Rewritten
In this story East High is a boarding school in Boston.
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Gabriella stepped out of the bus and slung her old looking dark blue backpack on her shoulders and her small suitcase trailing behind her. She walked in the school paying no attention at all to the whispers around her.
Some of them were implying her hair. It was extremely long. Some of them were implying her beat up backpack, and the other whispers were about the way she was dressed. She was wearing jean shorts, a black tank-top and an army jacket.
She ignored the whispers around her as if they weren't even there, she also couldn't hear them because her iPod was on full blast, as usual.
She walked into the office and gave her paper to the lady at the front desk. "Miss Montez, welcome to East High. It's nice to see that you arrived here safely. Your first class is in Miss Darbus room, and here is the key to your dorm."
Gabriella nodded her head in appreciation, took the key, and walked out of the office to slam into East High's king, Troy Bolton. He was known as the player at the school, and he had a way to get whatever he wanted. But underneath it all he was a sweet, caring, funny, and very interesting guy. He just didn't let anyone know that, except his best friend Chad Danforth of course.
Gabriella slammed into Troy and her iPod player fell out of her pocket. Troy's friends didn't notice the girl, but he did because she bumped into him. He picked up her iPod and looked at what was playing. Song for Jacob by The Bravery. He was a little shocked. He didn't anyone else who knew The Bravery.
Gabriella picked up her book that fell out of her bag and then searched her pocket for her iPod, when her gaze went to a boy that was standing in front of her and looking at her music. She snatched it away from him without even taking a glance before she walked to her class.
Troy didn't get to look at her; all he saw was her long black hair that went down to her thighs. He watched her walk away but his vision was interrupted when a girl with blond hair, pink heels, a black leather mini skirt, and a very glittery pink top came in front of him.
By now all of his friends were behind him and paying attention. He was after all the basketball captain, and he had the whole school eating out of the palm of his hand.
"Hey Troy, how's it goin?" Sharpay asked while twirling a strand of her hair, she thought this action was cute, but Troy thought it was revolting.
Troy faked a smile; he was really good at those. He looked back at his friends and then back at Sharpay saying, "Hi Sharpay…Class is gonna start soon."
He and his friends started walking again, leaving a disappointed Sharpay. "I'll see you later." Her voice held a wince of desperation and longing.
Troy and his friend chuckled as they rounded the corner. Chad put his arm around his best friend and said, "This year we're senior's boys. I think I'm going to go for some cheerleaders this time round. Since we have the first game of the year next month, we can have girls on bread."
Troy chuckled at his friend. Chad always had a problem deciding between girls and food. His solution was girls feeding him food, or food shaped as girls.
"Take it easy Chad; you don't want to be too tired for practice later." Troy said, a little tired of his friend's obsession with sex.
When they entered they ignored the squeals coming from the girls in the classroom, they were used to it. They entered the class as if they didn't hear anything, when they got to their seats Chad continued their conversation, "Coming from the guy who has done more than half the female population at this school, I'm a bit surprised, I must say."
Troy rolled his eyes and was about to say something, but the bell rang and a girl entered the room. Troy's eyes were fixed on her; he couldn't believe that a girl could be this beautiful. He recognized her by her long black hair that reminded him of the night sky.
They locked eyes for a moment before she started to walk towards the teacher. "Pipe down class. We have a new student, Miss Montez…Would you like to tell us something about yourself." Ms Darbus said after looking over Gabriella's file.
Gabriella shook her head and said, "Not really."
Ms Darbus eyed her curiously and said, "I insist. Your…hair certainly makes a statement."
"A statement asking for help." Sharpay said out loud and laughter broke out. Troy looked up at the girl, he didn't know her name yet, but he was already intrigued by her.
When people started to laugh she didn't cry, she didn't look embarrassed or shy, she just rolled her eyes and asked, "Can I have my schedule please?"
Ms Darbus handed Gabriella her schedule and she pointed her to the seat in the back. "You can leave your suitcase here; since the student council decided to make the first day short, school is over after this period so the students can settle back in. You can move into your room after class." Ms Darbus said as she grabbed Gabriella's suitcase. Troy couldn't help but notice that Gabriella hesitated a bit. After Ms Darbus finished her announcements she said, "You may do as you wish. Just remember, I'm watching."
The student's immediately turned to each other and started talking. Gabriella turned on her iPod and put it on full blast again. She also took out a notebook and stared at it for a few seconds before opening it to start drawing.
Troy glanced at Gabriella and for some reason was wondered what she was drawing. He shook his head at the thoughts. He wasn't supposed to think about girls like that, he had a reputation to uphold. He didn't know why this girl was different than any other girl, but he wanted to find out why.
"I hear she's a freak." Chad said as he noticed Troy was staring at the new girl.
Troy looked a Chad a bit surprised. "How do you know that?"
Chad pointed to Taylor. Taylor was known as the schools know it all; she knew everything about everybody. Also known as the schools gossip queen, she takes on the responsibility to know every secret.
"Tay said that she's been in jail, worked for the Feds (FBI), father's dead, mother sent her here because she thought she was a freak, and she blew up seven cop cars." Chad said while he took a little glance at Gabriella.
Troy looked at him with disbelieving eyes. "Yeah right. How could a small wimp like that survive in jail? The information must have been mixed with someone else's."
Chad shook his head. "I thought that too, but Tay told me so herself, and you know that when Taylor says something…it's usually true."
Troy rolled his eyes and lightly punched Chad's arm while saying, "That's why they're called rumors dude."
Chad chuckled and said, "Best information I ever got out of anyone." He nudged Troy and they both shared a little chuckle.
Gabriella was drawing something. She never knew exactly what it was she drew. But it was always beautiful. Mostly landscapes of what she saw in her dreams. But they kind of look like something from Lord of the Rings, or other fantasies.
Sharpay stood over Gabriella's desk waiting to be acknowledged. Gabriella didn't pay attention to her though. It was only when Sharpay took the earphones out of Gabriella's ear, interrupting her drawing, did she look up and ask, "Yes?"
Sharpay gave her a small smiled and took her notebook, or at least tried. Gabriella held onto it tightly and Sharpay let it go with a frustrated smile that was obviously fake. "We need to lay down some ground rules." Sharpay said as she started to walk around Gabriella's desk.
Gabriella closed her notebook slowly and turned her iPod down a bit. She took a breath and looked up at Sharpay, feigning interest.
"1. No joining the drama club unless you had experience. 2. If your roommate is popular, you must leave her alone. 3. You need to find a place to sit during lunch and stay there. 4. No swooning, stalking or drooling over the popular crowd. 5. You must attend every party, no matter how late it is. 6. Get rid of your clothes that are old and ugly. 7. No wearing jackets when it's winter. 8. In East High all girls are subjected to show at least ten percent of their cleavage. 9. You have to have a different style every day. 10. Troy Bolton is mine. You can't go near him, talk to him, sleep with him…don't even think about him."
Gabriella didn't even listen to half the things that Sharpay listed. She felt a gaze on her, and when she looked up she saw the blue eyes that she saw when she entered the class. Gabriella could read a person like a book, just by looking at him she could tell you twenty different things about them.
Troy was different; she couldn't see anything distinctive about him other then the fact that he plays basketball, is one of the popular ones, has very few or only one real friend, hates pink, and he loves the company of girls. But she knew there was something else; she just couldn't see it, and that made her confused. She also knew that she should avoid the people in this school as much as possible.
It's not that she cared about how they would treat her; it's just that she has a feeling that the blue eyed boy could possibly figure out her secret. And the only thing that Gabriella is afraid of is people finding out her secret.
"I also need to know your name, and your dorm room." Sharpay said, thinking that Gabriella was hanging on every word she said.
Gabriella tore her eyes away from Troy and looked up at Sharpay to say, "No."
"Why the hell not?" Sharpay asked a bit loudly, outraged. A few people turned their attention towards them, and luckily Ms Darbus stepped out a few minutes ago.
Gabriella shrugged her shoulders and put the other ear phone in her ear. Sharpay was literally fuming when she yanked the ear phones out of Gabriella's ear. Gabriella sighed and looked up at her and asked her very calmly, "What do you want?"
Sharpay looked back and saw that everyone was staring at them; she took a deep breath to calm down and then smiled at Gabriella while saying, "As the head of the party committee, I need your information."
"I'm sorry, but I don't do parties." Gabriella said right before the bell rang and Ms Darbus came back in the room.
Gabriella grabbed her bag and walked over to get her suitcase before stepping out of the classroom. Sharpay stomped her feet on the ground as everyone started to exit the room.
Right when Gabriella was about to turn a corner, a girl suddenly appeared in front of her. "Hi, I'm Taylor. I was assigned to bring you to your room."
Gabriella took a quick look at her. Unlike Sharpay, Taylor didn't have pink makeup on; she had red makeup, big hoop earrings, and a hair style that had a different style to it then everyone else's. In fact, it seemed that every girl at East High had different style hairdos. As if having the same hair style as another girl was as horrible as wearing the same outfit as someone.
Taylor was also wearing a short skirt and a glittery blouse. Gabriella noted that none of the girls wore bottoms that went past their thighs.
Gabriella could tell that Taylor was confident, organized, a perfectionist, and a gossip queen or a journalist just by looking at her. She had a note pad in her shirt pocket, a suitcase as her backpack, and no strand of her hair was out of place.
"Hi, I'm Gabriella…I think I can make it there myself." Gabriella said as she tried to walk around her..
Taylor stopped her again. "Maybe you can, but the responsibility of being on the student council compels me to…I'll take your bag."
Gabriella hesitated for a second. Maybe this girl wasn't the best to trust. But she didn't want to cause suspicion by saying no. So, she reluctantly gave Taylor her suitcase.
"Whoa, you suitcase is heavy." Taylor said as she picked it up.
Gabriella made no emotion on her face when she said, "There's an odd number of student, so they gave me my own room."
Taylor smiled at her and started walking, with Gabriella beside her. She was too busy looking around the school when they walked outside to hear Taylor talking to her. There were trees, flowers that were beautiful, grass that looked perfect, and a blue sky that didn't have one cloud in it. Gabriella closed her eyes and took a breath. It wasn't until Taylor turned around that Gabriella opened her eyes. "So what do you say?" Taylor said as they came to stop in front of a building.
"Huh?" Gabriella asked when she realized that she didn't hear a word that Taylor said.
Taylor eyed her curiously for a moment before saying, "There's a welcome back to school party tonight. You should come."
Gabriella shook her head and said, "No…I don't do parties."
Taylor eyed her curiously again. Taylor didn't know much about Gabriella, and that made her a bit angry. Taylor was known as the girl who knew everything about everybody, and she didn't really know anything about Gabriella. This gave Taylor the chance for a challenge, and she likes a challenge. "Come on. It'll be fun…It's your first day and you should meet some people." Taylor said as they started walking up the stairs to Gabriella's room.
Gabriella started to shake her head but when she saw a football pass in front of her she stopped. Then she saw a boy run from one corner to the other with a water gun in his hand. "You're so lucky you're living on the co-ed floor. We're in the floor below you." Taylor said as she walked down the hallway as if there was no one there. She stopped in front of a door in the middle of the hallway and said, "Here we are, room 508."
Gabriella walked in and saw two single beds, a window, two desks, a TV, a couch, and a kitchen with a fridge, a stove and a counter. She also saw three lamps, two vases, and two mirrors. It was like a little apartment that was already furnished.
Gabriella took her suitcase from Taylor and walked in. "Wow, this place is…interesting."
"Yeah, at East High we try and make every student comfortable. So, the student council decided to make the dorm rooms homier. The seniors get special dorms, and the freshmen get crappy ones. You're so lucky you get to live alone…I'll pick you up at seven for the party." Taylor said, and before Gabriella could say no she was out the door.
Gabriella sighed, put her suitcase on the bed and opened it. She took out her Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Who, and The Bravery posters. Putting them up all over the room.
Gabriella opened a special part of the suitcase and took out a gun. She put it under her pillow and went to unpack the rest of her things.
Gabriella had only ever been to one party, and she never wanted to go to another one ever again. She didn't like the atmosphere of a party, all the smoke, the loud rap music that degrades woman, the sight of someone throwing up every five minutes, and seeing everyone in the room either drunk or passed out. She just didn't like that.
Gabriella preferred to sit outside and lay down on the grass listening to music, rather than getting drunk and doing something stupid.
She walked over to a place to plug in her speakers, attached it to her iPod, and put on her rock ballads playlist. So, she decided to take a long nap before having to deal with going to a party.
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Troy was in charge during this practice because their coach was coming back from vacation tomorrow. (In this story, Troy's dad won't be the coach.)
After practice, Chad and Troy stayed behind to shoot some hoops.
"Coming to the party tonight?" Chad asked as grabbed the ball and passed it to Troy.
Troy caught the ball before asking, "What party?"
Troy took a shot and made it. Chad was standing under the basket so he could catch the ball. "Tay and Sharpay are having a party in their dorm at seven. It's a welcome back to school party…Not to be confused with their Thanksgiving party, Halloween party, Valentine's Day party, first week back from vacation party, third week back from vacation party, first month back from vacation party, second month back from vacation party, three days until mid term party, mid terms are over party, first week after mid terms are over party, St Patrick's day party, Spring Break is next week party, one month until finals party, finals are tomorrow party, finals are over party, the after prom party, one month until summer vacation party, summer vacation is next week party, and of course their normal parties that occur every week…By the way, all those parties are going to happen this year." Troy looked at him with raised eyebrows for a few seconds. Chad laughed with a shrug. "They throw good parties."
Troy chuckled and threw the ball in the hoop before he and Chad walked to the locker room to change.
"What do you think of the new girl?" Chad asked as he put his shoes on.
Troy put his basketball jersey away before answering, "I don't know."
That wasn't true; he couldn't get her off his mind. The fact that she stood up to Sharpay without even thinking about the consequences was intriguing. And her eyes, those dark brown chocolate eyes, he couldn't stop thinking about them. Or her lips, or hair, or the way she dressed, or the way she walked, or the way that she looked at him. He just couldn't stop thinking about her, and that scared him a bit.
Chad stood up and put his jersey in his locker while Troy waited for him. "She's coming to the party tonight."
Troy wanted to go to the party now. But he didn't act like it. "So?"
"Tay said that she might be our group material when the girl's give her a makeover. She's in the room that's exactly in front of ours, 508, and she has no roommate." Chad said as they started to walk out.
Troy walked by his side as he asked, "How do you know so much? She got here four hours ago."
Chad shrugged his shoulders and said, "I met up with Tay around 1:00pm."
Troy nodded his head as they rounded a corner, and stepped outside. They heard a few squeals and responded to some hellos. Troy winked at a few girls, and high fived a few guys as they walked to their dorm.
"Here we are again, room 509. The beginning of our senior year, it's going to be awesome." Chad exclaimed as they stood outside their door.
Troy glanced behind him for a second to see room 508, he heard a crash. "Did you hear that?" Troy asked as Chad walked into their room.
"No."
Troy took one last glance at the door across theirs before walking in. "So what's her name?" Troy asked as he went over to his bed and sat down.
Chad looked confused as he went in the kitchen, "Whose name?"
Troy took off his shoes, feeling a little tired, "That new girl that Taylor told you so much about."
Chad dropped his soda, and without even thinking, he picked it up and opened it. Troy heard a spraying sound and looked up to see Chad and his hair completely covered in soda that was foamed.
Troy laughed as Chad wiped the foam out of his eyes. Chad glared at him and said, "Not funny. How was I supposed to know that would happen?"
"When the sodium in the soda is shaken, it tends to blow up…I did a hot nerd a few months ago." Troy said and quickly recovered by saying something related to sex.
Chad nodded his head in understanding and went to get another soda.
Troy would rather die than let anyone find out he's a straight A student. He's been keeping his grades a secret ever since he got his first A. His father told him that he should always keep a C plus, so he never told his parents either. He only see's them three times a year, and that's just about all he can handle.
"Her name's Gabriella or something like that." Chad said as he went over to the speakers and picked up their shared iPod to choose a song.
"Gabriella." Troy whispered under his breath as he fell back on his bed, closed his eyes and started to think about the girl that somehow got his stomach in twist, and he hasn't even talked to her yet.
"Zeppelin or Floyd?" Chad asked as he debated between two songs by two different artists.
Troy thought about it for a moment before saying, "Zeppelin."
Chad nodded his head and put on the song Since I've Been Loving You by Led Zeppelin.
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Two hours later, a knock came from the door. Troy saw that Chad was in the bathroom, so he went to get it. He opened the door to see Sharpay in a glittery pink dress that was very short. He sighed and asked, "What do you want Sharpay?"
Sharpay smiled again. "The party's about to start. It's in room 403. You remember my room, don't you?"
Troy winced at the memory of the pink room before saying, "Unfortunately."
Troy looked behind her to see Taylor at room 508 knocking on the door. Sharpay looked behind him to see Chad exiting the bathroom. "See you in five minutes." She said before grabbing Taylor and walking away.
Troy was about to close the door, but he saw Gabriella. He looked at her for a few seconds and saw that she was staring at him too. He was about to say hello, but when he opened his mouth, she slammed the door. He looked at the door curiously, wondering if she would come back out.
"Dude…Get dressed, we're going to that party." Chad said as he threw Troy his t-shirt.
Troy caught it and closed the door. He looked at Chad to see he was already dressed. "It's just a party Chad, there's going to be a million more in the next month."
Chad shrugged. "I know, but this is our first party as seniors, and that means more girls with low self esteems."
"How does that mean more girls with low self esteems?" Troy asked curiously as he searched through his dresser for new pants.
Chad walked to the door. "It's another year that they think will eventually disappoint them, hence forth, they get early low self esteem…I'll meet you there. You seem like you're going to take a while."
Chad walked out the door and Troy quickly started to get dressed. He wanted Chad to leave a little early so that he could meet Gabriella. He put on his last shoe and before walking out, checked himself in the mirror to make sure he looked good.
He smiled and walked out to the hallway to bump into Taylor.
"Hello Troy." Taylor said flirtatiously as she recovered and batted her eyes lashes.
Troy sighed. "Hi Taylor. Why aren't you at your party?"
Taylor blushed for some odd reason. "I'm here to bring the new girl to it. I'll know everything about her by midnight."
Troy looked her over for a second. No one would deny that Taylor was hot; she's got big curves and big breasts, a very nice ass. It's just that she's just like every other girl at East High, possibly more controlling and mean, but she does have a very high GPA. Troy has never been with Taylor, and he doesn't ever plan on it, she's not what he's looking for.
Troy saw Taylor smile at him and he closed his eyes in annoyance, but didn't show it. "I'll go with you." He said as he leaned against the door and waited for her reply. Even though he already knew she would say yes.
No girl has ever said no to Troy Bolton. He has a charm that they just can't resist, almost like magic. And in some ways he hates it, but it always comes in handy.
Taylor nodded her head and winked at him before turning around to knock on the door. Troy heard a crash again and got curious. Then they heard a very loud guitar solo, and Taylor jumped back a bit. Then they saw a very calm Gabriella open the door and said, "Hi."
Troy heard the song HateFuck playing, and he looked at Taylor to see her scrunch up her nose in disgust. The girls at East High only listen to Pop, Hip Hop and Rap music. He wasn't too surprised that Taylor didn't like what was coming from Gabriella's room.
Taylor looked at Gabriella to see her not wearing any makeup. "I was here five minutes ago, and you haven't changed your t-shirt, or put any makeup on."
Gabriella looked down at herself and then back up. "I'm not going."
Taylor frustratingly sighed. Then she remembered that Troy Bolton was behind her, and no girl could say no to Troy Bolton. "Here, you deal with her. Just make sure that she gets to that party." Taylor said before walking down the hallway to the stairs.
Before Troy could protest, Taylor was long gone. "Hi…I, um...I'm-" He cleared this throat, feeling a little silly. "I'm Troy." Troy said with more confident voice as he extended his hand.
Gabriella looked at him for a second before slowly extending her hand to his. "Gabriella." She said as they slowly shook hands. But they didn't realize that they were shaking hands for a long time.
Troy took his hand away and scratched the back of his neck while saying, "So, you like The Bravery?"
Gabriella's eyes widened and she ran back in the room to turn off her speakers. Troy walked in and looked around with curious amusement. He didn't expect all of his favorite bands on the wall. But then his gaze wondered to the notebook that she was drawing in earlier. He walked to her desk and picked it up.
"What are you doing?" Gabriella's accusing voice asked as he turned around quickly, feeling like a kid who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
He took a moment to answer, not quite sure what he was doing either. "Nothing."
Troy looked her over for a few seconds. Her hair was in a loose bun that let some strands fall to the side. Then he took a look at her figure. She was slim, but she had a full set of curves and fairly large breasts. Troy averaged them to be at least a C-cup. She wasn't very tall either, maybe 5ft 4in, or something close to that. She looked more real than the other East High girl. They all had fake boobs and did liposuction. Troy could automatically tell that Gabriella didn't do any of those kinds of things. She was petite and almost fragile looking.
Then he looked at her face and saw that she wasn't wearing any makeup at all, and her skin was naturally tan. Troy could tell after years of seeing fake tans. Her lips were red, as if they had lipstick on them, but they didn't. And her eyes were dark with a little blue spark in them, literally. Troy was seriously confused as to why a little blue spark was in her eyes, it looked a little bit like fire, but it was blue.
Gabriella observed Troy while he was admiring her. He had a button down shirt that had the two buttons open. He was also wearing jeans. Then she looked at his facial features. He had the bluest eyes Gabriella had ever seen; they looked like the blue sky, but were also dark like the ocean. She couldn't find any faults, there was not one thing wrong with him, and she couldn't read him, and that kind of scared her.
Then she took a look at his figure. He had broad shoulders, and a very well toned chest that Gabriella felt herself imagining running her hands down. But his muscles were perfect, just enough to make him every girls fantasy.
Gabriella noticed that Troy was looking her over, so she took her notebook out his hands. "We can go to that party now." She knew he wouldn't leave otherwise.
Troy looked up and said, "Ok…let's go."
Troy led her out and closed the door behind him. "This isn't going to be one of those parties where someone jumps in a little pool filled with beer is it?" Gabriella asked as they walked down the stairs.
Troy chuckled and said, "Nah, it's the first party of the year. They do that in the spring." He stopped outside of Sharpay and Taylor's room. They could hear the insanely loud music.
Troy looked at Gabriella for a second before opening the door.
They walked in and saw that there were beer bottles and plastic cups of vodka an tequila everywhere. The whole room was filled with people. The music was incredibly loud, and the room was filled with a smoke that didn't really smell like cigarette smoke, more like smoke machine smoke.
"There you are, I didn't think that you would come." Taylor said giddily as she came up to them at the door.
Gabriella sighed and said, "Looks like a nice party." Troy looked at her with a tiny smile. He could tell that she was trying to be nice, and it worked.
Taylor smiled and said, "Thank you. You are the only person to compliment me on something other than my ass." She put her hand over her heart and then grabbed Gabriella's hand. Gabriella didn't get to say goodbye to Troy, but she took one last glance at him as she was pulled away by Taylor. "Shar, meet Gabriella Montez…Ignore the clothes, and picture her with makeup and you'll understand why I invited her." Taylor said as they came up to Sharpay at the drink area.
Sharpay turned around and her smile dropped. She put her hand on her hip and said, "Oh, it's you…I guess she looks plausible."
Gabriella looked at her drink. It was a pink cocktail. Sharpay took a sip of her cosmopolitan. "Do you have any beer?" Gabriella asked as she felt Sharpay might kill her with her evil stare.
Sharpay gasped and looked at Gabriella in horror. "You drink that stuff?"
"What's wrong with beer?" Gabriella asked with a confused yet curious expression.
Sharpay looked at Taylor with a hand over her mouth. She was utterly appalled. "Beer is fermented malt and hops, and it has so many empty calories."
"Oh…You're those kind of girls." Gabriella said after a realization.
Sharpay straighten up. "Excuse me?" It seemed she wanted to feel insulted.
Gabriella shook her head and quickly said, "You know what, I'm going to leave…I'll let myself out." Gabriella sighed, ignoring Sharpay's yelling at her for being rude. Walking out and down the stairs to come outside and breathe a sigh of relief.
Troy watched her figure leave and turned towards Chad. "I think Julia lives on the floor below this one, I'll go see if she's there." Chad nodded his head as the music started again and people began to dance.
Troy walked outside, making sure that no one saw him. He heard footsteps going down some stairs and he raced after them. He didn't know why he was doing this; it was as if someone had taken over his body.
He followed the footsteps outside and stopped when he saw Gabriella lying on the grass in front of the building. No one was around, and it was dark out. He slowly walked over to her, trying not to make a sound.
That was a really bad idea, because as soon a Troy stepped on a branch; Gabriella was up in a flash and had her gun pointing at Troy. Troy put his hands up surprised and said, "Whoa…shit. I-I'm sorry; I didn't mean to scare you."
Gabriella took a breath and put her hand down. "Sorry." She sat back down with a hand over her head in thought.
Troy gulped and moved forward towards, ignoring every instinct that told him to run. "Why do you have a gun?"
Gabriella looked at him a curious smirk. "Why didn't you run?"
"I don't know. Why do you have a gun? Is it even loaded?" He asked as he slowly sat down next to her.
Gabriella put the gun back in her pocket before answering, "It's always loaded."
"Why do you have it?" Troy asked again, for the third time. He honestly didn't know why he was here; he didn't even really know her. He should have run when she pulled out the gun. Actually, he really should have gone to Julia.
Gabriella looked at him dead serious for a second before saying, "I'm a wanted criminal."
When she saw Troy's face turn to shock she chuckled. He smiled sarcastically at her. "Very funny."
Gabriella giggled and laid back on the ground. Troy found himself wanting to hear her giggle again. But he shook those thoughts away. He wasn't even supposed to be here, let alone think about her in that way. He wasn't really allowed to talk to her. There are certain unspoken rules that say he can't.
But as he heard Gabriella's giggle again, all thoughts of that stupid little rule flew out his head. "Why are you still here?"
"You still haven't answered my question…Why do you have a loaded gun?" Troy asked, again, as he laid down next to her.
Gabriella looked up at the starry sky a longing expression on her face as the moon appeared from behind the dark clouds. "Just in case they come."
Troy was really confused, but before he could ask anything else, He heard a yell that sent unwanted shivers down his spine. "Troysie…Baby, are you out here?"
Troy groaned. "Damn." He muttered under his breath. Gabriella chuckled silently.
"Your girlfriend is calling you." Gabriella said as she closed her eyes.
Troy looked at her; a hint of disgust in his voice. "Sharpay is not my girlfriend. She might like to think she is, but she never will be." She raised an eyebrow, obviously amused. "She scares me. You should see her room when in the daytime. Too much pink, I'm pretty sure I had nightmares for a few days." Troy said quietly, waiting for Sharpay to go back in the building.
Gabriella looked at him confused when he laid back down next to her. "Why are you still here?" She asked more curious then confused.
"In case who comes?" Troy asked as he faced her, ignoring her question.
Gabriella looked back up at the sky. "I can't tell you."
"Why not, is there a conspiracy against you?" Troy asked with a little chuckle. Gabriella stood up abruptly and started walking back to the building. Troy quickly ran up to her and stepped in front of her before she could enter the building. "Whoa. Was it something I said?"
Gabriella tried to get around him but when she couldn't she said, "Will you move."
"No. I want to know." Troy said as he crossed his arms and blocked her from the door.
Gabriella knew that he was a lot stronger then her, but she wasn't going to give up. "You don't even know me." She said as she tried to figure out a way to get around him.
"So tell me." He asked amused.
"What?" She asked with a baffled expression. He couldn't really see any facial expressions due to the darkness of the night. But he could tell that she was shocked.
Troy walked closer to her, his voice taking a more low and husky tone. "Tell me about yourself."
"Not now." Gabriella said as she started to get a little scared as he approached her, but not a regular scared, more like an unfamiliar scared. His voice sent a little shiver through her. A shiver that she's never felt before.
Troy smirked. "Why not?"
"Bye." She said quickly as she ducked under his arm and ran up the stairs.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He yelled out as she practically ran up the stairs. Troy watched her leave with a little smile. He didn't know why, but he liked this girl, a lot.