hey guys. this is my second troyella story, my first was Through The Years which is soon to be completed!
Summary: Gabriella was quiet, shy, geeky girl and Troy was the up and coming basketball star of his time and still, they were best friends, until one day their friendship was over, Gabriella had moved away and Troy had choosen something more important. When she returns in her junior year, will everything be the same?
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters/location/plot of High School Musical, just the new characters!
7th Grade.
"Gabs, are you doing your math homework?" Troy asked, bouncing a basketball as Gabriella sat quietly on the bench for study period.
"Yes," she said, scribbling some notes down.
Troy gave her a confused look. "Wait, didn't we have that already this morning?"
"Yes, I just don't want to do the homework tonight, since I want to finish my science project, so I can credit for handing it in early."
"Speaking of projects," Troy said, digging into his pockets. "Check it out, Brie, I made it." he said, holding two necklaces. Dangling from them, were bottle caps with the inital 'TB' on one and 'GM' on the other. He handed her the necklace with her initals.
"Aw, thanks Troy. These are really cool." Gabriella said, pulling her long brown ringlets from her face.
"No problem. I even carved my name on the back of yours, and your name is on the back of mine." he said, holding his up, with 'Gabriella' carved on the back of his.
Gabriella clipped her necklace on happily as Troy did the same. "Thanks,"
"Hey! Troy!" A group of guys by the basketball cried. "Come play some ball!"
Troy waved his hand. "Sure!" he called back. "Sorry, Gabs." he said to her. "They're my friends, keepin' the rep, you know."
"Stop hanging out with that geek and play some ball!"
Troy looked at Gabriella and sighed, she nodded her approval as he ran over to his friends. Gabriella, silently filled with annoyance closed her book and ran inside. She was tired of Troy. She knew she was consider a geek and she knew Troy didn't want to ruin his reputation over her.
"Hey, Troy." Gabriella said, rushing to her locker. She opened it up and put her books inside.
"Um, hey." Troy said, awkwardly, looking around.
"I have something really cool to show you," she said, digging through her backpack. She looked up at Troy, who had an annoyed face. "What's wrong?"
"Um..." he said. "Listen, I know we're friends, but I've gotta repution to live up to...so..."
Suddenly, some of the popular kids rushed to Troy's side, hovering over him. Gabriella looked at them with surprise and embarassment written on her face.
"Why are you hanging out with that geek? Do you even know her?" one of the kids asked.
"Uh, no. It's just some girl. I don't hang out with geeks like that. We're not even friends," Troy said, walking away with his friends without wincing to turn back at Gabriella.
Gabriella felt the tears sting in her eyes. She wiped them away quickly, but if felt like wiping away her friendship with Troy. She slammed her locker and ran to homeroom.
"Don't you like your room?" Clara Montez said, as she put the last box on Gabriella's bed.
Gabriella shrugged, looking around her room. There were two windows, another in the bathroom, and french doors with a balcony. "Yeah, it's nice, I guess."
"Did you put all your clothes away?" she asked, hanging up pictures of Gabriella when she was younger.
"Uh, yeah." Gabriella said, sorting through the box of academic, volleyball, and painting trophies. She put them ontop of her dresser as her mother finished hanging the pictures.
Clara put framed pictures of herself, Gabriella, and her father, some of her friends back in Washington D.C., and one picture of her and Troy Bolton and a birthday party.
"Please don't put that up," Gabriella said, putting away the boxes.
"Why?" Clara asked. "You two are best friends,"
"Were best friends, Mom."
"It's just a reminder." Clara said, examining the pictures before collecting the empty boxes.
Gabriella scoffed. "Of what? How he betrayed me? How he knew he was my only friend and hurt my in front of my face? How he backstabbed, more like front-stabbed me?" she cried.
"I thought he was nice." Clara said with a simple smile before leaving the room.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and put everything aside. She walked up to her bed stand and took the picture of her and Troy. She examined it closely. It was Gabriella's 12th birthday she only invited Troy Bolton, Taylor McKessie, and some her other cousins. In the picture she and Troy had cake all over their hands after a small little cake fight. Gabriella smirked then put the picture face-down in the drawer.
Gabriella walked around the halls of East High, looking for her locker. She was light brown jeans and a blue shirt with a messenger bag. She finally found her locker, number 712 on the East Wing. As she turned the dial on the lock, another student rushed to the locker next to her. Gabriella put her things in her locker and grabbed some of her notebooks. She shut her locker.
"Oh my gosh!" the student next to her cried.
"Huh?" Gabriella said.
"Gabriella!" she cried. It was Taylor McKessie, she wrapped her in a big hug.
"Wow, it's been such a long time, Tay." Gabriella said with a big smile, happy she had at least one friend there.
Taylor nodded in agreement. "I know! It's been like, what? Four years?" she cried, releasing her out of the hug.
"Yeah, it's been about four years. I just moved back from Washington D.C., my mother's publishing company moved her back here, this time for good." Gabriella said with a smile.
"That's so cool, I'm sorry we couldn't stay in touch." Taylor said, as the two walked in the halls together.
Gabriella shook her head. "It's okay, I know you tried though. I was sort of avoiding talking to you since...I didn't want to bring up...Troy." she said, softly.
"Yeah, I understand." Taylor said, with a nod. "What class do you have for homeroom?"
Gabriella checked her schedule. "Um, Ms. Darbus..."
"Oh, me too!" Taylor cried. "I'll show you there,"
Taylor led Gabriella to her homeroom, Ms. Darbus' eccentric classroom. There was small stage with a large chair and small desk filled with pictures and papers. Gabriella took a seat next to Taylor in the middle of the room, the class began to file in as Ms. Darbus walked in as well. The bell rang, and the rest of the students ran in.
"Welcome to another year," Ms. Darbus said in a big voice. She had bright yellow hair in a big bun with large glasses. She wore bright red lip gloss and large earrings with a matching outfit. "As some of you know, I'm Ms. Darbus, the Drama Teacher and Director and Literature Teacher on some occassions. I'd like to welcome...Gabriella Montez,"
Gabriella raised her hand and blushed.
"Welcome Ms. Montez." she said loudly. "I would begin by taking attendance..."
Then, Troy Bolton rushed into the room. Ms. Darbus stood up.
"Thank you, Mr. Bolton for arriving, now." she said.
Gabriella blushed when she heard his name, she looked up at him quickly and focused her attention on her notebook. There in the front of the class, was the boy formerly known as her best friend.
Troy nodded awkwardly and slipped into a seat next to his best friend, Chad Danforth. "Sorry," he said in a whisper.
"Since it is the first day of school, I'll disregard your tardiness, Mr. Bolton. I guess you're here today." she said, checking him for attendance.
"Mr.Cross...here. Mr. Danforth...here. Sharpay and Ryan Evans...here. Ms. McKessie...here. Ms. Montez...here," Ms. Darbus said to herself.
Troy winced as her heard the name, Montez. It sounded like something vaugely familiar...he just couldn't remember. Was it one of his mom's friends? Was it his doctor's name? Who was it? He turned at the girl who raised her hand. She had short dark brown ringlets and a familiar, yet cute smile. He knew her from somewhere.
Between classes, there were always four minute breaks. Troy hung out with his buddies by the lockers, coming up with numerous tricks and sweet basketball moves for their first basketball game in the next two weeks. Troy noticed that Montez girl, opening her locker and slipping out some books. He excused himself past his friends and ran toward her.
"Hey," he said, casually.
Gabriella looked up into his navy blue eyes, ones that were so familiar to her. The ones that she looked into for most of her life until 7th grade.
"Can I help you?" she said, returning her attention to the books she needed for Earth Science.
"Uh, I'm Troy Bolton." he said, taking out his hand.
"Uh...Gabriella Montez." she said, in a soft tone, so soft Troy hardly heard, but he quickly shrugged it off.
"You seem so familiar...where are you from?" he asked.
"I just moved here from Washington."
Troy nodded. "You seem really familiar..."
"Uh, okay. I've never heard of you before." she lied, as she bit her lip. She always bit her lip when she lied.
That's so familiar...Troy thought. "Are you sure? I could swear I know you. What was your name again?"
yeah... that's the first chapter. hopefully i will recieve some reviews!
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