Hi Guys! I hope you liked the introduction to my new story, Never Met A Girl Like Who?. Now back to my original in-progress stories. Like I said in NMAGLW, I'll be updating all my stories and maybe even finishing some this summer since I'm out of school now. To start off the summer, here's another part to Friendly Liars and Betrayers! Enjoy!

Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

Plays Arkana's So Little Time in the background

Shows cars driving along the street

Shows kids playing in the sand.

Sharpay's House

Sharpay was in her room polishing her toes when Ryan came in.

"Hey sis," Ryan said softly.

"Hey Ry. What's up?" Sharpay asked, not looking up at him.

"Nothing much. Have you seen Vicky?" Ryan asked.

"No, not since this morning. She was pretty upset," Sharpay said.

"Why? What did you guys do?" Ryan replied, sitting next to her.

"We were planning a party for tomorrow for you and Vic and we didn't want Taylor and Gabi to come. Victoria wanted her to come but Kelsi had said that she could come but we wouldn't be nice to her," Sharpay confessed.

"Did you agree?" Ryan asked.

Sharpay put the top back on the bottle and sighed. "Kinda...I didn't want to hurt her feelings,"

"Shar, I think you did no matter what. You know that she was friends with Taylor long before you guys were friends. You have to accept it sooner or later," Ryan explained.

"I know. But you know we're enemies. Even Vicky knows that," Sharpay told him.

"Then..you have to just go with the flow now that Victoria's here. Whether that means you have to be nice to Taylor or not," Ryan said.

Sharpay nodded and hugged her brother, knowing that her brother was right. But how can she be able to act like that and for how long?

Mandee's (it's my favorite store and I love their clothes. Idk if they have one in Laguna though!)

Taylor and Victoria were in the store trying on clothes after clothes to wear for the party the next day.

Taylor came out of the dressing room with a beige shirtdress on over a white tank top. "What do you think?" she said to Victoria who was coming out of the dressing room next door. She was wearing a grey seersucker jumper and a pink tee underneath.

"It's cute! You should definitely wear it!" Victoria said.

"You think? And the jumper on you looks fab!" Taylor replied.

"I know! We'll be like sisters at the party and blow everyone away with our fashionable wardrobe," Victoria smiled, posing in front of the mirror. Taylor laughed and posed alongside Victoria. The girls giggled and changed back into their regular clothes. 20 minutes later, they left with their full outfits for the party. They hopped into Victoria's Mustang and they rode back to Taylor's house.

"Well I'll see you tomorrow at the party!" Victoria told Taylor as she got out of the car.

"You bet I will! Bye!" Taylor replied. Victoria waved back and sped off. Taylor rolled her eyes and entered into her house, not seeing Gabriella's car in the driveway. She hummed her favorite song all the way to her room and stopped short when she saw Gabi sitting on her bed.

"What are you doing here?" Taylor asked, sitting her stuff on the side of her desk.

"Um..hello! We were supposed to go to the movies, remember?" Gabriella said.

Then Taylor remembered. She was supposed to go to the movies with Gabi but got caught up with meeting Victoria and hanging out with her. She sighed and hit her head, "I totally forgot, I'm so sorry,"

"It's ok, so what are the bags for?" Gabriella asked smiling.

"Oh...it's for..Ryan and Victoria's party," Taylor whispered.

"I didn't know they were having a party. Ryan didn't tell me anything," Gabriella replied.

"I didn't know either until Vic called me and told me about it," Taylor told her.

"Wait, Victoria called you?" Gabriella asked, in a kinda angry voice.

"She's still my friend, Gabs. No matter what you two go through," Taylor explained.

"Whatever," Gabriella said, sitting back on the bed.

Taylor sighed and sat down next to her best friend. "All I ask is if you can come and hang out with me and Chad. You don't even have to talk to her!" Taylor begged.

"I'm not going if she's there...oh wait, it's her party. I won't go period." Gabriella sneered.

"Come on, Gabi! You guys have to stop with this fighting," Taylor groaned.

"I can't help it. She always start stuff with me or takes stuff from me," Gabriella said.

"Well that's your problem, not mine. so can you just go?" Taylor asked.

"NO! And that's final!" Gabriella exclaimed. Taylor looked up at Gabi in shock. That was the first time ever that Gabi had yelled at her. Gabriella realized what she did and sighed. She picked up her keys and purse and said, "I'll talk to you later," walking out of Taylor's room. Taylor fell back onto her bed and sighed. How was she gonna go through with two best friends who hate each other?

Plays Fall Out Boy's Sugar, We're Going Down

Shows the sun setting and rising over the beach, in a fast pace.

Shows gulls flying in the sky.

Basketball Courts

Troy is outside making free throws in the park's b-ball courts. He had that daily routine to do it everyday. Gabriella was walking through the park when she sees Troy on the courts. She smiles and heads down to see him. Gabriella comes down to the fence and softly rattles it, loud enough for Troy to hear. Troy turns around and sees Gabi at the fence. Picking up his ball, he jogs over to where she is.

"Hey," he says.

"Hey yourself. What are you doing out here?" Gabi asks with a smile.

"I always do this. Practice my free throws. You wanna go for a walk?" Troy asked.

"Sure," Gabriella replies. He smiles at her and exits the courts. He takes her hand and they slowly starts to walk throughout the park.

"But what are you doing here?" Troy asks her.

"I don't know. I just needed some air," Gabriella shrugs.

"Why? What's going on?" Troy said.

"Nothing that you should be worried about," Gabriella told him.

"Well, if you weren't busy later on today, I was thinking of taking you to a party," Troy asked her.

"Don't tell me; it's for Ryan and Victoria right?" Gabriella guessed.

"How did you know?" Troy replied.

"Word of Mouth, I guess. But I know I wasn't planning on going," Gabriella replied.

"Why not?" Troy asked. They sat down on a nearby bench and Gabriella smiled at him.

"You ask too many questions!! But I wasn't gonna go because of my beef between me and Victoria," Gabriella told him.

Troy sat there confused, but soon realized what she meant. "Oh, I remember now. But you won't have to worry, you'll be with me,"

"I don't know, Troy," Gabi said softly. Troy took her hand and massaged it with his thumb.

"Gabi, I won't let you and Victoria even see eye to eye. You know I will. All you need to do is have a great time with all your friends and me!" Troy told her. Gabriella giggled and squeezed his hand.

"I...guess I'll go," Gabi replied with a smile.

"Great! Well, I gotta go get a shower. The party starts at 2 so I'll pick you up at a quarter to 2 (aka 1:45)," Troy said, getting up.

"Ok, I'll see you later," Gabriella replied. She kissed him on the cheek and went off to her car. Troy was left there in shock and happiness. He smoothly turned around and raced off to his car, anxious for his date with Gabriella.

Plays in the background Positivity by Ashley Tisdale

6 hours later; The Evans House

The party was in full swing at the Evans household. Music was blasting, people were dancing or chilling outside or inside and it was a perfect partying atmosphere. Taylor and Victoria were dancing in the middle of the dance floor with Chad and Ryan close by. Taylor was wearing her shirtdress with a black shirt underneath and black ankle tie wedges while Victoria was wearing her jumper with a white tee and white close toe ankle wrap wedges. Chad was wearing grey cargo shorts and a white polo shirt with his beige sandals and Ryan was wearing vintage bootcut jeans with a "Crime Without A Lime" graphic tee with black sandals. Everyone was surrounding them as they grooved to the beat.

Sharpay and Kelsi however was watching from the outskirts of the dance floor.

"I can't believe she went through with inviting Taylor," Kelsi sneered. She was wearing a white American Eagle Island Skirt and a brown AE Boyfriend tank underneath an AE Paradise Tee and brown flip flops.

"Kelsi, don't give her beef. They have been friends way before we became friends with her," Sharpay said in defense. Shar was wearing a red AE Lawn Party Dot Dress with AE red polka dots ballet flats.

"Who talked to you, Ryan?" Kelsi replied, looking at Sharpay. Before Sharpay could answer to her question, the door opened and everyone cheered. Troy Bolton had finally made it to the party...with Gabriella Montez! The girls were in shock! They knew that Gabriella and Victoria hated each other but to come to a party that's for Vicky...weird!

Troy was wearing a navy Abercrombie classic shorts and an Abercrombie graphic tee with vintage leather sandals. Gabriella, on the other hand, was wearing a yellow Abercrombie Shelly dress with grey lace leggings and light grey flip flops. They were both holding hands and working their way to an empty table. Kelsi and Sharpay was still in shock.

"What is Gabi doing here?" Sharpay asked Kelsi.

"I have no clue but we need to tell Vicky," Kelsi giggled and raced off to Victoria before Sharpay could stop her. She groaned and went right after her best friend.

Victoria and Taylor were dancing on their guys when Kelsi had interrupted them. She swished her hair in Taylor's face and faced Victoria.

"Vicky! Gabriella's here!" Kelsi exclaimed to her.

"No way!!" Victoria and Taylor said at the same time. Kelsi looked back at Taylor and rolled her eyes.

"I know, she came in with Troy. What are you gonna do?" Kelsi asked.

Victoria looked over at Taylor but Taylor just sighed and shook her head. "I'm gonna go find her," Tay said to her.

"I'll come with you," Victoria replied, lacing arms with her. They both left the dance floor trying to find Gabriella, leaving Kelsi with the guys.

"So...any of you guys wanna dance?" Kelsi asked, working her way towards Chad.

"Uh...no thanks, Kels," Chad replied. He left off in the same direction as the girls, followed by Ryan. Kelsi humphed and started to dance in the middle of the floor.

Soon enough, Taylor and Victoria had found Gabriella and Troy sitting at a table on the porch. Taylor let go of Victoria and gave Gabi a huge hug.

"Hey Gabs! I'm so glad you made it! You look cute!!" Taylor exclaimed.

"You do too! And it was Troy's idea to bring me," Gabriella said, smiling at Troy.

"Well, in that case, Troy, Chad's looking for you," Taylor told Troy. Troy shrugged and got up from the table and left with Taylor. Taylor turned back around to the girls and mouthed "TALK!"

Victoria and Gabriella were left at the table, silence overcoming that spot.

"So...nice party," Gabriella said.

"Thanks," Victoria replied.

More silence...

"So did Ryan talk to you yet?" Gabriella asked.

"Talk to me about what?" Victoria replied.

"Uh..nothing," Gabriella shrugged off.

"No, Montez, tell me what he told you," Victoria ordered.

"First off, you don't have no rule to call me by my last name and I don't need to tell you anything if I don't want to," Gabriella barked back.

"Oh right, like you had to tell Ryan that I was cheating on with Kyle last summer," Victoria said.

"That was so true and you know it! He's just dumb enough to still go back running to your blonde butt," Gabriella sneered.

"OH! So you think that he's better off with you?" Victoria asked.

"Well, we were fine until you butted in!!" Gabriella yelled back.

Inside the house...

Sharpay was still looking for Victoria and Kelsi around the party and soon found Kelsi looking out a window smiling. She went over to her and tapped her shoulder.

"What are you looking at?" Sharpay asked.

"The haters are going at it yet again," Kelsi smirked. A confused look on her face, Sharpay looked out the window to see Victoria and Gabriella yelling at each other.

"Oh my God, not again!" Sharpay whispered.

"You knew this was gonna happen again; it always does. All you can do, is sit back and watch," Kelsi smiled, opening up the window so she can hear their full arguement. Sharpay shook her head at her in disappointment and ran off to find the one person who can stop it.

In the kitchen...

"CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG!!" the crowd was cheering on Troy and Chad. They were in a soda pop competition that if you can drink down 15 cups of soda and make the biggest burp. Taylor was down there too shaking her head at them. "Such immature teens, yet I love one of them," Taylor thought. Her thoughts soon got interrupted when Sharpay pulled her away from the crowd.

"Let go of me!" Taylor exclaimed.

"Look! I know you hate me and I hate you too but this is a big problem," Sharpay told her.

"What is?" Taylor asked.

"Look out on the porch," Sharpay told her. Taylor looked out and saw Vicky and Gabi getting ready to kill each other.

"Oh my God..." Taylor whispered. She slammed open the door and headed towards the small crowd, Sharpay on her heels.

"...You know what this isn't even worth it. You're not even worth my time!" Victoria yelled at her.

"Oh really, you're not worth Ryan's time anymore either!" Gabriella sneered. Victoria pulled her hand back and almost punched her out until Taylor's scream stopped it.

"SSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Taylor screamed.

The girls turned to look at Taylor. Victoria went to her first, "Taylor, I'm sorry. She started it and..."

"Hold up, I started it? It was you all along if you didn't..." Gabriella butted in.

"Guys stop! I hate that you guys have to fight all the time. Just get over it!" Taylor yelled at them. Soon, the arguement caught the whole party's attention.

"Taylor listen..I didn't want this to happen as much you didn't want to but..." Victoria explained.

"But nothing. If you guys can't solve your problems, then you might not wanna consider me as a friend anymore," Taylor confirmed.

Victoria and Gabriella looked at her in shock. "You're kidding right?!" Gabriella said.

"No I'm not! This fight have been going on for too long! You should be over it but NO you have to get in some fight one way or another. Well, if this is how I'm gonna spend the rest of my high school years without my best friends then that's how it'll be!" Taylor said. She left the girls and the huge crowd and headed out towards her car. Halfway there, she collapsed onto the concrete and cried. Cried because she didn't have any friends now; cried because her two best friends hated one another. Taylor soon felt arms surrounding her and she wrapped her arms around the person. Chad held her close and whispered into her ear, "It's gonna be ok, Taylor,"

"No, it's not. What did I do to deserve this?" Taylor cried.

"Nothing, you didn't do anything. It's gonna be ok. You still have me," Chad said to her as she cried harder.

Plays Backstreet Boys "Incomplete" in the background.

Victoria and Gabriella are giving evil glares at one another and Sharpay knew this had to end. "Ok guys, party's over!!" she yelled to everyone.

Everyone groaned but soon left. Gabriella grabbed her jacket and left alongside with Troy, sadness that she had lost a best friend. Victoria kicked the nearby chair and sat on the ground and cried.

Both had lost a best friend in the process.

Ok so kinda but not really went where I had imagined it to be. But anyways, what do you think? You know what to do! Make sure you check out thme new story Never Met A Girl Like Who?. R&R! Outfits are located in my profile!

-PrincessChaylor10