Author's Note: Ok, I'm trying to post this chapter before school, but it might not be published until, like 4:00 or something like that. Please R&R! Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Teardrops on Gabriella's Guitar

Chapter 2: Broken Hearts

By musiclover94

Taylor McKessie, Gabriella's best friend was walking to lunch when she heard sobs coming from the bathroom. She immediately pushed open the door, aiming to comfort the person.

It was Gabriella. She was in an unlocked stall sobbing quietly, but not so quietly that someone passing by could hear it.

"Gabriella, what's wrong?" Taylor asked, putting a comforting arm around Gabriella's quaking shoulder.

"It's Tr-Troy…" she sputtered, barely able to get the words out.

"What about him?" Taylor asked worriedly.

"Well, I was stupidly hoping that he would ask me to prom, but he's going out with Carletta. And today, they were basically making out right in front of me," she bawled.

"I'm going to get him…" Taylor said dangerously. Gabriella laughed a little, because Taylor would never hurt a fly, much less the captain of the East High School basketball team.

"So, I suppose that you're eating your lunch in here?" Taylor asked, gesturing to Gabriella's lunchbox.

"Yeah, I am. I just can't stand seeing Troy and Carletta…together…" she drifted off.

"Well, I'll see you during Math." Taylor said and left.

Taylor walked out of the bathroom and went to sit with Troy, Carletta, Ryan, Sharpay, Zeke, Kelsi, Jason, and Chad. She saw an empty spot next to her boyfriend and plopped down on it.

"Hey, Chad." she said.

"Hi Taybear." Chad laughed. Taylor rolled her eyes at the nickname.

"Have any of you seen Gabriella?" Kelsi asked.

"Oh, she had an orthodontist appointment. Getting braces." Taylor lied. Well, she couldn't just tell them the truth, which was "She's in the girl's bathroom, sobbing over Troy being with Carletta." with the two said people right in front of her.

"Taylor, Gabriella has perfect teeth, she doesn't need braces." Chad whispered to her. He knew she was lying.

"Ok, she's really in the bathroom, crying her eyes out." she whispered back.

"About what?"

"Troy and Carletta. Being a couple," she replied.

"Oh." he glanced over at the pair.

"And under no circumstances tell Troy." she whispered.

"Chad, she's already had her heart broken by him once. She doesn't need to go through it again." Taylor hissed.

"Wait, how would Troy break her heart for the second time?" Chad whispered.

Taylor rolled her eyes and hissed, "By telling her that she doesn't like her as more than a friend."

"Oh." said Chad dumbly.

"Hey, Troy. I need to tell you something." Chad said after lunch.

"Tell away." Troy said without looking up at him from his locker.

"Taylor told me that Gabriella was crying in the girl's bathroom crying during lunch," he said in one breath. He knew that Taylor had warned him not to tell Troy this, but Chad felt the he had a right to know.

"What was she crying about?" Troy asked looking at him with a worried expression on his face.

"Well, she was crying about you and Carletta. Being together," he said flatly.

"But she told me that she was happy for us!"

"Well, she was probably trying to mask her feelings, dude." Chad said and left him there to ponder that statement.

Troy called Gabriella after school, but got her voicemail. He left a message saying, "Hey, Gabriella, it's Troy. Can you call me back? I want to tell you something very important."

Author's Note: Oooh, what's Troy going to tell her? I have no clue, so can you leave me an idea in a review? And sorry I didn't get a morning update. But I updated all the same! PLEASE REVIEW! And thanks again to A Gal with a singing talent for the idea for this chapter!