Chapter One
"Hello Mr Bolton," said secretary Barbara Walters, she smiled her flirty smile as Troy walked by, he managaed a full smile, "Hello Barbara." he said, walking by his office, Troy Bolton, 26 years old worked in a building that was the tallest in Santa Fe, and he was working on kissing his bosses ass to become CEO. Speaking of his boss, "hey Bolton," said Roger Seaver, an overweight man who thought he was the sexiest man on the planet, "hey I got a new suit how's it look?" Troy nearly gagged, but smiled, "like a million bucks sir." Troy Bolton, great personality and even better liar.
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Troy walked into his office and sat in his chair, he looked at the picture of his wife Gabriella Bolton and their two daughters Emma and Ella. Him and his wife were having some issues. Gabriella cleaned around the house while Emma and Ella played in their rooms. they were both 6 years old. Gabriella sighed looking at the picture frame, It was her and Troy back in High School...when he loved her. Gabriella sighed, was this all worth it? him coming home and not showing her any affection? he doesn't even kiss her anymore. he just ignores her. Gabriella sighed and went to the bathroom to clean in there.
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Troy worked diligently at his desk, going through paperwork after paperwork, if he was going to be CEO it was all worth it. He smiled, staring at the picture of him and Gabriella with their daughters again. He was so lucky to have her at his side, He sighed, turning his attention back to his paperwork, he didn't have time for distractions at work. He had to focus, "Mr Bolton," came his secretary's voice when she walked through the door. " You have an appointment with Mr Seaver's clients, he said that you would be able give them what they want..." Troy looked up and smirked, "right, uh...thanks Barbara, send them in." Barbara nodded and almost immediate a scantily clad dressed woman came in with a stern looking man behind her. "Uhm hi, I Troy Bolton," he said sticking out his hand.
The scantily clad woman smiled and shook his hand, speaking with a nasally voice, "Mutual I'm sure..." Troy wanted to hold his hands over his ears, her voice was annoying. But no these were his bosses clients, he had to...treat them respect. "now, uh...what brings you here today Miss..." he didn't know her name, she giggled annoyingly, "I don't like my last name, call me Lyzzie and Mr Seaver said that you would like to have an assistant." he nearly jumbled his sentence out, "ass-assisstant?" she nodded, and stood up and walked over to him. "Yeah...he hired me to assisst you with anything you may need." the innuendo was there. Troy gulped, Lyzzie looked back at the stern man, "Thom just leave me and Mr Bolton alone, I'll call you when needed."
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"So what are you going to do when we get to daddy's house?" Ella asked her twin sister, Emma. Emma who looked more like her dad than her mom looked at her sister, she was smart for her age, "I want to stay here...daddy's not coming." Ella puckered her lower lip, "that's a lie! He is coming!" Emma sighed, standing up, "no he's not, Daddy cares about work...he doesn't love us-" Ella wailed, so loud that Gabriella came running into the room.
Gabriella looked down at the twins, "Emma, Ella, what's going on?" Ella sniffled, "Why don't Daddy love us anymore?" Gabriella sighed and picked Ella up in her arms, "he does love us Ella... he just has a...weird way of showing it...he'll come around one of these days." Ella sniffled, "really?" Gabriella nodded, Emma looked at her, "really momma." Gabriella smiled, "of course."
Later that night around 10, Gabriella sighed, Tonight was her and Troy's...Annivirsary...and he was late. she sighed and blew out the candle and put his dinner in the microwave. Troy came through the door, "Hi Honey." she spoke. Troy ignored her and opened the fridge, she sighed, and opened up the microwave and gave him his food, "his your dinner.." she layed on the table, "enjoy...I guess." she mumbled going into the living room to sit on the couch.
Their anniversary, and he refused to acknowledge it! Gabriella sighed exasperatedly, buried her face in her hands. She loved to think in silence, but she couldn't do much thinking when the phone rang. She sighed and shoved herself off the couch and grabbed the reciever, "Hello, Bolton residence." The shriek of Sharpay Evans-Baylor came through, making her pull the phone away from her ear, "GABI! Guess what! I have an idea for Ella and Emma it's so adorable, so you and Troy can work out your issues." Gabriella winced, she hated acknowledging the fact that they had issues. She just wanted to go back to the past where they were in love and Troy would kiss her. "Sharpay I told you, me and Troy"- Troy looked up at his name-"don't have issues, therefore we don't need to work out anything."
Sharpay cooed on the other end, then she shrieked so loud that Troy heard her, "DENIAL!"
Gabriella sighed, He saw her look at him, and she sighed and turned away from him and brought her knees to her chest and whispered in the phone. "Shar...I just...don't know what to do anymore.." she tried to stop the tears from falling but she couldn't. "Gabi, it's ok.." Gabriella shook her head then whispered, "He forgot our Anniversary." Sharpay gasped, "I'm gonna kill him!" Gabriella shook her head, "No...It's my own fault...I just tried to hard... " she saw Troy staring at her. she scooted further on the couch and sighed, "what are you gonna do?" sharpay asked. Gabriella shrugged and whispered, "I think...I think I should end it... it's obvious of what we had was left at high school..." sharpay sighed, "I'm sorry gabs, but I'm here for you." Gabriella smiled, "Thanks."
She hung up the phone and just laid her head on her knees, sighing heavily, Troy sat next to her on the couch. "Okay...talk to me." She sniffled and didn't turn around when she spoke. "You forgot our anniversary...did you forget to spend the day with Ella and Emma, yes, and why? You were at work." Troy sighed, pushing himself off the couch, "seriously Brie, not this conversation again." She looked up at him, she hasn't heard him call her Brie since graduation. She stood up from the couch, "yes again Troy, cause we need to have it." Troy rubbed his temples and turned to go up the stairs, "well not now, in the morning I'm tired and I've had a lond day at work." Gabriella scoffed, she couldn't the next words out of her mouth, "oh you poor little Troyboy, I'm sorry that me and your kids
aren't perfect enough for you!" Troy stopped and turned to her, his eyes flaring, "Don't bring this onto Ella or Emma!" He hissed, Gabriella crossed her arms over her chest, "They are more my daughters than ours Troy, cause you're never home!" She poked him in the chest, making him walk backwards, "you're never here anymore! You work all day!" Troy stuffed his hands in his back pockets. "To provide for my family!" Gabriella looked at him, "What family Troy! What family!" her nostrils were flaring, and her lips trembled, "and don't you dare lie...save your bull for someone else, just..go sleep at your office tonight!"
Troy pushed her against the wall, "Listen, Why won't you go and stay with your mom or sharpay! I pay for this house!" he yelled. she whimpered and she had tears in her eyes. she looked away from him and looked at the pictures of her and Troy... back when they were in high school...inlove... everything... she just wanted That Troy back... she wanted the one that actually cared about her. "I'm done." she spoke. Troy looked at her confused, "what do you mean your done?" she sniffled, and looked at him, "I want a divorce...I don't wanna live like this anymore...I need someone who cares abut me and Emma and Ella...and who actually loves us.." she bit her bottom lip.
with that she walked up the stairs and to the bedroom, Troy of course followed her but she locked the door. He growled softly and punched the hard wood. Of course that caused a soft whimper to expose to little twin girls that were listening in on their hiding place, "shhh" Emma shushed her little sister by 8 minutes, "you'll give us away." Troy smirked, walking to where the voices were coming from, he knelt down, "I know you're there, come on out..." Ella popped her head from the toy bin in the hall way and Emma just stood against the wall. Troy sensed that Emma was rigid and her arms were crossed over her chest, eyes narrowed. She looked like her mother, Ella ran over to Troy, "Daddy you're not leaving are you?" Troy sighed, shaking his head, "no...your mom she's just...she has a lot on her mind right now and-"
"Get away from my girls." Troy looked up seeing Gabriella with a big suitcase, but it wasn't her suitcase. He gulped it his, he could tell well that and the fact that she almost literally tossed him down the stairs and then dropped the bag on his head, was hint enough. "Go sleep at your office where you obviously belong!"
Troy growled and she came down throwing another bag at him, "I stay here, and I'll continue my stay.." she said tossing the bag at him. "Fine! I'm out!" he said slamming the door. Troy couldn't believe it. she actually kicked him out. oh he was gonna make her suffer, he was gonna hurt her, he was gonna make her pay for doing this to him.
Gabriella took in a deep breath and looked at the door, Emma and Ella came up to her, "mommy?" Gabriella picked up her twins, "I'm sorry girls...I really really thought he loved us.." she hugged them. Ella began crying hystrtically and Gabriella pulled her into her arms. "Oh baby. don't cry, please don't cry." she rubbed her hair. "I..I miss daddy." Emma gasped, "how could you miss him? he don't love us." Ella sniffled, "I guess I should forget about him then..right mommy?" Gabriella shook her head, "No baby, Even though he don't care about us, doesn't mean we shouldn't care about him..." Gabriella said, she still cared about him, and for some odd reason still loved him, but... he hurt her, and she couldn't take the pain anymore.
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Troy drove to the office, it was better than being homeless. He rubbed his eyes as he parked in his usual spot and got out with his bag. He walked to the door and opened it. Glad that the policy was that last one out meant last one to lock the doors, some one was still here. His mind was blank, so very blank, all he could think of was...well nothing, it was a white blank that filled his mind. He walked to his office in a blur and was shocked to see Lyzzie in there organizing his files, "Oh Mr Bolton...hey what's up?" her face turned to concern and something else. "You look like you could use a deep tissue massage...want me to give you one?" Troy didn't think, he didn't control his actions when he dropped his bags and just kissed her square and lustfully on the mouth, Lyzzie giggled and wrapped her legs around his waist, he cleared the desk and laid her on the surface.
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Emma and Ella were about to go to bed, and Emma was getting into her bed and Ella was looking out the window, "Ella, you coming to bed?" Ella nodded, "In a minute." Ella looked up at the starts and sighed, "I wish that my dad...couldn't lie to my mommy or anyone anymore... and told the truth.." Ella sighed and walked back and layed down with Emma. Gabriella came and tucked them in, she sighed and sat at the edge of the bed, "I'm sorry about your daddy guys...but I promise... it's just gonna be the three of us..alright?" she said. Emma smiled, "what about your date with Austin tomorrow?" Gabriella giggled, "it's just an old friend from high school..." more like Troy's enemy in high school. "Now, Goodnight ladies."she kissed there forheads and she turned the lamp off and left.
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They lay on the floor of his office, shoes and clothes scattered across the floor (shudders) Lyzzie was panting heavily, her hand holding Troy's coat to her chest and her head next to his. "That...was great..." she looked at him, a dreamy smile on her face, "was it great for you?" Troy looked at her, prepared to say the words that had formed the easy lie in his head, but the words he thought of weren't the words that came out of his mouth. He smiled, "I've had better." His eyes bulged out of his head and he opened his mouth to explain but Lyzzie jumped up and put her bra and under wear back on, Troy got up too still trying to explain and apologize but his partial speech was cut short when she threw him out of the doors of his office, he slid three feet and his coat landed on his face, he grabbed it and looked at her face, watching her shut the doors and he laid his head on the wooden floors of the hallway. Murmuring in confusion, "I've had better? What the-I didn't want to say that..."
(next morning)
Troy stood up on his feet and fixed his outfit that he had on before and he walked around and he saw Roger Seaver the most overweighed man in the building. Roger smiled at him, "Hey Mr Bolton, I got a new suite again..." Troy looked at the blue suite that he was wearing, He was ready to lie to him, but ended up saying something else that shouldn't of came out, "You actually look like a whale.." Troy covered his mouth, did he just say that? Roger growled and turned around and walked away. What was going on? was the only thing going through Troy's Mind.
