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 reviews. I'm sorry that this story is jumping a bit forward now but I needed to move the story along and I didn't really want to be writing boring chapters about nothing. So this is now at the beginning of their 3rd year. Anyway here's the next chapter. Please R&R!
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing except the plot and any original characters.
Chapter 24
The next two years didn't have too many complications for the couples. Chad and Taylor decided to wait till after college to get married but were forever getting in arguments and threatening to call the whole thing off. Thankfully though they hadn't. Troy and Gabriella were still going just as strong as always. Gabriella always had her moments when people talked about their families but she didn't run out on them all the time. She and Troy went home regularly to see his parents and for Gabriella to keep an eye on her mom and dad. Sharpay and Zeke, well they were like always, Sharpay bossing Zeke around and Zeke doing it all. Ryan and Annabelle. They both decided to buy their own apartment so they didn't have to worry about sharing with the others. Finally Jason and Kelsi, they were still the quietest couple in the group and were forever hanging out just the two of them. Everyone knew they were getting even closer if that was possible.
Gabriella walked in and flopped down on her bed after a hard day. She had a morning class and had just finished work. She lay down hoping to get some rest before the others got back. She was just about to fall asleep when she felt her bed move and someone wrap their arms around her.
"Sorry if I woke you." Troy whispered in her ear as she adjusted herself to a comfy position again.
"Its ok but if you want to stay you will have to just watch me sleep." Troy smiled.
"I actually cam over because I knew you would be getting some rest and I wondered if I could join you because all Chad wants to do is basketball and more basketball. I'm exhausted." Gabriella sighed as she put her head on Troy's chest.
"Sorry that Chad won't leave you alone. And your more than welcome to join me for a nap." The two fell asleep.
With Taylor and Chad
"So Taylor have you seen Troy?" Chad asked walking up behind her.
"Hey. No why should I have?" Chad shook his head no as they walked up to the girl's apartment.
"No but he disappeared when I was talking to him and asking him something." Chad said, as Taylor knew Chad was on about basketball. Troy had asked her numerous amounts of time to ask him to leave Troy alone so he could rest.
"You coming in?" Taylor asked as she unlocked her door.
"Sure. Gabs should be back now so I might ask her about Troy." Taylor just watched as Chad walked to Gabriella's room. He knocked lightly before opening the door.
"What are you smiling at?" Taylor asked as she walked over to him. She smiled when she saw Troy and Gabriella cuddled up fast asleep. "Look even when she's asleep she still has a smile on her face when Troy's around." Chad closed the door quietly.
"Well I guess Troy's not interested in playing ball." As Chad sat down Sharpay and Zeke entered.
"Sharpay seriously are you sure you needed all this?" Zeke asked as he walked in carrying over 20 shopping bags.
"Whoa dude she's got you trained all right." Chad said looking at all the shopping bags.
"And I try and I always seem to fail with you." Taylor and Sharpay laughed as Chad hushed them.
"Why are you hushing?" Sharpay asked confused as Zeke put her bags in her room.
"Troy and Gabi are sleeping in there." Chad pointed to the door.
"Zeke bring my camera." Sharpay quietly shouted. Zeke came back with her camera.
"Why did you need your camera?" Sharpay ignored him and walked to Gabriella's room.
"Sharpay why do you need pictures of them sleeping?" Taylor asked as she walked over to Sharpay.
"Because one day, hopefully soon, they will have kids and I want to show everyone kids what their parents were like. I have a few of you and Chad as well as Jason and Kelsi. I don't have many of Ryan and Annabelle because that's hard but I have some." Chad looked at her with wide eyes.
"Why do you have my picture? Are you a perv?" Taylor smacked his head. "OW!"
"Shut up Chad." Zeke said sitting next to him and starting up a conversation about basketball.
"Have you noticed something is up with Kelsi? I mean she is never around, she wears all her old dull clothes and whenever we talk she isn't listening." Sharpay said as the two girls sat at the table.
"I know yeah. The other day I was up early because I had an early class and I could have sworn I heard her throwing up but when I asked her she sat she was just coughing. She looked so pale I was worried but you know Kelsi and she wouldn't keep things from us so I have no idea what could be going on." Taylor told Sharpay.
With Jason and Kelsi
"Jason do you think that the others are probably getting suspicious?" Kelsi asked as she leaned against Jason.
"Probably but we don't have to tell them until they start asking because we both know you and I can't lie." Kelsi nodded as she smiled.
"Hey Jason are you happy about everything that's happened over the past few week?" Jason smiled at the memory.
"They were the best few weeks of my life." Kelsi smiled. "I love you Kelsi."
"I love you too Jason and I think we should tell the others before they question us." Kelsi told him.
"If that's what you want to do then we will." Jason kissed her forehead before the two fell back into a comfortable silence and watched the TV.
A/N: What's their secret? Please review. Thanks!