AN: Aww, I really appreciate everything u guys have said!! Thank you for the reviews and favorite-ing!! lol!! Here's your present!! Chapter 2!!! XDD

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"Hey, Gabby, Sharpay's fiancé is here! Come on!!" Taylor said, excitedly.

"Already?" Gabriella asked, getting off of the bed and running downstairs with Taylor.

When they got down, Gabriella's smile faded as she saw the same pair of blue eyes that she used to love, the ones that she had wished she'd married. Sharpay's fiancé was………………Troy Bolton.

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Gabriella gulped, and she stepped backwards behind everybody, wondering if she should run out of the front door, or lock herself in her room. Tears filled Gabriella's eyes as she sniffled and looked up, trying to keep her tears in.

Taylor saw this and mouthed, 'Please don't cry'. Taylor couldn't believe Sharpay. after Gabriella explained this whole thing to her, years ago, she chose to marry Troy? She knew how heartbroken Gabriella had been. Troy and Gabriella's anniversary was in eight days, and she couldn't handle seeing her best friend looking like that. Taylor was going to have to talk to Sharpay after this.

"Hey, guys!" Troy said to everyone. He 'man-hugged' every guy, and hugged every girl. When he got to Gabriella, she was looking down, trying to avoid those eyes that hypnotized her every time she looked into them. Troy stopped smiling, and he put his hands into his pockets. He still had feelings for Gabriella, and he vowed that he always would.

"Hey…Gabby." He said, not sure of what to say to her after all these years.

This time Gabriella looked him right in the eyes. "Hi, Troy." She said, quietly, but softly. Troy couldn't help it, and he hugged Gabriella. Gabriella just let him hug her for a moment, but he didn't let go, and she hugged back. After a few seconds she pulled back from him. She wanted to cry, and tell Troy how much she missed him and how much she loved him…but it was all too late now. Troy was engaged. He was engaged to Sharpay. Gabriella couldn't do anything about it. Sharpay looked at the two just stand there, and she felt a little bad. When Troy first asked her, she knew he was trying to get over his first real love. She and Troy had gone to college together and had almost all the same classes, and they hung out in each other's dorms all the time. Eventually after that, they started to date, and now they're getting married. Sharpay was going to say no at first, but she didn't want to hurt Troy because of what happened with Gabriella.

"Oh, hey, who's hungry? Zeke and I prepared something for everybody!" Sharpay said. She and Zeke were still friends, and Zeke forgave her for that incident that happened a long time ago. Zeke was surprised by how Sharpay still remembered everything he taught her, but she showed him that she had kept a book full of everything he had taught her, and she still followed some recipes that Zeke showed her.

"Did you make me a basketball pound-cake again??" Chad said, remembering his 18th birthday, when Zeke baked him a cake with orange and black frosting to look like a basketball.

"Chad, this is dinner not dessert." Jason said.

"Very good, Jason!" Kelsi said, and she took out a small mini Oreo from her purse and threw it into Jason's mouth.

"You're training him to be smarter?" Taylor asked.

"Yup!" Kelsi said, looking proud of her work.

"Can you help me out with President Bush over here? He needs all the help he can get." Taylor said, whispering the last part. (AN: lol, I got the 'President Bush' thing from my classmate, he has HUGE hair like Chad's!)

"Just be glad that Zeke and Troy over here don't need that." Gabriella said with a giggle at Chad and Jason.

Troy smiled a little; he took that as a compliment. Gabriella missed saying his name. She's tried to forget that name for a long time, but she never did. Troy was a part of a huge place in her life.

"Ok! Let's stop the chat and eat!" Sharpay said; she was really hungry.

Everybody got some mashed potatoes, steak, and vegetables. Later, those of whom who weren't that full, ate some crème brulèe.

After dinner

Gabriella had just changed into her brown and pink pajamas and she put a light pink shawl on as she went downstairs to make some hot chocolate. On her way down, she passed Sharpay and Troy's room.

"How could you do that, Shar?? You know how hurt Gabriella was after he left!! You know the whole story!!" Taylor almost screamed.

Sharpay had tears streaming down her cheeks but she stayed strong.

"I don't intend on hurting her! Look! Gabby is like my sister! I would never do something like this to hurt her on purpose!! Tay, you know I wouldn't!" Sharpay shouted.

She heard the door start to open and she immediately ran downstairs. When she got in the kitchen, she saw Troy there with a blue and white plaid robe, digging through the refrigerator. When he saw her, he smiled, when he realized he was looking at her that way; he looked away. Gabriella smiled. She got a mug from the cupboard and poured some milk into it, she put it in the microwave for a minute and thirty seconds, and waited. She felt somewhat uncomfortable being around Troy. Her stomach had butterflies and she couldn't stand up straight and had to lean on the counter. Troy gave up on looking and finally closed the refrigerator. The microwave started beeping, and Gabriella opened it and took her mug, put in some cocoa powder and stirred.

Troy scratched the back of his head and finally said, "Gabby, can we please talk?"

Gabriella lowered her eyes and then looked back up. "What is there to talk about?"

Troy, put his hands in his pockets and walked closer to her and replied in a whisper, "Everything."

Gabriella looked at him. His blue eyes were doing that mind trick on her again. She could kiss him right at that very moment, but she didn't.

She sighed and said, "Troy, please don't this to me again…" She turned her back to him. She was ready to cry, but she didn't.

"What are you talking about? Gabriella, after I proposed to you seven years ago, you ran away crying! What could I have possibly have done to you?" Troy said, getting angry.

Gabriella started sobbing, tears rolled down her cheeks and her hair covered parts of her face. She turned around. "Nothing! You did absolutely nothing!! Nothing, but propose to my best friend!!" she shouted. "I loved you Troy! I still do! Whatever happened seven years ago was a mistake! I wasn't ready!"

"Then why didn't you just tell me that? If you had told me that we wouldn't be fighting now would we?" Troy said, stepping closer to Gabriella.

"Do you know how hard it was just to run away from something like that? Troy, that was the best day ever! I couldn't tell you because it was bad enough about you leaving, but marrying you and seeing you leave? That's too much for me to deal with!" Gabriella said, walking even closer to him that she could feel him breathing.

"Did you expect me to run after you? Did you expect me to wait for you? Gabriella, if I just knew that I wouldn't have left! I would have waited to marry you after college!" Troy said, his voice softening a little. They just stared into each other's eyes for a while until Troy started leaning in. Gabriella did too, but as she got closer to his lips, she thought about Sharpay. She quickly turned away and headed for the stairs. Troy looked down.

Gabriella stopped as she got to the stairs. She looked at Troy and said, "I'm sorry…"

The Next Day: Breakfast

Gabriella yawned tiredly as she walked downstairs to breakfast the next morning. As she walked to the table, she noticed she was the last one to come downstairs. She felt Troy's eyes on her, and she tried her best not to look back at him after what happened last night. Gabriella sighed as she saw that the last seat available was the one next to Troy. She looked away from Troy as she sat down and proceeded to eating the chocolate chip pancakes that Zeke and Sharpay had made.

Sharpay ate her food quickly and when she was finished, she stood up to say something.

"Everybody, I have an announcement to make!" she said smiling gaily.

Gabriella hoped Sharpay wasn't pregnant…if she was pregnant then Gabriella was flying straight back to Albuquerque.

"As you all know, our wedding is in six days, a.k.a. on New Years so we can watch the fireworks at the after party." Sharpay said, smiling at the plan. "So, we're getting all the suits and dresses today!"

Silly Shar, always about the clothes Gabriella thought, smiling at her friend. Gabriella had cried herself to sleep last night, so she decided not to sulk until the wedding. She wasn't over the argument with Troy, but she wasn't going to let it bring her down.

"Hey Shar, so…what do the dresses look like, huh?" Taylor asked, interested.

"Well…if you must know…" Sharpay said, acting modest.

"C'mon, tell us!" Gabriella urged; she was excited to know what they looked like.

"Ok, so…I didn't want to be the only person wearing white, even if I am the bride" Sharpay said with a giggle. "So, the dresses will be white, with a prime rose rim at the end of them. And, I found these fabulous flowers that actually match them!!"

"Wow, that is fabulous!!" Kelsi squealed.

"Ok, so as you guys know, mommy wouldn't let me have and of you girls as my maid of honor; sorry Ryan; so, I'm having my best friend from Paris, Kenzie come!" Sharpay said.

Ryan actually started smiling. He and Kenzie had been really close, if you know what I mean.

"When is she coming?" Taylor asked.

"Well…" Sharpay said, with a smiling appearing upon her lips.

Suddenly, the front door opened, and right at the doorstep, Kenzie said, "Right now!"

Everybody got up from the table to greet Kenzie. Her newly dyed bleach-blonde hair was in curls and she wore a similar dress to what Sharpay had worn the day before. (AN: A picture of Kenzie is on my profile)

"Kenzie!! Just in time!!" Sharpay said, happily. "Guys, get dressed. We have to try on the dresses, and suits, by 11:00, and right now it's…" she checked her watch "It's 10:15! Ok, now go!!"

Everybody, including Kenzie, who insisted she needed to change her clothes.

The Little Black Dress Shop

Troy and all the other guys were dropped off at a tailor's to try on their suits, while Sharpay and all the girls went to The Little Black Dress Shop. (AN: made up, and the dresses are on my profile

As Sharpay's maid of honor, Kenzie's dress had a pink belt on her dress. Gabriella was originally supposed to be the maid of honor, so she got a purple belt while Taylor and Kelsi got black belts.

"Sharpay, I loooooove my dress!" Gabriella and Kenzie said to Sharpay at the same time. They looked at each other's dresses and said at the same time, again, "I loooooooove your dress!" They both started cracking up and laughing so hard their stomachs hurt.

"Whoa, you girls look hot!" Troy complimented, examining every girl head-to-toe as he walked into the room.

"Yeah, but this girl looks the hottest…" Chad said, placing his hands on Taylor's waist.

"In your dreams, Chad. This girl is the hottest." Jason said, sitting down and placing Kelsi on his lap.

"Oh please, the bride looks the hottest" Troy said, smiling and hugging Sharpay from behind her. She was wearing a bedazzled, short wedding dress that she had designed back in the day. (AN: think Sharpay when she freaked Troy out in HSM2, lol.)

Gabriella looked down. She had imagined Troy saying that to her when they were going to get married. She felt left out in a way, since it seemed like everybody had that someone special but her. Troy saw this, and released Sharpay out of his arms, and he seated himself in a chair near Jason and Kelsi. Ryan and Kenzie were secretly holding hands while they were seating next to each other, and they gave each other flirty glances while it was silent.

Gabriella got up and walked into a dressing room to change back to her regular clothes. When she got back she said, "I'm just gonna go across the street to Starbucks, I'll be back."

"Do you need someone to go with you?" Kenzie offered.

"No, I think I'll just go alone. See you guys at the house." Gabriella said. She walked out of the shop and walked across the busy street into Starbucks.

"Hello, miss. How may I help you?" the cashier asked.

"Can I get a frappucinno? It doesn't matter what flavor." Gabriella said, not looking up.

"Name please?" they said.

"Gabriella, but for short just put Gabby." She said.

"One frappucinno coming up." They said.

"Thank you." Gabriella replied, softly, and gave the guy her money. She walked over to a seat to wait. She listened to a barista sing a song.

She's got green eyes and she's 5'5

Long brown hair all down her back

Cadillac truck, so the hell what?

What's so special about that?

She used to model; she's done some acting

So she weighs a buck o' five

And I guess that she's alright, if perfection's what you like

Ooh, ooh, and I'm not jealous no I'm not

Ooh, ooh, I just want everything she's got

Ooh, ooh, you look at her so amazed

I remember way back when, you used to look at me that way

Tell me what makes her so much better than me

What makes her just everything, I can never be

What makes her your every dream and fantasy

Because I can't remember when it was me

And now you don't feel the same

I remember you would shiver every time I said your name

You said nothing felt as good as when you looked into my eyes

Now you don't care I'm alive

How did we let the fire die?

"Gabby?" a voice said.

Gabriella suddenly looked up. Her coffee was ready. She frowned. She got up and got her drink, and sat down. She closed her eyes, thinking about Troy and her, how they used to be like together, when it was her.

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AN: Poor Gabriella. Oops, I forgot something; I do not own HSM or the characters, or the song When it Was Me by Paula DeAnda. I just own the plot.  Review please! I want at least 5 more than I had, thanks for all the support!

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