Okay, okay.

1. You guys hate my guts for deleting story after story. But what gets me is the reviews and how much I see people like them.

2. I know I promised not to delete the story last time but I realized that not many people liked it so I didn't want to waste my time on something you guys didn't like so much.

I'm not gonna promise if I'm gonna delete this or not because most of the time, I break promises.

But anyway, new story called Right Here.

When I put my key into the door that night, I expected to see Taylor dozing off on the couch with a silent horror movie playing on the TV screen, and a hot steaming cup of coffee in the kitchen that had been just brewed. What I didn't expect to see was Chad.

"OH MY GOD!" I screamed I saw my roommate and her boyfriend going at it on our couch. "Chad! STOP!"

There was a loud "oof!" and Chad looked like he was kicked off of Taylor. My roommate sat up with a sheepish grin on her face, reaching for the pillows to cover up. "Oh don't worry Taylor, I already saw most of you." I said, closing my eyes. I was trying to erase the images out of my mind but for some sick, perverted reason, it was still in there.

"I'm so sorry Gabriella-" Taylor started breathlessly. As I reluctantly opened my eyes, Chad was quickly throwing on some pants.

"Uh…Chad, those are Taylor's." I bit my lip from laughing. Chad (now bright red) grabbed his jeans and made a mad dash to the bathroom.

I put my hands on my hips and glared at Taylor. "I never knew you liked Chad so much. This is your first time?"

Taylor looked down. "Yeah. I'm kinda glad I lost it to him though…he's really sweet to me."

I rolled my eyes and gave her a smile. "This is so exciting. You've beaten me in everything from being a valedictorian, dating six months before me, and now losing your virginity!"

She stared at me for a minute, not knowing whether to laugh or pound the crap out of me. "Gabriella, I didn't tell you because I thought you'd tell everyone about how me and Chad were going out and that wouldn't have made it so special." She worded her situation in an awkward way.

I was taken back. "So…basically, you didn't trust me? Whatever happened to "best-buddies-forever" Taylor McKessie?"

"C'mon Gabriella. Everyone thinks you're sensitive, really smart, and beautiful. I just thought you might be a little immature around dating and all…" Taylor blurted out.

I stood up, livid, and shouted, "Immature? Oh ho, who was the one that giggled everytime someone said the word, 'weinus' in junior year? Who was the one that always told everyone when someone would fart or burp? Gee, thanks a lot Taylor. I guess our five years of friendship really were so immature to you!"

I stomped to my room and slammed the door in her shocked face. I was furious but I couldn't help but feel a little tinge of guilt in losing a friend.

Over the next few days, Taylor and I hardly made any contact. We never spoke, looked at, or even heard each other. Truthfully, it was pure torture since I'd became a social butterfly ever since I started dating in high school. The only time we made contact was when Chad came over and I yelled at them walking into her room, "Have real mature sex!"

She was driving me nuts too. I was really picky when it comes to household stuff so when the milk carton was empty, usually Taylor would have enough sense to throw it out but instead, she stuck it back into the fridge. The dishes would seem to be used every second of the day and would be waiting for me to hand wash until midnight. I, Gabriella Montez, wouldn't have stood up for this much longer but since I was also the "charming and sweet" brainiac, I clenched my teeth together hard and tried to keep my life running as normal as it could be.

Then one day the truth came down hard on us. We hated each other and none of us wanted to leave our apartment. Generally, I was the one that had to go because I was a Montez and us Montezes usually gave in. One time, I came home from work early and saw Chad in my room with Taylor painting the walls from a light tan to a dark blue. Taylor stuck her tongue out at me as Chad shrugged. "This is for the guest room." My jaw dropped. How dare they! I was going to move out as soon as possible.

I took up the local newspapers and dialed around for another apartment. After weeks of apartment searching, there was this perfect little loft in upper Santa Fe downtown. Thing was, I knew a lot of people would've already put their name down for the loft. When I phoned in, the seller told me about twenty-five people were ahead of me.

Another week went by and I received a call from the seller saying that the previous twenty-five were either irresponsible for the payment or just really careless. I prepared my best and dressed up in a neat little black skirt and a peach top.

"Ah…Gabriella Montez?" A woman answered the door. When I stepped into the empty apartment, I couldn't help but gasp. The loft was absolutely amazing. When you just walk in, there was a kitchen and then to its right was an open dining room. The living room was just humongous for a one-person loft and there was a little balcony by the giant stained glass windows.

"I'm glad you like it." The woman said after a few moments of my silence. I blushed and shook her hand.

"I'm Nikki Reynolds. I believe you know this loft is about $1,500. So many have come to me getting their hopes up and then getting blown away by the expensive price. I mean well it's pretty expensive for a loft but-" Nikki continued on but I mentally plugged my ears.

"I am in love." I finally said after Nikki's long speech. She smiled wide and I went upstairs to check out the bedrooms until Nikki's phone rang.

"Hello, this is Nikki Reynolds…yes…in fact I'm with a customer right now. No? Oh…well if my customer doesn't mind…" Nikki mouthed to me "another buyer" and I nodded, "…she said it's fine. Okay, see you then."

Nikki closed up her cellphone and clapped her hands together. "I've got another urgent buyer coming on his over here…do you wanna check out the spacious bathrooms?"

I laughed at how much she reminded me of Taylor, jumping from subject to subject. I immediately frowned. Thinking of Taylor had darkened July for me this year.

The doorbell rang downstairs and Nikki was busily trying to adjust the sink handles for me. She motioned for me to answer the door and I gladly ran down the spiraling staircase and answered the door.

A cute brown-haired boy gave me a dashing smile. My knees almost melted as his blue eyes sparkled.

"Hi, I'm looking for the one selling this house…is it you?" He pointed at me jokingly.

I laughed nervously. Why was I feeling this way around this total…cute and handsome stranger? "No…she's upstairs fixing something. Come on up."

He dug his hands into his jacket pockets and followed me upstairs. "So…you're looking for place to stay?"

"Yeah, my roommate is creeping me out by bringing over her boyfriend almost everyday to 'study' their anatomies," I raised my hands and made quotation marks with my fingers. The boy laughed. "And so I'm looking for a place to get out of there."

He stuck out his hand. "Troy Bolton."

All of a sudden, something clicked in my mind. "Troy?" I repeated, incredulous.

"Yeah…Bolton. T-R-O-Y?" He laughed softly. "You do look kinda familiar…"

Then at the same time we either said, "Gabriella Montez?" or "Troy Bolton?"

There was an awkward silence until he spoke up. "God…I thought you went to Massachusetts to go to Harvard!"

I shook my head. "And I thought you moved to California to take up that basketball scholarship!"

He also shook his head. "I stayed back because…" Troy blushed red.

I nudged him playfully. "Go on."

Troy shook his head. "No thanks. I'll pass."

As I was trying to get him to tell me why he stayed in New Mexico, Nikki came in between us and gave us a grin. "Fighting already? I hope it's not over this loft!"
Troy and I laughed. "No…it's just we kinda knew each other before." I said.

Nikki looked amused. "Isn't that a coincidence? Now, I willing to give you both this loft but I gotta make some money so I'll give the keys to whoever gives me the higher price."

I dug into my purse for the $1,500 and was about to hand it to Nikki until Troy pushed my hand away.

"$1,750." He winked at Nikki. She blushed and looked down.

"$1,800." I shot back. It was pretty expensive already but the image of Chaylor (my nickname for the sick couple) thumping on the walls was all I needed to keep bidding.

Troy whistled anxiously. "Whoa ho ho Gabi, slow down! $2,000, Nikki. Final offer."

Nikki was beyond belief. "That's $500 more than my original price!" She got ready to hand over the keys.

"No wait!" I quickly spoke up. "I gotta have a place to stay and this is it! We'll split Troy, you pay half and I'll pay half."

"Then that means…" Troy slowly said.

"That we'll be roomies. Please, I beg you!" I even got down on one knee.

Nikki had a hard time putting on a straight face. "Very desperate aren't we Miss Montez?"

I nodded violently. "My roommate is the sickest bitch I've ever met."

Troy laughed. "Okay, deal."

I squealed happily as Nikki gave us the keys and we gave her $1,000 each. As soon as Nikki left, Troy and I started planning on how to organize the loft. I waved goodbye to him after three hours and practically skipped home until I remember that I had a roommate probably having sex in the room next to mine. I groaned as I heard a moan from the inside of the apartment.

"SHUT UP YOU TWO!" I snapped as I threw a pillow into their room. Surprisingly, silence followed and I was sort of amused. "And another thing, I'm moving out tomorrow. Goes to show how mature I can be huh Taylor?"

I made myself a cup of coffee as Taylor and Chad stumbled out (thankfully wearing proper clothes) of the room. "You're moving out?" Taylor asked bluntly. That was probably the first time she spoke to me directly in weeks.

"Yes I am genius. I'm packing tonight and making a move over to my new loft downtown." I busied myself stirring sugar in my coffee.

There was an awkward silence and then Chad piped up, "I'm moving in tomorrow."

I nodded. "I already know that."

Taylor bit her lip. "I guess this is it then."

But thing was, it was already over.

Please review! Probably my longest chapter ever written for any of my stories! 3 x-Star-in-Heaven-x