lives just a couple of blocks away," Troy explained.
"That's great sweetheart," Lucille told her son. "I just hate that I have to lie to her," Troy said.
"I know you do, but it's for the best ok? That was the reason you wanted to stay in the states, to live like a normal teenager," she said.
"It is, but once we graduate and I tell them will they really accept that I lied for the past year?" Troy questioned.
"I can't tell you that. You just have to take it as it comes," she said. "Speaking of isn't it starting to get late?" she asked.
"It's only nine," Troy defended. "But you're getting up early," his mother argued.
"I'll promise to take care of myself," Troy told his mother.
"Ok Troy, take care, call me in a couple of days," "I will ma, say hi to the others for me," he said.
"I will bye," Lucille said and the hung up. Troy decided to go to bed early and shut off all the light before walking into his room and crawling under the covers.
That was it and I hope you liked it! Reviews, comments and tips are greatly appreciate and I will try to answer all the reviews I get.
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