Sorry it's so late, I forgot that I had to Ice Skate today, so sorry but here you go.

Not Again

Chapter 3: Never Easy

"Hey Kelsi, meet me at the diner on East Main in five minuets, we've got to talk."

Five minuets later Kelsi walked into the diner taking a seat across form Taylor.

"Hey Tay, what's up?" Kelsi asked.

"I talked to Gabi last night after her lunch with Troy." Taylor replied. "He asked her out."

"What, Tay that's great1" Kelsi said excitedly.

Taylor shook her head "She said no." Kelsi's face fell as she sunk back into her seat. "She still loves him," Taylor continued. "but she's so afraid to get hurt again that she can't see that this could make her truly happy. She's only hurting herself, and I for one am not going to sit and watch her rip her own heart to pieces, because I don't care what she says, she needs him."

"I know Taylor."

"I haven't seen her like this in eight years, not since they broke up. She is moping and crying, and Troy's the only one that can fix it."

"So what do we do?" Kelsi asked.

"I think I've got a plan." Taylor replied with a grin.

The next day was a school day, and Troy walked into the school thinking about how he was going to apologize to Gabi, he had to be at least friends with her, it was better than her not talking to him.

He quickly walked the path he remembered so well to the Math department. Once he got there though he remembered he didn't know which room was Gabi's.

Just then Kelsi walked down the hall, spotting Troy.

"Oh good Kelsi, could you tell me where Gabriella's room is, I really need to talk to her." Troy said

"No you don't Troy at least not yet, but you are coming with me to my room, I need to talk to you."

Once in Kelsi's room, she spoke up. "Listen Troy, Gabi is heart broken; she doesn't know what she wants. She's told you she can't date you, and she's told Taylor and I, but what she didn't tell you was why. Gabi loves you Troy, but she's afraid of getting hurt again. After you broke up, she was a mess, I remember, she cried herself to sleep every night, Taylor and I herd her. And in the morning she would try to smile and act like she wasn't hurting, but we knew, but we couldn't do anything but comfort her when she let us, we knew that the only one that could truly heal her was you and you where 3,000 miles away, in California, while we where in Connecticut. She was so miserable that her classes suffered, she wasn't the same Gabi for a long time, she didn't sing at all for about a year and a half to two years and she could barely stand any type of music at all, I had to keep my homework assignments low, as not to upset her. And she slowly got better, but it took her a long time, and no matter what you think, or what she's said to you, I know she's still not over you. She still loves you."

"And I love her." Troy said taking a deep breath. "I thought I'd never see her again, and that night at LJ's when I saw her it was like a miracle, I herd her voice before I saw her and I knew. I don't know if she'll let me in, but I love her and I want her back so bad Kelsi, I just don't know what to do."

"I think I do." Kelsi said with a simile.

"How?" Troy asked "Tell me, I'll do anything."

"Ok, so here's the plan." Kelsi began "As head of the Drama department I have to pick a musical for the upcoming winter musical, this year it will be held in December. I have chose Twinkle Town, and auditions will be held soon."

"OK, Twinkle Town, the first musical we stared in, but how is the school holding that play going to help me get Gabi back." Troy retorted.

"Well if you let me finish." She said giving him a pointed look "I talked to the principal and to encourage more student to join the Drama Club and/or audition for the play we will be holding an assembly, to show people what it's like. And we will be having two guest singers, who where the original stars of the play." She said with a sly grin. "But I'm not going to Gabi you are going to do it, she'll just think it's a recording. I'm just going to ask her to sing her part and then you'll come in at a strategic point, and hope that she doesn't run off the stage crying, that will hopefully get her to open up to you.

"Alright," Troy said "hope this works."

"Me too, Gabi needs to be loved more than she lets any one know, but me and Tay are her best friends and we can tell, just don't break her heart again Troy, she won't be able to take loosing you again, Not again."

Gabi sat in her room at her desk, unaware of her visitor in the doorway. She was turned away, staring at picture of the gang on Graduation day, her and Troy in the middle. " We where so happy then" She whispered "Why do I have to love him so much." She sniffled.

"You can't help who you love Gabi." A soft voice said from behind. Gabi swiveled around in her chair to see Taylor leaning against the frame of the door.

"How long have you been standing there?" She questioned.

"Long enough Gabi, long enough." Taylor replied pulling up a chair. "Look Gabi I know you don't want to get hurt again but anything worth it is never easy. You can't sit around and watch everybody else love and let the only guy who you have ever truly loved walk away again, knowing you let him. He loves you Gabi, remember that, and think about what I said." Gabi nodded "And changing topics, I actually came in to see if you would want to do a girls day out with me on Saturday. I have my first official back together date with Chad and I need something to wear."

Gabriella rolled her eyes smiling now "Taylor you have more cloths than Paris Hilton."

"But I need more." Taylor whined.

Gabi laughed, she was truly happy for Taylor, Taylor loved Chad and Gabi was happy to see them back to their old selves. But in the back of her mind Gabriella was thinking 'If Taylor can let Chad back in just like that, why can't I let Troy in? It's completely different' she reasoned 'It was harder with Troy and her, but really… was it?'

Gabriella was having a nice quiet night at home grading papers when the phone rang. Gabriella looked at the phone on the Coffee table hopeing it wouldn't be him. She sighed in relief when the caller ID read J+K Cross.

"Hello" She answered.

"Hey Gabi it's Kelsi."

"Hey Kels."

"I was wondering if you could sing a little at the assembly for the Drama Club on Friday." Kelsi asked nervously.

"Yeah, sure Kels anything for you. What do I have to sing?"

"Breaking Free"

Wow short, Sorry!

Ok, I was kind of whiney the other day. I son write because I like to write, and I will continue to write even if you guys don't review because I like it, the updates just won't be as quick because I will do it when I have time and not make time, so the updates will be less frequent, but the I like to heart that other people like the story. I also know that I can't spell; I've never been able to. And I guess that I don't notice them. If any one wants to point out the mistakes to me, I will gladly fix them. So, sorry for going off on you guys like that.