Is It All About The Music?
Chapter 2
Jealousy Runs Deep
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"Please tell me you don't feel anything for Ryan." Taylor shut the TV off and turned to her best friend with raised eyebrows.
Gabriella laughed and shook her head. "Don't be silly. You know I'm only doing this cause whenever Troy finds out, he'll go up the wall. Serves that asshole right…"
"That doesn't sound like a healthy relationship Ella." Kelsi sighed.
"Nothing about our relationship is healthy. Troy is a dog…and I'm just playing his game. If he can do it, so can I."
Kelsi shook her head. "You're cheapening yourself."
"And you're deluding yourself." Taylor shot back, sticking up for her friend. "You know Troy hurt her when he cheated…it's bad enough that he barely cares about her sexual needs, and then he runs off and scores with some sluty Cheerleader behind Ell's back! He deserves anything she throws at him."
Gabriella grabbed her cell phone to see that Ryan was calling her. She rolled her eyes and pressed .
"Who was that?" Kelsi asked as she popped a few pieces of popcorn in her mouth.
"Ryan…it's always Ryan…" Gabriella sighed.
Before anyone could respond Gabriella's cell phone rung again and she sighed before she picked it up and put on a fake cheerful voice. "Hey Ryan!"
"I'm busy Ryan…I'll see you at school tomorrow."
"….Fine…I'll be there in 10 minutes." Gabriella hung up the phone and shrugged her shoulders. "Well I'm off Ladies. See you tomorrow." She kissed them both on the cheeks and left.
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Chad twirled the basketball around in his hands thoughtfully, wondering if what he was about to do was the smart thing. Ultimately Gabriella would be upset if she found out he told…but if he makes sure she never found out…
"Something on your mind?" Troy asked as he nailed a lay-up shot.
"Well…don't shoot the messenger…but I saw Gabriella and Ryan go into the music room the other day at school."
"So?"
"Well…I went to go see what they were doing and they were…doing things…."
Troy threw the basketball up and watched it go through the hoop before he turned around to face his best friend. He looked angry…he looked very upset. "Things? Like what Chad? And don't fucking lie to me."
"Hey man, I'm the one putting my neck on the line to tell you you're girl is fooling around on you, and you take the tone with me? Remember who you're talking to."
"Fooling around? I'm going to kick that show dogs musical ass!" Troy stormed off the court and jumped into his car.
"Troy! Troy wait!" Chad called, but Troy sped out of the parking lot and tore down the street.
"Fuck! Nice going there Danforth!" Chad chastised himself as he hopped into his car and took off towards the Evans' Estate.
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"I've missed you so much Gabby." Ryan whispered as unbuttoned the two buttons on her shirt and began sucking on the swell of her breasts.
Gabriella didn't even care, Ryan was making her feel things that Troy only whished he could. It was getting hot and heavy and Gabriella was wondering if she should just sleep with Ryan and get it over with. By any indication, he seemed that he might be able to help her reach the Big O, which is something Troy had never achieved.
"Ryan…" Gabriella called softly as she backed up slightly.
"What's wrong?" Ryan looked worried that she might leave. She gave him a charming smile and kissed him sweetly on the lips.
"I think it's time we got a little closer." She said as she unbuttoned her pants slowly.
Ryan's eyes were wide. "You mean that?" He waited for the nod of her head and he pounced, pushing her backwards on the bed and letting his hands work under her shirt to unclip her bra.
It was at that moment that the bedroom door burst open and Troy stood in the doorway. "What the fuck Gabriella!" He screamed as he grabbed Ryan by the scruff of his neck and pulled him off of his girlfriend.
"Troy what the hell are you doing here?!" She yelled at him as she fixed her clothes and leaped off the bed.
"Get the hell off me Bolton!" Ryan said angrily as he pushed Troy off of him.
"You bastard! Thought you were going to make it with my Girl, huh?" Troy punched Ryan in the face and pushed him up against the wall.
"Troy get off of him!" Gabriella screamed as she tried to pry him away. Troy used his free hand to push Gabriella away, making her fall to the floor.
"Troy man! Troy stop!" Chad called as he raced down the hall and into the bedroom. Troy was pummeling Ryan, as the blonde covered his face, trying to block most of the hits. He kicked out with his feet and managed to hit Troy.
"Stop it!' Gabriella screamed as she picked herself off of the floor and leaped on Troy's back.
"Stop man!" Chad yelled as he pulled Troy. Gabriella covered Troy's eyes and flailed her legs, kneeing him in the back in the process.
Troy shook her off and she fell onto the bed, hard, knocking the wind out of her. Chad pulled troy away from Ryan and held him up against the wall. "Dude, stop!"
"What the hell is going on in here?" Sharpay called coming into the room with her car keys still in hand and her dog still in her tote bag.
"Nothing Shar…just leave." Ryan said from the floor.
Sharpay's eyes diverted to him and she gasped. "What did you do to him? I'm calling the police."
"Sharpay no!" Ryan and Gabriella protested.
"It's fine…It's nothing to worry about." Ryan said, picking himself up off the floor.. His nose was bleeding, and his right eye was turning a blackish-purplish color.
"Fine…but I demand you get the hell out of this house before my parents get home…they will not be so forgiving."
Chad pulled Ryan out of the room and Gabriella lowered herself down to Ryan.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered.
"It's ok sweetie…just go…"
Gabriella twitched at the endearment, and quickly high tailed it out of the room. She was hoping something like this wouldn't happen…not the fight, no the fight she expected, but the endearment from Ryan is what weirded her out. She thought he knew that their relationship was purely physical, and there was nothing real about it.
When she got outside Troy was holding massaging his wrist, and Chad had his head held down. She knew instantly that he told…and he felt guilty. She wasn't angry….but it would be fun to make him sweat it out.
"What the fuck were you thinking Gabby?" Troy said angrily when she got in ear distance.
"What were you thinking when you were fucking that Cheerleading slut?" She shot back.
"So that's what this is about? Revenge…"
"Yes…that's exactly what this was about. And now that it's over, so are we."
"What?"
"We're through Troy. I'm sick of the lying the cheating and I'm sick of you putting me second after Basketball. I'm tired of you…we're through."
And without another word she hopped into her car, and drove off.
