Dreams or Desire

A/N: Thanks for the reviews!!

Sharpay looked at her friend confused. It was a Monday, which meant Gabriella was usually in a bad mood, due to classes all day and rehearsal at night. However, today she had a massive smile on her face. Needing to get to the bottom of it, without saying a word, Sharpay grabbed Gabriella by the wrist.

"What are you doing Shar?" Gabriella asked confused as she was dragged through the locker room and into the bathroom. Sharpay closed the door behind them and locked it, before turning to her friend.

"Spill!" Gabriella looked at her confused.

"What are you talking about Sharpay?"

"I'm talking about the fact that you have a ridiculous smile on your face, and don't say that there is a reason for it, because I know you are always grumpy on Monday. So spill!" A smile graced Gabriella's face as she thought about what had been making her smile so wide. "It's a boy isn't it?" Gabriella just nodded. "Oh my god! Who?"

"Troy," she replied sheepishly and Sharpay's jaw hit the floor.

"No way!" Gabriella nodded again. "Tell me everything. Now!" Gabriella giggled before telling Sharpay everything up to the kiss.

"God Shar, when he kissed me, I've never felt that way before," Gabriella gushed and Sharpay squealed.

"So what happened after?" Sharpay asked in anticipation.

"Well it was like 3 A.M. so we were both tired. We exchanged phone numbers, and we'll see what happens."

"Oh my god! Yay!"

"I know! But you have to promise…" Sharpay rolled her eyes, before cutting off her friend.

"What makes you think I would tell someone, let alone Kelly," Sharpay asked with her eyebrows raised.

"Ok good."

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Two hours later, the girls were all sitting on the floor of the dance studio, waiting for Kelly. It had been a long and intense rehearsal, and all they wanted was to go home.

"I wonder what she wants," Gabriella said, turning to Sharpay, who just shrugged. Just then the door opened and they all turned to see their boss walk in. As soon as she did, they all froze. They knew the look on her face. It was the look that was only there if she was extremely pissed off. Sharpay and Gabriella looked at each other worried, as did many other girls. Kelly walked to the front of the room before opening up a piece of paper and reading off it.

"Caught in the act. Troy Bolton…" That's all that needed to be said before Gabriella froze in place and for her heart to begin pounding through her chest. "…partying with friends at Hollywood hotspot Apple Saturday night. Eyewitnesses tell that he left with a beautiful brunette. 'They were obviously trying to keep their relationship a secret. They hardly spoke throughout the night, and he picked her up around the corner, instead of walking out with her.' As for the identity of Bolton's newest beau, the fellow party-goer says that he was unable to get a clear view of her face, however overheard her mentioning that she was a Laker Girl." All the girls in the room gasped, and Sharpay looked at her friend who was still completely frozen. She squeezed her hand in a comforting manner, before Gabriella turned to her, extremely worried. "As you can see I am extremely upset about this. This is the rule I stressed the most and it has been broken. I haven't been this disappointed in a very long time." Gabriella's heart sank. She then turned to her mother who also had a look of disappointment across her face. At this, she began to do everything she could do to not break into tears. "Whoever this is, you have disgraced the organization, so it ends now. And don't think for one second I won't be watching ever single one of you like a hawk tomorrow night. If I see one of you so much as glance at one of the players, you will be suspended. Understood?" All the girls nodded mutely, extremely scared. "Good." With that, Kelly stormed out.

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"What are you gonna do babe?" Sharpay mumbled, as the two girls walked to their cars. "End it?"

"You can't end something that never began Shar," Gabriella replied deadpan.

"Yes it did! You guys…"

"What? Kissed once? Talked 3 times? It's not worth it Shar," she replied, trying to hide the sadness in her voice.

"I know you like him Gab." Gabriella sighed and turned to Sharpay.

"Yeah, ok, I do," Gabriella admitted, "but I hardly know him. For all I know he could just be acting sweet to get me into bed. You really think I'm gonna throw away my dream for a night with Troy Bolton?"

"So it's over?"

"Yeah."

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Gabriella flopped down on her couch and sighed sadly. It wasn't until getting in her car and thinking seriously about the blue-eyed boy, did she realize that ending it was going to be harder than she thought. But she knew it was her only option. She grabbed her phone and took a deep breath, before finding Troy's number and pressing send.

"Hey you," Troy answered flirtatiously, and her heart sank.

"Hey," she mumbled.

"What's wrong?" He asked, hearing the sadness in her voice.

"I can't do this Troy…" He cut her off by groaning.

"I thought we talked about this? I thought we were past it," he replied, confused.

"We were, until someone told Star Magazine that you were hanging out with a Laker Girl on Saturday and left with her." Although Gabriella could not see, she knew he had frozen in shock. "Kelly of course knows, and will be watching like a hawk tomorrow night. If we so much as look at each other I will be suspended. I can't risk it Troy."

"But Gabriella…" he began to protest.

"I'm sorry Troy." With that, Gabriella hung up the phone, not having anything else to say. She dropped it on the couch before grabbing a pillow. She held it tight, as tears began to stream down her face.

Please Review!! Sorry it's short, the next chapter is about 75 percent done so that will probably be up by tomorrow.