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Chapter 14

((Taylor's POV))

Okay, when Gabriella came in, I was expecting her to say a million things. 99 of my ideas had something to do with the fact that she was going to talk about how much she hated Troy. The other .5 I thought maybe one of her kids had done something. And the other .5…well…I wasn't exactly sure what they were. But never in my wildest dreams would I have figured Gabi would come in saying, 'I kissed him'.

I mean, who had she kissed? The creepy 3rd grade teacher that kept hitting on her no matter how much she told him she wasn't interested? And trust me, I don't blame her for not being interested and her not being interested has nothing to do with Troy. He is just creepy. But back on topic, WHO HAD SHE KISSED? And more importantly, why did she look like she was about to faint?!

"Gabriella, hon, who did you kiss exactly?" I asked, somewhat nervous.

"Oh, no one important. Just TROY BOLTON!" she yelled, before collapsing to tears.

"You kissed Troy?!" I asked, feeling my eyes grow twice their normal size. Even though I tried to be sympathetic to the fact that she was bawling her eyes out, I couldn't help but be ecstatic! She had done it! She did exactly what I had been wanting for nine years. But there was something bugging me. What happened? Why was she crying? Now, not to be wrong. Gabriella was a crier. She cried at everything. Books, movies, songs, Zac Efron (long story, don't wanna go into details write now...) you name it, she's probably cried at it. But kissing Troy Bolton just didn't seem like something you cried at!

She nodded through her tears. "Yes…and I enjoyed it," she murmured.

I squealed and sat down next to her. "You did?! Oh, my gosh, tell me everything!" I grinned. I felt like I was in High School again, talking to Gabriella after she and Troy had kissed at Lava Springs.

She looked up, grinning. There was something about her grin. It was…real. It showed no sadness or loneliness that had been there for nine years. This was the Gabriella smile.

"It was amazing…it was sweet, but passionate…I finally felt like I knew what I was missing in my life," she said, her eyes clouded over slightly.

"So…what happened? Why are you crying?" I asked.

"I...I did something dumb…I knew I shouldn't have…but I mean…" she wasn't completing her sentence, and it scared me. I mean what had she done?! She couldn't have done anything too bad...

"What did you do?" I prompted gently.

"I told him that we couldn't do this…I told him it was better to be friends…I-I got scared, Tay," she said.

Oh. My. Gosh. What had she done?! I felt bad for her, because at least time I knew where she was coming from, but at the same time, she had done it again. She had put her brain in front of her heart, and that only leads to pain. Even though Troy did break up with her, she still had plenty of chances to go back out with him, but she had convinced herself she was over Troy. See how well that came out?

How was I supposed to respond to this? Was I supposed to yell at her like I do my students and demand she calls Troy and tell him she's wrong, or was I supposed to support her and tell her that she did the right thing?

"Gabi…"

"I know what you're gonna say, Taylor. You're gonna say that I shouldn't have done that, and I should've learned from last time-"

"No I'm not." I stated. "I think what you did was…wise…stupid maybe, but wise. I mean, you don't want to not go out with him, but you made the better choice and decided to put yourself in front of him for once," I said.

"Exactly!!!" she said happily. "That's exactly what I was thinking."

"I think that's great, Gabi," I said. I hugged her lightly and grinned as I saw that I had just lifted her spirits up by a lot.

"I'll see you later!" she said, walking out.

Okay, see everything I just said up there? Well…pretty much all of it was a lie. In fact, all of it was a lie except for the part about how it was stupid. But I couldn't tell that to Gabriella. That would just make it more complicated. Because then she would be mad at me and herself, and that would make her insane. So, I lied.

Man, this was going to be an interesting story to tell Chad.

---Later---

"You lied to her?!" Chad exclaimed from outside of our bathroom, where I was changing.

"Not technically," I said innocently.

"What do you mean, 'not technically?" he asked.

"I told her the truth…in some universe," I said.

"Yeah, but c'mon, Tay! It's not smart what she did, even I know that!" he exclaimed.

I stuck my head out of the door and looked at him. "If you had broken up with me and Troy said it was the most idiotic thing in the world, what would you have done?" I asked.

"Beat him up," Chad said.

"Exactly. But girls don't beat each other up," I said. "We ignore each other. And the occasional rumor here and there."

"Tay, you guys aren't teens anymore, you really think she would do that?" he asked.

"Remember when Troy got engaged to Amanda?" I asked. Gabriella had gone insane. I didn't blame her though, I mean, she loved him, and he was engaged. She was in one constant bad mood for a week.

Chad cringed, "Okay, yeah, she would."

I stepped out of the bathroom, wearing my pajamas. I leaned against the doorframe.

"I know it sounds dumb, but I mean, you should've seen her," I said. "She looked so lost, and I knew she regretted doing it."

"You're a good friend," he said, wrapping his arms around me. "I know everything with work out."

"How do you know?" I murmured.

"Because you've set your mind to something, and when you set your mind to a task, you make it happen," he said.

I looked up at him and grinned. "You think so?" I asked.

He kissed me lightly. "I know so."

((Troy's POV))

I drove home after dropping off Alex's lunch, fuming. How could I let myself get carried away like that?! What made me act like that? She was obviously hurting and I just made it worse. Now she would never like me…would she ever know how much I truly loved her?

No. I guess not.

Okay, if it wasn't completely obvious Troy still had feelings for her, now you know! But don't expect a happy ending...yet. I have 2 more chapters already written and I promised my best friend 2 more, so don't expect another Hiatus!!

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