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Chapter 2: Break Up

Sharpay, Taylor, and Kelsi all sat back down on the sofa. The cleaning had been horrendous as usual.

"How is it every time one of those boys, and it only has to be one of them, steps in this house we end up cleaning for what seems to be hours on end?" Taylor asked dramatically.

"I feel like a proud mother right now." Sharpay let loose a small squeal.

"Well that's never good, what the hell have you done now?" The three heads in the living room turned to face the sparkling mocha eyes of their friend: Gabriella Montez.

"Oh Tay's being overly dramatic. I've rubbed off on everyone except for Kelsi…" Sharpay's eyes narrowed. "After 20 odd years you'd think it'd have worked by now."

Giggling, Kelsi took a swig of her water, "Nah, I'm just not a dramatic person." She shrugged her tiny shoulder and tossed a wink at Taylor and Gabriella as Sharpay huffed indignantly.

"I'm going to shower." The blonde tossed her long hair over her shoulder and turned on her heel, making a flourish exit from the living room.

"She's never going to change…" Taylor sighed.

"Hey, just think about Zeke, if all goes well he's going to spend the rest of his life with her. Or her life with him or whatever." Gabriella giggled as she plopped down onto the overstuffed light green sofa.

"All will go well, Sharpay wouldn't have it any other way." Kelsi noted observantly.

"And where were we today?" Taylor asked, abruptly changing the subject.

Gabriella sighed and tiredly ran a hand over her face, "Office. Fuck being a lawyer." She muttered darkly.

Taylor had to laugh, "I'm personally glad I didn't go the pre-law route with political science."

"Yeah, instead you get to live and breathe at a hospital 24/7." Gabriella pointed out.

"Hey now, hey now. I survived my three years as an intern, now I'm a resident, don't you forget it." Taylor smiled triumphantly.

"We remember." Kelsi and Gabriella giggled out the response.

"So this new case has you all wrapped up huh?" Kelsi asked quietly.

"This case might go to the state and then onto the Supreme Court. Hate crimes and discrimination are huge…" Gabriella sighed. Taking a sip of Sharpay's discarded water, "And of course Troy's car broke down, so I had to pick him up cause he couldn't get a hold of any of the guys and then I had to listen to him complain about being at my office on a Saturday, and I had to listen to the entire female population swoon over him."

"I'm sure he ate it all up too." Taylor commented dryly.

"Nah, he was a good boy." Gabriella giggled slightly. Kelsi and Taylor exchanged a quick look without Gabriella's knowledge.

"So how is Troy Boy?" Kelsi asked.

Gabriella sent a strange look her way, "Same as he was last night when we all saw him honey."

"Right, just checking." Kelsi shrugged her shoulders at the quizzical look on Gabriella's face.

"I think Sharpay's wrong, she has rubbed off on you." Gabriella lifted herself to her feet, "Well I think Sharpay's idea of a shower sounds superbly amazing. I'll be back." Taylor and Kelsi giggled as Gabriella mimicked Sharpay's actions of tossing her hair over her shoulder and exiting the room with all the grandeur she could muster.

"So we need to come up with something, cause it's Friday night…" Taylor commented.

"What does that mean…" Kelsi asked.

Taylor looked at her confused before rolling her eyes, "The gang doesn't have plans so she and Troy have plans. Their tradition…"

Kelsi's eyes lit up, "Right, I forgot, if we all don't do something they do…have since high school."

"Well what are they doing?" Taylor stood up and began pacing. After five minutes of silent thinking, Taylor sighed in defeat, "I think we need Sharpay."

Kelsi giggled, "It's sad that we can't do this on our own."

"Of course you can't do anything on your own." Sharpay sat down, still towel drying her hair, "You all need me for everything and you're just realizing it."

"Sharpay do you even know what we're talking about?" Taylor placed her hands on her hips as she stood in front of the 26 year-old drama queen.

Sharpay shrugged her boney shoulders, "No, but I do know you need me, otherwise you wouldn't have said it.

Kelsi giggled, "Tay, she's right, we need her, we need to come up with a way to mess with Troy and Gabi tonight. It's Friday and the gang doesn't have plans so they will."

Sharpay went silent, slowly contemplating what they could do, "Well what are they doing tonight?"

Both girls shrugged.

"Fonts of nothing." Sharpay sighed, "Well I suppose Zeke and I could have a crisis…we could interrupt Troyella's date. Wouldn't that be funny! Oh this is perfect. Zeke and I'll go out and then 'get into a fight' and he'll call Troy and I'll call Ella and we'll just frustrate them a little bit." Sharpay rubbed her hands together excitedly, "You know, just to get the ball rolling."

"Brilliant." Taylor and Kelsi chorused.

"What's brilliant?" Gabriella came out with a glass of ice water.

"Sharpay and Zeke are going out tonight and she's going to run vacation ideas off of him. We all need a fun group getaway, that the guys pay for." Taylor giggled.

"That does sound like fun. I'll run it by Troy tonight." Gabriella tapped her chin thoughtfully as she sat down, contemplating different places they could go.

"So what are you and Troy up to tonight?" Sharpay asked quietly.

Gabriella shrugged, "I think he wants to do a movie thing, but I don't know, say why are you all so curious about Troy today?"

The three girls shrugged together. Gabriella arched her eyebrows suspiciously but let it all go.

"Ready?" Sharpay giggled, as Zeke, Jason, Ryan, Chad, Taylor, and Kelsi all nodded their heads excitedly.

"Troooy. I can't watch the movie if you're doing that." Gabriella pushed herself to the opposite end of the sofa.

"Well sorry for wanting to make the most of the time I have with my girlfriend before Zeke and Sharpay come bursting through the door ripping each others' clothes off." Troy scooted further away from Gabriella as he said it, a pout adorning his features.

"Aww the poor baby." Gabriella pushed herself off the arm of the couch and went to cradle him against her chest. "Gabriella can make it all better." She said in her best baby voice.

"You bet your life you can." Gabriella let out a squeal as Troy pushed her over so that he was hovering on top of her. "You can make it all better." His husky voice was just above a whisper, causing Gabriella's breath to catch in the back of her throat.

An annoyed ring tone filled the air. "Damn it Sharpay!" Troy grunted as he pulled himself off of Gabriella.

Gabriella smiled apologetically, "Yes Pay?"

A sob echoed through the earpiece, "He and I and we and broke and fight and oh Ellie!"

"Whoa, Pay what's going on?" Gabriella stood up to pace the apartment.

"I'm sorry Ellie, I know I'm interrupting your date night or whatever." Sharpay sobbed while holding a thumbs up to the rest of the gang.

"Pay, it doesn't matter, what's going on?" Gabriella moved away from Troy's grasp and shook her head fervently.

"Zeke, broke up, huge fight, confusing…"

"Oh. My. God." Gabriella stopped pacing.

"Talk to me." Troy answered his phone. "Dude what's up?"

"I think I need to get drunk…" Zeke stuttered out.

"Why?"

"Shar and I just broke up." Zeke's voice was a whisper.

"Oh. My. God." Troy sat down quickly.

"I'll be right home Pay." Gabriella shut the phone off and sprinted to the kitchen where her purse lay on the counter.

"Look dude, do you need me to pick you up? We should probably do this here…."

"Troy!" Troy turned to face Gabriella who had her hand on the doorknob. "Love you babe." She called, unaware who was on the phone.

"You too." He gave her a wave before turning back to the phone.

"I'll be home soon man." The line went dead.

"They're fucking." Zeke said as he closed his cell phone.

"How do you know?" Chad asked jumping up and down.

"Well Gabriella clearly didn't know who Troy was on the phone with cause Shar had her so distracted and well, she called out 'love you babe'. It was so clear I could hear it perfectly." Zeke smiled proudly.

Sharpay grabbed his face and planted a firm kiss on his lips. "Get outta here, I'll see you later."

Zeke nodded and made his way to the door, "Remember, we've broken up." He looked directly at Jason who was always out of the loop.

"Got it." Everyone but Jason responded.

"Jason do you have it?" Zeke asked.

"Have what?" Jason looked away from the wall and towards Zeke.

"Someone fill him in." Zeke shook his head as he opened the door to the girls' apartment and left.

"Project: Friends is officially in motion now." Chad began jumping around, "We're gonna fuck with their minds, we're gonna fuck with their minds! Just like they're fucking in real life! And it's gonna be funny cause they're not going to know what hit them. And we're gong to prove that we're more creative than they are!" he sang.

"Chad, stop singing, we don't live in a musical." Taylor pulled him down onto the sofa next to her.

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