Hey y'all! Sorry I didn't update sooner, Christmas stuff and all... I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got everything you wanted! Sorry for the late update, but here it is. Oh, and Merry Late Christmas even though it's a good few days late. Read and Review!

Troy's POV:

We watched another movie tonight. This time Taylor picked it out. She picked out a movie with Lindsey Lohan in it and something. All the girls liked it; I'm not sure about us guys. It was like, Teenage Drama Queen or something stupid like that.

Gabriella fell asleep in my arms again. She just drifted off during the middle of the movie. I'm going to bring her up any moment now.

"Troy, the movie's over." Taylor whispered to me. I looked up from my gaze. I had been looking down at Gabriella. I nodded to Taylor and turned my head back down to Gabriella.

I slowly slid my arms under her and lifted her light body as I stood up. She shifted but remained asleep. I started to bring her upstairs like I always did, but she woke up just as I placed my foot on the first stair.

"Is the movie over?" She asked tiredly, bringing her hand up to rub her eyes. I nodded, smiling down at her. She looked around and noticed she was in my arms.

"Do you want to go upstairs, or would you like to stay down here for a while more?" I asked her. She thought a moment.

"I'll um…" She thought some more. "I'll stay down here for a while more. I think I've been neglecting the gang a little. Especially with all the sleeping I'm doing." She smiled sheepishly.

"Okie-dokie, suit yourself." I carried her back to the couch and settled down back on the comfy cushions. She found a comfortable spot and snuggled up close to me.

"Poor little Gabby here feels like she's been neglecting you guys." I told the gang whilst grinning. Gabriella softly elbowed me in the stomach. I feigned hurt.

"Well, excuse me for caring about my favorite people in the whole wide world." Gabriella said, grinning.

"Aw, that's okay. You haven't been neglecting us." Kelsi told her. I nodded.

"That's good, because if I was, I'd beat my self up." Gabriella said seriously. I wrapped my arms around her and squeezed her gently.

"Yeah, it is good." I told her. She looked at me weirdly and I shrugged.

"I'm bored." She said. We all nodded.

"What should we do?" I asked, looking at the clock. My parents went out and wouldn't be back until eleven. It was only nine thirty.

"Oh my gosh! I just major mucho brain storm!" Taylor cried, a look of excitement spread across her face. She bit her lip while grinning to contain her excitement.

"What?" Chad asked, curiously.

"We should play hide and go seek! It's my favorite game! I play it all the time!" She clapped.

"But only little kids play that!" Chad protested. "I am not a little kid!"

"So you say…" I heard Gabriella mutter under her breath. "I don't care if it's for little kids; I think it's a great idea."

"Fine, we're playing." I decided for us all. "Taylor, since it's your idea, you get to be It."

"Okay," She covered her eyes and started to count. "One… two… three…"

"Gabby, let's go!" I pulled Gabriella up and we started to rush upstairs. We were hurriedly trying to find a hiding spot, when Gabriella walked over to my bed. She pulled all my pillows under the sheets so there was a large lump as if some one was hiding under the sheets. We could hear Taylor almost to ninety.

"C'mon, Gabby." I said impatiently. She quickly finished and ran to me. We ran to the attic door and looked at each other. She nodded and together we opened the door.

"Wow, it's dusty in here!" Gabriella said in between coughs.

"I know," I put a hand over my mouth as I brushed some floating dust away.

"Ready or not here I come!"

"Crap! Hide!" I said as we could hear feet pounding up the stairs. Gabriella looked around quickly and saw a very large trunk. It was at least twice the size of her. She rushed over to it and opened the lid. There were only a few things inside so she jumped inside and slowly shut the lid.

"Great, you're small so you can fit in that." I muttered sarcastically as I ran behind a large painting. I crouched behind it and held my breath.

"HAHA! I GOT YOU- WHAT?!" We heard Taylor shriek from our positions. I heard Gabriella let out a small giggle and I realized Taylor must have looked under the sheets on my bed. I smiled, Gabriella was smart. Thank God.

"Chad! You can't lock the bathroom door and hide! That's cheating!" We heard Taylor yell again, followed by the sound of some one pounding.

"I think some one's in here," I heard Taylor say just outside the door. I crossed my fingers, hoping that she wouldn't come in. But the door creaked open.

"Oh my gosh, it's so dusty in here!" Taylor coughed, then she walked out and shut the door with Chad sulking behind her, obviously his sore loser side was showing.

"YES!" I said out loud, quickly clamping my hand over my mouth. I heard Gabriella sigh as the door immediately opened and Taylor marched in triumphantly. She walked right over to where I was standing.

"Troy, if you're going to yell yes, you might want to do it when I'm not standing outside the door," Taylor told me, pulling me out of the spot. I mentally smacked my self, knowing I hadn't heard footsteps walking away from the door.

"So, where's Gabriella?" Taylor pushed me into telling. I shook my head.

"That's for me to know, and you to find out." I told her walking out of the attic, breathing in the fresh, undusty air. I kind of felt bad for Gabriella stuck in the trunk though, it most be roasting in there.

"Tell me Troy Bolton or I'll pound your head in!" Taylor threatened, showing her mad face.

"OKAY! She's in the attic!" I said backing away from Taylor and her fists. Taylor smiled and walked into the attic.

"Gabriella! Sharpay's here and trying to make out with Troy!" Taylor yelled at the top of her lungs.

"HEY!" I yelled. "She is not! Gabriella don't listen to her!"

"Hey Troy, wow, you look hot!" Taylor tried to sound just like Sharpay. Wow, she did… don't fall for it Gabriella… don't let her find you.

"She isn't really here Gabby! Don't listen to a word she says!" I yelled again. Taylor shot a look in my direction.

"Okay, so you caught me… she isn't really here." Taylor sighed. She went farther into the attic and surveyed the room. She eyed the trunk.

"Ah ha! Gabriella I got you!" Taylor walked over to the trunk and pried it open. We looked inside and gasped. She wasn't there.

"Troy! You said she was in here!" Taylor yelled at me.

"I did not." I said, where was she? I heard a giggle from where I was hiding before and tapped Taylor. She followed my gaze and rolled her eyes.

"I found you Gabriella Montez!" Taylor walked over and looked behind the painting.

"Oh, fine." Gabriella muttered, striding out from behind the painting. She giggled, and caught a mouthful of dust. She coughed and then giggled again. She subconsciously adjusted the cloth sling around her arm. That reminded me of something.

"Hey Gabby… guess what time it is?" I told her, wiggling my eyebrows. She looked at her wrist, but remembered she didn't have a watch on.

"I don't know, why?" She asked, inhaling another mouthful of dust and was sent into another coughing fit. I guided her out of the attic, wondering if she was allergic to dust or something.

"It's time for your pain medicine," I said watching her face fall and I heard her groan. (A/n: I don't think I mentioned this but Gabriella has pain medicine she has to take like… twice a day or something.)

"But I don't wanna take the stupid medicine!" She whined like a little kid. I shrugged and smiled at her sympathetically.

"I know, but you have too." I told her. I took her hand and together we walked down stairs with Taylor and Chad following us.

"JASON! KELSI! ZEKE!" Taylor screamed causing us to cover our ears and wince from her loudness. "We're done playing and are going to watch Gabriella take her icky slimy sticky grimy medicine!"

"Icky slimy sticky grimy?" Gabriella asked her, amused. Taylor nodded. Gabriella rolled her eyes. She walked out to the kitchen and we followed her.

"Where'd you put the stupid medicine Troy?" She asked me searching the kitchen. I shrugged and helped her look. We finally found it behind the toaster under the napkin bag.

"How'd it get all the way back there?" I asked Gabriella, raising my eyebrows and looking at her suspiciously. She smiled innocently and shrugged. She took it from my hands and then tried opening it with her one hand.

"Stupid!" She muttered, thrusting the bottle at me and looking at me expectantly. I tried opening it, but I guess being good at basketball doesn't always help with opening medicine bottles.

"Um… yeah, it won't budge," I said, smiling sheepishly. Gabriella muttered yes and grinned.

"I guess I don't have to take it do I?" She said triumphantly. I shook my head and handed it to Taylor.

"Open it." I ordered her. Taylor nodded and quickly tried twisting the cap open. Being unsuccessful she tossed it to Kelsi who just walked into the kitchen with Zeke and Jason behind her. She caught it and looked at her questioningly.

"Just open it, we can't." Taylor informed her.

"Oh." Kelsi put her hands on the cap and twisted it as hard as she could. After a few seconds she released her tight grip and shrugged, looking at us. "It's too tight."

"Let me try!" Zeke grabbed it and examined the instructions on the cap. He pressed down on the cover and then twisted it. He let out a grunt of pain as he tried to open the stubborn bottle. He sighed and shook his head.

"I'll get it, just you watch." Jason said taking the bottle and shaking it. Then he did just what every one else did. He tried and tried, but the cover wouldn't move an inch.

"It's useless," He shrugged handing it back to me. I glared at the stupid bottle madly and then shook it violently.

"Let me try!" Chad cried trying to grab the bottle from my hands. We laughed and Chad crossed his arms.

"I know I can open it!" He declared. I shrugged and handed it to him. He looked at it and then started to try to slowly edge the cap off.

"It's hopeless." Taylor sighed. We looked over at Gabriella whose face was glowing with happiness.

"Yes! I don't have to take the stupid medicine!" She said happily while doing her little happy dance. "No medicine for me! No medicine for me! I don't have to take the stupid things!"

"Ha-ha, so you get out of it tonight, but when my parents get home they'll open it and then you'll have to take them." I said to her tossing the bottle onto the counter. Her face screwed up into a grossed out face.

"C'mon, it's a little after ten." Zeke said. "Let's go watch some TV."

Gabriella yawned and smiled tiredly. "I think I'm going to go up to bed. I'm super tired."

"Where do you get all this sleepiness?" I teased her grinning. She just poked her tongue out at me.

"Are y'all staying again tonight? Or what?" She asked leaning against the counter.

"Um… I have absolutely no idea!" Taylor said. She looked at everyone else. "Tomorrow's a school day and I don't think I'm supposed to sleep over on school nights."

"Oh," Gabriella said a little disappointed.

"Hey, I'll stop by tomorrow morning so we can walk to school together." Taylor told her, trying to cheer her up. Gabriella smiled and nodded. "Oh, and do you want me to bring some clothes cuz I don't think you can wear what you wore today."

Gabriella looked down, and smiled. She was still wearing her borrowed clothes. She nodded.

"Thanks," She said hugging her friend.

"Okay, now you should go upstairs and sleep." I told her caringly. She sighed and nodded.

"Well, see y'all tomorrow." She said, giving them all a small smile. I gave her a soft kiss which she gladly returned, and then she trudged towards the stairs. She turned at the bottom and gave us all a small wave accompanied with a smile.

"Bye!" She said. The gang nodded.

Then she disappeared up the stairs.

This was a shorter chapter, but not to short. So yeah. Only seven pages, but oh well. I needed to find a spot to leave it off, and that just seemed like an ideal spot. The next chappy will contain:

-The gang at school

-The school's reaction to everything

-Sharpay! (Ooooh! (Freaky music plays))

So stay tuned and then just maybe drop a review! I'd like that and maybe it will make me update faster… ya never know until ya try!

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