Sharpay Evans ran into her best friends at the fountain in front of their school, East High, "Guy we are getting three new students."

Chad smiled, "OMG that's so uninteresting." He saw a shiny silver 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder pull up. "Someone has a nice car."

The gang saw three students get out. As they approached, Marcus Bolton stepped aside and said to the eldest girl, "Hi I'm Marcus."

The girl smiled, "Hi. I'm Lola and I'm not your type." Lola walked away with her siblings. grinning.

Troy, who was hysterically laughing, slapped his brother on the shoulder, "That was horrible, bro."

Marcus shoved his brother off, "Whatever."

"The prettier one is the youngest one anyway." Troy told him. "But she looks untouchable." Troy's girlfriend, Michelle elbowed his in the chest.

"There names are Angelo, Lola and Gabriella Montez. The eldest, Lola, is 18 and a senior. The other two are fraternal twins Angelo and Gabriella are 16. Like I said they're from Manhattan. Their dad Greg is an attorney who has opened up his own firm out here. Their mom, Cristina is a designer."

Jason scratched his head, "How do you know so much?"

Sharpay shrugged, "How do you guys not know?" They heard the bell ring so they walked inside.

~Before Lunch~

Gabriella was walking around East High in utter confusion, so she stopped the first person she saw, "Excuse me. Can you point me to the cafeteria?"

Sharpay turned around, "Yeah. I'll show you. I'm Sharpay Evans ."

Gabriella smiled, "Hi. I'm Gabriella Montez. I'm new and extremely lost. I have been late to three out of five of my classes so far."

"Yeah. This school is kind of big." Sharpay replied. "So what school did you used to go to?" She asked.

"Loyola School in Manhattan. It's a private school." Gabriella answered.

Sharpay raised her eyebrows "So what are you doing in the suburb of Albuquerque?"

Gabriella groaned, "I don't know. My dad was doing well at his firm as a litigator but his wanted to own one for himself. He chose this city because it would be a 'refreshing change of scenery'."

"Well he will get a lot of clientele. Women divorcing their rich older husbands. Its very common out here" Sharpay told her, laughing as they entered the cafeteria. "You wanna sit with me and my friends?"

Gabriella smiled, "Sure." She and Sharpay walk to the center of the cafeteria where the rest of the gang was sitting when she spotted her brother sitting down, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Look loser, I can make friends very easily." Angelo replied.

Sharpay turned to Gabriella, "Anyway Gabriella, these are my best friends Taylor, Kelsi, Chad Jason, Troy and Troy's cling-on, Michelle. And this is my boyfriend Zeke."

Gabriella waved at all of them, "Hi."

Michelle looked up, "Ooh new students. Very boring." She said in a very dry, rude voice. It was obvious she didn't like Gabriella.

Gabriella opened her bag and pulled out a bottle of water, "Hon your voice is dry. Do you want some water?"

Every laughed while Michelle shot Gabriella daggers, "I'm fine. Its just my voice."

Gabriella gasped and grabbed her hand in a sympathetic way, "I know a great doctor that can fix that little problem for you. Its not very attractive."

"You know what…" Michelle started but Gabriella cut her off.

"Why? Does what know me?" Gabriella asked back. "You act like a bitch to me and I'll be one back to you, ok?"

"Damn. Someone's feisty." Chad said high-fiving Gabriella.

Michelle grabbed her bag and left the table. Taylor turned to Troy, "How can you put up with her?"

Troy sighed, "She isn't that bad when its just me and her."

Gabriella snorted, "Ok. I wont talk bad about her because she's your girlfriend."

"Where's Lola?" Angelo asked his twin.

Gabriella shrugged, "She's a big girl, Angelo. I don't need to watch her."

"So where are you guys from?" Jason asked.

"New York." Angelo replied. "Good 'ole UES."

Jason scratched his head in confusion, "What does that spell? I'm pretty sure it is not a word."

Kelsi laughed at her boyfriend, "It stands for Upper East Side, sweetie. It's a part of Manhattan."

"Oh." Jason said, nodding.

"I like you guys. You're funny." Gabriella told them. "So different from my old friends. They were always so defensive."

Taylor smiled, "Yeah when we aren't making fun of Jason, it's usually Chad."

"Yeah." Chad agreed. "Wait that's not funny."

Sharpay rolled her eyes, "See. Isn't he clueless?"

Soon Ciara's Love, Sex & Magic blast through the cafeteria and Gabriella picked up her phone, "Hello…hey mom…yeah we're fine…no…I don't know…mom she's 18...yeah Lola can be spacey but she can't be lost…ok I love you too…I wont…bye." She hung up.

Angelo laughed, "I'm surprised she didn't call earlier."

"She isn't worried when I get into cabs with crazy cab drivers but when we start school in a new state, she freaks out." Gabriella said.

Troy waved his hand, "If you want to meet someone paranoid then meet my mom. She worries about everything."

"So what do you guys do for fun out here?" Gabriella asked.

"Parties, charity events, dinners and under 18 clubs." Chad replied. "Alcohol included."

"But all the good stuff is only for summer so its usually boring." Sharpay said glumly. "Unless someone has a birthday party."

Gabriella frowned, "My dad's job better be worth it."

Troy smirked, "Moving out here was worth it because you met me."

Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Ooh you are quite the charmer, huh? Too bad it didn't impress me."

"I like you." Troy told her, giving her wink. It was pretty obvious he forgot that he had a girlfriend who was staring at him, fuming.

Gabriella smiled. I just might like Albuquerque.