No A/N, there's one at the end, but you probably don't want to listen to a long rambling a/n right now when I haven't updated in 3 weeks…please don't kill me!!!! & review!!!!!!!!!!!!

RECAP!-

It couldn't be okay, they couldn't just take this all away. She knew it. She knew it now. She closed her eyes, and the stalker's face appeared again.

And she knew.

"Troy." she said softly. "I know who it is."

Troy looked up sharply. "What?"

Gabriella shook her head. "I keep seeing him…hearing him…" she paused and looked away. "He hides close to you, in plain sight, where no one thinks of looking…it was him…I never saw..." she closed her eyes, shaking her head.

"Gabi, who? Who is it?" Troy asked urgently.

"Zeke." said Gabriella abruptly, snapping her eyes open.

"What about him?" asked Troy.

"I think it's him."

"Gabi, are you okay?" Troy replied worriedly. "It can't be Zeke. He loves Sharpay. He's crazy about her."

Gabriella shook her head. "It's what I saw." she said. "I saw his face. I've been hearing him for the past two months. It's him, I know it."

Troy took her hand. "Gabi, I know you're scared, and really freaked out." he said softly. "But it can't be Zeke."

"Troy, you have to believe me!" Gabriella begged. "I know it's him! I know it is!" she grew deadly serious and lowered her voice. "You have to believe me." she said softly.

Troy sighed. "Okay, Gabi." he said. "Why don't we at least try to figure out some stuff about all of this before we start pointing fingers?"

Gabriella sighed. "Fine. Taylor!" she yelled her friend's name at the top of her lungs. Taylor came running. "Hey. Do you think you could trace where the emails I've been getting from my stalker have been coming from?" she asked conversationally.

"Sure." Taylor replied, looking bewildered. She walked over to Sharpay's fluffy pink-surrounded computer. The screen opened up to a picture of a unicorn and a small box requesting a password. "What's Shar's password?" she asked.

"I love me," Troy and Gabriella both responded. Taylor tried it, which (not very surprisingly) worked. The screen opened up to a picture of Sharpay and Zeke. Taylor opened up internet and got onto Gabriella's email. She found the most recent message, and began typing.

Troy and Gabriella retreated to Sharpay's pink bed. "Troy, I'm worried about Kelsi." Gabriella said softly.

"Don't worry. She probably just went home or something." Troy reassured her. "She'll probably show up in about an hour, and we'll all realize how stupid we are."

Gabriella gave a small smile. "I wish it were that simple." she mirrored her smile, tucking her bangs out of her face and letting his hand rest on her cheek. She looked up at him, her brown eyes wide with fear, and then he leaned down and brushed his lips against hers, snaking one arm around her waist. After a tentative moment she relaxed and pressed her lips firmly against his.(this romantic bit was written by RemyTheReaper)

"Hey, guys." Taylor's voice cut through their little romance. "I've got the address."

Troy and Gabriella hurried over to the computer. "164 Water Street…" Gabriella read off the screen.

"Isn't that part of the abandoned part of town?" Troy asked.

Taylor pulled up a Mapquest. "Close." she replied. "It's nearby, on the outskirts of there. Pretty near the place where Gabi saw her little stalker last time. My guess is that we'll find this guy-or at least a hint as to who he is-if we head over there." She made a motion as to get up. Gabriella stopped her.

"Wait." she said. "See if we can get anything from ."

Taylor obliged. "Marie Robbins. Anyone heard of her?" she questioned.

Both shook their heads. Taylor sighed. "Nothing's ever easy." she muttered. She went on Google and searched Marie Robbins. A large amount of results came up. About halfway down the second page, Taylor found something-a divorce notice in the Albuquerque Times. "Guys, look at this." she said. "Marie Robbins would like to notify a divorce from her former spouse…" Taylor scrolled down quickly. "Robbins lives alone, in the outskirts of Albuquerque. She is in her late forties, and has one son, who she was forced to give up custody of." Taylor's eyes widened. "Look, you guys…there's a picture." she scrolled down further, and waved the mouse around at a picture of a black woman. "Why does she look familiar?"

Gabriella glanced at Troy significantly, giving him a look saying, don't tell Taylor. Troy nodded once. Taylor noticed nothing.

"Come on, guys. I'm going to check out this house." she said, standing up. "You coming?"

Troy and Gabriella looked at each other and nodded. "Yeah." Troy replied. "We'll go. You guys should stay, in case Kelsi shows up."

Taylor looked slightly suspicious, seeming to catch on that the couple knew more than they were letting on. "Okay…" she replied. "Can I tell the others?"

"No!" Gabriella responded sharply. Taylor looked over at her friend with raised eyebrows. Much to Gabriella's relief, she made no response.

"Go get Jason. He'll probably be more of a hindrance than a help if he stays here, and he could help us find Kelsi." Gabriella directed. Troy disappeared downstairs. Gabriella opened a new Word Document and typed a note to her friends, then left.

About twenty minutes later, Troy, Gabriella and Jason stood outside a rundown-looking white house. Jason was reading over the article that Gabriella had cleverly printed up, since Troy and Gabriella weren't offering any explanations.

"Come on." said Troy. He took Gabriella's hand and led her up to the door. Jason followed them.

Troy knocked cautiously. An angry-looking woman appeared, opening the door only enough to stick out her face to see her visitors.

"What do you want? Did Paul send you?" she asked crossly. "Tell him no matter what, I won't go groveling back to him! His fault that I'm living like this! His fault I got nothing! All his evil little manipulation, all him, convincing them all that I didn't deserve to see my son anymore!" She made to slam the door, but Troy stopped her.

"Ma'am, I just wanted to ask you a few questions." he started. The woman opened the door a few more inches.

"No! What are you, the god-damn police?" she snapped. "Go crawling back to Paul, they say…Don't try me! Get away from me! And tell Paul to keep his damn son!" She slammed the door in Troy's face.

"Hey, guys…" said Jason hesitantly. "Does the name Baylor sound familiar to you? Because I know I've heard it somewhere, and I don't remember where! It's so irritating!"

"That would be Zeke's last name." Gabriella replied tersely.

"Why are we around where his mom lives?" Jason asked curiously. "Cause this article says some woman divorced Zeke's dad, and I'm going to guess it was his mother. And it says she lives around here."

Gabriella's thoughts were racing around at five hundred miles an hour, crashing into each other. Nothing made sense, but somehow one thought was getting through. They had just been talking to Zeke's mother. She looked over to where the abandoned office blocks and apartments loomed up, reaching for the dusky sky. The emails had been sent from somewhere…close to where Gabriella had seen her stalker last…

What if he was hiding it all in essentially one place?

He could hide hostages in the buildings, and sneak into his mother's house to send the threatening emails…and the phone messages could have easily been from a disposable phone, like you could get for 10 bucks at Walgreens…

It was Zeke. She had been right.

"Troy….Jason…"she started softly. "It's Zeke. It's him."

"It's a real shame that you're right." said a voice behind her. "Because that would mean I would have to make sure your mouth stayed shut."

Gabriella turned around slowly. Standing there, holding a gun up against Taylor's head, was Zeke. Gabriella looked around. She was alone, trapped with her stalker. Everyone else(except Taylor) was gone.

DUN DUN DUN DUN…ahhh the suspense! I love it!!!!! Sorry for not updating (again) but I was very busy. Also one of my bestest bfflz moved to Georgia, which is nowhere near where I live. SADNESS!!!!!!! I miss her soooo much!!!!! So anyway, that's one of my excuses. Whatever. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!! I would write more, but I have to go do my latin and english HW now!!!!! And it's like 8 and I haven't started yet!!!!!! (I'm in trouble I know)