Scarlett and Gabriella were abruptly woken up by the slam of a door.

"Wazgoingon?" Scarlett said groggily.

Taylor and Chad came from the kitchen, looking very alert. "Troy got mad because you two are friends." Taylor responded.

Gabriella knew that it was her responsibility to go after Troy. Besides, Gabi missed Troy. She wanted to have a conversation about life.

Gabriella went to get dressed. She grabbed her jacket and purse, gave Scarlett and Taylor some specific directions on taking care of Abbie, then took off. She had absolutely no idea where Troy was, or how to get anywhere in this town, but she knew if she kept driving, eventually she'd find him.

After half an hour of driving, she decided she needed a break. She came across a park, got out of her car and sat down on a bench in the park. Soon after, Troy walked up to her and sat next to her.

"Hey." He said sheepishly.

"Hey! How ironic! I've been looking everywhere for you!" Gabriella said, excited that she had found him.

"Yeah, I know. I've been following your car." Troy answered guiltily.

"That's the one place I didn't think to look. Behind me." She joked.

"Look, Gabi, I didn't mean to hurt you. Or me. Or Scarlett. I'm really sorry. I miss you. I really do. I want to know you again. I want to be the guy that you can tell everything to. And I want to be able to tell you everything."

After he said this, Gabriella's smile vanished. He eyes glazed over, like she wasn't there. She looked right past Troy. She stood up and ran to her car. She started it and drove away quickly.

Troy was very confused. A moment ago, she was fine, laughing and joking. Then she saw something. Behind Troy. Troy turned around to see a man running the other way. The man had dark hair and was wearing a long dark coat that flew behind him. Troy ran after the man but lost him in about 3 seconds. Troy quickly called Chad. Chad said that he thought Troy was going psycho and to stay right there. Chad was coming to get Troy. Troy agreed, then hung up with Chad. Then Troy realized that he didn't want to spend time with Chad and Taylor. He wanted to make sure Gabby was okay.

He ran. He didn't know where he was running, he just ran. About half a mile out, after turning his ringing phone off, he ran into the one person he thought he'd never see again.

"Lyndsey Baker?"

"Troy Bolton! Wow! This is a surprise!"

"Lyndsey! Wow! How are you? Look, you want to grab coffee or something? So we can catch up?"

"Yeah, of course!"

So the two ducked into a Starbucks nearby.

"So, what happened since…?" Troy asked, after she ordered her Caramel Frappachino.

"I am now a pediatrician." She said proudly.

"Oh, very nice." Troy responded.

"Soooo, how are Scarlett and Peyton?"

"They've been doing okay, considering that their mother left them."

"Troy, I couldn't take it! It was all too hard, and everyone was leaning on me to do everything, and-"

"It's okay, Lyn. I understand. Did you get remarried?" Troy inquired.

"No. I couldn't. My heart was devoted to you and the kids. I tried to find you, but you didn't answer any numbers I had."

"I'm sorry. I moved after I married Annie, and I guess all my numbers changed."

"Who's Annie?" Lyndsey asked.

"Annie was the woman I married after you and I split. She died a couple years ago."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Annie said, putting her arm around Troy's waist and resting her chin on his strong shoulder. She seemed a lot more comfortable with Troy, now that she knew Annie wasn't around anymore.

"Then, I married a woman named Charlee."

Lyndsey pulled back. "But I left her a few days ago." Troy said reassuringly. He liked the feel of her arms around him.

"Wonderful. You're a free agent now." She said, leaning closer to him.

"Not for long…" he said, going to kiss her.

After about 30 seconds, a girl screamed, "TROY?"

The blonde bombshell girl walked toward Troy and Lyndsey's table

"Troy Bolton! We are still technically together! Who is this?"

"Same to you, honey." Lyndsey said icily. "Who are you?"

"I am Charlee Bolton."

"Troy, I thought you and her split."

"We did. Go away, Charlee."

At that moment, Taylor and her 'adopted' daughter, Abbie walked in. Taylor saw Troy and the two woman and jerked Troy out of the cozy Starbucks.

"I'll call you later, sweetie!" Charlee called after him.

"I'll see you later, darling!" Lyndsey said challengingly.

"I'll-ahh!!!!" Charlee screamed. Troy looked back to see that Lyndsey had thrown a muffin at Charlee.

As soon as they were out the door, Taylor said, "How in the world did you get yourself in a predicament like that?"

"Well…"

"Don't even tell me. Get in the car. Where's yours?" Taylor asked.

"At Trinity Hope Park."

"Why?" Taylor asked as she put Abbie in her carseat. "Don't answer that. I don't want to know. Have you seen Gabi? She came to find you."

"Yeah. She ran off."

"Ookay."

Taylor dropped Troy off at Trinity Hope Park.

They drove home. When they got home, they noticed that everyone was in a peculiar mood.

"Gabi called. No one was home." Chad said nervously. He pressed the play button on the answering machine.

"Hey guys it's Gabi. I'm not coming back. Don't call me. I won't answer. Keep Abbie safe. I probably won't see you guys again, but I-ahhhhhhhh!!!" then the phone beeped (the signal that it was over)

"What are we going to do?" Taylor cried.