Just after graduation…

Chad gave Taylor a hug. "You'll be amazing at Yale."

She offered him a small smile. "Thank you, Chad. I know you'll rock at U of A. I'll try to come to a game when I'm home, okay?"

He grinned. "Awesome. I'll miss you, Tay."

"You too." She gave him one last hug before walking off the field with her parents. He watched her go, feeling sad and relieved and happy and depressed all at the same time. He turned around when he felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Chad?" His grin instantly disappeared as he recognized the voice.

"Sharpay." His tone rivaled the icy voice she'd used to deny him four years earlier.

"I was wondering if we could talk…in private, you know?"

He turned around and looked Sharpay Evans in the eye for the first time since freshman year. "I guess. Where?" She smiled and grabbed his arm and dragged him to the equipment trailer on the football field. He looked at her.

"Yeah, right."

"Please, Chad? I really don't want everyone hearing us…" She looked at him with those big brown eyes. He heaved a sigh and looked around to be sure no one was watching them before stepping into the dark and musty trailer.

She shut the door behind them, leaving them in the dark. "Where's the light?" He reached over and flipped the lights on, then turned around to face her.

"So. What do you want, Sharpay Evans? To tell me I'm a speck of dirt and annoying you? Or is it that I'll forever be inferior to you?" She stood silently, arms crossed and looking down. "What is it Sharpay? Because I'm sure if you have to say it, it must be incredibly important." He paused to take a breath before realizing that she was crying. "You're crying?! Why are YOU crying?!"

"Did you love her, Chad?"

"What?"

"Did you love Taylor?"

He stared at her. "Look at me." She looked up hesitantly. Tears pooled in her eyes and smeared her mascara down her face. No. Don't do it, Chad. Don't fall for it again. "Why do you want to know that? It's not like it affects you. You're a spoiled brat, you can get anything you want, so why would you stop to care about someone else, especially me, since you obviously hate me?" She interrupted him with a slap full across his face.

He touched his cheek, then looked at her, shocked. "What the hell?" She looked more shocked than he did.

"I'm…um…I'm…I'm sorry…I didn't…I…"

He grabbed her shoulders and slammed her back against the wall of the trailer. "What. Did. You. Slap. Me. For." Every word stabbed at her like a knife.

"I…um…" She struggled to find the words as more tears ran down her cheeks.

"THAT IS NOT AN ANSWER!" he screamed at her. "WHY DID YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ME AND TAYLOR?! WHY DO YOU CARE?! WHY NOW?!"

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU CHAD DANFORTH!"

Silence.

"YEAH! I LOVE YOU!"

He released her, with an almost frightened look in his eyes. "No. You can't do this to me. No. You don't love me, stop lying." He continued backing up, away from her, his eyes wide. Sharpay stepped forward, wiping the fresh tears from her face.

"The only reason I hurt you freshman year was because I loved you so much…I knew I'd break your heart, Chad. You know me. I'm not a commitment kind of girl…the only reason I was hooked on Troy for so long was because I couldn't have him. But you…" She laughed through her tears. "You were different. I would have killed myself before breaking your heart that way. I thought, if I just ended our friendship, I wouldn't have to worry about it. But now…" Sharpay stepped a little bit closer. "Now, we're graduating high school. I knew I had to tell you before this ended forever."

All Chad could do was stare at her. "You…you broke my heart. You hurt me more than anyone ever has. I hated you. All this time, I thought you hated me…" He looked down at the small blonde girl who had stepped another foot closer to him. Between them were only a few inches.

"I know, Chad…" She began to sob. "I'm so sorry, Chad…so sorry…I should die, just like you said freshman year, I know, I'm a terrible person, I'm so sorry…"

She fell onto the floor of the trailer and began to cry, sobs racking her whole body. "I'm so sorry! Please forgive me, Chad! I'll hate myself forever, if I know you never knew how I felt…" Sharpay looked up at him, his expression virtually unreadable. She sniffed. "Well?"

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