Hey guys and girlies! It is yours truly, Jai back with another chapter of Replay! This is ultimately the longest chappie of Replay I have ever typed. This one literally took me at least 5 hours to type and even then, I was still revising as I typed! And I know that I had promised to give everyone a formal shout out so hear I go: For chapter 7: cornique chaylor girl,MoMo Taylor Anderson,MermaidRam85,,Erieaud,HeartsWereNeverMeanttoRace,AngelBabyTaylor.x and For chapter8:
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A Few Hours Later…
4:02 p.m.

I was woken up by the sound of gentle knocking on my door. I guess I must have dozed off.

"Taylor? Taylor…sweetie…are you awake?" It was Sharpay. I didn't want to answer so I just coughed to show that I acknowledged her." "I was going for a walk and was wondering if you wanted to join me."Silence again. "Okay…"

Once she left, I waited for a few minutes and unlocked my door. I was getting kinda hungry. I went downstairs. Apparently Gabriella was forcing Chad to watch The Wiz with her. This was no ordinary Wizard of Oz though. It was the 1978 version with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross-Gabriella's ultimate favorite. Ryan and Kelsi were in the back room on the first floor composing music on the piano.

I needed a hot cup of tea…or whatever was available. Once I reached the kitchen-damn it's cold in here. None of the air conditioners nearby were on and the nearest open window was in the living room. Yet the cold air wasn't coming from there seeing as it was pretty cool outside with the exception of a breeze here and there. I stuck my head out of the kitchen entrance.

"Um, Gabi can I ask you a question?'

She paused the movie and turned around, "Oh Buenos tardes mami, I haven't seen you for the day. What's going on?"

"By any chance, did you or Chad happen to turn on any of the air conditioners?"

"Uh no, the windows over here have been open for the last few hours. Why?"

"It is freezing in here. Oh well, continue on watching your movie," I smiled.

"Would you like to join us?" Chad shot me a pleading look.

"No, but I'll take a rain check."

"I'll hold you to that," she smiled, directing her attention back to the television. Meanwhile I had the task of finding something to eat. Uh…I'll think I'll have a ham and turkey sandwich with everything on it and a nice tall cup of apple juice. That sounds really-holy cow did it just drop like 10 degrees in here? Jeez Louise it is cold in here. Somehow I think I'll go for something hot, maybe grilled cheese. I bent down to look in the lower cupboards for the frying pan.

"Hey Tay!"

"Holy cow!" I dropped the frying pan.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Tay." It was Kelsi. Again I bent down to pick up the pan and then I noticed I didn't close the cupboard. What is that? The sunlight caught just about an inch of the left wall in the cupboard. It looked like someone had carved something into the wall. I really can't get see it…properly.

"Hey Mitch, can I borrow your keys for a second? I just need the flashlight on it." She unclipped it from pants and handed it to me. "Thanks." I peeked in the cupboard-"Oh my God!"

I swallowed back the lump forming in my throat. The…the words "Don't give up on me now" were carved into the wall. Another gust of bone chilling air swept past me. I turned the flashlight off, waited a second, and then turned it back on.

"Oh…Oh my God!"Where is it? It's…it's gone.

I looked up to see Kelsi staring at me weirdly. "Taylor what's wrong with you?"

I struggled to force a smile on my face."Uh…n…nothing M…Mitch."

She helped me up. I nearly lost my balance a few times. It felt like my legs were jelly.

"Would you like some tea? It looks like it would-could calm your nerves."

"No…no thanks Kelsi, I'll just grab a bottle of water and head back to my room."

"I'll save you some in the teapot for you."

"Thanks," I gave her back the bunch of keys and went back up upstairs to my room, locking the door behind me.

I walked back to the bathroom and turned on the faucet. I took a handful or two of cold water and splashed it on my face. I looked at myself in the mirror again and sighed. It was no use trying to fight the inevitable.

Hours Later…
11:01 p.m.

"Why did we decide to come to school today?" Chad asked, pulling Gabi onto his lap.

"Would you relax C? We came because it's only half a day today. Besides we only have about 10 minutes until dismissal, which is why we're in ' homeroom," Ryan pointed out, pulling his attention away from an intense game of tic tac toe with Jason.

"That is 10 minutes too long Ryan."

In an attempt to distract Chad, Sharpay started up conversation. "So ladies, what are you and your significant others wearing to the autumn dance tonight?"

"Chad and I are wearing red."

"Jason and I, we're wearing gray."

"Ryan and I are wearing gray and white."

Our teacher quietly called, for Troy to come over to her desk," Bolton can I speak to you for a second?"

"Yeah, Ms.D?" Troy left.

"Zeke and I are wearing lavender."

"Troy and I are wearing gold."

"Thank you for your input Savannah but it is inaccurate seeing as I didn't ask you." I shot Sharpay a pointed look.

"What about you Tay?"

I looked down, "I am not going. I only have studying on my agenda tonight."

"You're joking right? You have got to come with us."

"No can do Gabi. I have studying to do tonight."

"You are coming with us tonight. I mean who else is going to prevent Sharpay from killing Savannah?" Kelsi smiled, completely ignoring the fact Savannah was standing right next to her.

"The way I see it, Taylor doesn't have to come. I wouldn't mind and I'm sure Troy wouldn't either." Savannah smiled innocently as if the hatred were intended be hidden behind every word.

"You have one more time Savannah." (A/N: pic on profile)

Ignoring Savannah, I responded." Besides Sharpie I don't even have a dress."

"Taylor Charlotte McKessie, you and I both know that's a bold faced lie," Gabriella added.

"Gabriella I'm not in the mood to go to the dance."

"Would you 3 please leave Taylor alone? It's not like Troy really cares if she comes or not." I grinded my teeth, in an effort to stay calm.

Kelsi offered a few words of her own wisdom. "Sweetie…Savannah if I were you, I would shut up."

"Boo could please come with us tonight? I mean we just turned 15 and you only turn 15 once."

"Fine, I'll come! Are you happy now?"

"I speak for Gabi and Kelsi when I say, yeah we're damn excited!"

"Whose house are we getting dressed at?"

Gabriella's House
6:42 p.m.

"How do I look?" I checked myself in the mirror for what seemed like the sixteenth time, that night.

Seeing as I wasn't in the mood to dress up like Cinderella without Prince Charming, I dressed relatively simple for the occasion. I had straightened my hair-leaving a bang, and added a bump on top with a silver clip to keep it in place (courtesy of Sharpay).
After hours of debating, I decided on a black strapless dress matched with black 2 inch open toe heels. As for accessories, I went with a simple silver necklace with a butterfly as the pendant, a silver cuff on my right wrist, and a 14 karat white gold ring on my left ring finger. I'm still debating which earrings to put on.

"You look gorgeous boo," Gabriella smiled, applying mascara to her left eye. She looked very beautiful tonight. It took some time, but Sharpie had finally convinced her to put on her cherry red halter back dress, matched with a pair of 1 ½ inch open toe black heels. Her hair was pulled into a loose curly side ponytail, leaving a few curls to frame her face. It was kinda tricky, but the girls and I found her simple yet elegant accessories. They included very small black studs, black bangles on both wrists, and a basic black ring on her right middle finger.

"Aw thanks Gabi. If I may say so myself, you look increíblemente caliente, de Danforth."
(If I may say so myself, you look incredibly hot for Danforth.)

She laughed, "Ir a ti mismo tornillo McKessie."
(Go screw yourself McKessie.)

"Guys do I look fat in this?" Martha sighed, adjusting her bracelet.

"Does being "fat" mean being a girl with meat on her bones?" Sharpay was very right.

Martha was never really the type to wear something that everyone else wore, so she went with a very classy yet sleek and stylish look. She had her hair down, but curled at the ends and pinned back at the sides-in the appearance of a curly Mohawk. She decided on a baby blue form fitting button down halfway open, revealing a white camisole underneath. This was matched with crisp white slacks and paired with a white blazer that fit her body perfectly. As for accessories, she went with a pearl set including earring, a necklace, and bracelet. Her shoes were yet to be decided.

"Hey guys should I go with studs, hoops, or drop earrings?" For as long as I've known Kelsi, I've realized she's an original and very comfortable dresser and goes at her own pace with changing styles. If you hang with Sharpie long enough, you're going to slowly break out of your shell and that's what was happening to her. Her hair was pulled into a side bun (located on her lower left), she straightened her bang and combed it to the side, leaving a few stray hairs on both sides. She went for a basic white form fitting button down, with the sleeves neatly folded about 2 or 3 inches above her wrists. She had picked out gray slacks and tucked them into a pair of knee high gray boots. The same boots she wanted very badly.
Around some time last…January, Kelsi had seen a music video by Michael Jackson entitled, "Rock with You" and absolutely fell in love with his sparkling boots. Sharpay later surprised her with a replica for Christmas. She also wore a silver necklace with a musical note as the pendant and a bracelet on each wrist to match the boots.

"You might want to try the hoops."

The girls and I managed to convince Sharpay in 8th grade to ease off of the pink in her wardrobe. Since then, she's been making a slow effort but at least it's a start. Tonight she was going for a "casual date" look. She had a small portion of hair pinned back on the top of her head, curled along with the rest of her hair. Her dress of choice was a lavender 1 strap empire waist dress that stopped just above her knee. Her secondary color of choice was quite… abnormal actually. She chose mint green. Her shoes were nothing more than 3 inch mint green round toe heels that matched with her hoops and bracelets.

"Knock knock, are you ladies ready? We have got to get going," Sebastian (A/N:pic on profile) smiled, poking his head into the bedroom.

"How do we look?"

"Absolutely…stunning."

"Aw…thank you."

"Now come on, because we have to make a stop."

"Where are we going?"

"Sahara and I are going to hang out tonight so I was going to pick up her little sister as well."

"Sahara… as in Sahara and Savannah Waters?"

"Sebastian are you crazy?"

"She's the reason Tay does not have Troy! She…stole him away that…that ho!" Sharpay started rambling off, putting her hands on her slender waist.

"I understand that none of you like her, but can you set aside your differences for like 5 minutes for the sake of my happiness?"

"Sure," I smiled.

"Fine."

"You owe us big time Sebastian."

Sharpay shook her head, "If any damn thing goes wrong tonight, I know where you live Montez."

Sahara and Savannah's House
7:05 p.m.

Sebastian honked the horn.

"Oh… my…God." Kelsi nudged me and turned my head towards the direction of the front door.

"Oh Mary mother of God."

Savannah stepped out the house with Sahara behind her. Her dress was quite…revealing and inappropriate. It looked like one long piece of cheap metallic fabric, starting from the back of her neck traveling down to cover both of her breasts-leaving the rest of her chest exposed. The rest of the fabric wrapped around her waist and stopped about an inch and a half above her knees. Her hair was pulled into a curly ponytail, leaving curls to frame her face. She had on gold bangles and 3 inch gold heels.

"My God, what the hell does she have on?"

Sebastian chuckled, "Ladies be really nice please."

Savannah walked up to my side and opened the door, "You girls look…whatever."

"Hi Savannah, you look uh…um…" I stuttered and stumbled over my words. I was trying to find a…delicate word to describe her.

"She looks like she deserves to be on the corner with her damn pimp," Kelsi mumbled. I nudged her in her ribs. "Ow!"

"Hey girlies, you guys look great," Sahara entered the car.

"Thanks Sahara!"

"You look stunning yourself."

East High School
7:15 p.m.

"I'll pick you guys up at 11 o'clock."

"See you later Sebastian and have fun Sahara."

I stepped out the car to see the guys standing in front of the school. They looked extremely handsome.

"Wow…you girls look…wow."

I rolled my eyes playfully, "Here I am thinking that Danforth would use more than one syllable to describe us."

Chad, I have to admit, looked really good. His hair was pulled back into a ponytail, complimenting the diamond stud in his left ear. He had on a red polo with khaki shorts, and black vans. He looks so…wow.

Jason's hair looked the same. For his outfit, he chose a white v-neck shirt, a light blue open button down, gray skinny jeans, and light blue high top converse. He looked cute and playful at the same time.

Ryan hair was still its abnormally neat and messy combination. His apparel consisted of a white polo shirt, a gray and white diamond pattern sweater vest, a gray newsboy hat, dark wash jeans, and gray vans. Well, he surely did look like an Evans.

My boy Zeke couldn't have looked any better. He had a fresh hair cut and a shiny new diamond stud in his left ear. He had on an open mint colored button down with a white v-neck underneath. Of course he wouldn't be Ezekiel Baylor if he didn't roll up his sleeves and have a loose lavender tie around his neck. Oh and let's not forget- a fresh pair of lavender high top Nikes. Someone's missing…Troy.

"Well may I escort you and you inside?" Chad smiled, offering both of his arms.

Gabi giggled taking, his left arm and I took his right.

Savannah screwed up her face, "Aw look at little desperate Taylor. She's always willing to cling onto the first boy who offers a lending hand."

"Savannah, stop blowing mine. It's really not good for your throat."

Jason and Zeke high fived me. I felt myself smile a little.

This is going to be one hell of a long night. Troy where are you?

Please Read-Author's Note!
For those of you who didn't realize, the opening of the flashback starts off in the classroom. I didn't want to label it as flashback because hopefully I thought you guys would make the connection that Tay fell asleep again. So basically...this is a dream just of the flashback. Oh and I thank my two new reviewers: xBabyDollBlondiex and warrengal4393 and Gifted-Hands05 well actually that's 3! I love the fact that even new reviewers continue to read my makes me all happy . As much as the story is struggling just a little, I thank and love everyone single one of you from the bottom of my heart.

Oh and I also wanna thank Traci for dealing me bum rushing her and bugging her about this damn plot for the .Lots Of love T!

Now that I am done rambling,Please R&R! Pwease?