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"Blueberry muffin?"

I dropped my duffle onto the pile of suitcases my friends had built with their own bags and slid into a chair at the Danforth kitchen table where Chad, Troy and Taylor were seated eating muffins and cheese puffs. Zeke walked over with a plastic bag of muffins (and a smile way to big for seven in the morning) but I mumbled something incoherently and put my head on the table.

Troy laughed and rubbed my back; I peeked up at him and frowned.

"Morning sunshine." He joked.

"Ugggggh." I dropped my head back down and closed my eyes.

Suddenly Jason stumbled into the kitchen, slung his bag onto the ground and collapsed into the chair next to me. Oh thank god.

"Finally," I yawned. "Somebody who understands me. I love you Jason." I shifted my body and let my head drop onto his shoulder and his head fell onto mine.

"How is everyone else so awake?" Jason mumbled against my hair.

"I have no idea."

I yawned again but suddenly Chad's loud voice boomed across the kitchen, "Okay, let's do a packing check!"

Oh for god's sake.

"iPods?"

"Check."

"Waterproof iPod speakers?"

"Check."

"Movies?"

"Check."

"Including 'Charlie's Angels'?"

"Oh my god." I mumbled as Zeke shouted "Check."

"Cards -"

"Cards?" Taylor questioned with a smile. "That's very intelligent of you guys."

"- for strip poker?"

"Oh my god, Chad!"

"What?!" Chad asked looking up from his ridiculous check list.

Taylor rolled her eyes and we all laughed as Sharon Danforth came into the kitchen. She was a beautiful woman with a pearly white smile and curly hair to her shoulders. "Hi kids."

"Hi Mrs. Danforth." We chorused, some of us more awake than others.

"We're leaving pretty soon, you all ready?"

Suddenly, Mark Danforth entered the room, car keys in hand. He was a tall man, ironically bald, although I tried to imagine him with Chad's hair. "Grab your suitcases kids; we're pullin' out in two minutes!"

We bounced (and some of us stumbled) out of the kitchen, grabbing our bags, and walked out to the driveway. I stood in front of Troy and leaned into his chest with his strong arms holding me tightly. Zeke and Mr. Danforth loaded our bags into the cars, while I took my power nap, which I must admit, Troy made difficult to enjoy with his consistent talking. Apparently, it was completely necessary for him to talk to Chad at that very moment, in that very loud voice.

"Umph, Troy?" I wrapped my arms around his waist and breathed deeply.

"Yeah Gabs?"

"Stop talking so loud!"

I sat in the very back of Mrs. Danforth's SUV next to Taylor, our small bags dropped together on the ground, packed with essentials like cell phones and tampon wrappers. Troy was sitting directly in front of me, and I leaned forward to run my hands through his hair, a happy smile on my face. I used to feel self-conscious about being affectionate with him in front of everyone, but gradually I've become more comfortable and I enjoyed the little touches that sent chills across my skin.

"So since I was voted off the island, "Chad turned around in the front seat, exaggerating his situation. "Then I think I should get to play my iPod on the car speakers."

"No."

"Absolutely not."

"No way."

"Never."

"Yeah right."

Chad snorted and turned back around in his seat, a fake pout on his face. And suddenly, Mrs. Danforth pulled out of the driveway, following Mr. Danforth's Ford Taurus down Sheridan Drive.

Five minutes into the trip Jason had ripped open a bag of gummy worms and two minutes after that we had finished off the entire thing.

"I wonder how they make gummy worms." Zeke wondered, examining the last red and yellow artificial bug rolling around in his fingers.

Jason plucked it from Zeke's fingers and stuffed the worm into his mouth, "Phank ew."

"Jason, that's disgusting." Taylor scolded. Jason swallowed and looked at her with a smirk, "I was just saying thank you Tay." I chuckled as Taylor leaned back, rolling her eyes and stuck the headphones of her blue iPod Mini in her ears.

All of a sudden I jumped when I felt something on my knee, I looked down to see Troy's left hand reach back from his row and find its place on my leg. He squeezed my knee then opened his hand for me to take, all the while sitting in his seat looking out the front window. With a smile I took his hand and squeezed it back as the miles of the highway passed by.

One hour down. Thirty minutes to go.

Jason twisted around in his seat and peered over the back. He twisted up his face and looked around. "Umm...Taylor's flip-flops?"

"Nope." I said exasperated as my head fell against the headrest. We were playing I Spy and I quickly learned that Jason was awful, to put it nicely.

"That stripe on your bag?"

"No! Jason-!" Suddenly, I heard my phone beep and my hand rustled through my bag to grab it.

"Shar just met some guy at the airport, "I laughed, reading the text message she had sent seconds before. "She's says he's gorgeous."

Zeke's head snapped up and his eyes focused on me before quickly looking out the window as if he hadn't heard anything, but I could see him clench his jaw and wave of guilt hit me hard.

"Oh god, I'm sorry Zeke." The pair had been on and off for months and currently, they were the latter. It seemed no matter what happened, Zeke still held a candle for her, although sometimes even we, her best friends, couldn't figure out why.

Everyone in the car got quiet and looked back and forth between Zeke and me. Zeke didn't seem to acknowledge my words and I thought that was the end of the conversation until he turned around and his face was angry. "Whatever Gab, just stay the fuck out of it." He hissed the last part, obviously trying to keep Mrs. Danforth from overhearing; she had noticed the violent drop in noise and looked at us curiously from her rearview mirror.

I sat there shocked and blinked a couple times with my mouth slightly open. Zeke had already turned around and I felt everybody's eyes burning into me, just as surprised as I was. The silence made my cheeks flare and I looked out the window as the rest of the car turned awkwardly back to what they were doing.

Whatever Gab, just stay the fuck out of it.

Shit.

AN: Poor Gabby, poor Zeke. Don't worry, they'll work it out, you have to understand that while Zeke is such a sweet guy he and Sharpay are pretty complicated and it's hard for him.

I hope you all liked this, I completely changed the ending to add in the drama so tell me what you think! And again, lots of hugs for Katie!

xoxoxo

Sparks