BRRRRR!!! I've been back for about three hours now and I'm ready to go back to Hawaii where it's nice and warm! My sibs and I flew redeye home and I'm really tired. The whole trip was awesome though...we went to a luau called Paradise Cove and there are some fine lookin' male hula dancers there if you know what I'm saying ;) Then yesterday we went to Sea Life Park and watched a dolphin show and took pictures of other sea aniamls. It was really fun. The worst part of the trip was sitting in the airport last night for 6 hours which we had to do because our parents' flight to another of the islands left 4 hours before our flight home left...that majorly sucked. But I totally recommend going to Hawaii!

Anyway... haha back to what I came to do :-D Fair warning... this chapter is kinda on the sad side...

Thanks to CuteANDSexxxy17 and chaylorlover101 for reviewing chapter 7.

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Chapter 8

Chad spent the rest of the day sitting on Taylor's bed trying to figure out how to tell her about himself and Sharpay. He considered telling her the partial truth by saying that he had just helped Sharpay with her photography shoots, but then he ran the risk of Ryan having pictures proving otherwise. Another idea he had was suggesting that they elope and leave everything behind, but she would want Gabriella and Kelsi at the wedding and if Gabriella went somewhere, Ryan was sure to follow and continue messing things up. All he knew for sure was that no matter how he told her she would be upset, but he would rather have her find out from him then have Ryan tell her.

He was staring off into space when Taylor came into her room after class. He could tell from her mannerisms that she was in a good mood. He hated to ruin her good day, but he couldn't put this off any longer. He had been trying to protect himself and her for too long and that was clear by what he had witnessed this morning. If he didn't tell Taylor now and deal with Ryan, there was no telling what Ryan might try.

"You look comfy," Taylor smiled as she dropped her backpack on the floor by her desk. When he didn't say anything, she looked up at him and saw the emotionless expression on his face. "Chad, are you ok?" She climbed onto the bed next to him. "What's wrong?"

"I need to tell you something," his voice was just above a whisper. "And you're going hate me."

"Why am I going to hate you?" Taylor asked. This was the first time in their two year relationship that she had ever seen Chad like this. His voice was wavering with emotions, but none of those emotions were showing on his face. "Say something, Chad, you're scaring me."

"I did something stupid," he said, avoiding her eyes.

"You cheated on me," she guessed after several seconds of silence.

He nodded.

"When?" Her face didn't show any emotions and he couldn't hear any in her voice. He wasn't sure whether he should be relieved or worried that she was taking the news so calmly.

"Every time you've broken up with me."

His response shocked her to the core as she quickly did the math and determined that he had cheated on her at least 14 times during their relationship.

"With who?" She demanded as rage replaced her calm feelings. She got off her bed and started to pace.

"You don't know her," he sighed, climbing off the bed.

She froze and looked at him. "It was the same slut every time?"

He nodded.

"How long have you been sleeping with her?"

"Since high school…"

"Since high school?!" Taylor shrieked. "Then why the hell were you with me?"

"Because she didn't want to be with me," he stated.

"So what? I was the first chick that came along that did want to be with you?!" Taylor exclaimed.

"No! It's not like that," he shook his head. "I love you, Taylor."

"And sleeping with your high school lover is a good way to show that," Taylor said sarcastically. "Why are you telling me this now, Chad?" Her eyes went dark. "Oh my god, she's pregnant, isn't she!"

"No!" Chad exclaimed. "She's not pregnant! We ended things mutually. I love you, Taylor, and I want to be with you."

"Nobody ever ends things mutually," Taylor stated. "She dumped you and now you're stuck with me."

"That's not how it is, Taylor, I swear," Chad cried. "I love you and I want to be with you."

"You want to be with me?" Taylor shook her head as tears trickled down her face. "Did you really think I would still want to be with you after you told me you've been sleeping with another girl since high school?"

"I thought our love was strong enough," he whispered as he reached to dry her tears.

"Don't touch me," Taylor snapped, stepping away from him. "We're done for good, Chad Danforth. I don't want to see you ever again."

Chad grabbed his jacket from her coat rack and left the room wordlessly. She shut the door behind him and locked it. Outside, he pressed his forehead against the door and tears rolled down his cheeks as he heard her begin to sob on the other side of the door.

Troy and Gabriella found him sitting there with his head pressed against the door a couple hours later when they got home from their date. Troy took Chad out to the living room while Gabriella checked on Taylor.

"I know it won't make you feel better, but you did the right thing," Troy told his best friend. "She doesn't know the whole story, but I'm pretty sure she'll see things in a different light when she finds out the truth about Ryan."