A/N: I pressed random on my iPod and this song came on.
Warning: There is swearing in here. If you don't like it, don't read it! You've been warned
Disclaimer: I own none of the HSM characters. Any new characters are mine!
December 6, 2009 1:00 pm
"Is there anything you would like to tell me Gabi?" I asked my girlfriend of 4 years and fiancée for a year and a half. Gabi and I were both 20 and had dated since we were 16 and in high school.
"What are you talking about Troy?" She asked with her voice full of damn sweetness.
"I got an interesting phone call the other day." I called out to her as she walked into the kitchen.
"Oh really? Anyone I know?" She called back as I pushed open the swinging door that led into the kitchen.
"Does the name Eric Snyder mean anything to you?" I asked her as I watched the color drain from her face. She turned to me with wide eyes.
"Why did he call you?" Gabi asked as I turned my face to look at the fridge.
"He called to shoot the breeze. Well actually he calling for you but he let me in on some things, Gabriella." I said using her full name which I haven't used since we started dating. She flinched when I said her whole name.
"What kind of things did he tell you?" Gabi asked me as my eyes flew up to meet hers.
"Why don't you start and I'll fill in the parts you leave you." I said taking a seat at the kitchen table.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Gabi said keeping her innocence.
"Quit with the lies Gabriella. You're all ready about 40 feet under with them. How long as this been going on?" I said not being able to say the actually word without hatred in my voice. My voice had turned to pure iciness.
"Three year." Gabi said with absolutely no emotion left in her voice. Her eyes then ascended to the ground.
"Three year this has been going on? And you couldn't, in those three years, find a time to tell me you've been having an affair with another man?" I yelled at her.
"You were never home for me to tell you." She yelled back as I looked at her.
"Oh don't go pushing this on me. I was home every night by 7. And this whole time I thought you were out with the girls or at those leagues you joined. Never in my mind would I ever think you were out frocking with another man." I said as the iciness returned to my voice.
I looked at her. Ashamed as well as regret was written all over her face. I shook my head at her before getting control of the words I wanted to say.
"You always acted like the good little girlfriend. Always there when I needed you. Tell me this, was it something I did? Why did you run to him Gabriella?" I asked using her full name again.
"I ran to him because you were never home. You were always busy with work." She said in a way of apology and as tears ran down her face.
"Cry me a river, Gabriella. All you had to say the word and I would have been home earlier. All you had to say is that work is tying me up and I would have dropped everything for you." I said looking at her with pure hatred written on my face.
"I'm sorry Troy." She said again as I shook my head disappointedly at her.
"We were set to get married in 4 weeks. Were you going to tell me of this affair before we got married or were you going to continue as if nothing had changed?" I asked her as the iciness once again returned and I forced my head down to the ground.
"Eric and I both agreed to end it the day after tomorrow. He knew how much I love you." Gabriella told me as my head flew up to look at her.
"IF you loved me, you wouldn't have had the affair at all. IF you loved me, you would have ended the affair immediately after it begun. IF you loved me, you would have been the one to tell me, not him. IF you loved me you wouldn't have said yes to the proposal a year and a half ago." I yelled looking at her with hatred in my eyes.
"Now what?" She asked coming to sit at the table beside me. She placed her hand on top of mine which I removed mine completely from the table.
"Well for one, the wedding is officially called off from this moment on. I can't marry someone who hasn't been honest in the last three years. And I want you completely moved out by the weekend. I'm leaving and I won't tell you where I'm going so you can't contact me. I'll be back Saturday and I expect you to be gone." I said as her voice stopped me.
"You're just going to walk out of the relationship we've both put 5 years into?" Gabi asked me as I shook my head at her.
"You don't get it do you?" I asked her as she looked at me with confusion written on her face.
"Get what?" She asked as I smiled gaining confidence with each passing second.
"You cheated on me. I'm not going to marry a person who's betrayed me for three of those five years. I can't trust you anymore Gabriella." I told her.
"Even if you don't believe me, I still love you Troy. Anyways you'll probably run into the arms of another girl." She said quietly as I looked over at her.
"I'll take that for what it's worth. Nothing! And for the record, the only girl I've ever loved is the one who's sitting in front of me crying her eyes out. I guess fairy tales don't really come true." I said walking from the kitchen and going into the bedroom we shared.
I grabbed a duffle bag and immediately shoved clothes into it. I ran back downstairs and took another look at the girl I thought I would love the rest of my life. Funny thing was, all the love I thought I had for her went right out the window. I walked out of the house, making to sure to slam the door and headed towards my truck. I jumped in and started the truck. Before I knew it, I was driving down the ritzy neighborhood on my way to the interstate.
The drive towards my parents' house was a quiet one. It was just me with my thoughts. I pulled up into their driveway and trudged up to their front door. I opened the door and walked in.
I smiled tiredly as I heard my mom, dad, sister, and brother laughter coming from the kitchen. I dropped my bag and headed towards the kitchen. I smiled when I saw the four sitting around the table playing Uno.
"Troy hey! What are you doing here?" Madison, my 17 year old sister asked me.
"Um . . . I wanted to talk to you guys." I told my family as I pushed a fake smile forward.
"Where's Gabi?" Jordan, my 19 year old brother asked me.
"When I left she was standing in the kitchen crying her eyes out." I told them, my voice full of absolutely no emotion.
"Do you want to talk, Troy?" Mom asked me as I looked at her and my dad.
"It's going to come out soon or later. And I want to be the one to tell you guys this. I called the wedding off." I told them as shocked filled their faces.
"Why Troy? What happened?" Dad asked me as I looked at him and the rest of my family.
"I got a call the other day from an Eric Snyder. He told me things I never knew. So I confronted Gabi today. Basically long story short, she's been having an affair for the last 3 years. She beat around the bush until she came out about the whole thing. So I told her I would be gone until Saturday and I wanted her to move out by then." I told my family.
"Oh My Troy how are you feeling?" Mom asked coming around to stand by my side.
"It really hasn't sunk in yet but I have to call all the guests and tell them the wedding's been cancelled." I told them with a shake of my head.
"I'll help you do that but how about you go take a nap to get rested it up?" Mom suggested as I nodded my head and headed upstairs.
6:00 pm
I walked downstairs rested after my nap. I listened for a moment, detecting no movement in the quiet house. I walked into the kitchen and saw a note lying on the table. She said that they went to Madison's game and that Chad called looking for me to see if we were still on for tonight.
I groaned when I realized it was Tuesday night. She and I were supposed to meet our friends at a restaurant for our annual dinner. I pushed myself out of the kitchen and headed towards the door. I got into the truck and started driving towards the restaurant we had picked out the week before.
At lot has changed in a week. Last week, Gabi and I were still engaged. We were the happy go lucky couple everyone knew and loved us as. I sighed dreading the next couple of hours.
I walked into the restaurant and saw our group of friends sitting around the table. I forced a smile as I got near the table.
"Hey Troy. Where's Gabi at?" Taylor asked me as I sat down at the table.
"Don't know and really don't care." I said as I got the attention of the rest of my friends.
"What do you mean you really don't know and don't care?" Kelsi asked me as I looked at her.
"It means I don't know where she is. She and I are over for good." I told them.
"When did this happen and how?" Sharpay asked me as I looked at her.
"I got an interesting phone call a couple of days ago and the guy told me some interesting things. Well I confronted Gabi about this phone call. Apparently she's been having an affair for the past 3 years. So I'm staying at my parents while she moves out." I said directing my attention to my friends.
"Oh I'm so sorry Troy. Did she say why she did it?" Taylor asked me as I shook my head.
"She said I was too busy at work for her." I said while placing my head on the cool table.
"That's bull and you know it. You were always out of work by 7 at the latest." Chad told me as I looked at him.
"I know but that's the answer I got." I told them rolling my eyes at the statement.
The rest of the night, my friends were questioning the situation between Gabi and me. I just told them to drop it and that I was going to be fine.
I walked out of restaurant and instead of heading to my truck, I walked over to the park. I listened to the silence before breaking down and letting the whole day get to me.
I had finally lost my one true love and I couldn't see my life without her. I didn't know what I was going to do.
You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
To cry, cry me a river
I felt like writing one where Gabi cheats. I know it's totally different from the way I write but I hope you enjoy it! Feedback please!