Hey everyone. As you can see I thought I should just continue this for not just your enjoyment but my own sake. I guess MadiWillow would be right. It's a way of expressing myself and I shouldn't really care. But I do thank everyone else for their support and enjoyment.

These people include: MadiWillow, XxpinayxX (even though I couldn't read your message), iluvhsm-Sprntrl-LWD-Sville13, BehindMyEyes, shoppinfreak, eyelashxwishes, karylle 24, and carito06.

You all are so sweet and I thank you again now here's a chapter hope you enjoy and again reviews are always welcome.

Previously:

Troy waved as he walked back to his house. "Damn it Tay. Why does your timing have to be as bad as Chad's!" Troy said aloud when he saw that Gabriella was out of earshot.

Gabriella had just got to Taylor's house and before she could even knock on the door, Taylor opens it and pulls Gabriella in with a yelp. Gabriella was dazed and confused as Taylor dragged her to her room.

"Hey Tay, what's up?" Gabriella said as she plotted herself on Taylor's bed.

"Okay, Gabi. I know I've asked you this before but I'm going to ask you this again and you have to answer me truthfully. Okay?" Taylor said as she sat herself on the bed turning Gabriella towards her.

Gabriella looked confused but still said to her, "Okay, what is it?" she said anxiously. 'Oh god here it comes.' Gabriella thought as she waited.

"Gabi, do you like Troy?" Taylor asked looking her straight in the eye to make sure she wasn't going to lie, even though Gabriella has never been good at lying. 'And there it goes.' She thought to herself. Before Gabriella could answer, Taylor continued, "I know you've said in the past, he's only a friend and all but really Gabi, at this moment do you or do you not like Troy Bolton?"

Gabriella sat there for a moment looking at her hands before looking at Taylor again. Taylor was looking at her for an answer. Slowly Gabriella nodded her head. "Yeah, I do." She said barely a whisper.

Taylor looked at her not knowing if she should be joyful or upset. She looked at Gabriella and took her hands. "Okay, I have good news and bad news for you. Which do you want first?" Taylor said bracing herself to tell Gabriella both.

Gabriella looked frightened but then let out a sigh. "You may as well tell me the good news first." Gabriella said not really wanting to hear the bad.

Taylor hugged her friend. "Well the good news is that you finally see the light and I'm happy you finally admit you like him." Taylor said as she pulled away.

Gabriella looked at her friend dreading the fact that's coming. "And the bad news?" Gabriella asked. 'Oh god, oh god, oh god.' Gabriella thought as she closed her eyes and opened them again looking at Taylor.

"Well bad news. Susie called me yesterday and talked to me about you and Troy. She said that she overheard Troy telling Chad that he liked you and she was sure that if he were to ask you out that you would say yes. She said she's scared of being betrayed by you and knew that you could get any guy you want. She's hurt and really likes Troy and wants to be with him but there's no chance since you're here and every guy she's liked so far, fell for you it's just you haven't seen it and Troy is another one and she's hurt and jealous." Taylor said as she took another breath. But by this point, Gabriella was in tears.

She stood up and paced the room. "Tay, I seriously tried to put my feelings aside. You think I want to do this? I've been trying to avoid and ignore the whole situation and set them two up. I mean I didn't even think Troy would like me until yesterday! I know-" Gabriella was about to keep going before Taylor cut her off.

"Wait, what do you mean? Troy confessed?" Taylor asked confused.

Gabriella slowly sat down and nodded. "He told me yesterday on the phone and I just saw him before I came here. I admitted I liked him too. But you know it doesn't matter anymore because tomorrow I'm just going to tell him to pretend none of this happened. I'll tell him to try and get to know Susie and have it that way. Or if I can't get them together at least all of us can be friends and that way I know I didn't hurt anyone and Susie won't feel betrayed." Gabriella was crying hard right now.

Taylor hugged Gabriella comforting her. 'Damn it. I hate being the barren of bad news to Gabi. But I had to do it before she found out from another person that annoying Susie complained to, especially if Troy and Gabi actually got together. Why does Gabi have to be so selfless?' Taylor thought to herself. "Shh, it's okay honey." Taylor said as Gabriella continued crying.

Gabriella took a breath. "That's what I'm going to do Tay. I'll just tell Troy tomorrow." Gabriella said with all the energy she had left. She stood up. "Well, I'm gunna go."

Taylor nodded and got up to hug her friend one more time. "Okay, call me if anything happens. I'm always here for you." She said giving Gabriella a big squeeze. 'She really needs to learn to think for herself also.' Taylor thought to herself as she sighed.

"Thanks Tay, talk to you later." Gabriella said waving to her friend as she started walking home.

Once Gabriella left, Taylor called Sharpay to let her in. Sharpay picked up right away. "Hey Tay," Sharpay said happily.

"Bad news, Shar." Taylor began as Sharpay's smiled turned into a frown.

"Oh no, what happened?" Sharpay asked concerned. Taylor told Sharpay everything that happened.

"Oh gosh, why does Susie have to be so selfish! Doesn't she know she'll never EVER get Troy!" Sharpay yelled in the phone.

Taylor sighed. "I know but you know how Gabi is. She doesn't want to hurt her. She'd rather let herself suffer but she just doesn't know that Troy's going to be suffering too." Taylor said. "We'll have to see how this turns out."

Sharpay let out a groan. "Okay. I'll talk to you at school. We'll both be there for Gabi. I gotta go Tay."

"Okay see ya." Taylor said as she hung up. 'Please let this work out.' Taylor sighed as she went to her homework.

Once Gabriella got home, she laid on her bed and started crying again. 'Troy and I can't be together. I have to tell him tomorrow. For the sake of Susie, I don't want to be the one to hurt her.' Gabriella kept thinking to herself as she cried herself to sleep.

The next day, Gabriella woke up with her eyes burning from the tears of the night before. She went to take a shower to give herself a little more energy before she talks to Troy. Once she got out, she put on her bathrobe and called to see if she could talk to Troy. She waited and he picked up by the second ring.

"Hello?" Troy said from the other line.

"Sorry Troy, did I wake you?" Gabriella said getting more nervous by the second.

Troy straightened up once he heard her voice. "Hey Gabi. No you didn't wake me. I was just laying in bed." He said happy to hear her voice.

"Oh I see. Um..Troy you have plans today?" Gabriella asked as she leaned her head against one of the posts in her room.

Troy's smile turned into a frown as she asked him that. "Actually, I do Gabs. I promised my dad that I would practice today." Troy said sadly.

Gabriella let out a sigh of relief yet frustration at the same time but held the phone so Troy wouldn't hear her. "Oh, I see." Gabriella began.

"Sorry, Gabi. Did you want to do something?" Troy asked disappointed that he couldn't hang out with her today.

"No, no it's fine. I know you need to practice and you know you can't break your promises." Gabriella said quickly so he doesn't change his mind. "But um..can you meet me 20 minutes early tomorrow before school?" Gabriella asked him.

Troy found it kind of odd. "Umm..sure Gabi. Is something wrong?" Troy asked. 'She sounds like she's about to cry.' Troy thought to himself worried.

"No, no I just need to talk to you. That's all, no big deal." Gabriella said quickly. Tears were starting to well up in her eyes as she thought about what she was going to say. "Anyways, I'll let you get ready for your practice. Talk to ya later. Bye Troy." She said quickly and hung up before Troy could say anything.

Once Gabriella hung up, Troy looked at his phone with a confused look. 'I wonder what she needs to talk about. She sounded so sad. Well, hopefully I could cheer her up tomorrow by asking her out.' Troy smiled to himself at the thought of asking Gabriella out. Then he finally got up and ready for practice.

'Oh god, how am I going to survive tomorrow?' Gabriella asked herself as she flopped herself on her bed and tears started coming down again. 'I hope we could still be friends after this..' Gabriella sighed as she went downstairs.

In the evening, Taylor called her to make sure everything was okay. She knew Gabriella wasn't really one to tell people her true feelings and she likes things kept inside. Gabriella answered. "Hey." Gabriella said.

"Hey you too. Did you talk to him?" Taylor said getting straight to the point.

"No, he had practice with his dad today." Gabriella said as she fiddled with her book on her lap.

"Oh, okay so when are you talking to him?" Taylor asked curiously.

"Tomorrow morning. I asked him to meet me early." Gabriella said. 'I really hope it goes well.' She thought to herself after.

"Well I'll be waiting outside homeroom for you. If anything goes wrong, I'll tell Shar to tell Darbus that we're in the bathroom okay?" Taylor said reassuring her.

"Yeah okay. I'll talk to you tomorrow." Gabriella said not really want to talk about it any more.

"Okay Love you Gabi." Taylor said. "Love you too Tay." Gabriella said as she hung up.

That night Gabriella couldn't sleep very well. She kept twisting and turning thinking about what she was going to tell Troy. She knew she was going to have to figure it out and ended up waking up at four in the morning. She just decided to get up and shower. Once she was done she went to her closet and decided to wear white jeans, a long brown tube top and a white cropped sweater over it. She then put a big bronze belt around her stomach and white sneakers. She left her hair down and in their natural curls and put on silver earrings and a silver necklace. Once she was done, she went downstairs to cook breakfast. By the time she was done with everything, it was time for to meet up with Troy.

She said bye to her mom and started walking to school. She was getting more and more nervous and she walked and once she got there she saw Troy sitting on the side of the steps waiting for her. Once Troy saw her, he smiled and walked up to her. "Hey Gabi," Troy said smiling.

Gabriella gave him a weak smile. "Hey Troy." She managed to say.

Troy looked at her a little worried. "Is something wrong?" Troy asked looking right at her.

Gabriella stood there for a little bit before looking up at him. "Let's go to your spot to talk." Gabriella said as she started walking. He followed. Once they got up there, she put her stuff down and stood at the rail looking out to the city. He also put his stuff down and stood right next to her.

They stood there for a while before Troy spoke. "Gabi, what was it that you wanna talk about?" Troy asked curiously.

Gabriella stood for a little longer before speaking but still looking out to the city. "Troy, you know all that stuff we said to each other on Saturday?"

Troy smiled at the thought. "Of course. I wanted to talk to you about that too." Troy said as he got nervous to what he wanted to ask her.

"Well..I think we should forget everything we said and just forget that ever happened." Gabriella said quickly but slow enough for Troy to comprehend.

Troy's expression turned from excited and happy to devastated and confused. "Wait..what? Why Gabi?" Troy asked trying to get an answer. He turned her towards him but she wouldn't budge.

Tears were starting to abrupt in Gabriella's eyes. She continued to look out towards the city. "Yeah I mean it's crazy that we would have feelings for each other and we both know it probably wouldn't last. Our friendship should be first of everything. So why don't we forget everything that's happened and just go back to being best friends. It's better for everyone." Gabriella said as strong as she could. Tears were threatening to fall but she wouldn't let them.

Troy stood there speechless. He could feel anger coming up. "What are you talking about Gabi! We both know we have feelings for each other so why can't we show them!" Troy said now anger coming even harder.

"It's probably better that way. Anyways, I think you should give Susie a chance. You know she likes you a lot. You may end up liking her too." Gabriella said even though it hurt her with every word she said.

Just then the bell rang. "Troy I think it's for the best. Please agree with me on this okay?" Gabriella pleaded as she got her stuff and started walking. Troy was now furious. 'Why Gabi! And what does Susie have to do with anything ?' he thought to himself as he got his stuff and went to homeroom.

When he got there, he saw Gabriella's stuff but didn't see her. He sat down and held his fist. Chad put his hand on Troy's shoulder and pulled him back against his chair to whisper to him. "Dude, what the hell did you do? Gabi walked in here, trying hella hard to hide her tears. She asked Darbus to let her go to the bathroom with Tay and Shar." Chad said obviously upset. Chad and Gabriella were really close and had this brother sister bond. Chad never wants to see his little sister hurt.

Troy looked back at Chad. "I seriously don't want to talk about it." Troy hissed at Chad. Chad knew Troy was mad by his look. He left it alone and decided to find out later.

Meanwhile, in the bathroom Gabriella was crying as Taylor hugged her and Sharpay rubbed her back. "Gabi, what happened?" Taylor asked worried.

Gabriella managed to start breathing normally and sat up to wash her face. "I told him. I told him to forget everything. That we should just go back to being friends. I think he's mad at me now." Gabriella said as she grabbed a towel and wiped her face.

"Did you say it was Susie?" Taylor asked hoping she did so Troy will know and find a way to still get with her even though she knows that Gabriella isn't the type of person who would blame something for it.

"No, I didn't say anything about Susie except that he should give her a chance." Gabriella said. 'Damn it.' Taylor thought as she looked at Sharpay knowing she was thinking the exactly same thing.

"Anyways, we should get back. I'm good now." Gabriella said as she started for the door. Before they left Sharpay whispered into Taylor's ear. "We need to talk to Troy." Taylor nodded and walked out and they all went back to homeroom.

There's the chapter. Haha I was going to stop after Gabriella's visit to Taylor but it seemed too short. Anyways, I hope you guys like this one. And yeah it's all true. The so called 'Chad' in my real life is seriously like my brother. I love him to death for always being there, ironic that he is also my ex's (who is 'Troy' in this story) best friend. Yup, I laughed at the fact. Oh, and I'm still friends with the 'Susie' in my life. Sweet girl. But yeah please review and next chapter of Sharpay and Taylor's talk with Troy will be up very soon. Again love you all x3