Camila Banus | Gabi Hernandez

Gabi made quick friends with the other teens in Salem. She also became smitten with Chad Petersen-Woods. They soon began to date, but Chad abruptly ended things when his ex-girlfriend, Mia, told him that she wanted to get back together. Gabi was upset by the breakup, but remained focus on school, her part-time job at the Brady Pub and keeping up with her siblings' hectic lives. Over time, Gabi formed a close friendship with Will Horton and even went to a Salem High formal as his date.

Will and Gabi's relationship continued to go well, and they decided to take their relationship to the next level after graduation. The two spent the night together. But, soon after, Will became distant. Gabi tried many times to get Will to sleep with her again, but she sensed that something was different in their relationship. She finally made the decision to end their relationship in the fall of 2011. Soon after, Will came out of the closet.

To take her mind off the breakup, Gabi took a job as a receptionist at Quinn's Intensity Day Spa. She also began to have feelings for her ex, Chad, and proceeded to try to break up Chad and Melanie. Gabi hired a guy named Andrew to pretend to be her stalker to draw Chad closer to her, but Andrew's actions quickly got out of control when he kidnapped Melanie. Gabi threatened to expose him, but when Andrew promised to release Melanie after Gabi earned Chad's love, Gabi agreed to stay quiet.

Just as Andrew was going to tell Melanie about Gabi's involvement with the scheme, there was a huge explosion in the tunnels. Andrew seemed to get away. Melanie and Gabi were eventually connected with Chad and Brady, and the four made it out of the tunnels.

With his dying breath, Andrew promised Gabi that Chad would find out what she did. Chad overheard the conversation and ripped into Gabi. He didn't want to burden Melanie with the news that Gabi betrayed her, but he told Gabi to leave them alone.