A/N- I'm so sorry! I haven't updated in a long, long time. Thanks to all of the people who reviewed on the last chapter. I promise I'll update sooner next time. Enjoy! Please R&R!

Disclaimer- I do not own High School Musical.

Gabriella was woken up the next morning by the smell of blueberry pancakes, eggs, and bacon. She saw Arden and Abby in the kitchen cooking the food. "Smells good," Gabriella said, entering the kitchen and pouring herself some coffee.

"Doesn't it? Sit down at the table, the food will be ready soon," Arden replied. Gabriella obeyed. Five minutes later, the three were eating the delicious food.

"Are you ready to call Troy?" Abby asked. Gabriella sighed. "I'll take that as a no," Abby said.

"I'm not, but I will," Gabriella replied.

"Don't worry, Gabi. From what you tell me, Troy really loves you and he's probably beating himself up right now for getting into a fight with you," Arden assured her friend.

"I don't know," Gabriella said.

"So, when are you going to call him?" Abby asked.

"Ugh! I have two nosy nosy friends!" Gabriella complained.

"Haha, you love us anyway," Arden replied. Gabriella nodded.

"I'll call him now," Gabriella sighed. She got out her cell-phone and walked into her room. She closed the door, plopped herself down on her bed, and pressed speed dial number three, one being her mother and two being Taylor.

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Troy heard his cell phone ringing and looked at the caller id: Gabs. He sighed and put his phone back in his pocket before continuing to eat his cereal. Tyler gave him a curious look.

"Who is it?" he asked.

"Gabriella," Troy replied.

"You're being so immature, Troy, answer the phone!" Tyler ordered. Troy sighed and reluctantly answered the call.

"Hello?" he said.

"Hey, Troy, it's me," Gabriella replied, her voice a little bit shaky from her nervousness.

"Yeah, I know," Troy said.

"Oh, okay," Gabriella replied. There was an awkward pause.

"Why did you call," Troy asked after a minute and a half.

"To see how we're doing," Gabriella replied.

"Well, we're not doing so great right now. You sided with my best friend over me," Troy said.

"I sided with your friend because I saw the injury happen. I saw Matt knock Chad down and I heard Chad's ankle crack!" Gabriella argued, "I don't see why you're siding with Matt over Chad."

"Matt's my teammate. I trust him and I trust everyone on my team. He said that he didn't do it on purpose so I believe him!"

"Of course he said that he didn't do it! Pushing someone is very serious! And also, Chad doesn't lie. Why would he throw himself on the floor, causing him to break his ankle?"

"I don't know, maybe because he wanted all of this popularity."

"Troy! Are you listening to yourself? He took himself out of the season because he wanted to be popular? I can't believe you."

"Well, I can't believe you, Gabriella," Troy said. He heard a sob on the other end. His heart broke. "W-what's wrong?" he asked.

"You just called me Gabriella," she replied, "You never call me Gabriella."

"Oh," Troy said.

"Troy, I can't talk to you right now. We'll talk later, okay?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah, later," Troy replied. He closed his phone when he heard the dial tone.

"Nice going, man," Tyler said.

"Ugh," Troy replied, putting his head down on the table.

"That would be an example of how not to solve your problem," Tyler said.

"What do you mean?" Troy asked.

"Have you not heard the rumors?" Tyler replied.

"What rumors?" Troy asked.

"About Matt," Tyler said.

"No, I haven't," Troy replied.

"Matt plays dirty, he always has. He got kicked off of the soccer team at his High School and he's gotten benched to many times to count. It's a miracle that he's still at this school," Matt explained.

"Where did you hear this?" Troy asked.

"Tommy told me about the benching. I went to High School with Matt. He was a senior when I was a freshman. My brother was on the soccer team with Matt, so that's how I know that he got kicked off the team," Tyler replied.

"And you couldn't have told me this earlier? I mean before I got into a fight with my best friend, other best friend, and girlfriend?" Troy complained.

"I'm sorry, I thought you knew!" Tyler defended himself.

"And what about yesterday? You said that I did the right thing by defending Matt!" Troy said.

"I was wrong. I'm sorry," Tyler said.

"It's okay," Troy said, "How am I going to make it up to Chad, Tay, and Gabi?"

"I don't know, dude. Sorry," Tyler replied. He got up and left Troy to think.

"What am I going to do?" Troy asked himself. He put his head down on the table again and groaned.

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"So, Gabi, how was your call?" Arden asked Gabriella.

"Come on, guys, don't play innocent! I know you were eavesdropping," Gabriella replied.

"You know us too well, Gabriella Montez," Abby said. Gabriella laughed.

"Well, to answer your question, he's still siding with Matt, and he's still mad at me and Chad and Tay," Gabriella replied.

"Well, that stinks," Arden said. She looked down at her watch and yelped. "I'm going to be late to class!" she exclaimed and grabbed her bag before leaving the dorm.

"Speaking of class, I should make the last touches to my paper," Abby said before leaving the room. Gabriella took out her favorite book and settled herself on the couch.

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Taylor was busy typing away on her laptop when her phone rang. She picked it up and balanced it on her shoulder. "Hello?" she answered.

"Taylor," Troy said uncomfortably.

"Ugh, what do you want, Troy?" Taylor asked, no longer able to concentrate on the paper that she was writing.

"I called to say that I'm sorry," Troy said.

"Sorry for what? Hurting my boyfriend? Breaking my best friend's heart?"

"Tay, I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt any of you."

"Yeah right. Why did you defend your teammate over Chad?"

"I thought I was doing the right thing, okay?"

"No, not okay!"

"Taylor, if you were competing in a decathlon against Gabi and she accused one of your teammates of cheating, what would you do?"

"I would believe her!"

"Would you?

"I don't know."

"See, the choice wasn't as easy as you thought," Troy said.

"Yeah, I guess it wasn't," Taylor replied.

"Friends again?" Troy asked.

"Always," Taylor assured him.

"Thanks. I'll leave you to whatever you were doing before," Troy said.

"Wait, Troy?" Taylor asked.

"Yeah?" Troy replied.

"Thanks for coming to your senses," Taylor said.

"Haha, nice. I deserved that. You're welcome," Troy replied.

"I'll see you later," Taylor said.

"Yup, later," Troy agreed and hung up. Taylor smiled before getting back to her paper.

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"One down, two to go," Troy thought. He reached for his cell that he had put down on the coffee table after ending his conversation with Taylor. "On second thought, I should think of a strategy before I call them." He withdrew his hand and thought about a way to get Chad and Gabriella back.

A/N- For those who don't remember, Tommy is the captain of Troy's team. I know, it wasn't the greatest chapter. Sorry about that. Please review!