Stupid… Two weeks later, "I had sex with Troy Bolton." Gabriella confessed to her friends on the phone. "WHAT!?!?!?" They both asked her (since it was a 3-way conversation). "You did NOT just do that!" Taylor said. "I did and I feel very…ashamed about it." Gabriella sat down on her bed. "What should I do?" she asked her friends. "I'd slap him hard if I were you if I were you. If Troy really did this to you, just slap him and walk away. Don't…look…back." Gabriella logged onto her MySpace account and noticed that she had received a message from Troy, Chad, and Ryan. She groaned as she clicked on Ryan's message first.

Gabriella,

Don't be mad at Troy. He didn't mean to.

Ryan

Next, she clicked on Chad's message and it read:

Brie,

Troy told me that it was his fault that he had gotten you into this mess.
He didn't mean to and that he is very sorry. Please forgive him.

Chad

"Gabriella, are you still there?" Taylor asked over the phone. "Uh… Yeah. I just um…received three messages. One from Ryan, one from Chad, and one from Troy; and so far I only read Ryan's and Chad's." Gabriella answered. "What do they say?" Sharpay wondered. "Um…Ryan's says: 'Gabriella, Don't be mad at Troy. He didn't mean to. Ryan' and then Chad's says: 'Brie, Troy told me that it was his fault that he had gotten you into this mess. He didn't mean to and that he is very sorry. Please forgive him. Chad'" "Did you open Troy's yet?" Taylor asked. "No, but I was about to." Gabriella responded. "Okay, open it and tell us what he says." Sharpay instructed. Gabriella opened Troy's message and it said:

Gabriella,

I'm so sorry that this had to happen. I had absolutely no control.
I need you to forgive me and I hope that you aren't mad.
But if you are, you should realize that this is my fault.
If I hurt you in anyway way, blame it on me.
I hope you understand.

Troy Bolton

Gabriella cried; "Gabriella?" Taylor asked, but Gabriella didn't respond. The next morning, Gabriella got ready for school. But she didn't feel like dressing up today. Instead, she wore a pink dress with a messy bun and pink flip-flops. She had a backpack to go with her out fit. She entered the school; no one looked her way and she sighed. She walked to her locker and opened it, but as she took out the books she had needed, Troy walked up to her. He said hi to her, but she didn't say hi to him back. She closed her locker and looked at him with tears in her eyes. "What is your problem?" he asked her. "I don't have a problem." She answered. He pushed her against the lockers, "What do you want from me Gabriella Montez? What do you seriously fucking want?" Gabriella closed her eyes, hoping that he would loosen his grip, but he didn't.

The force that Troy had used on her made Gabriella drop her books. I want you. Her mind thought, but she shook it off. "I don't know!" she told him. Troy let go as Gabriella picked up her books and walked away, crying. She hid in the bathroom all first period. She didn't care if she missed classes; she wanted to go home. She missed her mom. "Gabriella?" A voice entered the bathroom as she looked up. It was Kelsi. Kelsi found Gabriella in one of the bathroom stalls crying. Kelsi hugged her friend and when they pulled back, "Kels, do you think I'm a slut?" Gabriella asked immediately. "No, of course not…. I see you as a normal human being with a bright future ahead of her. Now if you keep missing classes, where will your future go? You have to let him go Gabs. What he did to you was wrong and stupid. You should know that by now."

Kelsi assured her as the two walked to lunch together. "What if…what if I can't stay away from him?" Gabriella sat down at a nearby table which was two feet away from the table Troy was sitting at. "What makes you say that?" Kelsi wondered with curiosity. "I…I love him." Gabriella told her friend. "Does he love you?" Gabriella shook her head and sighed as she glanced at Troy who stood up and walked away from the table. She let her eyes follow him until he was out of her sight. She stood up and followed Troy to the gym. "Hey…" she slowly walked up to him. "Look, I'm sorry—""I know what you did was wrong and that everything was certainly your fault. I understand Troy. But why would you do that to me?" she asked him. Troy shrugged. "I…I don't know; I guess I got too carried away." Gabriella smiled. "You finally got your wish, huh?" "What wish?" he asked her. "The wish all basketball captains want." She told him. "Which would be…?" Troy was highly confused. He had no idea what Gabriella was talking about.

"Sleeping with the hottest girl in school who is known as the school slut, but here you stand, acting like an idiot and not remembering what you did two fucking weeks ago you asshole!!!" Gabriella had her anger boil up inside of her. "Why do you keep calling me an asshole? I didn't fucking do anything to you except sleep with you!" He shouted back. "YOU HAVE ONE FUCKING THING IN COMMON WITH ALL OF THE DAMN CAPTIANS I'VE SLEPT WITH!!!!" "AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE?!?!?!?!?!?!" "YOU'RE ALL FUCKING ASSES!!!!" Gabriella screamed as the whole basketball team entered the gym. Troy's dad was right behind them. "I hate you!" she glared at him. "I hate you too." Troy glared back as Gabriella slapped him and walked away; the doors closed directly behind her as Chad walked up to Troy. "Dude, she's a bitch! Why'd she slap you?" Chad looked at the reddish hand mark on Troy's cheek. "I have no idea but it really hurts." Troy touched his cheek.

The next day, "Troy David Alexander Bolton! You are so dead!" Sharpay pointed a finger at him in homeroom as Troy turned to look at her. "Me? Dead…? Seriously Sharpay, I know what I did and I admitted that it was my fault. I told her that I loved her, but she never said anything back. She slapped me yesterday because she told me that I was standing in the gym after lunch like an idiot and not remembering what I did two weeks ago. I know what happened, but once again, she called me an asshole. What was I supposed to do?" Troy retorted angrily. Sharpay didn't say a word, but stared at him like she couldn't believe what she had just heard. "I…" Sharpay was about to admit that she was sorry, but Troy interrupted. "I know what you're going to say, but it's not going to work." Gabriella entered homeroom and glared at Troy. He knew he had to prove that he was different. Different from all of the basketball captains; he wanted to prove to her that they were still friends. He wished that he and Gabriella would settle their differences between them, but how?

That same week, Troy was being a wreck. He couldn't think straight, nor couldn't he play basketball. He couldn't eat right either. His friends were starting to get worried about him, until one Friday morning. "Troy, you have to talk to Gabriella." Kelsi sat down next to him. "Why should I? It's my fault that I'm acting like this." He said as Ryan sat down next to Kelsi. "Not that I'm choosing sides or anything, but she's right." Chad walked over. "She would never give me a second chance. She's going to move and later on, she'll forget about me." Troy told them. "Dude, I know she slapped you and everything, but you have to talk to her." Chad said. Troy stood up and walked out of the cafeteria; he didn't think of wanting a second chance with Gabriella would be a good thing. But his heart didn't tell him that. His heart told him to forget about her. But his mind told him to stop. To stop and think, but why should he listen if everything is going downhill for him? Troy sighed and took out something that he would regret on giving.