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All throughout class I thought about what Troy had said. 'Something's wrong.' Since when does he care? Is he stating a fact or is he genuinely concerned? Whatever it was I didn't want to worry about it too much. I'm probably just getting my hopes up anyway.

The bell rang signaling class to end. I slowly put my stuff away. Maybe if I took too long nobody would harass me. Boy was I wrong.

"Where's your book Sherry?" Tom said with an menacing smile on his face. I looked up at him and simply rolled me eyes. I continued putting my stuff in my backpack. He noticed this and grabbed my bag. "Did you just roll your eyes at me?"

I stood on my tippy toes and tried to reach for my bag which was over his head. I jumped up and still couldn't reach it. He and his friends laughed at my attempts before throwing the bag on the ground, along with everything else.

"Bitch." he hissed as he walked out of the room with his friends. I kneeled down and picked everything up. I started to cry, but I didn't care. Nobody was in the room anyway. I guess I was wrong. Troy leaned down next to me.

"Are you ok?" he asked softly. I shook my head and started crying even more. I sat down on my butt and brought my knees up to my chest. I laid my head on my knees, not looking at him. Maybe crying was a good way to let it all out. He scooted over to me and pulled me in for a hug. I turned my head and cried into his shoulder as he rubbed my arm comfortingly.

After a few minutes of letting out my tears I leaned my head up and looked at him. "I'm so sorry. This is really embarrassing." I grabbed my stuff and quickly got up. He stood up too and he grabbed his bag. "I'm sorry about your sweater."

He looked down at his sweater where there was a water stain on the shoulder. "Don't worry about it." he looked back up at me. "Do you want to talk?" he asked

I debated in my head whether or not I could trust him. Before I could think, the answer shot out of me. "My parents are getting a divorce." I put a hand over my mouth and mentally cursed myself.

He seemed to soften up a bit. "I'm sorry. I didn't know. I shouldn't have been so nosey." he kept on rambling.

I giggled softly and waited a bit for him to stop. When I realized he wasn't going to I butted in.. "Troy?" I asked and he stopped talking and looked at me.

"Huh?"

"It's ok. I don't mind you asking. It means a lot to me that you somewhat care ok?" he sighed in relief. "You probably already knew that though since you heard them arguing a few days ago." I added. "Anyways I got to go. I have an English essay that I have to get done. I didn't really have a chance to work on it over the weekend. I'll see you later." I gave him a small smile and left the room.

I quickly walked to the library and set out my stuff. I took out my black pen and quickly started writing. I had all the ideas in my head and wanted to get them out before I lost them. About halfway through the period Kelsi decided to join me. I looked up at her as she set her stuff down.

Kelsi and I have known each other since forever but never really spoke to each other. She was dating East High's Jason Cross, a member of the basketball team. Why is she sitting here?

"Hey Sharpay, I know you're probably wondering why I'm here right?" she asked. I nodded my head and she continued. "Well I saw that you looked a bit upset earlier. I want to make sure that you're ok. I know we haven't exactly talked, but if you need someone to talk to I'm always here." she said and ended with a smile.

I gave her a bright smile and gave her a quick hug. "Thanks Kelsi. That means the world to me, but I don't really feel like talking about it right now." I explained and she nodded.

"That's fine. Whenever you need to just call me." she wrote down her number on a piece of paper and gave it to me. I also gave her my number telling her the same. "I have to go tutor Jason though. If he doesn't get at least a 'C' then he can't be on the basketball team." she rolled her eyes. "Lunkhead if you ask me." she joked. I laughed too. "I really mean what I said. Just call." and with that she walked away.

I tucked the number in my bag and got back to work on my essay.

"Oh Troy, that's so funny." I heard from a few rows behind me. I looked up and rolled my eyes. Gabriella has such an annoying voice. Gabriella started laughing. And laugh. She was probably just flirted with him like usual. They are a couple so I guess it's what they do. I looked through the rows of books and saw her messing with his hair. She's so clingy. "Her parents are really getting a divorce?" she asked. I stopped breathing at that instant. Was she talking about me?

"Yeah." he answered. "They are."

I finally took a deep breathe. Why would he tell my secret to her?

"Wow. Sherry must be going through a lot." Gabriella said then laughed. "Maybe that's why she's so deranged." she added. I could feel my eyes tearing up. "I guess it runs in the family. Just look at the way her brother treats her. Nobody wants to be with her. Geek." she said which made me start to cry.

"I know. What a loser." Troy said. I looked up from the ground and looked at Troy. How could he say that? I thought he just called me his friend Instead of yelling at him, I simply grabbed my stuff and left the library. I called Kelsi's phone and waited for an answer.

"Hello?"

"Hi Kelsi it's Sharpay. Are you still up for that talk?"

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"He really said that?" Kelsi asked. We decided to meet up at my house after school and talk about it.

"I thought he was my friend Kels." I shook my head and looked up at her. "He was just trying to get something on me so he could tear me down. I didn't think he was a jerk like all the other jocks." I stopped and looked at her. "Except Jason." Kelsi giggled and nodded for me to continue. "I can't believe I fell for the 'Bolton charm' What should I do?"

Kelsi walked over to me and gave me a hug. "I think you should confront him about it. Tell him off girl. We're women- we speak our mind. Maybe you should even add in a slap." she laughed.

"You know I don't have the nerve to do that. He'll probably just say something else to embarrass me. I don't want to start anything Kelsi. Maybe I'll just ignore him and pretend like none of this ever happened." I said sadly and hugged my knees to my chest. "I don't get friends very often and him doing something like this hurt." I looked over at her. "A lot."

Kelsi smiled sadly and hugged me. "Do I have your permission to smack him for you?" she asked which made me giggle. "I'm serious. Can I give him a nice slap across the face?"

I pulled away from the hug. "I'll bet you twenty bucks that you won't do it." I said with a smile. She crossed her arms over her chest and huffed.

"I totally would for you. Just say the word and I will." She mimicked me and crossed her arms too.

"You wouldn't."

"Try me." She said without a doubt. I looked at her and could tell that she was serious.

"Kelsi I don't want you to get involved in this. I have to deal with this myself. I have to learn to fight my own battles." I explained. She smiled and hugged me again.

"That's my girl." she joked.

"Sharpay?" my mom called from outside my door. I rolled my eyes, still not talking to her, and opened up the door.

"Yes?"

"I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go shopping this weekend with me. It'll give us a chance to talk this out some more. I don't want to lose you as a daughter sweety. You mean a lot to me." I saw the pleading look on her face and caved.

"That sounds great. I can't wait." I gave her a fake smile and she seemed satisfied. She turned around and left the room. I closed the door and laid back down on my bed. "So Kels, what do friends do for fun?" I sat up and looked at her.

"Well," she started and got herself comfortable in an Indian style. "We do each other's hair and make up. We talk about our crushes and eat chocolate- lots of it. Then we watch movies and talk about the hot actors in it. There might possibly be a pillow fight. And then we finish with having girl talk. We talk about any problems we have or what not."

"We seemed to have gotten that out of the way." I joked. She laughed and stood up.

"So I invited myself to stay the night tonight. I'll wear your clothes to school tomorrow. So Shar, tell me where the chocolate is in this house."

Ok so it wasn't that long...again but I'm trying to make the chappies longer! Anyways HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!! I hope you're all enjoying your day!!

On a side note, for those of you who read 'My Happy Ending?' The next chappy will be up hopefully by the end of the weekend. I'm working really hard on that!