A/N: Don't kill me for not updating! I feel so bad right now! So on with the chapter! It's the Party! By the way, a part of the reason for me not updating was that I only received 2 or 3 reviews for the last chapter! Come on!

Disclaimer: I don't own HSM but I own the plot.

Gabi's POV

I was at the party. The party that (hopefully) Troy would come to. And if he didn't...well he promised, didn't he? Didn't he?

I looked around at the crowd surrounding me.

I saw the popular kids, the drama geeks, and the skater kids. But where was Troy?

Looking around once again, I spotted the bushy hair of Chad Danforth, Troy's best friend.

"Chad!" I called, making my way through the crowd.

Finally he saw me.

"Hey Gabriella!"

"Hey!" I called back, finally out of the mess of people.

"So...where's Troy?" I asked, trying to hide my hope.

Thankfully Chad was either blind, or clueless or maybe both. Because he didn't ask why, even though I could practically feel my face turning red.

"Oh…he didn't make it." Chad answered, turning back to his buddies. "I think he came down with the flu or something. But he's sick, I know that."

"Oh." Finally Chad turned back toward me. "Gabi are you okay?"

I nodded. "Yeah…fine." I just needed to get to the bathroom before anyone cough Taylor, cough saw my upset look, my tears about to fall. All I could think about besides my disappointment was that Chad was officially clueless. And thank God for that.

Suddenly the look on Chad's face grew soft as Taylor drew near, looking for me.

"Hey Gabi, can you do me a favor? Tell Taylor McKessie I want to tell her a secret."

Leaning over, he whispered in my ear, the way I wished Troy would do.

"I think I like Taylor. Do you think you could tell her for me?"

That was all I needed to hear to get the waterworks flowing.

"Yeah sure Chad, I'll tell her. Just do me a favor too, if Taylor asks where I am, tell her you never saw me, okay? You never saw me."

Chad nodded, trying to get it straight. "Okay….I never saw Gabriella Montez."

"Exactly."

And with that, I bolted to the bathroom, only to find Sharpay Evans.

Dang it. I wanted to start crying, even though normally I thought it was lame to cry over a boy.

But Troy….he was just different. I wanted to be with him every second of everyday…and when I wasn't I was sad.

Sharpay, the mean girl saw through my makeshift happy face and knew something was wrong. And that it was possibly about Troy….the guy she thought was hers.

She glanced over at Gabi, saw her tearstained face.

"What's wrong?"

Gabi shook her head, knowing very well that Sharpay thought it was about Troy.

"Oh, nothing."

"Then why are you crying", Sharpay questioned.

"Oh…..um…..my contacts are bugging me that's all. I'd better take them out."

"Oh…I didn't know you wore them."

"I did…..I mean do."

As Gabi babbled, Sharpay's eyebrows drew. She knew that something was up.

"So…..have you seen Troy yet?"

She watched as a startled yet sad look arose on Gabriella's face.

"Umm...no Sharpay I haven't. Did he even come?"

"Oh really? Because on my way here, I heard you ask Chad where he was. Now don't lie to me Gabriella Montez. Tell the truth.'

Gabi's face grew pink as she discovered Sharpay was getting close to the truth.

"Tell me Gabriella Montez…you like him. Is that the truth?! Is it?!"

Gabi opened her mouth but nothing came out, the same time that Kelsi Nielson burst through the bathroom door with news.

"Chad Danforth just asked Taylor McKessie to be his girlfriend!"

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I really don't want to do that, but still. Please don't hate me!