Dreams or Desire

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"Come on Gabs, you have to go home sometime…" Gabriella looked at her friend and sighed.

"Well technically it's not my home so…" She was cut of when Sharpay rolled her eyes.

"Please Gabs, the only thing left in your apartment is the furniture." She looked down at her food, which had hardly been touched, and picked at it with her fork.

"I know. I just don't know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything Gabs, just listen to what he has to say. Then you will know what to say." Gabriella just nodded. Before she could say anything her phone rang. Although she didn't recognize the number that showed up on the screen of her iPhone, she picked it up anyway.

"Hello…oh, hi Kelly…" Sharpay looked at her in confusion and Gabriella just shrugged. "I'm good…what about you…umm okay…yeah…see you soon…okay, bye."

"What was that about?" Sharpay asked after Gabriella hung up the phone.

"I dunno, but she wants to see me in her office."

"Oh my god! Do you think she knows?"

"God, I hope not."

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"Thank you for coming Gabriella, take a seat." Gabriella nodded nervously, and did as told.

"Umm, no problem. What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Well, I got a call yesterday, from a girl named Taylor." Gabriella froze. She clenched her fists in anger and her heart pounded through her chest, scared out of her mind. "She told me she was Troy Bolton's ex-girlfriend." Gabriella's eyes narrowed in confusion. "I'm assuming this is the same girl that you told me about a few months back." Not knowing what to say or do, Gabriella just nodded her head. "She told me that he was dating one of our cheerleaders." Gabriella's jaw hit the floor, and she clenched the armrest tightly, so she would not freak out.

"Ohh…umm…wow," Gabriella replied in shock, not knowing what else to say.

"Yes, and I called you in here to ask you if you knew anything about the break up."

"May I ask why?"

"Well I have a feeling that if it wasn't necessarily a clean break up, this girl would do something to get back at Troy. So do you know anything about it? I know you are friends with her." Gabriella froze for a second, trying to come up with a legitimate and believable story that Kelly would believe.

"Umm…yeah. It was pretty messy. I wouldn't be surprised if she did something to get back at Troy."

"Ok, so you don't know anything about one of the girls dating Troy?" Not being able to verbally lie to Kelly, Gabriella just shook her head. "Ok, thank you Gabriella. That's all."

"Ok, bye."

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Troy removed the bandage from his arm, and he couldn't help but smile. There on his right bicep was his girlfriend's nickname in fancy cursive letters. Knowing that it still needed to be covered up, he pressed the gauze back on the tattoo. Just as he did, he heard the front door slam, making him jump. Narrowing his eyes in confusion, he made his way downstairs, only to see a furious Gabriella storming into the house. He immediately rushed down the stairs.

"I'm so sorry baby…" he started.

"I'm gonna kill her!" She exclaimed, not caring about his apology, and he looked at her confused.

"Who?"

"Taylor! She called Kelly pretending to be your ex-girlfriend!" Troy's mouth hit the floor.

"She…what?"

"Yeah! And she told her that you were dating one of the cheerleaders!"

"Oh my god, does Kelly know?"

"No thank god! But she did call me into her office to ask me if I knew anything about the break up between you and your 'ex-girlfriend', because if the break up was messy then there was a chance that she did it out of spite."

"And what did you say?"

"What do you think I said? I told her that it was a messy break up and that I wouldn't be surprised if she did something to get back at you, and that I don't know anything about a cheerleader dating you. So I pretty much once again completely lied to the woman who made my dream come true!"

"I'm so sorry baby," he said sympathetically

"It's…" she started in a sad tone, but stopped when she caught sight of the bandage that was on her boyfriend's bicep.

"What?" he asked, wondering why her eyes had widened.

"What happened? Are you hurt?" She asked in a worried tone, placing her hand right below the bandage.

"No, I'm fine," he replied with a smile.

"Then what's with the bandage?"

"Take it off and see." She slowly removed the bandage and gasped when she saw her boyfriend's nickname for her tattoed on his bicep. She looked up at him in shock and he smiled. "What do you think?"

"Troy…I...what? Why?" He chuckled at her shocked manner.

"Because I love you and I wanted to do something that would prove to you that I would never ever cheat on you." She looked at him like he was crazy.

"A tattoo?! You thought that the best way to prove to me that you wouldn't cheat on me was to tattoo my name on your arm! Are you crazy? A tattoo lasts forever!"

"That's the point baby." Tears welled up in her eyes that were still looking at him in shock.

"You think we'll be together forever?"

"Well you never know what is going to happen in the future, but I sure as hell hope so." She smiled widely before throwing her arms around him.

"That's the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me."

"Well you know I'd do anything for you baby." With that she kissed him lovingly. "And I'm so sorry about everything I was such an ass back then."

"Yeah you were, but it's okay. I know you wouldn't do that to me. I'm sorry for reacting the way I did. I should've never believed Taylor in the first place."

"It's okay, I completely understand." Gabriella just nodded.

One Week Later

"I'm so nervous!"

"Why? It's nothing we haven't done before," Sharpay said to one of she and Gabriella's teammates. It was the audition for the 2009-2010 season, and many of the girls were nervous, for it was common knowledge that veterans could be cut before training camp even began.

"Come on Shar, you have to be at least a little bit nervous," Gabriella said, looking at her friend with raised eyebrows.

"No, I'm f…" Sharpay started, but stopped when she saw Gabriella's wrist, which was wrapped with tape. "What happened to your wrist babe?" Gabriella looked down.

"Ummm…nothing…it's fine." Sharpay narrowed her eyebrows and Gabriella sighed. Without saying anything she grabbed Sharpay and dragged her to the bathroom.

"What is it?" Sharpay asked confused. Gabriella removed the tape and Sharpay gasped. On Gabriella's wrist was a tattoo of the number '14'. "Are you serious? Gabriella! A tattoo of your boyfriend's jersey number!"

"Well he got one of my name."

"Yeah and don't you think it's going to be a little suspicious when you show up with the number 14 on your wrist and he shows up with a name that resembles yours on his bicep?"

"Why do you think it is covered up? No one is going to find out."

"How do you know that?"

"Sharpay, I've been dating Troy Bolton for almost a year. I'm pretty good at hiding things."

"You what?!" Sharpay and Gabriella whipped their heads around and their eyes immediately widened.

Please Review!!! Hahah cliffhanger!!! I hope you guys liked it. As for Kelly not figuring it out in the meeting, I already know how everything is going to be revealed and I came up with the plotline of Taylor telling Kelly after. Anyway, thanks again for all the amazing reviews.