A/N: thankyou to the people who reviewed. Sorry about the kinda long waiting time. Anyway here is Taylor and Chad how they fell in love. Wink, wink.

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Taylor's POV

I wasn't really sure what to think when we arrived. I was missing an entire night of revision. I didn't think it was a very smart idea but I didn't want to let Sharpay down. She seemed so excited, even though we weren't super close anymore she still meant a lot to me. Besides she was good with make overs. I liked how I looked tonight, so I couldn't be too unhappy.

Ryan greeted us and I was surprised to see that he still wore hats, I had assumed he would grow out of it. But stil,l he was such a nice guy. He had called over Troy Bolton for some reason, which Sharpay had gotten pretty excited about. But when he came over with some other guys following I was so surprised to see Chad. I remembered him from when were little. Wow, he looks really good! I shared a smile with him, but then they were all leaving and Sharpay spoke.

"So, who wants to dance?"

"There's no way." I immediately said. I was defiantly not going to dance. I always felt like such an idiot. Sharpay hadn't expected me to say yes, so she moved on to the other girls.

"Don't look at me." Kelsi said.

Sharpay now turned hopefully to Gabriella, who sighed.

"Fine, come on then."

They walked into the crowd, leaving me and Kelsi in the hall.

"So…." She said.

"Let's get a drink."

I decided that was the safest idea for now, As long as we didn't get alcohol. We grabbed two cans of coke, and walked over to an empty corner and started to drink them. For some reason I couldn't stop thinking about Chad. To make conversation I decided to bring him up.

"Hey, Kels, did you see that guy, who was standing behind Troy before?" I asked.

Why did I ask that? Now she will think that I like him, which I don't of course. I just think he looks hot and seems so funny and friendly and… oh no this sounds like I like him. But I doubt he even remembers me. I smiled to myself, he was such a cute kid. I shook my head, stop it Taylor. I told myself. Why isn't Kelsi talking anyway? I looked over at her as she finally spoke.

"Ummm, which one?" she said. Right, there were other guys there? I had forgotten.

"The dark one, with the big hair." I replied.

I smiled again, I couldn't help it, it was such a small description but it was perfect. I think he is the only person in the world who could make that hair look so good.

"What about him?" Kelsi asked me. I decided to tell her a bit.

"His name is Chad. He used to be Ryan's best friend. You know how Sharpay and I were friends when we were little? Well we used to hang out together, the four of us. Ryan, Chad, Sharpay and me."

"Oh, cool. Is it weird seeing him now?"

"Yeah, it's been years. You know I used to… oh my god!" I stopped talking because I saw Chad walking towards us, I swear he is looking right at me. What do I do? I was about to admit that I liked him when we were little. What bad timing. But why was he coming up? That had to mean something. He had come up now and was smiling at me, oh that smile…

"Hey, it's Taylor right?" he asked. I seemed to have lost control of my mouth, I couldn't say anything. Then I felt Kelsi nudge me and thank god, I could control myself again. Oh no had he noticed? I felt myself blushing.

"Yeah. Hi, Chad." I could have fainted from relief. I hadn't made an idiot of myself.

"Do you want to get a drink or something?" he asked me. Did I want to get a drink? More then anything in the world. But I was holding a drink, he must have noticed. What could I say?

"Sure, I'm finished this one." Brainwave! I handed Kelsi the coke I had hardly touched, and walked to Chad. But wait. Was it really bitchy of me to leave Kelsi? But this is Chad, I couldn't not go with him. I turned around.

"Oh, Kelsi, do you want to come?" Say no, say no.

"No don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Yes! I love that girl. Hopefully she'll be okay. Chad smiled at me and offered me his arm. I smiled and took it and we walked out of the room. I heard some yelling coming from the dance room but Chad led me down another corridor. I saw a guy I recognised as Troy, and a girl with black hair disappeared into one of the rooms.

"Wait, I thought we were getting drinks?" This was weird. Chad was opening each door we passed and looking in.

"Don't you think I noticed you had just had a drink?" he said. He must have found what he was looking for because he fully opened a door and pulled me in.

We were in a bedroom, small, but with obviously expensive furniture. Chad let go of my arm and closed the door. He turned on the small bedside lamp and turned off the main light. I didn't know what to do, this was beyond strange. But what could really happen? For lack of any thing else to do I sat on the bed. Chad smiled at me and came over to sit next to me.

"So Taylor, it's been years. How are you?"

I smiled at his adorable face. Wow I really liked him.

"I'm pretty good. What have you been do…"

But that was as far as I got because suddenly he was kissing me. Not slowly either but fast. He put one of his hands in my hair and pushed me into him. I had no idea what to do, sure I liked the guy, but wasn't this a bit too fast? I started to pull back a bit, but he pushed me down on the bed and kept kissing me, shoving his tongue into my mouth. I could feel his hands reaching up my top. Ok now this was going way too far. I squirmed around and managed to get out from under him. I quickly jumped off the bed and got to the door. I was about to leave when I heard his voice.

"Taylor, wait!"

I turned around and saw him on the bed still. He looked so cute when he was confused, and I wanted to stay and talk to him, but that wouldn't be the smart thing to do. I kept my hand on the doorhandle, ready to leave at a seconds notice.

"Why should I stay? This is way too fast."

"I don't understand. You like me right?"

"That doesn't mean I want to sleep with you right now!" He had to be kidding, no one would go that fast with someone they hardly know, would they?

"Why not?" he said, looking even more confused.

Wow he was serious, now what? Chad made to get off the bed but I opened the door slightly and glared at him until he sat back down again. Suddenly I thought I heard someone walking down the corridor, I wondered if I should go out. But decided that I should stay and get this sorted out.

"I haven't spoken to you in years. What kind of girl do you think I am?"

"I'm sorry Tay. I, I dunno what I was thinking. It's just… most of the girls I meet would be the kind who would want to sleep with me straight away."

Now he was avoiding looking at me, he seemed to be trying to look sorry but couldn't help smiling a bit. So Chad was a player now was he? Why did I like this guy? Normally I can easily tell jerks and I hate on them all the time. But for some reason I couldn't not like Chad.

"I really am sorry though Taylor. I'll just leave now." He got up and walked to the door. I felt myself tense as he came closer. He put his hand on top of mine on the door handle and opened the door. I could feel my heart beating twice the normal speed. He walked out of the door when I grabbed his hand. I had no idea if this was a smart move, but my brain didn't seem to be connected to the rest of my body.

"It's alright Chad. Well it's not alright, but you don't have to leave."

He turned around to look at me. Then for some reason he laughed.

"What's so funny?" I asked him.

"I was just thinking. When I asked before if you liked me, you didn't say no." he said, smiling at me. Now I could feel myself blushing, how embarrassing! Maybe I should just tell him the truth? I probably wouldn't see him after tonight anyway.

"I used to like you, when we were little. When I saw you tonight that feeling may have come back a little." Why did I say that?

Suddenly we heard music coming from the end of the corridor. That was strange. The party was on the other side of the house. I started walking towards it but Chad, who was still holding my hand, pulled me up the other way.

"I have a better idea," he whispered.

He pulled me behind him, past the party and to the back door. We walked into the garden until the music was quite soft. He sat down on the grass underneath a tree and beckoned for me to sit next to him. I laughed and did.

"Now we can get to know each other properly. By talking I mean." He added after I had shot him a suspicious look.

"Ok, what do you want to talk about?" I asked. But his answer was the last thing I expected.

"Stars."

"What?" he softly pushed me down so that I was lying on the ground. Chad lay down next to me. Looking up I could see hundreds of stars through the branches of the tree. I heard Chad sigh slowly.

"I love stars. I know that sounds weird but… I have no clue what is going on in my life, and looking out at them, I can feel like it doesn't really matter." This was unbelievably profound for Chad, I couldn't believe it.

"Do you like feeling unimportant?" How confusing, I hated that feeling.

"No, I just like feeling like I am part of something bigger then me. I like the idea that destiny will come into my life and point me in the right direction." He said.

I turned my head to face him and saw him staring right back at me. I smiled and moved closer to him until our faces were almost touching. I leant in and kissed him, feeling him smile. He spoke through the kiss.

"This is way too fast." He said, mimicking what I had said earlier. He was making fun of me but I didn't care.

"Just shut up and kiss me back." I said. So he did, and he pushed himself on top of me as we lay there under the stars.

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A/N: so what did you think? That's right, I'm mean and left Troy and Gabriella until the end. So if you want to know how they get together, you need to review! xoxox