ok im so sorrie. this was supposed to be up hours but the computer was bein stupid. ne way i dont like this chapter. its the shortest out of the al barely over 4 pages. i couldnt see how to make the story ne longer. and honestly, i'm tired of them not being together. ne way here it is.

Later was longer than Taylor had expected. When she arrived at school, she wasn't in the best of moods. After spending most of the night trying to figure out how a boy's mind worked, she finally was able to fall asleep and get in a few hours of it. Then, when she woke up, she felt the soreness and the pulling muscles as a reminder of what happened between her and Chad. Now she had to deal with it all day. Needless to say, today wasn't going to be a good day.

When she met her friends, Taylor quickly saw that Chad wasn't with them. It didn't matter anyway, she reminded herself. She wouldn't be able to talk to him about last night in front of them. Fighting her annoyance with Chad, she put a smile on her face and greeted her friends.

"Hey Taylor," Gabby said. "I tried calling you last night, where were you?"

Busy sleeping with Chad. "My phone died and I never charged it, sorry."

She listened and commented minimally on her friends' conversation wanting to badly ask where Chad was, but knew that she couldn't. By the time it was time for them to go to homeroom, Taylor was ready to kill Chad. He knew that she would want to talk to him, so for him not to show up had Taylor seeing red.

As she fumed, she didn't pay much attention to what her friends were saying until she heard Troy say, "…Yeah, he called me last night and said that he wouldn't be here today, but he wouldn't say why."

It was official, Taylor knew it was going to be a horrible day.

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The day got even worse when she saw Becky as she was coming from the bathroom during class.

"Well if it isn't Little Miss Nobody," Becky said with a sneer.

Taylor sighed. She did not want to deal with Becky today. "Go away Becky," she said. "I don't have time to deal with you right now."

Walking away, she heard Becky call, "Well, aren't we all high and mighty. I wonder what would happen if everyone found out that Chad cheated on me with you. What do you think people would say to that."

Taylor stopped. Calm down, she told herself. Becky didn't know anything. She just assumed. "I don't know what you're talking about Becky," she said feigning innocence. "Whatever happened between you and Chad is your business but it doesn't have anything to do with me. Why don't you go find some proof that you're Miss Gossip. You know you're week is almost up." And if Taylor had anything to do with it, she wouldn't even get a chance.

She saw Becky's eyes flash, but she smiled as she said, "Are you jealous Taylor?"

Taylor laughed. "You have know idea Becky."

Becky gave her a pitying look. "I know the your tiny little excuse of an existence in this school is hard to accept, but that's just something you have to deal with. I have the boy and the fame. Some people have it all and some don't."

"What boy," she asked, afraid of the answer.

Becky gave her an evil laugh. "It's only a matter of time before I take Chad back. He can't stay away from me."

Taylor felt like something was squeezing all of the air out of her lungs. "I wish the best for you." Without another word, Taylor turned from Becky and walked away. Becky was lying, she had to be. If Chad wanted to get back with Becky, he wouldn't have reacted the way he did last night, would he. Becky never said that he was trying to get her back, did she?

Taking deep breathes, prayed that she could make it threw the rest of the day without going insane.

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The next day, Taylor got a late start to school, and wasn't able to see her friends until lunch, and Chad was with them. And the only spot left was right next to him.

Sitting down, she greeted her friends. She still hadn't decided whether to ignore Chad or not. She had spent another sleepless night thinking about what Becky had said. It would have been easier to just ask him about it when it happened, but the ass wasn't there when she wanted him to be.

"I need to talk to you," he said to her. He didn't mumble it as usual, but their friends were to involved with each other to notice.

"That's funny, because I need to talk to you."

"If it's about Miss Gossip, then-"

"No," she said. "It's not."

"Then what is it about?"

"Are you going to get back with Becky?" The only way she could think of to ask the question was bluntly.

"What," he asked. To her he sounded astonished, but maybe he was just acting.

"I said-"

"I heard what you said." He seemed more shocked than upset. "Where did that come from?"

"Yesterday Becky said that-" He cut her off again.

"You actually believed something that Becky said?"

"So, it's not true?" She tried not to sound relieved, but she was and she knew that he could that she was.

Smiling, he said, "No it's not true. I'm not with her, but that's what I wanted to talk about with you. I-"

Suddenly there was a buzzing of conversation at the cafeteria's entrance. Then Taylor heard, "Oh my God! Miss Gossip has another column!"

As everyone read that Becky wasn't Miss Gossip, Taylor saw her sneak out of the cafeteria. Looking at her friends, she saw they were all laughing and talking about it. Then, three different things happened at once.

First, Jason kissed Kelsie, who immediately kissed him back. Second, Martha grabbed Ryan's face with both her hands, kissed him hard, and hugged him. Ryan was to stunned to do anything but let her. And Third, Troy and Gabby both leaned into a kiss at the same time, and it didn't look like they were going to stop anytime soon.

Taylor was happy for her friends, but seeing that, it made her see something that she wanted, but wouldn't ever have. Without saying anything, she got up, and left the cafeteria.

Walking threw the halls, she heard the students talking about the latest, and last, column. She was proud to know that her writing had had such an affect on people. Even if it was a gossip column. She could only imagine how many people would say that they were Miss Gossip now. It would either be everyone, or no one. They might be to afraid of being out-ed by her. Either way, as long as it wasn't Becky she didn't care.

Somehow, that brought her mind back to Chad. She accepted the fact now that-

"Taylor," she heard him call from behind her.

Turning, she said, "Look, I know that you didn't want me to publish it. But it really doesn't matter now, so can we please skip the fight about it?"

Grabbing her arm, Chad pulled her to him, and kissed her hard. Taylor's mind couldn't wrap around the idea that he was kissing her in a crowded hallway of the school. As soon as the kiss ended, she had every intention of pinching herself to see if this was real or not.

Pulling away from her, he looked down and said, "Is this public enough for you?"

"I…I." Not one complete thought was able to form in her mind.

"I knew it!," a voice from behind Chad yelled.

Looking over Chad's shoulder, Taylor saw all their friends looking at them with a variety of facial expressions. Sharpay looked bored, Gabby, who had called out, had a huge smile on her face, so did Martha, Ryan, and Kelsie. The basketball players looked completely shocked.

"It's about time," Sharpay said to them.

Turning to her, Gabby looked at her accusingly. "Do you know something that I don't?"

She shrugged. "Just maybe."

Taylor tuned her friends out Chad said, "We're still going to argue about what you did with Gossip World. You know that right?"

"If this is real, you can yell at me all you want. I don't really care."

Laughing, he said, "I know that I went about this wrong from the start. It's just that I had my stupid views cliques and not mixing. Then, when everything happened with you, I didn't want to admit that I actually cared about you. I couldn't stop thinking about you and I thought that maybe if we slept together, that it would go away. Every time I would start an argument with, even before the time Kelsie walked in on us in the classroom-"

"Walked in on what," Troy asked outraged. Turning to Kelsie he said, "Why weren't we told about this?"

Taylor then realized that their friends were listening to what they were saying.

"And why would she have anything to do with Gossip World," Sharpay asked. Then realization dawned on her. "You aren't."

She waved them away. "I'll explain later." Looking back at Chad, she said, "You were saying?"

"Even before then," he started again. He darted a look to his friends, and took Taylor's arm and moved a few feet away from them. "I knew that I didn't feel the same way about you like I was acting. But you acted the same way, so I thought that you didn't care. And after everything, when I asked you to keep us a secret, I still didn't want to admit that I had feelings for you. And when you turned me down, I thought that you didn't feel the same way."

"I did, it's just-"

"Let me finish," he said. "That's why I got all defensive. And when I saw you in the park with Brandon, I wanted to kill him. And later, when you told me that you loved me, I didn't know how to react. I handled the whole situation wrong. Can you forgive me?"

"I don't know," she said feigning seriousness. "There was excitement when I thought that you didn't care, it wont be the same."

He rolled his eyes. "I could blackmail you."

She eyed him warily. "How? Our friends know that I'm Miss Gossip now. What do you have over me?"

"Maybe that you wear Power Puff Girl pajamas," he said laughing at her.

Hitting his arm, she said, "Shut up. If my brothers knew that they would kill you."

Kissing her, he said, "I'd die happy. I love you, Taylor McKessie."

Giving him a watery smile, she said, "I love you, Chadwick Danforth."

ok so that you to everyone who read and like my story. again, i didnt like the way it ended, but i guess it's ok. i'm thinking about writing a zekepay oneshot. im not sure about that yet though. ne way, thank you again.

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