Chapter 5

Flashback:

Sharpay cut Gabriella off. "This is the best moment ever! I just gave a hot guy my number in like, 30 seconds! That HAS to be a record!"

Gabriella slightly smiled, but then pointed to behind Sharpay.

There stood Zeke. He saw and heard everything. The look on his face was something Sharpay has never seen. He looked mad, upset, and confused, all at the same time.

"Zeke, look, it's not what it looks like." Sharpay rushed over to Zeke.

"Really? Because it kind of looks like you're cheating on me." Zeke said as he turned around to leave.

Sharpay pulled him back. "Look, you would have to have been there to know why-"

"I was." Zeke walked out of Starbucks, followed by Jason and Chad.

"Zeke! Please! Don't go!" Sharpay cried, tears pouring down her cheeks.

"From what I heard, you really want me to go." Zeke walked out of Starbucks.

"C'mon, let's go home." Gabriella said as she hugged a very tearful Sharpay.

Sharpay and Gabriella walked out into Gabriella's car. For most of the ride, it was very quite. Gabriella just didn't know what to say. She was in a perfect realationship with the perfect guy, and Sharpay just broke up with a not-so-perfect guy in a not-so-perfect realationship.

When they got back to Gabriella's house, they went to Gabriella's room, ate chocolate ice-cream, watched sappy chick-flicks, and just had a girls only slumber party.

But it was not a happy slumber party.

"Sharpay, I think it's time I tell you about...Shane." Gabriella said as she put down a spoon of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.

"Who's Shane?" Sharpay asked, still very teary-eyed.

Gabriella got up from her bed, walked over to her desk, and picked up an old picture album.

"Shane was my first boyfriend...from before I moved to East High." Gabriella said as she handed Sharpay the picture album.

Sharpay flipped though the book. "Look Gabby, I'm happy you want to share this with me...but talking about happy realationships is the last thing I want right now."

Gabriella sat down on her bed and sighed. "It wasn't a happy realationship..."

Sharpay sat up straighter. "What do you mean?"

Gabriella got up and took out a box under her bed.

She handed the box to Sharpay, and motioned her to open it.

Sharpay did as Gabriella wanted her too and opened the box. Inside were hospital documents, x-rays, and pictures of someone's arms and legs cut and broken.

Sharpay gasped. "What are these? Who is this?"

A tear rolled down Gabriella's cheek. "Me." she said in a voice so quite Sharpay could barley hear it.

"Oh my God." Sharpay said as she hugged Gabriella. "This makes my realationship with Zeke look...perfect. Did Shane do this?"

"Yes...he did. Whenever he got mad over anything, he took his anger out on me." Gabriella replied as she looked at a picture of her and Shane.

"Why did you stay with him?" Sharpay asked, while looking at the picture.

"He said if I ever broke up with him or told anyone about what he did, he would kill me and my family." Another tear rolled down Gabriella's cheek.

"Who else knows about this?" Sharpay asked.

"My mom...Troy." Gabriella replied while looking at a picture of Troy on her bedside table. "He's the best guy in the world...when I first told him, he didn't leave my side for 3 days straight."

Sharpay smiled. "Wow. He truly is amazing. Makes me wish I never talked to that guy in Starbucks and just stayed with Zeke."

Gabriella got up and put the photo album back on her desk. "Well...I'll call Troy and ask him if Zeke said anything."

"Well...okay." Sharpay said, handing Gabriella her iPhone. "But don't make Troy hate me, too."

"I won't" Laughed Gabriella.

Zeke, Chad, and Jason all gathered in the living room of Troy's house.

"And she was all "I'll call you!" and he was smiling and winking! I mean, why would Sharpay go for THAT?" Zeke said to the guys, sounding rather like a girl then his normal self.

Troy and Chad just looked at eachother, getting rather annoyed by all of Zeke's drama, while Jason just sat there, acting as if this was all a soap opera.

"Zeke, look. Maybe it was just an exaggeration." Troy said. "And I'm sure that...oh hold on Gabriella's calling."

"Girlfriend alert." Chad said under his breath, followed by the laughter of Zeke and Chad.

Troy walked into his room so he could talk to Gabriella without Chad's snarky remarks.

"Hey Gabs. "Troy said, as he sat down on his bed.

"Hey Troy...did Zeke tell you about Sharpay yet?" Gabriella said

"Ya...he's being a bit over-dramatic, I think."

"He doesn't even know Sharpay's moved in with me yet, or the fact that she's broke!"

"Sharpay never told him?!" Troy asked, sitting up

"She never had a chance! He never has time for her because of basketball."

"Well...I could cancel some practices so they can talk."

"Won't it be too much trouble? I mean, your dad will be totally mad if Zeke gets out of practise for a girl."

"Hey, my dad's been pretty fine about it when I skip practise to be with you." Troy said, smiling.

"Do you consider "fine" as in yelling and making you do extra suicides after school?" Gabriella replied, laughing.

"He's done worse. Way worse." Troy replied, also laughing.

"So, we'll find time for Zeke and Sharpay to talk...how about Sunday at 1:30?"

"Sounds great. I'll tell him that we have practise, they can meet over a coffee at Starbucks."

"Good. I'll tell Sharpay she got an extra shift, and she'll get payed extra if she comes in."

"Great idea. I'll call you tommorow."

"K. Bye Troy."

"Bye Gabs. I love you."

"Love you, too."

Both Troy and Gabriella hung up, and went back to there friends.

But before Gabriella could get back into her room, she heard Sharpay scream...loud.

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