Okay so recently I had a little writers block for this story, thats why it took me longer to update but don't worry I've sorted that out now and have more ideas!

Soon Troy and Gabriella, Taylor and Chad will get back together - but in reality couples dont get back together straight away after an argument.

Hope you enjoy the chapter, don't forget to review!!

Rhia x

Chapter 20 – Accusations and Attempted Apologies

Sharpay and Taylor crept across the school hallway. They knew nobody would be in here at this time, especially after the way prom ended – but they were still really cautious.

"Where is this stupid AV room?" Sharpay hissed.

"It's just round the corner," Taylor told her as the two of them slowly walked round. "Here we are."

The two of them stared at the door for a moment, not knowing what to do next. If there was a tape in there, what were they going to do then? Would the principle really believe them?

Taylor took a few steps until she was directly in front of the door. She reached for the door handle and opened it, pushing the door forward to reveal a dark looking room.

Sharpay followed her inside, hitting the lights on her way. "So what are we looking for?"

"Some sort of tape player, - there it is!" Taylor said happily, and then quickly ran over to the tape player on the table, that was clearly on. "Yeah I can see now, it's all wired up to play in the gym."

"Well let's just get the tape and get out of here." Sharpay told her.

Taylor pressed 'eject' then took the tape out of the player. "Tomorrow we'll go straight to the principle with this.

Chad threw his phone down on the bed and sighed. He'd tried ringing Troy at least five times now. He knew Troy had problems of his own – but Chad could always talk to Troy when he needed his help.

Ringing Taylor wasn't successful either; she had now turned her phone off after Chad continuously ringing. He knew he definitely didn't want to bother Gabriella. The way she blew up that night was enough to scare anybody off. And he knew she wouldn't be happy about what he said on the tape either – Taylor is her best friend.

"Why did I have to screw things up!?" He cried in frustration. Taylor was his first proper girlfriend, not someone he would just mess around with – he really, really liked her.

It was the next morning and everyone at East High couldn't stop talking about what went down the night before. Did Gabriella and Troy make up? What about Taylor and Chad? How did the secrets get recorded in the first place? Had Troy ever betted on any other girls?

So many questions unanswered – and they were going to stay that way. Anyone who knew anything about last night was keeping their mouths shut – they didn't want to spread their friend's private life about the place.

"I wish people would stop staring at me." Gabriella muttered to Sharpay, as the two of them walked into school.

Sharpay had told Gabriella everything that had happened last night between herself, Taylor and the tape.

"Well after the way you blew up last night – people are in shock Gab."

"Yeah I suppose I did let my anger get the better of me."

"Who cares? You showed Troy that if he plays with fire – he's gunna get burnt."

"So when are you going to show the tape to the principle?" Gabriella asked, trying to get off the subject of Troy.

"Oh soon. We'll go see him during free period if we can – so that means we might miss a bit of cheerleading. Is that okay?" Sharpay asked.

"Yeah I'm thinking of cancelling practise anyway – I've got too much to deal with at the moment. Oh and I'm kicking Sarah off the squad so I may as well go find her to do that now. I might just kill her as well so don't wait up." Gabriella smiled to Sharpay then walked off.

"Sharpay!" She heard someone call her name, so turned around to see him jogging up to her.

"What's up Chad?"

"Uh is Taylor here yet?" He asked, worried that Sharpay had turned against him too.

"No she's not – you know Chad she was really upset last night – I can't believe you would cheat on her!" She said, hitting him on the arm.

"I know, I know but you guys didn't hear all of it. What I said after is that I was drunk, and I was still a jerk back then – I totally regret it happening!" He pleaded with Sharpay, hoping she'd at least forgive him.

"Still, you really hurt her."

"Do you think there's any chance of her taking me back?"

"You've got more chance than Gabriella taking Troy back that's for sure."

"Troy Bolton – you're late." Ms Darbus told him as he sat down in his seat.

"Yeah I thought we covered that when I walked in." He was not in the mood for Darbus right now – he needed to talk to Gabriella.

"Enough of the cheek. If you're late one more time – you'll be in detention with me all week." She said firmly, and then went back to reading her magazine.

Troy shifted round in his seat, so he was facing Gabriella. "Can I talk to you outside?" He whispered.

"No." Gabriella wasn't prepared to argue with him, not now. She'd just nearly hit Sarah, and if anyone got on her nerves, she'd be sure to hit them.

"Sarah!" Gabriella called as Sarah was about to turn a corner.


"Oh hi Gabriella – how's Troy?" She smirked.

Gabriella restrained herself from hitting her. "You're off the squad."

"What?!" Sarah hadn't expected that – she thought Gabriella would just start screaming at her about last night.


"You heard. Don't bother coming to practise again – and if I see you near my friends, or Troy for that matter it'll be the last thing you'll do." She threatened.


"Gabriella you might of noticed, that I'm not afraid of you. And guess what – Troy's single now, right?"

"I might be single – but I'm definitely not interested in dating anyone but Gabriella." Troy said smiling, as he walked past the two of them.

Gabriella smirked. "Ouch. Think that was a rejection."

"Whatever – but you have no right to kick me off the squad!"

"I have every right. You might have noticed that I'm captain – and I just kicked you off my team." She smiled sweetly, and then walked off, leaving a shocked and embarrassed Sarah.

"Gabriella please.." Troy tried.

"Troy – don't." Gabriella warned.

"Look – cant we just talk? You don't have to get back with me, I just need to explain."

"I think you explained everything perfectly well on the tape." She told him just as the bell rang – good, she had a lucky escape.

"Come in." Principle Matsui called from his office. Sharpay opened the door, and walked in with Taylor following close behind with the table in her hand.

"Sharpay, Taylor – how can I help the two of you?" He asked, motioning for the both of them to sit on the two chairs by his desk.

"Sir, at the prom last night – I'm sure you're aware of what happened." Taylor started.

"Of course. I have no idea how, but a tape was played revealing three secrets – correct?"

"Yes, now me and Sharpay are close friends with all three students, whose secrets were revealed. So we decided to find out how the tape was played, and who done it."

"Carry on.."

"Well we found the tape in a tape player in the AV room, which was all connected to the gym. Now how we found out who did it? Recently Sarah Harris organised a 'dare night' consisting of myself, Sharpay, Gabriella, Troy, Chad, Zeke and two other basketball players and two other cheerleaders."

"A dare night?" Mr Matsui repeated.

"Yes, we were all partnered up and given five dares to complete. The last dare was to be done at this school. It said we had to reveal our deepest darkest secrets to our partner in the janitor's closet. So we all did, and the only people in there at each time, were the partners. So only Sarah could have recorded us – as she knew we'd all be in there."

"Your telling me, you think Sarah Harris played the tape during prom?"

"Exactly. We have proof that the dare night did take place, and that the last dare did involve us telling our secrets." Sharpay told him, reaching into her bag and bringing out an envelope which had five cards in it – then handed it over.

"Also, we know for a fact Sarah hates Gabriella – and is in love with Troy. So it all fits together why she did it – to break Troy and Gabriella up." Taylor concluded.

"Girls this is a very serious accusation here – and I will look into it further, is that all?"

"No, there's more. We also have reasons to believe that Sarah stole the Algebra test paper last month. She was being tutored by someone from the student centre, and that's where she would have had the keys to steal it. If you look at her test papers she went from a D- to an A within a week."

"Girls, do you have any proof that she stole the test paper?" He asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Yes we do. Speak to Lacey Hanberry – head of the tutor centre. She tutored Sarah for a week, and she told us that never has anyone skipped from a D to an A within a week of her tutoring."

"Right okay, as I said before I will look further into these accusations – and I'll get back to you. Thank you for your help girls."