hey :D this is my first gabpay, actually this is my first hsm fic. so be nice :) and it's unbetaed so be nice again. I hope u'll enjoy, let me know what you think, u don't have to be nice I cantake criticism, just let me know whatever it is.
It's been a year since Troy and Gabriella had broken up. It's been a year since Gabriella couldn't get a certain blonde out of her head. She couldn't remember exactly when it started, all she could remember was that one day she realized nothing else could make sense without the blondie's smile. Of course no one new, not even Troy, and they had become best friends since they stopped being boyfriend and girlfriend. Troy was a great guy, so great that everybody said she was crazy when they broke up. Dating him was nice, he was funny, gentle, smart and extremely cute, but being friends was more like their thing. She wanted to tell him about her feelings, and she would eventually, but right now didn't seem the right moment. Telling about her feeling to the person she had the feelings for was even harder, the closest she got to a confession was the books she dropped a several times when she was close to Sharpay or the stupid smile she wore every time the blonde was around. She thought several times about a way to let Sharpay know about her feelings, and she dreamed the blonde could feel the same way while she wrote some verses in her diary, she was trying to write a song for the last musical before graduation and for now she got a few verses "you're the missing piece I need, the song inside of me" she would ask for Kelsi's help to find a melody, for now, it was the best way she found to express her feelings.
The end of high school was near, and besides the fear of what the future was holding for her, she felt the fear of losing Sharpay, not the she had Sharpay at all, but Gabriella couldn't imagine what would be like not seeing the blonde everyday walking around the school like she owned the place, or checking her outfit in the mirror inside of her pink locker. She knew Sharpay would, of course, sing in the musical too. It was great, she would be around to listen to Gabriella's song, probably not imagining she was the inspiration. Gabriella wrote another verse "You're the voice I hear inside my head , the reason that I'm singing"
The next day when Gabriella woke up she was already late. She got dressed and went down stairs to have breakfast. She gave her mom a kiss and drove to school. It was Monday, the best day of the week, when she would see Sharpay after two long days. And there she was, picking something inside her locker, it was amazing how she seemed to light up the world, and suddenly everything would feel perfect, and Gabriella would felt an great stupid urge to smile, that she most of the times couldn't control. She went to her locker, luckily this year, next to Sharpay's who didn't seem to notice the brunette's presence. Gabriella notice there was something wrong with her, she seemed sad, she didn't had that thing that says "you people are lucky to share that same sky as me", Gabriella felt something weird inside her chest, she didn't like to see Sharpay like that. The blonde was checking herself at her mirror when Gabriella wanted to say "you don't need a mirror, you're the most beautiful girl in the world", Sharpay was turning to leave when Gabriella said.
"Hey Sharpay!" Sharpay turned around and Gabriella could feel the perfect perfume coming from the blondie
" Gabriella...hey."– She gave Gabriella a shy smile. Something was wrong with her, definitely. She wasn't being rude.
" how was your weekend?"– Gabriella wanted to say something, anything to keep close to the blondie.
"It was... it was okay. What about yours?"
" fine... I..."
"Okay. See you around." – Sharpay said and walked to her class. Gabriella stood there thinking over and over again about the 20 words she talked with Sharpay, wanting to turn back time and say something more interesting. Why she could never say the right thing?
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After the break Gabriella went to see Kelsi. She wanted to ask for the girl's help with her song.
" Hey Kelsi!"
"Gabby! How are you?" Kelsi said smiling, carrying a pile of books.
" I'm great. I need your help. It's about the musical.''
"Okay. What is it?" – She said as they walk through the corridor.
" I may have a good song, my song, the song I will sing. I wrote it, but it needs melody that's when I need you. What do you say?"
"I say it's great! How about we go to the auditorium later, you show me your song and we make the arrangements?"'
" Okay. See ya after my last class."
"see you"
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Gabriella went to the chemesthy class, not paying attention to the teacher, she stared at Sharpay who was writing something, also not paying attention to class. She was so beautiful, and even that she was a few feet from Gabriella she seemed so far away. But there was something about her, something no one could see but Gabriella. Something that made her special, unique. If only she knew.
Even when she dated Troy she never hated Sharpay, even with the fact that the girl gave her plenty reasons to. She always knew that there was something different about her, she used to hide inside her shell, with her ice princess mask, so no one could see that she was fragile and like everyone else. Gabby always saw it, and that always made her treat Sharpay right. She was never into girls, but she remembered the first time she saw the blonde, she knew right away that she had never seen such a beautiful girl. She loved the way Sharpay smiled, even if she never used to give anyone a real smile, and her blonde hair and her chin, her nose, her voice. And one day she realized she loved everything about the girl, she couldn't deny to herself.
When the bell rang she finally took her eyes off of Sharpay, packed her things and headed to meet Kelsi.
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"Finally!" Kelsi said when Gabby arrived at the auditorium.
"sorry."– Gabriella said running to meet her friend.
" come on, show me the song, I'm curious!"
" Okay! – Gabriella said and took a piece of paper from her pocket. –" Here. What do you think?" – She handled to Kelsy. – "Well, I don't know if it was such a good idea, maybe you could write the song as usual, I don't even know why I started...maybe you just ...
" Gabriella, breathe! This is great! – Kelsy said a few seconds later. –" I loved it! With the perfect melody it will be a sucess!"
"really?" – Gabriella asked grinning widely.
"Yep! And may I ask you where the inspiration came from?
"- from nowhere!"
" sure...does nowhere study in this school? Was the reason why you came so smiling from the chemestry class? Even considering the fact that you're weird and actually enjoys a chemestry class.'"
" Stop it! There is no one! – Gabriella says laughing.
-"Okay... but this song would be great for a duet. You might wanna ask no one to sing with you! I bet he would like the idea"
- "Do you think Sharpay would like the idea? – she wanted to ask but instead she said. " Well, we'll see."
" What about Troy? Do you think he will participate of the musical?" – Kelsy asked.
- "Hmm no, I don't think so. But...who else will?" – Gabriella asked waiting for Kelsi to say Sharpay would, as always.
"Ryan will, and you, and I will and..."
"What about Sharpay?"
"As weird as it sounds I didn't see her aplication yet, or Miss Darbus lost it or she, in fact, didn' applied"
"But she is always the first one."
" Weird isn't it?"
" Weird." Gabby stood in silence while Kelsi was writing something on the paper with her song
"Wait… what do you think of this melody?" Kelsi started to play the piano.
Everytime I think I'm closer to the heart – Kelsi started to sing while Gabriella was wathing.
Of what it means to know just who I am
I think I've finally found a better place to start
But no one ever seems to understand
I need to try to get to where you are
Could it be you're not that far?
"So what do you think?" –Kelsi asked.
"It's perfect, I loved it"
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Gabriella left the auditorium and was heading to get her car and go home. Kelsi was gonna to make the arrangements to her song and give it the last touches. She wanted the song to be perfect, she wanted the song to express her feelings, she wanted Sharpay to listen to it. In Gabriella's dreams Sharpay would listen to it and realize it was all about her, then she would tell Gabby she felt the same way and they would live happy ever after. But then reality would wake her up and she would realize the blonde probably would never know about her feelings, because she didn't think she had the guts to tell the girl, then the school would end and they would find their own ways in life and probably never see each other again.
Gabby was going to the parking lot for a way she usually took through a silent corridor when she saw someone sitting in a staircase that leaded to the cafeteria. It was Sharpay. she was wearing earphones and reading a book, she had the same sad expression Gabby had seen earlier that day. Gabby came closer, Sharpay took her eyes off the book and stared at Gabriella. Suddenly the words seemed to vanish and Gabby couldn't find anything to say while the blonde took her phones off.
" What are you doing here?" – Sharpay said rudely, back to her old ways.
"Well sorry... I always take this way, usually there is no one around... " Gabriella tried to explain, she didn't have to, in fact, that corridor was part of the school, but Sharpay, as always, thought she owned that world, and the corridor was part of it.
"that's the reason why I'm here, Montez."
"The corridor is part of the school, Sharpay."
" You know what, the corridor is yours." She was getting on her feet to leave but Gabriella grabbed her wrist.
"There's plenty space to the both of us" Unexpectedly Gabriella smiled. A warm, sweet smile, not the one Sharpay deserved right now, but is seemed to have effect, she could feel Sharpay relaxing, melting a small part of her ice.
" Well..."– The blonde managed a small smile, so small that probably no one would notice, but Gabriella would of course. Sharpay sat on the staircase again. Gabriella sat next to her. There was silence for a minute or two, to the both of them seemed like the eternity, but Gabby wouldn't ask to be anywhere else. Standing right there with no one around but Sharpay, listening to her breathing, feeling her perfect perfume. She was so close, still so far away.
" Hmm. What are you reading?" – Gabriella asked, was the best thing she could provide to say right now, another second of silence she would probably make some commentary about how great Sharpay's hair smelled.
" Humm. The little prince." – She smiled, admitting with her eyes how amusing this was. Gabriella couldn't stop laughing. "The little prince" was not a book that she would picture Sharpay reading, the blondie was more like the "Art of war" kind of girl. "– stop it, Montez! I know! But is my favorite since I was a little girl, my mom used to read it for me." She said blushing. Gabriella felt an urge to hug the girl, how could someone be so cute? But she said instead.
"it's my favorite too." Now was Gabriella's turn to blush, Sharpay was smiling, and the world was perfect that moment. " I love the rose thing, when he realizes of all the roses in the world..."– She looked deeply into Sharpay's eyes "His rose is unique."She was a few inches from the blonde, who seemed every second even more beautiful, and more hugable and kissable.
"Even if she is demanding, proud, self centred, full of herself..." Sharpay completed. "I love that part too."
"She is perfect to him..." other seconds of silence. " so what about the musical?" She tried to change the subject.
"What about it?" – Sharpay asked.
""You won't be in it?"
" I might not to."
"Why not? I mean...you not in the musical?"
"Well, maybe not. Maybe I want to try something new, maybe I wanna change for a while. Not to do what is expected from me to do, you know? Not stick to the status quo" – She said facing Gabriella, for a few seconds was like she was not wearing a mask, she was not the ice princess, she was not Sharpay Evans, she was just a girl, just Sharpay and Gabriella liked that, of course she would like Sharpay anyway but still...
" I know how it feels..."– She admitted. In the other schools she went to people always used to see her as the geek, here it wasn't different at the beginning, and then people started to see her as Troy Bolton's girlfriend "But I'll miss you, I like when you're singing" She said smiling, she did, she loved to see how comfortable Sharpay seemed to feel when she was singing, Gabriella never felt that way, even if she loved to sing she always wish there was no audience.
"You like to beat me, Montez"
"No, I don't. I mean it feels great" Gabby said smiling. "but I like to see you singing"
"I don't think you will see this year" Sharpay said.
"then I will never see again, will I?" Gabby tried to hide what she was feeling, how sad it felt not to see Sharpay singing again, not seeing Sharpay at all. "I mean with college...and everything."
"College, don't mention it. I mean, how weird is this" Sharpay now seemed like she was more like talking to herself, but Gabby listened "One day you're just a girl, you go to school, you go shopping then you come home and have dinner with your parents and everybody talks about their day and then you watch the O.C, not anymore, then you watch Gossip Girl and you go to sleep and then you wake up one day and realize that everything is about to change, that your whole life is gonna change and every single thing you decide to do right now can affect the rest of your life" She took a deep breath, it was like she was wanting to say it out loud and now she finally did. " I know everybody is like waiting anxiously to take their own steps, but I'm not exactly looking forward."
"well looking for the angle, it really seems scary. I guess I'm gonna miss my mom's pancakes. – She said causing Sharpay to laugh. The sound of her laughter seemed to fill the whole world. Someone's cell was ringing, it was Sharpays.
"Hello..okay mom. Bye" She hung up. " I gotta go."
"hmm okay. See you?"
"yeah. Like everyday duh!" Gabriella blushed. "it was... nice talking to you, Gabriella." She smiled.
"you too" Sharpay left. Gabriella stood there sitting on the staircase, what happened exactly? A nice conversation with Sharpay was how it looked like, she smiled, like an idiot by the way. It was not like they were getting married next week but it was something, right? For her it had been the best 5 minutes of her life.
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Gabriella was resting her head on her pillow trying to sleep. She couldn't. Those minutes talking with Sharpay wouldn't let her, right now it seemed like everything she said was dumb and stupid and Sharpay would probably be laughing at her at that exactly same moment. She took her ipod to listen to something that could take her thoughts away from the blondie, but Taylor Swift didn't seem to help.
So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light
I'll put his picture down and maybe
Get some sleep tonight
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do
He's the time taken up, but there's never enough
And he's all that I need to fall into..
so what do u guys think? I hope u liked it. I gotta a few ideas, let me know if I should continue with this and any ideas are also very welcome.
the song Gabriella "wrote" is "Gotta Find you" by Joe Jonas from the Jonas Brothers, from the movie Camp Rock. I thought it was a really cute song and I picture Gabby singing to Sharpay. The other song,that Gabby is listening on her ipod is "Tear Drops on my guittar" by Taylor Swift. I obviosly don'town neither of them, or Gabby or Sharpay or anything around here.