hey! sorry i made you wait so long! so here's the next chapter…it changes points of views a lot so watch out for that! also, thanks to all of the fabulous people who review every chapter! you guys are the reason I write these! Please review!

Gabby's POV:

"That I'm your man

And you're my girl
That I'm the sea
And you're the pearl
It Takes Two, baby,
It Takes Two"

the song played again for the 13th on my phone. That song was Troy's ring tone, it was our favorite song. He had called nonstop since I had gotten home, and I hadn't answered one of the calls. I lay face down in my pillow, crying hard.

Why did I ever believe Troy cared?

Why did I trust him?

My phone rang again, but this time, it wasn't Troy. The song "Little Things" by Colbie Caillat began to play from the phone. It was Taylor.

"Hello?" I sniffled, trying to hide my tears from her.

"Oh, Gabby. What's wrong?" Taylor asked, concerned. I told her about what happened at lunch, and about Troy. "Sweetie. It's okay. I'm coming over."

"No, Tay…" I tried to protest, but she had already hung up. I threw my phone onto the ground just as it began to play "It Takes Two" again.

Troy's POV:

"Hey! This is Gabriella. Leave a message, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks!" I listened to Gabby's voice message for the 14th time.

"Gabs please answer. I need to talk to you. Call me back please." I said, and then hung up the phone, and threw myself onto my bed.

What have I done? Gabriella will probably never talk to me again.

My phone started to ring. I looked at the caller I.D., it was Chad.

"Hello?" I answered unhappily. Couldn't he just leave me alone? He knew about what happened today.

"Hey Troy!" he answered, just as excited as ever. "So, Taylor dropped our plans for the night. What do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything, Chad." actually, I wanted to go out with Gabriella, but that was never going to happen ever again.

"You bummed out about Gabby?" Chad asked, still overly excited.

"What do you think?" I snapped. I didn't need this. He was making it even worse. "I got to go, Chad. See ya." and I hung up the phone, not even waiting to hear his response.

Gabriella, why did this happen? I whispered inside my head. Everything was going perfectly…and then Julie came…and Sydney. "Oh god." I sat up in bed and began to replay the day's events in my head.

Gabby's POV:

Taylor had arrived 10 minutes later. I was sitting on my bed in grey sweat pants and a blue T-shirt. My eyes were red and burning, and I had mascara and eyeliner running down my face. When she had come into the room, she took one look at me and sighed.

"Gabby." she walked over and sat on the bed next to me. "Everything's going to be alright." I rested my head on her shoulder, and began to cry again. She put her arms around me and held me in a hug as I cried.

"B-but T-T-Taylor. I-I-It's n-not gonna be o-o-ok." I said through my sobs. I was shaking I was crying so hard.

"Shh…yes it will. Don't you worry. It'll be fine." she took a Kleenex from the box on the bedside table, and wiped the tear-smeared makeup off my face.

"N-no it w-won't!" I cried. She didn't understand. She thinks that now that Troy's gone, everything would be better. Well, she was wrong. It would be worse. Much, much worse.

"Gabby, I'm not going to let you say anything until you stop crying." she said. After about five more minutes of crying, the tears slowly stopped falling. "Good. Now, what were you going to say?"

"It's not gonna be ok, Tay. It's not gonna get better." I explained, calmly, shaking slightly, but the tears didn't start up again.

"Gab…" Taylor tried to interrupt, but I put my finger to her mouth, indicating that I wasn't done.

"Now that Troy is gone, it's only going to get worse. Troy was the one keeping Sharpay away. She's going to come back now that he's gone." tears started to slowly fall down my face as I said his name. Taylor wiped them away.

"Why would Sharpay do anything to you?" she asked, clueless.

"Let me back up." I said, and then explained to her about how Sharpay was spying on me and trying to ruin my life.

"Oh. That's why you and Troy announced you were dating. Because you didn't want her to tell the school first!" Taylor exclaimed, finally catching on.

"Exactly, and now that Troy's gone, she's gonna go right back to ruining my life." I answered miserably, and lay back on the bed. We sat quietly for a minute or two, which means Taylor was thinking.

"Go back to? You mean she stopped?" Taylor questioned. I looked at her, half clueless and half not caring.

"Well, yeah, I guess she stopped." I answered Taylor, still clueless. "Why does it even matter?"

"Because! What if she never stopped?" a smile appeared on Taylor's face. She knew what she was talking about, but I still had no clue. "What if today was apart of her plan? And she was just waiting for the right moment to put the plan into action?" I thought about what she was saying, and realized…she was right.

"Oh my gosh. You're right!" I sat up in bed, slightly happy again. "They wanted Troy to go out in the hall alone, and not let me pass. Then after like a minute, they just let me go. It had to be Sharpay's plan." Taylor nodded her head in agreement.

"What now?" Taylor asked. I knew she was indicating that I had to call Troy, but I don't think I'm ready to face him yet.

Troy's POV:

Why didn't I realize this before? It was Julie, she worships Sharpay. I should have known it was a one of Sharpay and Sydney's plans. They'd do anything to ruin Gabriella's life…and they waited until it was finally perfect. I had to talk to her, but she wasn't answering her phone…I changed my clothes, and ran down the stairs; I had an idea.

"Dad, I'm going out. I'll be back later." I yelled to my dad, who was in the kitchen. After hearing his answer, and grabbing my car keys, I was out the door.

"Please be home, Gabby. Please be home." I begged as I drove to her house. I parked in front of her house. All the lights were on, that was a good sign, but I couldn't go through the front door. I walked around back, and looked up at her balcony. I climbed the tree that leaned slightly over and got onto the balcony.

Gabby's POV:

We had argued for fifteen minutes about what to do, but still hadn't come up with a decision. Taylor had left about five minutes ago, leaving me to decide. I flipped my phone around and around again in my hands.

Troy…I want to call, but…

Just then, a knock came from my balcony door. Only one person knew how to get on the balcony…it was Troy. I put my phone on my bed, walked to the door, and opened it. We stared into each others eyes for a minute or two, and I burst into tears.

hehe so it might take me a while to post the next chapter. i'm taking midterms right now, and i have to study and stuff... and well basically not think about HSM, Zac Efron, Troy Bolton, Vanessa Hudgens, Gabriella Montez, or anything like that. so sad! reviews make me happy! please review!