I'm SO sorry I haven't updated! I just had my last final today, and I wrote the flashback sequence first, about a week ago and added the rest this afternoon in one sitting. Good thing is I just have high school stuff to finish, then I'll be done with high school.--Lauren

To understand the context of the problem, one must start at the beginning. It all started about two months before when Julia and her brother Landon moved to Albuquerque, after spending junior year in Boston. For you readers, Gabriella moved to Albuquerque half way through her junior year, when Julia had already been in Boston for 3 months.

After an intervention for Gabriella's plastic side, Gabriella started something new (again) with Troy or so it seemed to a bystander. Not surprisingly, Sharpay had always had a place in her heart for Troy, her kindergarten crush. After working things out after the auditions with Gabriella, she pushed her feelings aside as a mere crush and got over it. However, 'Little-Ms.Perfect-Montez,' as Sharpay named her, was taking Landon--the second guy to ever take her heart. She wasn't the only one to notice. Troy worked hard to get the Gabriella he once knew back. But, instead of starting new with Troy, her friends realized she was becoming closer to her old crush, Landon.

Even though she sat by Troy during lunch, she was always talking or laughing with Landon about their past San Diego summers. Silly stringing, surfing, and other childhood memories flooded their conversations. Troy was starting to think if that night of karaoke at the ski lodge had meant nothing at all.

Gabriella had even distanced herself from Taylor, something no one expected her to do. Nonetheless, she rejoined the schools decathlon team, something the entire school was thankful for. Taylor and Chad has started officially going out at the end of their junior year almost 4 months after the infamous East-West city championship. Taylor and Chad had become a tight knit group with Ryan and Julia while Troy, Landon, Gabriella, and sometimes Sharpay (She was the independent one) had become another.

"Are we there yet?" a bored Chad's voice broke Sharpay out of her trance.

"Will you just SHUT UP," an annoyed Sharpay yelled back. "We seriously left McDonalds 7 minutes ago!"

"I need to be entertained at all times," Chad whined back.

"I outta---" Sharpay started.

"SHARPAY!" Julia yelled back from the drivers seat, driving Sharpay, Ryan, Taylor and Chad to the Evan's while Landon drove Troy, Gabriella, and Jason. "Do I have to stop the car? And, Chad, Sharpay and Ryan's house is 4 minutes from her, so I suggest PUT A SOCK IN IT!"

Julia hated the Saturday rush hour traffic, she never drove much in Boston she always took the metro to get to work, and gas nearly 3 bucks a gallon. Who wouldn't? Today was first day of Christmas vacation for the gang and the traffic reflected it. People going to grandma's house or the need to go to a clearance sale for the newest, must have item were everywhere. Julia stopped at a traffic light, and waited for it to turn green.

It was Christmas vacation, yet again at East High School. School had ended at 3:15 on December 21st and boy, was Chad excited.

"What time is it! CHRISTMAS VACATION!" Chad danced through the halls.

"And you know what that means, it's Landon's birthday tomorrow!" Julia patted her brother on the head.

"Haha, well, your birthday was in October," Landon lamely came back.

"That was my 17th birthday, you should feel old being the 18 year old here."

"Landon's 18?" Chad asked surprised. "Wait, you're not twins?"

Landon and Julia looked at each other fighting laughter, "No, we're not."

The gang continued down the now empty hallway where Gabriella quite literally attached herself to Landon's side. Chad, Taylor and Julia saw Troy flinch and his fists tighten.

"Ryan, did you see that?" Taylor asked the half awake teen, who was still walking behind them.

"What?" Ryan quickly woke up.

"Troy, over there. I think he's jealous of Landon or something."

"Well no kidding."

"Huh?" Chad asked, once again confused about what was going on.

"Haven't you seen it? Gabriella is always with Landon, when he's around. Troy is the one that cared enough about her to get that intervention."

"Right," Chad nodded. "So, what do we do?"

"That is what we have to find out. Ryan, where's you sister? Anyway, I know she'll kill me for telling you guys this, but she's jealous of Gabriella for getting attention from Landon," Julia told Taylor, Chad and Ryan.

"Really?" Taylor said, "I didn't notice."

"Tell me something about my sister, that I don't know. At least you don't have to live with her," Ryan said opening the door to the parking lot.

"So, what do we do?" Chad asked once again.

Julia couldn't believe it, Chad was right. The question for the matter was: What do we do?

Another installment of TCFC, I know its a bit choppy but I'm brain fried from Political Science.. I'm working on the poster again, the original one wasn't that good. I'll try to update again soon!