It's unanimous. Everyone wants me to continue this chapter. And I am. Even if you've read this chapter before, reread it… only the last part, of course. That's the only thing that has been added to. Even if it's a cliffy now. (: Oops. I gave it away. Sorta.

Who's That Girl

Chapter 21- Owed One

Nobody's POV-

"He lied." She answered, her voice shaking. Cameron shook his head and sighed, knowing what this meant.

"Ellie, couldn't you let it go, for just this once? He's a good guy. He probably doesn't want you to be hurt. Maybe that's why he lied." He convinced, with hopeful eyes. He really wanted them to be together already. He could not handle any more drama of tension between the two.

"I know he's a good guy, Cameron." She started, biting her bottom lip. "But I'm just having problems trusting him." She sighed. "You know? Even if he wanted to protect me from knowing all of that pain. He should've told the truth. Besides," She continued, as she laid her head on her pillow, facing the window, and away from her cousin. "We made a promise when we were younger."

Cameron could absolutely relate to her, she had broken a promise to him too. His thoughts started to lead towards those moments, before he shook them off. He wanted to comfort her first.

"Elle-" He began, stopping when he heard the door opening.

"Hey Gabi." Kelsi greeted, as the rest piled inside of her room. Gabriella shot him a desperate look, as he merely shook his head, telling her she had to deal with it. The brunette sighed inwardly, as she looked up to her friends… or ex-friends?

"So…" She started for them.

"We're sorry." The others all expressed in sorrow.

"And we know that there is a huge chance that you won't remember this, but-" Gabriella cut Taylor off.

"Stop." She took in a deep breath, not really sure that she was about to do this. "I remember everything." They all looked at her with shock, etched into their faces.

"What!?"

"But what about Troy?" Sharpay asked. "Why did you…" The blonde trailed off, as realization dawned on her. "That's what it was?" She directed at Cameron. He nodded.

"Yeah." He answered.

She gaped at him. "Cameron! You could've hurt Troy!" She exclaimed, in slight confusion.

"Wait, wasn't he just in here?!" Jason gasped, as multiple possibilities entered his mind. "Did you eat him?" Everyone in the room groaned.

"No Jason." Kelsi answered for him. "I'll take him outside. Come on, Jay. Let's go to the caf." He nodded.

"Okay. Just as long as we're not eating Troy!" He yelled, as she took him out of the room.

"Okaayy. Disregarding that." Chad shook his head at their friend. "Did you at least tell Troy that you remember?" He asked Gabriella, as everyone looked at her for her response.

The brunette shook her head. "No."

"Why not?"

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"What are you doing?" Cameron asked, as Troy got up off of his chair.

"I'm gonna go see Brie." He answered simply.

"Dude, are you sure about that? The doctors might not be done yet. And Gabriella might be… sleepy!" He tried convincing him. He needed just a little more time to convince Gabriella of forgiving him.

Troy chuckled, shaking his head. "Jason already assured me. Well, first he hugged me and congratulated me for not being eaten." He shrugged to himself. "Then he told me that Gabriella was wide awake. And the doctors already came out like an hour ago."

"So why are you still going?" Cameron asked, now with more curiosity in his system in what he was going to do.

He shrugged once again. "I just want to ask her something." He answered, walking into Gabriella's room again.

"Hey Brie." He greeted her, and she looked up from her magazine, and gave him a small smile.

"Hi Troy." She returned. He smiled, and brought a chair over to her bedside, before sitting down. He took in deep breathes, before deciding to ask her the sacred question.

"Now before I lose my confidence again, will you be my girlfriend?" He asked, not knowing if this was the right time to ask or not. Her eyes and mouth shot open at his question.

What did he just say?

"Excuse me?" She squeaked, in a voice that must've been ten octaves higher than usual.

He groaned at her. "Here it goes, again. Will you be my girlfriend?" He questioned, looking at her in anticipation. She frowned deeply, as she bit her bottom lip.

"I'm sorry, Troy. But the answer is no." She replied.

His head shot up at her. "W-what? But don't you love me?!" He asked in shock. He knew that it was a little out of question, but he still wanted to try. He just couldn't believe that she had rejected him so clearly, and without a reason. At least to him there wasn't a reason. He looked over at her, and saw her exasperated expression.

"I do. But…" She trailed off, leaving him hanging. He leaned forward towards her waiting for her to continue. When she didn't, he spoke.

"But what?"

"I-I… can't." She stammered slightly.

"Why not?" He queried, in confusion.

She took in a deep breath. "To actually be in love with someone, you have to trust that said one." She explained. It did not lessen any confusion on Troy's plate.

"You don't trust me?" He asked, more confused and hurt than ever.

She shrugged, tears forming in her eyes, as she saw the hurt in his. "I don't know." She told him.

"What did I do?"

"You lied to me." Gabriella answered.

He shook his head. "When?"

"Yesterday." She replied, not believing that he wasn't getting it.

"You remember!?" He exclaimed, jumping up out of his seat. "But how?"

"I told Cameron to pretend." She told him.

"Brie, what does that have to do with us? I told a little white lie, big deal." He said, shrugging his shoulders. She scoffed at him.

"It's a big deal to me," She stated. "You completely betrayed my trust!" He groaned, and threw his head back.

"I didn't mean to! I only wanted to protect you." He stated, starting to take deep breaths, and calm him self down, before he yelled at her.

Gabriella shook her head. "From what? You?"

"Or what about your lying self?" She tried. He sighed, and sat down beside her again.

"Brie…"

"Could you just leave Troy?" She told him straight forward. He knew that she wouldn't budge, but he was going to try again.

"Gabriella. I didn't mean to hurt you, or betray you, you know that." He stated, shaking his head. "You do know that." He continued, as he looked at her face, trying to find another reason for her shunning him. "Is this about Melanie?" He asked, knowing that it certainly wasn't the reason.

"No Troy. This isn't about her." She stated fiercely. "This is about us. And that's the thing!" He exclaimed in frustration. "You don't understand. You don't understand the freaking pain I went through. You don't understand how I feel, and you certainly don't understand me. At least not anymore. You've changed Troy."

"Brie, I haven't!" He exclaimed frantically, clutching her hand in his.

"Not to yourself, but to me? Yeah." She told him, pulling her hand out of his.

"Brie-" He started, but she cut him off.

"Don't. Just- just leave me alone." She stated, turning her head away from him.

"Brie, don't be like this." He said desperately, touching her face.

"Troy, do you remember the week before you left with your parents for that nine day trip?" She asked, still looking away from him. Instead, she was now looking down at her hands that were currently situated on her lap. "And do you remember when I got the last cookie, but I split it with you since you were begging, and I told you that you owed me one?"

"What does that have to do with anything?" He asked stupidly, now knowing where she was going with it.

She sighed and answered him. "Consider leaving me alone, that owed one." He opened his mouth, ready to retort, but stopped himself. He had to give her some time right? He nodded at her before standing up.

"Just know that I love you okay?" He asked sadly. She sent him a weary smile as he walked out of her room.

"I loved you." She whispered to herself, unsurely. She wasn't certain of what she was feeling at all.

Gabriella suddenly felt a presence near her. She looked up, and saw a dark figure standing in front of her bed, shaking his head down at her.

"That is such a lie, Gabi."

Cliffy!

Haha, sorry I couldn't resist adding that.

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