Gabriella's POV

We pulled up in front of Troy's house, where loud music was blaring, at ten pm. I thought this was a bit strange… Troy was never really one for parties. Then again he was probably the guy he always wanted to be now that I was out of his way. I cursed myself for saying that. "So uh, this is you're dream dudes house?" "I guess so…" I said quietly, "What's wrong?" Hannah said eying me. "I don't know… I just have a really bad feeling about this."

We walked slowly to the front door, Hannah mentioned that it would be pointless to knock or ring the doorbell, so we walked on in. People stared at Hannah and me strangely, and started whispering. I made my way into the living room then stopped. I saw Troy, dancing and kissing, with another girl. I felt a pain inside me. I made up my mind to leave before he saw me… too late.

Troy turned toward me, practically dropping the girl he was with. "Hey!" I heard the cheerleader whine, "I thought we were in the middle of something!" On that note, anyone who wasn't already watching turned to look at us. I noticed the music had stopped, the whole room was silent. "Gabi…" was the only word that was spoken in the room before I turned, fleeing. Hannah was right on my heels, and Troy after that. I made my way outside and held back the tears. Troy and Hannah caught up to me. "Gabi… what are you doing back here?! I missed you so much!" he said, "Troy, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ruin what you had going here" "No… you didn't. Please, just stay here, you are the best friend I could ever have" my heart crumbled at the mention of the word 'friend'.

Soon enough Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Ryan and Sharpay were outside with us. "Ohmigosh Gabriella, we missed you!" Sharpay squealed jumping up and down. "Yeah, I couldn't believe that you were gone!" Taylor said. "Why did you leave Gabi, you had such a good life here" Kelsi asked, "It wasn't my choice, my mom's company moved us." "Oh" they all said in unison, except Troy. "Gabi we really need you here!" they all said, except for Troy who still hadn't uttered a word since everyone joined us. "I wish I could, but I have no where to stay… I don't have any other family out here." "I would offer for you to stay with me, but my house is so small" Taylor said with a frown on. "But you can stay with us… you know our place, we've got tons of spare rooms" Sharpay said beaming at the idea. "Yeah that'd be a great idea" Ryan and Kelsi said. "Well, I will call my mom about it… oh yeah, and guys this is Hannah, my roommate" I said before walking away. I noticed Sharpay and Ryan look at her unusually, but the rest of the group welcomed her warmly.

"Mom?" "Gabriella, where on earth are you! I called your school and they said you left hours ago!" "Mom, I'm here in Albuquerque" "Why are you there!!??" "Because I miss my friends, and my friends miss me mom! Sharpay and Ryan said I could live with them and I Really like it here!" "No, not on any condition" "Mom! I am seventeen years old, you've dragged me from one border of the United States to the other in a matter of years, and the one place I adapt to… you rip it out from under me! I need these people mom!" she didn't say anything for a long time, "Mom?" "You can stay…" "What? Are you kidding?!" "No, I realize that you are an adult and you know what is best for you… somewhat… You can stay with Ryan and Sharpay until I move back" "Wait… you are quitting your job?" "Heavens no! I am just finally standing up to them…I hope you packed all of your things because I can only ship things to you" "No ma, I packed everything I had" "Okay… I will see you soon, hopefully"

I walked back, Hannah and Chad seemed to be arguing over which genre of music was better. I smiled and nodded my head at Sharpay, who began to scream. "Whoa! Why'd you do that?" Ryan asked. "Gabi's living with us!!" she jumped in circles but then stopped and muttered something about her heels. "Can I have a minute with Hannah…" "Oh yeah, of course" Taylor said.

I waited until everyone had walked away to begin talking, "Hannah, you have no idea how much you helped me and how much I am thankful for meeting you!" I said hugging her, "Its okay that you are leaving… I understand how much it means to you" she said helping me transfer my bags into Sharpay and Ryan's cars. "I will miss you" I said to her, "Yeah, it's too bad the only decent roomie I get, leaves." "Bye!" I said as she drove away.

"So I can't believe you are staying with us…I'll let you pick your rooms of course, you will have five to choose from" Sharpay said on the drive home. I mostly ignored her. All I could think about was what Troy had said. 'You are the best friend I could ever have' It was burned into my thoughts, and every time I remembered it, it hurt.

Okay that is the end of my story, I WILL be making a sequel… of course… this story was a bit shorter than I expected it to be… but be ready to read my sequel… I should have it up in less than a week, I hope, thanks for the reviews… please feel free to review any ideas that you have, or questions!