So, I was thinking and what if Troy hadn't gone after Gabriella to Stanford what if he had accepted she was gone and turned to an unlikely person... thank you to my beta disco-wing
Sharpay didn't tell Troy about Gabriella's Stanford opportunity to get revenge or out of some plan she was forming in her head. No, she told him because he deserved to know the truth, that little Miss Perfect was bailing at the end of senior year. She had left yesterday and Sharpay was walking the halls of East High beaming. She wouldn't have to hear Gabriela's annoying as fuck voice. She wouldn't have to see her throw herself onto Troy. And she wouldn't have to watch her raise her hand to answer every question while looking like she was going to piss herself if the teacher didn't call on her.
The other students were acting like their kitten died and that life was over. Sharpay never understood why everyone was so fucking obsessed with Gabriella Montez. On her way to rehearsals, she saw Troy heading up to the roof. Probably on his way to the spot that he and Gabriella shared. Making a split-second decision, she decided to follow him.
"So, Bolton, up here moping about your girlfriend?" she asked, sitting down next to him.
"You know I told you because you deserved to know. I know this won't change anything or make you want to be with me. It was just shitty what she was doing to you, acting like you're stupid," Sharpay confessed.
Troy sighed, "I'm not mad at you Sharpay, I'm grateful someone had the balls to tell me the truth. Now Gabriella's saying she may not even come back for Prom or Graduation, it was always about her dreams and what she wanted. She never even considered asking me about what I want to do with my life," he replied angrily.
"Well at least you have a date to Prom, Zeke keeps asking me, but I would rather stick pins in my eyes than go with him," she said with a heavy sigh.
"See Sharpay, that's what I like about you, you are unapologetically yourself. I keep letting my friends tell me what's best for me, and let them make me feel bad for following my heart. I wanted to sing with you over the summer, I feel so bad for what I did and how I've ignored you all year because of them. I've been such a pussy." he confessed sadly.
"Following your heart?" Sharpay questioned, rolling her eyes, "You mean not being a little bitch that tries to please everyone. It's your life Troy, you should do whatever the fuck you want."
Troy loved how brutally honest Sharpay was. She knew him so well. She was like a breath of fresh air and without thinking he pulled her into a kiss, the kind of kiss that makes time stop. The kind of kiss you get lost in. Sharpay knew that nothing would come from this kiss, that nothing would change, but she was going to enjoy it while it lasted.
When the kiss ended Troy looked at her, "Sharpay, I feel like I was supposed to be with you last summer. Like it was fate or some magnetic force pulling us together, I know I'm technically still with Gabriella, but I want to give us a shot see if this is something that will last beyond high school. You make me want to go for what I want and not be sorry for doing it." he spoke passionately, "And if it turns into something more, I'll break up with Gabriella the next time she's in town. We'll even go to prom together."
Sharpay was speechless, for the first time in her life, Troy Bolton wanted to be with her.
"I don't want to be some dirty mistress Troy, you broke my heart last summer and I refuse to let you do it again. This better be real, you can't go run and hide if your friends find out or change your mind if Gabriella cries." She exclaimed, "We only have a few weeks of school left and I want them to be fucking memorable."
Troy felt his phone vibrating in his pocket but chose to ignore it, "You aren't a dirty mistress or a rebound. I think you are just what I need in my life and it's taken me this long to finally realize it. Sharpay Evans, will you go to prom with me?" he asked hesitantly.
Sharpay sat there for a moment, letting him sweat, and tried to look like she was deep in thought.
"I guess I can go to prom with you Bolton," she said pulling him into a kiss.
They spent the rest of the school day on the roof talking and coming up with ways to be together before he broke the news to Gabriella.
What they didn't know however, was that Gabriella Montez was heading back to East High. She kept calling Troy, only to reach his voicemail.
"Hey, Wildcat it's me. I'm so sorry for just leaving you like that. I'm coming back to East High, I'm giving up the honor's program to finish up the year with you and our friends. Call me back when you can, I love you"