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"Gabriella!" Gabriella heard Sharpay say as she left homeroom.

"Yes Sharpay?" Gabriella tried to act nice, but in reality...she hated Sharpay so much that she wanted to stuff her in a cage filled with Lions and leave her there forever.

"Are you missing something?" Sharpay gave a smirk as she watched Gabriella search through her grey messenger bag.

"My diar-"

"Looking for this?" Sharpay interrupted as she held out a Green leather book.

"Give that back!" Gabriella said, she tried to snatch it away from Sharpay but Sharpay quickly hid it in her bag.

"Listen Montez. I know all your secrets. Despite the fact it took me all of homeroom to read, I know ALL...and I mean ALL. I know why your dad left, I know why you don't eat the mystery meat in the cafeteria and I know...that you like a very popular someone." Sharpay exclaimed, she smiled as she saw Gabriella give an angry glare.

"You tell anyone I swear I'll-"

"No, no honey. You aren't the one that's doing the blackmailing. That will be me. You see...I did a little photocopying while I excused myself from homeroom." Sharpay got out a stack of papers from her bag. Gabriella immediately noticed it was her diary entries, all photocopied, every single one of them.

"You see Montez. I can scatter these all over the hallways. And then everyone will know your secrets. Not just me. BUT you could do something for me that will make these copies go bye-bye." Sharpay said as she placed the papers back in her bag before Gabriella could get a hold of them.

"Ok fine. Whatever you just, don't distribute those." Gabriella sighed; she hated giving in, especially to someone like Sharpay.

"Make Troy fall in love with me." Sharpay said as she smiled.

"What?! No! You know I like him and you want me to make him fall in love with you just for your own sick amusement?" Gabriella said in shock.

"No it's not for my amusement. I like him too. And if you don't make him fall in love with me...well you know what's going to happen. "Sharpay patted her bag where all the copies were.

"Fine whatever. But in case you haven't noticed, Troy only talks to me to make fun of me so if you're patient..."

"Well that's not my problem is it? It's yours. So do a good job...or else." Sharpay gave a fake smile and walked off in her 'runway' walk.

Gabriella sighed, she absolutley hated helping Sharpay. But if it meant saving her secrets and her reputation...then it was worth it.

Gabriella's next class was English and luckily enough, Troy was in that class. But she didn't want to tell him just yet. She wanted to wait for the right time. Gabriella's eyes started to water at the slightest thought of losing troy to some wannabe Ashley Tisdale. She tried to make the tears go away by thinking about all the times Troy tormented her...but it didn't work.

As Gabriella entered her English class she noticed Troy sitting at the back talking to Chad and Zeke about last weeks basketball match against Wild Hogs. Troy turned around to see if the teacher was there but instead he saw a crying Gabriella.

"Gabriella? Why are you crying? Oh wait, I know why, someone beat you at a maths equation?" Troy said as the others laughed.

"You pick the best times to crack jokes Bolton." Gabriella said as she slid into a seat at the front.

"Whatever, I don't care if you're crying or not. You're my target. And you know that." Troy said as he approached Gabriella. His hands firmly placed on the table she was at. Their eyes met, but it wasn't the way Gabriella hoped they would. Her eyes were filled with tears and eyeliner smudges and his was...just plain angry looking.

"Bolton, I don't give a crap if I'm your target. I don't even know why I'm your target. Just stay away ok?" Gabriella pushed him off the table but he just stood there smiling."You wanna know why? Cause I like you Montez." He gave her a wink and headed off back to Chad and Zeke.

Gabriella thought about what Troy had just said. Was that Troy's way of saying he liked her? Or was it just an insult? Gabriella shook her head to get the thoughts out. Then she thought of something else. Sharpay's asking.

Gabriella didn't want to go through with it. She knew if she did, she'd have no chance with Troy...ever. Not like she already has. Then Gabriella thought about her secrets. And how they were kept neatly in Sharpay's pink Prada bag.

Gabriella slid into her seat and rested her head on top of it. She stared up at the ceiling thinking. Should she do it? Should she go through with it? Or would she just take a risk and let Sharpay show her secrets? Either way was risky and she had no way to stop it.

The rest of the school day went by slowly for Gabriella. She tried to avoid Sharpay and Troy all together. Luckily, she succeeded. Troy was out playing basketball all day and Sharpay was practicing for the spring musical.

When Gabriella got home she collapsed on her bed and thought long and hard at what she'd do. Gabriella decided to get some pizza, as it might take a while for her thoughts to arrange and figure out a plan.

"Hello Pete's Pizza Palace, may I take your order?" The faint sound of cash registers opening and oven timers going off could be heard in the background.

"Uh yeah, let me get a small pepperoni pizza and a large bottle of coke." Gabriella said whilst looking at the menu infront of her.

"Sure can I get your address miss?"

"63 Cydenham boulevard."

"Thankyou, your pizza will arrive in a few minutes."

Gabriella fell on her bed again. She had nothing to do until the pizza came. Maybe she could go on MSN? Nah, she'd have to face Sharpay. How 'bout calling a friend? No way, Taylor is her only friend and she's out of town. So Gabriella decided to put on a movie. But sadly her DVD player was in the shop getting repaired so she decided to see what was one TV.

Deal or no deal switch Gossip Girl switch The bully and me?

This looks interesting Gabriella thought. As Gabriella watched the movie she realised how much it related to her. The main girl in the story was a smart girl with a bully jock who she liked. But sadly no one could ever know that.

"Gabriella, pizza!" Gabriella heard her mother yell from downstairs. She placed the remote on the bed side table and ran down to the door.

"Thanks here's the mon-" Gabriella dropped the money as she realised who was at the door...Troy?

"Troy? You're a pizza dude?" Gabriella finally said as she went to pick up her $20 note from the floor.

"Yeah, and if I knew this pizza was for you I would've eaten it by now." Troy said taking the $20 bill from her and placing it in his pocket.

"Well, I better go now." Troy gave her a wink and headed off.

"Wait!" Gabriella called after him.

"I'm watching the bully and me, wanna join?" Gabriella signalled for him to come in the house.

"Bully and me? I've watched that like 20 times but whatever. I'll be just a sec, I'm gonna go change." Troy ran off in the distance.

Gabriella went back upstairs. She quickly cleaned up her room as her bras and underwear were scattered all over the floor. She quickly re-touched her make-up and placed the pizza on the bed, the two cups of coke were next to eachother on the bed side table.

"Miss me?" Gabriella heard a voice say at her door. She turned around to see a not so shabby Troy. He was wearing a long-sleeve shirt which had it's sleeves pushed up to his elbows, it was also unbuttoned revealing a red east high shirt. He was also wearing black faded jeans and white nike shoes.

"Wow Troy...when you really clean up you don't look bad." Gabriella said eyeing Troy up and down.

"Whatever Montez. I'm just here for the free pizza, coke and movie." Troy took of his shoes and placed them near the door. He then lied down on Gabriella's bed and took a slice of pizza.

"Hey! That's my spot!" Gabriella tried to push him off but he was to big for her.

"You can sit down next to me." Troy smiled as he patted the empty spot next to him. Gabriella sighed and sat next to him cross-legged.

As the movie went on Gabriella couldn't help but think...why was Troy even here? Was it realluy for the free food? Or was it about what he said in English today? All these questions were running through Gabriella's mind.

"Hey Troy..." Gabriella said as she tucked a peice of hair behind her ear.

"Mmm?" Troy said looking away from the movie.

"About what you said in English before...how...you know...you liked me?" Gabriella asked nervously her heart started beating at a fast rate.

"Oh that? Don't worry, it didn't mean anything." Troy looked back at the TV. Shattered is how Gabriella felt, just seriously shattered.

"Hey what's out there?" Troy pointed to a sliding door behind some white and green curtains.

"Oh that, that's just my balcony." Gabriella said as she followed Troy who was heading for the balcony.

"Nice view." Troy said, holding onto the white railing. He was right, Gabriella's view was of the Northen star beach, the sun was about to set and you could just see it over the horizon.

"Yeah...i don't come out here often." Gabriella said as she looked out into the ocean.

"And why not?" Troy asked, his eyes met hers. This time it was the way she imagined it. Her eyes not wet from tears, but shining in the light and Troy's not red from anger but a nice shade of sea blue.

"Uh...I don't know, never have the chance." She quickly looked away before Troy could say something she'd regret later.

"Troy...can I ask you a question?" Gabriella mumbled.

"Sure." Troy said as he sat down on the railing.

"Why am i your target?" Gabriella said with a big gulp she turned away and walked to the other side of the balcony.

"Don't know. I guess it's cause you're an easy one...and plus, you're probably the only girl in the school that won't fall in love with me or anything." Troy laughed.

"Hehe, yeah..." Gabriella looked down at her cold bare feet, oh how wrong he was.

"Well I gotta get home. You're lucky you were my last pizza delivery for the night." Troy said as he placed his Nike shoes back on.

"Yeah. I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow?" Gabriella said as she opened the door for Troy.

"Yeah." Troy smiled at her and headed out.

As Gabriella watched Troy walking away she knew exactly what to do about the Sharpay situation...

A/N: I guess this is a pretty long chapter. It didn't turn out the way I wanted it to but oh well. So what do you think Gabriella's going to do about the Sharpay situation? Will she make him fall in love with Sharpay or will she not?

I bet you didn't expect Troy to be that nice to Gabriella in this chapter...well me neither haha!