The rest of the day went on fine, I was ignored, by everyone… including Troy. What happened this morning? Was he mad? Was he trying to tell me something? Did he mean it when he said the kiss wasn't an accident? Was that what he was going to say anyways? It was just infuriating. And to make it worse, auditions were coming up, no word on the play yet, but I heard that everyone would be auditioning. Homework –as always- wasn't an issue, I finished it all in free period. I was listening to my iPod and reading my 'emo book' in the guest room when Troy walked in. (Living in the same house as the guy you have a major crush on is pretty awkward at times like this)

"Hey." I said casually.

Troy smile awkwardly and nodded. "Look… about what happened earlier-"

"It's no big deal." I said, without even so much as lifting my head. "I'm used to it, don't worry, thanks for getting them off my case though."

"No big deal? Sharpay you were crying!" He said in an annoyingly caring tone.

"Look, I appreciate that you've all of a sudden decided to pop up and save the day or what ever, after decided to not acknowledge my existence for two years, but I can handle it. Go start making pop corn, Save the Last Dance is coming on Starz tonight, Gabriella should be over soon." I said, fast enough so that he could just barely comprehend the words.

"Sharpay… I don't want to see you hurt like this." He said. "I care about you."

A part of me loved hearing that, but the rest was enough to keep my guard up. "I'm fine. Just because everyone around me seems to be falling apart doesn't mean I can't be a perfectly normal American teenager." I said defensively.

"No… but Sharpay, I can't even think about anything else because I'm too afraid that you might be talking to a cop, or getting arrested because of all of this. And I can't let that happen… you're too important to me." He said.

I let those words sink in, I didn't know if it was a compliment or something else. I just stood there. Speechless, wanting so much to just let him know that I was scared too. "Troy… I-"

"Hello? Troy? It's Gabriella, I heard that Save the Last Dance is coming on Starz, and since I don't have those channels can I watch it with you?" Gabriella called from downstairs.

That was it, the moment was ruined. I raised an eye brow. "You gave her a key?"

Troy looked surprised. "Actually… no."

I smirked and gave him an 'I told you so' look. "Now don't you wish that you'd started making that pop corn early?" I asked.

Troy left the room and I was happily alone again. I felt relieved when he left… which I'm guessing is a normal crush/ love-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart type thing. I was bored out of my mind for a while before I realized that it was like… ten p.m. and I was starving! I looked around the room, in my bag, and in the guest bathroom for something… anything to eat and all I found was Listerine… which didn't really help. Okay, all I had to do was get downstairs to the kitchen with out being noticed by little miss save the world. Not an easy task but I was seriously hungry. I left the room quietly and went down the stairs. I looked into the living room. Troy had made pop corn and they were sitting, Gabriella was making commentary on something about Julia Stiles' dancing, And Troy was pretending to listen. I made a sad attempt to walk through to the kitchen unnoticed, but Gabriella saw me.

"Sharpay? What are you doing here? Troy, what is she doing here?" She asked.

At this point I was almost amused by the little scene that was unfolding. "You didn't tell her did you?" I asked. All of a sudden I felt like I could wait a minute or two for food.

"Tell me what Troy?" Gabriella asked, putting her hands on her hips and leaning toward Troy.

"Um… well, Sharpay is kind of crashing here for a week while her house is under search warrant." Troy said uncomfortably.

"She's what!?" Gabriella asked. She huffed. "Why didn't you tell me about this? This is a big deal! My boyfriend is living on the same floor as another girl? Especially her?"

Okay… spaz attack much? Princess here is taking this just a little too far. "Listen Gabriella, this is no big deal-"

"You shut up!" Gabriella screamed, spouting out tears. Okay, I cried when Taylor called me a slut, and I cried when my brother was carried off to the ER for alcohol overdose. And she's crying because I'm staying in the same house as Troy? "First you kiss my boyfriend and now this?"

"It was one stupid kiss! Will you and Taylor just shut up about it? I was hurting and confused and Troy was there! That's it!" I yelled at her, I was lying, I know. But now wasn't quite the time to tell her that.

"It wasn't just a kiss! If it was why are you living with him?" She shouted in response.

"I'm not living with him! I'm staying in his house while mine is being searched for crack or what ever!" I reasoned. She wasn't buying it.

"All I ever did was try to help you… you went out and tried to steal my boyfriend!" She screamed again. Tears filled her eyes.

"Gabriella! I'm sorry that Troy didn't tell you about me staying in the same house as him but I didn't do anything to you." I said.

Gabriella literally crumpled right on front of me. She was on her knees crying like a maniac, her eye make up was smeared across her face, there were streaks from where her tears washed her blush off and her eyes were red and puffy. "Taylor was right. All you are is an icy slut." She said, still crying like a maniac. "That's all you ever were, an icy slut who has an outrageous amount of self pity." She said.

Some where along the lines I stopped taking what Gabriella said so seriously. Her words didn't offend me, she was a typical overly emotional, 'my goal is to save the world by annoying every person from here to Tokyo' type person. It did kind of bother me that she was dating my true love though. "Gabriella, I'm sorry but I don't see why you're not okay with this. I've known Troy's family-"

"But you're not his girlfriend!" Gabriella shrieked.

I tried to act as calmly as possible, first of all, rude much! I know she's feeling threatened and all but this is both over dramatic and totally harsh towards me. Second of all, she kept on using the fact that she was Troy's girlfriend as a right to butt in which was both annoying and um… what's the right word? How about desperate? Deluded? Psychotic? Or at least something to that extent. "Gabriella? I know kissing Troy was a mistake, but you need to step off. Don't you think you can handle this just a little bit more maturely?" I asked slowly as if she was a five year old throwing a temper tantrum (which from a distance she probably did look like at that moment… but that's beside the point).

Gabriella started crying all over again. "You just don't get it, you've never felt the way I have about something!" She screamed.

I looked at her, dead serious. "I know more than you think." I said.

I just, at that moment realized that Troy was watching us like cable and didn't say anything. It wasn't like I expected him to defend me or anything, I just thought it would be funny jus watching two dramatic teenage girls fighting in the middle of your own house. But Troy wasn't laughing (I know I would have been), he looked like he was concerned, not scared, but concerned. I was snapped back to reality by the sound of Gabriella's voice (I know, how pleasant). "Why do you even try to act all pathetic? It's because you want people to feel sorry for you so you can get away with stealing their boyfriends!"

"Gabriella… just be quiet, please." Came Troy's voice (finally).

Gabriella pulled herself up from the floor and ran over to Troy. She took his hands in hers and started talking crazily. "Troy… Troy. I know I may seem a little too dramatic but you've got to understand. I love you." She said with a huge smile on her face.

Troy on the other hand seemed like he was in a coma. His eyes were wide and he just stood there, silent, without saying a word. Gabriella still looked at him hopefully, but over the next few moments her smile faded. He wasn't answering, which in my experience was as good as saying no.

Okay… that's chapter seven, it's about 300 words shorter than usual but this was as long as I could make it, I actually had to re-write the whole thing because I didn't like the alternate version of chapter seven where Sharpay told Troy she loved him. But what ever.

Okay, news on the auditions, I'm planning to put them in soon, but I have to work some stuff out first so please answer a few questions:

Who all should I make audition?

Should I let Ryan audition?

What songs should I use?

These are questions that I need some help deciding on. I found a really good song for Sharpay that wasn't suggested, but remember, she needs two songs because of call backs. So keep sending them in okay? I'll try to update ASAP