(ok so the words don't really go but it was the best I could find so go with it lol)

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive (hey hey)

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive (oh)

Go on now go, walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as Iknow how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive...!

Troy had sung this the whole time as a joke but now as he finished he looked over at Gabriella with a defiant look on his face. He saw a shocked one on hers. He had decided that seeing as she was willing to publicly humiliate him, he would show her he didn't need her. She'd missed her chance.

'And the winner is, TROY BOLTON!'

Gabriella saw Troy was looking at her and quickly turned to Matt Jacobs, the schools soccer captain. She began to flirt with him and he seemed to enjoy it. He put his hand on her knee and Gabriella saw Troy's hands curl up into a fist as he walked past them. She looked up to see him put his arm around another girl (cheerleader) and when she wrapped her arm round his waist she saw him smile at her appreciatively. Something tugged at her heart but she ignored it. She grabbed Matt's hand and sauntered past Troy's group laughing with Matt and toying with him. Troy noticed this and deliberately kissed Amanda's (cheerleader's) cheek. She smiled her gratitude towards him as Gabriella cried inside.

3 Months Later

Gabriella and Troy had both had a few relationships each. Neither of them lasting more than a couple of weeks.

Chad had stayed single the whole time. Resisting the temptation of the beckoning cheerleaders and Elizabeth. She'd offered to 'tutor' him but he'd refused flat out to have anything to do with her. He knew what she was like now. He wanted to remain faithful to Taylor and she noticed that. She was beginning to soften towards him and had even smiled at him a few weeks ago which put him on a high for days.

So far, Jason had also remained single but it wasn't for the want of Kelsi. He didn't want her back and had even written her another poem telling her so. After reading this, Kelsi retired from all school activities apart from lessons. She didn't even eat lunch in the cafeteria anymore. She preferred to stay away from Jason. She knew that when she was near him, he always felt pain. She didn't want to hurt him anymore than she already had. The girls weren't talking to her either. They'd had enough of cheaters.

Arthur and Elizabeth had left for England. Their father had stolen money from the company he worked for and was now facing trial back home. Elizabeth left satisfied she had left her mark. If she couldn't have Troy Bolton, she'd made sure that the freaky genius girl wouldn't have him either.

Arthur was upset when Kelsi refused to meet up with him or even look at him but he left it. He had a girl waiting back home anyway. One that liked horse-riding and hunting. Much more his type, his mother had assured him.

Elizabeth leaving still didn't make it any easier for the couples. They still remembered her clearly, every time they walked past her locker, each of them would feel a sense of loss and quickly hurry on.

Gabriella was lonely. She had ended her romance with Damien Hunter days ago. She knew what she wanted but it wasn't happening. She wanted Troy. She got up to

re-apply her make up after her mascara had run down her face. She was a different person since the split. She wore lots more make-up and sexier clothes. Everyone had noticed a change in her. Herself even more so now she looked in the mirror. She began to softly sing a song while the tears escaped down her cheeks. Never once taking her eyes off her reflection.

Look at me
You may think you see who I really am
But you'll never know me
Everyday it's as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside

I am now
In a world where I have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see
staring straight back at me
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know

Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time

When will my reflection show
Who I am inside

There's a heart that must be free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think
How we feel
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide
I won't pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time

When will my reflection show
who I am inside
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
when will my refection show
who I am inside

She lay down on her floor and let the feeling of misery wash over her. Not moving for an hour. Thinking of Troy, and what she'd missed out on. She finally decided to call him and let him know her feelings.

'Troy, it's me.'

'What do you want Gabriella?'

'I want you back. I realise now that you and me are like Posh and Becks. Bread and Butter. We belong Troy. Together forever, like you said. Please be with me. I need you and you need me.'

'No Gabriella. You're wrong, I don't need you. I came to you and you turned me away. Now you expect me to come running now you're ready. It's just not happening'

'Troy please' Gabriella said through a waterfall of tears.

With a catch in his throat, Troy answered her 'No Gabriella. Like you said, you can't be with me because there'll always be a doubt in the back of your mind. You'll never trust me Gabriella. You can't have a relationship with no trust' he waited for her to reply.

What he didn't know was that Gabriella had put the phone down but without knowing it, she'd caught the 'speaker' button. He could hear her crying as she picked up her mobile. He could hear every word she was saying.

'Tay, it's Gabi. He won't take me back. I can't stand it. You should have heard him Tay. He'll never have me back and it's my own stupid fault. (Long pause) No I'll be fine. Yeah I'll see you tomorrow. Bye'.

Troy realised now what Gabriella had done and was about to put the phone on the hook when he heard her begin to sing softly through tears. (A/N that really choky sound when you're crying and you start to sing. You know?)

Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never
coming round
Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to
the sound of my tears
Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best
of all the years have gone by
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see
the look in your eyes
Every now and then I fall apart
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

Every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of
something wild
Every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying
like a child in your arms
Every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've
got to get out and cry
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified but then I see
the look in your eyes
Every now and then I fall apart
Every now and then I fall apartEvery now and then I know you'll never be the boy you always
wanted to be
Every now then I know you'll always be the only boy who
wanted me the way that I am
Every now and then I know there's no one in the universe as
magical and wondrous as you
Every now and then I know there's nothing any better and there's
nothing that I just wouldn't do
Every now and then I fall apart
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart

Troy listened as she sobbed and decided to let her be. He put the phone down and wept. He knew it would only happen again. He couldn't do it. Not when he knew she'd never trust him. It was best just to pretend that he'd never heard her song and carry on as he'd been doing the past few months. On the outside happy, on the inside hurting. That was how people saw him and that was how they would see him from now on. Good old Troy. Never down, always lively and cheerful. The basketball guy, that was him. No personality, just the basketball ace. That was how everyone saw him apart from the old gang. The one he didn't speak to now. Apart from Chad and Jason. Zeke was staying away, Troy didn't blame him. With Sharpay to face, he'd do the same thing. He got up, had a shower, and went to bed. Too tired to do anything else.

At Gabriella's House

'Miss Montez, is Gabriella in?'

'She's upstairs girls. She might be a bit upset.'

'We know, that's why we came round'.

Taylor and Sharpay knocked quietly on Gabriella's door and walked through. They saw her sat on the floor, leaning against her bed and hugging her knees. Taylor ran to her and cuddled her.

Sharpay, unable to contain her excitement anymore, said 'We've got a foolproof plan to get you back together. It will work, believe me.'

Taylor rolled her eyes at Sharpay and said 'Gabi, only if you want to do it'.

Gabriella thought for a few moments then looked up and said 'tell me the plan, then I'll decide'.

Sharpay shrugged her shoulders and began.

'Gabriella, what is Troy's all time favourite band, even if it is so old?'

'Uhh, Abba I guess' said Gabriella, not exactly sure where this was going.

'Exactly' continued Sharpay, 'we'll get you and Troy together in a room and you can sing him an Abba song that tells him you want to get back together'.

'What if he sings me one back saying he doesn't want me?'

'No problem' said Taylor 'we've found some great songs to answer him back with. They're all Abba and hopefully after, he'll see he you love him enough to sing his favourite bands songs to him. It'll be like a sing off. '

'Guy's I'm not sure.'

'Do you want him back?' Sharpay said, hands on her hips.

'Well yeah but'

'Good, sorted'

And with that they began to draft where the plan would take place and where.