A/N: I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed. I am very happy with the positive feedback, it's certainly help the muse work its wonders. I'd like to explain that when I wrote Gabby, I mean Gabriella. I have no idea why I kept switching her name back and forth but I liked the flow. And BTW, this chapter was inspired by Eve 6's Here's To The Night, So Check It Out!

It took Gabriella's mother, late husband's band mates and her cast mates to convince her to go home in New Mexico and actually go to the reunion. They all declared it'd be a mini vacation, a time to heal, and some time to relax. At first, Gabriella was opposed to the idea but than she remembered that Kelsi would probably love to see her. Gabriella wanted to see Kelsi and be around people she cared for deeply. So thats the reason why Gabriella was standing next to her black BMW convertible dressed a nice Gucci top , nothing to sexy, just more on the safe side. She wore a jeans and black flats. Her mother had reasoned with her, they may be single men at this gathering and Gabriella wasn't looking for anything so she decided to dress safe. Gabriella followed the construction papered arrows that pointed a path to the gym. Walking into the gym, Gabriella cringed, it was so tacky that even John Hughes would fire the set designers.

The drama club who had been serving the stale finger foods and watered down punch began to scream out of insanity. They all rushed over to where Gabriella stood and made a mini wall, blocking her off from making an exit. The line of drama students were overly excited and everyone in the gym was watching. Gabriella was so embarrassed, it happened a lot in New York or Hollywood if she went out into the public without a disguise but nothing like this had ever happened. Gabriella smiled , stood for pictures, shook hands, gave hugs, gave autographs and just truly appreciated her fans. Gabriella reasoned with herself, she won't be able to do what she'd been doing without the fans. After 30 minutes had passed, the group let her walk around and talk to her old classmates, it was all to surreal. Fame hadn't hit her so much until now, walking into your 5 year reunion and being bomber by students who go there now and know your work from Broadway. Gabriella spied Sharpay giving her dirty looks half way across the room, she didn't look happy at all

The whole night wasn't what Gabriella wanted, she wanted to sit with Kelsi and talk about old times and how beautiful Kelsi had grown to be or drool over the engagement ring Jason had gave Kelsi but it didn't happen. At the end of the night, Gabriella mouthed sorry and gave her the call me hand gesture. Kelsi mouthed back "it's okay" and nodded. Ms. Darbus and many of Gabriella's old teachers cornered her and spent most the time talking to her.

The gang had decided to all head over to Sharpay's house, it was a beautiful mansion with a wide open backyard that had piece of a beach attached to it. At 10:00pm at night, they decided some late night BBQ would be appropriate. The grill sizzled as Chad turned some steaks on it, the smell of grease waffled through the air. The gang laid out on land chairs, sipping beer and iced tea talking about the night's events. The topics among the girls was who had gained the most weight and who had changed the most. While the boys were more subjected about basketball.

" Oh my god, why in the world was those drama geeks surrounding Gabriella like that, it was so pathetic" Sharpay huffed, and everyone in the room noticed Troy's ears perked at the sound of Gabriella's name.

" Um, that's because Gabby's is a Broadway star right now, she's making quite the impact on the celebrity world right now, she's shocked and amazed people with her performances" Kelsi said, grinning.

Everyone looked at Kelsi with shocked faces, and all was quiet for a moment.
" And how do yo know" Taylor demanded, sitting up from her comfortable spot on the lawn chair.

" Because, I saw her perform in Rent once, she played Mimi and she was so good" Kelsi said looking down, quite embarrassed.

" And were you ever going to tell us, I mean we were so worried about her" Taylor sounded anger, very anger which caused Kelsi to look even more embarrassed and ashamed.

" No, because Gabriella asked me not to, she figured it'd be easier for everyone to remain friends without her in the picture, it's not like I wanted to do this." Kelsi raised her voice, she herself looked mad.

" Sorry Kelsi" Taylor apologized, got up and the two friends hugged.

" I'm sorry to, I wish I could have told you guys because I bet Gabby would have needed you guys these past few months. She's been super with the movie she's been doing and the paparazzi following her everywhere, she's just having a rough time" Kelsi took a sip of her iced tea and looked thoughtful for a moment.

Everyone was quiet to, in deep through, Kelsi was just happy everyone bought the Gabriella was having a hard time with the public eye watching her. It was some what half true but there also another piece to the puzzle. Kelsi knew she couldn't tell everyone until Gabby gave the okay. It was so much easier jut to say, being in the public eye was hard on Gabby.

It started two years ago, Kelsi had a call from Gabby, or Gabriella, it depended on Kelsi's mood. The two friends had a two hour discussion if Gabby should go out with her cast mate. It was the beginning of Avenue Q and Gabby had the voice of Kate Monster, and her cast mate, Chris Orig, was the voice of Preston. The funny thing, Chris was a rocker, who was attempting something new and Gabby had helped him prepare and they fell in love. Week, after week, the calls were happy upbeat calls about the show and Chris. Kelsi had met Chris a few times when she flew in to see Avenue Q and to visit Gabby. Kelsi was brought along to see Chris's band " The End" perform at a hot New York nightclub. It wasn't long after a year the two got married. Gabby was so happy, and Kelsi who was a bridesmaid was so happy to see them both in love and pure joy.

A month after they got married, the phone calls were less and Gabby had admit that Chris was acting very strange. 2 months after, Gabby called one night after a fight the two had and Chris had driven off and not been home in a day, she was so scared. Kelsi had no idea what to tell her, but coaxed her through the two hours before he finally showed up. Kelsi had no idea what was going on with Chris, she feared for Gabby's safety. Than finally, at 3:00am, Jason jumped out of bed and answered the phone. Gabby was hysterical, it took Kelsi and Jason both on separate phones to finally understand what was going on. Gabby had woken up and when into the bathroom, Chris was on the floor, passed out, his whole face was blue and blood was every wheres. It streamed from cuts that were made on his wrists, and the blood was so thick, it coated everything. The perfect guy had indeed killed himself, no note, nothing, and poor Gabby was attempting to pick up the pieces.

Kelsi could see from tonight, Gabriella was doing mildly better, she looked like she was eating again, and taking care of herself in general. Kelsi looked over at Jason and smiled, it was going to be a long night, especially with Sharpay around who had spent the past 5 minutes complaining about Gabriella's celebrity status and how much more star quality Sharpay had. Kelsi took a sip of her iced tea , got up and went to help Taylor in the kitchen.