Chapter Two
Oh, Donald Duck
"Oh Trooooy!?"
Troy stopped in his tracks, and stood still. He knew who that voice belonged to. It could only be one person. And he loved her so much. He chuckled slightly, and slowly turned around, coming face to face with his very gorgeous best friend, who was moving towards him in a yellow sundress with white flip-flops, and her blonde hair in two braids.
"Hi Paypay!" he cheered, embracing her in a deep hug, in the middle of the school's parking lot, "How come when we take off at the same time, you show up ten minutes later than me?"
Sharpay giggled, and pulled away from him, loading her book bag into Troy's arms, "I forgot half my stuff, thanks to you, T.B. I had to go back like… three times before I had everything."
"How come you're so stupid?" Troy questioned, as they made their way towards the school's entrance, him still carrying her books without a complaint. They got some pretty odd stares, but whenever they were together around campus, they got them, so they were used to it. People couldn't really come to terms with the fact that they actually were friends. Chad hadn't even digested the situation yet, and he had known for a loooong time.
"I'm not stupid!" Sharpay argued, opening the door for them both to go through, "I've been told I'm special, okay? And I needed my hairbrush."
"Your hair is in braids." Troy observed, giving her a weird look.
"Yes, but what if I get a hair emergency?" Sharpay questioned, as if that was the most normal thing in the world, "What if I suddenly can't go anywhere because it's started raining and my hair became all icky?" she arched her eyebrow in her own special way, and shot him another look, "Have you ever thought about that, Troy? Huh, no I didn't think so!"
"Can I repeat myself?" Troy questioned, his eyes wide, "How come you're so stupid?"
Sharpay hit him square across the chest, and grabbed her bag from him, before strutting down the hallway, her head high. Troy chuckled and followed her steps, to her locker, where he found Zeke waiting.
He scoffed. He didn't know why, but he hated that guy.
"Hey babe!" Zeke cheered, as Sharpay jumped into his arms, covering his face with kisses, leaving a trail of pink lipgloss behind, "I'm happy to see you too, Shar!"
"Hmm, I missed you!" Sharpay murmured, burying her head in his shoulder, while breathing in his sweet scent. He smelled like cupcakes and vanilla. She really loved that smell, "You have no idea how horrible it was yesterday!"
"Yeah, what happened?" Zeke questioned, then eyeing Troy, who was leaning against the locker next to them, "Is your sister okay, man?"
Troy shrugged slightly, his eyes lingering on Sharpay's fingers, which were softly stroking Zeke's chest, "Yeah, she will be, anyway. She's coming home in few days, I think."
"Okay…" Zeke nodded, placing his arms tightly on Sharpay's waist, "I felt totally weird when I heard it, and then I was thinking about taking Sharpay there to see her, but then Chad said that she had gone with you, so… I would have been there, but you know…"
"Don't worry about it," Troy said, managing a small smile, "But I better go find Gabby, I'll see you later Zeke. You too Paypay."
"Bye Troy-boy!" Sharpay giggled, as she watched him leave, waving his hand behind him.
Zeke turned his head to hers again, and placed a sweet kiss on her lips, "How come you're so late today, babe?" he asked, as he pulled back, and she kept her hands around his neck, while his was still on her waist, "I was waiting here forever…"
"Sorry…" Sharpay smiled, moving her index finger in a slow circles across his neck, "But Troy and I went for a run, so I had to shower, and I forgot all my stuff at home. And Troy!? P! The boy didn't even wait for me!" she scoffed, mocking Troy behind his back.
"You want me to pound on him for ya'?" Zeke offered, smiling too, since mocking Troy when he wasn't there, was something the couple did often. Just because Sharpay knew she could, and Zeke loved to see his girlfriend go defend his team captain if he went too far, or mock him when he did something stupid.
"Yes, please." Sharpay nodded, as she pulled back, and turned to her locker, getting her stuff together, "You can do it during basketball." She decided, a teasing smile playing on her lips, "'Cause I'm going to the hospital, but Jack and Troy has practice, so they just ditch Tess! I have to go there myself."
"Life's tough on you, huh?" Zeke said, irony implied.
"Tell me about it!" Sharpay joked, rolling her eyes too.
Zeke laughed, and took her hand, linking their fingers, "Let's get to homeroom, okay?"
"Yeah, let's." Sharpay smiled.
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"Troy!?" Gabriella exclaimed, as she saw her boyfriend approaching her, "I'm soooo sorry about Tessa! I wish I could have been there, but I couldn't just skip school! Is she okay?"
"It's okay Gabby.." Troy sighed, as he pulled her in for a hug, "She's fine. She will be. And it's okay you weren't there, Sharpay was with me."
Gabriella froze for a second, "Oh really?"
"Yeah, you know how close she and Tessa are. Tessa was happy she was there." Troy said, opening his own locker to get his own stuff, "They talked and stuff."
"Yeah okay." Gabriella mumbled, crossing her arms.
Troy paused and turned to look at his girlfriend, a weird smile playing across his face, since he didn't know what to make of her comment, "Something wrong?"
"It's just…" Gabriella trialed off, shaking her head, "Nah, it doesn't matter."
"No, Gabby, tell me!" Troy said, turning to look at her, while taking a good hold of her hands, to get his point across, "If something is wrong with you, I want to know. I'm your boyfriend."
"I'm just…" Gabriella paused, and finally looked at him – straight in the eye, "I'm still not comfortable with your relationship with Sharpay." She told him, and by the look he got in his face, she quickly added, "I'm sorry, Troy!"
He let out a deep sigh. They'd been over this so many times! A gazillion times, already. And he hated that she kept bringing it up, "Gabriella!" he said, helplessly, "I've told you this, but I'm not having sex with Sharpay! Honestly. We're best friends. We ran around naked in our backyard in the ages of 4, please.. How many times do I have to tell you? How can I prove it to you?"
Gabriella shook her head, "You don't have to prove anything, Troy," she told him, reaching her hands out to take his, "Because I don't want to be one of those bitchy girlfriends who tells their boyfriends that they can't have a close relationship with another girl. I'm happy that you're best friends with a girl, it makes you more sensitive about women's needs and stuff, but I just… I hate when you bring it up! If you don't talk about it, I can pretend it's not there."
"But Gabriella, she's my best friend, and she's your friend too, you can't just pretend that our friendship isn't real."
"I know…" Gabriella admitted, letting his hands fall, defeated, "But then I just don't know what to do, Troy. I really don't."
"You shouldn't even think about this, Gabby." Troy told her, lifting her chin up with his index finger, "It's you I'm with, right? I'm close with Sharpay, and yeah, when she sleeps over, we sleep in the same bed, and she borrows my clothes, but that's the way it is. Can't you just try to deal with it?" he placed a sweet kiss on her lips, "…for me?"
"I guess so…" Gabriella smiled, her eyes shining, "Thanks for sticking with me Troy, I know I can't be the easiest girl to satisfy."
"It's okay…" Troy mumbled, pulling her in for a hug.
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"Hey guys…" Sharpay smiled, sitting her lunch tray onto the table, taking a seat next to Troy. She turned to him and planted a quick kiss on his cheek, "So? What's up?"
"Not much," Zeke replied, from across the table. He had on a smile, but he silently wondered why she sat down next to Troy, when there also was an empty seat next to him, "We're just chatting away."
"About what?" Sharpay asked. She was really hyper, and it was so not good. When she was hyper, she always got Troy worked up too, and they'd end up acting like maniacs, "Do we have plans this weekend?"
"Not really," Gabriella shook her head, and smiled at Sharpay, "I have like.. I dunno, and ton of AP homework I need to take care of. I will be studying my spare time away."
"Good that's not me!" Sharpay just exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air, "So we have like, no plans at all?", she listened carefully for a second, and when no one answered, she continued, "Well, that sucks."
"Big time." Chad agreed, his 'fro bouncing up and down, making Taylor burst into giggles.
Gabriella soon joined her, and the others started to talk, causing Sharpay and Troy a moment alone. She turned to her best friend, a smile playing on her pink lips. He smiled too, his porcelain eyes shining with laughter.
"So, the two of us tonight, as always?" he wanted to know.
Sharpay nodded, "Yuup, juust hanging out."
"Your place, right? 'Cause I think T is having her guy over, and her room is next to mine…"
"Definitely my place." Sharpay agreed, chuckling slightly. She didn't even want to think of Tatiana and her boyfriend, and whatever they might be doing, "We can just hang out. But I'm going to the hospital straight after school to visit Tess, you can come to my house when b-ball is over, kays?"
"Shall do, me amigo." Troy said, nodding his head, as they turned their attention back to the table, just as Taylor finished off her sentence.
"…and then I was like… quack-quack! And Gabby said, Donald Duck!"
That was Sharpay's que. Her and Troy had a weird obsession with old Disney classics, and Donald Duck was the top! She slowly locked eyes with Troy, and started singing:
"Who's got the sweetest disposition?,
One guess, that's who?"
Troy quickly joined, as they sung to each other, to the amusement of their group of friends:
"Who'd never, ever start an argument?
Who never shows a bit of temperament?
Who's never wrong but always right?
Who'd never dream of starting a fight?
Who get stuck with all the bad luck?
No one but…"
"…DONALD DUCK!" the gang finished and broke into laughter. They all clutched their stomachs, as they laughed, ignoring the strange looks they got from the other students in the cafeteria. But the school was used to them by now. After they all really started to eat together, lunch was never quiet. Especially not with Troy and Sharpay around, and eating together. The two of them always managed to get the rest of them worked up too. No one really knew how, but they just did.
They quickly looked up as they heard the bell go. They paused, then got their things together, before hurrying off in different directions.
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"And then what happened?" Tessa asked, her eyes shining with laughter, as Sharpay told her story.
"We broke into a chorused version of the Donald Duck Theme Song." Sharpay giggled, clutching her stomach, as Tessa laughed as well.
"That's so Troypay!" she cheered.
"Troypay?" Sharpay questioned, wiping a tear of joy away from her cheek.
"Yeah, you and Troy." Tessa nodded, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Me and Ashlee named you."
"Oh God," Sharpay said, placing a hand on her heart, in fake mock, "I can't believe you Brangelina-ed us!"
"Oh, you two are meant to be together, face it!" Tessa teased, but stopped when she saw how serious Sharpay suddenly looked, "What?"
"Don't say that…" Sharpay trailed off, moving closer to her friend, "Don't ever say that. I hate hearing that. Everybody says we would make the perfect couple, and whenever we go anywhere together, y'know when we want an ice cream, people always ask Troy; 'Does your girlfriend want the same?' and it's really bugging me. I love your brother, Tess, but he's my best friend. Plus, we're both dating other people."
Tessa looked at her hands, and let out a deep sigh, "It'd just be perfect!" she argued back, looking up at Sharpay again, "You're the greatest Sharpay, and…I'd love it if you could marry Troy, so we'd always be family. 'Cause if you don't, someday we'll part, and I'll never see you again!"
"Oh, that's so sweet, Tess…" Sharpay said, pulling the younger girl in for a huge hug, "But I'll never leave you, I promise, plus.. Marriage might be a bit too early, don't you think? I'm only 16."
"Yeah, okay…" Tessa said, grinning slightly, because she realized how silly she was being, "I just find it cool that you guys have such a close relationship, being a guy and a girl. If I had that with a guy from my class, everybody would tease us."
"Yeah, I know, they did that when Troy and I were younger," Sharpay assured her, stroking her hand across Tessa's hair, "It gets better when you get older. Did you have a guy in mind honey?"
Tessa blushed for a second, before slowly looking Sharpay in the eye, "…yeah. Kinda. Well, I like him… a lot. But I think it'd be cool to be best friends first, because we're so young. And then maybe in a few years we could become more, kinda like you and Troy."
"Troy and I are not-"
"You're not dating, I know." Tessa said, rolling her eyes, "But you could be, you love each other."
Sharpay chuckled slightly, and shook her head, "God, your mother really underestimates you, honey."
"I know, it's great, isn't it?" Tessa winked at her, and they both started laughing.
When her laughter calmed down, Sharpay quickly checked her watch, and realized she had to go, if she wanted to get everything ready for later when Troy came, "Listen, it's been great, honey…" she said, getting off the bed, "But I have to go home and get ready for later…"
"You and Troy are having a date… the usual one. Every Friday night… you guys watch movies, and eat popcorn, while cuddling together beneath one blanket."
"Shut up!" Sharpay said, hitting her lovely on the arm, "You're annoying me! Get it through your head, honey, we're just friends."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Tessa said, moving her fingers, like a mouth that talked.
"You know what, if you're gonna be like that, I won't give you the present I bought for you." Sharpay said, crossing her arms, while looking away from the 11 years old.
Tessa's face lit up: "You bought me a present? Seriously? What is it? I WANT IT!"
Sharpay chuckled slightly, because she couldn't stay mad at her, and digged into her purse, getting out the CD, "When you get this, I want my own back!" she told her, handing it to her.
Tessa looked down at the pink CD in her hand, and then up at Sharpay, a huge smile playing across her lips, "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" she cheered, getting totally hyper, "You're the best Sharpay! And you'll get your own back! Alphabeat rocks!"
"They rock my socks!" Sharpay said, and then hugged her bye, "I'll probably step by tomorrow, unless I'm busy. When are you coming home?"
"Soon, I hope." Tessa smiled, "But I can't walk on crutches, 'cause my arm is broken, so I require 24/7 look-out, and I'm not sure mom and dad will be able to do that."
"Can't you use one crutch?" Sharpay asked, leaning herself against the doorframe.
"I dunno," Tessa shrugged, smiling lightly, "We'll see."
"Okay," Sharpay said, turning to leave, "Bye Tess!"
"Bye!" she yelled, and then added, "…and say hi to your lover-boy!"
"I HEARD THAT!"
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When Sharpay got home, she quickly tidied up around the house, mostly in her own room, because that would be were she and Troy would hang out. She then fixed herself, hopping into a pair of sweatpants and such, while chatting with Zeke on the phone.
"So what are you and Troy doing tonight?" Zeke questioned.
"Uhm, watching movies, I guess." Sharpay mumbled, placing the phone between her cheek and her shoulder, while getting into her tee – it was kinda tough, "The usual."
"Yeah okay." Zeke mumbled, "What movies?"
"I dunno, okay!" Sharpay said, snapping at him, even though she didn't mean to. She just always got so annoyed with him whenever he mentioned her and her relationship with Troy. She got annoyed with anyone who did that. She couldn't help it. When were people gonna realize that they were just friends?
"Gee, I was just asking, Shar…" Zeke said, sounding sad.
"I'm sorry, Zeke," Sharpay mumbled, pausing to talk calmly with him, because she didn't want to be in a fight with him, "You just know how much it bothers me. And seriously, you and I: hanging out tomorrow, okay? I'm gonna prove to you that I love you."
"I know you love me." Zeke said, but he was chuckling slightly.
"Then why do you keep questioning me?" Sharpay questioned, crossing her arms firmly, though he couldn't see her.
Zeke let out a sigh, "I dunno, sorry Shar, get back to me about tomorrow, okay?"
"Yeah…" Sharpay trailed off, "I love you…"
"Yeah, you too." Zeke just mumbled, before hanging up.
Sharpay closed her pink cell with a snap of her fingers, and angrily stared at it, cursing Zeke. Don't get her wrong, she loved the guy, but he was so annoying! She looked up from her phone, when the Messenger rang, and hurried to her window, seeing a small note in it.
She opened the window, and got the note out, quickly reading it over. It was from Troy, duh, of course, but he was stupid enough to send her a note saying that he would be there in 5.
She chuckled slightly, and cleaned up the rest of her stuff, pulling her long hair into a high ponytail, while she decided to forget all about Zeke and their fight (if you could even call it that, though it was something that occurred more often now) for the night. She just wanted to have fun and goof off with her best friend.
The doorbell rang, and she danced down the stairs, humming Breaking Free as she went. She opened the door, and immediately pulled Troy in for a deep hug, giggling like mad, as he spun her around.
"I see you got my note." He said, putting her down on the floor.
"I sure did, T.B." Sharpay replied, bouncing onto his back, with glee, "Now, carry me to my room."
"Our room." Troy corrected, as he started to run up the stairs, a laughing Sharpay on his back, "Remember, Paypay, we're a package deal, and when have you ever had your room to yourself?"
"Uhm, never, I guess!" Sharpay replied, as she hopped off his back, and kissed his cheek as a thank-you.
"That's right," Troy smiled, as he plopped onto her pink pull-out couch, "And don't you ever forget it!"
So yeah. I really don't know what was going on with this chapter. I just really wanted to get the stuff out about Troy's relationship with Gabriella, and Sharpay's relationship with Zeke. And then of course the Tessa and Sharpay bond, once again, which is a bond I really enjoy writing. I did manage to get a little Troypay friendship in there, I hope it was enough to keep you interested.
Oh, and of course, I don't own High School Musical, Alphabeat or Donald Duck.
