Ashlyn and Gina

**Ashina** is the friendship pairing between **Ash**lyn Caswell and G**ina** Porter. They met in the The Auditions and strike up a casual friendship throughout season 1. Their friendship truly begins to develop when Ashlyn asks Gina to move in with her so she can graduate at East High during Act Two, Gina moves in during New Year's Eve.

## History

Ashlyn first met Gina in The Auditions for *'High School Musical'* when they were standing next to each other at Auditions. In Act Two after the show was over, Ashlyn told Gina that she can stay with her family until she graduates so she can continue go to East High School. They seemed to have grown close in the short time period between season 1 and season 2 and Ashlyn describes her as her "number one confidant" and like a "sister." Ashlyn is one of the only people Gina has truly opened up to at East High School. During season 2, Ashlyn is seen noticing changes in Gina before anyone else does showing how close they have become.

## Moments

### Season 1

#### The Auditions

* During Auditions when everyone is in a line Ashlyn stands next to Gina on the right side.

#### Act Two

* Ashlyn asks Gina to move in with her because she does not want her to leave East High School.

### Season 2

#### New Year's Eve

* Gina walks into her new room where Ashlyn runs up to her and hugs her. They are smiling and laughing while talking about their new situation.
	+ Gina pretends to be unfazed, but she is more happy than she was throughout the entirety of season 1.
* Ashlyn describes her as her, "number one confidant" to Seb and Carlos.
* Later, Ashlyn encourages Gina to sing with her.

#### Typecasting

* Ashlyn describes living with Gina as "gaining a sister".
* When Lily indirectly calls Ashlyn not good enough to play Belle, Gina stands up for her.
* Gina declines doing a trio performance with Ashlyn and Kourtney originally, but she joins them when Lily calls both Ashlyn and Kourtney, "amateurs".
* Gina and Ashlyn are shown holding hands when the cast list for *'Beauty and the Beast'* in announced.

#### Yes, And...

* Gina tells Ashlyn that her mom got a new job offer in Louisiana and that she wants to move back in with her mom to get away from drama.
* Ashlyn tells Gina that she knows about her and E.J.'s Secret "Wonderstudies Plan" from last semester.
* Gina tells Ashlyn the truth about what happened on Opening Night that no one knows about.

#### The Field Trip

* Gina tells Lily who happens to be playing Belle in North High's Production of *Beauty and the Beast* that Ashlyn is a better Belle than Lily.

#### Most Likely To

* When Ashlyn comes home after buying a shirt she finds E.J. and Gina sitting right next to each other on the couch.

#### Spring Break

* When Gina is FaceTiming Ashlyn's cousin E.J. Caswell she tells Ashlyn "Hi" who happens to be with E.J. Caswell.

#### The Transformation

* Ashlyn questions Gina's relationship with her cousin E.J. Caswell after Nini Salazar-Roberts makes a comment that she saw E.J. and Gina giggling at the Pizza Place questioning if something is going on between them.

#### Showtime

* During "Be Our Guest" Gina dances with Ashlyn for a little bit.

#### Second Chances

* Ashlyn goes up to Gina and tells her that she just talked to E.J. Caswell before he left who told her about the "Brother" situation. Ashlyn tells Gina if she knew that she saw E.J. Caswell as a "Big Brother figure" she would of giving her very different advice this semester. Gina is very confused what Ashlyn is talking about and asks her why would E.J. think that.

## Trivia

* In Act Two, Ashlyn tells Gina that she has a Guest Bedroom and that she could live with her family so, she can still go to school at East High School without having to move around a lot around the country with her mother.
* Ashlyn is currently Gina's closest female friend at East High School.
* After New Year's Eve, a portion of the online fandom began to view Gina and Ashlyn's relationship in a romantic light.