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Gabriella took a deep breath. This was it. Sharpay, Taylor, and Kelsi were waiting in her room. It was after the dance, and the girls decided that they would have a sleepover. Next door, at Troy's house, the guys were staying there. They decided to meet up for breakfast tomorrow morning at Gabriella's house.

When they had come back from the dance, Gabriella was immediately filled with guilt because of the way she acted. She hadn't meant to be short with her family—she had just been upset with Josh. Gabriella bit her lip as she knocked on the door to her parent's bedroom. Her father was currently up at the college, having a late-night practice with the team.

Gabriella heard the grunt, letting her know that she could come in. When she walked in, she found her mother in bed with a book in her hands. She had glasses perched on her nose, and she didn't look up as Gabriella entered.

"How was the dance?" Theresa asked.

Gabriella's brow furrowed. "How did you know it was me?"

Theresa shut the book and put it to the side. She looked up at her daughter. "I know my children," she said.

Gabriella's mouth made an 'o' shape and she sat next to her mother. She had changed into a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt when she had come home, and the rest of the girls were currently changing. She could hear them giggling, and she wanted nothing more than to be in there with them. But she knew she had to apologize.

"Mom, I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier today," Gabriella blurted. There was no point in beating around the bush. "I was a bitch, and I was rude because I was frustrated with Josh and Debbie. I didn't mean to take it out on you."

Theresa smiled at her daughter and pushed some of her hair back. "Oh, Gabby," she said. "It's okay. We're all a little frustrated with Josh right now. None of us really liked Debbie, but he's going to marry her… whether we like it or not. We have to support him."

Gabriella nodded her head and hugged her mother, glad that she had gotten that off her chest. She hated fighting with any part of her family, and it was killing her that she and Josh couldn't seem to get along anymore. When she pulled back, she found that there were tears pricking at her eyelids. She fisted her eyes, trying her best not to let them fall.

"We have to, don't we?" Gabriella asked.

"So, Gabby," Sharpay began. "We need to know how you and Bolton got together. This is a major development!"

Gabriella raised an eyebrow at the blonde. "How so?" she asked.

"Troy is known for dating ditzy, blonde cheerleaders. I'm not trying to stereotype—I was a cheerleader in middle school! But it's just a little… different," Taylor said.

"Different? What about you and Chad?" Sharpay muttered.

"You were a cheerleader?" Kelsi asked.

Taylor ignored both of them and looked at Gabriella, waiting for an answer. Gabriella blew her bangs out of her face. She could see that she wasn't going to be able to get away from this.

"Remember that day we went to Taco Bell?" Gabriella said. Taylor nodded her head. "Well, after that, I saw a dress—the dress that I wore to Homecoming. I begged them to let me try it on, so we went in. After I tried it on, I discovered that I needed help unzipping it, so when I opened the door, I saw Troy there, and I asked him if he could help me, and then we—"

"Oh my god!" Sharpay squealed. "You did the nasty in a dressing room!"

"NO!" Gabriella yelled. She threw her pillow at Sharpay and it hit the blonde square in the face. "He kissed me. That's all I'm saying."

"You're no fun," Sharpay muttered.

"Oh, please, Sharpay," Taylor said. "You've probably 'done the nasty' in a dressing room."

"That's for me and Zeke to know and for you to never find out!"

"Okay," Kelsi said. "This is getting a little too TMI for me."

Gabriella nodded her head. "I agree."

The next thing Gabriella knew, she was whacked in the head with a pillow. She looked up to find Sharpay standing above her, smirking and holding a pillow.

"You can't get away with hitting me with a pillow," she said.

"Well, you're gonna get it!" Gabriella exclaimed. She hit Sharpay with her pillow, and soon enough, the four girls were engaged in a screaming pillow fight.

"Morning, beautiful," Troy muttered as he kissed Gabriella.

"Are you trying to suck up to me, Bolton?" Gabriella asked, repeating the same words she said the night before.

Troy waggled his eyebrows. "Is it working?"

Gabriella laughed as they entered the kitchen. She smiled upon seeing the boys and their girlfriends going through her cabinets, drawers, and refrigerator.

"Gabby, where's your bacon?" Chad asked.

"Chad, Kelsi is a vegetarian," Jason said.

"So?" Chad muttered. "She doesn't have to eat the bacon, then."

"You should really respect other people's eating beliefs," Jason said.

"'Eating beliefs?' You make it sound like it's a matter of religion!" Chad scoffed.

"In some matters, it is," Taylor said knowingly. Chad stuck his tongue out at her.

"Jason, it's okay," Kelsi said. "Everyone else can have bacon." She gave him a little peck. "Thank you, though. That was really sweet."

"Gabriella, where is your spatula?" Sharpay asked. She had a pan out and was currently making pancakes. Gabriella winced as she saw the once golden pancakes turning into a crispy black.

"Shar, are you sure you don't want me to make the pancakes?" Gabriella said.

"I'm positive. You're the hostess, you're providing it all. Now sit your ass down and let us do the work." She turned around and glared at Troy. "But Bolton could help."

Troy found the spatula sitting on the counter and handed it to Sharpay with a smirk on his face. "There," he said. "I helped."

"Don't be a smart-ass, Bolton," Sharpay snapped.

Troy opened his mouth to retort, but Zeke stopped him. "Play nice," Zeke scolded.

Troy pushed his lower lip out in a pout. "Aw, poor baby," Gabriella said. "Was Sharpay being mean to you?"

Troy nodded his head. "Yes, she was."

Gabriella smiled as she playfully hit Troy on the back of the head. "Well, you deserve it. That was very smart-ass of you."

Troy shrugged his shoulders while he rubbed the back of his head. "She asked me to help. I believe that I helped."

"Handing the spatula to her doesn't count!" Chad yelled.

"Danforth, are you actually defending me?" Sharpay asked, incredulous.

"Don't read too much into it," Chad muttered.

Just then, Theresa entered the kitchen. She took in the sight of the teenagers cooking breakfast and she chuckled. "Should I have the fire department on hold?"

"Ha ha, Mom," Gabriella said. "Very funny."

"I don't know," Jason said as he watched Chad place some bacon onto a hot pan. Chad's arm touched the pan, and he snapped it back, howling in pain. "That doesn't sound like a bad idea."

Theresa chuckled again. "I'll leave you all to it." She got herself a cup of coffee, and just as she was about to leave, she stopped next to Gabriella.

"Don't use the word bitch in front of your mother again, young lady," Theresa said playfully.

Gabriella smiled as her mother left the kitchen, glad she had apologized.

Author's Note: It was very fluffy, I'll admit it. The next chapter will jump ahead two weeks. I really hope you all liked this chapter. Review, please?