Troy pulled into the large driveway of the Thompson estate. He closed the door and locked his car. He put his keys in his pocket and walked up to the front door. He knocked on the door, waiting for someone to reply. He scratched the back of his head and someone had answered the door. "Oh, hey Chrissy." He said to her, smiling.

Chrissy had a smile on her face like she was up to something but Troy couldn't see through the smile. "Come on in, Troy."

Troy walked into the large house and could remember the night he was here.

Flashback

"Hey, Chrissy." Troy said when she opened the door.

"Oh hi Troy, it's a surprise to see you here. You need something?" She asked him, opening the door wide for him.

He shrugged, "No not really." He walked in. "Nice place."

She smiled, "thanks, but really why are you here?"

He shrugged once again, "I don't know really."

"A fight with the girlfriend huh?" Chrissy asked, sliding her hand along the railing of the stairs. Gabriella and Chrissy were 'friends', even though Chrissy would be completely jealous of Gabriella, she managed to have a small friendship. They were stuck together in a project though so they tried to get along as much as they could.

And she knew that Gabriella was on her way over here right now.

Troy sighed, "Yeah, kind of." He told her.

"And you're here because of that? What am I suppose to do?"

"I don't know, just thought I should come by to see an old friend, that's all." He watched her walk up the steps. He wasn't sure if she wanted him to follow but he did so anyways.

Chrissy had lured him into the room and she sat on the bed, looking at him. She patted the seat next to him and smiled her infamous smile. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked, twirling her hair around her finger.

He wasn't sure if he should go and sit with her because that would be bad of course, but he wasn't thinking and sat down next to her. "I suppose." He told her.

"Talk to me, I'm all yours." She smiled, lying back on her elbow.

"Well I don't know, she was acting weird tonight and I tried to kiss her but she pushed me away then we argued…and somehow I'm here." He told her. "She needed to be somewhere and she wouldn't tell me."

"I don't know why she wouldn't want to kiss you, you're so…hot." She smiled, biting on her lower lip.

Troy laughed, "Um thanks." He said, smiling.

"I want you troy." She sat up in her seat. "I need you."

"W-What?"

"You heard right, I want you." She forced herself ontop of him.

"Chriss, I don't think this is a good idea, I have a girlfriend who I-I really l-like." Troy stumbled his words, but he didn't move.

"Shh." She took his arms and wrapped it around her. "Kiss me." She pushed her lips forward meeting his. She knew she was going to be here any minute.

Troy felt her cold lips on his and he was all confused right now.

"Troy"

Troy's heart practically froze when he heard the sweet and soft voice. Oh shit. He opened his eyes to see Gabriella.

Chrissy got off him and looked at Gabriella, having a smirk on her face.

"Gabriella let me ex-"Troy tried to say.

"save it." She shook her head and looked at the two then ran out of the house with tears.

"GABRIELLA!" He said, pushing her off of him.

"Troy, don't even bother. She's not worth it. Someone like me is more worth it." She yelled for him but he ran already.

End of Flashback

"Bit of a memory huh." Chrissy finally broke his thoughts.

He shrugged, "Kind of, but that's the past now. And I'm with Gabriella again and I'm happy." He told her beforehand.

That's what you think. She told herself but smiled and nodded. "Yeah I know."

"So where is everyone else?" Troy asked.

"Well, there part is later. Our solo is taking place now. The choreographer will be here soon." She nodded. "It'll take a lot of work."

"Well I can only be here for an hour. I have to get home early because remember championships are tomorrow." He reminded her.

"Yeah I know Troy, don't worry I won't keep you late." Chrissy took his hand and led him to the ballroom that they had in the room.

Chrissy began stretching, "So how is Gabriella?" She asked.

"She's doing fine, just healing from the shot."

"Well hopefully she gets better." She said bitterly.

He looked at her and then sat down in the chair and looked at her. "Um yeah." He knew that Chrissy and Gabriella hated each other.

The choreographer finally arrived and she smiled taking the choreographer aside. "Remember what we planned right?"

She nodded, "Yeah definitely, by the end of your birthday he will be yours again."

Chrissy smiled and went back over to Troy.

"Okay, so this dance was something I saw and remixed it a little and put it together. You'll like it." The choreographer Kim said.

Kim showed the dance and told them what each to do in their part. It was a contemporary dance. Chrissy was a great dancer, she took a lot of dancing classes of all kind when she was younger. Troy on the other hand only did hip hop pretty much but he could learn.

"So 5…6…7…8." She watched the two did the dance together passionately. There was a lot of passion in that dance and they both did it really well.

"Okay so the last part…" Kim walked over to the two who were posing in the last step. "When it says one last kiss." Kim looked at Chrissy then at Troy, "You guys have to kiss then it 5 second later it ends."

"What?" Troy said instantly.

Chrissy acted innocently, "That's not good, he has a girlfriend." She winked at Kim then put on the sad face again.

Troy looked at Chrissy not recognizing the act.

Kim sighed, "It's the contemporary dance, and it's either my way or no way."

"But I needed to learn this dance today! I can't learn a new one!" She began whining and pretended faking to cry.

Troy sighed, not wanting her to cry, "Chrissy it's okay, we'll do the dance. It's just a dance right?" He looked at her.

"Are you sure…won't Gabriella be mad?" She asked, with the fake act on.

"She said I gotta do what I gotta do and I promised." He sighed, looking at Kim. He wasn't sure if this was going to be good but he had to do it to help her.

"Okay, so put the dance together," An hour had past and Troy had totally forgotten about Gabriella because he wanted to get this done with. It has been now…over an hour and a half.

"5…6…7…8" Kim watched from afar, watching the two carefully.

Troy did as he learned, doing some lifts and some turning and such. Once the song almost ended, it said one last kiss. Troy leaned forward and kissed her. This was the longest five second of his life.

Chrissy put her hand behind his head and made the kiss deeper.

"Yes! Just like that, but with more passion!" Kim said when the two broke apart. Chrissy bit her bottom lip and smiled. "Again."

The two went again and then this time the kiss was with more passion. "Troy put your hand near her butt." Troy did so, wanting the day to be over, but he was still kissing her.

They had to do it again because Kim wanted them to practice for a while. He was getting tired but he forgot about the time still. It just was blank in his head; he didn't want to be around anymore. But he had to do this because he promise and he was definitely getting tired of kissing someone who wasn't his girlfriend but someone that is nemesis of her.

"Alright, that's a good 2 hours of practice-"

Troy blinked, "2 hours?!" He looked at his cell phone. "Oh shit! I have to go! We'll pick it up soon." He left the two and ran into his car driving to the hospital.

Chrissy looked at Kim after he left. "So you'll think this will work?" Kim asked her.

"I guarantee you it will, by the day Troy will be mine and nothing will stand in the way of what I want." The two girls laughed.

Troy parked in the parking lot and ran up to her room. "Gabriella I-" He looked at her and saw she was fast asleep. He sighed, running his hand through his hair. He had promised he'll be here before she went to sleep but he was late. "Damn it." He muttered and went to sit down but was stopped.

"Sorry but no visitors at this hour sir." The nurse said.

"But I'm her boyfriend…please." He said.

She sighed, "Sorry rules are rules. Only relatives can." She looked at Troy then at Gabriella. "But she'll be able to come out of the hospital tomorrow instead of in two days."

"Really?"

"Yeah, she's fine but needs to not work her arms up too much." The nurse told Troy.

Troy got up and sighed; he went over and kissed her forehead gently, seeing her smile in her sleep. He smiled and left the room. "When she wakes up can you tell her I dropped by and tell her I'm truly sorry for being late?" He asked the nurse.

"Of course I will." She told Troy and went back to the receptionist desk to talk to the receptionist.

Troy left and went down to his car driving home. He dragged himself off to bed and tried falling asleep but so many things were running through his head. Practicing, Gabriella in the hospital, the lockdown; it was all too much for him in one day. He had to rest up for the big basketball game. He was going to win it, for Gabriella.

The next day, Gabriella woke up, really hoping to see Troy next to her. She turned her head and saw no one. She sighed a little and laid there until the nurse came.

Chad came by to her with some warm water. "Hey you." He said, smiling.

"Chad…hi." She said, smiling. "Where's Troy?" She remembered sleeping without Troy next to her even though he promised he would be there for her until she had fallen asleep.

"He's probably home resting, but he should be here later." He told her, sitting on the chair next to her. "How are you?" He asked her.

"It still hurts like a bitch, but it'll get better." She laughed.

He laughed and then his face turned serious. "So you can't cheer at the game tonight huh?"

She sighed deeply, "I guess not, but I'll be there…I hope if they let me to cheer you on!"

Chad smiled, "Well that would be cool." He told her, "It sucks you can't come to the party at my place." He frowned, "doctors want you to relax your arm."

"But…" Gabriella frowned, "just make sure Troy is being faithful, okay?" Sometimes she still worried something might happen since there would be drinks at the party.

"I will, don't worry."

Gabriella smiled, "Thanks you're the best." She told him.

"I know," he laughed and Gabriella did too. "So I'm guessing you're not going to Chrissy's thing?" He asked her.

She shook her head, "No…" She looked at Chad, "Troy is though…in fact he's dancing with her." She rolled her eyes "For her grand entrance." She smirked, "I have a feeling she's up to something."

"I think so too." Chad told her.

"Watch out for her okay; make sure she doesn't take my boyfriend from me." She told Chad.

"Will do, I promise you." Chad looked out for Gabriella even if it Troy and her had a problem. He always watched out for her, she was like a little sister to Chad.

She smiled knowing Chad wouldn't let her down. She was happy about that.

"Well, I have to go to the gym to work, but I'll see you tonight. Okay?" He stood up and hugged his friend gently.

"Alright, bye Chad."

"Bye Gab."

He left and Gabriella lay back in her bed waiting for Troy, Sharpay, or Taylor to show up. Anyone at all. Finally the two girls showed up in their uniform and smiled. "Hey Gab."

Gabriella looked at the uniform and frowned, "I wish I could cheer tonight at the game." She sighed deeply.

"I told you it was a bad idea to wear the uniforms!" Taylor told Sharpay.

Sharpay rolled her eyes, "Don't worry you will be cheering," She smiled gently, "just not doing it physically."

Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Have you guys seen Troy? He wasn't here last night…" She drifted her voice. "He was with Chrissy for rehearsals."

"Rehearsals?" Sharpay asked. "What rehearsals, that was supposed to be tomorrow."

Gabriella shrugged, "I don't know, something with partner dancing." She looked at Sharpay who was thinking deeply.

Sharpay raised her eyebrow, "Funny, she told me everyone would be there on the day to practice no one would be earlier or late. So Troy was suppose to be there on the day we were …I didn't think that she would have practice for him only." She told her.

Sharpay wasn't finish, "And I heard her mom wouldn't let her have a partner dance but they can be partners with backup dancers, so I don't know."

Gabriella raised her eyebrow at the information she was getting from Sharpay. Hmm, it's funny how that works. She didn't get why Chrissy would do that…maybe she was still in love with Troy, but she knew Troy might be faithful to keep their relationship since they just tried to work it out now. And she knew that he wouldn't screw it up.

Taylor shook her head, "So we're here to pick you up from the hospitals. Troy would've but he had to get to practice."

Gabriella sighed, wishing he was here but he had to do what he had to do. "Okay." She looked at them. "Talk to the nurse and sign me out." She got out of her bed gently and looked at Taylor and smiled weakly. "I want you to lead the squad today."

"What? I think Chrissy is."

"No, I'm captain and I want you to."

She sighed, "Okay if you think that's best." She shrugged.

"It is."

Sharpay came back into the room and smiled, "Okay let's go." They all headed to the car, Taylor opened the door for Gabriella and then she went to sit in the back seat. Sharpay was the driver. The drive home was a bit quiet. Gabriella was fiddling with her only left hand. She took out her cell phone and went through her phone book. She stopped at Troy's name but closed it. Sharpay finally pulled into the driveway and helped Gabriella out of the car. "You'll be okay alone?"

She shrugged, "It's only for a few hours then I'll be at the game. It's all good." She smiled getting into the house. "Bye guys." She waved and closed the door.

Gabriella sat at home, bored to death. She needed to go to cheer practice! She was part of the team and needed to be there! Even if she didn't even need to cheer, she just needed to be there. She wouldn't call her friends though because they wouldn't let. She grabbed her car keys and headed out to the gym. She knew this was bad for her arm with driving with one arm that she wasn't use to, but the school wasn't even that far from her so it would be okay.

Troy headed out of the door and into his car. He was late for practice and that wasn't good. He looked down at his cell phone and opened it up scrolling to Gabriella's number. He looked at it and then closed it thinking she would probably be sleeping. Then his phone rang again, he looked at his callerID hoping it would be Gabriella but it was Chrissy. He shook his head and flipped his phone open. "Hello?"

"Troy!"

"Chrissy what is it? I'm late I can't talk."

"Wait, I need your help!"

"Yeah?"

"Can you pick me up and take me to the gym too? Us girls have practice there and my car is in the shop."

He looked at the clock and it read 2:27 PM. He had practice at 2:30.

"Please?"

He sighed, "Alright be out in 2 minutes." He said and pulled into her driveway in two minutes. He looked at Chrissy who was in her uniform.

"Hey captain."

He smiled, "Hi." He said to Chrissy and drove off.

"Thanks for picking me up," She said, putting on her sunglasses. "I thought I was going to be in trouble but I'm leading tonight since Gab can't."

He looked over at her when she wasn't looking and rolled his eyes.

"So I've been thinking about that kiss, we should work on it."

"I don't think so Chrissy." He said, shaking his head. He drove onto the school almost there.

"Oh come on," She leaned forward to his ears, "I know you want me."

He closed his eyes, trying to push her away. "Stop it, I have a girlfriend and I love her."

She rolled her eyes, placing her hand on his thighs. "She doesn't have to know."

Troy shook his head and his phone rang, he didn't even look at the callerID. "Yeah?" He asked almost frustrated.

"Get off the phone Troy, kiss me already." Chrissy said, trying to kiss him.

"Troy…? Who's that?"

"GABRIELLA!" He said, nervously. "Hi!" He tried pushing her away but Chrissy wouldn't.

Chrissy was trying to kiss him, "Come on Troy." She bit on his ear gently.

"Is that Chrissy?" She asked him, you could hear the anger in her tone.

"What?" He spoke.

"That's Chrissy isn't it?" Gabriella yelled.

"Gabriella listen-"

"You're an ass." She spoke through.

Chrissy was getting frustrated.

"It was only two days and you couldn't keep your hand off another girl!" Gabriella said.

Troy sighed, "Gabriella."

Chrissy smirked and tried moving closer onto his lap. She was causing a problem.

"She asked me to pick her up because she didn't have a ride I didn't want to say n-"He was cut off by Chrissy's yelling."

"TROY LOOK OUT!" Chrissy said but it was too late.

Troy tried swerving away and crashed into the car that was in front of him. It was a bad accident, it really was.

But what Troy, Gabriella nor Chrissy knew was Troy was the one who crashed into Gabriella.