Wow. This is soooo old! (blows dust off of story) I wrote this story two or three years ago. I don't really like HSM (not as much as I did, anyway) but I found this, liked it, and decided to post it. Who knows, maybe it's really good!
Guess Who
Gabriella ran through the halls of East High. "Gabriella! Gabi!" Taylor caught up to her. "What's wrong?" "Tr-Troy," was all poor Gabriella could choke out of her light tears.
"He…Sharpay…together in…in the hallway…flirt…flirting…date…" Taylor looked murderous. "Oh, Gabi, for what that guy has done to you, I will make him pay!" she whispered out.
Her voice was wavering from the amount of tension in it. It wasn't long before Troy came running for Gabriella. "Gabriella? Gabriella, where are you?" he called. Taylor waved her hands frantically to her friend. "Run! Go! I'll distract him, don't worry," she gave Gabi a push away and she headed off. Troy stopped at Taylor. "Have you seen-" he saw Gabriella running over Taylor's shoulder. "Uh, bye," he stuttered. He saw Gabi make a heading to the stairs. "She's going there…?" he asked himself softly. "But why?"
He caught her at the top. She was sitting on the bench, her face looking out at the mountains. "Hey," he said softly. She turned her head the other way. "Gabi, listen, please!" he caught her chin in between his thumb and forefinger. Tears were slowly escaping her eyes again. "That was a mistake. A big one. I don't like Sharpay, let alone love her!"
She stood up across from him and looked over the railing on the other side. "Well, you seem pretty in to her by my account," she scoffed. Troy was shocked out of speaking. "And stop apologizing!" she continued, her voice a little rough. "You do it too many times. First the basketball thing, now this…" "Gabi…" he murmured.
"Here. We'll play a game. A guessing game so you can fin out exactly who I love. Okay?" "..Okay," she agreed after a moment's hesitation. Troy stood up and walked next to her. "Okay….hint one, she's… she's very pretty to me." Gabriella looked at him. "Sharpay." She stated hurtfully.
Troy looked confused. "Her? Wha? Whoa. Rewind. I already told you I don't even like her as a friend," he said gently. "Hint two….she's very caring and gives people chances to try again." she shook her head. "Fine. Want to know a dead give-away?" she nodded, slow and robotic. He put his lips down to her ear and whispered, "Hint three: she taught me to break free and sing." Gabriella's eyes went wide. Troy smiled into her hair. "Guess who?"
Gabriella turned around. Troy's forehead was resting on hers, and he wrapped his arm around her waist. She looked up at him. His eyes were closed, content, as he brushed his lips against her forehead. "Troy?" she asked quietly. "Hmmm?" he answered lazily. She grinned into his chest. "Wanna guess who I like…?"
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Taah-daah, here it is! Review if you want. (but I hope you want! o.0)