Chad Danforth

1. For as long as he could remember, basketball had been his life. He had spent time playing basketball as his quality father-son time and it had brought him and Troy together in pre-school. Basketball was the only and most important hing in the world to him. And it always was until he fell for Taylor McKessie.

2. He had hated Troy when they first met. Troy was always nice to everyone, even the yucky girls and he had stolen his crayon! But then they started playing basketball together and Chad declared Troy his best friend forever.

3. He had admired Mr. Bolton since day one. The man was good at basketball and he was more than happy to coach Chad and Troy. Years later, when Chad looked back on the past, he realized that Jack Bolton had been more than a coach to him. Jack had been his second father.

4. When he had learnt that Troy had tried out for the school musical, he was furious. And it made him even more furious when his friends started confessing their hidden talents. Looking back, he realized that he wasn't mad that they had broken the status quo. He was mad that none of their friends had confided in him.

5. He was unsure what to feel when he and Taylor began hanging out and he started liking her. After all, Taylor was a nerd and he was a jock. They would never work out. And then he remembered that Troy and Gabriella were together and had never been happier when he accepted his feelings.

6. He had been horrified when Sharpay and Gabriella became friends. He had shunned Sharpay at first, stubbornly saying that she was up to something and trying to keep Gabriella away from the Ice Queen. It wasn't until Gabriella had screamed at him that he was being childish did he take the time to get to know the real Sharpay Evans. And surprisingly, he had liked her and then accepted her as part of the gang.

7. He had been afraid of calling Gabriella his best friend at first for fear of Troy being jealous. He finally figured that he was being stupid when Gabriella hugged him after graduation and said, "You better not break Taylor's heart. I'd hate to have to kill my other best friend." He had been confused at first but then realized that you could have more than one best friend.

8. He had almost bailed on his wedding day. He was even almost half-way packed when Troy found him. The dirty-blonde haired Lakers player had then calmed him down and talked about the pleasures of being with the person you'll love your whole life. Chad Danforth married Taylor McKessie fifteen minutes later with the biggest smile on his face. The fact that he had almost ran away was never mentioned between the two friends ever again.

9. He always had trouble letting go. When he left high school for college, when Troy and Gabriella got married and when his only daughter started to date. Troy had gone through the same thing three years before he did with his first girl. He had laughed at his best friend at that time but it was not funny any more. He wanted his baby girl back.

10. Troy was his best friend since pre-school, Gabriella his other best friend since high school and Taylor was the first girl he had ever loved. So as his heart stopped beating at the age of eighty-nine, making him the last Wildcat gang member to die, the three of them were the people whom he last dreamt of.

A/N: Please review. I'm either doing taylor or sharpay next... Pleview!