Okay, here is the next chapter. I just have a question for you guys, do you actually like this story? coz i got only one review for the last chapter, and well i don't write a story to have no one read it. Maybe i could ask someone to read the chapter through first and make some changes before i put it up next time. You think that would be a good idea? Well anyways, if you want to help me please say so in a review, maybe that way i'll be able to produce a better story so that you guys like it, coz personally i love to write this story.

In this next chapter nothing major really happens and well yeah.. she just meets Chad's friends... Well i hope you like this chapter better than the last one!

Disclaimer: i only own the story plot, most characters are owned by Disney and unfortunately i'm not the owner of Disney


After 15 minutes in the shower Gabriella put Chad's clothes on, and walked downstairs. She just hoped Chad's friends would like her, this might be her chance to make some new friends.

When she was standing in front of the door leading to the living room she heard Chad argue with someone, she guessed from his voice hat it was the boy with the blue eyes, who had opened the door for her.

"Come on Chad, just tell us who she is already!"

"Have a little patience, I'll tell you when she's here." Chad exclaimed

"But you said she was in the shower, you know girls take ages in the shower."

Gabriella opened the door a little bit and saw that an African American girl and a short girl with glasses both hit the boy with the blue eyes. The African-American girl spoke to the boy. "You are so lucky Sharpay didn't hear that, she wouldn't have been this nice" They all laughed. Gabriella wondered who this Sharpay girl was.

At that moment someone behind Gabriella started talking "You're not gonna stand there all night, are you?"

She looked behind her to see a blonde girl smiling at her. Gabriella just shook her head.

"So, come in." The blonde girl put a hand on Gabriella's back and gently pushed her through the door. When she walked in she felt all eyes looking at her, making her blush a little. Chad seemed to notice she didn't feel comfortable and put his arm around her.

"Guys, I want you to meet my twin sister, Gabriella"

As expected everyone was shocked and they all looked at them, unable to believe what they had just heard and trying to process that information. This petite girl was Chad's twin sister?

The guy with the blue eyes spoke again "What?! Chad I've known you for nearly all my life and as far as I know you have no twin sister…"

Chad started to answer his friend "Well, basically my parents got twins, they broke up and my mother took Gabriella and dad took me with him." He quickly explained the situation "We'll explain the rest later, but for now we can just get to know each other and have some fun okay?"

The African-American girl started talking to Gabriella "Nice to meet you Gabriella, my name's Taylor, that's Kelsi" she pointed to the small girl with glasses "the blonde girl is Sharpay, our drama queen, she has a twin brother, Ryan, but he isn't here tonight. That boy next to Chad, the one with the blonde hair and blue eyes is Troy, Chad's best friend, next to him is Zeke, who is a great cook and then there is also Jason, but he isn't here tonight, he is Kelsi's boyfriend." She quickly introduced herself and the rest of their friends.

"So do you all go to the same school?" Gabriella shyly asked, trying to get the conversation started.

"yeah, we're all going to East High, are you going too?"

"I don't know yet, I'm planning on staying here, if my father and Chad are okay with that, because I really don't want to go back to my mother, but I haven't really thought about it yet."

During the next few hours they talked a lot and Gabriella got to know them all a little better. They were really nice to her and they got along pretty well. She found out that the group of friends was a really mixed group of friends, some were basketball players, members of the drama club and even a member of the decathlon team. It was so different from back home, where every group would be strictly separated and they did not talk to each other or communicate in any other way unless it was necessary.

After a while they all got really tired and they decided to go to sleep.

The next morning Gabriella woke up because of someone's arm hitting her in the face. She looked next to her and saw Taylor sleeping there. It took her some time before she realized where she was and remembered all the events from the past two days. Tears fell down on her cheeks as she thought of the fight with her mother. That one fight had changed her life so much. She walked over to the mirror that was hanging on the other side of the room and studied herself in it. She saw a girl with red puffy eyes and a tear stained face, she barely recognized herself.

Gabriella wasn't a girl who used to cry a lot, ever since she was a little child she had learned to keep her feelings inside. She had always thought that crying was a sign of weakness, so she had never showed her feelings and never cried. But the last two days she had been crying non-stop, she didn't care what other people thought anymore, she just had to let it all out.

She looked around the room and saw the others spread out on the floor. A small smile crept on her face, she might have lost a few things when she ran away, but she also gained something that meant a lot more to her than what she lost, and that was friendship. Even though she had only known them since yesterday she felt closer to them than she'd ever felt to anybody else. She never had real friends, at her old school she was just the freaky math girl. Chris on the other hand, had been one of the most popular guys in school, but since he told everyone he didn't like her and what a geek she was no one wanted anything to do with her. Finally she had found people who liked her for her, people who tried to actually get to know her.

"Hey are you okay?"

Gabriella turned around and saw Troy standing behind her with a concerned look on his face. "Yeah I'm fine."

Troy looked at her face and her red eyes. "Really? Cause you don't look so fine. You've been crying?" It sounded more like a statement than a question.

"Yeah, but I feel better now. Just had to let it all out you know…" She looked at Troy and saw that he was genuinely concerned about her. He actually cared, so she decided that she would open up a little to him "It's just… hard. But I'm glad you are all here. You're all so nice to me, even though you hardly know me." Troy didn't answer, instead he just hugged her close.

"Gabriella, you know we're all here for you, right?"

Gabriella looked in Troy's eyes and saw the sincerity in them. She nodded and then leaned her head on his chest.

It was then she realized that everybody was now wide awake and looking at them. She felt slightly uncomfortable, and she had the feeling Troy felt the same because he quickly changed the subject. "Okay, let's make some breakfast guys!"

Zeke quickly started talking "OH NO! Troy Alexander Bolton you are NOT making breakfast. Remember the last time you tried to make pancakes…" Everybody shuddered at the thought "Were you planning on poisoning us again? Well it ain't gonna happen. I'll bake some pancakes and maybe one of the girls could help me?"

Gabriella volunteered to help Zeke, and together they prepared a delicious meal consisting of either pancakes or an English breakfast.

After breakfast, when they had all showered the girls went shopping. Since Gabriella hadn't taken any extra clothes with her she was now wearing some of Taylor's clothes. The girls were having a lot of fun together. They had left the boys back at the Danforth's house, since they didn't really like shopping. Okay, that's an understatement, the guys hated shopping. Gabriella was told by Taylor that every time they would mention the word 'shopping' the guys would make up all kinds of excuses so that they did not have to go with them.

"Well, you can't blame them, can you? What boy actually likes shopping? All they do during shopping is carrying our bags." Kelsi joined the conversation.

Currently they were sitting at a small ice cream parlour, talking about whatever came to mind. Taylor changed the subject to something she had been wanting to ask Gabriella the whole day. "um Gabriella, I know you probably don't want to talk about it, but why did you run away?"

Gabriella knew that sooner or later someone was going to ask her that question, and even though she really didn't want to talk about her problems again she knew she had to do it sometime, so she might as well do it now. She told the girls all about the fights at home and the problematic relationship with her 'family' and about how her parents divorced, that she found out that she had a twin brother and that her mother had cheated, everything. It was a long story and it hurt her to have to tell it, but on the other hand it felt good to have told them and not having to keep any secrets from them.

By the end of the story Gabriella was relieved to have told it, and she was happy to be with the people she was with now…


So thats'the end of the chapter, i would like to know what you think:) and again: if you like to help me and read the chapter through+make some changes before i put it up, please say so in a review :)