Summary: The gang go through tough times at university with family illnesses to secrets as to two members accused of cheating. They are all attending UCLA and all the girls will be sharing an apartment just as the boys will. Someone's dad gets ill and causes them to withdraw from the gang and hurt the ones they love the most. How will they cope? Two people are helping each other out but with the amount of time they are spending together their other half's start to question them. Will they all still be friends by the time they've finished? Who will suffer heartache and will the pressures of being so different finally get too much?
A/N: Thanks for the amazing reviews guys and all the get-well wishes. I feel a little better today so I wrote this chapter. If you haven't already read it I've just started a new story called 'Older Guy' so check it out under my profile please. Anyway here's the next chapter. Please R&R.
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing except the plot, Annabelle and Aaron.
Chapter 16
With Annabelle and Ryan
"Ryan do you think things will change now that Troy and Gabi have split?" Annabelle asked Ryan who was being weighed down with 15 shopping bags all of which were for Annabelle.
"I don't know I hope not but who knows with that lot." Ryan answered as Annabelle came to a halt. "What?"
"OMG isn't that Chad and Sharpay? " Ryan looked up and saw the two in a jewellers looking at engagement rings.
"Yeah but why would they be in there?" Annabelle shrugged as she walked over to them leaving Ryan behind.
With Chad and Sharpay
"That's it. That's the one." Chad said as Sharpay nodded in agreement.
"I think this might be the first time I have seen you get something right." Chad nodded but then frowned.
"Hey I asked Taylor out and got that right. Just about." Sharpay shook her head.
"Yeah after you made out with a cheerleader and broke Taylor's heart." Sharpay reminded him.
"Ok second time round I got it right. I know people just think that I'm a stupid clown and I'll admit I am sometimes but I am serious when I say I want to spend the rest of my life with Taylor." Sharpay smiled. Chad was serious and she could tell he meant it.
"You really do love her don't you?" Chad nodded when they heard someone shout their names.
"Chad! Sharpay!" Annabelle shouted as she walked over to them.
"Whoa I think someone can out beat Sharpay when it comes to shopping." Chad said looking over at Ryan earning himself a slap round the head from Sharpay. "OW!"
"What are you two doing in here looking at engagement rings?" Ryan asked as Chad paid for the ring.
"Chad's going to propose to Taylor." Sharpay told them.
"Aww can I see the ring?" Annabelle asked as Chad opened the box. "That's beautiful. Ryan you better buy me one of them soon." Annabelle told Ryan who rolled his eyes.
"Come on we need to get back so we can get ready for the flight tomorrow." They all left and headed home.
With Zeke and Taylor at Taylor's house
"They are up to something I know it." Taylor said as she paced back and forth in her room.
"How do you suggest we find out?" Zeke asked Taylor who stopped and looked out her window.
"Chad is weak when it comes to me so I will try using a technique with him and if that doesn't work then I will finish it because I can't be with him if he's keeping a secret from me and Sharpay. Sharpay if she was a real friend then she wouldn't be flirting with my boyfriend in front of us. We all know they don't get on so the only thing that adds up is they are having an affair." Zeke nodded knowing that it was probably true and the whole Chad proposing was just a lie to through him of.
"Ok. I got to go. Call me and tell me how it goes with Chad." Zeke left leaving Taylor to work on her plan.
With Jason and Kelsi at Troy's
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Kelsi asked as they walked up the driveway.
"Kelsi he is our friend and if I know Troy like I do he will be heartbroken with what has happened." Kelsi knocked on the door as Jack opened the door.
"Hey guys he's upstairs in his room where he has been all day." Jack told them instantly as they walked in and up to Troy's room. Jason knocked on the door and heard a faint come in. The sight in front of them worried them. Troy was on his bed with a load of pictures of him and Gabi around him. Some of them he had ripped up.
"Troy what are you doing?" Jason asked as they looked at him confused.
"If she doesn't want to be together fine but I don't want all this junk around me." He said ripping up another photo of them.
"Aren't you taking this a bit far?" Kelsi asked as she sat on his desk chair.
"Nope." Troy answered simply.
"Troy dude she isn't thinking straight at the moment. She has just lost her mom. She has no family left and she thinks she is being a burden probably on all of us even though she isn't." Jason said as Troy stopped.
"But how do I know that its just because she is confused?" Troy challenged.
"We don't but giving up on her is what she expects. She doesn't have anyone else to expect anything from her anymore. Do you know what she told us at a sleepover once?" Troy shook his head. "She said apart from her mom expecting her to do well the only other person she feels she has an expectation to is you and your relationship. Gabi always said she had to work hard in the relationship so you didn't give up on her. She felt you deserved so much better than her." Kelsi told him as Troy sat there shocked.
"But why would she think that I deserve better than her. If anyone deserves better its her." Troy answered.
"She didn't want anyone else only you Troy and I know she doesn't feel like she loves you anymore but its just what she's going through. I remember when Lily died I shut out everyone because I felt I shouldn't of been loved because I was the one who was suppose to be watching Lily but after a while people convinced me to let others in and I did. Give her time and if she still doesn't feel anything then maybe you then have to let go but not yet. Don't give up on her just yet." Jason just watched, as everything Kelsi said seemed to be getting Troy to understand.
"Ok maybe your right but we all have to be there for her. Not just me." Jason and Kelsi nodded in agreement before they left.
A/N: Sorry it's not the best I've done but I'm happy how that turned out. I tried to include everyone in this chapter apart from Gabriella. Please Review. Thanks!