A/N: Okay so I said this would be the last chapter but I kinda lied. After this there will be an epilogue… You'll see why.

Sharpay and I had been driving around for almost half an hour and we hadn't spotted Ryan anywhere.

"UGH. Where could he have gone?" I shouted impatiently as I stopped at a stop sign. Sharpay sighed and shrugged. Suddenly I spotted a figure down the street. "Wait… Is that…" I started. Sharpay sat up hopefully.

"Ryan?!" She shouted. I got out of the car to get a better look. "Is it Ryan?" She yelled from the car.

"No…" I whispered as I realized who it was. I ran towards the figure. "Troy!" I yelled. The guy turned around and it was infact Troy.

"Gabriella?" He said. I nodded and tried to catch my breath. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm… I'm looking for Ryan" I said between breaths. I heard him groan.

"Oh, of course you are." He sighed and continued to walk off in the opposite direction.

"Wait, Troy!" I said catching up to him.

"What do you want?" He asked. I looked up at him and saw that his expression was a mix of sadness and disgust. I sighed.

"I need your help" I said quietly. He scoffed.

"You- You need my help?" He laughed angrily, "My help to look for Ryan? Now why would I want to help you do that?"

"He ran away, Troy." I told him sadly. I heard a sharp intake of breath. Troy's expression has quickly turned to shock, "He might do something, Troy. I don't want him to get hurt… Or worse."

"Oh it's just you." I heard a voice from behind me. I turned around and saw Sharpay walking up to us. "Gabriella, come on. It's getting really dark." She said, "Is he coming?" I looked up at Troy hopefully.

"Why should I?" He inquired. I looked at my feet for a few moments and then mumbled something. "What…?" Troy asked and I said it a little louder.

"Because I'm sorry, Troy." I said with more confidence, "I'm sorry for what I did to you. It was a mistake," I kept going, "But I can't change what I did. If I could, I would, but I can't."

"Gabriella…" Troy started but I cut him off.

"Let me finish," I said it little louder than I had intended. Troy looked startled, "I know you hate me and I know you definitely hate Ryan but this wasn't his fault. I knew what I was doing and I let it happen. I shouldn't have. Ryan needs my help now and once again I know what I'm doing but this time I don't regret it. Ryan is troubled, Troy. Really, really, troubled and I have to do everything I can to help because… It may be because of me. So if you don't want to help us fine. But I just thought you should know where I stand."

There was an awkward silence when I stopped speaking but suddenly a voice broke the silence.

"Okay… Well if that's it we should really get back to looking for my brother." Sharpay said. I looked at her and nodded. We started to walk away when I felt a tug on my arm.

"Gabriella… it's okay." Troy said quietly. I faced him once again but this time tears were flowing from my eyes. He lifted a hand and wiped away a tear from my cheek. "I'll help you, Gabi. If it's this important to you… I'll help." He said and I smiled. He drew me into a hug and I grasped him tightly.

"Thank you, Troy." I mumbled into his chest.

"Um, guys? Yeah, hi, Sharpay here. Can we please get going? Remember Ryan? My brother? Missing? Let's go!" Sharpay shouted tugging at Troy and I. We let go of each other and hurried back to the car.

We drove for about 10 more minutes when I stopped at the side of the road. I turned to the back seat and looked at Sharpay.

"Okay, we have to think about this. Sharpay, do you know anywhere that Ryan would go? Maybe somewhere he feels safe?" I asked her. I looked beside me at Troy and he shrugged and held my hand tightly. We both looked back at Sharpay with anxious expressions.

"There is one place…" She said quietly, "I don't know though. I heard him talk about this place once. He said he went there to think."

"That's great!" I shouted happily. "Where is it??"

"That's the thing… I don't know where it is." Sharpay sighed, "He said it was near some cliffs or something… In the forest. He said a name but I don't remember it." She said.

I sighed and leaned back in disappointment. Suddenly Troy spoke up.

"It wouldn't be Clausen's point, would it?" he said. Sharpay's face lit up.

"That's it!!! Clausen's point!!!" She shouted. I turned to Troy and hugged him.

"Where is this place?" I asked.

"It's only about a 15 minute drive north. I used to go there with my cousins." Troy said. I beamed and turned the car back on.

"We might as well give it a shot. We don't have much more of a choice." Sharpay said and I nodded in agreement.

We drove north for 15 minutes when Troy told me to turn left into a forested area.

"You sure this is it?" I asked and he nodded.

"It's about 5 minutes in." He said. I continued to drive through the forest.

"I hope this is it…" I whispered to myself when suddenly Sharpay shouted.

"LOOK! It's Ryan's car!" She pointed to a clearing where I spotted a car. "That's his!" As I pulled up closer I realized it was his. I parked and we all go out of the car.

"Where is he?" I asked no one in particular.

"Guys…" Troy said quietly. I turned to look at him and saw him pointing to something in the distance. I followed his gaze and spotted the edge of a cliff. A figure was standing there.

It was Ryan.

"Nobody shout… It might startle-." I said quietly but was cut off by a loud shriek.

"RYAN EVANS, GET AWAY FROM THAT CLIFF RIGHT NOW!" Sharpay's loud voice echoed in the clearing. Ryan turned around quickly and took a step back, almost falling.

"Sharpay!" I hissed. She stormed towards Ryan and stopped a few meters away from him. I followed her and stood beside her.

"Sharpay? Gabriella?" He said sounding shocked, "I told you not to come looking for me" I felt Troy come up behind me. "What is he doing here?" He asked with a hint of anger in his tone.

"Ryan, please come away from the cliff," I pleaded softly. He laughed quietly and turned back to face the edge of the cliff, looking down at the crashing waves.

"Why should I?" he laughed. I took a small step forward, not wanting to startle him by getting too close.

"Ryan, come on. Let's go home." I said cautiously. He turned back around and I could see tears shimmering on his cheeks.

"No!" He cried. He took another small step backwards.

"Ryan, get your ass over here RIGHT NOW." Sharpay said, pointing a finger at him, "If you jump, I swear to GOD, I will bring you back and kill you again myself."

"Sharpay, please, can you not?" I said over my shoulder. "Ryan, don't do this." I pleaded.

"Yeah, man. Come on, we'll take you back home." Troy said cautiously coming closer.

"Why are you doing this?!" Ryan cried with tears streaming down his face, "Why are you trying to help me?!" I gasped quietly and put my hand out.

"We care about you, Ry. We want to help you because we care about you." I said softly. Ryan looked at my hand softly and turned back to the edge. "Ryan, don't"

"But I messed up so much…" He said quietly. "I ruined everything."

"No, man." Troy said, "You didn't okay? It's okay now. We forgive you. And I'm sorry for all the stuff I've put you through in the past." Ryan turned around again.

"You- You're sorry?" He asked sounding unconvinced. Troy nodded.

"That… Thing that happened with us. You know… the prank…" Troy said slowly and Ryan nodded, " I didn't mean for it to go that way… I was trying to help, man, really I was. I didn't know people would be there and I was too scared to go against them. I'm sorry." Troy finished. I looked at him and could see even a few tears forming in his eyes. I looked back at Ryan. He was trying to take it all in.

"You… Tried to help me?" He asked and Troy nodded. Sharpay stepped forward and put her own hand out.

"Please Ryan. We love you… I love you. You're my brother. I need you here." She said sadly. Ryan glanced at her and smiled.

"I love you too, Shar." He smiled and Sharpay smiled back. He glanced at me and held his gaze. "Am I really forgiven?" He asked me. I nodded.

"Of course you are, Ryan. Sharpay's right. We love you. I love you." I said and smiled warmly. He smiled back and took a step towards us.

"That's all I wanted to hear." He said quietly, "I love you, Gabi." He said with tears in his eyes and quickly turned back and ran towards the edge.

"RYAN!" Sharpay screamed but it was too late. He had jumped. My world stopped and I fell numbly to the ground. I could hear Sharpay's screams but I couldn't figure out what they meant. I looked up and saw Troy holding a sobbing Sharpay back from the edge. I heard Troy trying to calm her but I could see the pain and tears in Troy's face. I tried to move but I couldn't. My whole body wasn't responding. I tried to cry, but all that would come out were a few quick breaths. Suddenly I felt like I couldn't breathe. I was gasping for breath and suddenly my whole world went black.

A/N: Okay so… Angry? Sad? Shocked? Confused? Was it good or bad? I dunno… Read the epilogue!!!