Hey guys! this is a new fic co-written by McflyFan101. she did this chapter, i'm doing the next. we're alternating. hope you like- my first dark fic. my first high school musical fic actually, lol should be interesting!
Time passed and everything changed for him. He and his friends kind of drifted apart. He never saw any of them, not even Chad. It all changed when they went to college, they all went to different colleges. Zeke, Jason, Kelsi and Martha went to one, Chad, Taylor and Ryan to another and him, Gabi and Sharpay to a third. Of course he was glad to have Gabriella and Sharpay with him to begin with, but they were taking different courses and he saw them less and less. Gabi wouldn't talk to him now and Sharpay would just smile at him before walking away. He could have stayed in contact really, everyone else had managed it. But he found himself forgetting to return calls and being conveniently busy when any plans were made. And after a while he found the calls stopped.
He began drifting away from his parents and soon moved out. His old life was over. The old Troy Bolton, The popular basketball jock, was gone. He fell into the wrong crowd and turned to drugs for comfort. He hadn't touched a basketball in months and as for popular, hardly anyone would go near him because of the drugs. He at first blamed drugs for losing Gabriella, but he knew this wasn't true. He skipped most of his classes and he was failing in everything, he didn't care. He had thrown his life away already so what was the point?
Troy lay on his bed contemplating the last year of his life. He used to be so sure about his future, he was sure he'd spend it with Gabriella for one thing. But it hadn't turned out as he had hoped. He sat up in bed and glanced at his clock. He was meant to be in class but he decided to go for a walk instead. He slammed the door on the way out and stumbled down the stairs of the apartment block. Once in the fresh air he broke into a slow run and kept running until the building had vanished from sight.
Without realising it, his feet had taken him to the basketball courts, where he'd scored his first basket. Hearing voices from the back court, he opened the gate and slipped quietly in. As he made his way to the court the voices became clearer and something at the back of his mind triggered at their familiarity.
"She says she walked in on them in the closet."
"That Bastard!"
"Still… I never expected him to be y'know…" the voice dropped in volume slightly. "That type!"
"Sharpay says that's why they broke up."
Troy froze at the mention of Sharpay. Come to think about it, their conversation was starting to sound very familiar. By this point he had reached the side of the court and could see all too clearly the owners of the voices.
"What are you doing here Bolton?!" Chad Danforth sneered spotting his audience.
"I just….." Troy was slightly taken aback at the glares he was receiving from his three former best friends. "Thought I'd…."
"Want to play Bolton?" Jason Cross mocked.
"Here" Zeke Baylor roughly threw a ball at him "Take a shot!"
Troy could feel his hands shaking as he walked up to the net. It should have been an easy shot for him, but the three pairs of eyes on him wrecked his form. Taking a deep breath he aimed the ball and took a shot at the net.
The ball hit the net, hovered there for a moment or two…and dropped to the floor. Troy had missed.
"Nice job, Captain!" Chad smirked, Zeke and Jason sniggering behind him.
"I….I…You do better then?" Troy challenged throwing the ball at Chad.
"Ok then. Prepare to be amazed." Chad stepped up to the net and without hesitation threw the ball up to the net.
It soared through the air and fell through the hoop easily. Jason caught the ball as it fell back down and followed Chad's example throwing the ball up to the net. The ball again found the hoop and he scored. Zeke then took a shot and he also scored. Chad caught the ball drew it into his chest and turned back to Troy.
"You were saying?"
Troy opened his mouth to say something but no words came out. He gulped, and timidly knocked the ball out of Chad's hands and legged it as the three boys were distracted.
"That's right Bolton. Run away like the coward you are!" He heard Chad call after him, but he didn't stop. This was what he'd turned his life into.
