"Gabriella?" Troy spoke after a few seconds.

Sharpay shrugged. She wasn't going to make a big deal about it. Obviously, if Gabriella came to their house she must have had a good reason.

"Well? Go see what she wants!" Sharpay ordered.

She found it rather stupid that Troy was just standing there staring at her blankly when he had a guest downstairs waiting to be greeted, for whatever reason.

"Come with me." Troy spoke hoping to prove to her that there was nothing going on that could possibly cross her mind.

Sharpay nodded and followed him downstairs.

Daniel had already let Gabriella in since she was sitting on the living room couch, just staring at the TV.

Gabriella stood up as soon as she felt Troy and Sharpay's eyes on her. She greeted them both with a warm smile; she hadn't seen Sharpay in a long time. She could tell that Sharpay didn't seem too happy to see her but she forced herself to smile back anyway. Troy just nodded, like always.

"Can I talk to you? Privately?" Gabriella spoke looking directly at Sharpay though her question was meant for Troy.

Troy looked at his wife who just shrugged again and turned around to leave the room. She didn't look mad at him, but he could sense that she was. Something just told him. He looked back at Gabriella who was now looking down at the carpet.

He had no idea what to say. It would have helped if he knew what she was here for Obviously not about work…. That's when it hit him.

"So…." He murmured silently catching her eyes.

"About our little secret…." She started.

"Who was that?" Madeline jumped trying to look over the counter.

Sharpay let out a sigh and shrugged again.

"Do you know her?" Madeline asked sitting on the stool she managed to climb on.

"Sort of. She went to my school…back then." Sharpay answered handing the little girl a bag of cookies.

"What's her name?" The little girl asked opening the bag of cookies.

She was a curious little one.

"Gabriella." Sharpay responded closing the kitchen cabinet.

Madeline, oddly, giggled.

"Is she your friend?" She asked.

Sharpay sat across from her and grabbed a cookie.

"Sort of. I never really was close to her." She admitted.

"Is she daddy's friend?" Madeline asked.

"Yeah. I think so." She answered.

The rest was silence.

Sharpay couldn't really concentrate on talking since she was curious to find out what Troy and Gabriella were talking about, but if she just snuck in the room and listened, there was a large possibility that Troy might catch her and then they would go through that whole argument again about not trusting him with anything. That, she didn't want. All she wanted was to know what exactly was going on. She knew she could just ask Troy, but part of her was scared that he would lie to her about it. She didn't really know the truth.

"What are we going to do today?" Madeline asked breaking the silence.

"I don't know. Go find your brother." Sharpay suggested.

She wanted to be alone for a little bit, and knowing Madeline, she would probably end up asking questions after questions that weren't easy to answer.

The little girl nodded and followed her mom's instruction.

It wasn't long before yelling filled the house. Madeline was of course, screaming out Daniel's name, thinking of the easiest way to find her brother.

……….

"Just make sure that Sharpay doesn't know—she can't know. Whatever we do, she can't. Chad and Taylor already know…I told them a while ago and they were happy. So don't worry about them—Zeke knows too, he is in for the idea. Kelsi…I'll tell her and Jason…. Ryan…You want to tell him?" Troy smiled.

"I'll tell him. You chicken. " Gabriella laughed.

"Sharpay's already planning on inviting everyone over for the summer, so it'll go well. I'll tell you more about it—like date wise when she tells me, okay?" He asked.

"Okay." She nodded.

"Then I'll see you in a little while." He nodded.

"Right. See you." Gabriella stood up and walked towards the door.

Troy opened the door for her and closed the door behind her.

He smiled to himself and walked down the hall to find his wife.

The first room her looked in was the kitchen, since he noticed Sharpay spent most of her time there. Sure enough, she was there sitting by the counter.

"Hey." He spoke walking towards her.

She looked up and smiled, uncomfortably.

"What was that about?" She asked right away.

Troy just smiled, making her confuse. She couldn't tell if that was some suspicious smile or something good happen—something that she might like.

"She just wanted to tell him that she wasn't going to be working for me anymore since she's moving out of the state with her husband." He spoke sitting across from Sharpay.

She gave him a puzzled look. To her it looked like Troy was happy that Gabriella had quit her job, but she couldn't understand why. Was he trying to prove something to her? To show her that he didn't care about Gabriella or what? Because whatever he was trying to prove wasn't working at this very moment. It just looked like he was over acting himself. And she knew acting, she knew everything about acting.

"That nice, I guess." She said in a lost tone.

"Yeah. She's moving too…. I can't remember where. But she is… not for a while though." He explained.

"Oh. I see. So she came all they way here to tell you? I don't understand why she wouldn't just call or something…" She paused in the end catching Troy's guilty eyes.

Troy gulped. His mind went completely blank. He had no explanation for that since he wasn't Gabriella…and some things just had to be kept a secret.

"Well, I guess she just wanted to tell me face to face. I don't really know." He lied.

He was already living a huge lie. He would tell Sharpay soon though, she was going to find out eventually, but for now it was best to keep it between he and his friends. It was just better that way.

"I see." Sharpay nodded standing up to put her plate in the sink.

Troy smiled as her back faced him. He walked closer towards her before speaking again:

"Are you still in for the whole inviting our friends over? I could call some now if you want," He spoke.

Sharpay frowned to herself and turned around, giving Troy a faded smile.

"Of course." She let out a breath as he grabbed the phone.

The room was deathly silent again. Troy had left the room to go off to the living room and talk to whom ever he had called. Sharpay was left alone in the kitchen washing the dishes, trying to convince herself that her husband wasn't hiding anything from her. It hadn't crossed her mind for a long while—actually the whole Gabriella thing kind a left her mind, until today anyway. There were days when she completely forgot what had happened.

"She just had to show up and ruin my day." Sharpay rolled her eyes finishing the dishes.

A few minutes later, Sharpay had cleaned pretty much the whole kitchen. It was the only way she felt relax—by cleaning. When she finished she decided to check on Troy and see if he was off the phone with who ever. Much to her surprise, he wasn't. He was still talking. She stood by the doorway, listening. His back was to her and it didn't seem like he heard her coming at all.

"No. No. Sharpay hasn't suspected a thing." Troy spoke to the phone with a chuckle in the end.

Sharpay's eyes widened. Her body stiffened as she carefully listened to Troy's words.

"Gabriella. Stop worry so much. She doesn't know a thing." Troy laughed.

Sharpay felt her knuckles crack. Her face was turning red from being furious and confused. Now she knew the truth. There was no possible way for Troy to get out of this one now. How could he? He was caught. She heard him!

"Gabriella." She mouthed to herself in disgust.

She couldn't believe Troy. After all they've been through and how she had trusted him so much…she believed him. She took his words and yet he was going behind her back. She had a feeling. She just always hoped they weren't true. But now there was no denying the truth. The only decision she needed to make was whether she should confirm this with Troy or wait until he speaks up. He couldn't have thought he could go on like this forever.

And…Gabriella has just gotten married.

"Right. Right. Okay, then. I'll see you soon. Bye." Troy hung up the phone and made himself comfortable on the couch.

Sharpay just looked at him. All smiles, probably thinking of Gabriella. It made her feel sick all of the sudden and the terrible headache came back again.

"Damn." She cursed herself walking away from the living room.

It would have been a perfect moment to blow up on Troy, but this time she wanted him to come first and have a good explanation about how much a backstabber he was.

This time she wasn't going to forgive him.

"DANIEL! MADELINE! GET DOWN HERE!" Troy shouted prancing around the living room couch.

He noticed Sharpay hadn't been around which gave him more freedom to think of his little plan. It didn't hurt to get the kids involve--at least that's what he though.

Daniel was first to appear in the doorway. He had a basketball in his hand, which meant he was probably outside shooting some hoops. Soon Madeline came behind him with her usually pout. That meant she was probably doing something and Troy had bugged her.

"What?" Madeline barked angrily.

Troy shot his daughter a glare. He didn't like the tone she was using.

"I have to tell you two something, very, very important. And you cannot. I repeat. CANNOT, tell your mom. Got it?" He asked in a demanding tone making sure he planted his statement in the kids' heads.

The two nodded and looked at their dad eagerly. Secrets were always fun to know, especially when it meant hiding it from their mom—who just knew everything all the time.

"Okay!" Madeline giggled.

"Got that Daniel?" Troy looked over at his son who just nodded.

"Yes, dad." Daniel rolled his eyes.

"Okay, mommy wants to have some of our friends over—a get together…and we're going to have lots of people over…and Gabriella and I are…"

"Is she that one lady who was here?" Madeline asked.

"Yes, honey. That was her. Anyway, she's going to be around a lot. Okay?" Troy finished his sentence quickly as he heard footsteps coming from the hall.

"Okay? I don't get it." Daniel narrowed his eyes.

"Me either!" Madeline jumped.

Troy sighed. He knew they weren't going to get it and he couldn't say much or they would ruin everything.

"Never mind then. You'll find out later." He motioned the kids to go back to whatever they were doing.

Sharpay stepped into the living room, giving Troy her usual smile. Since he hadn't said anything yet, she wanted to act like she knew nothing. She would give him some time before she decide to give him the cold shoulder. It was only fair.

"I talked to Taylor, Chad, Kelsi, and Gabriella. They're all in for coming over this summer. I told them at the end of June, is that okay? I thought that would be a good time." He said glancing at the phone.

Sharpay nodded. Now, she didn't care. She wanted an explanation and soon. She wasn't going to wait forever—Troy might want to keep his little affair a secret for a long time.

"Fine with me." She shrugged.

"Good. I'll get to you brother and the others later on today." He smiled. "Oh, we're still on for lunch?" He asked before completely walking out of the living room.

Sharpay looked at the carpet.

"Um, you know what? I think I'll pass today. I already ate. So, some other time." She said.

"Oh." Troy felt disappointed.

Okay, so I lied. I said I would have In Her Eyes (the next chapter) up today. But I decided to work on this story since I haven't updated this in a long time. Next up, I think I'll update Four Years. Then Summer…and then In Her Eyes. Hopefully I can do all this…..THIS WEEK! Wish me luck!

I would REALLY love to hear your comments on this chapter.