Chapter 3:

Lonely:

"So I'll talk to you later then." I said talking to Sharpay on the phone in my class room.

"Ok. I'll call you tomorrow so you aren't so lonley." Sharpay said.

"Ok. Bye Sharpay." I said.

"Later Gabi." Sharpay said. Then we hung up. Then the students started piling in once the bell rang.

"Good morning class." I said.

"Morning." Callie said.

"Ok. We're gonna start out today with a book." I said.

"What? We start our day out with having music playing and partying." Johnny said.

"Nice try Johnny." I said wondering where he got that idea from. "I'm gonna read a book to you guys like I always did. Now what book do you want to hear?"

"But what happened to those other days when you let us listen to music?" Johnny asked confused.

"What I never let you do that." I said.

"Yes you did." Samantha said. But then I thought about when I still had no memory.

"Well that was probably when I didn't have any memory of anything." I said. "But tough luck. Now I do."

"Well how do you know that you didn't have a memory?" Callie asked.

"Well my friends told me." I said.

"Oh man." Johnny said.

"So I let you guys have a party in the morning?" I asked.

"Yeah." Katie said.

"Oh so you guys took advantage of me?" I said starting to understand everything.

"Uh..." Katie said.

"I can't believe I actually let you have a party." I said.

"What party? We didn't have a party." Johnny said knowing we would get in a lot of trouble if we did have a party.

"Well then I guess instead of having me read, I'm gonna have you guys read. In front of the class." I said.

"Ahhhh." They all whined.

"Ok, but I'll let you pick the book since I'm putting you through all of this torture." I said joking.

The all whined again.

"Wow, I never knew how weak you guys were." I said knowing they all thought they were tough 2nd graders.

They all had a chance to read a part of the book they read. 6 hours later and it's after school.

Jed walked in. And I noticed him from the corner of my eye.

"What do you want Mr. Tangerman?" I asked not wanting to call him by his first name.

"I want you to accept my apology." Jed said.

"Well too bad." I said looking up at him. "Cause I'm not going to."

"Oh come on. You know I was just joking around." Jed said innocently.

"You know. I really don't want to talk to you right now, so I suggest you leave." I threatened.

"You know what, fine." Jed said walking out. I looked back at him. Wait what am I doing? I'm not gonna give up and just accept his apology? No way. Then I looked back down at my work.

2 days before the day Troy comes back.

"I can't take this any more!" I said to Sharpay and Kelsi on a 3-way phone call. "It's been 2 weeks since I last saw or heard from him! He hasn't called me once."

"Well Gabi, he was in New York for meetings." Kelsi told me.

"Well they weren't going on 24-7!" I yelled getting up set.

"Calm down Gabi! He's coming back in 2 days." Sharpay explained.

"You know what. I bet my dream came true. I bet he's cheating on me, and has another girl friend." I said really getting mad. "That's it! I now consider that dream a nightmare."

"What dream? Gabi what are you talking about?" Sharpay asked confused.

"I had a dream that Troy came back from New York with another girl friend." I explained to them. "Named Brenda."

"Brenda?" Kelsi and Sharpay asked.

"That's what her name was. Brenda." I said.

"Uh, Gabi." Sharpay said worried.

"What?" I asked wondering why she was talking with a sad tone.

"Troy in his Freshman year, dated a girl named Brenda." Sharpay explained hoping I wouldn't blow up.

"What?" I screamed into the phone practically deafening Sharpay and Kelsi.

"Well it might not be the same girl. Describe her for me." Sharpay said hoping it wouldn't be the same girl.

"She had blonde hair. And she wasn't actually skinny, skinny. She was a little chubby around the waste. But she was really pretty. And yeah, please tell me that's not her." I said getting ready to scream if it was her.

"Pack your stuff. Go to the air port with Kelsi and I'll get the tickets." Sharpay said and hung up. Then I hung up and screamed. Then Kelsi hung up.

At the air port.

"Thanks for coming with me you guys." I said.

"Yeah well we love you enough to get you your man back." Sharpay said.

"But wait Sharpay. You don't live here. How could you get here so fast?" I asked confused.

"Oh I'm staying at my parents house down here." Sharpay said. "I just got here yesterday."

"Well how'd you get the tickets so fast?" Kelsi asked.

"Oh, my dad is really, really, close to the owner of the airline." Sharpay explained to us.

"Oh. Well let's go." Kelsi said as we got on the plane.

I started to feel sick after 2 hours of flying.

"Gabi what's wrong? You look a little pale." Sharpay said looking at me with a worried face.

"Well I don't feel so good." I said going into the bath room. Then I threw up. When I got back out my cell phone rang.

"Oh god it's Troy." I said looking at his picture.

"Answer it! You wanted to talk to him. Just don't tell him that we're coming." Kelsi said.

"Hi Troy!" I said picking up.

"Hey Gabi! I'm so, so, so, so, sorry I haven't called. I've been so busy." Troy explained.

"Oh I totally understand. And I'm kind of sorry for hanging up on you the other day. I thought you were mad at me for that." I said.

"Oh I just thought we got disconnected." Troy told me.

"And we did." I said trying not to have him remember what I said. "I guess we're just so far apart."

"Yeah." Troy said. "Well I was thinking about coming home today! I'm on the plane right now on my way."

Then that's when my heart started pounding. Now if I tell Troy that we were coming to spy on him, he'll think I don't trust him. And if I say that I'm home waiting for him and I'm not there, I'll be a liar. Oh no what do I say?

"Gabi? Are you still there?" I asked.

"What? Yeah I'm here. Uh Troy I'm not exactly in Albuquerque right now." I told him worried.

What? Why?" Troy asked confused.

"Because...uh...uh..." What should I say? "I'm on my way to New York."

"What? Why are you going to New York?" Troy asked confused.

"To spy on you." I said. Ok I'm giving up! I'm just gonna come right out with the truth.

"Why would you want to spy on me?" Troy asked.

"Because I had a continuation of that dream I told you about, and you had a girl friend named Brenda, and Sharpay said you used to date a girl named Brenda, and when I drescribed her to her she said that's what Brenda looked like." I said out of breath.

"What? Sharpay thought I was dating that girl?" Troy said starting to laugh. Then I made a weird face. "She was just a friend. I would never date her."

"Well that's a realif. But Are you mad about me wanting to spy?" I asked him.

"No I'm not. I understand why you would want to. It was all just a misunderstanding." Troy told me. Then I really started to calm down. I mean Troy is coming back early to see me. And he never even dated Brenda.

"Ok well I'll see you back at home then." I said.

"Yeah." Troy said.

"Except I won't be back until late tonight, obviously." I said laughing a little.

"Yeah. Bye." Troy said.

"Bye." I said. Then we hung up.

"What's up?" Sharpay asked.

"Well Troy is on his way back to Albuquerque. And I told him the whole story, and he said that he wasn't dating her. They were just friends." I said hitting Sharpay in the head.

"Hey, she said they were dating." Sharpay told me.

"Well Troy said they weren't." I said realived.

"So Troy left early?" Kelsi asked.

"Yeah. And now I know that he really was busy and he really did want to see me." I explained to them.

"Yeah well good." Kelsi said.

When we got in New York we just decided to do some shopping. But then we realized that we didn't bring any money. So we wouln't of been able to stay anywhere. Unless we stayed with Troy. Then we flew back to Albuquerque. And then I went back to my house and Troy was there.

"Hey Troy!" I yelled as I ran up to him and gave him a hug.

"Hey Gabi!" He yelled giving me a kiss. I really missed doing that.

"So when did you get here?" I asked as we sat down on the couch.

"Oh around 5:00." Troy said. I had gotten back around 1:00 am.

"Oh. Well I'll say this. I am exhausted." I said yawning. "Good night."

Then I kissed him.

"Uh Gabi?" Troy said before I could get far.

"Yeah?" I asked turning around.

"Where will I be sleeping?" Troy asked.

"Anywhere you want?" I said winking at him. Then Troy followed me into my bed room and we went to bed.

The next morning. Troy woke up but I didn't.

Troy's POV:

She is so beautiful. I love her black, curly hair. It's so pretty. And her brown eyes. Wow. She's really pretty when she's sleeping. I don't know how I could of ever left her. I mean I hope I didn't break her heart. But if I did it's not broken any more. Cause otherwise, why would she let me sleep with her? Then she woke up...

"Hey." Gabriella said.

"Morning." I said staring at her.

"What?" Gabriella asked looking at me with a weird face. "Is my make-up like all messed up? Cause I didn't take it off last night cause I was so tired."

"No. You're make-up's fine. It's beautiful." I said. Gabriella laughed a little bit.

"Thanks." Gabriella said. "You know I'm really glad you came back early. I really thought that you didn't want to talk to me. Or even be with me cause you we're gone so long."

"No. I could never not want to talk or hang out with you." I said.

"I guess that's part of the reason I wanted to go to New York to "spy" on you. Well and for the fact that I had that dream, and the whole Brenda thing." Gabriella said smiling. I love her smile.

"Yeah. Well I didn't go out with Brenda, ever." I said.

"Well actually Sharpay said that Brenda told her that you two were dating." Gabriella said.

"What? That little..." I said.

"Yeah well at least I know that you weren't cheating on me in New York." Gabriella said.

"Yeah. I would never do that." I said.

"Well guess what. My birthday's in 3 days." Gabriella said.

"Oh yeah. That's right. Well happy early birthday." I said.

"Thanks." Gabriella said then we kissed.

"Well let's get up." I said.

"Ok." Gabriella said. We got up and got dressed.

"So do you want to go out for breakfast?" I asked hoping she would say yes.

"Sure. I don't have work today." I said.

We went to IHOP. (Internation House Of Pancakes)

"So what can I get you two?" Susie the waiter asked us.

"Uh, I'll have the 2 pancakes with a side of bacon." Gabriella said.

"Ok. And you?" Susie asked me.

"Uh...I'll have the waffles with toast." I said.

"Ok. And what to drink?" Susie asked.

"I'll have orange juice." Gabriella said.

"Yeah. I'll have orange juice too." I said.

"Ok." Susie said then left our table.

"Why are you getting waffles at a pancake house?" Gabriella asked.

"I don't know. I guess I'm just not in the mood for pancakes." I explained to her. Gabriella laughed a little bit.

"Wait a minute. Isn't that Sharpay?" I asked when I spotted Sharpay walking in the resteraunt. Gabriella turned around and saw her too.

"Sharpay!" Gabriella yelled to her.

"Hey guys!" Sharpay said when she walked over to our table.

"What are you doing here?" Gabriella asked.

"I'm meeting Ryan here for breakfast." Sharpay explained.

"Ryan? Was he at the reunion? I didn't see him." I said.

"No he wasn't. He has a wife and kids now. And one of his kids were sick." Sharpay told us.

"Oh there he is." Sharpay said motioning to him. "We don't get to spend a lot of time together."

Sharpay and Ryan, not being able to spend a lot of time together. In high school they were unseperable. Ryan walked over to us.

"Gabriella? Troy?" Ryan asked noticing us.

"Hey." Me and Gabriella said at the same time. Ryan hugged Gabriella and we just smashed fists.

"Wow, it's a surprise to see you guys here...together." Ryan said.

"Yeah well I have always lived here and Troy moved in with me. It's surprising to see you too here." Gabriella said.

"Yeah well me and my family live here." Ryan said.

"Yeah Sharpay did say you were married and had a kid." I said.

"Yeah. I actually have 7 kids." Ryan said.

"7!" Me and Gabriella said speechless.

"Yeah. Except 4 of them are adopted." Ryan explained.

"Wow." I said.

Sharpay's POV:

Man, Troy is just as hott as he was in high school. I wonder if he'll dump Gabi ever? I doubt he will cause they really love each other. But that doesn't mean I can't think he's hott. Cause he is. I wonder what he thinks of me. I hope he feels the same way about me that I do of him.

Ryan's POV:

You know Gabriella has grown into a very beautiful women. She looks really nice today. Too bad she's with Troy. But if she's wasn't with Troy, and I wasn't married I would definitly go for her. I wonder how I could possibly kill Troy and make it look like an accident. Wow she's really beautiful.

Gabriella's POV:

Why is Ryan looking at me like that? Is my make-up still messed up? Oh Troy...

Troy's POV:

Why is Sharpay looking at me like that? Does she still have a thing for me? I hope she doesn't do anything to Gabriella. Well she wouldn't I mean they're best friends. I love you Gabi.

Gabriella's POV:

"Ok, so nice seeing you again Ryan." I said.

"Yeah nice seeing you again too beautiful." Ryan said.

"What?" I asked. Did he just call me beautiful?

"I didn't mean that." Ryan cried covering his mouth. Troy was looking at Ryan with a weird face.

"Good bye." Ryan said realizing Troy and the way he was looking at him. Then Ryan walked away to his and Sharpay's table.

"Well I'll talk to you guys later." Sharpay said.

"Later." Troy said.

"Bye." I said. Sharpay walked away over to their table.

"I cannot believe Ryan!" Troy said. Troy's face started turning red.

"Calm down Troy. I'm sure he didn't mean anything by it." I said when Susie set our food on our table.

"Here you go." Susie said.

"Thank you." I said. Then she walked away.

"Well how could he not mean anything by it. I mean you are beautiful. And did you see the way he was staring at you? And the way he gave you a hug when he came over here?" Troy asked getting furious.

"Oh come on Troy. Ryan is a nice guy. He couldn't like me. Don't worry." I explained. "And even if he does, nothing will happen. I promise."

"Ah huh." Troy looked over at Ryan who was laughing with Sharpay. Then he saw Ryan look over at him. Then Ryan quickly turned his head. Then Troy put a mad face on.

"Troy. Hello. Don't pay attention to the boy over at that table." I said snapping in his face. "Pay attention to the girl in front of you."

"Sorry." Troy said.

"You were looking over at Ryan weren't you?" I asked hoping he wasn't staring at Sharpay.

"What? Yes of corse I was. I'm just up set. I was not staring at Sharpay." Troy told me.

"Good." I said. We ate our food and then we went back to the house.

"So what do you want to do?" Troy asked me.

"I don't know. What do you want to do?" I asked him.

"Well do you want to watch a movie?" Troy asked.

"Sure. But I don't have very good movies." I said.

"Well then do you want to go to a movie?" Troy asked.

"Sure but what movie?" I asked.

"I don't know. Let's look in the paper to see what movies are out." Troy said. We looked in the paper and we decided to go to the movie "When a stranger calls". I'm glad we're going to a scary movie. Cause then we can get closer. Even though I've already seen this movie, I really want to go to it with Troy. We get our popcorn, candy, and pop. And then we sit down in the movie theater. Then the movie starts.

Some of the movie lines:

Jill: Hello...

Stranger: (all he does is breathe hard into the phone).

Jill: Madrakas residents... (He doesn't answer so she just hung up)

45 minutes later...

The phone rings...

Jill: Hello...

Stranger: Have you checked the children?

(Jill Hangs up and goes up stairs and checks on the children. But they're still in their beds sleeping.)

Then when she gets back down stairs the phone rings again...

Jill: Hello?

Stanger: How are the children?

(Then Jill starts freaking out and hangs up. Now she knows he can see her and is watching her).

Then she calls the police and tells them that he can see her and she has to try to keep him on the line for at least 60 seconds so they can track the call down and see where it's coming from...

20 minutes later...

The phone rings again...

Jill: Hello...

(But all she hears is deep breathing).

Then she goes up stairs into the guest bed room. And by now she had kept him on the phone for over 1 minute and hangs up after he says that he wants her blood all over her. Then she hears the shower running so she thinks it Rosa the maid. And that makes her feel safe. But when she walks into the bathroom Rosa is no where to be found. Then the police call...

Jill: Stop calling me! You je... (then the police guy interupts her)

The police man: Jill! We traced the call! It's coming from inside the house...

Then when she turns around she sees her friend lying on the floor dead... the she drops the phone...

Then she starts panicking...

20 minutes later... the movie ends...

"Yeah that was a really good movie." I said standing up.

"Yeah. It wasn't that scary though." Troy said.

"I know. I wasn't scared at all." I told him even though I was squeezing his hand pretty much through the whole movie.

"Yeah well let's go." Troy said as we left the theater room.

In the car.

"So now what?" I asked when we got in.

"Well we could..." Troy said then I started breathing deeply. And I started to get dizzy.

"Gabi? Gabi? What's wrong?" Troy asked looking at me with a worried face. Then I just totally passed out.

Troy calls 9-1-1.

In the hospital.

Sharpay and Kelsi run up to Troy in the lobby.

"What happened? Is she ok Troy?" Sharpay asked worried.

"Well we went to a movie and then after it she passed out in the car." Troy said looking into the window that went into her room.

"Oh." Kelsi said looking in the window.

"Can we go in and see her?" Sharpay asked.

"Yeah. I was just in there." Troy said. Then we all ran into her room.

Then the doctor walked in the room.

"What's wrong with her doc?" Troy asked.

"Well we took some tests and..." The doctor said. "Uh well you can only hear this from me if you're family."

"Well none of us is family." Kelsi said.

"Well do boy friends count?" Troy asked.

"I guess so." The doctor said.

"Oh do bestest friends count?" Sharpay asked.

"Well I think that'd be ok. But only those two people besides family." The doctor said.

"Ok." Sharpay and Troy said. But Kelsi walked out.

"Kelsi? What are you doing?" Sharpay asked.

"I'm not Gabriella's bestest friend." Kelsi said sitting down.

"Oh come on Kels. Yes you are...Well actually you'd probably only be her best friend. But come on. Gabriella is like our sister." Sharpay said.

"Well she is to you. And you are to her. And she is to me too. But I'm not to her." Kelsi said sadly.

"Fine. If you don't want to see hear what's wrong with one of your best friends go ahead." Sharpay said and then walked back into the room.

"I hate it when she does this to me." Kelsi said then walked into the room.

"Ok well the thing that is wrong with Gabriella is that she's pregnat." The doctor said.

"Really?" Troy and Sharpay asked.

"No." The doctor said. "But she might have cancer. We don't know for sure, but there is a slight chance she does."

"She has cancer?" Kelsi yelled.

"She might have cancer." Sharpay corrected.

"How?" Troy yelled.

"Well we found a little something in her blood that may lead to cancer. Or it may cause her to die." The doctor said.

"Die?" Troy, Sharpay, and Kelsi yell.

"I'm sorry." The doctor said. Then he walked out of the room. I start to wake up from the noise.

"Gabi?" Troy and Sharpay asked.

"Yeah." I said but things were really blurry. Troy grabbed my hand.

"Did we wake you?" Troy asked.

"No..." I said. "Yes you did."

"Sorry." Sharpay said.

"It's ok. I'm glad you did." I said. Then me and Troy kissed.

"I sure wish I could of done that with Jason." Kelsi said.

"Well didn't you? I mean he was at the reunion." Troy exlplained.

"Well I coulnd't find him." Kelsi said sadly.

"Oh. Well he was looking for you too." Troy said.

"He was?" Kelsi asked.

"Yeah. He was." Troy said.

"You see. Jason still remembers you." I said smiling.

"Good." Kelsi said.

"I really hope you don't have cancer, or die." Sharpay said. But then Kelsi hits her in the head.

"What?" I asked getting scared.

"Nothing. I didn't say anything." Sharpay said innocently.

"I might have cancer? I might die?" I cried.

"Well..." Troy said holding my hand tighter.

"So Troy do you have Jason's number?" Kelsi asekd.

"Uh no." Troy said.

"Don't try to change the subject. I know what you said." I said. "I can't believe this!"

"I'm sorry." Sharpay said.

The doctor walks in. "We have good news for you guys." The doctor said.

"What?" We all said looking at him.

"Gabriella does not have cancer. And she isn't gonna die." The doctor said.

"That's great!" They said realived.

"You guys...Gabriella's pregnat." The doctor said happily.

(Troy and Gabriella did you know what. But I just didn't tell you).

"What?" I yelled getting up.

"Yeah. We found a baby in the x-ray we took of you." The doctor. Troy and I kissed.

"You're definetly the father." I said grabbing his hand.

"Yeah. I mean I was the last one who..." Troy said then realized that it wasn't just them in the room. "Well yeah. I am the father."

"Congradulations!" Sharpay and Kelsi said then the doctor walked out of the room. Then they both hugged each of us. Then me and Troy kiss again.

"Oh yeah. And you're free to go." The doctor said.

"Oh too bad I don't get to be here for when the baby comes. I don't get to help decorate with the baby's room. I don't get to babysit the baby. I don't get to do anything. Unless I move down here." Sharpay said.

"Yes please. I'm gonna need a lot of help with this baby and everything." I said.

"You can live in our guest house." Troy said.

"You guys have a guest house?" Sharpay asked.

"Yeah we do." I said.

"Great!" Sharpay yelled excitedly.

"And tomorrow's Gabriella's birthday." Troy said.

"Really?" Sharpay and Kelsi said.

"Yeah it is." I said.

We left the hospital.

At me and Troy's house.

"Well I'm really tired. I'm gonna go take a nap." I said but first I gave Troy a kiss then I went to our room.

"So I was thinking about throwing Gabi a surprise birthday party." Troy said.

"How are we gonna throw her a party in less then 24 hours?" Kelsi asked.

"Palese! That is easy! One time I threw a party for my cousin in less than 2 hours." Sharpay explained.

"Really?" Troy asked.

"Yeah." Sharpay said. "Though by the time she saw what I did, she had already been partying at my uncle's club. He threw a party for her there. So I guess the party was as big of a hitt as it was at the club."

"Oh. Well we can do this then." Troy said. "Ok let's go start off with getting some decorations. How about Kelsi you go and get some party decorations. Sharpay you can get invitaions. And then address them to everyone you know that Gabriella knows too. And I'll go order the cake."

"Ok." Sharpay and Kelsi said.

In the bakery.

"Ok so I want the design of a music note on it. And I want the number 28 in big pink letters on it. And I want it to say Happy Birthday Gabriella!" Troy explained. "Ok?"

"Got it." Stephanie said.

"Ok." Troy said.

The Dollar store.

"Ok so do you have any invitations that say Happy Birthday Gabriella Montez?" Sharpay asked the employee. The employee looks at her with a face that says 'We don't have personilized invitations'.

"Ok...Happy birthday...happy birthday..." Kelsi said browsing. "Oh here. Happy Birthday!"

Kelsi found a big long sign that said Happy Birthday on it in big letters.

"Perfect." Kelsi said.

2 hours later back at the house.

"Ok Gabi is going to be waking up any minute. She's already been sleeping for 2 hours straight." Troy said quietly.

"Yeah. Well what time is the party?" Sharpay asked.

"Uh...I was thinking around 2:00." Troy said.

"Ok. So I think just so she doesn't see the invites I'll just make them out at my house." Sharpay said.

"Yeah that's good thinking." Troy said.

"Thank you." Sharpay said smiling proudly.

"Well how are we going to get the decorations up? At her house? Where she will be present?" Kelsi asked with a wondering mood.

"Well I know just the way to get her out of the house." Troy said.

1 hour later.

"You want me to fly to Miami and get Taylor over here?" I asked confused. Troy just nodded his head. "Why?"

"Well because, you haven't seen her in a while. And I just thought it would be fun for you and her to be able to spend some time together." Troy said.

"Well why do I have to bring her over here? I could just stay in Miami." I asked confused.

"Well because I still want to be able to spend time with you a lot." Troy said. Then I looked at him with a weird face.

"I don't know Troy. I mean I could just call her." I said.

"I know but I want you to be able to go shopping with her and do stuff with her." Troy explained.

"Ah huh. Well then I guess if it means that much to you. I'll go to Miami and then drag Taylor back here." I said still confused. Why is Troy all of a sudden wanting me to hang out with Taylor so much? What's going on? He has a secret that I don't know about I can tell. But I'm going to find out what he's hiding. Oh I'm gonna.

"Thank you." Troy said. "Now I already got the ticket for you. So you leave tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" I yelled.

"Yes. I want you to be here for your birthday. I want to spend it with you." Troy said. Then gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks. I guess I'll go to Miami and drag one of my best friends down here...tomorrow." I said. "Even though I just found out today."

"Exactly." Troy said. Then we hugged and he left.

"Well where are you going?" I asked stopping him from walking out the door.

"Oh I'm going to Sharpay's house to talk to her about something." Troy said walking outside. But I ran after him.

"Why are you going to Sharpay's house?" I asked in a mad voice.

"Relax. It's just about a present we got you for your birthday. You're gonna love it." Troy said then kissed me and got into his car and drove off.

"Yeah right." I said sadly and walked back into the house.

The next day.

"Ok so I'm leaving for Miami now. Bye Troy." I said. Then we kissed for about a minute.

"Bye." Troy said. "So you're coming back tomorrow."

"Right." I said smiling.

"Bye Gabi." Troy said then we kissed again. Then I left for the air port. Troy called Sharpay and Kelsi to come over right away.

"Ok so did you send out the invitations?" Troy asked Sharpay.

"Yep. I sent one out to everyone." Sharpay explained. "I sent one out to everyone of her old scholastic decatholon team, Zeke, Chad, Jason."

"Yeah. I get it. You sent one out to a lot of people." Troy said stopping her.

"Jason? You sent one to Jason?" Kelsi asked feeling happy inside.

"Yeah." Sharpay said knowing she was all happy now.

"Yes!" Kelsi exclaimed. Troy and Sharpay laughed a little bit.

"Ok let's start getting set up." Troy said getting some decoratioins out of the 2 bags of them Kelsi got yesterday.

"Ok." Kelsi said helping.

The next day. Gabriella's birthday. The guests start arriving.

"Ok. Gabriella and Taylor are gonna be here around 2:10. So we need everyone here by then." Troy said rushing around letting people in and greeting people.

"Hi." Sharpay said walking in.

"Oh hey Sharpay." Troy said. "Thanks for being here early to help with the last minute decorations."

"I'm sorry. I had a lunch date with Zeke." Sharpay said.

"It's ok." Troy said joking.

"You had a lunch date with Zeke?" Kelsi asked.

"Yeah. His wife is out of town." Sharpay said smiling.

"Well hopefully his wife doesn't find out." Troy said.

"Yeah. It's not like he's cheating. We're just friends. We're not dating or anything." Sharpay said.

"Well good." Kelsi said.

"Uh Kelsi..." Sharpay said spotting Jason talking to someone.

"What?" Kelsi asked. Then her mouth dropped when she saw Jason.