The next day at school…..

Chad was in the gym with the rest of the basketball team when he heard a not so happy Sharpay scream his name.

"CHAD!! CHAD!" she yelled. A slightly scared Chad walked over to where Sharpay and Taylor were.

"What?!" he asked them.

"Taylor told me what you guys did to Troy and Gabriella. You either fix it today, or you will not have a full head of hair tomorrow!" Sharpay screamed.

"NOBODY, messes with Gabbi." She added.

"Do you guys understand?!" she asked them. They both nodded hoping she would go away.

"Hey, how come she didn't threaten you?!" he asked Taylor.

"Because I'm the one who told her and that Sharpay's my friend too." She answered. "And I want to help Gabbi and Troy out without being threatened." She added.

"I told Troy this morning that she broke up with him. All he did was run around the track countless times." Chad said.

"I'll set it right to Gabbi while you set right to Troy. Got it?" she ordered.

"Yes ma'am!" he said. She rolled her eyes and went to her first class. The day seemed to drag on for the both of them. Chad saw how depressed Troy looked after he told him the 'Gabriella' broke up with him. And Taylor couldn't get rid of the sad and depressed sound of Gabbi's voice over the phone. It was really upsetting her.

After school Chad pulled Troy over to a quiet part of the gym to tell him the truth.

"What do you need Chad?" Troy asked.

"We…need to talk." He said.

"What about?" Troy asked.

"It's about you and…" he said.

Same time at Gabbi's-

"…Troy." Taylor said.

"What about me and…" Gabbi said.

Same time with Troy and Chad-

"…Gabbi. Do we really need to talk about this?" said a sad Troy.

"Yes, listen, me and Taylor set you up." Chad admitted.

"Wh…?" Troy said surprised.

Same time with Taylor and Gabbi-

"…at?" Gabbi asked. Her eyes looking as tired and sad as ever.

"Chad and I wrote the note you found on your bed. If you took a second to look at the handwriting, you would see that it's Chad's." Taylor said. Gabbi walked across the room to where the note still lay on the ground. She looked up at Taylor in tears.

"How could you?!" she yelled letting a tear slip down her face.

"I couldn't believe myself after I did that. And Chad feels the same way." Taylor said. Taylor quietly walked out of the room and out the door thinking about what a bad friend she is.

With Troy and Chad-

"Dude, I'm sorry." Chad said. Those three words caught Troy off hand. Chad was never the one to say 'sorry' or 'thank you' or stuff like that. He knew that Chad really meant it.

"Now I just have to think about getting her back." Troy thought as he turned around and started to practice again. He didn't fully forgive Chad, but he knew that he really was sorry.

With Gabriella-

Gabbi flopped onto her bed thinking about what had just happened. She needed to see Troy.

She grabbed her hoodie and held it close to her as she walked out of her home. She walked to the school. It was 3:30 PM. Basketball practice. She opened the door to the school. She walked into the gym quietly and watched as Troy emptied his heart out into the practice game. Chad was running towards the basket ready to shoot when he saw Gabbi. He stopped in his tracks. Everyone did. She searched the team for Troy and found him walking to her.

"Gabbi, what are you doing? You should be at home." Troy said with worry in his eyes.

"I'm fine. I just wanted to tell you that whatever Chad told you is a lie. I never broke up with you. Taylor….she….sort of…well...betrayed our friendship. She said that it was-"she was cut off.

"Gabbi, Chad told me already." He said as they walked out of the gym.

"Oh thank god." She said. "I'm really not in the mood for explaining it. I can't believe Taylor did that to me." She said as she looked down at the ground.

"You know what Chad said to me?" Troy said.

"What?" Gabbi asked.

"He said 'I'm sorry.'." Troy said.

"Chad said that?" Gabbi asked. She knew that he never said stuff like that before.

"Yes, I haven't forgiven him completely, but I know that he really is sorry." Troy said.

"So what did you really come here for?" he asked Gabbi.

"To make sure that you knew what really happened." Gabbi said.

"I do, now practice is almost over, so I should really get back in the gym." He said.

"Can I stay?" she asked him giving him the puppy dog look. He leaned down and gave her a quick peck on the lips.

"Yes." He said they walked back into the gym hand in hand and Troy re-joined the practice game again. Gabbi watched as Troy played his heart out and creamed the other team. After it was over Chad, walked up to her.

"Hi." He said.

"Hi." Gabbi said.

"I'm really sorry about what Taylor and I did." He said. Even though Troy told her that he actually did say sorry, this still caught her a little off guard.

"Why would you do that?" she asked him.

"Well, because Troy seemed a little pre-occupied with something else during practices and he wasn't as good as he was. And I jumped to conclusions and thought it was you." Chad said looking down at her shoes.

"Chad, did it ever occur to you that he was pre-occupied with something else?" Gabbi asked.

"No. Like I said, I jumped to conclusions and before I told him what Taylor and I did, he was playing worse. So I just...I don't know. I'm really, really sorry." Chad said.

Gabbi thought for a few moments.

"I forgive you Chad." She said. "But you are going to have to earn my trust back." She said. She got up and gave him a friendly hug.

"I'd do anything to get my little sister back." He whispered in her ear. She smiled and pulled away.

"Go clean up, you're stinky!" she said. They both laughed as Chad ran off into the locker room.

"Dude, where were you?" Troy asked as he slipped his shirt on.

"Apologizing to your girlfriend." He said.

"How did she take it?" he asked as he grabbed his gym bag.

"She said that I have to earn her trust back." He said.

Troy chuckled. "Mine too. But I could never stay mad at my best friend." Troy said. They did a manly hug and Troy walked out to the gym and found Gabbi sitting on the bleachers.

"What are you thinking about?" Troy asked her. She had her 'thinking face' on.

"Can you drop me off at Taylor's? I really need to talk to her." Gabbi asked him. He nodded and they walked out to the parking lot. They got into Troy's Jeep Wrangler and drove off to Taylor's.

"Thanks Troy." Gabbi said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"I'll see you tomorrow after school. If I survive being bored all day." Gabbi said. She closed the door and knocked on Taylor's door. She heard a faint 'Come in!'. It sounded like it came from the kitchen. Gabbi turned the knob and opened the door.

"Hello?" she called.

"Gabriella?" asked Taylor as she walked out of the kitchen. Gabbi nodded as she closed the door.

"I didn't think you'd want to talk to me after what I did to you." Taylor said.

"Well, after Chad told me and said that he was sorry, yes Chad said the words 'I'm sorry', I had to come and tell you that I hope we can be friends again." Gabbi said.

"Um, I think I should be asking you that question, you didn't do anything." Taylor said as she and Gabbi sat down on the couch.

"So, are we friends?" Taylor asked.

"I'll tell you the same thing I told Chad, I forgive you but you have to earn my trust gain." Gabbi said. She reached over and gave her friend a hug.

"Well, I should be going now." Gabbi said as she walked over to the door.

"Oh, no! Stay! I'm making dinner." Taylor said. The girls walked into the kitchen and Gabbi helped her with dinner.

So yeah, I didn't really like how I didn't let the whole Gabbi broke up with Troy thing last longer than a day. But I can't stand it when they're apart! R&R!!