Hey guys, I'm back with the next chapter. Thanks again to everyone out there that reviewed the story, can't say that enough cause it really means a lot to me. Well, anyways, I don't anything here except the plot, and Vanessa, and a few other characters.

A Break

Gabriella stormed out of her room, her vision blurry from the tears. She stumbled down the stairs and tripped near the bottom. She fell, but didn't bother to get up, she just laid there and continued to cry her heart out.

Troy stood in place for a moment, wondering what had happened. He then looked over to Vanessa, and remembering what she had told him before, ran after who he assumed was really Gabriella.

Vanessa, stayed on the balcony, tears starting to form in her eyes. How could she have done this? She just kept asking herself over and over what she had done, to her own sister.

Troy ran out and saw Gabriella laying face down and crying at the bottom of the stairs and immediately went to her side.

"Oh my gosh, Gabriella," he screamed as he kneeled down beside her, "are you okay?"

Gabriella looked up at him slowly, her teary eyes looking deep into his, "How could you?" she replied simply. She got up and walked into the living room, she took a seat on the couch. Troy followed slowly and sat beside her.

"Gabriella, I didn't know." Troy said, still not exactly knowing what was going on.

"What is there to know," Gabriella practically screamed at him, "How could you kiss someone that wasn't me?"

"That's the thing Gabi," Troy answered, "I thought it was you."

Gabriella starred at him confused, how could he have not known.

"You didn't know that I left?" Gabriella spoke softly.

"Not a clue Gabi." Troy said sympathetically, "You have a twin sister?"

"Yes Troy, I do, but that's not the point," Gabriella paused and took a breath to try and regain her composure, "Did you think I was her this whole time?"

"Yeah, I guess." Troy said, "How long exactly were you gone?"

"Remember the bon fire, when you took me home early because my mom had something important to tell me, well, that was it." Gabriella explained.

Troy sat there in silence.

"I left and went to spend time with my dad in San Diego, and Vanessa stayed here with mom. I was gonna come back in two weeks." She finished.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Troy asked.

"I left that night, and when I got there I was too tired, and I left my phone here." Gabriella said.

"You could have called when you got there." Troy said.

"We went out right when we got there, and I was really busy with my dad the whole time I was there." Gabriella said in her defense. "And the times I did call, you never answered your phone."

At that moment, Troy remembered what had happened a few days before. He explained to Gabriella what happened in the game of Truth or Dare they had at Chad's house.

Flashback

The group sat around and played for a while, with all the usual occurrences that accompany a game of Truth or Dare, the nasty, disgusting, and just plain weird dares, and all the really lame and cliché truth questions. However, it came to Vanessa, (Gabriella) and she had a great idea.

"Troy, Truth or Dare?" Vanessa asked.

"Dare." He replied simply.

"I dare you, to let me hold on to your cell phone for one week." Vanessa said with a smile.

Troy looked at her with a confused look, "Uhhh, sure, but why?"

"Cause I don't think you can last a week without your phone." Vanessa replied as she stuck out her tongue to Troy.

"She's right you know." Chad said, butting in.

"Shut up." Troy said as he threw a pillow at Chad.

"But it's true." Sharpay said.

"Like you could go a week without your cell." Troy said.

This was going great, Vanessa thought to herself.

"Okay, but seriously, none of us could go a week without our cells." Sharpay said as the group let out a small laugh.

"I have an idea" Vanessa said, "How about I hold on to all of you cell phones for a week?"

"Wait, wait, wait" Chad said, "How come you get to hold on to the phones?"

"Because, I'm the most trustworthy." Vanessa said giving the group a puppy dog face.

"Fine, fine." Chad said as he turned off and handed her his phone, "I'm in."

The rest of the group did the same. Just as Troy handed Vanessa the phone, it began to ring. Vanessa looked quickly at the caller ID, and recognized it as her house number, as in her house in San Diego. She grabbed the phone, and opened, and closed it quickly.

"Starting now, no one uses their phones for a week." She said with a smile.

End of Flashback.

Gabriella tried to understand what was going on, "So Vanessa never told you what was going on?"

"No, the whole time I just assumed it was you?" Troy answered.

"Why? Just because we're twins doesn't mean we're exactly the same." Gabriella said in a louder tone than normal.

"I know, but its just that, I didn't know anything, never even knew you had a sister, let alone a twin." Troy said trying to justify himself.

"That shouldn't make a difference Troy. Vanessa and I are completely different people, are you telling me that you didn't notice anything?" asked a now angry Gabriella.

"Well, she did seem different, but I just thought that it was some other part of you I was finding out." Troy said quietly.

"Like what?" Gabriella asked.

Troy thought for a moment, then it hit him, "Basketball, she came over and we played basketball. I was surprised, but for all I knew, it could have been a secret you were keeping from me or something."

"Don't you think that that was something I would have told you about Troy?" Gabriella asked.

"Well, I dunno Gabi, come on, I made a mistake." Troy said apologetically.

"Yeah, you did, a big mistake." Gabriella said as she stood up and turned away from Troy.

"Gabi, come on, seriously, I am SO sorry, can't we just pretend it never happened?" Troy asked.

"FORGET IT HAPPENED? Troy, are you being serious, how are we supposed to just brush this under the rug like it never happened? I'm sorry too Troy, but it did happen." Gabriella explained.

"Well, it's not my fault really, Vanessa never told anyone, she just pretended to be you, and did a well enough job that no one noticed." Troy said, really starting to get scared of where this was going.

"What do you mean it's not your fault? Yes, Vanessa should have told you, and believe me I have a few things to say to her to, but you should have known Troy. Seriously, do we know each other at all?" Gabriella said as she looked at Troy.

"Of course we know each other Gabi." Troy said as he tried to trap Gabriella in a warm embrace.

Gabriella stood there for a moment, enjoying the feeling of Troy's arms around her, but quickly pulled away. "If you knew me, really knew me, you would have noticed something different and figured it out."

"No one figured it out, not Taylor or Sharpay or Chad or anybody, she did a really good job of deceiving everyone." Troy said in his defense.

"BUT YOU'RE NOT JUST ANYONE TROY! YOU, should have known." Gabriella screamed, tears again starting to form in her eyes, as she knew what had to be done next.

Troy stood there, realizing that she did have a point. "What do you want me to do Gabi, I'm sorry, I really am."

Gabriella looked at him, regretting what she had to do, "I think we should…" she was cut off by Troy.

"Don't finish that, nothing ever good can come out of the end of that sentence," he said as he tried to stop what was inevitably about to happen.

"I think we need to, take a break." Gabriella said plainly as she began to walk out the front door.

"Gabi wait, where are you going." Troy asked as he ran to the door.

"Don't worry Troy, I'll be fine, besides, Vanessa's probably waiting for you upstairs." Gabriella said as she began to walk down the street.

Troy stood there, still in shock of what had just transpired. After a few minutes, he just decided to leave and go home.

Vanessa watched as Gabriella and Troy left. She began to cry even harder realizing that everything would have been fine if she had just told everyone what was really happening. She quickly ran off into the guest room, and after a few sleepless hours, fell asleep knowing that she had ruined her sister's relationship with Troy.

Gabriella walked over to Taylor's house, knowing that she could stay there and that she didn't even want to confront Vanessa yet. She rang the doorbell and to her surprise, she not only found Taylor, but Sharpay and Kelsi as well.

"Gabriella? Back already, I thought you and Troy were gonna have a special night." Taylor said as she gave Gabriella a hintful (is that a word? haha) smile.

Gabriella just walked in silently and took a seat with the rest of the girls.

"Hey Gabi!" Sharpay began to say, before noticing the sad expression on her face, "What's wrong?"

Gabriella looked up at three of her best friends and explained to them everything that had just transpired. She told them about Vanessa, and going to be with her dad in San Diego, and what had just happened with Troy.

"Oh my gosh." The three girls said simultaneously.

"I knew that there was something different about her." Kelsi said.

"Yeah well, apparently Troy didn't." Gabriella said softly. "You guys don't mind me crashing here for the night do you?"

"Of course not Gabi." Taylor said with a comforting smile.

"Well, I'm going to sleep, a lot of stuff happened today." Gabriella said as she got ready to go to sleep.

Just then, Kelsi, being the observant person that she was spoke up, "Wait, hey Gabi, didn't you say that you were supposed to come home after two weeks?"

Gabriella simply nodded.

"Then why did you come back early?" asked a now curious Sharpay.

"Well, the thing is, something happened." Gabriella said as the rest of the girls all focused all of their attention on the teary eyed brunette.

"Well, you see, earlier today…" Gabriella explained the story of what had happened to her in San Diego that had brought her back to Albuquerque early.

Awww man, cliffhanger again, haha. I must say I enjoy doing that to you guys, even though I hate it when I'm reading other ppl's fanfics. I hope you guys liked this chapter, and don't worry, you'll all find out what happened soon. Read and Review please, because I am actually pretty satisfied with this chapter.