A/N Hey guys! Before I continue on with the story I have a question. Why do most ppl in this site write I do not own hsm or I do not own the characters or stuff like that? I'm new here and I still havnt figured it out. Can someone plzz explain it to me?? It would be highly appreciated. Thanks :D
((Taylor P.O.V))
After my mini chat with Gabriella, I tried my best to ignore her all day and so far im succeeding. At lunch I walked through the cafeteria and headed to our table. All the gang were seated there except Gabriella and Chad. Good she's not here yet. But wait...where's Chad?? Great! Now they're having their lunch together alone! Zeke, Jason, and Ryan seemed to be argueing about something while Troy just sat there poking his food around. Sharpay and Kelsi where talking occassionly glancing over at Troy. I went over to them and slammed my tray hard on the table causing everyone to stare at me. "Sorry" I mumbled before taking my seat next to Kelsi.
"Woah Tay..calm down" said Kelsi.
"How could she do this?!" I exclaimed angrilly ignoring Kelsi's comment.
"What did Jessica do this time?" asked Sharpay taking a bit from her chicken salad.
"Who said im talking about Jessica?" I asked confused.
"Well then who are talking about?" asked Kelsi.
"I'm talking about Gabriella!" I exclaimed anger rushing through me.
"What! Why? What did she do?!" both girls stared at me surprised at my sudden burst about my best friend. Scratch that. Ex-best friend.
"By the way...where is Gabriella?" asked Sharpay scanning through the cafeteria.
"Probably with her new boyfriend!" I said emphasizing the word boyfriend. When I said that the guys excluding Troy all turned and stared at me.
"Woah hold it. What are you talking about?? What boyfriend?" asked Zeke angrily. Ryan and Jason looked just as mad. Zeke, Ryan, Jason have gotten close to Gabi and were like her older brothers.
"Aparently Chad asked Gabi to the dance yesterday after school in which she happily agreed. Can you believe that?! She knows I had a thing for Chad but she ju-" I quickly threw my hands over my mouth and my eyes widened when I realized what I just said. Oh god! I did NOT just admit my feelings towards Chad to the whole gang! Stupid Stupid me!!
Everyone at my table but Troy stared at me shocked since he already knew that I liked Chad. Oh man! Now I feel like a total idiot!
"SHE WHAT?!!!" screeched Sharpay.
"HE WHAT?!!!!!" shouted the guys. Phew..I guess no one noticed what I just said. All the tables around turned and looked at us wierdly. Kelsi, Troy and I sinked low in our seats from embarrasment.
"Hey guys, mind saying that a bit louder? I don't think the whole cafeteria heard you" said Troy sarcastically before getting up to throw away his trash.
"Wow..OK you know I'm not really surprised about what Tay just said about her feelings for Chad since it was obvious but I'm glad she finally admitted", said Ryan. Damn! "But what really shocked me is what Chad and Gabi did." Everyone else nodded in agreenment. Kelsi shot me a sympathetic look as I got up to throw my trash away as well...and also not wanting to talk about Chad and Gabi anymore.
((No one P.O.V))
"I can't believe Gabriella did such a thing! Gabriella...out of ALL the people!" exclaimed Sharpay angrily after making sure Taylor is out of site.
"I know..no wonder Troy was so miserable lately. He missed every single shot during basketball practice and my ears still hurt from Coach Bolton's yelling" said Jason rubbing his right ear.
"Poor guy. He must be heartbroken" said Kelsi shaking her head in sympathy.
"Yea. Even my Super-Chocolate-Brownies that he worships failed to cheer him up." said Zeke.
"Wow. He must really love Gabi" said Ryan surprised. Everyone at the table knew that Troy and Gabi liked each other so no one was surprised at what Ryan just said.
"And dont forget about Tay, She might be stubborn in admitting it but she really did like Chad and had high hopes of him asking her to the dance. I heard from a couple of girls in the drama club who are also in the Decahlon team that Taylor actually missed today's meeting!" said Kelsi who was still surprised by what she had heard from those girls.
"Your kidding!!" The whole gang stared at her shocked. Taylor had neve ever missed a meeting before since the day she was assigned as captain which was two years ago.
"You guys, something here feels wrong. I mean I am as angry and shocked as you are about this whole Chad and Gabi thing. But I still have this feeling that Gabs and Chad are not exactly as guilty as we think they are. are. We are talking about Troy and Taylor's bestest and closest friends here. I dont think that they would actually do such a thing. But then again I might be wrong" said Sharpay. Everyone at the table sat quietly thinking about what Sharpay just said. Troy and Taylor then got back to their seats.
"Hey man took you a while considering you were just throwing your trash away" said Jason.
Troy just shrugged and said "My dad wanted to talk to me, well more likely yell at me, about my "performance" during practice today" he said using air quotes for performance.
For the rest of lunch the gang just sat there quietly eating their lunch having some small talks occasionlly which was VERY rare to them with Chad and Gabi never showing up.
Meanwhile
((Gabi P.O.V))
After my mini chat with Taylor that morning, she seemed to be ignoring me all day. I kept my distance from her knowing that she probably just needed some time, but I still couldn't figure out why she was so mad at me. I usually go to Troy for comfort but I remembered that he had been avoiding me as well. It had been only half a day and I already miss him like hell. I felt so lost and lonely. Sure I had my other best friends but Troy and Taylor were the closest to me.
I sighed and headed over to my locker to meet Chad. I was arranging my locker trying to get the time pass not really wanting to head over to the cafeteria where I would have to face Tay and Troy. I felt someone tap my shoulder and for a second I imagined turning around and face those peircing blue eyes of Troy's that I fell madly in love with. But when I turned around I faced Chad's huge afro instead.
"Hi Chad" I said smiling sadly which didn't go unnoticed by Chad.
"Hey Gabs, you ok?" he asked. Chad, Ryan, Zeke and Jason were like my big brotheres that I never had. I don't really consider Troy as a brother because it wouldnt be normal for a girl to fall in love with her brother.
"Hmm..lets see. Apart from my two best friends who seem to be ingnoring me all day..I am perfectly fine! How about you?" I said with a big fake smile on my face.
"Taylor's ignoring you too?" he asked. My smile instantly dropped and I nodded sadly.
"I dont really know what have I done to make them mad at me." I said. Chad just nodded in agreement since Troy and Taylor have been avoiding him as well. We stood there in silence for a minute untill Chad spoke up.
"So, whats the thing you wanted to tell me about Troy?" he asked.
"Oh yea..lets go sit somewhere. I dont really wanna talk here at my locker." I said. We both knew that the other didnt want to go to the cafeteria and face Troy and Taylor so headed to the nearest empty class and closed the door. I took a seat next to Chad at the front. He took out some food from his bag which consisted of 3 sodas, 2 bags of chips and four sandwiches. I stared at him shocked by the amount of food he kept. But hey, it's Chad were talking about.
"What? I need my energy for all that basketball practice you know" he said handing me a bag of chips, a soda and a sandwhich since I dont have any lunch with me.
I just shook my head at him not really wanting to discuss food at the moment. And definitly not wanting to discuss food with Chad.
"Okay..Anyway. Remember yesterday after school when you asked me to help you ask Taylor to the dance?" I asked, taking a bit from my sandwhich.
He nodded. "Yea. But I dont know if I'm gonna ask her now seeing as she probably hates me for God knows what" he said.
"Well..hate is too strong. I think mad is the key word. But she probably just needs some time" I said trying to convince him and myself as well. Yea that's probably it. She probably just had a rough day. But then why would she miss the Decathelon meeting? Nothing has ever and I mean EVER stopped Tay from attending a meeting. Having a bad day also doesnt explain why she is avoiding me and Chad. I just shook those thoughts away and turned my attention back to Chad.
"After that I headed over to the school's parking lot to meet Troy since we always meet there before heading home together. But when he came he seemed to be really depressed about something and almost looked as if he would cry any moment -"
"Woah hold it. Cry?" inturrupted Chad with a frown on his face. Troy rarely cries and Chad knows that. "Wow. Whatever happened to him must have really crushed him" This hurt me even more since I know that Troy was depressed about a girl and if it crushed him as Chad said, then she must be really special to him. I ignored his comment and continued to stop myself from tearing up.
"Yeah. Anyway. During the ride home we sat in silence since I didnt really want to upset him more than he was already. But I just hated seeing him like this so I kept asking whats wrong and he finally opened up to me" I took a deep breath before continuing. "He said that it was a girl problem" Chad's lips formed and 'o'. "He said that he was head over heals for this girl and that she was beautiful, smart, funny, caring and so much more. He really wanted to ask her to the dance but said that a friend of his already asked her and she said yes" By the time I was done explaining tears started welling up my eyes but I quickly wiped them away claiming to Chad that something got in my eyes. I felt like I was stabbed in the heart.
"Wow" was all Chad said. He seemed really shocked for some reason but I just let him sit there to let the information sink in. We sat there eating our lunch in silence.
((Chad P.O.V))
When Gabi was done explaining I saw her tearing up but she quickly wiped them away and said that something got in her eyes. I was seriously shocked at what she said. I knew for a fact that Troy was head over heals over Gabi and that he desperately wanted to ask her but I would never tell Gabi that. But as far as I know, Gabi still doesnt have a date to the dance yet. Sure she had some offers but she said that she declined them all. So why was Troy mad?? Why was Taylor mad? And if Troy was mad about a girl's issue which I am 100 sure it involves Gabriella...why would he be mad at me? We sat there eating our lunch in silence until I spoke up..again.
"OK well..If he was upset about that girl then why would he avoid me and you?" I asked but I kinda knew why he was avoiding her since she was probably the girl he talked about. Well at least he finally admitted that he's head over heals for Gabriella.
"I dont know. Thats the questions that's been begging me. I also dont know why would Taylor be mad at us too." I just nodded my head.
"What do you think we should do?" I asked.
"Nothing I guess. I mean we dont want to make them more upset than they're already are so were just going to give them their space" she answered. We sat in that classroom for the rest of lunch time eating and talking about Troy and Taylor.
A/N: Poor Gabi and Chad. I think that this is the best chapter I've written so far and I like it. But now tell me what YOU think of it. so please review!! I'll try to update as soon as I can. :)
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