"Is everyone here?" shouted Gabriella.

Troy looked around the room "I think that's it".

Chad stood up from the dinner table and hold up his beer bottle "Were gathered here tonight, to celebrate Troy's 22 birthday. Time flies fast. I remember when it was me, you and Shar in the sandbox making castles and now were adults with our own lives".

Troy looked down, the sound of her name made him think of how he missed his best friend.

"So let's hear it for the birthday boy. Happy birthday, man" Chad said while giving him a smile.

Troy got up and lifted his glass, he clicked it with Chad's "To our best friend, Sharpay Evans".

Chad nodded and took a sip of his beer.

Gabriella looked at Troy and gave him a loving smile. She never met Sharpay, but he and Chad talked about her a lot. The last she knew was that Sharpay had gotten into a big car accident and fell into come. That was a year ago. Troy didn't like talking about her condition a lot, so she never asked.

"Hey, Troy, put some music on" Jason said.

Troy got up and walked over to the stereo "What do you want to hear?"

"Something that's not rap" commented Taylor.

Troy let out a chuckle and started searching through his CD's. He heard the doorbell "Can someone get that?"

"Yeah" said Chad and walked over to the door. He opened the door with a smile, but his expression soon faded into shock when he saw who was at the door.

"Hi, Chad" Sharpay softly said to one of her very good friends.

Chad couldn't believe it. It was her and she was standing in front of him "Shar? How?"

Sharpay smiled and gave him a hug.

Chad quickly returned the hug and smiled "I can't believe it's you. Your alright?"

Sharpay nodded "Is Troy here?"

Chad nodded quickly and let her inside "We thought you were still under?"

Sharpay steped inside "I know, but I woke up and I didn't want anybody to know. Chad, I worked so hard to get out of that hospital, just so I can surprise Troy on his birthday"

Chad smiled and gave her a hug again "He will be thrilled to see you. He's in the living room".

She slowly followed Chad there and immediately saw Troy with his back towards her. She didn't say anything, she didn't know what to say. She hadn't seen him for over a year. She saw the people there look at her confused, nobody knew who she was, but Troy and Chad.

"Who was it, man?" Troy asked while holding some CD's in his hand and deciding what to play.

"I think you should turn around" answered Chad while taking steps away from Sharpay.

"What?" said Troy, who was confused by his comment. So he turned around and then he saw her. Standing there, few feet away from him. He blinked a couple of times to see if he was hallucinating, but she was still there.

Sharpay hold back her tears and smiled "Happy Birthday".

Then he knew, it was her and it wasn't a dream or a hallucination. She was actually there. He dropped all of the CD's in his hands and walked straight over to her. Not taking his eyes off her once. Not even blinking.

Sharpay smiled again and also took a few steps towards him.

Right at the moment he reached her, he wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her as tightly as he could. He was overwhelmed with emotions. Happy, sad, surprised...everything. He got his best friend back and he was able to hold her. To hug her. To smell her strawberry shampoo in her hair. It really was her.

Sharpay hold him close as well. Her hands were wrapped around his neck and she was slowly stroking his hair with one of them. She was so happy to see him again. She had missed him so much, that it hurt and now, the hurt was gone.

Troy still was holding her tight against him. His head was placed on her shoulder and he started to cry "I missed you so much" he whispered.

Sharpay felt him cry and pulled away. She cupped his cheeks and wiped his tears "I missed you too. Please don't cry, Troy. Your the guy, I should be crying right now" she said with a giggle as she let a tear roll down her cheek.

Troy laughed also and gave her a new hug. He didn't want to ever let her go again.

Chad looked at them, also getting a bit emotional "Awwh, come here" he opened his ams and run over to them to join the hug.

Sharpay laughed and put one of her hand around his neck also. She was so over happy to see her two best friends. Chad always was the brotherly kind to her, but Troy..he was different.

Taylor let out a fake cough to break their hug. She and everyone else was confused. They didn't know what was going on and they had no idea who that girl was.

Troy pulled away from Sharpay and gave her a smile before looking at everyone else. He wiped the last of his tears "Everyone, I would like you to meet Sharpay", he looked at her again "My best friend".

As she looked back, she could see the happiness in his eyes. She made the right choice not to let anyone know she was out of her coma. Seeing the faces on them, was pricless. It was worth pushing herself to get better, to be able to walk again and learn to use her voice again. It was all worth it to see him again..happy!