.I'm sorry, but I just had to update. I was laughing one review in particular just because obviously she didn't quite understand the point of the story and the drama. So here are the shout-outs and responses to those reviewed in the last 24 hours!

Never let go. Xo: hahaha…I don't want Zak to be hated, just wait. The next two chapters…I'll be writing a good thing you'll all like. Anyway, I'm glad you like Troy's written character. It's like he's intimidated that a girl is making him feel this way and he's just being closed and shut and mysterious. It's…different if you know what I mean.

Teamedwardakazanessarules101: …I was actually thinking about writing a kiss scene, but I didn't want it quite yet. I want it to build tension between the two. You know? Anyway, thanks so much for saying you liked it and reviewing again! Love you!

X-TammieBaybii-x: Hahahahaha…your review made me laugh girl! We talk way too much, and hey…well our chats our…interesting? I can't think of a good word to describe us talking to each other. It's quite entertaining. I love writing the chats, but it's a pain to write out all the freaking screen-names. Anyway love you!

Mbaby45: okay…soo obviously you didn't quite get the point of my story or the drama because if you did you wouldn't be confused. Zak and Gabriella ARE dating, but that doesn't mean that's how it's going to end. First of all, just because they are like that now, doesn't mean I can't change that. If you think that's how it's going to end then stop reading now, because saying 'this story is going to suck' is just flat out rude. Sorry, but it's true and you're just obviously assuming. You need to wait and find out and the point of the little game they're playing is to get on each other's nerves so they end up hurting each other in a way and confusing themselves. If you don't like the back and forth then stop reading now, because that's the point of it. It's supposed to captivate readers because there's drama. Thanks for reviewing and at least you like my story…sort of.

Rachel: **blushes like a red fire truck** awww…that was definitely a very sweet review! Thank you so much and ha…well I don't want Zak to be the antagonist of the story. I want Jess to be the antagonist. Anyway, Troy is…well he's confused. I'm trying to figure out how I even want them to get together bahaha….

Naley95: well you posted right after I posted my last, last chapter (if that makes sense…bahaha) and I didn't get the chance to write a shout out for you, so here it is! Thanks for the review and I'm glad you liked it!

Six reviews in 24 hours on a summer…not bad and I posted it really late anyway so not bad! I'm liking this! So now I'm thinking about starting a sonny with a chance story, but I'd be a little overwhelmed because I'm trying to make all my story chapters over 1,500 words. So we'll see! IF ANY OF YOU HAVE STORY IDEAS FOR ME FOR ANY TYPE OF MOVIE/BOOK/TV SHOW PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME VIA PM OR REVIEW! Since nobody ever reads these paragraph, that's my point. I will write one-shots, long stories, or poetry. If you guys want to write a story with me, I'm up for it! Just as long as we can keep in touch. Thanks for the support and reviews!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own High School Musical or the actors who portray the characters. I only claim to own the plot and a few characters. Got it? Okay…ON WITH THE STORY!

Chapter 9

I sighed getting annoyed with Troy walking out on me. I followed him out of my room and he was just about to close the door but I stopped it with my arm. "What the hell is your problem?" I growled at him and he went wide-eyed and he just shook his head at me.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Troy huffed and sat on the foot of his bed and I rolled my eyes.

"You keep freaking walking out on me! If you want to talk to me, please talk to me! But don't just walk out of my room after things get too hard to handle." I said, "If you want us to just not talk to each other tell me now, if you want to talk to me tell me now because I'm getting confused." I said admitting that I for once was confused. Guys were a pain and they need to make up their mind and they keep giving weird signals. Or maybe Troy was just like that.

"Well…" Troy thought for a moment.

"Let's just be honest here. Okay? No lies. I won't lie if you won't." I said trying to decide to make some sort of deal with him.

"Okay…" he said slowly, unsure that if what I was suggesting was a good idea.

"Okay, so do you, or do you NOT want to talk to me and be friends?" I asked.

"I don't." he said softly and I went wide eyed. To be honest, I was expecting the exact opposite.

"Oh." I said almost feeling like I got the wind knocked out of me. I wanted to run away and be in Zak's arm. I mean…c'mon, I really thought he was going to like want to at least be acquaintances or something, but instead the exact opposite. So what was I supposed to do now? Walk away? Or just tell him how I felt?

"Well then don't talk to me except in front of your parents and we'll keep out of each others' way." I said trying to make up a strong, firm voice.

"Wait…what do you want to do?" Troy asked as he looked up at me, right as I was about to walk out.

"It doesn't matter." I said as I walked out of his room, but I felt a tug on my left arm and he look serious, staring into my eyes.

"You said no lies. Now tell me." He said in a soft, but very firm tone.

"GABI! ZAK IS HERE!" Lucille called from the bottom of the steps.

"I gotta go." I said. Haha…saved by the bell.

"No. Tell me." Troy said firmly.

"I'll be right down!" I called and I saw Zak smile at me and then sit down on the couch in the living room.

"Troy…my boyfriend is calling." I said and his eyes grew the same dark grey that it had been before.

"Just tell me…" he said, his voice cracking and I saw a hint of that…soft side again, but he was definitely keeping something from me.

"Why? We'll just go what you want, I think I can live without talking to you Troy." I said trying not to be so mean that he'd walk away again.

"I want to know." He said firmly, tensing his grip on my forearm, I'll tell you this, there was going to be a bruise.

"Why?" I smiled smugly.

"Because." He said.

"Well we're not talking remember?" I said smugly again and then finally made him release my arm before I broke a bone. He was holding onto tightly like I was going to do something to him.

"Well….you said that we wouldn't lie and I want to know because...I'm curious. I want to know if you want to be friends, because…well if you're willing, then maybe I am too." Troy said in a sweet tone that I hadn't seen before. It was gentlemen like…

"You decide. I don't want to bother you, besides this is your house and-"

"I want to be your friend." He said and I felt this big weight release from my shoulders. I tried not to smile, but there was no way in hiding it.

"What?" he said, "Why are you smiling?" he said, also beginning to smile.

"I don't know…because I'd rather not fight." I said and then I finally saw Zak coming up the stairs.

"Hey babe." Zak said and I smiled at him as he hugged me and I saw Troy roll his eyes and mouth 'we'll finish this later…I still want to talk to you…'

"Hey, what's up?" I asked.

"Well…my mom has a date and well she said she's not going to home till tomorrow so she called Jack and Lucille to see if I could stay here." He said and I noticed that he had a bag with him.

"Oh…" I smiled knowing that this was going to be one hell of a night.

"Hey, Lucille wants all of you guys in the basement." Jack said from the bottom of the stairs and I now I knew that tonight was going to be interesting.

Troy looked at me and chuckled nervously and then Zak grabbed my arm and dragged me down the stairs before any of could say anything.

Troy followed and we walked down to the basement, which I had never been in. It was a lot cooler down there than anywhere else in the room. It had two gigantic sofas that connect and made a corner. They had a pool table and a foosball table as well. Part of it was wood floor and the other part was carpet. There was a computer office and a weightlifting room as well. Basically, to the right, the floors were wood and that's where there were the game tables and a big flat screen and then to the left was a big carpet area with the couch and another flat screen, but it was a plasma T.V instead and there was a coffee table and a fridge.

"Okay you three, I want you all to sleep down here tonight and I laid out some sleeping bags and then two of you can have the couch, one of you on the long one, one of you on the short one, and then one of you can have the la-z boy. Now, Gabi…Zak I trust you two to be good and Troy will be watching, but I invited Jess to come over for Troy. So I think one of you will have to take the floor or we can take out a cot or get the other couch from the weightlifting room." Lucille explained.

I tried not to burst out laughing at the fact that this was going to be one hell of a sleep-over. Troy went wide eyed and looked at me and I just had a smirk on my face, but at the same time I was hiding a giggle. "This'll be interesting." Zak whispered in my ear and I laughed a bit just knowing that Zak hated Jess. He said in the park he didn't mind Troy, but he thought Jess was a total dingbat.

"JESS IS HERE!" Jack called and I rolled my eyes and then I took the big part of the couch and Zak followed as he laid down and put my feet in his lap.

"I think I'll go get the couch." Troy muttered and then walked towards the door on the far left.

"TWOYSIE!" Jess screamed all the way down the stairs and jumped on his back and wrapped her legs around him like a little piggy back ride.

"Can I call you Zakky?" I giggled and Zak just shook his head no in all seriousness.

"No. Just…no." Zak chuckled and I laughed as I got up from laying down and crawled into his arms.

"Okay…here's the other couch." Troy said as he pushed it towards us and then put it across from us.

"Ooh, wait-what are they doing here?" she hissed glaring at me.

"First of all, I live here temporarily and Zak has to be here, you were just invited to keep your little Twoysie company." I rolled my eyes as I walked up and went to the fridge to grab Zak and I a coke.

"Great." she said sarcastically and I laughed at her little stance.

"I know, it's awesome." I laughed, "Hey Zak? You want to go upstairs and do something…"

"NO! You guys are forbid to come upstairs!" Jack called and I groaned…dang it.

"It's okay Gabi…we can just hang out down here." He laughed as he let me sit in his arm again on the couch.

Troy sat down next to me and Jess sat across from us. "Twoy…sit with me…pweaze? I'm cold…" she said and I was seriously about to slap her. Why did she have to talk like a three year old!

"Oh…yeah." Troy said as he moved from my side to Jessica's and put his arm around her shoulder.

"So, what do you guys want to do?" Zak said.

"I say, you and I play a mad game of pool." I said looking at Zak and he laughed.

"You're on! Be prepared from serious ass kicking!" he laughed as he picked me up bridal style and brought me to the other part of the basement, but as he carried I saw Troy groan a bit and then look at me and then Jess.

"What do you want to do?" Troy asked and Jess smiled mischievously and Zak put me down and I didn't get to see what happened next, but I could guess by the sounds they were making. They were making out.

"Okay, do you want to break?" I asked as I got out the triangle and put all the pool balls into the rack and ordered them in the correct way. I got out the cue ball and put it on the black sticker on the pool table and he chalked up his pool stick.

"Sure." He said as I lifted the triangle and he leaned down and aimed the cue ball at the triangle and then hit the cue ball hard and the balls went all around the table and got in two balls.

"So let's make this interesting before we even start. I say the winner gets a kiss." Zak laughed and I giggled.

"Doesn't that mean the loser still gets a kiss?" I rolled my eyes and he nodded as he walked towards me and kiss my forehead and I tried not to blush.

"Okay…deal." I giggled and then I realized that he had hit in both a strip and a solid and then from there we could go to numerical order.

"Okay, so do you want to play stripes?" I asked and he nodded.

I ended up beating Zak and he gave me a very sweet, long kiss. We walked to the other part of the basement to see Zak and Jess in a very intimate make-out session and Zak just laughed loudly trying to make sure they knew we were there.

"Oh…sorry…" Troy said as he stopped the kiss and he looked at me and he had lip gloss all over his lips. I hate to say it, but I didn't like watching them kiss. First of all, it was just flat out awkward. Second of all, I didn't like Jess and third of all…well its Troy…I mean…it just hurts, even though I hate to admit it.

"Oh c'mon, they can join." Jess said and Zak and I just laughed.

"No thanks." We said simultaneously. Zak and I turned on the T.V and then avoided looking at the couple who was just making out in front of us.

"Oh c'mon…it would fit Gabriella's image anyway!" Jessica said and I whipped my head towards her and glared.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You know…a slut!" she said coldly and I just shook my head.

"Look in the mirror and you tell me what you see." I said and I just walked away and upstairs, no matter what Jack and Lucille said, I'm not spending a whole freaking night and day with Troy and his little girlfriend.

"Gabi…you're supposed to be downstairs." Jack said and I nodded.

"I know, I just wanted to grab something from my room." I lied and Jack nodded.

I ran up to my room and tried not to just lock myself in there. Zak was there, so it was nice, but Troy kept looking at me like he was sorry and that he didn't want her at all, he wanted something else. I grabbed my laptop and then my iPod and cell phone so I could at least talk to Kayla and Sam first of all.

I opened my door to see Zak about to knock on the door and I laughed at his facial expression. "Oh…hey!" Zak said jokingly as he walked into my room, "I explained to Jack that you and I wanted to just be away from the other couple because it was awkward and before Jack could answer Lucille said it was fine that we hung out up here." He chuckled.

"THANK YOU!" I said as I hugged him tightly.

"Haha…well not for long; Jack said we could only hang out here for only a half hour and then we were banned to the basement." He said as he walked in and sat on my chair that was at my desk.

"But nice bedroom, it's very….you. I'm guessing Lucille re-decorated for you?" he said and I nodded.

"I had to stay here for a week in this very bedroom because my mom was like a reck and my dad had just gotten in jail…and she redecorated it for me too." He chuckled and I laughed as I jumped on my bed.

Jack kept his promise and made us go downstairs a half an hour later. "So what'd you guys do?" Troy asked curiously and Zak laughed a little bit. Okay…so I admit that we did kiss a bit, but not like full on.

"We talked." He said, "And some other stuff." He said and nudged me and I rolled my eyes.

"Okay…" Troy said, "So my dad said that we should just watch a movie so he brought down 'Avatar'." Troy explained and Zak and I shrugged and Jess groaned loudly….

"Troy…c'mon, that's a stupid movie." Jess said in a little whiney voice.

"I think it's a good movie." Troy, Zak, and I said all at the same time. We all looked at each other and laughed.

"Whatever…" Jess said pouting, as in full-on pouty face and crossed her arms and huffed really loudly like five million times.

"It'll be fun baby." Troy said and I tried not to show that I was affected by the fact he called Jess his 'baby'.

A few hours later…Jess was asleep on the couch and she was sprawled in this awkward position and it was only like nine-thirty. Troy looked at the two of us trying to think what we should do.

"So…you two really like each other?" Troy asked and Zak chuckled.

"Yeah, Gabi is really amazing." Zak said and then he looked at me.

"Yeah, I really like Zak, he's just about everything I wanted in a guy." I said kind of lying. I mean I liked Zak, no questions asked, but it was almost like something was missing.

We kept asking each other questions and getting to know everything about each other and then finally Zak decided he was tired and he fell asleep.

So now it was just Troy and I…

OOOH! Okay…I'm done writing that chapter hah. I was tired of writing so that's my chapter! Review!