Hey hey, I know I said that this chapter COULD have been up sooner, but it wasn't. Well, it's up now, and I have math homework that I should have been doing, and yet, I'm writing this, lol. Thanks to all of you who reviewed, and btw, I don't own the HSM characters.

Gabriella… or Vanessa?

Gabriella snuck out the front door of her house and began to walk towards Troy's. She wasn't positive of what she was going to say, uncharacteristic of the usually well-prepared honors student, but she knew that she had to make things right with Troy. After a few minutes, she arrived in front of Troy's house, she went around to the back, and to her surprise, there was Troy. He was looking the other way, and apparently unaware of her presence.

"Hey." Gabriella said softly.

Troy jolted around, a smile immediately stretching across his face, "Hey, what brings you around here."

"Felt like there was something I had to do." Gabriella said as she took a seat in the grass next to Troy. "Why are you out here anyway?"

Troy shrugged, "I dunno, I guess I couldn't sleep, something was on my mind." he said, looking straight into Gabriella's brown eyes.

The pair sat in an uncomfortable silence for the next few minutes, neither one of them really knowing what to say.

Troy was the first one to break the silence, "Look, Gabi, I really am sorry for everything."

Gabriella nodded, "I know, and I might have overreacted a bit to the whole situation."

"No, no you didn't," Troy said, shaking his head, "you reacted just fine, I probably deserved worse."

"You're probably right." Gabriella said, smiling slightly.

"Gabi, this whole thing, with Vanessa and stuff, you were right, I SHOULD have been able to tell it wasn't you, but I guess, part of me was just amazed at how you were acting, well, how Vanessa was acting." Troy said.

Gabriella looked at Troy with a confused look, "What do you mean you liked how Vanessa was acting?"

"Well, you know, she really is different from you, like the whole basketball thing, it was pretty cool." Troy explained.

Gabriella stood up, "What do you mean, it was pretty cool?" she said, sounding angrier.

Troy stood up to, "I dunno Gabi, it was just, different, I guess." Troy stated.

Gabriella was getting confused, and started to get worried, "Was it a, GOOD, different?" she asked.

Troy thought for a minute, trying to figure out what the "right" answer was to this question. "Well, yeah, I guess."

Gabriella was speechless, she turned around and started to walk away.

"Gabi wait." Troy said.

She stopped, and turned around.

"I'm just as confused as you are." Troy said plainly.

"WHAT IS THERE TO BE CONFUSED ABOUT TROY?" Gabriella screamed out.

Troy was a little surprised by her tone, "Just, stuff."

Gabriella shook her head, "What kind of 'stuff' Troy, you need to be a little more specific than that."

Troy looked at the ground, and took a breath, "Us," he said, not looking up from the ground, "I'm just a little confused about us."

Tears started forming in Gabriella's eyes, "You like her don't you?"

Troy closed his eyes, "I honestly don't know Gabi."

"You know Troy, I came here to try and fix things between us, but now, I don't even know what to do." Gabriella said.

"What do you want to do?" asked Troy.

"I think YOU need to decide what YOU want, Troy." Gabriella stated, "If you aren't sure of your feelings for Vanessa yet, we can't be together."

Troy nodded in agreement.

"Take some time to think about this Troy, make sure you make the right choice." Gabriella said as she started to walk away again.

Troy looked up, saw her leaving and said, "I don't WANT to choose between you and your sister."

"Well, that's too bad, cause I guess you're gonna have to." Gabriella said without turning around, "I'll see you around Troy."

Gabriella walked away, and once she was a good distance from Troy's house, she broke down into tears.

Troy stood there, he still had no idea what had just happened.

"What did I just get myself in to?" he asked himself.

Troy walked back inside his house, and up to his room. He tried to go to sleep, but he couldn't stop thinking about Gabriella… and Vanessa.

Vanessa was beautiful, obviously, being Gabriella's twin. There was something about her though, something he didn't find in Gabi. Vanessa was something new and adventurous for Troy, its not that he was bored with Gabriella, but he was pretty curious in getting to know Vanessa a little better.

But Gabi, Gabriella was amazing, Troy already knew that. She was what Troy had always wanted, at least, what he thought he always wanted. But something kept bothering him, did he really LOVE Gabi? Or was he just afraid to take a risk? Was he just too used to what he had? Troy contemplated these thoughts, weighing each side, trying to decide what to do. After a few hours, he drifted off to sleep.

Gabriella walked upstairs, and into her room. She shut her door, but it immediately swung open as her sister ran in.

"OH MY GOD! HOW DID IT…" Vanessa stopped as she saw Gabriella sitting on her bed, sobbing, "Go."

"Oh…perfect… can't you tell by the huge… smile just radiating off my face." Gabriella sarcastically said between sobs.

"What happened?" Vanessa asked as she sat down on the bed, putting an arm around her sister.

"You, he wants, you." Gabriella said.

Vanessa sat there, wondering if she had heard her sister correctly, "Wh-What did you say?"

"Troy wants to be with YOU." Gabriella said as she wiped the tears away.

"Gabi, look, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen." said Vanessa sincerely.

"I know, I know you didn't" Gabriella said, as she regained her composure, "But it did, and I think you should give Troy a chance."

"Gabi, no, I can't." Vanessa said.

"But you have to, Troy's never gonna know what he wants unless he's with you." Gabi said as she looked at her sister.

"But, Gabi, he's your…" Vanessa started to say.

Gabriella cut her off, "JUST DO IT, NOTHING STOPPED YOU WHILE WE WERE TOGETHER, WHY SHOULD IT BE DIFFERENT WHEN WE AREN'T!" Gabriella said, tears beginning to fall from her eyes again.

Vanessa was a but surprised, but as she thought about it, she realized she would be more surprised if she didn't react like that.

"I'm sorry, maybe we should just talk about this tomorrow." Gabriella said, giving her sister a slight smile.

Vanessa nodded, and started to walk out.

"Oh, Vanessa, wait" Gabriella said as Vanessa was about to walk out the door.

Vanessa turned around.

"I never told you why I came back early." Gabriella said.

"Gabi, you don't have to right now." Vanessa said.

"No, no, I promised that I would" Gabriella stated, "And I will."

Vanessa walked back towards her sister, looking at her attentively, she really was curious as to why she came back.

"Well what happened was, one night, when dad went out, your friend Zac came by." Gabriella started, as Vanessa leaned in closer. "He took me out to a party, some friend of his or something like that. I walked in and well, you know, it was a party, lots of people dancing, making out, and drinking. I didn't really drink, and neither did Zac, but after a while, I lost him in the crowd. Some guy came up to me, and he was really drunk. At first, he wanted to dance with me, but then I walked away. Then he grabbed me, but I still managed to pull away. But then…" Gabriella stopped to take a breath. "Then he grabbed me again, and this time, it was with a lot more force. He put his hand over my mouth, and dragged me upstairs. Once we got up there, I started screaming, and kicking, and trying to do anything to get away, but he just kept coming after me." Gabriella paused slightly, before starting up again. "He started kissing me, and at that point, I was scared stiff, I didn't know what to do. He started to try and take my pants off, but then, the door swung open, and Zac punched the guy out. I was crying, but he helped me up and took me home."

Vanessa sat silent, not knowing what to say.

"After I got home, all I wanted was to see Troy. So when my dad got home, I told him what happened, well, actually Zac explained. He stayed over, not wanting to leave me alone. Dad understood, and got me on a plane home as fast as he could."

"And when you got home, you walked in to me kissing your boyfriend." Vanessa admitted disappointedly.

Another tear rolled down Gabriella's cheek. "Well, now you know."

"Yeah, I do." Vanessa said.

"Well, I'm wiped, I better get some rest, good night." Gabriella said as she pulled the sheets over herself.

"Yeah, good night sis." Vanessa said as she walked out of her room.

Once Vanessa was gone, Gabriella started to weep yet again. She wasn't sure who she was mad at, Troy, or Vanessa, or both. Either way, she didn't want either of them to know she was mad at them. She laid in bed, thinking of what she was going to do about the whole situation, her tears going unheard, with no one there to wipe them away. She eventually drifted off to sleep, with Troy still on her mind.

Well, there you go. I have no idea where this came from, and quite frankly, I'm not sure if it fits the story too well. Lemme know what you guys think about this. If you like it, ill keep going with this whole Troy, Vanessa, Gabriella love triangle, but if not, I'll delete this chapter, and write a different chapter 13, a chapter 13 that would probably be the end of the story. I am so sorry if Gabi's secret didn't live up to the hype I gave it, I tried. Read and Review.