A/N: I actually don't have anything to say for once except I am so sick of freaking kleenex tissues!

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HSM

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Maddie

Alex

Andrea

Storyline

Chapter 6

One week later...

Gabriella smiled at Sharpay who was sitting in a chair while she examined Maddie. "Well, you've made a full recovery. And you've made mummy very happy."

Sharpay quickly jumped up and embraced her daughter. "Sweetheart!"

Maddie giggled. "So, am I okay, Auntie Gabby?"

Gabriella smiled. "Yes, darling. No more check ups. And I think you should act innocent and ask mummy to take you to daddy's café for some ice cream." She placed her stethoscope in her pocket.

Maddie grinned hopefully at Sharpay. "Please, mummy. Auntie Gabby can come too, can't she?"

Sharpay shook her head. "Auntie Gabby is still working. So, Gabby, how's Troy doing?"

Gabriella blushed and she had to bite her lip so her smile didn't get too wide. "He's great. We've sorted everything out and he's fantastic."

"When are you dumping Alex?" Sharpay asked, slipping Maddie's jacket on her daughter.

Gabriella leaned against her desk. "Soon. Real soon. It's no use being with someone if you don't even like them. The reason I got with Alex was to move on from Troy. But, I don't think I can. Even though he hurt me, he's made me realise that all he needed was someone to talk to."

Sharpay stared at her friend. "Well, Troy will put Alex in his place if he messes with you."

He friend laughed. "I know. Anyway, I'll call you tonight."

Sharpay nodded and rested Maddie on her hip. "Okay. Bye, Gabs." She smiled and left the room.

Gabriella sighed and walked out of her office, heading towards Alex's office when she stopped in her tracks. She felt tears stream down her face at what she saw. Her breath hitched in her throat and she felt a pain in her chest. She slipped her white jacket off and let it fall to the ground, leaving her in her denim, knee-length skirt and pink floral t-shirt.

She turned around and ran towards the elevators.

Troy, Chad and Jason were hanging out at Chad's house. Andrea had said she was going shopping, Taylor had said she was going to the park with Sydney, Zeke was working in his café and Sharpay had taken Maddie to the hospital for a check up.

"So, this is boring." Jason said, looking at the blank TV screen.

"I can't believe you can't play basketball." Chad muttered.

"Thank you for the hundredth time. Why don't we actually, you know, turn the TV on?" Troy asked, his feet propped up on the coffee table. He was wearing a dark blue t-shirt and black jeans with his hair gelled in all directions.

"We switched it on an hour ago. It's bust, remember?" Chad asked.

Troy groaned. "I never knew how much basketball ran my life until now."

"Well, at least Gabriella will take up most of your time now." Jason joked and shared a hi-5 with Chad over Troy's head.

"I have a girlfriend." Troy reminded them.

"That you are going to dump for my sister. Gabby is still in love with you!" Chad exclaimed. The phone started ringing and Chad jumped up. "I'll get it but I'm telling you, she loves you." He walked into the kitchen and picked up the cordless phone. "Hello?"

"Ch...Chad?" Gabriella's quiet voice asked.

"Yeah, it's me. What happened?" Chad asked quickly.

"Whe-where's Troy? I need Tr...Troy." Gabriella sobbed.

"Where are you?" Chad asked frantically.

"Outside the hospital."

"Okay, don't move and Troy will be there." Chad explained before he hung up the phone and running back into the lounge. "Troy, Gabby needs you."

Troy jumped to his feet. "Where is she?"

Gabriella sat curled up on the grass, hugging her knees and leaning against the wall. She couldn't believe it. She was so hurt and all she wanted was Troy. Nothing else mattered to her other than Troy. She then felt someone wrap their arms around her shoulders. She rested her head on Troy's chest and cried into his shirt.

"Are you going to tell me what's wrong?" Troy asked softly.

Gabriella pulled back, looking him in his eyes. "It's Alex. I saw him kissing another girl. And that girl happens to be Andrea." She whispered.

"Well, I didn't expect that but, I can't say I didn't see this coming. I mean Andrea cheating on me not about Alex." Troy explained quickly.

"No worries. He was so adamant that we were going to have sex I guess he went for your girl." Gabriella sobbed.

Troy leaned over and wiped her tears before kissing her forehead softly. "Come on, I'll take you home and we can share a big bucket of ice cream. How does that sound?"

"But, I'm supposed to be working."

"If your boyfriend and my girlfriend are kissing and your boyfriend is your boss, do you really think he'll notice?" Troy asked quietly, brushing some of her dark curls behind her ear.

She smiled. "I guess not. Ice cream sounds nice right now."

Troy grinned and stood up, offering her his hand. She accepted and stood up, brushing herself off. "Come on." He wrapped his arm around her shoulder as they started walking towards her apartment.

She snuggled into his side and slipped her arm around his waist. "I missed you, Troy."

He kissed the top of her head. "I missed you too."

They arrived at her apartment and Gabriella headed to the freezer, grabbing her bucket of chocolate ice cream and two spoons before sitting on the couch next to Troy.

Three hours later, Troy and Gabriella had nearly finished the ice cream and they were both lying on the couch. Gabriella was asleep, resting her head on Troy's chest. He was awake, softly stroking her hair and staring at the ceiling. He tilted his head forward and stared at the beautiful girl on top of him. He did love her. He knew that. But, he knew she was hurting and he'd have to wait.

"Gabriella?" A voice asked.

Gabriella stirred and sat up sleepily. "Alex?" Then she jumped up, marching around the couch to face him. "How dare you come to my apartment? Where did you get a key?"

"That's not important. What's important is that you were off sleeping with Bolton. I haven't been able to trust you since he walked back into your life." Alex yelled.

Troy leapt up, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind. "I don't know why you don't trust her. We're only friends."

"Yeah. I was depressed, Troy comforted me and I fell asleep." Gabriella explained.

"Why were you depressed and why not come for me to comfort you?" Alex asked quietly.

Gabriella untangled herself from Troy and stepped forward. "I was depressed because I knew you wouldn't comfort me. And I knew you wouldn't comfort me because you were a bit too busy to take notice of me."

The door opened again and the three of them turned their heads to see Andrea walked in. "Troy. I found you. Chad said you'd be here."

"Why was I busy then?" Alex questioned.

Gabriella sighed, looking from Troy, to Andrea and then to Alex. "You were too busy because you forgot you had a girlfriend and was kissing my ex-boyfriend's girlfriend."

"Wha-what?" Alex asked in mock surprised.

"Don't try to hide it. I saw it." Gabriella said quietly before walking over to the door and pulled it open. "I think you two should go. I just want to be with Troy."

"Why?" Andrea asked, finally speaking up. "So you can get into bed with my boyfriend?"

"Ex-boyfriend." Troy corrected her.

"I want to be with Troy because I don't want you anymore and if I know Troy like I think I do, he doesn't want you in his life either." Gabriella said quietly.