Forgot to do this last time so thank you to naughtycate, spotzy, tashLOVE and sassygrl96 for reviewing the last chapter and to sassygrl96 and spotzy for reviewing the first alternate ending. You guys are awesome!!

So as I've said before the last two alternate endings were written just because I could (haha) and I don't think this one is nearly as good as the one I'll be posting on Wednesday and after reading this one and looking at the other stories I've written it'll be pretty obvious as to who the next couple will be... but writing is supposed to be fun :-D

Alternative Ending #2

On the Tuesday of homecoming week, Gabriella surprised Chad by asking him to go to the dance with her. He had been extremely surprised by her request and when he had asked her why she wanted to go with him, she told him that they were still friends and that she forgave him for what he had done.

He wasn't surprised, however, upon learning Thursday afternoon that Troy was taking Sharpay to the dance. It was typical Troy, going after a former flame's (or in this case, crush) best friend.

His reaction to Troy taking Sharpay to the dance changed when Chad came down stairs the morning of the dance and heard Troy and his dad talking in the kitchen.

"So, I heard you're taking Sharpay Evans to the dance," Jack said.

"Yeah," Troy replied, no emotion in his voice.

"She's a pretty girl," Jack stated. "You excited?"

"I guess," Troy shrugged.

"What's up, Troy?" Jack asked, sensing something was off with his son. "You don't seem happy to be going to the dance at all."

"I want to go," Troy replied. "Just not with Sharpay…"

"Ah, let me guess, you wanted to go with Gabriella, but she asked Chad to go with her," Jack said, reading between the lines.

Chad didn't hear the rest of the conversation as he ran upstairs to finish getting ready for school. He grabbed his backpack then left the house before his mom found out he skipped breakfast.

He got to school early and spent the whole day trying to figure out how he could get Troy and Gabriella to go to the dance together. Just as he decided he'd pretend to be skip, he looked out the window and saw Troy drive away.

Knowing he'd run out of time, Chad got dressed for the dance then went to get Gabriella. Her mom snapped several pictures of them together then they made a hasty exit.

They dined at their favorite Mexican restaurant and some how avoided spilling anything down their fronts.

It wasn't until they had arrived at the dance and Chad saw Sharpay and Troy dancing that a plan popped into his mind. He led Gabriella onto the dance floor and they danced near Sharpay and Troy.

After a few songs, Chad turned and asked Sharpay if she wanted to dance, then instead of waiting for her reply, he grabbed her hand pushed Gabriella towards Troy.

"What are you doi-" Sharpay stopped when he turned her so she could see Gabriella dancing with Troy, both of them wearing smiles on their faces. "Oh."

"Exactly," Chad stated. "I know I just robbed you of your homecoming date, so I understand if you want to ditch me or something."

"Chad, I'm not that evil," Sharpay replied. "Besides, I saw the way you were dancing with Gabriella and I must say, I got the better deal in this date swap, Troy can't dance."

Chad laughed and nodded his head. "His grandma wants to pay for him to take dance lessons," he told her with a grin on his face. "He was tripping over his own feet at the wedding."

Sharpay giggled and wrapped her arms around Chad's neck as a slow song came on.

A few dances later, they followed Troy and Gabriella off the dance floor to get something to drink.

"Troy, if you liked me, why did you ask Sharpay to the dance and not me?" Gabriella asked suddenly.

Troy glanced at Sharpay, who glanced at Chad and Chad inhaled deeply as he tried to figure out what to say. "Troy, didn't ask her," he said, quickly. "Sharpay asked him."

"You did?" Gabriella asked, turning to look at her friend. "But you said that I shouldn't ask Troy to the dance because it's the boy's job to ask the girl."

"Oh right," Sharpay said, looking at Chad.

"I told her to," Chad said, finally. "We wanted you and Troy to go to the dance together so we planned this, right, Sharpay?"

Sharpay nodded. It wasn't a complete lie, she had informed Troy yesterday that they were both dateless for the dance…

"Oh," Gabriella's face softened. "You two are the best." She gave them both hugs then grabbed Sharpay's hand and led her away.

"We cool?" Chad asked, turning to his best friend.

"After that, ya," Troy laughed and they did the hand shake they had come up with when they were in fifth grade.

In the end, it was no surprise that Troy was crowned homecoming king and he got the girl, but oddly enough, that was okay with Chad. Troy was his brother and his best guy friend and Gabriella was quickly becoming his best girl friend and if what made them both happy was having each other, Chad was okay with that.

Not to mention he'd impressed Sharpay with his killer dance moves. He wasn't sure if anything would come out of his homecoming date with Sharpay, but he was going it, whatever it was.