Yay! I'm finally updating this story! Lol, it feels like it's been forever since I've updated it! Haha, probably because it HAS been forever! Hehe, okay, so…I guess that's all I have to say! So…

I really don't know what I'm going to do with the 'person' who told Gabriella that…maybe…well whatever I do, don't get mad guys! Plus, I hope it makes since to you! HAHA, you never know WHAT I'm going to do! So…I say, maybe four or five more chapters left in this story? sniff sniff I know, it's almost to the end! But…not yet!

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Sharpay, Taylor, Chad, Zeke, and Gabriella were sitting around, chatting while eating sandwiches after being in the pool at Chad's house.

"Wow, this summer is going by fast!" Zeke exclaimed, while taking a bite out of the one of the cookies he just made. "Mm…this is good! Probably my BEST yet!" He exclaimed, as he stuffed the whole thing into his mouth.

Everyone laughed at him. Gabriella looked over at Chad, who was being very quiet. "Hey Chad? Why are you being so quiet? I think this is the longest time you've gone without talking!" She joked.

Chad looked up at Gabriella, with a mouthful of sandwich and just shrugged. Gabriella just laughed. "Oh, so THAT'S why!" She giggled shaking her head at him.

Taylor just rolled her eyes at her ex-boyfriend and looked away. Sharpay noticed this and asked, "Hey, where's Jason and Kelsi?"

"On a date" Zeke sighed as he stuffed another cookie into his mouth and Sharpay just nodded and asked, "Where's Troy?"

That caused Gabriella to almost choke on her food, and have everyone turn to her. Sharpay raised her eyebrows at her friend. "Do you know where he is?" She asked her curiously.

Gabriella immediately shook her head. "No, I haven't seen him since last night."

Chad watched Gabriella closely and then grinned at her, "Oh, I think a little someone is afraid to face little Troy!", which caused him to get a glare back from Gabriella.

"So you ARE scared? Please, he's NOTHING!" Chad continued dramatically. Taylor snorted, "Oh, PLEASE, YOU are nothing!"

Chad muttered under his breath, "God, sometimes I think SHE should be the ice queen!"

Unfortunately, to his dismay, Sharpay and Taylor both overheard him, and Sharpay gave him a death glare and took off her two-inch heel and chased him around the pool with it. Taylor just rolled her eyes at him, and went back to her food.

Gabriella looked around and furrowed her eyebrows and asked, "Hey, where has Ryan been these past few days?"

"I am currently right here!" A voice from behind said, as everyone, except for Chad and Sharpay, turned around to see Ryan standing behind them with a silly grin slapped on his face.

"Hm, how have all you lovely people been all these days?" Ryan asked dreamily as he skipped over towards Zeke and sat down next to him.

Everyone just raised their eyebrows at him. "I'm guessing something very exciting happened?" Taylor asked him.

Ryan just nodded vigorously as everyone laughed at him. "Dude, what happened?" Zeke asked excitedly. And very loudly, I may add.

That caused Sharpay to stop running and look over at them and yell, "Ryan's here?" Which also caused Chad to run into her and fall backwards into the pool.

Sharpay heard the splash and turned around and gasped to see Chad in the pool, and she started to giggle to herself. Taylor couldn't control herself. She just burst into laughter, which caused everyone else to start laughing too.

When Chad resurfaced, he glared deeply at everyone, especially Sharpay. He smiled mischievously at Sharpay and swam towards her and grabbed her by the leg, pulling her into the pool.

Sharpay started to scream bloody murder, and when she came up she screamed, "CHAD DANFORTH YOU FILTHY PIG! YOU JUST RUINED SOME OF MY DESIGNER CLOTHES YOU IDIOT! PLUS, ONE OF MY VERSACE HEELS! YOU ARE SO GOING TO GET IT!"

Everyone witnessed this and let out a low whistle. Taylor just shook her head and mumbled, "Stupid…"

Gabriella heard this and just sighed as she turned back to Ryan as Sharpay and Chad were drying off. "So Ryan, what happened?" She asked, really wanting to know.

Ryan just smiled to himself. "Dude, you're drooling!" Zeke laughed at his friend as he pointed to his mouth, and he quickly wiped it off.

"Okay, can you just tell us please?" Gabriella asked getting impatient. At the exact same moment, Sharpay came up wearing a towel over her and asked, "Tell us what?"

Everyone groaned, as again, they were interrupted from Ryan telling them WHAT was going on. Ryan was about to speak when Chad walked up. "Hey, do you guys want me to put some hot dogs on?"

Gabriella, furious, just stood up and yelled, "WHO CARES! RYAN TELL US NOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU OR I MIGHT GO BIZZARK!"

Chad started cracking up. "Too late!" He snickered, which caused Gabriella to slap him upside the head. Chad didn't even have a reaction this time. "And again, there they go with the head slapping again" He sighed.

Taylor rolled her eyes. "It's only because you deserve it!" She exclaimed. Chad groaned and turned to her. "Tay, come on, PLEASE get off my back! I mean, we're not dating anymore, and what more can I say then I'm sorry?" He asked seriously as he stood up, and walked into his own house.

Taylor just sat there in shock of what Chad just told her. Was he actually being serious this time?

Gabriella turned to Taylor. "Hey Tay, I think he was being serious. Can you talk to him so we can get the old Chad back?" She asked her, sighing, knowing that her unanswered question to Ryan is still…unanswered.

Sharpay snorted. "PUH LEAZE! He was just the old Chad like five minutes ago! Did you remember what he did to me?" She asked them while pointing towards her body, which her clothes were still soaking wet on her.

Everyone sighed loudly as Sharpay just shrugged to herself. "Come on Tay…" Gabriella whined and Taylor groaned and finally stood up.

"Fine! I'll talk to him, okay? But I can't make any promises to what will happen!" Taylor said as everyone nodded and Taylor inhaled a deep breath as she walked towards the house.

Once Taylor was inside Gabriella yelled out, "FINALLY!" Which caused everyone else to laugh. Gabriella turned to Ryan again. "Okay…so what happened?" She asked him, hoping for no more interruptions.

"I went on a date with Jessica!" He squealed like a girl and started clapping his hands wildly again.

Everyone just stared at him in shock, except for Sharpay who gasped and put a hand over her mouth and yelled out, "Oh my GOSH! My brother is not a gay, and actually asked a girl OUT? And she ACCEPTED? Holy cow!"

Ryan left his mouth hanging open. "SHARPAY!" Gabriella hissed towards her friend who just shrugged. "What? He's my brother? Twin, to be exact! I've known him since I was born, and I always thought that he had a part of him that was Gay, that's all!"

Everyone groaned as Ryan just continued to stare at Sharpay in shock. "I can't believe you just…thought that…I was…Gay" He finished off before falling backwards and fainting.

Everyone raised their eyebrows at him, and just shrugged. Sharpay turned to Gabriella. "So Gabi, when are you going to talk to Troy again?" She asked her curiously.

Gabriella sighed. "I don't know…" She answered. Sharpay groaned, "Oh come on Gabriella! You NEED to talk to him! You guys obviously didn't fix your problems or you guys would be a COUPLE BY NOW!" She ended up screaming, which caused Gabriella to clamp a hand over Sharpay's mouth and whisper, "Sharpay! Stop! Somebody might hear you, or more importantly, someone by the name of TROY!"

Sharpay licked Gabriella's hand which caused her to squeal and pull her hand away disgustedly, and wipe it on her shorts. Sharpay smiled mischievously, "Works every time!"

Right after Sharpay said that, Chad and Taylor walked back outside. "So…what happened?" Gabriella asked curiously.

Taylor just shrugged. "Chad and I came to an agreement that we will be civil to each other… She trailed off, leaving everyone sucking in their breaths, "As friends" She finished, and everyone let them out slowly, groaning.

Chad just stared at them in amazement,

"Wow, you guys are REALLY good at that holding your breath stuff!"

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That night, Troy pulled out his cell phone and speed dialed Gabriella's number. He waited for a few moments until Gabriella's voice finally came over the phone.

"Hello?" A small voice asked. Troy immediately sat up from his position on his bed. "Oh, hey Gabriella! It's Troy!" He said cheerfully. He was hoping they could 'talk'.

"Oh…hey Troy" She said emotionless. Troy immediately frowned. "So um, what's up?" He asked.

"Nothing much, just spending the night at Tay's" She said simply. Troy continued to frown. "Oh, just you and Taylor?" He asked again. "Yup" She replied.

"Oh…" He sighed, "Well what did you do today?" He asked her, trying to start a conversation. Gabriella seemed to not care about what was happening because she just replied, "Well me, Taylor, Chad, Sharpay, Zeke, and Ryan spent the day hanging out at Chad's pool.

Troy immediately felt hurt. "Why didn't you guys invite me?" He asked. Gabriella felt bad about saying that. "Oh, I'm sorry Troy. But Kelsi and Jason weren't there anyway, and I left my phone at home. Sorry."

"Oh okay" He replied more calmly. "So….what are you doing tomorrow?" He asked, hoping maybe he could either come over to her house, or she could come over so they could talk this thing out.

"Well me, Taylor, Sharpay, and Kelsi are going shopping, and then we're going to my house and going to have a movie marathon!" She explained excitedly.

Troy sighed. I can't believe it! She's making plans 24/7 to be busy! I bet…oh, she's probably avoiding talking to me! Troy thought glumly to himself.

"Okay…" He replied sadly. But then decided to just come straight out with it. "Listen Gabriella, isn't there SOME time when we could sit down and talk about…well, about you-know-what?"

Gabriella gulped. She had a feeling he wanted to talk about that. "I don't know Troy, I mean, the next day, I think the gang is going out to eat, maybe to the movies…I don't know, then we have planning for the competition…I just don't know."

Troy sighed loudly, very angry. "Fine" He just said plainly. Gabriella frowned sadly, "Listen Troy, I really have to go know. Talk to you later. Bye!" She said quickly as she hung up.

She completely left Troy listening to the dial tone.

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The next day, Gabriella and Taylor were getting ready to meet Sharpay and Kelsi at the mall. Taylor was totally rambling about what they found out about Ryan yesterday, but Gabriella was hardly paying attention.

Probably because her heart was literally pounding, as she was thinking about Troy. Gosh, why can't I just talk to him about this? Oh yeah, I know why! Well, my reason for this whole thing is STUPID! MY STUPID self! Argh…

"Thinking about Troy?" Taylor asked Gabriella as they were walking towards the mall. "Huh?" Gabriella asked, jumping out of her dreamy zone.

Taylor just rolled her eyes. "Oh nothing…" She said playfully. Gabriella just sighed. "Sorry Tay, it's just…well I don't know. I feel, ugh, just forget it."

Taylor smiled sympathetically at her friend as they pushed open the doors to the mall and saw Sharpay and Kelsi standing there, waiting for them. As they walked up to them Sharpay exclaimed,

"Let's get shopping!"

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Troy knocked on the door to Chad's house, and Chad opened it and grinned widely as he saw Troy standing there. "Troy! My man! Come on in!" He greeted and let Troy in. They walked out towards the back, and started to play 1 on 1 basketball.

"So…Gabriella problems?" Chad asked as Troy stopped dribbling the basketball he was holding and turned to stare at Chad, confused. "When did you become so smart?" He joked.

Chad just gave him a 'whatever' look. "Yeah, yeah. So am I right?" He asked anxiously. Troy just chuckled. "What do you think frizzy hair?" He laughed.

Chad just rolled his eyes as he shot a basket. "Let me guess. It's still bugging you that Gabriella isn't speaking to you, and is pretty much avoiding you. Plus, you want to find out what is wrong with her. Oh, and you also want to become on friendly terms with her again. OH AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST…you want to date her. Am I right?"

Troy just stared at his best friend in shock, as he just smirked back at him. "I need asprin…" Troy said, still in shock, as he started walking out through the back gate.

"Hey Troy!" Chad yelled out as Troy turned back to him. "Go get your girl!" He yelled, giving Troy a wink before turning back to the basketball goal, and shooting in another basket.

Turning to leave, Troy thought about what Chad said. Maybe he's right He thought to himself, as he started running towards the place where he knew he would find Gabriella.

The Mall.

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About 1 hour later, Gabriella, Sharpay, Kelsi, and Taylor sat down on one of the benches, completely wiped out. "Wow, I think that that was the most shopping I've done in 1 hour!" Sharpay exclaimed as everyone nodded and groaned.

"Anyone want to get something to eat?" Kelsi asked as everyone agreed and started walking towards the food court.

"GABRIELLA!" A voice yelled from behind, as Gabriella stopped in her tracks to see Troy running towards everyone. Gabriella groaned. "Come on Gabi.." Taylor warned as Gabriella just sighed.

Troy ran right in front of Gabriella and stopped to catch his breath, and then looked up at her. "Listen Gabriella. I want an answer, WHY are you avoiding me?" He cut straight to the chase.

Gabriella just shrugged and looked at the floor. Troy groaned angrily and grabbed Gabriella's shoulders, and gave them a little shake which caught Gabriella's attention. "Gosh Gabi, I guess I'm going to have to do something to get you to pay attention!"

And with that, Troy bent down, and kissed Gabriella full blown on the lips.

Everyone gasped.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! Are you guys saying that right now? HAHA, well…that's it for now! I'll try to update ASAP!

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