A/N: I'M BAAAACK! Lol... Here with another chapter. Have been ill recently, as it's Kinda winter down here ): So that explains why this chapter wasn't up to my original standards.

Sorrrrry! And Tahh for the reviews; I love hearing from you!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. If I did, however, Chad and Taylor would be the main characters, and Chaylor would share a PROPER kiss instead of that PECK in HSM2...I mean, what was that?!

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The sound of the rain on the roof of my car, Haunts me In my sleep, Passenger side, wearing that scarf, I got ya, for our anniversary –

Corbin Bleu's I get Lonely rang through Taylor's bedroom as her cell phone rang. It had been the third call this afternoon, and she was willing and ready to ignore it, thinking it was Chad.

But the caller was getting relentless. After the 15th ring, they still wouldn't hang up.

That's where you sat, when you said to me, You think that space, is what you need, Time to decide where you wanna be, So now every time that it rains-

As sexy as Corbin's voice was, hearing it over and over again was starting to make Taylor go crazy.

So at the 17th ring, she got out of bed and slammed her phone to her ear, without checking the caller ID.

"What do you want, Chad?" She growled. She really didn't want to speak to him at the moment.

"Umm...When did I become Chad?" An annoyed voice said on the other line. A girl's voice. One she knew very well.

"Sharpay,"

"Taylor! How was your and Danforth's talk?"

Taylor grew quiet as she looked at her feet. If Sharpay had been in the room at that moment, she would have seen her face flush with sadness.

"It was...interesting, to say the least,"

"What in the world's heck does THAT mean?"

Taylor couldn't help but smile at Sharpay's annoyance.

"He...Umm...Well he sorta...You know..." She trailed off, not really liking where the sentence was going.

"He...?" Sharpay replied, prompting her.

"He kinda kissed me?" Taylor answered, but it came out as a question rather than a response.

"HE DID WHAT?!"

"He kissed me Shar,"

"Like on the lips?!?"

Taylor bit her lip to stop her from laughing. Sharpay's reaction was like her usual self: drama.

"Do you know what Taylor? We're coming round, so get your sorry ass ready, okay?"

Something in Sharpay's voice told her not to argue, so she agreed and hung up the phone.

Sure enough, around 15 minutes later, the doorbell rang. Taylor could hear Aleesha greeting the girls and telling them to go up to her room.

3 pairs of feet could be heard pounding up the stairs, and, without knocking, they found their way into Taylor's bedroom. Taylor sighed, and put down the book she was reading.

"Thanks for knocking guys," She said, sarcastically.

"Oh, Sorry Tay," Kelsi said apologetically, as Gabriella nodded.

Sharpay, however, rolled her eyes and cut straight to the point. "What do you mean he kissed you?"

Taylor sighed as the girls took a seat in random places of the room. "Exactly that,"

"There must have been a reason Tay," Gabriella reasoned.

"I don't see what. We talked about the whole Kayla thing; I cried again, he kissed me,"

"What I don't get," Sharpay started, "Is how he thought he had a right to kiss you in the first place?"

This is where shame crossed Taylor's face. "Uhh...Shar, I can...umm...help you with that," She stuttered quietly, "You see, I kinda met him half-way?"

The bedroom was eerily quiet as all three girls stared at Taylor.

"So, what you're telling us is, he kissed you, and you kissed him back?" Kelsi said quietly.

Taylor nodded, biting her lip, getting ready for the explosion that would soon follow.

3, 2, 1...

"YOU KISSED HIM BACK?"

"TAYLOR ANNABELLE MCKESSIE!"

Bingo.

Taylor covered her ears as Gabriella and Sharpay continued to screech.

"What is going on, here?"

Everyone turned and saw Aleesha, leaning on Taylor's bedroom door.

"Leesha, it's nothing honestly," Taylor reasoned.

"Nothing? Psssh," Sharpay scoffed.

"Aleesha, your sister here, went to talk to Chad today," Kelsi started

"Yeah, and? That's good, isn't it?" Aleesha was confused.

"Would be, if she hadn't gone and kissed Chad," Gabriella said pointedly.

"Excuse me? Kissed Chad?" Aleesha said, staring at Taylor.

"Yes, I caught up in the moment, and I kissed him alright? Sorry. But, as soon as I realised what I was doing, and more importantly, who with, I pulled away as quick as I could. Happy now?" Taylor said, frustration getting the better of her.

Kelsi, Sharpay, Gabriella and Aleesha all looked at each other, guilt spreading across their faces.

"Tay, it's okay," Gabriella said softly. "It was obvious something like that would happen,"

Taylor looked up, confused. "Obvious?"

"Yeah. Like it's obvious you and Chad are still in love with each other," Sharpay shrugged

"What? I'm not in love with Chad! Are you mad?" Taylor giggled, unconvincingly.

Sharpay raised her eyebrows. "You might be a whiz when it comes to maths and science Tay, but, believe me, you're a really bad actress,"

Just then a cell phone rang out, momentarily injecting the silent air. Aleesha fumbled about in her jeans pocket, and glanced at the screen, a huge smile coming across her face.

"Donte!" She squealed, exiting the room to have a more private conversation with her boyfriend.

"OhMiGod!" Sharpay squealed suddenly, "Tay, do you realise if Aleesha and Donte get married, and then me and Zeke do, me and you will be like related?"

Everyone stared at Sharpay in disbelief. "What?" Sharpay said, "I was just saying,"

"Well done. Now can we get back to the matter in hand please?" Gabriella said pointing at Taylor.

Taylor groaned and lay back on her bed, covering her face with a pillow.

This was gonna be a long night.

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Chad was lying on his bed, throwing his basketball up in the air and catching it. He was still depressed from earlier, yet pissed that he'd done what he did. Why did he have to kiss her? He knew Taylor was stubborn, and she held a grudge for a long time. He also knew that underneath her beautiful, kind, sensitive personality, was a highly sarcastic side, and that side held a sharp tongue that you didn't want to get on the wrong side of. But yet, that was why he loved her, she was highly unpredictable, when he was spontaneous. They were opposites, like ying and yang, but they went together perfectly. They proved the old equation correct: opposite + opposite = attraction.

He sighed and reached for his cell. For a while he stared at his wallpaper on it, a picture of him and Taylor, taken on one of their many dates. Her smiling face stared back at him, as if taunting him. Shaking his head, he pulled into his contacts and dragged the cursor down. And there it was. The number he hadn't called in days, highlighted in blue. He reached for the green call button, but then...

BANG!

He whipped his head around, his phone falling from his grip in the quick motion. Jazmine stood there, out of breath after just running up the stairs to her big brothers room.

"What, Jaz?" Chad said, a little irritably.

"The door! Troy's here, so is Zeke, Jason and some blonde boy, wearing pink," Jazmine said, scrunching her nose up in disgust.

"That's Ryan, Jazmine," Chad laughed, getting up off his bed, seeing his little sister's expression over pink wearing, musical singing Ryan Evans.

"Chad..." Jazmine started, bounding over to him and holding his hand, "Why doesn't Tay come over anymore?"

Chad bristled at the sound of her name. He looked down at Jazmine, who was looking back at him with expectancy. "She's a bit busy at the moment, Jaz," He finally settled with.

"Ohh, okay, Chaddy!" Jazmine beamed, pulling him down the stairs.

Chad let go of his sister's hand as she went into the kitchen. He walked a little further until he reached his living room door, and stepped in.

"Oh, he finally comes downstairs,"

"Shut up, Troy. Hey dude," Zeke said, and gave him a high-five.

"Cool Zeke, Troy, Jason, Evans," He nodded his head as he said each name.

"Hey Chad. Sorry, I heard about Taylor," Ryan said, from his place on Chad's sofa.

"That's cool, man. Yeah, I'm sorry too," Chad said, sitting down next to him.

"Speaking of McKessie, how did the conversation go?" Troy asked.

All the boys leaned forward in their seats, as Chad groaned loudly.

"I fucked up guys...Big time," Chad sighed

"How?" Zeke asked, intrigued.

"I got caught up in the moment and I kissed her..."

"You kissed her?" Ryan, Zeke and Troy said at the same time. Jason sat there with a knowing smirk on his face.

Chad nodded. "Yeah. But then she freaked out and ran guys,"

"I told you so. You were lucky she didn't hit you. What were you thinking?" Jason spoke up, for the first time since Chad walked in.

Chad glared at him. "I don't know. It just felt right. But the spark was still there, guys. It soared through my body, just like the first time we kissed. She felt it too, I'm sure of it. That's why she ran away,"

But the guys still looked sceptical. "Are you sure it's not cause you were taking things too fast?" Ryan said slowly.

"That is another option. But I held her guys, and it felt so good, so familiar," Chad looked at his hands.

"Enough of your moping dude. We're going to play a game. Basketball. 2 on 3," Troy grinned.

"So who's got Evans?"

"Jason and Zeke,"

"Alright Bolton, let's go get some,"

"You know it,"

The boys laughed as they made their way to Chad's basketball hoop in his backyard.

Anything to get his mind off Taylor.

***

"...And that's when Coach Bolton walked in! I was so embarrassed!" Gabriella giggled, turning red.

The girls laughed. "Only you and Troy could get caught making out in the locker room by his dad," Sharpay managed to say between laughs.

They were all at Taylor's house, as Glenda McKessie, Taylor's mom, had agreed to let the girls have a much needed sleepover. They'd already gone shopping, watched 'She's the man', and ordered pizza. They were now sharing embarrassing stories, while chucking popcorn around the room.

"Kelsi's turn!" Gabriella said her blush residing.

"Okay, so there was this one time me and Jason was making out in the music room, and Darbus like, walked in randomly. Jason had to hide under the piano for a whole free period to avoid detention!" Kelsi said, as the girls collapsed in giggles around her.

"Taylor's turn!" Kelsi said, as the laughter stopped.

Taylor took a deep breath. "There was this one time, just when me and Chad had started dating, he came round my house when I was grounded. I'd been grounded because Chad had taken me out the night before, and I came home way beyond my curfew. So, he came over, and I was cleaning my dad's car as part of my chores, and he snuck up behind me. I was really scared, so I turned, and the hose hit Chad, square in the chest! That started a water fight, and before I knew it, me and Chad were on the floor, him on top of me, soaking wet. So, yeah, we started making out, but then my dad walked out and pulled me off him!" Taylor cringed.

The girls stared at Taylor in shock, before erupting into laughter once again.

"Do any of you get that weird feeling when you kiss?"

Gabriella's question caused the girls to fall silent.

"Like a spark?" Sharpay asked.

Gabriella nodded. "Yeah, but deeper than that. Like a bond,"

"It's called love, idiots,"

The girls turned and saw Aleesha, in tracksuit bottoms and a tight top, in Taylor's doorway.

"Geeze, Leesha, do you never knock?"

"I did. Y'all were too busy laughing to care,"

Taylor rolled her eyes. "So, did you come here for a reason? Or are you just gonna stand there?"

Aleesha came and sat on the edge of Taylor's bed. "What you were talking about before? The spark?" She waited for the girls to nod, "It's love,"

"How do you know Aleesha?" Gabriella asked.

"Gabi, I'm 19. I've had years of dating. That feeling, spark, as you put it, was exactly how I felt every time I was around Donte. So, I came to the conclusion I loved him, and I...told him. He said it back, and, now we're moved in together," She finished, beaming.

"Aww..." All the girls except Taylor stated, dreamy looks on their faces.

"Yes. The Aleesha McKessie love story part one," Taylor said dryly, rolling her eyes.

"Don't knock it little sis. Or shall I remind you of the Taylor McKessie love story? Or the lack of it?"

Taylor glared at her. "I can't be asked with you, it's late,"

"Alright, I'm gone," Aleesha started, "Have a nice night girls, and Taylor?"

"What?!"

"Mom says turn the noise to a minimum,"

Aleesha left, shutting the door closed behind her.

"Good. Now that she's gone, what do you want to do?" Taylor asked, bored.

"I got it," Kelsi started, "Let's play truth or dare,"

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A/N: Chapter complete! This one took a bit longer, because, like I said, I was ill :(

I know that leaving it there wasn't really a good ending, but I'm tired, it's 1:22 AM, and I have school tomorrow.

You know the rule....

KEEP REVIEWING AND I'LL KEEP UPDATING!!

BTW... Who's seen Corbin's new advert for guitar hero? He's in a pink top and BOXERS! Whoa, it was getting hot in my room when I saw that. Just look it up on YouTube :)

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