College Struggles

Summary: The gang go through tough times at university with family illnesses to secrets as to two members accused of cheating. They are all attending UCLA and all the girls will be sharing an apartment just as the boys will. Someone's dad gets ill and causes them to withdraw from the gang and hurt the ones they love the most. One person's mom is killed just weeks into starting. How will they cope? Two people are helping each other out but with the amount of time they are spending together their other half's start to question them. Will they all still be friends by the time they've finished? Who will suffer heartache and will the pressures of being so different finally get too much?

Sequel to: School Trip & School Chaos

A/N: Hey. I finally started the sequel. The first 6 chapters are going to be about them remembering stuff they did in their summer break from their P.O.V's. I am trying to give you a bit of an insight into how they feel know so that it should help throughout the story to show how things are changing. I have planned this story out and I know how I want it to end already but I have to get there first lol. I have then planned out another sequel after this if people like this story because some people wanted me to skip the college part and go a few years after so that will be in the next one if people want it when this finally ends. I have no idea how long this story will be, I'll just keep going along with it till I put everything I have planned in. Anyway please review and if I get enough reviews I might post another chapter tonight. Thanks! Here's the first chapter.

Disclaimer: still own absolutely nothing
Chapter 1

It was coming to the end of the summer and each member of the gang was at their own home packing all their things up ready to take with them to college when they leave in a few days. They had all applied for the same college and were amazingly all excepted. All the boys would be sharing an apartment right next to an apartment where all the girls would be sharing. They had spent the whole summer hanging out apart from two weeks in the middle when they went away with their families. Fortunately for Troy and Gabriella had surprised the two by booking a holiday together. Of course all the others wished that their parents had done something like that for them.

Gabriella walked out onto her balcony and sat down on one of the two chairs out there. She looked around at the place she had finally been able to call home after her mom's company stay there permanently. She sighed as she thought about having to leave in a few days to start a whole new adventure.

Gabriella's P.O.V

I sat on my balcony just taking in the surroundings that had become very familiar to me. I couldn't wait to start college in a few weeks but the thought of having to leave my mom and my home scared me. Of course I would have Troy and all the others with me but I'm just gonna miss it so much here. I wish things could stay like this summer just gone all the time where all we did was hang out, no pressures and have fun.

Flashback

We were all standing outside Troy's waiting for him to answer the door. We had all arranged to hang out at his place seeing as he had a pool for us girls and a basketball court for the boys. It was 10am, which for the holidays was early, but we wanted to spend as much time together as possible. We heard the door open and saw Coach Bolton standing there.

"Hi guys come in." he pulled the door further open as we all walked in. Coach was actually a pretty cool guy when we weren't at school. I spent so much time over there that I was on first name terms with his parents. They had already become like my second family. I was pulled out of my daydream when Coach said something. "Troy's not up yet guys." Typical. He tells us to come over early but he is still in bed where I should be considering we had such a late night last night at Sharpay's mom's birthday party.

"Can I go drag him down the stairs by his hair and chuck him in the pool?" Chad asked getting all excited. So like Chad.

"You can if you feel like him going straight back to bed and then being miserable all day. I suggest if you want him up and in a good mood right away you should send Gabriella up." I blushed at what was being said. Everyone's eye's landed on mine as I stalked off.

"Fine." I walked up the stairs and straight to Troy's room. I knocked on his door and there was no answer so I quietly crept in. I smiled as I saw his bed all messed up with him lying there in only his pyjama bottoms. I smiled as a thought came to mind. I walked right over to his bed and lay down next to him snuggling myself into his arms as I started to kiss him. His eyes suddenly shot open as he felt me kissing him. When he saw that it was just me he soon kissed back and I was soon under him. After a few minutes we both broke away gasping for air. I smiled as I watched him smirk at me.

" And what have I done to get this kind of wake up call because whatever I have done I will be doing again if this is what happens." Troy joked as I gently smacked his back as he stayed on top of me.

"Your late." I simply said, as he looked confused.

"Late for what?" he asked as I lifted my top of revealing my bikini top. His eyes widened as he remembered. "Whoops." He laughed as he bent down and kissed me again. We stayed there completely forgetting about the others until Chad came barging in like a little kid having a tantrum.

"Will you hurry up because I want to play and we can't play when there is only five of us." Chad moaned. Somehow through all the time we had been spending together the guys had managed to teach Ryan how to play. Whenever we were over her, the five boys and Coach would always have a game. " And you Gabi were suppose to be getting him up so that I wouldn't have to drag him down by the hair and throw him in the pool." Chad said as I rolled my eyes.

"You just had to interrupt again didn't you?" Troy said as he got up of me. "You were going to throw me in the pool?" Troy asked realizing what Chad had said.

"Yep but your dad wouldn't let me that's why he sent Gabi up so will you hurry up and get your buts downstairs now." He turned around and stomped out the room as Troy and I fell into laughing at Chad's antics.

"Ok I'm going to leave you while you get changed." I told him as I went to walk out. Suddenly I felt troy hold me back.

"Nope you can wait while I change because otherwise I will have to face baby Chad all on my own again." I smiled as he walked into his bathroom to change. 10 minutes later he came out wearing just him swim shorts and a white singlet top. We walked down holding hands as his dad smirked at me. I smiled as I felt the heat in my cheeks.

We spent the rest of the afternoon watching the boys play before Mrs Bolton called Coach to go shopping with her leaving us on our own as we messed around in the pool. All in all we just had complete fun all day.

End Flashback

I smiled to myself as I leaned back in the chair just taking in the view just thinking about the future.

End P.O.V

A/N: Please review and tell me what you thought of the first chapter. Thanks!