Okay guys here is the first chapter hope you enjoy!...

Sharpay was walking down the road headed for her apartment. It was late out probably about 3 a.m., but she was just getting off work; that was what time she always got off. Just as she was about to reach her street she heard a big clap of thunder. "Good thing I'm almost home" she says to no one as she turns down her street.

She then hears yelling and looks over to her left and sees two guys beating the crap out of each other and a bunch of guys cheering them on. She just rolled her eyes and walked by as quickly as possible; this always happened to her. She didn't live in the best part of town. There were robberies, shootings, rapes, just about anything you could think of; it happened in this neighborhood. Yeah it wasn't great but it's all she could afford.

As she was walking, she began to think of the reason she actually was living where she was and it wasn't a good one…

Elizabeth Evans walked into her house one afternoon expecting to find her house in perfect order. The house to be spick and span and her two kids to be upstairs in their rooms working diligently on their homework. When Elizabeth walked into the house, perfect was the exact opposite of what was going on in the living room. "What the hell is going on?!" she screams and she sees her daughter making out with someone on the couch and her shirt thrown onto the coffee table.

"Mom what are you doing home?!" Sharpay asks grabbing her shirt quickly, covering herself.

Elizabeth was just about to say something when the mystery person sat up off the couch and Elizabeth got a clear view of who it was. "Kelsi?!" she asks shocked to see her daughter making out with her best GIRL friend.

"Hi Mrs. Evans." Kelsi says shyly looking down at the sofa. She was scared to make eye contact with the woman like she was going to turn her into stone or something.

"Get out of my house now." Mrs. Evans says in a calm yet angry tone. Kelsi quickly jumps up placing her shirt over her head as well before heading for the door.

Sharpay quickly got up and grabbed Kelsi's hand stopping her. "Mom! No! she's not leaving!" Sharpay demands, staring harshly at her mother. "I love her you can't do this!" she yells with tears starting to form. Sharpay had still yet to tell her parents she was a lesbian, obviously. She planned on doing it when the time was right although she knew the time would never be right. She just didn't want them finding out this way.

"Kelsi get out now!" she says a little loudly pointing to the front door. Kelsi lets go of Sharpay and rushes past her mom and out the front door leaving Sharpay and Elizabeth in the living room, alone glaring at one another.

"What the hell is your problem?!" Sharpay yells angrily.

"My problem?! Sharpay you were making out with a girl!" she yells confused. She didn't understand how Sharpay could act like she did nothing wrong when it was clearly wrong to her.

"I love her mom yes I am a lesbian! Your daughter is a lesbian congratulation! I know how pissed you probably are right now but I don't care because I am happier than I have ever been!" Sharpay yells, walking out the room.

"Sharpay stop." Her mother says making Sharpay turn around. "You want to be gay? Fine." She says making Sharpay look at her confused. "But you're no longer my daughter. If you choose to stay with her I want you out." She says in an oddly calm voice.

Sharpay just looks at her like she was crazy. "Where the hell am I supposed to go?" she asks confused. She knew her mother wouldn't like this but didn't think she would over react this much.

"I don't care, but I want you out. I will not have a lesbian as a daughter." She says before turning around getting ready to walk out.

"I hate you." Sharpay says quietly making Elizabeth stop in her tracks and turns around to her daughter. Sharpay looks at her thinking she is going to change her mind and say that its okay and that she accepts it, that wasn't the case. Her mom just nodded her head before turning back around and walking out the door.

Sharpay just sighed before walking out of the living room and up the stairs to her bedroom. Everything would be fine. She needed to get out of this town anyway she had just about had enough. She could even get Kelsi to go with her probably. Kelsi loved her and would do anything for her.

"Hey baby." she says sadly into the phone.

"What happened?" she asks worriedly. She felt terrible that she had gotten her into trouble. She just hoped it wasn't too bad.

"I'm moving away." She says making Kelsi almost drop the phone. "Kelsi?" she asks making sure she was still on the phone. She heard the girl on the other line hesitate she guessed not knowing what to say. "They kicked me out." She says making the brunette sigh.

"What?" she asks defeated. This was horrible. Sharpay was being kicked out of her house all because of her. Cut off from her family and money and everything and it was all of her fault.

"Yeah and I was hoping you would come with me." she asks hopefully.

"Sharpay I can't." Kelsi says after a moment of silence. Kelsi doesn't hear any reply and looks at the phone to make sure they were still connected. "Shar?" she asks worriedly.

"Why?" the blonde asks sadly. She sounded like she was about to cry which made Kelsi feel even worse.

"Sharpay you have to solve things with them I can't live with the fact I separated you and your family. I can't live with that on my conscience." The brunette says seriously. If Sharpay was cut off from her family because of her she would have to live with that forever and she just couldn't do that, no matter how much she loved the blonde.

"It was going to happen anyway no matter if I was with you or not Kelsi, but please I can't do this without you." She says as she feels a tear start to run down her cheek.

"Sharpay I'm sorry, but I can't just pick up and leave." She says sadly. This was hard for her, but there was no way she could just pick up and leave I mean she just started college here she couldn't just drop out.

"But I love you." Sharpay says the tears now flowing freely.

"I love you too baby, but your family is more important. I'm sorry, just know I'll always love you." She says before hanging up the phone leaving Sharpay alone once again….

Sharpay had never felt this horrible it felt like her heart had been torn out and stomped on repeatedly. She couldn't believe how perfect everything was just 30 minutes ago and now everything was going to hell…

"Hey." Sharpay hears knocking her out of her thoughts. She turns to see her mother standing in the door way.

"What do you want?" she asks harshly.

"What did you decide? Are you breaking up with her?" she asks crossing her arms over her chest.

"We broke up-

"Good! I knew it was just some little experiment-

"It's not an experiment Mom! I'm gay okay it's not like I have a disease! I'm still moving out Kelsi just can't come with me." she says before getting up off her bed and moving to her closet.

"Fine. We will be cutting off your cell phone and the payments on your car. If you can afford it, it's all yours, but we aren't paying for it anymore." She says harshly.

"Mom I don't even have a job!" Sharpay yells. I mean she knows her mom is mad, but she is just over reacting. "What am I supposed to do!?" she yells confused.

"I don't care. I'm going to the store. I want you out before I get home." She says before walking out of Sharpay's room and out the front door…

Sharpay shook the memory out of her head quickly. That had been one of the worst experiences of her life and she tried her best to block it out. It had now been almost 3 years since that day and she still hadn't talked to them once. Not even Kelsi. She didn't even tell Kelsi where she was going. She was heart broken and didn't want her knowing.

After that incident Sharpay had nowhere to go. She knew one thing though; she had to get out of that town. So she packed up a few of her things and headed to the airport hoping to make it in time before her mom cut off her credit card. Luckily for her it still worked and she flew out to LA where they say all your dreams can come true.

Sharpay had been in theater all her life and figured she would audition for some rolls. She was the best in school she had to get something. She may have been best in her school but she didn't compare to some of these people. She got no parts and needed a job. Luckily for her some guy was at one of her dance auditions and asked her if she wanted to dance for him.

Sharpay quickly said yes and he took her to where he worked. When she got there she found out it was a strip club and he wanted her to strip. At first she turned down the offer but once he showed her what her paycheck looked like she quickly changed her mind.

She said in the beginning she was just going to go for long enough to raise money to go to college and get a degree but she had just never found the inspiration and plus she actually kind of enjoyed her job and she loved the paycheck even more.

Sharpay quickly got knocked out of her thoughts as she heard whistling. She looked over and saw that the guys who were previously fighting had stopped killing each other and now had all their attention on her; cheering, and undressing her with their eyes. Some of the guys even yelled things at her while she passed.

Sharpay just pulled her hood over her head and sped up her walking hoping to get passed them as fast as possible. They had never touched her before, but knew what they were capable of. They were always fighting and most even had guns. They were scary. She was just glad nothing had happened to her…yet.

Sharpay finally got around the corner when she heard them yelling and whistling again. She was quite confused by this. I mean she wasn't even in sight anymore. She then thought about someone else walking by, but who else is out walking around this neighborhood at 3 a.m. if they don't have to be.

Her curiosity got the best of her and she peeked around the corner to see a brunette being harassed by a few of the guys. She really didn't want to get involved with them, but this girl did not look like she was from around this part of town. She knew she needed help. She quickly ran around the corner and over to them grabbing the girl and dragging her back around the corner.

"What the hell are you doing?!" the girl asks frightened. I mean who could blame her, some random stranger pulls you around a corner at 3 a.m.; you'd be scared too.

"Saving your life that's what!" the blonde yells before peeking around the corner making sure no one was coming. "Those guys could have hurt you bad. What the hell are you doing wondering around here at 3 a.m.?" she yells again looking at the brunette confused. I mean, did she have a death wish?

"I don't know, me and my boyfriend got into a fight and I needed to get out of there. I just moved here and I got lost." She says still a bit frightened.

Sharpay notices she still had a grip on the brunettes arm and quickly let's go. "What's your name?" She asks extending her hand out to the brunette.

"Gabriella." She replies, shaking the blonde's hand.

"Sharpay." She says making the brunette nod. "So Gabriella, where do you live?" the blonde asks, staring at the girl in front of her. Gabriella was just about to answer, when she gets interrupted by rain pouring down from the sky, drenching them. The blonde quickly grabs Gabriella's hand and runs up to a building pulling her inside.

"Where are you taking me?" the brunette asks in a still frightened voice. 'I just saved her life you would think she would be grateful of me not fearful.' The blonde thinks before opening a door, not even answering her question. "Is this your apartment?" the brunette asks looking around the small apartment.

"Yeah it's kinda small I know." The blonde says embarrassed. This girl looked like she came from money and lots of it. She didn't know how she would feel about her apartment.

"No, no I love it." The brunette says taking in the room around her. "It's very cozy." She says smiling at the blonde.

Sharpay smiles back and walks into her room, leaving Gabriella alone in the living room. Gabriella walks over and sits down on the big leather couch in the middle of the room, right before Sharpay walked back out with clothes in her hand. "Here you can wear this." She says, extending the clothes out to the brunette. Gabriella looks down at her drenched clothes before reaching out and accepting the clothes from the blonde. "Do you have someone you can call?"

Gabriella thinks for a moment before slowly nodding her head. "Yeah, my boyfriend Troy." She says, making the blonde nod.

"Okay well you're welcome to use the phone. I'm going to go change." Sharpay says before walking back into her room.

Gabriella looks over at the phone for a minute thinking. She really didn't want to call Troy. They had gotten into a fight and she really didn't want to talk to him at the moment, but then again she had no where else to go. She had one friend that lived here, Michelle, but she really didn't want to call her now that it was almost 4 in the morning.

Gabriella then looked down and realized she still hadn't changed so quickly pulled off her wet clothes and slipped the dry ones on, before Sharpay came out of her room. She then decided she should probably call Troy and walked over to the phone, picking it up and dialing her boyfriend's number.

Sharpay walked out of her room and saw Gabriella let out a huge sigh and set down the phone. "No answer?" she asks making the brunette jump a little. "Sorry." She says apologetically.

"It's okay and no, he didn't answer." She says before letting out another sigh.

"Well stay here." Sharpay blurts out, without even thinking. She didn't even know this girl and she was going to let her spend the night? 'For all I know Gabriella could steal everything while I am sleeping and skip out. Or even maybe kill me in my sleep.' Sharpay thinks before quickly shaking her head pushing out those thoughts. 'Wow I've been living in this neighborhood too long.'

"I don't know." Gabriella says unsurely. Sharpay wasn't the only one worried. I mean Sharpay could kill her also, she didn't know the girl. 'But she did save me.' Gabriella thinks to herself.

"Well unless you want to go spend the night with those thugs down the street. It's up to you." Sharpay shrugs before sitting on the couch.

Gabriella bites her lip thinking about her options. This girl didn't seem like a cereal killer and it was only for one night. "Okay I'll stay. Thanks." She says before sitting on the couch beside the blonde. "So what were you doing out so late anyway?" the brunette asks curiously.

The blonde looks at the brunette a minute before answering. "I work the late shift." She says quickly. Gabriella just looks at the blonde and nods in understanding. "What about you?" the blonde asks. She didn't understand why someone like Gabriella was even in her neighborhood much less this late.

"I don't know like I said my boyfriend and I got into a fight and I had to get out of the apartment, and I just got lost." She says shrugging.

"What was your fight about?" Sharpay asks her nosy side getting the best of her. "Oh sorry that's not my business." The blonde says quickly noticing how uncomfortable the brunette got.

"No it's okay. I just think he may be cheating on me." she says staring at the hardwood floor beneath her.

"Wow…why do you think that?" the blonde asks now completely interested.

"He always gets home late and he…" she says trailing off. She didn't want to say the rest it was too embarrassing.

"He…what?" Sharpay pushes. She didn't get what Gabriella was trying to say.

"He…is never in the mood." She says quietly making Sharpay not be able to hold in a laugh. "It's not funny!" Gabriella says smiling a little bit. She didn't get why it wasn't bothering her at the moment. Usually she was torn up when thinking about all her and Troy's problems, but when she was with Sharpay they all just seemed stupid.

"I'm sorry…it's really not funny. How long have you been together?" she asks curiously.

"Almost 5 years." She says smiling a little bit. He was her first everything. She truly thought he was the one for her. Sharpay just nods slowly at her. Sharpay had never been in a relationship like that; not that she didn't want one. She just hadn't been that lucky. There was Kelsi, but that was only a few months and they could only sneak around. They never went on dates.

"Wow that's a long time." She says a little sadly.

"Yeah I know. We were high school sweethearts." She says smiling again, making Sharpay smile happily at her. She was jealous, but that didn't mean she couldn't be happy for her new friend.

"So what about you any boyfriends?" Gabriella asks, nudging the girl beside her who just laughs.

"No, no no." she says chuckling slightly.

"Oh come on; how come? Your gorgeous I bet you have guys hit on you all the time!" Gabriella exclaims looking at the blonde. She really was gorgeous.

"Well I'm…gay." She says quietly. She didn't want to completely freak the girl out. And by the looks of it she did freak her out. "Please don't freak on me. I won't like jump on you or anything." She says shrugging. "Although you are pretty hot." She says, trying to lighten the mood. Gabriella just looked at her and let out a small uncomfortable laugh.

"No, no I'm not freaking out…just shocked." She says staring at the girl in front of her making the blonde nod her head slowly. "My best friend is gay." She blurts out after a few minutes of an awkward silence making Sharpay nod her head slowly once again. "Maybe you know her." She questions.

"Yeah, because we all have a club and we get together and have orgies." She says seriously making the brunette look at her a little weirded out. "I'm kidding." She says making the brunette let out a nervous laugh. "But I don't really know any gay people so I doubt it." She says.

Gabriella just nods her head in reply. 'There's that awkward silence again.' Sharpay thinks to herself. "Well you can sleep on the couch I'll get you some blankets." She says quickly before getting up. After a few minutes, Sharpay comes back; blankets in hand. "Here you go." She says handing them to the brunette. "Goodnight." She says before turning to leave.

"Thank you Sharpay." The brunette says sincerely.

"For what?" the blonde asks confused. "The blankets? I just figured you might need them, it gets chilly in here at night." She says shrugging.

Gabriella just lets out a small chuckle. "No, for letting me spend the night here I appreciate it." She says gratefully.

"Oh no problem." She says, making the brunette smile at her showing off her dimples. Sharpay immediately smiles back before walking out of the living room into her own bedroom to get some sleep…

okay so yeahh review please and tell me what you think. and also i wanted to say, I love you Sam!!