 The movie start out on New Years Eve when Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are at a Ski Resort During Winter break. Troy is a popular basketball player and Gabriella is a girl Einstein. They are forced to sing karaoke and afterwords exchange numbers. After winter break, Troy returns to his school in Albequerque New Mexico, where he is surprised to discover Gabriella is a new student. They become friends quickly and decide to audition for the Winter Musical in pairs. They get callbacks, and have upset Drama Queen Sharpay Evans and her brother Ryan. Troys friend Chad becomes upset because he is afraid that Troy will become distracted from the basketball championship. Gabriellas friend Taylor wants her on the Decathelon team and is willing to do anything to get her on the team. Chad and Taylor decide to film Troy saying how Gabriella isn t important after Chad tricks him into saying it. Taylor shows the video to Gabriella. Gabriella then refuses to do the call backs with Troy. Confused, Troy convinces Gabriella that he didn t mean it by climbing up into her balcony and singing to her. Meanwhile, Sharpay and Ryan manipulate the Callbacks to the same time when The Championship game is, and the Decathalon is. The two manage to get to the tryouts, and they re events and win the Callbacks, getting parts as the lead pair in the Winter Musical, Twinkle Town : ) The Movie ends with a big finale with the entire cast singing "Were All in This Together".