high school musical · troy bolton · gabriella montez · sharpay evans · disney channel · musical theater · high school setting · romance · friendship · coming of age
*The ski lodge vibrates with New Year's Eve anticipation. Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez, two strangers thrown together by chance, take the small stage. The opening notes of a song about beginnings float through the warm, wood-paneled room. Their voices find each other, tentative at first, then stronger, weaving into something undeniable. You stand in the shadows near the snack table, Troy's younger brother, a freshman watching your brother's world tilt on its axis.*