A/N: Hey guys! thanks to all the ppl who have reveiwed and i'd like to give a special shout out to xxZanessaxx for reveiwing all of my chapters!! Enjoy this one!

Disclaimer: Refer to chap 2.

JEALOUSY


"Ready to go?" Taylor asked as she stood up from the table.

"I guess it is now or never," said Gabriella and her and Taylor walked out the door.

When they arrived at Troy's, Jack's car was gone, which meant that Troy's parents were out. Taylor stayed in the car and Gabriella went to the front door and rang the door bell. Troy answered the door.

"Gabriella," he said surprised.

"Hi Troy."

"Do you wanna come in?"

"No, I'm in a hurry. I just came to drop these off." And she pulled out her 'T' necklace and gold ring.

"Oh…" said Troy disappointedly as he took the Jewellery from her hand.

"So…see ya," and she walked towards the car. Troy ran after her.

"Gabi wait!"

"What?" she said as she turned around.

"Can't we talk?"

"I think we talked enough yesterday."

"But-"

"Bye Troy," and she got in the car. When Troy walked into the room to where the rest of them were sitting, he took one look at them and sprinted up to his room.

"I'll go," said Chad and he ran after him. When Chad got up to Troy's room, Troy was sitting on the end of his bed, looking at the 'T' necklace and gold ring.

"What did she say?" Chad asked, taking a seat next to him.

"She just came and dropped these off and left," said Troy, still looking at the Jewellery.

"You didn't talk to her?"

"I tried. She just said that we enough talking yesterday and got in the car."

"I'm sorry dude." A tear fell from Troy's eye and onto the red jewel on the necklace.

"Let's change the subject, basketball tryouts are on Monday," said Chad.

"Yeah, you wanna go practice?" Troy asked, putting the Jewellery in his pocket.

"It'll take your mind off things," said Chad and they went downstairs, got Jason and Zeke and went out the back of the house to play 'two on two'.


When the girls got back to Taylor's house, they went up to her room and watched TV.

"What are you going to do on Monday? You have a few classes with him," said Taylor, rapidly flicking through the channels.

"Well the first class is with you as well so I will sit with you," explained Gabriella.

"And in homeroom?" Taylor asked.

"I'll swap seats with someone. It's no biggy," Gabriella replied.

"Hey, there is nothing on TV, wanna go to the mall?" Taylor asked as she turned off the TV.

"Yeah, why not," said Gabriella and they went downstairs and into Taylors car.


"Three pointer!" yelled Troy as he sunk a basket from and unlikely range.

"Yeah, twenty-one! We win!" yelled Chad and he gave Troy a high five.

"Hey, you wanna go bowling?" asked Zeke.

"Yeah okay," and they all went in Chad's car.


"Oh my God! We brought so much!" exclaimed Gabriella when they got back to Taylor's car, "I think I am broke!"

"Yeah, same here!" said Taylor.

"I really wanted to get those earring though," said Gabriella.

"Didn't you have enough money?" Taylor asked.

"Nah, it doesn't matter. I can get them another time," said Gabriella.

"What do you wanna do now?"

"I feel like bowling," said Gabriella.

"Let's go bowling then!" said Taylor and they got into the car.


When they arrived they went inside and saw they boys there, but Gabriella didn't see Troy as he was at the toilets.

"Hey, we haven't started yet, wanna play with us?" asked Jason.

"Yeah sure. Where's Troy?" Gabriella asked.

"He's…at the toilet," said Chad.

"Oh…so he's here?"

"Yeah," said Jason.

"Taylor, can we go?" Gabriella whispered in Taylor's ear.

"Gabi, chill out! You will need to see him sometime," said Taylor as she dragged her to the table where the boys were sitting.

"Fine," agreed Gabriella and she sat down with her arms folded. When Troy came back, he stopped frozen at the site of Gabriella.

"Ahh… I need to go," and he ran out the door. Chad went to after him but Taylor held him back.

"Leave him, give him some time alone," said Taylor and she walked off to have her turn.

"And how are you holding up?" Chad asked Gabriella as he took a seat beside her.

"I'm doing okay, I guess," she replied, staring into nothing.

"It's okay to be upset you know," Chad said.

"I know but I did enough crying yesterday," said Gabriella and she got up to have her turn.


On Monday, Troy went to Chad's before school.

"Hey," said Chad as he came out the door.

"Hey, I'll drive us," Troy said and they got into his car.

"So, what are you going to do today?" Chad asked. His question wasn't very accurate, but Troy knew what he was talking about.

"I'm going to try and talk to her again," he replied as he parked his car.

"Good luck with that man," said Chad and they walked in the building. They bell went as soon as they walked in so he went straight to homeroom. Gabriella had obviously gotten there first because she had traded spots with a cheerleader and was now sitting at the front. When homeroom finished, Gabriella rushed out quickly to get away from Troy. He tried too catch her after Chemistry but she and Taylor got held back by the teacher about the Scholastic Decathlon. He finally cornered her at the lockers during their break.

"Gabriella, you can't stay mad at me forever."

"At the moment, I think I could."

"Come on Gabi."

"Come on what?"

"I know I overreacted. I'm sorry for that. But why are you still mad at me?"

"Because you said that I was your property and you think you know everything about me."

"I didn't say that you were my property, you said that." Gabriella put her face into her locker and pulled out a CD.

"There is only one song on it. Have a listen to it and tell me what you think," and with that, she walked out to their usual spot.


"YOU DID WHAT?!" Taylor yelled.

"Quiet Miss McKessie!"

"Sorry Ms. Falstaff." The two girls were sitting in the library going over their Maths homework.

"Yes, I gave him the song," said Gabriella.

"What did you do that for?" Taylor asked.

"Well, I actually don't know," said Gabriella, "but it seemed like a good excuse to get away from him at the time."

"If he goes over to your house and gives you a long speech about why you should be his girlfriend again and you get more hurt, don't cry to me."

"Okay, I'll cry to Sharpay instead," said Gabriella and the two girls couldn't help but laugh.

Meanwhile in the gym, the basketball tryouts were underway. The boys were told to run a 'three man weave' drill up and down the court. Troy went a few times and missed all his shots. He was good at the leadership skills, but his basketball was hopeless. He missed all of his shots and he threw the ball to the other team. He just wasn't with it. About halfway through the tryouts, Coach Bolton pulled Troy aside.

"What's wrong Troy?" he asked.

"My mind is thinking about other things," explained Troy.

"Well you better forget about those things if you want a place on the squad," and he went back over to the sideline. Troy stepped it up after that. He got all of his shots in and played like a superstar.

"Thanks guys, Hit the showers!" yelled coach Bolton at the end of tryouts.

"Was that better?" Troy asked on his way to the locker rooms.

"Much better," replied Coach Bolton and Troy walked off.


After school that day, the whole gang, except Gabriella, went to Troy's house.

"The tryouts were good," said Zeke as they all went down to the basement.

"Yeah, I hope we all get in again!" said Chad.

"Oh yeah, Gabriella gave me a CD with a song on it, should I listen to it?" Troy asked. Most of them replied 'yes' but Taylor said 'no'.

"Well majority rules so I'll put it on," and he got up and put the CD in the CD player.

"I can't unlove you,

Can't do that,

No matter how I try.

I can't turn my back on,

Someone who loved me too-"

Troy stopped the CD and wiped his eyes so that no one could see.

"I told you not to play it," said Taylor, looking at Sharpay and Kelsi, who were both wiping their eyes.

"She obviously gave it to you for a reason," said Jason.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Chad.

"Well, did you hear the words?" Jason asked.

"Yeah," said Chad, wondering what he was getting at.

"And the title of the song is called 'Unlove You' but the chorus says 'I can't unlove you," he explained.

"So your saying that she still has feelings for me?" asked Troy.

"That's my opinion," said Jason.

"So what do I do about it? I'm not going to ask her, she'll get mad at me again," said Troy.

"Make her jealous," suggested Zeke.

"Whoa, that never works," said Taylor.

"You could always try," said Kelsi.

"Yeah I will. Who wants to pretend to date me?" Troy asked and Sharpay's hand shot into the air.

"Zeke? Is it alright if you pretend to have broken up with Sharpay?" Troy asked.

"Fine with me," said Zeke.

"Sharpay, remember we are just pretending," said Troy.

"I know," she said, still with a smile on her face.


The next day at school, Troy walked in with his arm around Sharpay. They walked up to his locker and he gave her a kiss on the forehead and she left.

"Oh Gabriella, here is your CD. Thanks for letting me borrow it," said Troy as if he didn't care what was going on.

"Oh that's alright. Are you going out with Sharpay now?" Gabriella asked, trying not to seem too concerned in the subject.

"Yeah, I asked her out last night. I guess I'll see you at rehearsals tonight," and he walked into homeroom, leaving Gabriella full of questions.


That day after school everyone went to the Auditorium for rehearsals. Ms. Darbus gave a long speech at the start about being honoured to be chosen for the roles.

"And now, may we have our two leads come up and perform for us, 'We Believe'." Troy and Sharpay went up onstage and began to sing the song at normal tempo. During the song, Gabriella shifted seats so that she was sitting next to Ryan.

"Hey," she whispered.

"Hey. What's up?" Ryan replied.

"I need a favour."

"What sort of favour?" he asked.

"Well seeing as Troy is going out with your sister, can you pretend to go out with me?" she asked.

"Yeah sure, but why?" he asked even though he already knew why.

"Because I, ah… want to make him jealous."

"Okay, I'll ask you out tonight, come to Troy's after rehearsals."

"Thanks so much," she said. Ryan burst out laughing at the plan but Gabriella ignored it, thinking he was trying to cover up the fact that she had told him to 'go out' with her with a joke, but he knew both sides of the story.


After the rehearsals, the gang went back to Troy's, including Gabriella. Troy and Sharpay sat on one couch and Sharpay gave him a kiss but Troy pulled away. Gabriella had her back turned so she didn't see.

"So when are the teams up?" Chad asked directing the question at Troy.

"Either tomorrow or the next day," Troy replied.

"What is everyone doing on the weekend?" Gabriella asked, trying to set up a situation for Ryan to ask her out.

"Nothing," most of them replied.

"Oh, that reminds me. Gabriella can I talk to you for a second," asked Ryan, giving her a wink.

"Yeah sure," Gabriella replied and they both went upstairs.

"Guys, I don't think this is working," said Troy, taking his arm off Sharpay's shoulder.

"It is working, but you have to let it settle in first," said Taylor, who was now all for the idea. Gabriella and Ryan then came back down the stairs.

"What did he say?" asked Kelsi.

"He asked me out," Gabriella half yelled, making sure that Troy could hear her.

"Awesome," said Troy and he gave Sharpay a kiss on the lips.

"Are you planning on telling anyone?" Ryan whispered in her ear. Gabriella giggled to make it look like he said something funny.

"I might tell Taylor, you?" she whispered back. Ryan laughed this time.

"Nah," he said out aloud.

"That's cool," and she settled into his chest.


A/N: So they both want to make each other jealous because they both still like each other, life is so difficult!! I hope you liked it, please reveiw!!

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