Okay, so lately I've been really interested in Chad, so I've decided to write a story, pairing him with every main girl in HSM.

I think it'll be fun and interesting . . . if it pulls off, I might do more! The order for the first five fics is Chaylor, Chadpay, Chadella, Chelsi, and Chartha. then . . . I dunno.

This isn't just a story. It's a series of oneshots; each chapter is NOT related.

Disclaimer: I only own Alesha and Chardonnay . . .

Chaylor: Regret

Summary: It was a cheerleader's party. Taylor was going. So was Chad, and his girlfriend, Alesha.

To make up for forgetting her birthday, Chad says he'll drive her to the party. Taylor just hopes she won't let slip her true feelings for him, or as far as Alesha's concerned, it's all over for Taylor.

"Hi, is Chad in?" asked Taylor nervously.

The little girl gave her a wide smile, and beckoned her in.

"He's upstairs getting ready for some party, but come in anyway. Let's go to the living room. Here, take a seat. You should have enough time to talk to him before you go."

"Oh no," said Taylor quickly, sitting down in the couch, "I -"

"Don't worry about it! I'm Chardonnay, by the way, but call me Char or Donna. I'm Chad's sister. I bet you didn't know he had a sister. I'm only 8 years old, and everyone says that I look younger, but my personality is a lot older."

"Uh, yeah . . ." said Taylor, dazed as the girl talked so much, and so fast. "I actually thought you were about 10, 11 years old."

"Cool!" grinned Chardonnay, very Chad style.

They were so alike; Taylor couldn't help but smile, and feel intimidated. Both bubbly, talkative, jokey . . . it was weird, in a way.

"So . . . you go to East High, right?" asked Chardonnay, and Taylor nodded. "I'm going there next year. Can't wait. Though that means I'll be stuck with people I hate." She shuddered. "Like Alesha."

"You know Alesha?" asked Taylor timidly.

"Eww!" Chardonnay in disgust. "Do I? I hate her! She's so desperate to get her hands on my brother. It's so sick! And not in the good way!"

"Tell me about it," agreed Taylor, almost unkindly.

"And she wears these mini skirts, even when she's not wearing her cheerleader uniform, and she's all ghetto, and . . . urgh!"

Alesha was who Chad was currently dating, a cheerleader. Taylor suspected it might have only been because the B-ball dudes told him to.

Taylor had overheard Alesha's friend saying that Alesha was so nuts about him, and was gonna keep him longer than her other boyfriends. And apparently, Chad was hotter than Troy.

Interesting . . . Taylor had thought at the time.

"Another girl that I know," Chardonnay went on, "Sharpay Evans. I'm not old enough to go to East High yet, obviously, but I always hear her name. She doesn't get on with Chad."

"That's an understatement. They can't stand each other." grimaced Taylor.

"Really?" grinned Chardonnay, interested. Taylor nodded and the girl giggled, her afro-curls shimmering around her head. She really was a pretty girl.

"Do you know about the time when Chad said she wore fake hair, and Sharpay put glue on his chair?" Taylor giggled, and Chardonnay joined in. "Thankfully, Chad caught on quickly, otherwise -"

"His pants would've ripped!" shrieked Chardonnay, and they laughed again.

"Do you wanna know a secret?" asked Chardonnay, sliding down from the couch to the floor, Taylor got up and sat on the floor, cross legged.

"Chad doesn't even like Alesha. He likes someone else!" whispered Chardonnay, and Taylor's heart leapt at first, before sliding right down into her lower stomach.

"Really?" Taylor said, making her voice seem interested.

It's Gabriella. Of course it would be Gabriella.

Taylor had seen them talking in the week, and noticed they were talking a lot recently. Three reasons why they shouldn't get together;

1. Gabriella was already dating Troy. If she cheated in him, it would cause a lot of problems for her.

2. Chad was already dating Alesha . . . but Taylor didn't care about that too much.

3. She did sorta like Chad. Sorta. Taylor guessed that they would be friends rather than anything else.

After all, Gabriella was pretty, she's dating East High's champion, the major heart throb and had an amazing voice. Who wouldn't?

"He tried to keep it quiet, but I knew better, so I asked him. Well, I pestered him. Now he won't stop going on about her!"

Taylor wasn't even interested anymore. Gabriella. The only word running through Taylor's mind, apart from Chad.

"He said that she's really pretty, and she has beautiful eyes . . ."

Taylor clutched her stomach as it started to feel funny. "And . . . ?" Taylor hung her head. She really didn't want to hear this.

"And she has this catching voice, and she's super smart . . ."

"Who is she?" murmured Taylor, needed to hear Gabriella, to confirm her thoughts.

"I don't remember." Chardonnay frowned. "It was like a guy's name, I think. Alex? Sam?"

Who the hell was Sam? A guy's name? It wasn't even Gabriella . . . that made it worse!

What the hell . . . was Chad gay . . . ?

"I think it was Tyler. I dunno." Chardonnay shrugged, and leapt up from the floor. "You wanna drink?"

Taylor shook her head, bewildered. Sitting on the floor, she remembered why she was here in the first place . . .

Flashback

"You owe me, mister." joked Taylor, and Chad turned around, grinning. "You weren't here for my birthday!"

"Taylor, I'm so sorry," said Chad wistfully, and placed his hands on her shoulders. "I really am. I had to go with my Dad to visit my Aunt, because she's ill . . ."

"Oh, I'm sorry . . ." Taylor said softly.

"No, I'm sorry. I should have at least texted . . . I forgot."

"At least you're honest!" laughed Taylor, and Chad joined in.

"A-ha-ha-ha." came a female voice sarcastically.

Neither Taylor or Chad had to turn around to know who it was.

"Hey, Lesh." Chad smiled. Alesha gave him a sexy grin before planting a full kiss on his lips, ignoring Taylor who was getting angrier and agitated by the second.

Chad quickly pulled away, and said, "Alesha, you know Taylor, don't you?"

"You're from the geek club, right?" smirked Alesha.

"And you're from the slut club, right?" muttered Taylor. Chad's eyes opened wider in surprise, and Alesha's jaw dropped open.

"Excuse me?" she screeched, taking a step forward. Taylor couldn't help but grin. This made Alesha angrier.

"Lesh, back off. I'll deal with it." Chad put in, quickly.

"You'd better!" hissed Alesha, storming away, and Chad burst out laughing but Taylor looked down at her feet, a little ashamed.

"I'm sorry. Every time I promise to lay off her, and every time I blow it. Why do you still hang around with me?" Taylor mumbled.

"Because I know you don't mean it, you just . . . need to control yourself." Chad chuckled. "Slut Club! Taylor, of all things!"

"Shut up." Taylor giggled. "Hey, are you going to Megan's party?"

Chad nodded. "Yep." He slapped his cheek, realising something. "How about I drive you there?"

"Aren't you taking Alesha?" frowned Taylor.

"Well, she's going with her girlfriends." Chad shrugged, "And there's no law against taking a friend who's pissed cause you forgot her birthday."

Taylor grinned. "Fine. But I'm coming to your house. Early. Then we can actually leave on time!"

"Hmm, I'm sure he called her Tay for short . . . so then Tyler doesn't work . . ." Chardonnay muttered, clutching a can of coke as she ran a hand through her gorgeous hair.

Taylor sat there, and at last, realisation hit. Taylor was like a guy's name! Well duh!

That was when her heart really dropped like a stone. Blood was rushing to her face, and she wanted to shrivel up with excitement. Should she flirt with him? Play it cool?

Wait . . . she thought, What about Alesha? She'd be pissed if she knew . . . How long has he liked me? Oh my God, I can't see him, I can't face him today . . . she panicked.

"I have to go," Taylor burbled, and scrambled up from the floor. Chardonnay rested her hand on Taylor's shoulder, suddenly suspicious.

"What did you say your name was again?" Chardonnay frowned, and Taylor hesitated.

"I didn't!" Taylor admitted, already making her way to the door.

"You . . . what?" Chardonnay slapped a hand to her head, realising her mistake. "I'm such an idiot . . ." Taylor grabbed for the doorknob.

"Taylor?" came another voice from behind her, a voice that practically made her heart stop. Taylor swallowed and slowly turned around to see him. What made her tense more what that he looked so –

Oh please . . . please don't say something stupid! Taylor pleaded to herself.

"Taylor! I didn't realise you were already here! Are you okay?" he asked, looking into her stricken face. She opened her mouth but nothing came out.

"We were just talking about Alesha and Taylor told me about you and Sharpay! When you had glue on your pants, and Sharpay wore fake hair -" Chardonnay said loudly, bouncing up and down the corridor, acting normal. Well, whatever was normal for her . . .

God bless that child, thought Taylor in relief.

"Char, calm down!" yelped Chad. "What are you talking about? Listen, Mom's still out, and Dad's upstairs, sleeping. If you've got a prob, just wake him up, okay?"

Chardonnay snorted. "I could live in this house by myself!" she declared.

"You wish." muttered Chad. He smiled at Taylor. "You ready to go?"

She nodded, and went outside. When they were on his doorstep and the door was shut, she pulled him back. "Can we talk for two seconds?" she asked hopefully.

"Sure!" shrugged Chad.

"Okay." Taylor took a breath. "About two minutes ago, I talked to Chardonnay, and she told me -"

"Say no more!" said Chad cheerfully, and moved to the letterbox, where his expression changed from cheerful to vengeful. He bellowed through it, "CHARDONNAY! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

Chardonnay rushed to the door and opened it. "Well, I didn't know it was her!" she protested. Taylor stifled her giggles.

"And you ask why I don't tell you my business!" Chad glowered at the girl, who glowered back in the same way.

"People make mistakes! And I knew I could trust – what's your name again?" Chardonnay questioned.

"Taylor!" said Chad forcefully.

"That's the one. See, I've got a bad memory! S'not my fault." Chardonnay pouted, at Taylor had to laugh at this.

"I'm sorry." Chad apologised, holding Taylor's hand.

"Why?" butted in Chardonnay. "If I found out a good looking guy really liked me -"

"Char . . . donnay . . . go . . . away!" Chad breathed.

"You can't blame me for trying!" Chardonnay shouted, slamming the door. And Taylor's cheeks hurt from laughing so much!

Chad covered his face with his hands, and Taylor whispered, "Does it make you feel any better to know that I like you a lot too?"

Chad slowly smiled at her. "So . . . what now?" Taylor smiled back.

"I take you out . . . ?" Chad suggested, and they laughed.

"You can only do that if I'm your girlfriend."

"Okay then." Chad faced Taylor properly. "Taylor McKessie, will you be my girlfriend?"

Taylor laughed. "Chad Danforth, I would love to be -" her smile faded. "Hold up! We've totally forgotten Alesha!"

Chad thought for a moment and when they looked at each other, they both snorted. "Oops. I'll have to dump her. That's okay. I didn't like her much, and I felt bad, letting her think I liked her."

"Why did you go out with her in the first place?"

"See, when you're on the Basketball team, you get put under pressure to go out with people everyone else thinks it good for you. You don't really get a say – I liked Alesha, but . . . not like that."

"That's sad." Taylor sighed. "So, are you gonna dump her at the party, or after?"

"I'm dumping her at school. We're not going to the party! I'm taking you somewhere special to celebrate."

"Where?"

"How about Pete's Pizza?" came a different voice from the other side of the Danforth's front door.

Chad and Taylor glanced at each other, and Chad slid his key in quietly, and opened the door.

"Chardonnay . . . how long have you been standing there?" Taylor asked, trying to keep her face as straight as possible.

"Long enough to hear Chad say he's dumping the Witch! Wooooo!" Chardonnay began cheering and yelling, and soon, Chad and Taylor were laughing, almost joining in.

"WILL YA KEEP IT DOWN!" roared a voice from upstairs.

Chad slowly covered Chardonnay's mouth with a hand, and she did the same to him.

"What is it?" Taylor whispered.

"Um . . . Chardonnay just woke up my Dad," Chad whispered back.

LOL! What did ya think, for the first chapter? Hope you liked it, it was SO fun to write. If you liked it too, then please review!

Next chapter is Chadpay, called 'Opposite's Attract'. Stick around!

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