Author's Note: My treat to you! Another story! It's a songfic-oneshot (High School Musical, of course. You can tell me if you want me to write anything else) to Taylor Swift's song "Teardrops on my Guitar". I thought it was Miley Cyrus the first time I heard it! I would recommend that you listen to the song while you read this. Please review! Each and every one is special to me.

Songs: Hate That I Love You by Rihanna, Teardrops on my Guitar by Taylor Swift

Disclaimer: I only own the idea and Troy's girlfriend.

Teardrops on Gabriella's Guitar

By musiclover94

"Hey, Gabriella, you going to the game today?" asked Troy to his best girl friend when they were getting their books for first period.

"Well, I was thinking about it, why?" she responded, a little too quickly. It was no real secret that Gabriella Montez had a huge crush on Troy Bolton, her best guy friend. That is, except to him.

"Oh, I was just wondering. I met this girl, man, I better tell you about her later." He said and closed his locker and walked away. Gabriella stood there stunned, as if cold water was running down her spine.

Troy looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see
That I want and I'm needing everything that we should be
I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about
And she's got everything that I have to live without

"Well, her name's Carletta. She's awesome. You'd really like her…" Troy was babbling on and on during lunch. Carletta was sick today, so she wasn't sitting with them. Lucky her, because Gabriella would have probably just pummeled her right then and there. She was forced to plaster on a smile and listen to Troy, even though her heart was breaking inside.

Drew talks to me, I laugh cause it's so damn funny
That I can't even see anyone when he's with me
He says he's so in love, he's finally got it right,
I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night

Troy and Gabriella were in the library. There were only a couple of people in there, so they were being really loud.

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?

It is the East, and Gabriella is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon

Who is already sick and pale with grief.

That thou her maid art far more fair than she.

Be not her maid, since she is envious…" Troy said in a bad accent. Gabriella was redfaced and kneeling over with silent laughter. She knew he was joking about the "It is the East, and Gabriella is the Sun" thing, but she really wanted to believe it was true.

"BE QUIET!" hissed Mrs. Folstaff, the librarian. Troy and Gabriella stopped. When she looked away, they smiled at each other.

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

Gabriella was walking to her locker after school the next day. She opened her door and saw a picture of her and Troy hugging when they were younger. She smiled sadly to herself, got her books, closed her locker and went to her car. She turned on the radio. The thing she really did not want to hear right now came on.

And I hate how much I love you boy (yeah)
I can't stand how much I need you (I need you)
And I hate how much I love you boy (ooh)
But I just can't let you go
And I hate that I love you so..

"Story of my life." she mumbled to herselfand turned off the radio.

Troy walks by me; can he tell that I can't breathe?
And there he goes, so perfectly,
The kind of flawless I wish I could be
She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love
Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky cause

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light
I'll put his picture down and maybe
Get some sleep tonight

Troy was walking purposely over in Gabriella's direction after the final bell the next day. Gabriella started to fidget excitedly

"Maybe he'll ask me to prom!" she thought to herself.

But he was veering to the right. Clearly not in her direction. Gabriella turned around and nearly fell over: it was Carletta. Troy had shown her a picture of her, so she knew what she looked like. Troy walked past Gabriella like she was a beam keeping the ceiling up. He walked over to Carletta. Pulled back some of her long brunette hair, and sweetly gave her a kiss on the lips. The exact same kiss Gabriella envisioned Troy giving her. Gabriella stumbled a few steps backwards. Her throat closed up and her eyes started to water. Not wanting to burst out into tears in the middle of the East High hallway, she quickly turned to her locker, which was luckily right behind her. She quickly hid her face behind the cool red-and-white metal. It felt soothing. She kept in her tears. For now.

She practically ran to her car and slammed the door shut. She took the shortcut to her house, went in, and promptly went into her room without a word. She had found that playing her guitar helped soothe any nerves she had about anything. She slipped on her black guitar and started to strum and started to softly sing, surprised at how calm her voice was, even though she was breaking inside…

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.


Troy looks at me; I fake a smile so he won't see

A single tear fell from Gabriella's brown eyelashes onto her guitar.

Author's Note: Some of the parts were very like the music video. I am not trying to plagiarize on anything. And I had to change they guy's name from 'Drew' to 'Troy' for it to make sense. I put a lot of time and thought into this so PLEASE REVIEW! They mean a lot to me. This will probably stay a oneshot, unless someone gives me a stupendous idea that makes sense.