Sorry for the wait you guys. TOO much work to do. But thanks for the reviews. I really appreciate getting your feedback, etcWhat I'm writing now, is different from what was in my mind, when I started, and wrote the trailer. It's because I write like on the moment. I don't really plan out the chapters, only the plot. If the trailer still worries you, just know that anything in the trailer that hasn't been used will be used soon. It just won't be in the order it was originally going to be in. Does that clear anything up? If it doesn't feel free to PM, and ask more questions. I'll answer them

Okay, now that that's over with, here's the next chapter. :)

Who's That Girl

Chapter 11- Melanie's Plan Revealed

Kelsi's POV-

"D-did you just say y-you want to d-die?" I stuttered.

She sighed heavily. "Yes I did Kelsi. Just think about it. If you were in my shoes, you'd think the same, wouldn't you?" she replied. I sat there, trying to put myself in her shoes, just as she just told me to. A lone tear traveled down from my right eye, descending over my cheek. I sighed.

"I would feel the same Gabi. But you're not alone anymore." I said, smiling, and shaking my head sympathetically. "I'm here now. And didn't you say that Cameron's coming over here from California soon?" I asked confused. She turned her body around to face me, as she shook her head sadly.

"I did. But I didn't tell you the whole story. Before you got here, I got a voice message from him, so I called him. He can't come over here until next week Kels!" she exclaimed sadly, throwing her hands up in the air, as tears started to pour from her eyes. I sighed as I looked at her pain stricken, tear stained face. I sat beside her, trying to come up with something that'll make her feel better. I looked over at the wall, and spotted a picture of Gabriella, and her family; everyone was beaming. An idea suddenly came to me. I grinned brightly, as I noticed that Gabriella was looking at me weirdly.

"Sorry." I stated glumly, looking down at my feet, trying to hide my excitement. "I just thought of umm, something that Jason told me last week." I said lying through my teeth, as Gabriella gave me an even weirder look, the one that we'd usually give Chad or Jason when they said something inappropriate.

"Okay…" I looked up at her face again.

"Gabriella, would you promise me something?" I asked nervously.

"Yeah Kels?" she responded quietly looking at the picture that was the focus of my attention merely moments ago. I looked at her happily.

"Don't give up on your life just yet. Promise me that." I told her, as she turned her head back towards me, shaking her head no.

"Kel-" I cut her off.

"Please?" I begged, grabbing a hold of one of her hands, as she opened her mouth to say something else, I interrupted her again.

"Don't say you won't have anyone. You know that's not true. You have me, Gabi." I explained, as she closed her eyes and sighed.

"I guess." She replied, as I smiled widely.

"Great! Remember that, okay Gabi?" I said, as I stood up looking ecstatic.

"Uhh, sure." She responded, opening her eyes, and wiping her tears off of her confused and hurt face. I looked down at her, as guilt started to build in my stomach again. There was a thick silence and tension in the air, as the two of us looked at each other. The silence was soon broken by her.

"Don't tell anyone about this, okay?" she requested.

"What? Why?" I questioned in confusion.

"I don't want the others to start hating you too. I don't want you to feel what I am, Kelsi. You're like my little sister. No. You are my little sister. It's my duty to protect you." She stated, as her voice started to tremble. "Even if it means facing the pain myself, and being alone."

"God, Gabriella. I know. But you don't have to be alone. Really." I told her, as I sat down, and hugged her thin, bony body again. "I know that we haven't known each other as long as you and the others have, but we do have a strong bond together. No matter what people say or do. You have me, and you always will. You don't have to face it alone. I promise you that. Everything will get better, as long as I'm around." She let go of the hug, and faced me, tearing streaming down her face, but this time, she was actually smiling for once.

"Thanks Kelsi." I returned her smile, as I held out my pinky finger.

"Friends and sisters forever?" I asked playfully, as we both giggled a little.

"Forever." She stated, as she held out her pinky, and linked them together. We soon loosened our pinky grips, and retracted our hands back to their original positions. We sat in a now comfortable silence, as I looked over at the digital clock she had on the wall. My eyes widened in realization that I was going to be late for my shift at the Peanut diner. I frowned.

"Sorry to ruin the moment, but I've gotta go Gabi. Jim's going to blow up if I'm late again." I said, as I stood up. She frowned a little, but it soon turned into a small smile.

"Okay. Don't have too much fun making out with Jason." She told me, as my eyes widened, and my cheeks went burning red.

"As much as I would like to argue with you about that statement, I really gotta go. Bye Gab." I replied, as I headed for the door.

"Remember what I told you!" she yelled after me. When I reached the door, I turned my head around and replied.

"Remember what I told you too." I retorted, as I left her room, and soon her house.

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When I arrived at the Peanut Diner, I immediately searched for my friends. I rounded all of them to our usual table, to tell them about Gabriella. I knew that I had told her I wouldn't tell anyone, but the others have to know. I looked around, in search of the blonde witch, Melanie, but I didn't see her anywhere. She should be glad. If I had seen her, I probably would've attacked her, and ripped her hair out for lying to us, and hitting Gabriella multiple times. I was soon brought out of my thoughts by Chad.

"Kel, why did you gather all of us over here?" he asked curiously, as the rest all nodded their heads in agreement. All except for Troy, who sat there with a blank look on his face, as he was playing with a packet of salt, and staring out the window. I stood there, fiddling with my hands. I had no idea how I was going to tell them.

"Umm, I went over to Gabi's house today." I said nervously, as everyone's eyes were on me. Sharpay scoffed, as she flipped her blonde hair back.

"Ughh, don't even talk about her Kelsi. You know what she did." Sharpay said coldly.

"I know! What makes her think that she has the integrity to insult all of us like that?" Taylor chimed in, as I winced at her hard tone.

"Don't mind them Kelsi. They're just not over that backstabber's words. What were you going to say?" Zeke asked. I took every grain of confidence I had in me, and told them exactly what she had told me merely an hour ago. I left out the fact of her cutting and starving herself. Soon, everyone's eyes had widened, as laughter soon broke out.

"And you believed her?" Jason asked, holding his side as he laughed. Chad pointed at me, and made a coo-coo sign, as Taylor laughed even harder. Zeke, Sharpay, and Ryan were all flipped on their backs, dying in laughter. While Troy was still staring at me with a blank look on his face, his eyes were filled with confusion and guilt. I sighed. It was the same as me. A couple of moments later, Troy got fed up with it, and he just slammed the table with his hand, causing everyone to stop, and look at him.

"Stop it! She's telling the truth!" he hissed, clearly angry.

"Dude, chill out. What she's saying can't be true." Chad stated, as Troy was about to reply, when Jim interrupted.

"Guys, break's over. Get to work!" he yelled in a hushed voice, and left. The others, minus Troy, all got up, and obviously, went back to their perspective jobs. I sat down again, and scooted closer to Troy.

"Troy…" I whispered, as he sat there motionless. I nudged him in his ribs.

"Troy!"

"What?!" he yelled, as he focused his attention from the salt packet towards me. I rolled my eyes at his short attention span.

"Gabriella's cutting herself!" I retorted, as he looked at me, and sighed.

"I know, I've seen her."

"Then what do we do!?" I asked him frantically. He shrugged sorrowfully, as he rested his head on top of his hands.

"I truly don't know Kelsi." He started, as he shook his head. "All I know, is that she's hurting herself, and we need to stop it before it gets too drastic."

"We have to help her!" I exclaimed sadly.

"I know. But if we want to help her, we'll need reinforcements." He stated, removing his hands from his face.

"That's what I was thinking about. Do you remember Cameron?" I asked him.

"Yeah, why?"

"She tried getting him over here. But he couldn't book any flights until next week. And seeing that we might not have until next week…" I nodded for him to continue my thought.

"and we need to get him here now?" he finished for me. I nodded.

"But how though?" he queried.

"Her parents." I answered nonchalantly, as he started to look at me weirdly. I sighed as I explained to him what I meant.

Nobody's POV- (The Next Day)

The day came and went like a big blur for Gabriella. During the morning, she had gotten kicked off the Scholastic Decathlon team, by the captain, and one of her old best friends, Taylor.

Flashback- (This Morning)

Gabriella was walking inside the chemistry lab, only to be pushed out again.

"What are you guys doing?" she asked, as she struggled to get out of their grip

"Sorry, but this room is reserved for the Scholastic Decathlon team in the morning." Lindsey stated, putting her hands on her hips. Gabriella raised her eyebrows.

"I know, I'm on the team!" she exclaimed, while looking back at the two guys that were pushing her out. "Ernie!?Albert?!"

"Sorry Gabs, but Taylor's rules." Ernie told her.

"What?!" she sighed exasperatedly. "Taylor!" she called, as Taylor came out of the door.

"What are you doing here? This is for the team only. And you're not on it anymore." Taylor said smugly.

"What do you mean I'm not on the team anymore?!?" Gabriella asked confused.

"That's it. Point blank. You're not on the team anymore." She told her.

"But-" Taylor cut her off.

"But what? I have nothing to say to you. You could lie all you want Montez, but I will never believe any of those stupid lies you told Kelsi about."

"I wasn't fucking lying!" she exclaimed, as Taylor shook her head.

"Whatever. Albert, Ernie, escort Montez out before I kick the both of you off the team too."

End Flashback.

She had gotten countless amounts of glares, from all of her old friends, and of course sympathetic ones from Troy, and Kelsi. During lunch, the other cheerleaders that she'd used to lead were all sending sad looks towards her, instead of the icy ones she had received a couple of days ago when they kicked her off the squad.

The bell had rung five minutes ago, signaling the end of the school day. Gabriella was still sitting on the bench, a couple of yards from her locker. She hadn't moved since the moment she sat down. She was thinking about what could've happened, or what she could've done, whatever it was, that made her life so bad now. Sighing, she stood up, and walked towards her locker, sadly and slowly.

She spun the combination, and opened her locker. She put in her books, and took the ones that were necessary for her to use for her homework. She closed her locker door, to become face-to-face with a regretful-looking Melissa.

"Hey Gab." She greeted quietly.

"Hey." Gabriella responded.

"Umm, no hard feelings or anything?" Gabriella shook her head.

"None." She said, as she started to walk away.

"Gab?" she turned around.

"Yeah Melissa?" she asked.

"I'm sorry." Melissa said, looking down towards her feet.

"For what?" Gabriella asked.

"About the squad thing. We had no choice." She replied.

"What?"

"I'm sorry. But Melanie made us…" Melissa trailed off.

"What are you talking about?"

"You know how my parents are the presidents of the company on Sixth Street of Lincoln Park?" Gabriella nodded, showing she understood.

"And how most of the squad's parents' work at the companies around there?" she nodded once again.

"Melanie's parents own all of them. She came in here the other day, and threatened us. If we didn't kick you off of the squad, and be mean towards you, she'd get our all of parents fired. And we can't take that big of a hit Gab. All of us need the money." The blonde finished sadly.

"So this was all Melanie's fault?" Gabriella questioned angrily.

"Yeah, but that's not all." Melissa told her.

"What else could there be Lis?"

"A little after she told us that, I overheard her talking on the phone with some Stacey person. Melanie told her some plans she had for you." Melissa told the brunette in front of her.

"What did she say?" she asked curiously.

"Do you have time?" Melissa asked. Gabriella nodded.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Come over here. I'll tell you there." Melissa replied, leading the two towards the bench that Gabriella was previously sitting on.

"So?"

"Well…" Gabriella focused her attention on her friend, as she told her what Melanie had said on her phone call.

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Gabriella stomped down the sidewalk angrily, not believing that all of her pain and misery was because of her. It was all because of Melanie's jealousy over Troy. She couldn't believe that one single girl could stoop so low, and do what Melanie did just over a guy. What she couldn't believe the most, was that she and all of her friends fell for the blonde's stupid plan.

She walked into the park once again, and sat down on the same bench she sat on, as she did on her last visit. She sighed loudly, and closed her eyes, pushing back tears, as she clenched her fists down tightly. Her nails dug into the palm of her hands, leaving deep marks. Her knuckles were slowly turning into an unnatural white. She took in deep ragged breaths trying to calm her anger, and frustration.

She opened her eyes, and unclenched her fists. She examined her hands, as she grimaced at the severe marks she had made. They were starting to bleed, but strangely, she didn't feel anything. She only started to feel stress releasing from her again. She shifted herself on the bench so that she was slightly hugging her knees. She ran both of her hands halfway through her hair, as she gripped it tightly. No, I can't cut myself. Not right now. She thought.

She sighed as she stood up, and unraveled her hands from her hair. She looked down at her shoes, and she started to walk towards the direction of her house. Suddenly, she felt someone bumping into her, almost making her small, thin body, fall from the impact. She looked up and was staring in emerald eyes, and blonde hair once again. Her eyes turned cold, as she started to clench one of her fists again.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't little Miss Montez again." Melanie stated smugly, as Gabriella took in a deep breath.

"What the fuck do you want Green? To ruin my life more than you already have?!" she spat out at the blonde. Melanie scoffed.

"Moi?" the blonde questioned, placing a hand on her chest. "Do such a thing? Never." She finished, shaking her head coldly. She started to look around. "And by the looks of it, your life has gone down the drains!" she suddenly exclaimed happily throwing her hands in the air, as she shrugged. "It wasn't my fault at all. It was all done by you." she stated icily, glaring at the brunette before her, and poking her chest, when she said the last word.

Gabriella felt anger rising inside of her, as she glared back at the blonde in front of her. She couldn't help but wonder what Melanie trying to do. Was she just begging to get her ass kicked or something? She was ready to punch Melanie, but she chose the better judgment, and decided not to. Yet. She took in another deep breath, as she shook her head angrily.

"It's not my fault. It's your's!" she yelled at Melanie furiously. Melanie smirked, as she feigned her stupidity.

"Montez, what are you talking about?!?" the blonde retorted innocently, rolling her eyes. Gabriella shook her head feverishly.

"No Green! Don't act dumb. This was all your fault! You did this!" she exclaimed madly, as Melanie stood there, twirling her finger around a strand of her hair.

"What are you talking about Montez?" Melanie questioned.

"You know damn well what I'm talking about." Gabriella hissed. "You did this to me! You made my life a living hell." Melanie laughed fakely.

"Took you long enough. Geez, I thought you were supposed to be a genius Montez. But I guess you're not." She stated cockily, as she stopped moving her finger. "Wasn't my plan just amazing?" she asked rhetorically, as she stepped forward. "You gave me exactly what I needed. All from day one."

"What do mean I gave you what you needed?"

"Don't you remember? You called me a self absorbed bitch, and slapped me? Hah, little do you know, that that was the one thing I needed." The blonde stated absentmindedly. "I taped it, and brought it to my uncle.. You know David Greter?" she bragged. "He took that recording, cut out all of the useless stuff, and cloned the soundwaves of it. After that, I just recorded myself saying all of those mean things, but it came out as your voice." She stated pointing at Gabriella. "I told him to add some sound affects and boom! We got mean and bratty Miss Montez." She exclaimed throwing her hands up in the air for dramatic affect. Gabriella stood there, clenching her fists even harder than she was before. She raised her hand up in the air, as she was preparing herself to punch Melanie, until the blonde spoke again.

"But that was only the beginning." Gabriella lowered her hand down, as she unclenched it, and clenched it again; she found that it helped her calm herself as Melanie continued to talk.

"When I had Troy all to myself on that week, I did my research. I asked him about you, you life, your personality, your family, your parents' jobs." She scoffed. "When I found out that your parents were mine's business partners, I almost fainted. As if! But whatever. It all worked into my favor. They were planning a business trip. One that lasts for three months. They could've gone for all I care. I'm used to it." She shrugged as she smirked.

"But from what Troy told me, you weren't. You'd even care if your stupid little sister left for a while." She rolled her eyes. "I got my parents to make yours' go. Smart huh? But that's not all." She stated knowingly. "My plan wasn't even close to being finished there. I went back to my uncle, and got another fake recording slamming that Tim guy from the Peanut diner. Poor sap, he believed me too, then bam! you were fired. And here we are now. I threatened your stupid little cheerleader followers to kick you off their team. You cry, and I smirk at you." She finished as she laughed menacingly. "You pathetic little life was so easy to sabotage Montez. I have even more in store for you..."

Melanie's plan is revealed. Anyone surprised or was expecting it?

Hehe, anyone like the Kelsi-Gabriella moment I threw in there? I did. I just felt like there aren't enough Kelsi and Gabriella friendship moments out there. They're all either about Gabriella and Taylor, or Sharpay and Gabriella. Ehh, My opinion. But what'd you guys think about this chapter? I kinda like it. Hah, I don't know. Insecurity.

Mistakes? Some, I think. Haha. Let's try for another 15 before the next update? Promise I'll be on time this time. Hope you guys had a great Halloween!

-Ilyilyx3

Sneak Peak-

"Please, just give me two minutes to talk.."

"Fine. Two minutes. That's all."

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"Uncle Nathan? Could I take your private jet to visit Ella?"

"Why?"

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"Did you call him?"

"Yeah."

Haha. Don't you hate those types of peaks? You never get what's going on!