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Life is hard, there's no denying it, it's not a big deal or anything, if it was easy it'd be pretty dull, mistakes, accidents, fights, whether we like it or not they are all a part of life, we can't change that, and most of us are smart enough to know not to try, besides, most of the things we get wrong we can fix.

Gabriella's life seemed to be harder than most, especially at this moment in time, sometimes she thought that maybe it would be better for everyone, overall, if she just stopped speaking full stop, talking never got her anywhere anyway, so why bother? The world would be a quieter place anyway if others followed suit, sure it might make phone calls a little difficult, but there's always IM and Text, even plain old letter writing, think of all the shouting that wouldn't happen, you'd have an almost blissful silence if people thought before they spoke, let alone stopped talking altogether.

"Why are you so quiet?" Taylor shocked her friend out of her thoughts of silence.

Gabriella glanced at her, not really knowing how to answer, she'd pretty much just written an essay on silence in her head, who does that? (A/N: Except me, clearly).

"Scratch that, I have a better question," Taylor continued, " did you forget how to answer the phone? Because I'd hate to think that you were purposely ignoring my calls."

"Yesterday night was somewhat, eventful," Gabriella tried, hoping her friend would drop it.

"Elaborate," Taylor demanded out of concern and simple curiosity.

"Some family stuff, then awkward visits from a certain person who now officially knows why I'm mad at him," Gabriella told, not really wanting to go into detail.

"So you told him?" Taylor quizzed, watching her friend expectantly.

Gabriella nodded, wishing that she had recited her silence essay to Taylor, maybe then the other girl would have decided not to ask her questions, Gabriella loathed personal questions, the very thought of answering them was daunting, sometimes she thought that just maybe she should take up this silence thing, it's sure to stop people asking her about her private life. Maybe once she'd get some peace and quiet, that's be a great change, but she knew that these thoughts were stupid, her life would always be far from quiet.

"I have to go," she decided, standing up, "You know, back to the pool."

"You still have five minutes left of your lunch break," Taylor pointed out.

"Fulton already hates me, cutting my lunch break short can't do any harm can it?" Gabriella called back as she continued walking at a quick pace.

She wasn't going back to work, she had no idea where she was going, she was just feeling suddenly claustrophobic stuck inside.

The outside air was soothing, like a kind of freedom she'd been waiting to feel for her whole life, the club was busy, but the presence of the other people wasn't bothering her like she thought it would, she didn't want to be completely alone, secluded from civilization, she just wanted to be outside, feeling the breeze, it was refreshing, momentarily helping her forget her troubles.

She spotted Ryan hanging around by the pool, no sign of Sharpay as of yet, she took this to be a good sign as she approached her friend.

"Hey," She greeted, smiling.

"Hi," he answered, "You seem cheerier than you were yesterday."

"I am, I figured I shouldn't be miserable all my life," She tried.

"Haven't seen Sharpay so far today have you," He knowingly stated.

"No," She admitted, giggling, "I've also managed to dodge most people's questions, and I actually talked to Troy this morning, I guess I've felt a little better ever since "

"Actually caught up with him did you?" Ryan continued the conversation.

"He came to me actually, he figured out I was mad, he got worried," Gabriella explained.

"So he is still human after all," Ryan joked, and then seriously added, "I think he's been avoiding Sharpay today, she keeps asking me where he is, she can't seem to accept that I don't know."

"I can make a pretty good guess," She smiled.

"I'm guessing you're not planning in telling Shar," He grinned.

"Nope," She agreed, "If she's so desperate for him she can find him herself, which is going to be pretty hard for her, seeing as he asked Fulton for the afternoon off."

"Why?" Ryan quizzed,

"No idea," Gabriella answered, "He wouldn't say, he actually said that it's top secret information that he couldn't risk me getting hold of."

"And you're not curious?" He continued shooting questions.

"I am," She admitted, "but truthfully, I never stopped trusting him, so if he wants me to know what he's doing this afternoon, he'll tell me."

"So you really don't want to know?" Ryan questioned again.

"Yes, but I trust him," Gabriella pretty much repeated, "But you can't tell him that, I told him he needs to earn back my trust."

"Your secrets safe," Ryan smiled, "Playing with Bolton's mind, sly move."

"I can pull it off," Gabriella replied, "I should probably go and clock in now, Seeya."

She quickly ran back inside, hoping that she would still be able to avoid Taylor, at least she actually did have a reason for a quick escape this time, she actually did have to get to work.


I know, I know, short again, don't kill me, I'm hungry, and tired, and I have school tomorrow, and hey, this chapter is a few words longer than the lasy one, lol


Oh, just so you know, No Ryella as more than friends in this story, no offence to those who like the pairing, but for me, it's just too weird, probably because I'm so used to Troyella.


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