AN: Hey guys! Let me start off by saying how GREAT it is to be back, when I wasn't writing this it felt like a piece of me was dieing, seriously. Although I didn't get as much reviews as expected for me to get, I'm still happy nonetheless, and I think I may no why no one has reviewed but I get it that their probably just mad at me for discontinuing it for so long. Anyways, happy reading! Thanks for those of you who did review and added this story to you're alerts/favorites. It means so much to me!

Disclaimer: Still don't own.

The song used in this chapter is by our favorite girl (again), Vanessa Hudgens, and I HIGHLY recommend you listen to this song if you haven't, it's amazing. Oh, and starting from now I'll be pasting the lyrics at the end of the chapter. Just so you get the feel of it, and you understand why the chapters called that without me reminding you every time.

Previously: Gabriella came home a half hour late and her mom is contemplating whether or not she should punish her.

Chapter ten – Whatever will be

Gabriella walked back upstairs and think about what she has done. She seriously thought that she'd only be talking to Troy for five minutes at the most. She just sort of got caught up in the moment. It wasn't her fault that Troy was so easy to talk to. She could honestly say that she has never opened up like that for anyone else, not even Taylor, and they have been friends for three years. Now because of this, she didn't know if she was still on for tomorrow, and she still hasn't asked her mom if Troy could stay for dinner.

She decided to just go to sleep and she whatever happens. Whatever happens, happens. Whatever will be will be. She just hoped that whatever happened and whatever will be will be a good thing. She couldn't handle fighting with her mom, she was just too close to her.

When she woke up the next morning, she heard pots and pans being slammed together. It was probably just her mom making breakfast. She got up from bed, got changed, brushed her teeth, washed her face, and made her bed. She sighed before walking down the stairs.

When she got to the bottom she was right behind her mother but her mother didn't seem to hear her or even look at her, but reluctantly she cleared her throat, and that's when her mom turned around. She didn't even say good morning and kiss her on the cheek like she normally did each morning, she just had to get right to the point immediately.

"Gabi, I am so mad at you. I don't even know how to think of a punishment, because this is something that isn't even you! It's something that you wouldn't do. You tried to sneak out, but I heard you because the alarm went off. If the alarm wasn't even on, you'd be in more trouble, just for sneaking out, that's two points right there. Second, you tell me you're going to go for a walk to just get some air and you said that you were going to take two minutes but you come back a half hour later. That's two points. Something horrible could have happened to you, and I was worried sick."

She finally caught her breath and looked at her daughter for some sort of an explanation, but she didn't say anything.

"Don't you want to explain yourself to me?" She asked.

"I guess I'll just tell you the truth," Gabriella said before she finally admitted to her mother. "Troy called me and said that he wanted to talk to me, and to meet him at the park. I didn't want to ask you because you were sleeping and I didn't want to wake you up, and I was scared you were going to say no. We kind of ended up talking longer then I expected. I'm sorry mom, I lost track of time."

Maria sighed in relief, and then she smiled. "You got it bad for him, don't you?"

"What do you mean?" Gabriella asked.

"Troy, you've got it bad for him."

"Oh." Was all Gabriella said.

"Now go, we don't want you to be late for school."

"Wait, you're not mad at me?"

"Of course not. All I wanted was for you to tell me the truth. The only reason why I was mad was because you were gone for a half hour and here I was thinking that something horrible has happened to you. But now that I know that's what you were doing the whole time, I'm not mad at you at all. Now, go before you're bus leaves."

She handed Gabriella her lunch and kissed her on the cheek, and Gabriella ran to her bus which was outside already.

When she got to school the first thing she did was go to her locker and look at her schedule that she made for Saturday night. What a fun filled even that's going to be, she thought. Yeah right. Anything involving Sharpay wasn't fun. Her thoughts got interrupted when she heard Taylor.

"Hey you!" She exclaimed, more excited than usual. When Gabriella looked at her, she had the biggest smirk on her face.

"Hey Taylor." She said a little bit confusedly as of to why her friend was so happy. "Why do you look so over joyed?"

"Chad asked me out officially!"

"Really? That's great. I'm happy for you, Tay."

"Thanks, but the thing is you can't tell anyone. We decided to keep it a secret, so just keep this between me and you."

"My lips are sealed." Gabriella said as she closed her locker. Taylor left, but Gabriella didn't really know where to. Probably to homeroom, she liked to get their earlier before anyone else so she could get extra homework help.

Just as she was about to walk to class herself, she got stopped by Sharpay.

"So everything set for Saturday?" Sharpay asked without even saying hi.

"Yes everything is good. But Sharpay, are you sure you want to do this?" Gabriella asked making sure, because it was a little bit daring. Even daring for Sharpay.

"Yes I'm sure about it. Why wouldn't I be?" Sharpay asked.

"Because you're parading in my house with nothing but a skimpy little outfit. Are you sure you want to look like a slut?"

"It's me you're talking to. I'm a daring person, and plus, I'll do just about anything to get Troy back with me. You're smart enough to do it, and you're going to right?"

"I can't make any promises, Sharpay."

"Well you will do it, or else you'll see what happens."

With that, Sharpay walked off with her brother following behind her. She just hoped that this plan would work, that way she wouldn't have to move down on her list. These plans just kept on getting harder and harder. She didn't know if she could handle it anymore.

The rest of the day flew by like flying colors. Now, Gabriella was waiting for Troy at her locker. She was actually looking forward to seeing Troy for two hours today. While she was waiting she decided to call up her mother and tell her.

Her mother said it wasn't a problem but there was a problem going on at work so she had to stay there for the rest of the night tonight, but she said that she was going to leave money on the counter so that they could order pizza. She thanked her mother before getting off the phone with her.

They both arrived to the house and set their books on the table. "Do you want a drink?" Gabriella asked.

"Sure, waters fine."

Gabriella opened the fridge and got a bottle of water and tossed it at him. They both sat down and began to do math.

The first hour was filled with math and they were both on a very hard unit so they were both getting frustrated.

"The x is supposed to read 20, how did you get 12?"

"I don't know. I made it up." Troy admitted. "This math is impossible, I don't know how im going to do. I think I might fail it."

"Hey, don't say that. I know you could do this, it just takes some will power, and a lot of concentration."

Troy sighed and was just about to answer her but his cell phone rang and he looked at the caller ID, and it was his mother.

"I have to take this call. I'll be back."

Gabriella nodded and he walked outside. Six minutes later he came back in and he looked quite confused.

"Is there something wrong?" Gabriella asked as she saw his face expression change.

"No… well kind of. My mom said she won't be coming home until early tomorrow morning, and I don't have the keys to my house."

"Oh. Well, if you want I could call my mom and ask her if you could stay the night. In a different room of course, we have the spare bedroom and you could stay there I guess."

"You'd do that for me?" Troy asked surprisingly.

"Yeah, well I mean it's not a problem. I wouldn't leave you alone in you're house by yourself, and I'm pretty sure my mom wouldn't either. She trusts me enough. So don't worry, I'll call her now."

Troy couldn't even get a worn in before she went in the living room to call her mother. He couldn't hear what she was saying to her because it just sounded like a bunch of murmuring to him.

She came back with a slight smile on her face. "My moms going out of town for the whole weekend, so she said it's okay." She watched Troy as he nodded, "as long as we sleep in different rooms."

They both headed back to the table and they both looked at the math questions, and then looked at each other. Troy smiled at her, and Gabriella couldn't help it, his smile also made her smile.

"I think we've done enough math for tonight." Troy said as he closed his math text book and notebook.

"Are you sure? I mean, you said this was an important unit and exams are coming up. We should really take advantage of all the time we have."

"Or…" Troy said with a smirk, "we could do something else."

"Oh yeah?" Gabriella raised an eyebrow, "like what?"

An hour later

"That's my twelve to your nine!" Troy exclaimed as he shot another basket.

When Troy suggested playing basketball Gabriella nearly fell off her chair laughing. Like he really expected her to win against him.

"I told you I was going to lose anyways. You just said we should still play to waste time, and what do you know. Here we are." Gabriella moved a piece of hair that was in front of her face behind her ear. "And ew. What is this?" She said rubbing her forehead and then wiping the sweat on her trackpants.

"It's called sweat, heiress."

"I am so not a heiress! Now, take that back." She slapped his chest in a joking matter.

"Of course you're a heiress, you didn't even know what sweat was until now. You little girly girl."

Gabriella gasped and stole the ball from him making another shot.

"Hey, give that back!"

"Come and get it, Bolton." She teased

"Not only are you a girly girl heiress, but you're a tease too. I'll show you!" He ran over to her and picked her up bridal style, trying to get a hold of her so he could take the ball away from her.

Gabriella was laughing furiously but then she stopped when she realized that Troy's eyes were glued to her. For that second it felt as if they could see through each other. She dropped the ball without even realizing it, and suddenly for some reason it didn't even matter to her.

Their faces were getting closer and closer together, until it finally happened… again. They kissed again. She had to stop doing that because with every kiss she felt as if she was falling for him even more, and she knew what she was supposed to be doing. She was supposed to be getting him back together with Sharpay, but with her just falling harder for him, it's just going to make it harder.

She pulled apart from the kiss which she thought was never going to end, "Im hungry." She said randomly.

Troy put her down, "lets go order a pizza."

When they got inside Gabriella went to go use the washroom for girl reasons. You know, to see if her hair was still good, if her make up was still on. All the important stuff. While she was in the, Troy heard her cell phone ring so he decided to see who it was by looking at the caller ID. It was Sharpay.

Gabi came out of the washroom, "I'm going to order that pizza now."

"Gabi, why is Sharpay calling you?"

Vanessa Hudgens – Whatever Will Be

Chorus
I finally learned to say
Whatever will be will be
I've learned to take
The good, the bad and breathe
'Cause although we like
To know what life's got planned
No one knows if shooting stars will land

These days it feels naive to put your faith in hope
To imitate a child, fall backwards on the snow
'Cause that's when fears will usually lead you blind
But now I try to under-analyse

Chorus

Is the rope I walk wearing thin?
Is the life I love caving in?
Is the weight on your mind
A heavy black bird caged inside?

Say
Whatever will be will be
Take
The good, the bad
Just breathe

'Cause although we like
To know what life's got planned
No one knows if shooting stars will land

Whatever will be will be
I learned to take
The good, the bad and breathe
'Cause although we like
To know what life's got planned
Thing like that are never in your hands
No one knows if shooting stars will land

AN: Oh uhhhhh! Gabi's in trouble now.

Next chapter: Plan B for Gabriella's plan takes place!