Eventually, Gabriella gave up trying to convince Ryan that nothing happened between her and Troy. There was nothing that would that would get through to him. He ended up dropping out of the musical because of what happened. This made Gabriella feel even worse.


Gabriella found Kelsi in the music room during free period to talk.

"Hey Kels."

"Hey. What's up?"

"I'm drpping out of the musical."

"What? Why? Does this have to do with Ryan?"

With the metion of Ryan, Gabriella broke down in tears. Kelsi signaled her to sit down next to her on the piano bench and she did.

"Tell me what happened between the two of you. I thought you guys were really happy."

"We were. But then something happened on Monday afterschool."

"Tell me. Please?"

"It was after rehearsals. I just finshed packing up my books when Troy Bolton appeared out of no where in front of me. I tried to leave but he wouldn't let me. He cornered me against the lockers and kissed me. I pushed him away, slapped his face, and then ran out of the school. I guess Ryan was there and saw the kiss and thought I was kissing Troy. But I wasn't Kelsi I swear. Ryan just didn't see everything."

"I beleive you Gabriella. Ryan just made a mistake."

"I tried telling him that but he wouldn't listen to me."

"It's gonna be okay. Alright? Trust me." Kelsi then embraced her in a hug before leaving Gabriella alone.

As Gabriella stared at the piano, she began to play a soft melody and sang the sweetest song. What she didn't know is that Kelsi had heard the entire thing and rushed back inside the room.

"Did you write that Gabriella?"

"Yeah. I wrote it a little while ago. It's about Ryan."

"Do you have the sheet music to it?"

"Yeah."

"Can I see it?"

"Sure." Reaching inside her bag, Gabriella handed the papers to Kelsi who was smiling big.

"Why do you want them?"

"You'll see."


A/N: What's Kelsi's plan? Will it work? Why do I keep asking you guys these questions? You won't know til I post the answers. Sorry, until the next chapter. Two more left!