Oxygen

Okay here is another story in my procrastination to get the latest chapter of Heaven up (lol). For a while I've had a Troy/Kelsi story on the back burner and I thought I'd finally give it life, The story starts out on New Years Eve and goes from there. I didn't take anything away from the original story cause just because I'm not the biggest Troy/Gabriella fan I still respect their storyline and all that it involves. So enjoy the story and please review

Oh also I don't own High School Musical or any of its characters but I do own myself which I snuck into the story (lol)

12 AM

Kelsi Nelison was having one of her usual dreams, it wasn't like she had fantasy dreams before but this one seemed so real. She could feel his fingers through her hair and his soft lips as they brushed hers, she let out a small moan as they found their way to her neck and slowly started to suckle on the area below her ear. As she delved deeper into this dream she finally came face to face with the person who was giving her the satisfaction she so craved. But as his face came to view it quickly disappeared. Kelsi snapped up from her dream, it was the fifth night in a row she dreamt of the mystery man and his identity was becoming some what of a nuisance. She sighed and rolled over hoping that the dreams would continue as she closed her eyes. After a mostly rest full nights sleep and no more appearances from the mystery man Kelsi woke up. She rolled over to look at the alarm clock on the side of her bed it was 9 am New Years Eve morning. For some unknown reason her parent's had decided to drag her from her nice warm home to some ski lodge in the mountains. It wasn't all that bad she did have some nice quiet time to put the finishing touches on her show she hoped Ms Darbus would pick for the winter musical and she had even made a new friend.

Her name was Gabriella Montez and she was from California, she seemed like a nice girl and the two of them hung out a lot during their stay there. She got up out of bed and got ready for her day, as she made her way out of her room she was instantly greeted by a bunch of teenagers who were on their way to the slopes. One of them she easily recognized as Troy Bolton, Troy was the big man on the East High campus as they say and he never really seemed to notice anyone else especially small insignificant specks like Kelsi. Kelsi sighed as she watched them walk past and went down to meet her parents for breakfast, she meekly picked at her eggs and sausages as her parents were discussing some sort of party that she should go to that evening

"Come on mom, I've got like two songs to finish before we go back to school" Kelsi pleaded with her mom

"Kelsi I think you should really go, you and your new friend would have a great time, besides I heard they have a karaoke guy coming in" Deanna butted in. Kelsi just rolled her eyes for some reason her parents thought singing other people's songs was much better then singing your own. She excused herself and went to the front lobby hoping to find Gabriella there reading her book as usual.

"Hey Gab" Kelsi said as she saw the young braniac at her usual spot with the book she had been reading the whole vacation

"Hey Kelsi" Gabriella smiled back, Kelsi plopped down next to her taking out some music sheets as she went to work "Is that the same song you've been working on?"

"Yeah" Kelsi answered erasing a note and replacing it with a different one "I've almost got it all done its just the lyrics aren't going the way I want them to"

"Whats the song called again?" Gabriella asked

"Breaking Free" Kelsi answered "if I'm lucky enough it will get used for the schools winter musicale"

"I'm sure it will Kelsi, if this song is anything like the other one you showed me your teacher would be a fool not to accept your music" Gabriella smiled as she went back to her book and Kelsi continued to work on her music. It was nearly lunch time when Kelsi's stomach started growling

"I'm going to get some lunch you coming?" Kelsi asked as she stood up and stretched out. Gabriella closed her book stood up and followed her as they went into the small restaurant that was in the lodge. As they sat down at their table and discussed things when Kelsi saw Troy Bolton enter the room

"Who's that?" Gabriella asked eyeing the basketball captain up and down

"Oh him?" Kelsi said "That's Troy Bolton, he's a jock I doubt he'll ever notice either of us"

"Well he's cute" Gabriella smiled "Maybe he'll be at the party tonight"

"Doubtful, him and his dad have been downstairs in the gym all week doing basketball drills. He wouldn't have time to come to any party" Kelsi muttered taking a small sip of her soda

"Oh well" Gabriella answered

Later that night Kelsi sat at the piano working on her music as Gabriella sat on the couch in the lobby she was really getting somewhere when she heard Ms Montez come into the room and immediately snatch the book out of Gabriella's hand telling her that she needed to go to the party and have some fun. Kelsi started to sympathize with the young girl until her parents came in and demanded she go to the party even snatching away her music sheets. Kelsi sighed and stormed off up to her room to change, it wasn't really fair even Gabriella got her book back. As she put on some nice clothes and threw a hat on top of her head she headed out her door and her and Gabriella made their way to the party. It was a nice gathering Kelsi thought as her and Gabriella made their way through the crowd, it even seemed that some people were getting into the karaoke machine as the djay went around picking random people. She was in a corner of the room talking with Gabriella as she saw Troy enter the room, Kelsi pointed him out to Gabriella

"I guess he decided to come after all" Gabriella said over the noise of the party

"Guess so" Kelsi shrugged, as the snowboarders who didn't seem to eager to be up there finished their song the djay announced he was ready to pick two more. Kelsi hoped and prayed he wouldn't pick her, it wasn't as if she didn't want to sing its just that she didn't want the embarrassment of singing in front of Troy Bolton

"Alright whose gonna rock the house next?" The djay asked as the spotlights went around the room one of them landed on Troy as Kelsi started to laugh as some of his buddies pushed him onto the stage and then she immediately saw the other spotlight shine on her and then move over to Gabriella she let out a small sigh of relief thanking whoever was listening for not picking her. She laughed and took Gabriella's book away shoving her onto the stage. As Troy and Gabriella started to sing Kelsi felt happy that they blended so well and even held a small glimmer of hope that Troy wasn't as bad of a person as she originally thought. As everyone around her started to dance to them singing it seemed to her that Troy was starting to like the new girl. The song finished and everyone applauded Gabriella came back to Kelsi with Troy in tow

"Kelsi this is Troy" Gabriella smiled

"Hi Kelsi, you go to East High right?" Troy asked shaking her hand

"Yeah" Kelsi stuttered out, how was Gabriella able to make friends with the popular jock already?

"Great, I'm going to get some cocoa can I interest you girls in some?" Troy asked holding out his arms for both of them

"I'd love some" Gabriella spoke up taking one of his arms as Kelsi took the other almost reluctantly they grabbed their cocoas and made their way outside it was almost midnight and it seemed that Troy and Gabriella were caught up in their own little world. As they continued talking Kelsi found an empty table and sat to wait for the fireworks, she watched a bit amused as Gabriella and Troy talked she wasn't exactly sure what the conversation was about but as the crowd counted down to midnight it seemed as though they were becoming fast friends. As the fireworks went off they stared at each other until they ended up saying their goodbyes but not before giving each other their phone numbers. Kelsi watched Gabriella run off through the crowd and leave a stunned Troy all alone. As she got up herself to head back to her room and her music she was stopped unexpectedly by Troy

"You leaving too?" he asked

"I guess so" she answered

"Oh" he answered back looking down at his feet

"I can stay if you'd like?" Kelsi asked trying to cheer Troy up

"That would be great" Troy said grinning from ear to ear "I mean you don't have to if you don't want to"

"Nah its okay besides my parents are so busy at the party they wouldn't know or care what time I got in" Kelsi laughed. Troy sat down at the table across from her and watched as the others filed back into the lodge to continue the party "You and Gabriella sounded great together" Kelsi said trying to keep the conversation going

"Yeah well I don't like to sing a lot and it was kind of nice to sing with her" Troy blushed "How about you don't you sing?"

"Oh no I'm much more happier behind the piano" Kelsi laughed

"I'm sure you're an excellent singer Kelsi" Troy complimented it was Kelsi's turn to blush this time it wasn't often she got compliments especially ones from East High's golden boy

"No, the way things go I'd rather be behind the piano for the rest of my life" Kelsi sighed "It's much more freeing there you don't have to worry about the crowd just who and what is in front of you" It seemed to get eerily quiet again and the two companions tried to find ways to bring the conversation back to life

"Kelsi I" Troy spoke up

"Yeah?" she asked

"Have you ever been down to the gym?" He asked Kelsi shook her head and Troy smiled "Well come on I'll take you down there" Troy took Kelsi's hand as they pushed their way through the crowd and walked the short trek to the gym. Troy immediately grabbed a basketball and made a one handed shot that went straight in

"Wow" Kelsi smiled catching the ball as it exited the hoop "Now that's talent"

"What you mean you cant shoot a basket?" Troy asked a grin spreading across his features

"I'm so athletically uncoordinated Troy its not even funny. I once shot a basketball and it bounced off the rim hitting me in the face" Kelsi winced remembering that day

"Ah come on you cant be that bad" Troy tried not to laugh "I can teach you if you'd like?" Troy offered Kelsi shook her head

"No I think I enjoy being athletically challenged" she joked

"Come on its not that hard" he offered Kelsi could of sworn he had a pout

"Fine but if I get hit its all your fault" Kelsi gave in

"Now its really easy all you have to do is take the ball in your hands like this" showing her even moving behind her to help "And then you just throw it up" Kelsi obeyed as it went straight up into the air and swished right into the hoop. She cheered and did a little dance as the ball bounced around her "Not bad" Troy laughed watching her dance around "I'd say you're ready for the NBA" he joked as he shot another basket watching it bounce off the rim and hit her on the head. Kelsi fell down like a ton of bricks as the ball smacked her right upside the head, Troy ran up to her side and checked on her as she rubbed the side of her head

"Just how I remember it" Kelsi joked as Troy looked at her head

"Well no damage that I can see" Troy said offering his hand to help her up "you going to be okay?"

"I think so" Kelsi answered as Troy pulled her to her feet "I'll just have to remember to watch out for flying balls"

"Yeah" Troy laughed "they can be tricky" he finished but seemed to be holding onto Kelsi still, his eyes locked with hers and the smile that graced his features seemed to fade

"I better go" Kelsi said noticing the tension that suddenly filled the air

"Yeah" Troy stuttered out "I better go too, my parents are probably wondering where I am" Troy said running a hand through his hair and smiling nervously "I have to leave tomorrow first thing but I will definitely see you in school next week"

"Right school" Kelsi muttered knowing odds are he'd go back to ignoring her when they got back to school and re-entered the status quo.

As expected Gabriella went looking for Troy the next day not finding him anywhere she went up to Kelsi and asked her where he was

"He had to leave with his parents this morning," Kelsi said returning to her music she felt a bit of sympathy for the other girl but she was also pretty sure that they would keep in touch and Kelsi would be pushed aside for someone who seemed a lot more suited for Troy then herself. As Gabriella left Kelsi alone in her thoughts Kelsi sighed and was suddenly hit by inspiration for her songs it seemed so easy after last night that the words were flying out of her brain.

It was the start of a new year and it was back to class for the East High Wildcats. Things would go back to the way they had always been Kelsi would hang out with Ryan, Sharpay and the other drama students while Troy hung out with his basketball buddies. Kelsi arrived at school just as Chad and the others greeted Troy. As they started making their way through the school and their daily ritual of making fun of Sharpay Kelsi walked behind them pulling out the sign up sheet she had made for the winter musicale

"Here's hoping people sign up" she sighed pinning up the sheet, she was making her way past the Principal's office when she spotted a familiar face "Gabriella" Kelsi exclaimed excited and confused to see her

"Kelsi" the other girl said coming up to hug Kelsi

"I thought you were heading back to California" Kelsi said shocked

"Well my mom got transferred to Albuquerque and I'm going here now" she answered smiling "So how is Ms. Darbus I have her for home room"

"She's alright," Kelsi answered "I actually have Mr. Raver but I should see you around. In fact I better go before I get detention again for being late" Kelsi said seeing what time it was

"Alright we'll have lunch together" Gabriella said as Kelsi was leaving

"Right" Kelsi answered "I'll see you then" Kelsi sighed as she made her way into her home room barley missing the last bell. It seemed like the day went by smoothly and Kelsi barley saw the basketball captain even though she heard that he got caught for using his cellphone in class and ended up spending detention working on stage sets. She hoped to avoid him the best she could but ended up running into him as him and Chad pulled a tree on stage

"Hey Troy" Kelsi smiled watching as the two boys fooled around

"Oh hey Kelsi" Troy smiled "You know Chad right?" he asked smacking Chad with a leaf

"Hi Kelsi" Chad said distractedly "Look we better get this tree up before Darbus makes us stay longer and I don't want to miss any more practice time"

"Right, I'll see you later Kelsi" Troy said moving the tree upstage

"Things never change" Kelsi sighed as she went about her business as their detention dragged on and as Kelsi overheard Ms Darbus talk about the evils of cell phones Coach Bolton burst into the room demanding that Troy and Chad go to practice. As Troy left the stage he gave a small smile and a shrug towards Kelsi and ran to the gym as fast as he could. As the others piled out of the auditorium Kelsi stayed behind to finish up some work. As she started to play again she was interrupted by Ryan

"Hey Kels" he smiled as he sat down next to her

"Hey Ryan" Kelsi said out the side of her mouth while scribbling down a note "Where's Sharpay?" she asked looking around for the blond

"Oh she's off being a diva somewhere" Ryan joked as he looked over her music "That sounds great is that one of the songs from Twinkle Towne?"

"Yeah how's the audition going you and Sharpay put together?" Kelsi asked knowing that she gave some of what she had worked on to Ryan before winter break

"Don't ask," Ryan replied rolling his eyes "Lets just say when it comes time to audition don't be mad at me"

"Whys that?" Kelsi asked,

"Well Sharpay put her 'spin' on it so to speak" Ryan said using air quotations

"Oh great" Kelsi replied hanging her head

"Ryan!" Sharpay yelled looking onstage for her twin

"Well I gotta go listen I've got a dinner date tomorrow with Jennifer maybe afterwards I can come over and show you a bit of what Sharpay had done to the music so you're not too surprised" Ryan offered

"That'd be great" Kelsi replied "Knowing Sharpay its some sort of amped up version. You'd think I'd be used to it by now" Kelsi joked

"Yeah well you ain't seen nothing yet" Ryan smiled leaving Kelsi alone to find his sister. Kelsi sat there staring at her music, it almost seemed worthless now that Sharpay had ruined yet another one of her songs.

"Great another Sharpay show" she sighed rolling her eyes, she gathered up her music and looked at her watch, it was lunch time and it couldn't have come soon enough. She walked out of the auditorium and made her way into the cafeteria grabbing a tray and getting some food, she was set to pay when she saw Troy stick out his hand

"Its on me Kelsi" Troy smiled paying for her lunch

"You don't have to do that" Kelsi protested

"Hey its the least I can do for almost knocking you out cold with a basketball" Troy smiled as they made their way to the lunch tables Kelsi smiled as Troy sat down with Chad and she made her way up to the drama table "Hey Kelsi!" Troy called out, Kelsi turned around almost embarrassed that he was calling out her name in the middle of the cafeteria

"Yeah?" She answered as everyone stared at her

"You can come sit with us if you want?" Troy offered as Chad started shaking his head emphatically

"No that's okay" Kelsi said seeing Chad "I'll see you later" she offered as she went to join the drama club, she plopped down in her usual spot across from Ryan and his girlfriend of two years Jennifer, she was a nice girl who was perfect for Ryan they were pretty oblivious to the world as they ate their lunch and talked about the play saw over the weekend Kelsi smiled wishing she could have a relationship like they had. "Someone to share the pleasures of life with" she said to herself she bowed her head and went to back to her writing hoping the lunch period would pass quickly and it would be time for her drama class with Ms. Darbus

I hope you all enjoyed and like I said before please review and if I get enough I'll have another chapter out soon :)