Ryan's POV

I think I'm beginning to have a crush on Millie!

She was driving back to the house.

"I hope Troy's okay." Millie said.

We turned into his driveway and went around the house to the backyard. Millie tried the gate. It was locked.

"I guess we're going to have to jump the fence." I said calmly.

"Jump the fence?" Millie looked scared.

"Have you ever jumped a fence? It is so easy?" I said.

"I once tried climbing a six foot fence, but I fell and gat a sprain." Millie admitted.

"I'll help to up. Now, put your foot in the holes and I'll make sure you don't fall." She put her foot in the hole and I pushed her up as she moved from hole to hole. Finally, she was at the top. "Jump down."

"I can't. That's how I sprained my knee." Millie said. I climbed up the fence and jumped over in seconds. I put my hands on her waist and she jumped down. It was a good thing I was used to catching Sharpay or I would probably have dropped her. We walked over to the door and I opened it. I walked in front of Millie.

We reached the bottom of the stairs and I turned around. Taylor and Gabi were both asleep on the concrete. I walked over to them and saw how we had missed them earlier. Their mouths were tapped and their legs and arms were bond. I shook Taylor while Millie shock Gabi. When Taylor didn't wake up I had no choice, but to rip the tape from her mouth. As soon as I got it off she woke up screaming, waking up Gabi.

"Taylor, Gabi, It's me, Ryan." I said loud enough that they could both here. Millie ripped off Gabi's tape. We undid their arms and they undid their legs.

"Where's Troy-?"

"Where's Chad-?" The girl said simultaneously.

"I'm sure there fine." Millie said.

"I don't know why he was after me. He said something about building something." Gabi whispered.

"He thinks you're me." Millie said. I looked up at her, shocked.

"Ross killed my mother a few days after I was born. I was born prematurely so I had to stay in the hospital while mom went home. He got remarried months later and then Gabi was born when I was a year old."

"I remember you. I know that you lived with us until dad died then you disappeared. We though you were dead." Gabi said shaking.

"Let's get back to Troy." Taylor said.

Normal POV

With Troy

Troy was lying on the ground unconscious after being shot in the stomach. Nobody knew what to do. No one talked. They heard a door open and hoped it was the police. Ryan walked in. Apparently he had had a plan, before he saw his friend lying on the floor. Ryan mouthed the word 'alive' and Jason nodded. Ryan seemed satisfied with that answer and looked at Ross.

"I just wanted to tell you that a locked basement is very predictable and that you had had the wrong girl all along. I would explain, but I would be easier to show you." Ryan said confidently. Millie walked in and sighed.

"What exactly were you planning to do with me?" She asked

"If you found those girls then were are they?" Ross asked.

"Calling the police," Ryan said.

"Troy said you guys already called the police." Jason said.

Ryan stared at him, "It appears he lied then."

Ross took a glance at Millie and his eyes glistened in delight. Ryan got angry and clenched his fists. He was going to shoot Millie. Ryan stepped forward diagonally to make it seem like he didn't know his friend was in danger.

"What are you so happy about?" Ryan asked.

"I am just so glad…" He was cut off by sirens. He looked out the window. A group of cops were coming in. Ryan took his chance and lunged forward. His hands landed on the gun. He fought Ross over it. Then a terrifying sound came for the second time that day. A gun shot.

Gabi's POV

A gunshot rang through my ears and the police hurried. Taylor and I stood out side waiting. An ambulance showed up. That reminded me that some one could be dying. Five minutes passed and they were carrying a dead Daniel Ross on a stretcher. I saw a bullet hole through his head. One of my friends had killed some one.

They carried some one else out. I saw his face.

Troy.

Troy had been shot. I ran up to the ambulance they were loading him in.

"Please, let me go wit him." I begged. They decided that I could come and I climbed into the ambulance and was relieved when they said he was going to live.

A realization came to me. Troy hadn't been the one to shot Ross. He hadn't killed anybody. Her father's killer was dead and Troy was innocent.

Millie's POV

It took me a second to realize that Ryan was okay. The police and paramedics came and took care of Troy and Ross. My father's killer was dead. I had waited forever for him to get this, but I hadn't wanted it to be Ryan who had shot him. He was seventeen (I made him older than Sharpay) and had shot some one. One by one the others went to check on Troy. I couldn't move. I like Ryan a lot and to see that pained look on his face hurt me. I forced my legs to move toward him. I knelt down beside him and out my hand on his shoulder.

"Are you going to be okay?" I asked softly.

"I'm not sure." Ryan said honestly.

"Why'd you do that? The cops were here." I asked.

"A saw a look in his eyes, he was to shoot you." Ryan whispered.

Ryan had lunged forward, grabbed a gun, and ended up killing someone for me.

"I wish you weren't the one who had shot him." I said my voice breaking.

"Me either." Ryan's voice was now low enough that I ha to lean down further to hear him. "I didn't want any of my friends to get hurt more than they already have." He paused for a second. "Will you do me a favor?"

"After you saved my life I owe you more than a favor."

"Don't tell anyone it was me. Obviously Chad, Jason and Zeke know, but can you ask them not to tell anyone, especially not my sister."

"Of course I will."

"I'm glad you're fine."

"I'm more than fine. I don't have to worry about a man trying to kill me every second. I can have a life. The only thing that makes me upset is you sitting here having an emotional war."

He turned to face me. I saw tears in his eyes. Before I could stop myself I wiped them away. Both our faces were beat red. He slowly leaned toward me and his lips met mine. I closed my eyes, still beat red. I kissed him back. I felt a gentle hand touch my face. We sat there for what seemed like an eternity. He pulled away too soon for me. He kept him hand on my face and wiped a lose strand of hair of my face.

No one had ever liked me before and I wasn't sure what to say. Ryan stood up and helped me to my feet. He laced his fingers with mine. I felt the blush coming back. I looked into his eyes again. There was life in them, but I could still see terror. I wasn't sure this day would ever leave him. We walked hand in hand to the parking lot. Everyone had left, but they had been nice enough to leave a car for them. Ryan let go of my hand and went to the passenger side. I got in the driver seat and found the keys in the ignition. I put the car in reverse and pulled out. I drove Ryan to the hospital Troy was at and we walked up to his room. He was awake when we walked in. The expression on his face showed that he knew that Ross was dead, but did not know that one of his friends had been the one to do it.

Ryan's face looked normal as he talked to his friends. They had all been filled on who I was and the entire story. I turned to walk away. These weren't my friends. I was almost to the elevator when Gabi caught up to me.

"Where are you going?" She asked me.

"I don't know." I answered truthfully.

"You belong with us. I talked to my mom and she said that she's your mother, too, and that you need a place to stay."

I nodded and followed her to the door. We stopped outside the door.

Gabi leaned closer to me, "I figured that it was one our friends who shot Daniel Ross, do you know who it was? They all seem happy."

I shook my head, "No." I hated lying, but I promised Ryan. We walked in the door and Gabi walked over to Troy and gave him a kiss. I looked around.

Jason was talking to is girlfriend, Kelsi, on the phone. Zeke was talking to Ryan's sister, Sharpay on the phone, and Taylor and Chad were sitting next to each other on the chair. A room full of couples. I sighed.

I felt a hand grab mine and looked up tosee Ryan smiling at me. I smiled back. He may never fully get over this, but I doubted that was going to stop him from having fun and doing the drama club stuff. He led me to the car and this time he drove.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"I want to check on my sister. Since you're going to move down there I'm going to take you to meet my sister. He drove with a smile on his face and I wondered, as I had in the hospital, if his smile was real.

"It's only been a few hours and you're happy again?" I asked suspiciously.

"I realized that I did nothing wrong. I defended myself and my friends and my…girlfriend?" He whispered.

"Yep, you defended us. I'm here to prove it." I said with a smile.

He kissed my hand and drove on.

Maybe he would get over it.

The End

I hope you like it. I will not be making a sequel. Please review. The chapter is four pages long. Enjoy.

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