"You go in and mesmerize them with your charm and bam your hired." Sharpay said trying to build Gabriella confidence.

"Shar I don't think it works like that. Gabriella has to impress them show them her abilities before she shows them her disabilities." Taylor remarked giving Sharpay a cheeky smile.

"I have flaws." Gabriella said panicking.

It was her first job interview for a company Gabriella dreamt of working for since she was a little girl. It was everything a girl dreamed of. She was letting Taylor and Sharpay take her there since they were the only ones of the gang who had a car. Instead of raising Gabriella's confidence they were lowering it down.

"See look what you did?' Sharpay said teasing Taylor. "You made her feel worse." She said rubbing her hand on Gabriella's back.

"It's okay. It's okay. It's okay." Gabriella repeated over and over.

"Stage fright." Taylor mouthed to Sharpay.

"But there's no stage." Sharpay said not realizing the statement could relate to panic.

"Dumb-ass." Taylor grunted under her breath.

"What was that?" Sharpay asked.

"Nothing." Taylor smirked.

"It was probably another insult." Gabriella insisted.

"Was it?" Sharpay asked arms folded across her B- cup chest

Taylor looked down avoiding Gabriella's gaze and was concentrated on the Black Lexus that just cut in front of her.

"Jerk!" Taylor screamed frustrated,

"Jeez we were just asking a question." Sharpay and Gabriella said in unison.

"Uh? Oh not you guys some guy just moved into my lane," Taylor said pulling into the perfect parking spot in front of the glass building.

Gabriella checked her outfit one more time she was hoping it was perfect. She smoothed out her black dress and fixed the collar on her white blouse. She made sure her gold pumps matched perfectly before joining Taylor and Sharpay. They were on the sidewalk and Taylor was waving her hands frantically in the air. Gabriella looked around and saw the same Black Lexus Taylor had been so furious about.

"Hey Guys." Gabriella said hopping to break the tension.

"Hi Gabby." Sharpay said Taylor just waved.

Gabriella looked up into the prettiest set of Cobalt blue eyes she had ever seen. The guy had light brown hair and a perfect set of glistening white teeth. He wore a pair of dark jeans and green and navy Ralph Lauren Polo.

"Hi." Gabriella said.

Instead of ignoring her he turned around from an angry Taylor.

"Hi I am Troy." He said holding out his hand.

She shook it with a nice firm grip he pulled her so she was against his perfect six-pack. She got a strong whiff of his Ralph Lauren cologne. "The handshakes not really my thing just apart of being a gentleman." He joked releasing his grip and setting them apart.

Before Gabriella could say anything Taylor pulled her away.

"Gabriella." She shouted back hoping he would get the hint that that was her name.

"Come on Gabby." Sharpay urged as she pulled her into the building. They walked towards the receptionist desk.

"Hi I am Rhonda welcome to Bliss were everything is just blissful." Rhonda said. She had olive skin and silky dark brown hair. She had green eyes and was wearing a navy cocktail dress with gold stiletto heels. She wore no jewelry but her outfit looked better that way.

"Hi Rhonda." Gabriella said.

"Your name."

"Gabriella."

"Age."

"Twenty- three."

"Birthday."

" July 20th."

"Your set." She said straitening the papers.

"Um I don't play tennis." Gabriella said confused.

"Oh sweetie I, didn't mean.." Rhonda giggled. "What I meant was you can go to the elevator around the corner and wait upstairs. Someone will help you from there. Oh take these files with you." Rhonda said handing them to the panicking brunette.

"Thank you." Gabriella said walking over towards the elevator.

She stepped in and felt the rush of the many hard workers walking in and out. Once the elevator was filled she noticed a familiar brown head of hair.

"Troy." She gasped louder than expected.

"Gabriella?" He said sounding more like a question than a name. He stepped closer towards her.

"What are you doing her?" She asked.

"My fa… I am seeing a friend." He said nervously.

"Oh well see you again sometime." Gabriella said getting out of the elevator.

"She probably has a boyfriend." Troy thought.

Gabriella stepped out of the elevator and into the big foyer of Bliss magazine. She was instantly greeted by a short woman with auburn brown hair. She guided her to office with large letters that said the boss. The women left Gabriella alone. Gabriella pressed her ear against the cherry wood door to see if anyone was in there.

"You can't treat life like a free pass." An older voice said. "The boss. " Gabriella thought.

"Dad it's not like I am going to throw my life away." A sweeter voice yelled.

"Son as along as your under my roof and have a fair share of credit cards you won't throw your life away."

"Good we agree." The sweeter voice asked.

"Yes your getting a job." The boss said slamming some books on the desk.

Gabriella removed her ear from the door because she could sense someone coming toward it.

"Mr. Bolton will see you know." A young girl with blond hair said.

"Okay." Gabriella said walking with the girl to large tan room. There was a bookcase in one corner. A large desk in the center of the room and a leather chair where a man in his late forties sat. There were two smaller leather chairs in front of the desk; however, someone with light brown hair had taken one. Gabriella sat down slightly confused why someone else was in the room. She looked for the secretary but she was gone.

"My son." The boss said pointing to the boy.

"My Dad." The son said joking as he pointed to his father. Gabriella laughed silently to herself before stopping.

"May I ask you a question?" He asked looking down at his files. "Miss Montez is it?"

"Yes sir, Mr. Bolton."

"If someone let's say your daughter was putting her life in what you considered jeopardy what would you do?" He asked putting his ballpoint pin against his baldhead.

"That's not my typical interview question." Gabriella joked. "Since she is my daughter I would give her a few options all reasonable of course. I wouldn't be so stern about though. I make her want to come to me instead of forcing her too." Gabriella said.

"Interesting." He said putting the pen back into the cup on the desk. "A word of advice, son."

"Yeah sure. Dad." He joked.

"I haven't given you a good introduction this my son Troy Bolton, the slacker."

"Nice to met you." Gabriella said shaking his hand.

" But we…" He looked into her eyes to see if she was joking, she wasn't. "Nice to met you too." He said turning around so there eyes met again.

"Hmm." Mr. Richard croaked breaking the silence. "The interview." He said.

"See you again." Gabriella mouthed breaking away from the handshake.

" I'll wait outside." He mouthed before saying goodbye to his father and leaving the room.