"So you saw her, almost crashed, then drove off? That makes no sense whatsoever." Chad Danforth tried to understand.

Oblivious to Chad and Troy's conversation, Taylor and Gabriella were having a whispered phone conversation in the next room over. "So he saw you, almost crashed, then drove away? That makes absolutely no sense!" Taylor tried to understand.

"Yeah, well, Troy Bolton has always been a strange guy. Did you tell him I was coming in?" Gabriella said through the speaker in her phone.

"I was about to, but then he saw you. No one would answer me. Chad is about to ask him if its okay if you stay here. He just had a nasty fight with Charlee, and he needs a place to crash. If he really isn't comfortable with you staying here, too, then you can stay with my best friend. She only lives next door! If that's okay with you, of course." Taylor explained to her best friend.

"So Troy, Gabriella is in town. Actually, Taylor and I've kind of known for a while. And we've kind of planned for Gabi to stay here, but…" Chad explained nervously.

"Oh yeah, that's fine. I don't mind. Just don't be offended if I try really hard to avoid her. I am really embarrassed about this afternoon. In fact I'm probably getting a call from the police, to check up, sue, ect." Troy said.

"Aw, come on, buddy. Nobody's going to sue. Nobody can! You didn't do anything that affected anyone but you!" Chad assured Troy.

"Yeah I just stopped traffic for about an hour!" Troy responded sarcastically.

Chad rolled his eyes and went to tell Taylor everything.

"Hey, Tee," Chad said to Taylor who was still on the phone with Gabi in the living room. "Troy says its okay."

"Great!" Taylor responded. "Okay, Gabriella! I can't wait to see you and Abbie...Yes…Okay…Okay! Bye!"

"Who's Abbie? Is she staying here?" Chad asked Taylor.

"Abbie Montez is Gabi's daughter." Taylor answered as Scarlett walked in the room and sat next to Taylor.

"Gabi's married? She has a kid? Since when?"

"Scarlett, do you mind if we talk about Gabriella?" Taylor responded kindheartedly.

Scarlett nodded at Taylor, then said, "Gabriella has a daughter?"

Taylor said, "Gabriella isn't married anymore. Her husband died a week after she had the girl. Abbie is 3 months old. I think she's going to be so cute!"

Chad said, "Cool." then went to check on Peyton. He had been in a sort of dreary mood since he got to the Danforth's. Chad was worried about him.

Scarlett went to get ready for a date she had tonight, and Taylor went to check on the sheets in Gabi and Abbie's room. She was becoming paranoid about sheets. One of her pet peeves.

One hour later, the doorbell rang. Troy, forgetting that Gabriella was coming, went to answer it. He opened the door, and Gabriella was standing there with a baby. Troy gave her a cold glance, turned around and walked up to his room. Taylor went to see Gabriella and Abbie in.

"Gabi! Abbie! Omigod! It's great to see you! And Abbie's so cute! I am so excited to see you guys again!!

Peyton and Lacey even went down to coo over the baby, but Troy was being stubborn. He absolutely didn't want to see Gabriella. He needed something to get angry about. He had to let out his feelings!

Meanwhile, Scarlett was having a wonderful time on her date. It was with a guy from school. His name was Braden Abney. He was the cutest guy at her school, and he wanted Scarlett to go to a movie with him! Anyway, Scarlett had an excellent time. After the movie, they went to get coffee at Starbucks and she wasn't home until 11:00. She figured her dad wouldn't mind too much. And normally he wouldn't have, but he was in an angry mood tonight…

"SCARLETT MARIE BOLTON!" Troy started whisper-screaming as soon as she got home. "What in your right mind told you it was okay to stay out till 11? Everyone else is sleeping! I can't believe you! What is wrong with you? You are grounded for two weeks!" And with that, Troy stormed upstairs. Scarlett sat down on the sofa. So much for the perfect night.

Gabriella hadn't gone to sleep yet. She was trying, but she couldn't. She walked downstairs to find Troy Bolton's oldest girl sitting on the couch with a defeated expression on her face.

"Hey. You must be Scarlett. I'm Gabriella."

"Hi." Scarlett said quietly.

"What's wrong?" Gabriella asked.

Scarlett went on to answer her question with the story of Troy Bolton's three wives and her date tonight. Gabriella cradled Scarlett in her arms as though she was her own daughter through the whole story. By the time Scarlett was finished, Gabriella felt closer to her than ever.

"I am so sorry." Gabriella responded sincerely.

The two girls fell asleep on the sofa. Scarlett's last thought was, 'I am so glad I have Gabriella ."