At the Evan's House

'Look honey, we all know Chad and he wouldn't split with you. You know as well as we do that he loves you, remember that time you wore the corset, he nearly died!' Sharpay said laughing.

The other girls giggled at the memory. At the after party for the boy's basketball victory, Taylor had worn a very tight black corset and when Chad had seen her, his eyes popped out of his head. She had to hit him to wake him up.

Taylor smiled and said 'yeah, you're right, he does love me, and maybe I just haven't been paying him enough attention'.

Gabriella smirked, she was happy now that her friends were happy. 'So, on more important matters, what are we wearing for the prom?'

Sharpay shrieked and began to talk at a very fast rate. The others just laughed.

'Kelsi you know I found something to make Jason drop dead at the site of you, it's just your colouring' Sharpay said.

Kelsi just smiled, as much as she loved Jason, she'd felt a little connection between herself and Arthur. She shook her head and decided to ignore it.


At Jason's House

'What the hell Chad!' Jason yelled.

'Well, you know, she is kinda cute and-'

'She's also a total cow according to the girls, you can't stop can you, and you can't even see what you've got.' Ryan bellowed

'Just hold up a second, I know what I've got, I love Taylor but sometimes she just ignores me. Maybe if she respects me a bit more then I'll pay her a bit more attention' Chad hollered.

'Christ Chad, you don't get it do you, she's ignoring you because you don't give her any attention! It should be the other way round!' Jason shouted.

Chad looked over to Troy 'So Captain, wanna have a go at me?'

'I think they've said it all' Troy said quietly.

They all fell silent. Troy said into the silence 'Don't you think it's funny that we were fine before she arrived but now we're all walking on tenterhooks around one another. We're not even sure if Chad has a date to the prom at this rate.'

'Yeah, your right. We should ignore her and make our girls feel really special. Especially you Chad' Jason said.


At the Howard's House

Elizabeth was pacing in her room. How could she play this? Should she go straight for Chad while Taylor was still unsure about him or should she wait a while? That would make it hurt more for Taylor when she did get him. It was then that Arthur walked in and said 'so have you got a date for the prom?'

'That's it! I'll lie low and lull them into a false sense of security and then at the prom, BAM, they won't know what's hit them!' she cried.

Arthur remained quiet.


At the Evan's House the next morning

The girl's had all slept over at Sharpay's and were just beginning to wake up. They had decided that Taylor would really dress up for Chad (pictures in profile) and pay him loads of attention. The rest was down to Chad. They hurriedly got dressed and walked to school. As they walked through, Taylor got loads of attention from some other guys. But as they neared the gang, she wrapped herself round Chad whose face lit up and pushed her against a locker where a very heavy make-out session occurred.

Troy saw Elizabeth walk in and look at Chad and Taylor. He smiled as she walked off in a huff and began to kiss Gabriella on the neck. He whispered in her ear 'will you be my date for the prom?'

'Oh I'll have to think about that one' she replied and kissed him hungrily.

Troy pulled away and smiled 'Is that a yes?'

Gabriella giggled and said 'might be'

In the lead up to the prom, Elizabeth laid low. She was never in the same room as one of the gang apart from when they had a class. The gang was visibly more relaxed and thought that was an end it. Little did they know that she was cooking up a plan to destroy at least two couples.

It was the night of the prom and the boys were getting ready at Troy's house and the girls at Kelsi's. The girls had each admired one another's gowns and were just putting the finishing touches to their hair and make up when the boy's showed up. As Gabriella opened the door Troy's jaw literally dropped. 'Gabi, I can't- what –wow'.

Troy came up behind him and said 'Dang woman, you look fine.'

Gabriella giggled and said 'wait 'til you see Taylor'.

She led the boys through to the living room where the girls were waiting. Chad couldn't help but check out Gabriella's ass. Troy noticed and hit him on the shoulder. Chad grinned. The girls stood there waiting for a reaction. They waited for about a minute until Sharpay finally said 'Well?' and twirled around. The boys were speechless. Chad could only stare at Taylor. She smiled appreciatively. Gabriella rolled her eyes at the girls and said 'shall we go then'. Troy held out his arm and they left with the others following close behind. When they were seated in the car, Troy leaned over and whispered, 'you look gorgeous'. They shared a quick kiss before driving off to the hall the school had booked with the boys sneaking glances at the girls every so often.


A/N Thanks to everyone who reviewed, i really appreciated the help.

I decided not to put everything into this one chapter so its a bit short. The next will be really long though and it might be a while before i update 'cause i have my own prom to go to. Gabriella's dress is actually mine!

I have read all the reviews and some of you were really helpful. Thx. One more question though. Should a couple go all the way? If so which one or should there be more than one? Also I want to know if you like my prom dress. there is still time to change it if not! thx again

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