sup? (: anyways, thankyou. &...chya. and to answer any questions, i plan to keep the story behind Gabriella's mother a secret, and the pull out later. the whole story behind it will be revealed! lol.

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Troy walked to his locker. He opened it and lazily threw some of his books inside, as his friends hovered around him. He closed his locker and leaned against it, tiredly, since he just gotten out of his boring History class. He greeted his friends with a tired smile.

"What's up?" Chad asked, hugging a basketball close to his chest.

Troy tiredly nodded. "Nothing much, I nearly fell asleep in History again. When will they shut up?" he said, with a scoff.

Zeke nodded. "Yeah, Mrs. McTullen is more boring then Chess, fo'real." he said, shaking his head.

"So," Chad said, spinning the orange basketball on the tip of his finger. He caught the ball and pulled it close to him. "How was your little study date with Scholastic Gabriella?" Chad said, laughing.

"It was good, it went fine." Troy said, with a sincere nod. "Yeah, it was cool." he said, honestly.

Jason laughed, just like the rest did. "Yeah, right. What? She didn't kill you with her mystic Scholastic powers? Did she even try to feed you her baby food?" he laughed.

"Yeah, man. She's just using you to get to the top," Chad said, nudging him in the stomach. "If you know what I mean." he said, throwing his chin up.

The rest of the team laughed along with him, but Troy just stood their silently, digesting everything. Then, Gabriella walked past Troy's locker, not even noticing the loud laughter. Troy jumped up in front of her, to greet her.

"Hey," he said, with a smile.

Gabriella smiled, softly. "Hey..." she said, with a small smile, hugging her books.

"Scholastic-aaa!" Chad shouted, posing in a heroic position. The rest of the basketball team cracked up in laughter as Gabriella shot him a deathly glare and turned to face him.

"Have something to say...?" she asked, a little angered, turning her body toward Chad and his basketball junkies. She crossed her arms over her chest, prepared for another stupid arguement.

Chad rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I do. Everyone knows your plan, you think your being sneaky, huh? You're not as smart as you think." Chad said.

"What?" Gabriella said. "Actually, I don't think I'm smart," Gabriella said, innocently. "I know I am. But you, on the other hand, needs a few minutes to recall if you're wrote your name on an empty test." She said, slowly, as if it was to a five-year old.

Troy smirked as the basketball team "ooohhh"-ed at Gabriella's sudden dis. Chad shot them all and upsetting look and turned to Gabriella.

"Are you kidding me? Stop faking it, Montez. Everyone knows your little plan here." Chad said.

Gabriella smiled, sarcastically. "Really? Wow, that's great. I can't believe Chad Danforth can actually say 'everyone'. Oh my, it's great news." she said, clapping softly in sarcasm.

"Shut it, Montez!" Chad cried.

"What's your problem?" Gabriella cried.

"Your mom." Chad said, laughing. The basketball team joined him, happily.

Gabriella's face fell and tears rimmed her eyes. Everything suddenly became blurry. Tears softly ran down her ceeks and she began to breathe deeply. She shot him a death glare as anger bubbled inside her. She took a deep breath and turned to Troy. "You told them, didn't you?" she whispered, angrily.

"No, Gabriella, I didn't, I swear." He said, holding her arm gently. "I didn't say anything."

"Then how did they know?" She said, through her tears. "I trusted you." she whispered. "Didn't you know that meant something to me? You betrayed me and you hurt me."

"Gabriella, I didn't say anything, I didn't, pleas believe me." Troy begged, as Gabriella slipped away from his grip and ran down the hall in tears. Troy turned to his basketball team and then looked down at the floor. He looked up and followed Gabriella down the hall. He knew exactly where to find her.

He dodged the large crowds of teenagers, running to their next class, but Troy decided to skip the first few minutes of basketball practice, to apologize to her. He entered the music room, it was silent except the soft sound of the guitar, which Gabriella held on her lap. She looked up at Troy with teary eyes. She didn't say a word.

Troy walked slowly to her and just stood in front of her, as she avoiding eye contact. He shoved his hands in his pockets, tiredly and decided to sit next to Gabriella. She ignored him and strummed the guitar softly.

"Gabriella..." Troy whispered, playing with his fingers. "I didn't say anything...it was, I dunno...he didn't know, because I didn't tell him. Gabriella...please, believe me."

Gabriella looked at him, teary eyed. She sniffled a little and rested her head and Troy's shoulder, tiredly. "...I believe you." she said, as she cried. "It's just a sensitive topic..." she whispered as cried onto his shirt.

"Yeah, I understand." Troy said, comfortingly. He suddenly had the urge to kiss her. He had the urge to hold her in his arms and never let go of her. He just kissed her hair and put his hand, comfortingly around her shoulder.

"Troy?" Gabriella said, taking her head off his shoulder to look at him.

"Hm." Troy said, suddenly missing the feeling of her on his shoulder. "What is it? Something wrong?"

Gabriella shook her head. "Thank you." she said, kissing him softly on the cheek.

Troy automatically blushed and his bit his lip to stop from smiling. He could tell he was turning red and he tried to look away, but he couldn't take his eyes off her. "For what?"

"For...this." Gabriella said, with a small smile. "But after this project...don't ever talk to me again." she said, upset. She wiped away the last of her tears and left Troy Bolton all alone in the music room.

yo, that's harsh. anyways, reviews would be nice! yeah, it's short, i know!

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