Chad and Taylor learn the truth. What will they think? Hope you enjoy.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Learning the Truth

The Balcony

After seeing what she just saw, Gabriella ran to the balcony to sort it all out.

"What have I done or what haven't I done?" she thought to herself.

She looked down over the railing and saw Sharpay and Rachael walk out by the water fountain. She saw how happy they were.

"They look so happy."

With this thought in her head, Gabriella buried her head in her arms and started crying.

Inside, Troy was still waiting in the music room. Kelsi hadn't even come into the room. There was only 5 minutes left of free period and Gabriella was nowhere to be seen.

"It's not like her to blow something like this off," Troy was seriously beginning to wonder where Gabriella was.

The bell rung and Troy hurried to Math class. Gabriella was in this class with him and he wondered if he could talk to her there.

Gabriella heard the bell over her sobs, but really didn't want to head to class. Troy was in her math class and she doesn't want to see him. But she forced herself to get up and head to her locker.

Math Class

Troy walked into math class and saw that Taylor was there. He thought since he had 3 more minutes, he would talk to Taylor about Gabriella. "Taylor, was Gabriella with you at the chem lab?"

"Yeah, she rushed out the room and headed to the music room," Taylor answered, confused. "Why?"

"She didn't show up in the music room."

"Really?"

"Yea. At first when I entered the room, Rachael was in the room. We talked and then something happened that I don't really wanna mention."

"What exactly happened…"

"Well, Rachael wanted some practice on…"

The bell rang and Gabriella headed into the room. Something was defiantely wrong with Gabi. Instead of heading to the seat next to Troy, she walked straight to the back of the room.

Troy watched, very confused. "What's going on?" he thought to himself.

During math, Troy couldn't focus at all on his work. He kept glancing back at Gabriella to see what she was doing.

"What is she thinking?" he thought to himself, "Gabi, what have I done?"

Lunch

Gabriella, obviously not wanting to talk to Troy, walked to the opposite side of the cafeteria and sat down alone.

Troy watched in despair. He turned to Chad and asked him for his opinion.

"Dude." Chad began, "what exactly happened?"

"Okay, I was waiting for Gabriella to show and Rachael was in the room…"

"Woah, woah, woah! Rachael was in the room?"

"Yeah. What's wrong with her?"

"Didn't Gabriella tell you that she thought that Rachael was trouble?"

"Rachael isn't trouble, she's just really nice!"

"Okay, believe what you wanna. But I'm sticking with Gabriella on this one. Fine, go on."

"Well, Rachael needed help on kissing and I decided that I'd help her."

"How did you help her?" Taylor intervened.

"She said that the person that she was going to kiss in the show was out of town and she needed some practice. I thought that it wouldn't be harmful and it's extremely awkward to kiss someone without practice. I only said that I would help her out this once because she was new…"

"WHAT???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!" exclaimed both Taylor and Chad.

"What's the problem with helping someone out?"

"It's the way you did it!" Chad retorted.

"Okay, I'll admit that it was a little weird but I had to help."

"Did Gabriella see?" asked Taylor.

"I don't really know. She didn't walk in the room. And Sharpay said she didn't see her at all…"

"Sharpay said that?" Taylor observed.

"I smell a rat," said Chad.

"Yeah," Troy said after listening to them, "now that I think about it. It all could've been a scheme to break us apart."

"Now you see! Thank goodness!" both Taylor and Chad exclaimed.

"Jinx, you owe me a soda," Taylor said.

"Geez, you beat me to it. Fine I'll see you after school."

"You guys have been hanging out more often. Listen, can you help me tell Gabriella about the situation?"

"All right. Since Gabi is my friend," Taylor said.

"I'm always willing to help out a friend of mine," Chad said.

"Alright. Let's set up a plan," Troy exclaimed.

Together, they pooled together their ideas and figured out a plan to get Gabriella back on their side.