Hey everyone. Yep, you guessed right. Another story. This is a totally different story than True Love. I am not done with True Love just with writer's block with it right now. This story came to my mind while I was listening to an old song by Youngstown who most of you probably never heard of...lol...But the song is called, "Through Your Eyes," so that is exactly what I'm calling the story. I hope you give this story a chance. I think it can be a good story as well. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

The New Girl

"Gabriella, I want you to make sure your father takes care of you and Adam, alright?" Maria Montez spoke her few last words to her daughter.

"I will," Gabriella nodded with tears flowing down, "I love you Mommy."

"I love you too Angel and always will," Maria looked at her, "I will always watch over you. Don't forget, if you ever need me, I'll be in your heart."

Gabriella nodded taking her hand as she watched her Mom close her eyes. She looked at her and saw that her eyes were closed and started crying harder and collapsed onto her holding her tightly not wanting to let her go.

Gabriella shook her head from the memory of her mother passing as she looked at the building in front of her. It was the first day of a new high school for Gabriella Montez who just lost her Mom, a few weeks ago.

She sighed crossing her arms and slowly walks up the path towards the school. She looked around to see eyes looking at her and knew there were going to be whispering happening going on soon. Gabriella heard that this was a clique school and she knew exactly what she was going to fall under and that was going to be 'the freaky math girl' or 'the invisible quiet girl.' She knows this because even though her last school wasn't a clique school, she was still pointed out by everyone else.

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"Hey Captain," an African-American with an afro spoke walking over to a sandy-colored hair boy, "Did you hear about the new girl?"

"Hey Chad," the boy looked at him, "yeah I heard she was hot."

"Yeah but Troy, I heard she's quiet and I even heard Taylor McKessie trying to get her to join that geek club she's the president of meaning that she's a geek but she refused," Chad shook his head, "she's not one of us so yeah don't think about it."

"I got it Chad," Troy looked at him, "but maybe she doesn't want to be known as the geek which is why she refused to join the Decathlon team."

"Or maybe she just has too much time on her hands to read her books," Chad pointed behind Troy.

Troy followed to where he was pointing and saw the new girl leaning against reading a book and she looked really into it. Something was familiar about her to him but what?

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Gabriella felt eyes on her so she looked slowly away from her book looking around until she spotted a boy with another guy looking at her. The one guy was cute to her, the one that was basically staring at her. They locked eyes for a couple seconds before his friend nudged him away and saw him shaking his head.

She muttered, "Of course."

Gabriella sighed seeing a few other guys who had basketballs in their hands walking over to them and doing handshakes with them. This is when she realized that they were basketball player and wouldn't want anything to do with her.

The bell rang and she grabbed her bag before walking off but what she didn't know was that there were two eyes that were following her.

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Gabriella was sitting on her the hammock of her new backyard reading a book. Her first day wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be. Yes, no one really talked to her other than Taylor McKessie who wanted her to join her club but she wasn't ready to join clubs just yet.

She was waiting for her little brother and Dad to come home to see how their days went but mostly how her brother's day went. He was the one who had the biggest problem in going back to school and moving.

Troy was playing basketball in his backyard just shooting hoops. He was thinking about his day and the new girl. There was something about her but he knew that the school wouldn't allow them to be together or even friends but things could change. He wasn't focusing so as he threw the ball, it bounced over the next door neighbor's yard. Troy groaned placing his hand through his hair before walking over to the fence looking over for the ball to see a girl on the hammock reading a book.

"Um excuse me?"

Gabriella jumped a little before looking where the voice came from and was shocked to see who it was, "Uh yeah?"

Troy was as well as shocked and almost forgot about the ball, "Oh hi, uh you're the new girl right?"

Gabriella nodded still looking at him weirdly, "Was there something you needed?"

"Oh right," Troy rubbed the back of his neck nervously, "I uh, was playing basketball and my ball kind of bounced over the fence and landed on your side."

She looked at him confused before looking around her yard until she spotted the round ball over by the tree. She placed her book down on the hammock before getting up and walked over to it and picked it up. Gabriella then turned around walking over to the fence and reached over it to hand it to Troy.

"There you go," she smiled politely.

"Thanks," Troy smiled before taking the ball placing it on the ground before looking at Gabriella, "I'm Troy…Troy Bolton."

"I know who you are," she smiled, "I'm Gabriella."

Troy smiled, "So where are you from Gabriella?"

"We moved from…" she started saying before her cell phone started ringing, "Sorry," she picked it up, "Hello?...Hi Dad…I'm fine, when are you coming home?...Not until 9?…Dad, what about Adam?…Sure Dad, I'll take care of him…Yeah, I love you too. Bye Dad."

Gabriella closed her phone before placing it in her pocket before looking to see that Troy was still on the other side of the fence, "Oh sorry, that was my Dad. But anyways, we moved from San Diego."

"California girl, heh?" Troy grinned and she giggled, "What made you move here?"

"My uh…" she was about to tell him but she heard someone running through the house banging everything and also heard crying, "Oh no."

"What's wrong?" Troy was confused.

"BRIELLA!" Gabriella turned around at the sound of her nickname to see her little brother running towards her in tears and a guitar in hand which he put on the ground before hugging her as she went on her knees, "Where's Daddy?"

Gabriella pulled back wiping his tears, "Daddy has to work late tonight so it's just you and me. What happened?"

"E-everything w-was g-going f-fine u-until they found out what happen to m-mommy and then they treated me like I was a baby," he looked at her with sad eyes, "I want my Mommy."

"I know you do Adam, so do I," Gabriella's heart broke as she tried to keep her own tears from falling down, "but I've already told you that everything was going to be ok and it will be. It will just take some time but I promise you, everything will get better."

Adam wiped his tears before Gabriella pulled him for another hug again but then Adam pulled away with a small smile on his face, "Will you play the song that you wrote for Mommy?"

"I had a feeling that's what you wanted when I saw the guitar in your hands," she shook her head giggling before grabbing the guitar and standing up holding her hand out for him, "Come on. Let's go over to the hammock."

"Ok!" Adam cheered up quickly before running over to the hammock.

Gabriella rolled her eyes giggling. Typical Adam. She then remembered that she was talking to the next door neighbor that happened to be basketball captain. She turned towards him and mouths, 'Sorry' and he just smiled nodding before picking up his basketball and going back to shooting hoops. Gabriella smiled before walking over to Adam and sat on the hammock next to him with her guitar in hand.

"You ready?"

Adam nodded and Gabriella started playing the song she wrote a couple years ago.

I'm five years old it's getting old I've got my big coat on

I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you I run and run

Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides look now the sky is gold

I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home

I don't know why all the trees change in the fall

I know you're not scared of anything at all

Don't know if snow white's house is near or far away

But I know I had the best day with you today

Troy lost his focus as he started hearing her sing. He never heard anything so beautiful before or better yet, seen anything so beautiful before. He knew he had to get to know more about her even if the school doesn't like it. Troy Bolton would find a way. Troy moved over to the fence to watch her sing to her little brother with passion knowing the song had a lot of meaning to them.

I'm thirteen now and don't know how my friends could be so mean

I come home crying and you hold me and grab the keys

And we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away

And we talk and window shop till I forgot all their names

I don't know who I'm going to talk to now at school

But I know I'm laughing on the car ride home with you

Don't know how long it's going to feel ok

But I know I had the best day with you today

I have an excellent father

His strength is making me stronger

Gabriella smiled at Adam at the next part of the song which he returned the smile, only with a bigger smile.

God smiles on my little brother

Inside and out he's better than I am

I grew up in a pretty house and I had space to run

And I had the best days with you

There is a video I found from back when I was three

You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me

It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs

Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

Now I know why the all the trees change in the Fall

I know you were on my side even when I was wrong

And I love you for giving me your eyes

Staying back and watching me shine and I didn't know if you knew

So I'm taking this chance to say that I had the best day with you today

Gabriella finished the song up with some tears in her eyes but wiped them quickly before looking at her brother. He looked at her and smiled.

"Thank you," Gabriella smiled, "I love you Briella."

"I love you too, Adam." Gabriella pulled him in a hug before taking a glance over to the next door's fence and saw that Troy was standing there with a smile on his face before walking in his house. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad after all.

Ok first, I don't own the song. All rights go to Taylor Swift. Ok next, what did you think? I had no idea how to start this story up so here it is. I think it came out alright. It could've been better. Please review on this story.

Now I need help with True Love. I have writer's block since well, you know how things are now between Troy and Gabriella. I made them go through their drama and get through it but now I have no idea how to get them 'together' so if you have any ideas please review or message me. Thank you!