A/N- Thank you so much to the lovely people who reviewed on the last chapter. I have a new story up, called Broken Promise, Broken Heart. It's a Chaylor fanfic. Taylor centric. Please read it if your interested. I would love to know what you think about it. Enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer- I do not own High School Musical.

Gabriella wiped her tears away as she walked into her dorm. "Hey, Gabi!" Arden called cheerfully from her room.

"Hey, Arden," Gabriella replied gloomily. She sat down on the couch. Arden poked her head out of her door, looking at Gabriella with a concerned look on her face. She took one look at her friend's tear-stained cheeks then rushed out of her room and sat down on the couch next to Gabriella to comfort her. Gabriella saw that Arden was dressed up in black skinny jeans and a blue shirt.

"I take it the game didn't go too well?" Arden guessed. Gabriella shook her head. "Hold on, let me cancel my date, then we can hang, eat ice cream, watch chick-flicks, and you can tell me exactly what happened," Arden proposed. Gabriella's head had shot up when Arden mentioned that she had a date and she perked up.

"You have a date for tonight?" she asked excitedly. Arden nodded her head. Gabriella squealed.

"I'll cancel it, though, so we can hang and you can tell me what happened," Arden repeated.

"Cancel? No! You can't! Your date is much more important than my problem. Who's the guy? When did this happen? Spill!"

"Well, the guy is Ryan."

"Ryan, as in Ryan Evans?" Arden nodded. Gabriella squealed again. "That's awesome! When did he ask you out?" she asked.

"He called me this morning, seeing if I wanted to have dinner tonight," Arden replied.

"Oh my gosh! I want all the details when you get back!" Gabriella said.

"Haha, totally," Arden agreed, "Are you going to be okay?"

"Yeah! Absolutely! I'll invite Abby over and we'll watch a movie until you get back. Then we can have a sleepover!" Gabriella replied excitedly. Arden laughed.

"Okay, I have to go finish getting ready," Arden said. Gabriella nodded then knocked on Abby's door.

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Troy was sitting on the couch of his dorm with his head in his hands. He heard cheering from the hallway, and a few minutes later, Tyler walked through the door, laughing. "Hey, Troy! We won!" Tyler announced. Noticing his friend's state, he quieted down.

"Congrats," Troy said unenthusiastically.

"What happened?" Tyler asked.

"I lost my best friends and my girlfriend," Troy replied, still not removing his head from his hands.

"How?" Tyler asked.

"I defended Matt. Naturally, Taylor took Chad's side. I expected Gabi to take mine, though," Troy admitted.

"You did the right thing," Tyler assured Troy, patting him on the back before heading to his room.

"Yeah, I guess I did," Troy agreed.

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Chad and Taylor were sitting on a bench in the St. John's courtyard.

"What a day," Chad grumbled.

"Yeah," Taylor agreed.

"Ugh! I'm out for the season and I lost my best friend" Chad complained.

"Chad, could we possibly talk about something else?"

"Thanks a lot. So much for being sensitive!"

"What? You complain about your ankle and Troy for more than an hour and call me insensitive when I want to change the topic?"

"You know what? I'm going to go. Greg's probably wondering how I'm doing," Chad said. He got up and began to hobble away, angrily.

"Oh, yeah, I'm so sure he'll want to listen to you complain for hours!" Taylor replied sarcastically.

"Aah! Everything is so messed up!" Chad thought.

Taylor got up slowly from the bench and walked to her car. She turned on the ignition then paused. "I can't do this to him!" she thought, "he's hurt, he's upset, and he needs me." She turned off the car, then got out and ran to catch up with him.

She found him sitting on a bench, apparently out of breath. He looked up when he heard someone approaching, but turned away when he saw that it was Taylor. She sat down on the bench next to him.

"Hey," she said quietly.

"Hi," he replied, still not looking at her.

"I'm sorry," Taylor said.

"Me too," Chad answered. He turned to her and gave her a big hug. "I acted like a five-year old," he admitted.

"Yeah, you did," Taylor agreed, laughing.

"Hey!" Chad exclaimed, a smile creeping onto his face. Taylor grinned and kissed him lightly. She walked him back to his dorm before going to her car and driving back to Columbia.

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Gabriella and Abby were in the middle of watching King Arthur when Arden walked in the door with a big smile. She closed the door and smiled.

"Spill, spill, spill!" Gabriella ordered. Arden laughed.

"Okay," Arden said, sitting down on the couch, "First Ryan took me to this really nice restaurant for an early dinner and we really got to know each other. Afterwards, we went to go see a Shakespeare in the park. After the play, we walked around in the park. Then we went back here and he kissed me."

"Aaw!" Gabriella and Abby cooed.

"We're going out again tomorrow!" Arden said. Gabriella squealed. They talked a bit more about Arden's date.

"So, Gabi, why were you so upset earlier?" Arden asked.

"Troy and I sort of got into a fight earlier," Gabriella replied.

"Oh no!" Arden said.

"Why?" Abby asked.

"One of my best friends, Chad, who is dating Taylor, got pushed by one of Troy's teammates and broke his ankle. Chad accused the guy of pushing him purposely. Troy disagreed with him. I took Chad's side, as did Taylor. Troy and I got into a fight," Gabriella replied.

"Where are the two of you now?" Arden asked.

"To tell you the truth, I don't know," Gabriella replied.

"You should call him tomorrow," Abby said.

"Yeah," Arden agreed.

"Fine, I will," Gabriella decided. The three girls went to sleep.

A/N- Arden's shirt is in the profile. What did you think about this chapter? Please review!