"Taylor! Taylor you can't ignore me forever!"

"Oh yes I can and I will!" she said walking away from Chad. She rounded the corner in the hallway to be faced with Troy Bolton aka East High's basketball king or in Taylor's mind Hottie super bomb lunkhead basketball man.

"He still won't leave you alone huh?" he asked draping an arm over her shoulder and started to lead her down the hallway.

"No and it's starting to get annoying" she whined as they reached her home room.

"Just ignore him' he squeezed her shoulder before letting her go and started to walk away to his home room but turned around and asked 'I'll see you at lunch right?"

"Yeah Troy" he smiled and walked away. She walked in to home room and was instantly greeted by her best friends Kelsi and Martha. They had all been the best of friends since pre-school where Taylor had shared her crackers with the two.

"Chad still not leaving you alone?" Martha asked as she sat down in her seat behind her.

"No and it's really starting to bug me, so I saw him and some girl hooking up. What's the big deal?! I didn't see that much!"

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"Taylor!"

"Oh god" she dropped her head down on the lunch table as Chad approached her. Troy who sat next to her patted her back as she groaned.

"What is it Chad, I already said I was sorry, what more do you want! A two page report on how you should always knock before entering a room?! Cause I have a copy right here' she started to dig through her book bag and found the papers and handed them to Chad 'and I promise I won't tell anyone about what I saw except for Kelsi and Martha but they won't tell anyone. I'm sorry!" she dropped her head on the table again with a loud thud.

"And I thought my girlfriend was a drama queen" Troy said.

"Uh Taylor' she lifted her head slowly and looked at Chad 'I came here to apologise to you. I'm sorry you had to see that but what was seen was seen and we can't do anything about that now, so are we still friends?"

"We're still friends Chad" he threw his arms around her.

"Thank god cause I need you Taylor, none of my other friends know how to write decent reports or anything. I'm surprised they can even read!"

"I'm surprised that you can read!"

"You're mean!" he said letting go of her and crossing his arms over his chest.

"I know" she smirked at him.

"Troy tell your friend to stop being mean to me" he whined to Troy who just laughed.

"Don't get me involved in this cause somehow you two are gonna get in to a fight about sex and protection and all that jazz and I don't wanna be involved in that conversation"

"We won't talk about sex you moron"

"She's right, cause I don't talk about sex with innocent ears"

"I'm not innocent' both Chad and Troy raised a curious eyebrow 'I lost my virginity this summer" Troy made a disgusted face.

"I did not want to know that but who was it, I'll kill him!" he said looking around for the guy.

"You won't kill anyone, get of your high horse and see that you're not my knight in shinning armour!" Troy actually looked hurt by her words but shrugged it of.

"You're like my sister so I won't get of my high horse" he said turning back to his mom's home made macaroni and cheese.

"I already have an older brother I don't need another"

"I know you don't but I love you and I wanna protect you so that's what I'm gonna do"

"Just because you're two years older you think you know best" she said with a huff.

"Well I do"

"No you just think you do!"

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

"You're a hypocrite" Troy looked shocked.

"How am I a hypocrite?" he almost yelled attracting some unwanted attention from others.

"You had sex when you were 15 but when I have sex when I'm 16 that's wrong!"

"I never said that it wasn't alright for you to have sex, I just said that I didn't like it. I know what 16 year old guys have on their minds, nothing but sex. They see girls as a quick lay and I don't want you to be someone's quick lay, you deserve better!" at the end Taylor was crying and Troy tried to calm himself down.

"I'm sorry I called you a hypocrite, I don't mean it anymore" she cried in to his shoulder as he hugged her tight.

"Chad?!" a girl nearby dropped her lunch tray making everyone turn around and look at her.

"Gabriella?!" Taylor gasped and tugged on Troy's shirt to get his attention.

"That's the naked girl" she whispered so only he could hear.

"What naked girl?" he asked looking confused as he looked between the new girl, Chad and Taylor.

"The girl I walked in on Chad doing"

"That's her, dude she's hot!"

"Oh my fucking…" Taylor trailed of as she saw Chad pull the new girl into his arms and kiss her on the lips.

"I thought that you were gonna go to West High" Chad said as he brook away from the kiss and caressed her cheek with his thumb.

"No I said East High you were the one who said you were going to West High"

"It doesn't matter who said what, all that matters is that we are attending the same school" he said kissing her once more before he pulled her towards their table and sat her down in his lap.

"Hi" she said to Troy and Taylor who were staring at her with their mouths open.

"Baby these are my friends, Troy he's a senior like us and Taylor she's a sophomore"

"Hi, you might not remember me but we actually saw each, ow" Taylor glanced at Troy as she rubbed her arm

"You're the girl that walked in on us" Gabriella said pointing to her with a small smile playing on her lips.

"Yeah that's me"

"And she doesn't have innocent ears so you can talk about anything" Troy said smirking at Taylor.

"You better stop it or I will hit you" she warned.

"You wouldn't dare" he said looking her right in the eye.

"Oh I would" she said and elbowed him in the ribs.

"I said hit not elbow, god, I think you brook something"

"Oh my god Troy, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. Wait here and I'll get the nurse" she said in a panic and stood up quickly but was pulled back down by Troy who didn't look like he was in any pain.

"You bastard!" she yelled hitting him hard in the arm and stomped away.

"How long have you two been dating" Gabriella asked as they all watched Taylor angrily walk away from all of them.

"We're not dating, I already have a girlfriend, Sharpay, you have probably already seen her. Blonde dressed in pink with a blonde guy running after her telling everyone in her way to move!" Troy imitated Sharpay's voice.

"Yeah I've seen her, she seems nice" Gabriella said looking slightly uncomfortable.

"You don't have to lie I know she's horrible"

"I hope you don't mind me asking but why are you with her if you think she's so horrible?"

"I'm pretty sure that if I break up with her she will break every bone in my body"

"No one dumps Sharpay and get away with it" Taylor said in a high pitched voice as she sat back down next to Troy.

"I'm glad you decided to join us again" Troy said giving her a small smile as he put his arm around her.

"I only came back because I forgot my book bag and as long as I'm here I can just as well finish my lunch" she said not looking at him as she started to eat her turkey sandwich.

"Hey that's good enough for me" he said patting her thigh before returning his attention to his macaroni and cheese.

"Are those two always like this?" Gabriella asked as she watched the two friends start to make small talk.

"No some times they're worse' Chad said and kissed the side of her head 'want some of my mom's home made fudge brownies?"

"Oh brownies!' she squealed and clapped her hands as all the other occupants of the table looked at her strangely 'what? Can't a girl get excited about brownies?!"

"I like you" Taylor said with a smile.

"You like anyone with an appetite" Troy said.

"So?" Taylor asked getting defensive

"Nothing" he said holding his hand up in mock defence.

"Here you go babe' Chad said holding out the brownie to Gabriella who took it greedily and started to munch on it right away 'no need to thank me" he said sarcastically.

"Thank you baby" she kissed him deeply.

"They're swapping brownies" Troy laughed making Taylor look at him strangely.

"And how is that funny, they have just ruined fudge brownies for me"