Author's Note: If you haven't seen HSM 3 yet, you may not understand some parts! Enjoy!

"What the ****!"

Gabriella pushed Troy away from her, recognizing Cameron's voice.

"Cameron! What are you doing here?" she said, avoiding Troy who was trying to catch her eye.

"I think the better question is what were you doing? Pressed up against this guy?!" said Cameron, giving Troy a murderous look.

"It's not wh-what you think, really," Gabriella said. Her vision was becoming slightly blurry from the tears that were threatening to fall.

Massie and Selena walked up to congratulate their friend for another great performance when they saw Gabriella in tears, Troy and Cameron glaring at each other.

"What is going on here? Cameron, why do you look like you are going to kill someone? And who the hell is this?" Massie said, walking towards Gabriella to try to comfort her.

"Why don't you ask him?!" Cameron said to Massie while glaring at Troy. She rounded on Troy and said, "YOU! What did you do to her?"

"ME? Why do you think I did something to her? Don't you think it could have been him?" Troy said, trying to stay calm. He could hear footsteps behind him and hoped it wasn't any of Gabriella's guy friends. He then heard a voice and immediately recognized it as Zeke's and, after a pause, he heard Chad's. They turned the corner and immediately looked over at Troy and stood by him, ready to defend their friend. Troy didn't notice Selena leave but she returned with all of their guy friends. Selena had filled them in and Joe went and stood in between Cameron and Troy, who both looked like they were about to jump each other.

"Hey, guys let's just calm down. There is no need to fight over whatever you guys are fighting about." Joe said, trying to calm down both guys.

"Joe, just move out of the way so I can kill that guy!" Cameron yelled, trying to free himself from Chris, who was holding him back.

"Guys, just stop!" Gabriella said. "Just stop. Troy, I'm sorry but that shouldn't have happened. I was caught up in the moment."

"Gabriella! Come on, that wasn't a 'caught in the moment' kiss and you know it!" Troy said, trying to get closer to her, only to be held back by Chad and Zeke. "Look me in the eyes and tell me that you don't love me anymore. Tell me that you would rather be with some guy who is fake like Sharpay's nails," Troy said.

Gabriella was silent and never said anything. She turned and walked away with Cameron's arm around her waist. Troy sighed and ran his hand through his hair when he noticed that Selena was still standing in the hallway. She looked like she wanted to say something. She sighed and decided to return to her friends. She stopped halfway and walked up to Troy and said, "Just for the record, she does still love you. I noticed when we were in the gym she couldn't stop glancing at you. She just needs time. I'm not supposed to say anything but she is staying here for a couple of more weeks. She said something about spending time with her mom."

Troy gave Selena a confused look and said, "How does knowing that help make me feel better? She basically just gave me her answer. She doesn't love me anymore. That song, now that I think about it, is a break up song, not a love song. Plus, if she's staying here then doesn't that mean he's going to be here, too?"

"TROY! Will you listen to yourself? Yeah, that song may be a break up song but she wrote it the night you two ran into each other at the club. Her heart broke again when she saw you doing that body shot. She had to get her feelings down on paper. As for the whole situation with Cameron, he' s not staying here. He has business to do back in LA like the rest of us do. I'm staying here for two weeks but then I'm off to LA so why don't you try to win her back?"

With that said, Selena turned and went to join her friends, leaving Troy t think about what she said.

"Wasn't that Selena Gomez?" Chad said.

"Sure was my friend, sure was," Zeke replied before asking Troy, "So you kissed Gabriella? Wow, man."

"Yeah, I did, but you heard what she said. It was a mistake. Should have never happened," Troy said while walking back to the gym to say good-bye to the girls before heading home. He was at the front of the East High school doors when he thought he felt someone looking at him. He shrugged the thought out of his head. He walked to his car and headed home.

Empty Classroom

Gabriella led her friends to an empty classroom so the guys could try and calm down Cameron. She switched on the lights and gasped when she saw the classroom.

"What's wrong?" Selena asked.

"This used to be my old homeroom and drama classroom," she answered.

She walked around the classroom, thinking about all the good times she had with all of her friends. She stopped in front of the class and looked at all the empty seats. Gabriella noticed that Cameron had taken a seat in what used to be Troy's, with Chris in what used to be Chad's. The two friends were talking. Cameron looked like he was calmed down. She sighed and sat in her old seat, in the back.

"Hey, is that you Gabriella?" In this poster for some play called Twinkle…what does the rest say?" Massie asked her.

Gabriella turned around in her seat and noticed for the first time that Mrs. Darbus hadn't taken down her first play poster in East High.

"Yeah, that's me alright. Wow…I haven't seen this since I left here."

"What's this right here?" Joe asked.

Gabriella walked over to a picture he was standing in front of. He pointed to a picture where her old friends were gathered around their old drama teacher. It was right after their last musical, the Senior Musical. She looked at all their faces and noted how happy everyone was.

"Looks like this teacher liked you guys a lot," Cameron said.

Gabriella didn't even notice him walk over to her. He looked calm now and she was glad. He wrapped his arm around her waist and she leaned into him. She sighed.

"Why do you say that?"

"Well, this whole blackboard is pictures of your old group of friends."

For the first time since she began looking at pictures, she noticed that he was right. There were pictures of her and Taylor laughing at something Chad had said. The more she looked at the pictures, the more she longed to be able to talk to her other friends.

"We should get going before Brad sends out a search party," Selena said.

"Yeah we should," Massie agreed.

"You guys go ahead, I'll meet you guys out there," Gabriella said.

"Hey, you okay? Want me to stay with you?" asked a concerned Cameron.

"No, that's okay. I just need to clear my head and fix the make-up."

"Well, if you're not out there in 20 minutes then I'm coming back. Don't worry; this whole event should be over in like an hour or so. We take a group shot with all the other celebrities and the kids, then we are done for the night."

Gabriella giggled and said, "Do you even know how to get yourself through this school without getting lost? So really, it wouldn't matter if I took more than 20 minutes because my knight in shining armor is going to be wandering aimlessly around the school."

"Well in that case, maybe you should just come back with us. Your makeup is fine, really babe."

"No Cameron. Just go back to the gym. I'll be there before you even miss me."

"Oh fine, you win. See you in a bit then."

East High Gym

"Where have you guys been? I've been looking for you everywhere! Where's Gabriella?" said a very frantic Brad.

"Hey dude, calm down. We are here now. So what do you want us to do?" said Joe.

"Well, the press is allowed in now since there is an hour left. So just talk to the pres if one of the reporters comes up to you. You didn't answer my question. Where is Gabriella?"

"Oh, she just stopped by the restroom." Selena said before anyone else could answer.

"Alright, what's going on? Joe isn't looking at me, something is bugging Cameron, Massie is more interested in her nails. Tell me what's going on."

"Okay Brad, nothing is wrong. We're just tired. So you can go and hang with all the other publicists," Massie said.

"If you say so; just to remind you guys the press wants to talk, so talk. And please, please I'm begging you, don't get into a fight," Brad said, eyeing the boys.

"Too late," Alicia muttered. Alicia and Stephen were filled in on what had happened. They both were disappointed they missed the drama but were glad that Gabriella was okay.

"How can a guy like that even have friends?" said Cameron, glaring at Troy who, by the looks of it, was just about to leave.

"God Cam, will you just drop all this stuff with Troy? You hear Gabriella. That kiss didn't mean anything," said Massie, walking over to a group of kids who were waiting by the table she was at earlier, starting to take pictures and sign autographs. Selena and Alicia followed her lead and walked over to her.

"Hey, come on. The kids keep looking at us waiting for us to play some more basketball with them," said Joe.

"You guys go ahead, I'll be there in a minute," Cameron said, turning away and walking in the direction they just saw Troy leave.

Chris sighed and said, "Can you say jealous much?"

"Yeah, jealous much," Joe replied with a soft smile.

"You do know that was a rhetorical question, right?"

"No, but did you know that?"

"Wait, what?" responded a now confused Chris.

"Exactly my friend, exactly," said Joe and ran over to the kids.

Chris just stood there before shaking his head while muttering, "How are we friends?"

"So, what do you think will happen when Gabriella stays here? Will she hand out with Troy and the rest of them?" Massie asked her other two friends.

"Who knows? I'm sure with Selena staying with her for two weeks she won't have time to even think about him," Alicia responded.

"What if she wants to hang out with them? What am I supposed to do? Forbid her to hang with him? This is her hometown. We will run into them sometime," Selena tried to reason with her friends.

"What are you saying? You and Gabriella are going to hook up with Troy and his friends?!" Massie said, narrowing her eyes.

"No, I'm just saying that what if her mom still talks to all of her friend's parents? What if they all have dinner one night, and its Maria's turn to cook? How am I supposed to make sure they don't run into each other at Gabriella's own house?"

"Well, if that happens, then just, I don't know, I'm sure you'll think of something," Massie told Selena while turning away from her friends to talk to a reporter who had come up to her. This left no room for any more discussion, since the girls were now busy with the many different reporters who had finally made their way towards them.

Mrs. Darbus's Classroom

Gabriella was just about done fixing her make-up. One more look at herself in the mirror and then she turned and looked at the board filled with pictures one more time. She walked out the door and decided to take one look around the high school that held so many memories. She walked down the hallway. Everything felt so strange to her as she walked past the rows of lockers. She found the two lockers that used to belong to Sharpay. She was sad to see that they were no longer pink. They were just like all the other lockers, boring and not interesting. She climbed the stairs and started to walk down the hall known as the Jock Block. She stopped in what used to be Troy's locker. It still had East High's logo. The locker to the right was what used to be Chad's. It still had the picture of East High's mascot, the wildcat.

Gabriella kept walking until she reached her old locker. She remembered all the little notes Troy would slip in her locker during passing. Gabriella walked down to the cafeteria and sat down at the table she used to sit at. This was the place that held a lot of memories, like her accidentally spilling her chili cheese fries all over Sharpay. Also, where Chad finally got the courage to ask Taylor to their senior prom after Troy had to yell to get the students to shut up. Gabriella giggled a little at the thought of Troy yelling "Yo!" to make it quiet. She sighed and bit her lip, thinking of everything that just happened. She shook her head and moved on.

She walked into her high school theater. This is the place where she had many more memories than any other place at East High. From singing with Troy for the first time to getting called back. Her first play with Troy to her last musical at East High, "Senior Year". Gabriella was way into her thoughts that she didn't hear the door open. Gabriella walked towards the piano and started to play her and Troy's song, "I Just Wanna Be With You".

"Ah, Miss Montez, so nice to see you again," said a voice.

Gabriella let out a scream. She calmed herself down when she saw that it was her old drama teacher, Mrs. Darbus.

"Oh, um, I thought I was alone. Sorry Mrs. Darbus, I'll just leave." Gabriella got up from the piano.

"Now Ms. Montez, I didn't mean to charge you off that stage. I just think it's a great pleasure to see you back on it. How are you? Last time I heard of you, you were going on that world tour."

"Oh, well my management team decided to give me some time off. Enough about me, what have you been doing?"

"Ms. Montez, I think you don't want to know about me. More like what have your friends been doing, am I correct?"

"I guess, but you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"Well, why don't you get off that stage and join me here in the seats."

Glad that Mrs. Darbus wasn't mad at her, she walked down the steps and joined her.

"Well, who shall I start with?" said Mrs. Darbus. "I guess Mr. Baylor is a chef now and has his own restaurant named Baylor's place. He and Ms. Evans are still dating. Ms. Evans still helps here at East High with the drama kids. Mr. Evans has been super busy with now owning the country club "Lava Springs".

"Wow, seems like they went ahead with their dreams," Gabriella said.

"Then there's Mr. Danforth. He works here at East High as well. He's the basketball coach. His plan is for the team to be as great as it was when he was on it. Ms. McKessie, she comes and visits every week. She's been taking classes at U of A. Kelsie helps with the musicals here along with Ms. Evans."

Gabriella nods and lets this information sink in. She notices Ms. Darbus hadn't mentioned Troy.

She hesitated before saying, "What about Troy?"

Mrs. Darbus didn't answer right away. There was a moment of silence before she signed and said, "Ah, Mr. Bolton. He isn't the same as you remembered. Sure he comes and helps Mr. Danforth every once in a while but…He wasn't the same once you left. He gave up his dream of going to the NBA. His bright blue eyes turned to a dark blue. He just isn't the same,"

Gabriella sat there thinking that she was the one who had broken Troy's heart and dreams. If she hadn't left then maybe he would be playing for the NBA. They could have been engaged, or even married. She was pulled back into reality when her phone buzzed, telling her she received a text message.

Cameron: Hey babe, it's been more than 20 minutes. Starting to get worried. You okay?

Gabriella: I'm on my way.

She turned to Mrs. Darbus, who was staring at the stage.

"Sorry, but I have to go. Thank you for telling me those things. It was nice seeing you again."

She got up and walked back to the gym where she was whisked away for the group picture. Before she knew it, she was on her way back to the hotel.

Hotel/ Girls Room

The girls arrived back at their hotel room and were in their pajamas in no time.

"Whew, I'm beat. I could just fall asleep here on the floor," said Selena.

"Tell me about it. To think I have to be up at 5 in the morning to catch my flight back to L.A," said Massie.

"Why don't you just leave with Cameron, Joe, Stephan, and me on his jet?" Alicia asked.

"I have to be at Ellen by 11 and you guys aren't leaving until the afternoon. No worries, I'm dragging Chris to come with me."

"Hey Gabriella, why are you so quiet?" Alicia questioned her.

"I'm just tired. I think I'm going to bed." Gabriella looked at Selena as she walked to her room. Selena got the hint and said, "Well I'm beat. Goodnight guys."

"Night," Alicia and Massie shouted.

"Hey what's up?" Selena asked as soon as she shut the door.

"Selena! I have no clue what to do! I'm staying here and sooner or later I'm going to have to face him!"

Selena knew who the "him" she was talking about was. "Aw, hun calm down. Didn't you tell me that your mom is throwing you this big dinner? She invited everyone, you know? Just talk to him then. I'll be there, too. So don't freak out! Now, let's get some sleep."

Gabriella giggled and said, "Yes, mom."

She turned off the lights and just as she was falling asleep, she felt her phone vibrate, telling her she had a call. She looked at the screen and froze when it read "Troy". Gabriella, not wanting to deal with any more drama, hit ignore. As she was falling asleep, she felt another vibrate. Voicemail.

OH MY GOSH! Soooo sorry I haven't updated in a while. This chapter is like 9 pages on word sooo I hope I made it up 2 you! Please review!!! Yay! Haha =)

Also if there are any spelling errors I am sorry. I was writing late at night sometimes! REVIEW!!