Harry and Sharpay lay in the bed very awkwardly that night, and to Harry's surprise, she hadn't spoke to him, let alone made a move on him.
"Sorry, I've had enough!" She eventually shouted, sitting up in bed turning her light on. Harry would've been annoyed, had he been asleep at all. "I hate what's going on with them two! It's like I don't exist! All he does is hang around with Sam, ditch me for Sam!"
"Yeah but…Sam's nice…" said Harry, awkwardly.
"Oh I'm sure she is. But he's changed, and I hate it. That's why I tried to split them up, I wanted my brother back." She sighed heavily, hugging her knees. "…But I've driven him away now, haven't I. He doesn't even wanna share a room with his twin sister anymore…" Harry saw hot tears rolling down Sharpay's cheeks, and instantly hugged her.
"Everyone thinks you act like you don't need him anyway." He said. She sniffed, and shook her head.
"Of course I need him! He's my twin brother! Who else is going to make me look so good!" Harry laughed.
"He won't ditch you for anyone." Sharpay shook her head again.
"He would for her…He did for Gabriella." She muttered, thinking back to the summer. Harry didn't say anything, sensing Sharpay didn't want to talk about it, and while hugging her, they fell asleep.

When Jenna woke up the next day, she found a slip of paper under her door. Yawning, she carefully crept over to the door careful not to wake Gabriella up, and looked at it. In Carrie's handwriting it said 'My room, 8pm. We're gonna have an amazing party. Alcohol provided." Jenna laughed.
"What's that?" Asked Gabriella, and Jenna turned to her.
"Oh um…Carrie's having a party tonight…that's all." Jenna had a sudden thought. "Hey you know…If you're not doing anything, I'm sure you're welcome to come. I mean, you tried to introduce me to your friends, I might as well introduce you to mine.
"Well…alright." Smiled Gabriella, shyly. "But I can come back here if I get too bored, right?" Jenna nodded, and the pair of them got ready for the day ahead.

When Sam got out the shower, she found that Ryan had already gone, and Harry was in there, sorting though his suitcase.
"Oh hey, did you sleep okay?" She asked, towel drying her hair.
"Fine."
"Good. What was Sharpay like?"
"Fine."
"…Are you okay?"
"Fine." He said slamming down his suitcase.
"You're evidently not, you've said fine three times now." She smiled.
"No I'm not okay!" He shouted, glaring at her. "I have to sleep in this bed KNOWING what you and him did in it! And I have to just pretend I'm okay with it as we're all supposed to be best of friends!"
"Don't blame this on me! You agreed to switch rooms for the night!" Sam shouted back. "You didn't even have to come on this trip, Harry! That was your decision!"
"No I did it to make you happy! Because I'm obviously so gullible and stupid to care about my own feelings for once!"
"You know what Harry, just FORGET IT!" She screamed, throwing things at him. "I've tried to be your friend I really have! I tried to be nice and you didn't even bother to make an effort! I would never have planned something like last night! But I did it because it was my BOYFRIEND! Who I LOVE! You need to get over yourself Harry!" Throwing the wet towel at him, she grabbed her clothes for that day, and still only in her towel, stormed over to Ryan's room.

At the end of the day, Sam was dreading going back to her room, and having to see Harry, so was relieved when she evidently saw Jenna and Gabriella sneaking out of their room.
"Hey, going anywhere interesting?" She said, approaching.
"Um….no." Said Gabriella, nervously. Jenna laughed.
"Sam's not gonna tell, it's cool. Cheerleaders are having a party."
"…I'm guessing they're not serving juice and cola." Said Sam, raising her eyebrows. "I'm in."
"What? Sam you can't just invite yours--"
"Jenna, if I see your brother, I am likely to say something I'll regret." She said, earnestly. Jenna sighed and shrugged, and the three of them snuck to the room. Sam went straight over to the drink, whereas Jenna and Gabriella changed between drinking and dancing.
"This is….woah." Giggled Gabriella. "This is what drinkings like?"
"You've never been drunk before?" Asked Jenna. Gabriella giggled, and shook her head.
"Normally I'm happy with my books and Troy….but not tonight! Wooh!" Jenna laughed, but saw that the more Gabriella drunk, the less happy she became.
"Um…Gabs maybe we should get you back to our room…"
"Nono…I want fun…Gotta make the most of things…Like Troy." Drunk tears filled her eyes. "Jenna I'm gonna miss him!" Some of the cheerleaders turned to look at Gabriella confused, so Jenna grabbed her arm.
"I know you will honey, come on let's get you to bed…" She said softly, leading Gabriella out of the room.

Sam had meanwhile sat at the back of the room, steadily getting more drunk.
"You know what I've got a hot guy in my bed RIGHT NOW what am I doing hanging around with you LOSERS!" She shouted randomly at a passing cheerleader, who gave her a dirty look. Staggering up, Sam stumbled to her room. In her drunkenness, she had forgotten Harry and Ryan had switched back to their own rooms. Taking a running jump onto the bed, she landed on top of Harry.
"Surprise!!" She giggled, hugging him drunkly. "Love you!!"
"Sam?" Harry asked confused. She kissed his cheek.
"Mm…you smell different, Ryan." She pondered.
"What?! It's not Ryan get off of me." He snapped. Sam gasped, and turned the light on. When she saw Harry lying there, she burst out laughing.
"Oh my god!" She screamed. "That's so funny! Lucky you said something!"
"Yeah I'd rather not think about what would've happened…" Harry said, awkwardly.
"Well I don't wanna talk about that! Look I'm drunk and if this is the only time I'm going to be able to have a decent conversation with you, I'll have it! I don't wanna fall out over all this! And you obviously don't have a problem with the bed, as you're sleeping in it now!"
"I was tired!" He argued.
"Well you might as well have been in a completely different bed to me the first night! You were practically falling off the bed to keep away from me! Why are things any different now than they were before?!"
"Because you know--"
"But I know you're not going to try anything, Harry, jeez!" When Harry didn't respond, Sam sighed. "And…for what's it's worth…I'm sorry about the whole Ryan thing. I could've told him no and waited, but I didn't. You had every right to be angry at me. Am I forgiven?"
"…Yeah." Said Harry, hugging her. She kissed his forehead. "…Love you, Sam."
"…You know I love you too." She smiled, and they both knew she only meant as a friend.
"…Can I pretend? That we're...more than friends." He asked sheepishly. "Just for tonight?" Sam thought about it for a second, and nodded.
"But no groping." She laughed, and they lay down, hugging each other. Sam wouldn't admit it, but she was sure she liked it more than she should do.

When Jenna woke up on the last day of the trip, she found Gabriella was already awake and dressed, and her suitcase was on the floor by the door.
"Huh…what's the time?" Jenna muttered, sitting up.
"Time to go home nearly." Smiled Gabriella. "I finished my packing so I thought I'd start on yours while you were asleep."
"You didn't need to--"
"No, I don't mind." She said, putting the last thing away then zipping the suitcase up. "You know, we should start hanging out more at school you know. If it wasn't for this trip we never would've spoken."
"Yeah…that'd be nice." Smiled Jenna. "I'm gonna go have a shower, unless you want to…"
"No, I've had one, it's cool." Said Gabriella. Jenna nodded, and headed to the bathroom.

Sam stirred awake to the sound of someone knocking on her's and Harry's door. Unwrapping herself from the hug she was in with Harry, she answered the door.
"Hey." She said, kissing him.
"Hey. I just wanted to come by and see you. Won't see you until we get on the plane probably."
"What? Why?" Asked Sam, sadly.
"Sharpay wants me to take all her bags down now, so that could take all day." He laughed. "Wanna help?"
"Um…no actually I need a shower and everything first so…yeah I'll see you on the plane." She said awkwardly, hugging him. "Love you."
"Love you too." He smiled, before leaving. Sam smiled pleasantly before she heard Harry say.
"You had a shower last night so you didn't have to have one today….I can pack your things, I don't mind…"
"No, I need to do it. Plus…I wanna spend time with you." She said, hugging him. "You're my best friend after all." And Sam was sure that if she kept telling herself that, she'd start to believe that was all it was.

The flight home was quiet. Sam, Harry, Ryan and Sharpay had all decided to sleep on the plane, whereas Jenna, who was sat next to Gabriella, couldn't. She could see Gabriella was visibly tensed up.
"What's wrong?" She whispered to her, as Gabriella looked over at Troy again, nervously, who was listening to his ipod.
"I…I need to tell him." She said. "Wish me luck." With that she turned to Troy, and removed his headphones.
"Hey, mean." He laughed, sticking out his tongue. Gabriella smiled thinly.
"Troy…There's…something I've been meaning to say to you, but there's…never been a good time. It's about…my mom."
"Oh, is she okay?" Asked Troy, worried.
"Yeah…" Said Gabriella, taking a deep breath. "But…she's..got to transfer at the end of the month." Troy was silent.
"But…you said…."
"I know, she broke her promise. But it's not her fault. I just….didn't know the right way to tell you."
"You could've told me sooner." He said, defensively.
"Troy--"
"I'm gonna go see Chad." He decided, standing up and quickly moving away. Jenna patted her on the back as she looked tearfully in his direction.
"I shouldn't have told him, I should've just left…"
"It'd be harder on him if you just left…You'd have never forgiven yourself." Said Jenna, softly. "And, at least this way you can enjoy the time you have left with him."
"…I guess." Sniffed Gabriella. "Sorry for burdening you with this. I just…couldn't tell any of my friends. They're all…too involved in their own emotions to help me work out Troy's." She sighed.
"It's fine…really. If you need to talk…I'm here." Jenna said, surprised that the words had come out of her own mouth.

The next day, everyone traipsed sadly back into East High school. Everyone was expected to attend, and apparently those who didn't turn up would receive detention as soon as they got back into school. Sam and Ryan were sitting in a study period together, revising american history, when Sharpay came by and stood in front of them.
"Ryan, come!" She said. He looked up, unenthusiastically.
"I'm not a dog, Sharpay. I'm busy."
"Well I need your help." She stropped.
"Later."
"But--"
"Sharpay, I said later!" He shouted, and saw everyone turn round. But he didn't care. "Get your own damn friends!" Sharpay looked around at everyone staring at the twins, and turned round and stormed out of the room.
"Hey, Sharpay what's wrong?" Asked Harry, grabbing her arm as she went to run past.
"Ryan! He…he's horrible." She sniffed, crying onto Harry's shoulder. He carefully rubbed her back. "I told you he doesn't need me…"
"You deserve better than him, Shar." He said softly. She sniffed again, and looked up at him.
"Like who?" She asked, wiping her eyes. Harry paused, then drew in for a kiss, which Sharpay returned.

When Jenna got to the cheerleaders, she saw them pouring over a yearbook.
"What's going on? Am I missing something?"
"We're just working out who's the cutest to replace Brad on the basketball team." Explained one of them.
"Yeah. So who do you think you'd sleep with the most, Jenna?" Asked Carrie, slamming the book into her chest.
"I told you, I'm not doing that anymore." Jenna said, calmly.
"Didn't stop you sleeping with Brad, did it." She snapped.
"Clearly, you don't know the meaning of the word 'rape'." Jenna snapped back.
"You lost us one of the best players on the team because you couldn't keep your mouth shut and your legs open! And there was me thinking you were an expert at that…" Before Carrie could say another word, Jenna slapped her, and shoved her to the floor. As they fought, Jenna heard a crowd building up around them.