Ttike: In my heart always
Author: Wolfiegirl93
Show: High School Musical
Pairing: Troy/Gabriella, slight Troy/Sharpay
Warnings: Characters might be OOC!

It was another bright sunny day at East High. The school hallways were packed with people digging through theirs lockers or just chatting away. The news about Troy singing and dating the beautiful Gabriella spread fast. Troy Bolton opened his lockers only to be spied on by the one and only Sharpay Ryans.

Sharpay watched her crush smiling to himself as he fished for his history text book. She was happy for both Troy and Gab but something inside her made her twitch. She frowned as she saw Montez kissing her crush. She felt her cheeks burn and her fist clenched. Without thinking straight, as if her mind was under control, she walked up to the two and smiled that arrogant smile at the two love birds.

Now that Sharpay was not mad at both of them for beating her, Troy greeted her with that ten dollar smile while Gabriella just said hi. Sharpay said her greetings and pulled Troy away from his girlfriend.

"Troy, can you come over to my house tonight to help me on a project?" Troy stood there lost in her questions. Since when has Sharpay actually invited him to her house…on a school night!

"I would love to, Sharpay, but I already have plans with Gab…" Sharpay felt her heart stop but she kept going letting her jealously flow to him.

"What does that brat have that I don't have?" Troy was taken aback.

"Whoa, little lady. First off, Gab is not a brat… She's actually…"

"A what? Whore?" Troy went speechless.

"Troy, listen to me. I never wanted to tell you this but, one time last week I was heading to the girl's bathroom and your lady was in there. She was on the phone actually flirting with someone. She said something like 'Me love him? Puh-leez! You're my man…Fred'" Sharpay had to make up a guy's name without ruining her plan. She needed Tory now since he is twice as popular. Her fame was everything and now that Montex girl came to view, she had lost it. She needed it back, starting with her admirer.

"What?" was all he said. Sharpay placed on a pout and trailed her fingers up and down his arm.

"You don't believe me, Troy?" she asked sadly. Troy frowned and grabbed her hand harshly.

"Why should I believe such a false lie? Gabriella never cheats behind me and never will." With that he walked away. Sharpay needed to think fast.

"Wait, Troy!" Troy stopped walking.

"Listen, haven't you wondered where she got all those mysterious calls lately? Why she is always saying she's busy every weekend? From my opinion, I think she's going to cancel your little date tonight." Troy took all of that in but forced himself not to believe. True Bag has been very busy lately and mostly canceling their weekend dates but that doesn't prove anything…right?

"Think about it, Troy. If you need help, I'm always here for you." Troy looked at her. More of a glare than a stare. He frowned and turned back walking. Sharpay grinned evilly and walked off proud of what she had done. But something inside her felt wrong. Something was missing. She thought less of it and carried on her little catwalk.

Troy checked himself one last time in the mirror and smiled to himself. "Troy Bolton, you're looking fine!" he said and walked off. His black tuxedo was visible to his dad and instead of getting the long dating tips or complaints on missing basketball training, the dad just say hi and walked away. Troy frowned confused but kept walking down the stairs. As he was about to go off and fetch Gabriella, the phone rang.

"Someone get it please!" he shouted. No one answered. He groaned and picked it up.

"Hello? Troy Bolton speak-"

"Troy! Thank goodness you're still at home!" the voice said relieved.

"Is something wrong, Gab?" troy asked concerned.

"I'm sorry, Troy but I can't make it to tonight's dinner. I'm meeting someone." Troy felt something inside him squeeze.

"Oh…okay… I been through this same excuse for at least 10 times now. I'll live…" There was a long pause on the other line.

"See you tomorrow, Gab!" he said and slammed the phone down. He heard Gabriella's voice still going on the phone but ignored them and hung up.

"In my opinion, I think she's going to cancel your little date tonight."

"How did she know this would happen?!" Troy asked himself as he went upstairs to change again. He felt his anger boil and his head bursting.

"Haven't you wondered where she got all those mysterious calls lately? Why she is always saying she's busy every weekend?"

"I never actually thought about that…" he admitted. He has to admit that Sharpay's words are getting to him. He shook his head furiously and flopped on his bed.

"She wouldn't cheat behind me! Gab the innocent girl would never!" he said laughing. However, his laughter died down as he let a big sigh.

"Gabriella…" he sighed.

Gabriella was glad that Troy was still at home. She immediately told him she couldn't make it since her mother arranged a last minute arrangement to meet Gabriella's cousin. She loved Fred so much that it's very rare she could see him.

"Troy would understand…I mean, I see him like everyday." She reasoned.

"Troy! Thank goodness you're still at home!" she said happily.

"I'm sorry, Troy but I can't make it to tonight's dinner. I'm meeting someone." She said sadly. Silence fell before Troy replied. she wasn't expecting him to be so hurt. 'Has it already been the 10th date cancel?' she asked herself shocked. She was about to apologized when Troy hung up.

"Oh troy… I'm so sorry."

"Is something wrong honey?" Gab turned to face her mother a plastered on a fake smile.

"No, nothing. I guess Troy was kind of upset about me canceling our date that's all."

"I'm so sorry I arranged it tonight sweetie but cousin Fred's going away soon and I know how much you'll miss him." Gab hugged her mum and laughed.

"It's ok. I'll just tell Troy tomorrow in school why I cancelled the date and everything will be ok." Mrs. Montez smiled and answered the ringing doorbell.

"I hope…" Gabriella sighed when she was alone again.