Thanks for all the great reviews, and I agree with you I think Zac's voice is waaaaaaaay better, and that's not just because I like him better, because I totally do!

The answer to the trivia question was the letter 'O'. This chapter is dedicated to volleyballgal, xoxMusicalxox, LIL BIT 101, hsmandhmluver, zanessa101totally, and LaurFoSho for getting it right!

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Gabriella sat on the floor of the storage closet, not caring that her dress was getting dirty. She was hungry and thirsty. How stupid can Sharpay be? I mean, locking me in a closet? How much simple can she get? Suddenly Gabriella felt her stomach growl and she suddenly realized how bad this was. Oh my God! I could starve to death! There's no food or water here and everyone's gone for winter break. No! I'll be fine...my mom will realize I'm gone and come looking for me! But I did tell her I'd be over Taylor's...Taylor! She'll find me, she'll realize I'm gone when I don't show up at her house...unless, she thinks bailed because the thing incident at the dance with Troy. Troy! Troy will come no doubt! He is my best friend...even though I took the side of a girl who locked me in a closet over his. Oh my God! No one's coming! Sharpay is going to kill me, all because of a stupid line to get to Troy Bolton.

"I don't want him, Sharpay!" As Gabriella sunk lower on the floor, the only thing she wanted to feel was Troy's arms around her, telling her everything was going to be okay.

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Troy lay pathetically on the couch, as he took off his tie and threw it across the room.

"She hates me…" Troy thought out loud, knowing no one would hear him, "I was a jerk and she hates me, but I…I love her." Troy finally admitted to himself, letting tears form in his eyes. He quickly brushed them away and sat up, growling in a low tone, "I hate…feelings."

Troy felt a mess, and all over some girl, but she wasn't just some girl to him, she was…everything.

Quickly Troy grabbed the phone and dialed Ryan and Chad's number, he need to take his mind off of her.

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Taylor sat on her couch, calling Gabriella's phone every five minutes, getting no one every time. She was worried to say the least. Gabriella wouldn't just blow me off, without saying something…right?

Taylor hadn't seen or heard from Gabriella in almost four hours. She called her mom's house, but her mom hadn't seen her she called the Nielsen's, but Kelsi hadn't seen her either. There was only one other person she could think to ask.

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"Where is she Bolton?!"

"Who?"

"Gabriella! That's who, where is she? I haven't seen her, the Kelsi hasn't seen her, her mom hasn't seen her, so where is she!?"

"What makes you think I know? I haven't seen her in hours…," Troy was taken aback by Taylor's tone.

He stopped for a minute realizing no one had seen her in a while, and Gabriella was one to honor her commitments. Where is she? Oh My God what if she's hurt!?!? He felt worry overtake him.

"Taylor!" Ryan said surprised, "What are you doing here?"

Chad jumped out from behind a door and said, "She's here to see me!"

"I think she's here to see me. She was my date to the dance," Ryan reasoned.

"I'm here to see Troy!" Taylor exclaimed exasperated.

Ryan stopped and his mouth hung open, "Even when she was my date and the girl you're in love with…she comes to see Troy. Why is this always happening to us?"

Taylor looked at Chad for a minute, and even though his dark colored skin hid it well, a visible red blush was creeping up his cheeks.

Cutting them off, Troy said "…I'll send Chad and Ryan out looking, and I'll go myself, too." He started to run his hands through his hair. Taylor noticed his nervousness. "Okay well give this number to Gabriella's mom have her call me if anything changes," he wrote down his cell phone number, "its getting dark we have to hurry up."

Troy gave everyone directions of where to look, and then disappeared out the door.

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Gabriella was tired and hungry someone had to have been looking for her, right? She rested her head against a wall and sprawled her feet out in front of her. She could tell it was night; there was a slight crack under the door. She had no hope, but she felt even worse about screaming at Troy in front of everyone. I don't blame him for not caring about Sharpay. But he doesn't care about any girl...did I really tell him not to talk to me anymore? That was stupid.

Gabriella let a few tears stream down her face, feeling worse then she ever did. She missed Troy, and she hated to admit it, but she knew she was in love with him. Just then she heard soft foot steps and a voice.

"No, I still haven't seen or heard from her. I'll tell you if anything new happens," The voice sounded distressed, but quickly changed to annoyed, "No I'm not her boyfriend, why does everyone say that? Goodbye Mrs. Montez."

Was that Troy? She knew it was; she could never mistake that voice for anyone else. But wait…was he talking to her mom? No she was just imagining, right? She wanted to se him so bad that, she pretended he was there.

"Brie!" He called, and Gabriella felt her heart jump at the nickname. It had to be him. Someone was looking for her!

She stayed quite, very nervous all of a sudden.

Gabriella say a shadow pass over the door and she finally found her voice, "TROY!?!?"


OMG HSM2 COMES OUT TOMORROW! That is why I am posting this chapter today, because I dedicating tomorrow to just getting ready for it! I'm so excited, I just can't hide it! lol

Trivia!

#9. What was the score when the time messed up?

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