The end author's note that was SUPPOSED to be on there (love the way you asked, Jordan) said something like this: The song is Why by Jason Aldean and if you know the song then you'll know it sounds NOTHING like Troy, so just pretend Troy changes it to fit his voice. Thanks for ALL the reviews I got! xfunkyxfr3shx: thanks for the suggestion! I'll keep it in mind!

"Come on!" Troy dragged Emily down the stairs.

"Where are we going?"

"To meet her!" Emily stopped dead in her tracks. Troy had jumped the last stair before he realized.

"Em, come on." Troy spun around.

"You've got to be kidding me." she stared blankly at him.

"Why?" Then Troy realized, "Oh, come on, Em. She's not that bad!"

Emily continued to stare. "Please, Em?" Troy resorted to pleading. He got down on his knees. "Please please please?"

Emily smiled a bit. "Fine." She grumbled, rolling her eyes.

Troy smiled and lead her to the lunch room. He pulled her over to a table, where a brunette girl sat flipping through a text book. AP Chemistry was written on the spine. 'She's pretty' Emily thought.

Troy cleared his throat and the girl looked up. She had big brown eyes that just made her look even prettier. She smiled politely.

"Um, Emily this is Gabriella. Gabriella, this is Emily."

"Hi." Gabriella held out her hand.

"Hello." Emily politely shook it.

"TROY! OVER HERE!" Someone yelled from the other end of the cafeteria.

"Oh, um, I need to see about this. You two just talk amongst yourselves." Troy walked away.

'Awkward' Emily's thoughts said in a sing-song voice.

"So you are the Great Emily Bolton?" Gabriella laughed softly, "Troy's told me so much about you."

"Really?"

"Yeah, almost everything he said related back to you one way or another. Basketball: Emily is pretty good for her height. Singing: Emily has the most amazing voice. Writing: Emily could write the best stories. Jokes: Emily tells the BEST jokes and she has the CUTEST laugh." Gabriella imitated Troy.

"Oh, I didn't know." Emily became shy, which was not like her. She wasn't ever really shy. But now, her shyness was more of being ashamed. Her brother had told Gabriella how great she was and she had treated him horribly.

"Is something wrong, Emily?" Gabriella looked concerned.

"Um, no. I hate to cut this short Gabriella, but I really need to find Troy."

"Oh, it's okay. Nice meeting you." She smiled again. But not a polite smile, a friendly smile.

"Nice meeting you ,too." Emily took a few steps and turned back around, "Oh and Gabriella?"

"Yes?" She said looking up from her book.

"Welcome to East High." Emily gave a big smile.

"Thanks." Gabriella returned the smile.

Emily ran all over the school. 'Where can he be?' she thought. Emily skidded down the hallway towards the gym. As she raced down the hall, she began to feel a sudden urgency. She needed to tell Troy she was sorry RIGHT NOW! Emily turned around the corner leading to the gym and collided, once again, into Chad.

"We gotta stop meeting like this." Chad laughed as he helped Emily up. Emily laughed.

"Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going."

"What are you doing running through the halls anyway? Something's not wrong is it?" He looked at her a bit concerned.

"Oh, no. Nothing like that. I was just looking for Troy. Have you seen him?"

"He just went into the locker rooms. He'll be out in a minute."

"Thanks, Chad!" Emily began to walk into the gym, but Chad caught her arm. "What?" She looked at him. Troy walked up behind Emily.

"Um, nothing. I'll tell you later." Chad walked off.

"What was all that about?" Troy walked up beside his sister.

"I, um, don't know." Emily was confused.

"So whatcha doing over at the gym?"

"Oh, Troy, I need to talk to you."

"About what?" Troy looked at her. 'He thinks I haven't done anything wrong. But I have!' She thought. Tears came to her eyes thinking about it, although she didn't know why. "Em, what's wrong?"

"I'm sorry." Her teary voice whispered.

"Em, what are you sorry about? You haven't done anything."

"But I did! You told Gabriella how wonderful and great I was and look how I treated you!" She was crying. She felt just...horrible.

"Em," Troy pulled his sister into a hug, "It's not your fault. You didn't know."

"But I shouldn't have acted that way. You were right, I totally overreacted." She cried into his chest for a minute. Troy pulled her out of the hug.

"Em, don't blame yourself. You didn't overreact. I lied to you. It's not something we do to each other very often."

'That's what he thinks..' Emily thought. She just felt worse about herself. She didn't answer.

"I tell you what? We'll both forget about it. Forget it ever happened. Okay?"

"Okay." Emily sniffed. Troy gave her one more hug before sending her off to 5th period. But who could think of Algebra 2 at a time like this?

"Ems! PSSST!" Natalie Goodwin whispered. They were in the middle of an Algebra 2 test.

"Huh? Oh what?" Emily knew what Natalie wanted. The answers. Neither were the strongest in math, but Natalie was the weaker of the two.

"Number 6. Is it x3 or x9?"

"Nat, that's easy! It's x3!" She whispered back.

"Oh." Natalie went back to her paper and marked the answer. Emily rolled her eyes. She had finished her test, but couldn't get up to turn the paper in. She was thinking, a lot.

Her nightmares. 'Why can't they just go away? I mean what do they mean anyways?'

Her and Troy. 'He really likes Gabriella. I just don't want our relationship to fall apart, but Gabriella wouldn't do that. Well, not on purpose.'

Her and Chad. 'What was with that confrontation in the hallway? What did he want to say? Troy has horrible timing.'

'Chad looked nice today..' Emily stopped herself right there. 'Holy crap! What's wrong with me? Chad is like my brother.'

'But not really..'

'Still, he's been like a brother to me.'

'He seems awfully close for a brother.'

"EMS!" Natalie whispered loudly.

"What? Sorry." 'I seem to be saying that a lot.'

"Number 23: Is it A or C?"

"Neither, it's B." Emily whispered back casually.

"Really?" Natalie checked her work again. Emily saw Nat shrug before she circled B.

Emily surrendered herself to her thoughts again. 'Well, he seems sorta close.'

'Sorta? Hello?! Are you clueless?!'

'It's Chad! He doesn't like me!'

'But you like him.'

'No I don't!'

'Yes you do!'

'Ok, maybe a little...'

"EARTH TO EMILY!" Natalie whispered again.

"WHAT?!" Emily yelled. The teacher turned around.

"Ms. Bolton, is there something you wish to share with the class?"

"No, Mrs. Fria." Emily's cheeks turned red.

"Good, now finish your tests class."

Emily spent the rest of the day keeping busy. She didn't want to think anymore. But she couldn't ignore Chad forever.

Hope you guys liked this chapter! By the way, Emily is in 10th grade and Troy and the gang are in 11th.

Review! Jordan has ice cream to give away this time! (You suck, Allyn! Besides, I don't have any ice cream! –Jordan)

(P.S. I love the chapter, don't you? -Jordan)