So honestly, this song was my favorite song for about a year. It's old enough that the only reason I have it is because I got it off Napster…for free. Both versions. The Eric Heatherly version I like the best. Who knows ho w many times I've listened to it! Then of course I haven't really listened to it in the last 6 years due to over playing it lol. I'm glad y'all liked the first chapter and wanted me to go on! Thanks!

"Now add some EVOO to that and you've got yourself a great meal!" Said Rachael Ray adding some EVOO to her salad that she was making. Troy wasn't particularly fond of salad, but she made it look good. He vaguely wondered if she delivered and if he had ever had some extra virgin olive oil in his apartment as someone started to pound on the door.

"TROY BOLTON! I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THERE! OPEN UP THIS INSTANT!"

"Go away unless you brought some food and Rachael Ray with you! " He muttered as a pathetic response back.

"YOU CAN'T STAY IN THERE FOREVER!"

"Dunno, done a pretty good job so far after I remembered that the grocery store off of Coors boulevard delivered and I with drawled all the money out of my bank account." Troy responded, still muttering as he started to flip through the channels. Maybe there was a musical on one of the channels. He still had another 10 hours until Captain Kangaroo came on and Sesame Street ended a few hours ago.

"Dude, we miss you and just want to make sure you're okay!" Chad responded, not yelling anymore.

Troy turned off the TV and went into his bedroom. He laid down on the bed as he turned up some depressing love songs, blocking out Chad's persistent knocking. He knew he shouldn't be locked up in his apartment all the time, but he was progressing slightly. He had actually logged into his email account the other day….hadn't actually checked to see how many he had since he closed it right away, but that was the first time checking it in about two months.

Troy soon fell asleep staring at the ceiling. He awoke a few hours later when he heard some noise coming from his living room. He thought about grabbing something to attack whoever it was, but decided that he didn't care enough at the moment.

When he walked into his living room his jaw dropped. It was actually clean. He had hardly done anything to it since Gabriella had broken up with him. Who would break into his apartment and clean it?

"When was the last time you had a shower Troy?" None other than Gabriella Montez herself called from his kitchen.

He started walking towards the kitchen when she came out of it and looked at him questioningly.

"Well?" She asked picking up a few books and putting them away while she waited for his answer.

"What are you doing here?" He asked in barely more than a whisper due to barely using his voice and shock. "How did you get in here?"

"Simple. Mrs. McGovern gave us the key to your apartment after she found your dad and Chad trying breaking in. Did you forget that she's your landlord?" Gabriella asked as she kept cleaning. "I thought you'd know why I'm here. Everyone is extremely worried about you, especially me." She stopped and turned to look at him after she said the last part. He could tell she was being serious, he just didn't understand why she cared. She broke up with him.

Troy shook his head and turned around quickly. He went straight back to his room and locked it. He was determined not to let anyone in, especially Gabriella. She was the reason he was so depressed.

"Troy! Come out right now!" Gabriella said as she pounded on the door with her fist and tried opening the door with her other hand. Man was he stubborn.

"I'll come out when you leave." He responded sitting on his bed and staring at the door.

"I'll leave once you're willing to leave with me. I'll just sleep on the couch and get Taylor to bring me some of my stuff if I have to!" She replied frowning. It wasn't just killing him that he was like this, it was killing her too. It was making her so guilty since it was her fault. Everyone else kept telling her it wasn't her fault, she knew it wasn't, but she still couldn't convince her heart of that.

"Have fun."

"If I told you why I did it would you come out?" She asked desperately. He hadn't ever let her explain.

"No." He responded still staring at the door. He wanted to know why at one point, but now he was convinced it was because there was another guy. What else could it be? They had been dating for over three years.

"Stubborn idiot." Gabriella muttered, rolling her eyes before picking up her cell phone as Troy started to blast You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling by the Righteous Brothers.

"Chad? Do you know how to pick a lock?" Gabriella asked when Chad answered his phone.

Troy stared at the wall as he listened to the words of the song.

"Why did she lose that lovin' feeling? Why is it gone? What did I do?" He whispered seeing as he still couldn't talk well since he hadn't left his apartment for most of the month. He'd cry, but he ran out of tears about a month ago. He didn't even know why he wasn't trying to talk to Gabriella or accept her help. Was it just too hard to see her? Was he going insane being cooped up in this house? Should he switch to his Phantom of the Opera soundtrack? That was even more depressing than the depressing love song CD mix he had made probably. He had no idea how much time had passed when he jumped as his door swung open revealing Chad and Gabriella.

"Well little Ms. Gabriella Montez here just learned to pick a lock." Chad said staring at his best friend with concern. "Ironically enough, she learned from the person who was taught by the person who just locked her out."

Gabriella rushed into the room as Chad spoke and took the CD out of the CD player and broke it.

"Hey!" Troy said starting to get up. He'd spent a good five hours working on that mixed CD finding the most depressing love songs he could.

"No! No more depressing love songs!" She yelled furiously glaring at him. "If you're not going to act like an adult I'm going to treat you like a child." She said before throwing away the CD in the overflowing trash can next to the door and storming out.

Ok since you guys wanted it to be longer….how much longer? Like Last Christmas long (not sure I can do that, then again that story was only suppose to be a 5 shot), or about 10ish chapters….? 5ish chapters? Is it dragging too much? I need feedback please. I don't care if it's via reviews or messages.