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Chapter 5: Hurricane Chad

"CHADWICK SCOTT DANFORTH YOU ARE BEYOND DEAD!!" Sharpay screamed chasing Chad around the tiny apartment with a rolling pin. Chad screamed, much like a girl, as Sharpay angrily chased him.

"Whoa, guys careful!" Zeke hollered at them as they flew past him while he was holding a bowl with egg yolk in it.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! THIS IS A BRAND NEW TOP!" Shar ignored her boyfriend's protests as she continued to chase her prey down.

The door opened, "Hey we came to see if you needed any…holy shit!" Gabi stopped in her tracks, causing Troy to run into her.

"What? El why'd you st…what the fuck?" Troy stared ahead of him.

Gabi giggled, "I didn't realize that a hurricane was due to hit." Troy laughed, "What's it called?" Gabi finally asked

"Hurricane Chad." Zeke said, staring at his friend, who was still running from Sharpay.

"Why is she chasing him with a rolling pin?" Troy asked as he and Gabi climbed through the mess of flour and other unnamable ingredients.

"He got something on her new top." Zeke explained, handing a bowl to Troy who accepted it and began stirring at Zeke's instruction. Gabi, however, began cleaning the mess up slowly.

"This is why I didn't want to have it at my apartment." She smirked at Zeke.

"Not my fault. I didn't raise the buffoon." Zeke grumbled as Sharpay was repeatedly hitting Chad with a rolling pin as she yelled at him.

Sharpay finally stopped, giving Chad a minute to protest. "Why is it Hurricane Chad? Why not Hurricane Sharpay?" he flinched as Sharpay rose the rolling pin in the air again.

"Because she didn't make the mess that Brie is cleaning up, CHAD." Zeke explained. Sharpay smiled triumphantly as the rolling pin once again landed on Chad's head.

"Um Shar? Why are you hitting my boyfriend? Not that I have any objections, just curious." Taylor, Kelsi, and Jason stood at the doorway of the apartment.

Sharpay turned around and pointed to the now stained front of her sparkly white top, "Need I explain?" Taylor shook her head no and picked up a wooden spoon, also advancing on Chad.

"Oh man." Chad whined as he began running once again.

Kelsi and Jason still stood at the door, "I'm afraid to come in." Kelsi admitted with a grin. "I kinda like my clothes." She chuckled looking at her friends who were all covered in food.

"Come on it'll be fun." Jason laughed dragging her in. Kelsi and Jason began helping Gabi clean up the living room, which had some white substance all over it.

"I think it's flour, but I'm just not sure." Gabi giggled. Suddenly a pair of arms wrapped around her waist.

"You help Zeke cook, and I'll clean." Troy whispered in her ear. She nodded and pulled away, walking into the kitchen to help Zeke finish cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

A few minutes later the apartment was dead quiet, save from Gabi's humming. Suddenly she stopped, "It's too quiet here." She mumbled to Zeke.

"Yeah, Chad's not making any noise…" Zeke agreed looking around warily.

"That's what scares me." Gabi said, looking up from the turkey. Suddenly she let out a scream as water began dripping all over her. She jerked around and saw Chad standing there with a bucket. His eyes grew wide when he noticed the very large carving knife in her hand.

In the meantime, Sharpay and Taylor had joined the cleaning crew, and they all came in the kitchen when they heard Gabi screamed. Zeke slowly backed away from an infuriated Gabi as Chad chuckled slightly also backing away. Troy slowly advanced towards her, gently prying the knife from her hand and replacing it with a baseball bat that Taylor gladly handed him.

"Chadwick Scott Danforth," Gabi's voice was dangerously low, she dropped the bat, "when you wake up in the morning, you are going to be very confused and in Cuba." Everyone watched as she marched to the door, spinning around as she opened it, "I hope you know how to sleep with your eyes open." Chad gulped as she exited the apartment to go change into dry clothes.

"She's just kidding right?" Chad asked shakily

Troy patted him on the back as he made his way to the door, "Dude, I don't think so." Laughing he made his way up to his girlfriend's apartment.

He walked inside and heard her laughing, walking into her bedroom he saw her laughing as she was digging in her closet for a shirt. "What's so funny?" he asked

She smiled at him, "The look on Chad's face." She smirked, "He believed me didn't he?" she asked

"Oh yeah." Troy said, picking up one of his t-shirts that she'd borrowed and handing it to her, "Wear this." He directed. Gabi nodded and slipped it on before taking Troy's hand and going back down to the apartment that Hurricane Chad was currently in.

When they walked in they found Chad hiding in a corner, or at least he thought he was hiding. Gabi laughed, "Chad you know I would never send you to Cuba."

Slowly he turned around, "Are you sure?"

Walking up to him she engulfed him in a hug, "Of course, then I wouldn't have my daily helping of Chad." She pulled away from him and nodded her head smiling.

"Okay good I was re…" Chad let out a yelp as a gooey, gross smelling liquid covered him. The room erupted with laughter.

Zeke walked in front of Chad holding an empty bowl, "Turkey fat." He smiled at Chad who had a disgusted look on his face.

"Evil friends." He muttered as he walked to the door, "I'm going to shower."

"That's probably a good idea." Kelsi laughed. Just as Chad opened the door Ryan and Miley walked up. They burst out laughing.

"What happened to him?" Ryan asked

"Payback's a bitch." Gabi smiled evilly.

"Whoa, what hurricane hit here?" Miley asked looking around the apartment that was still in the process of being cleaned up.

"Hurricane Chad." Troy, Gabi, Sharpay, Zeke, Taylor, Kelsi, and Jason answered in unison.

"Figures." Ryan and Miley muttered coming inside to help.

An hour later the friends were sitting around the table laughing and talking about all the adventures they'd had since they met. "Do you remember how we met?" Gabi asked as she took Troy's hand.

"How could I forget!" Troy laughed

"Yeah, I thought you were crazy!" Chad joined in.

FLASHBACK

Gabriella headed out the door clad in a sexy, short black cocktail dress that came just above her knees. The dress hugged her petite, curvy frame perfectly and showed off just enough cleavage, and with the matching silver heels, her legs looked miles long. Just as she exited the room, her cell phone went off. Looking at the screen she answered it happily, "Hey Tyler!"

"Hey, Gabs, what's up?"

"Oh I'm just…hang on...hold the elevator!" she called, "Thank you." She said to a good-looking kid with an Afro, and probably the hottest guy she'd ever seen. "Sorry, I'm back Tyler, what was the question?"

"Oh, just wondering what you're doing."

"Heading out to dinner…why…?"

"No reason, ummmm Gabs, are you sure it wasn't I a bit rash just heading out to L.A. like that." Gabriella's smile immediately dropped off her face.

"Give the phone to Peter" she demanded.

"But…" Tyler tried to protest.

"Now" she ordered. Gabriella was livid. How dare he question their decisions, who does he think he is?

"Hey Gabby!" Peter's annoyingly condescending voice came on the line.

"Who the hell do you think you are Peter?!" She raged "Questioning every…whoa…what just happened?"

"Uh…dunno" The Afro boy answered

"The elevator stopped." The other guy stated simply.

"No shit Sherlock" Gabriella spat

"Look there's no need for sarcasm" the cute boy hissed

"Peter I'll call you back later and we will discuss this. You have no right to question what we do. You haven't just lost both of your parents in a plane crash so you don't get to talk. Now go to dinner and catch a movie. I know that you're all just sitting around your house arguing about what to do. Oh, and tell Christine she was right, it was a bad idea to call me because I don't want to talk to you." With that she hung up.

"Chad" the handsome boy said, "the alarm button hasn't worked the first 500 times you've pushed it, it's not going to work now!"

"Well, what else are you supposed to do Troy, stand her twiddling our thumbs?" Chad replied sarcastically.

"Hang on," Gabriella said, she quickly scrolled through her contacts list until she found what she was looking for. "Hello, this is Gabriella Montez, I'm staying in room 528, but I'm currently on the elevator. We've stopped, but the electricity is on…oh, thank you." She turned to the two boys, "They'll have us down in a minute. I'm Gabriella Montez by the way."

"Troy Bolton" Blue met brown as they shook hands and felt an odd, but pleasant shock run through their bodies.

"Chad Danforth pretty lady" Troy and Gabriella both looked at him like he was crazy and then doubled over laughing as the elevator started again.

END OF FLASHBACK

"You sounded crazy!" Ryan laughed as Gabi threw a bit of roll at him.

"Do you remember when we had our Starbucks extravaganza?" Gabi asked, smirking at Troy.

"Yes, and your happy dance!" Troy exclaimed

FLASHBACK

Gabby stepped into the elevator, when the doors were about to close she heard a vaguely familiar voice shout, "Hold the elevator!" As she held it open, Troy entered. "Hey, hey Ella!" He greeted her

"What are you doing up so early?" She asked pointedly.

"I always get up early" Troy countered, "I think the more relevant question is what are YOU doing up so early?"

"East Coast time" Gabby replied smoothly "It's actually 9:20, not 6:20."

"I see, and what are we going to do at '9:20'?"

"Oh, Starbucks, what about you?"

"Same here. I love that it's just down here to the left. Mind if I join you?"

"Not at all, but I think it's down here to the right." Gabriella said certainly as she pointed to the right.

"No…it's to the left." Troy argued. As they stood outside the hotel arguing for 10 minutes Gabriella finally challenged, "I'm going to the right, you may walk aimlessly to the left, I'll be waiting with my coffee and a little happy dance." And with that Gabriella strode off to the left.

Gabby found the Starbucks in no time, walked in and ordered everyone's drinks. When the drinks were just coming up Troy walked in the room sheepishly. "Hey, you were right" he said quietly, "not to the left, to the right." Then to his utter amusement, Ella picked up a coffee and did a little happy dance that made him smile. The two chatted lightly as they got all of the drinks and then headed back up to the hotel.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Nothing beats the time we took these two idiots to the museum." Kelsi mumbled as Taylor laughed. Jason and Chad frowned.

"We weren't that bad." Jason defended them.

"Oh please you got us kicked out!" Taylor stated.

FLASHBACK

AT THE MUSEUM

"Chad," Taylor scolded, "don't touch that!"

"Why?" Chad whined

"Because you're going to break it!" Taylor said annoyed

"Jason!" Kelsi fairly yelled, "Don't take pictures! It's against the law!"

"Yes, Kelsi, but why?"

Kelsi groaned, "Because it's illegal!"

"No Chad, that's not real food!" Taylor told him, slapping his hand as he tried to pick up ceramic cookies.

"But it looks real!!" He complained.

"Uhhhhhhh!" Taylor groaned, "Why did we get stuck with the two numskulls?"

"No idea, but I feel like a mother at the mall!" Kelsi said with a little laugh.

The little group continued to make their way around the museum with Kelsi and Taylor constantly having to reprimand Chad and Jason who tried to do stupid things. They finally came into the last room of the museum, which was filled with historical photographs. Jason and Chad began to mimic the people in the photographs.

"Boys," Kelsi cautioned, "be careful, don't get to close to the pictures, you might…" Her sentence was never finished for as she spoke Chad accidentally ran into Jason, who in turn ran into the wall and knocked three photographs on the floor. Security came rushing in to find Kelsi and Taylor yelling at Chad and Jason for being idiots.

"OUT!!" the security guard yelled, and promptly escorted Kelsi, Taylor, Jason, and Chad off the museum premises.

Taylor suddenly yelled, "Never! I repeat NEVER in my life have I ever been kicked out of a museum before! Nor have I ever seen anyone else get kicked out!"

"Maybe we should've warned her." Jason said slowly

"Ya think?" Chad asked, "We got kicked out of the last two museums we went to."

Taylor and Kelsi just stared at them in disbelief, then doubled over laughing.

END OF FLASHBACK

"How the hell did you two manage that?" Sharpay asked increduously

"It's Chad and Jason." Miley said

"Meaning no explanation is necessary." Ryan finished.

"Do you remember when we went shopping in Sears?" Kelsi asked laughing.

"Yeah, Troy, you and Boo were SO beyond flirty." Sharpay said dramatically. Troy and Gabi blushed.

"I remember Chad being supper impatient!" Taylor chuckled looking at her boyfriend.

FLASHBACK

As soon as they walked in Chad began complaining.

"How much longer do we have to be here?" He whined.

"We just got here and you're already whining. How is that possibly?" Taylor asked incredulously.

"It's Chad." Miley said simply, knowing that explained everything. The group laughed as Chad began pouting like a four year-old.

"Look dude, once we help them with this we'll go shoot some hoops, okay?" Troy said, trying to calm Chad down.

"Do you play?" Zeke asked Ryan.

Ryan nodded, "Not well, but I do play."

"Cool, maybe we'll beat Chad and Troy if you join our team!" Jason cried enthusiastically.

"Never happen." Troy said cockily

"Bolton, that ego of yours is bigger than you are." Gabby joked with him.

"That's why you love me Montez." Troy shot back

"Who said anything about love?" Gabby retorted and with that headed off to where the refrigerators were located. Troy smiled as his girlfriend walked of and quickly caught up with her.

He picked her up and spun her in a circle, "What's this I hear about not loving me Miss Montez?" Troy asked.

Gabby squealed, "Troy put me down this instant!"

"Say you love me!" He demanded.

She thought for a minute and decided she might as well cave for the moment; she'd get him back later, "Fine I love you Troy Alexander Bolton."

END OF FLASHBACK

"I was not pouting like a four year old." Chad said, pouting once again.

"Right." Miley laughed, "Of course not, our bad."

"Nothing beats when the Sears people were bringing things in though." Kelsi laughed, "And the toaster."

FLASHBACK

The next day the Sears people arrived at 9:30 to install everything in the four apartments. The four men moved swiftly from one appliance to the next, even with Jason and Chad driving them nuts. "NO son!" One of them yelled at Jason.

"Why?" Jason asked him, truly confused.

"Because if you stick a knife in the toaster while it's plugged in and on you will electrocute yourself!" He sighed; amazed that someone could be so dumb.

"Oh!" Jason said, as if he understood. Then he turned towards Kelsi, "What's electrocute mean?"

She sighed and patted his head, "Never mind Baby." And she walked away. Jason stood there still confused, but decided to let it go for the moment. A few hours later the Sears people were gone and all four apartments had appliances.

END OF FLASHBACK

"I still don't understand what I did wrong." Jason said

"I'll explain later baby." Kelsi said patting his hand.

"Remember when Troy spilled Miley's middle name to everyone?" Ryan laughed.

"Hell yeah, that was classic!" Zeke said, passing the stuffing to Chad, who wanted ANOTHER helping!

FLASHBACK

"Miley Destiny Hope Cole!" Troy suddenly yelled, causing everyone to pay strict attention to him. "Stop yelling, singing, and jumping! We know ya'll won! Don't make me take my decision back!"

"Miley Destiny Hope Cole?" Ryan asked with a laugh.

"Troy Alexander Bolton! You weren't supposed to tell anyone!" She yelled as she began chasing him around the room causing the girls to laugh until they were crying. They guys, however, were laughing at Miley's name. Despite knowing her for forever Chad and Jason did not know her full name. Zeke, on the other hand, stood quietly with a smirk on his face.

"Dude, why aren't you laughing?" Chad managed to gasp out.

"It's more fun just watching you guys. Besides I knew her full name anyways. What did ya'll think it was?" Zeke responded with the same smirk playing on his lips.

"I knew her middle name was Hope, but Destiny Hope, that's hilarious!" Chad cracked up again.

Miley stopped chasing Troy for a minute. "How in G-d's name did you know my entire middle name?" She screamed

"Troy." Zeke stated pointing at Troy who cringed, knowing exactly what was going to happen next.

"TROY ALEXANDER BOLTON YOU ARE SO DEAD WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!!" She screamed loudly and began to chase him again.

Suddenly there was a banging on the floor. "What was that?" Kelsi asked. The banging continued and Kelsi finally realized what it was, "Someone is banging on their ceiling to make us be quiet." She laughed

"But why would they bang on their ceiling?" Jason asked, "And how would they reach it?" Everyone groaned and didn't answer his question. They all laughed when they heard a man scream: "Keep quiet kids." through the floor.

"As much fun as it is watching you try to kill Troy," Gabby began, "why don't we just put in the movie?" Everyone nodded and Gabby slipped it into the DVD player and they all snuggled up to watch the sad movie excited about the adventure to Albuquerque the following day.

END OF FLASHBACK

"I totally forgot about the old man banging on the floor!" Taylor laughed

"Keep quiet kids!" Chad yelled in an old man voice. There was a knock on the door.

"I got it." Zeke said standing up. An old man was standing at the door. "Can I help you?" Zeke asked politely.

"Keep quiet up here. I'm trying to watch The Cosby Show." With that he turned around and walked away.

At first the gang was silent. Then they began cracking up loudly, causing the old man to bang on the ceiling of his apartment, which was the floor of Zeke and Jason's. One thing was for sure, this was a fun group that was full of love!

AN: Okay so this was long because of the flashbacks, but I liked it! Review please!

Mollie XOXO