Fall Quarter at Western is over! I have break until January basically :D College is great, so different but I love it.
I missed writing though, times when I was studying or cramming, I really wish I was writing for my FanFiction stories.
So if that is ANY consolation to this update taking a while (not too bad though, 2 months), I missed you guys!
And this update should sooth you in anyway for a bit lol I got a review saying I should take this as far as I can basically and I'm thinking I might :]
So this is not the end but I might do a sequel or something, I'm not sure yet.
But review please! I worked hard and I think you guys are really going to like this.

-alex

Ps. Check out the lyrics below, totally what I should have named this story, don't cha think?

"You made me love you. I didn't wanna do it, I didn't wanna do it. You made me want you and all the time you knew it, I guess you always knew it. You made me happy sometimes, you made me glad but there were times you made me feel so bad..." Nate King Cole

"You have some fucking nerve coming back right now, you know that Cole?" Troy seethed, knowing all too well he could punch his brother out and feel much better about the situation for a split second but it wouldn't solve anything.

Sasha looked a bit uncomfortable, keeping her hand clenched around Cole's and the other resting lightly on her stomach. Troy hadn't seen Sasha for a good four years but nothing about her had really changed except her looks seemed to have matured. She still had the dirty blonde hair, full of body, just hanging around her face and shoulders. She was dressed casually, comfortable and almost mother-like.

"What happened here?" Sasha broke the silence. Cole unconsciously pulled her into him and looking Troy hard in the eye. He could feel a vibe of sincere unhappiness rolling off his twin brother. They could see that Gabriella wasn't in the house, which had given the first clue when they walked in minutes before.

Troy flicked his hair out of his true blue eyes, a sound from downstairs catching his attention for a second before crossing his arms across his chest, pulling an intimidating stance and staring his brother down. "Gabriella left me." his said quietly but forcefully.

Cole irked his head, beckoning Troy to go on. "And?"

"She figured it out. She knows about the switch, how you don't love her like she thought and how I do unlike yourself."

The last of Troy's sentence caused Cole and Sasha to go wide-eyed in surprised before another blonde came bursting in between Sasha and Cole into the bedroom.

"You, son of a bitch, are not dating Sasha Huntington!" she hissed slightly out of breath. Her attire was made up of comfortable Victoria secret sweats and a sweatshirt from her college alumni.

"What?" Troy said looking at Sharpay peeved and confused. "What the hell are you talking about? I'm kind of in a situation right now Sharpay."

Sharpay took a moment to look around to see Cole and Sasha standing off to the side. "Oh hey!" she turned back to Troy. "So you know…"

"Yes but that does not explain why you're here." Cole spoke up. It was weird seeing the Bolton twins in the same room, looking so similar but she could clearly see who was her best friend out of the two. Though Cole looked fully like himself, Troy still had the lighter hair but had his own cobalt blue eyes along with a slight 5 o'clock shadow.

"I knew Troy was lying when he said he had run into Sasha that day at the café. I'm sorry Sasha, but Troy didn't have the same look on his face when you guys were together in high school." Sharpay addressed the whole room, giving Sasha a sympathetic shrug, which Sasha just smiled and nodded.

"You're right Shar," Troy gave out a dry laugh at how unconcerned the atmosphere seemed to have turned. " I was lying. I'm in love with someone else actually! I'm in love with the girl that my twin brother was supposed to marry but I did instead posing as him and now she wants nothing to do with me." Troy looked each of them in the eye before scoffing them off and pacing his room in frustration. Cole and Sharpay both made a move to comfort Troy when he staggered backward and sat on the bed with his head in his hands, shoulders starting to shake.

It was Sasha who beat them to the punch, sitting carefully beside Troy and wrapping her arms around him and pulling his head into her shoulder. She turned her head, resting it against Troy's forehead and gave Cole a look only a mother would give when about to scold a child.

"You need to explain everything to Gabriella, Cole. We need to find her and then you need to straighten out this situation we've all created for her and then encourage her to forgive Troy." Troy's silent breakdown started to cease and he slowly pulled out of Sasha's embrace.

"Thank you Sash," Troy smiled gratefully before turning to lowly look at his brother, hope in his eyes but not evident on his face.

Cole had his hands on his hips, worry and anxiety creased into his face. He looked between Troy and Sasha, even Sharpay before closing his eyes tight and nodding quickly. "Do you know where she is, Troy?"

"She's at her sister's house. Left about a hour ago."

Cole grabbed his car keys from his jacket pocket before beckoning for Sasha. "Go get decent Troy. I'm going to find some food for Sasha and then we go to Mia's to talk to Gabriella." Sasha gave Cole a bright, approving smile before pecking Troy's cheek softly and following Cole downstairs leaving Troy and Sharpay.

She hadn't spoken or moved since his confession until Troy came up and gave her forehead a kiss. "Hope you can keep up Shar," he chuckled before grabbing some clothes and heading into the bathroom to change.

"Hope you don't mind me tagging along, Troy!" Sharpay yelled before following Cole and Sasha downstairs and into the kitchen.

Troy sat in uncomfortable silence as Cole drove the half hour to Mia's condo complex on the other side of town. Sasha had a zip-lock bag of goldfish crackers in her lap, giving up trying to create conversation and Sharpay sat in the back with Troy, holding his hand in comfort. Troy didn't even seem to notice that the car had stopped, his mind focused on what he would say to Gabriella when he saw her again.

"We're here Troy." Sharpay spoke soft, tugging on his hand before letting go and exiting the car. Walking up to Mia's front door had to be the most nerve wrecking thing Troy had done since walking down the aisle to take Gabriella as Cole's wife.

Mia has already opened the door to step outside and look at the group in shock and anger. "What are you guys doing here?" she said with authority.

Cole stepped forward, letting go of Sasha's hand. "Mia, I need to talk to her. Explain what happened and apologize profusely." He held his hands up in surrender as Mia looked him directly in the eye and then peeked over at Troy standing sincere in the back.

"You get a half hour." was all she said before she opened her door and the group trailed in after. Cole and Troy stayed standing as Mia showed everyone where they could sit and wait. Troy gave Cole and Mia one last look before they ventured down the hallway into what he assumed as Mia bedroom, where Gabriella was.

His eyes stayed on Cole's back until the two of them disappeared and his dropped his head in despair. Could he really just sit here as his brother tried to convince her to give him another change? Was this situation really looking that realistic? Gabriella wouldn't forgive him. She wouldn't give him another chance to prove to her that he was the one who loved her. Cole had Sasha and by the looks of it, he had someone else coming along. Cole was set but Troy's heart was still empty. It had been a long time since he had had someone to capture his attention like Gabriella did and Cole had ended up with that girl as well. Troy would rather be damned then let his brother win again but he couldn't even see a slightly positive outcome and this overwhelmed him. So much so that he left. Muttering "I can't do this…", Troy Left Mia's condo despite the protests of Sharpay and Sasha. Dashing across the parking lot, Sharpay watched as he took off running.

Two hours later, Mia emerged from her bedroom to come into the living room. "Where is he?" she asked looking around at Sasha who had curled up on the couch and Sharpay was pacing around with her phone in her hand. Sasha was about to answer when she saw Cole walk down the hallway followed by a pale looking Filipino beauty. Cole turned to look at Gabriella before casting a smile at Sasha. "Sash, this is Gabriella."

Gabriella didn't even notice all the people in her sister's living, her eyes scanning for a certain person before looking up at Cole confused. "Where's…." her voice died out, still dazed from the situation and unsure if she wanted to use his name just yet.

Sharpay shared a sad look with Sasha. "He's gone. Ran out about two hours ago." Sharpay responded softly.

"He looked so overwhelmed." Sasha said with a hitch in her voice.

Cole hurried to her side, bringing an comforting arm around before realizing again who's home he was in. "I'm sorry Gabriella, I thought he would be here so that you could talk to him."

Anger flickered across her face. He just left because he felt overwhelmed? How dare he! "Do you know where he went?" Gabriella looked at Sharpay, pulling her hair out as she slipped a jacket on and grabbing her phone and Mia's car keys. Sharpay gave her a comforting smile before following her out the door and point in the direction Troy had run off in. "He ran right, towards the parks."

"Thanks," Gabriella said curtly before jumping into Mia's car and speeding out of the parking lot. Driving through a park's parking lot, Gabriella stopped the car with a lurch to see a familiar figure resting along the shore of the a pond, taking in what was happening and what was about to happen. Quietly closing the car door, Gabriella pushed herself to walk over to where Troy was standing, leaning against a railing that surrounded the pond.

Taking a deep breath, Gabriella dragged her eyes up his body, taking in his white converses and jeans hanging low on the hips she lustfully knew so well. A high collared coat brushed the hair at the nape of his neck and she could see Cole's blonde high lights fading to reveal a darker golden brown that brushed his closed eye lids.

"Hey Wildcat,"

WHOA. Haha that's all I have to say. Intense stuff right there and I hope this fuels you guys which then in turn fuels me! I work 9-3 all week with preschoolers but after that have SO much free time ;] Lemme know how I did!

-alex