Steal your heart

Chapter 2

The next day I walked out of the school campus after my class, we had classes on Saturday until noon, I was hungry and ready to head home and vegetate in front of the T.V. suddenly my phone started to ring with my really peculiar ringtone making everybody else around me look in my direction.

"Hello" I said picking up the phone call, I instantly heard Sharpay's voice at the other end of the line.

"Hey there" She said in her cheerful voice "How was your tutoring session yesterday"

"It was ok I guess…" I said, just then I remembered I told Troy I would meet him after basketball practice that day, there goes my free afternoon.

"What do you mean?" She sounded concerned "was he mean to you or something?"

"No, it's just…you know how I feel about basketball players" I said, I looked down at my feet as I walked down the street to a near restaurant.

"Just because a few basketball players are jerks doesn't mean they all are…I've met a few that are actually pretty cool" I imagined her brushing her perfect blonde curls back and crossing her legs as she lectured me.

"Well…that doesn't apply to Troy" I told her as I remembered how he treated that girl yesterday, of course I didn't want her to stay but he could have been nicer to her as well "He's all I imagined he would be"

"Just give him some time Gabs, I'm sure he'll surprise you when you least expect it" She said, I was hoping he wouldn't.

"Whatever, I'm hungry so I'll talk to you later" I replied as I stood in front of this new restaurant that was near campus, I could eat an entire horse by now.

"Ok then, don't forget to call me later" She said, I nodded even when I knew she couldn't see me.

"Ok, bye" I hung up the phone and walked into the restaurant, I tried to decide between a large hamburger or a hot dog, maybe I should order the pasta special and a large coke. I suddenly felt someone's presence behind me but I ignored it, I'm guessing someone was just in line to order too. It wasn't until I heard the person clear his throat that I decided to turn around and face this person.

Troy Bolton was standing there with his hair all messy and an arrogant smile playing on his lips, his bright blue eyes were staring back at me like they knew me better than anyone, he looked over my head and then back at me still wearing that stupid smile.

"It's your turn" He said with that deep voice of his, I turned around to see the person that was ordering before me was no longer there and it was my turn to order, I quickly told the guy standing behind the cashier what I wanted and went to sit down on a near table. I saw Troy following me and he sat down in front of me.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him. I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at him waiting for an answer.

"This is a restaurant, I'm hungry, the team decided to check this place out" He said pointing somewhere behind him, I looked over his shoulder to find the entire basketball team sitting on two tables, they were all staring at us and whispering stuff to each other, I looked back at Troy, he was still smiling.

"Great" I said "Then go back, they seem to miss you" I sure wouldn't.

"They'll be fine" He said, Troy kept staring at me with that stupid smirk, I just wanted to slap it away, he was making me anxious already.

"Is there something you want to share with me Troy?" I asked, I just wanted the guy to return to his table so I could have a nice meal by myself.

"Maybe" he replied, oh I was gonna hit this guy, I was sure gonna kill him.

"Troy…" I took a deep breath and he chuckled, it looked like it entertained him to see me all worked up.

"Ok, ok" He lifted up his hands in surrender "I came here to tell you I got an A on my test this morning" he said with a serious face.

I stood there shocked, I was sure not expecting that, it seemed like he actually listened when I was explaining everything to him yesterday.

"Well, I'm glad to hear that" I said and gave him a small smile.

"My teacher congratulated me and told me not to let go of my tutor…I said I wouldn't" his arrogant smile came back and mine faded away. This guy was sure getting on my nerves; I was gonna slap him so hard they would gonna need surgery to put his face back together. Suddenly a waiter came with my meal and put it in front of me; he looked down at my food with a raised eyebrow.

"What?" I asked.

"No it's just…I've never seen a girl that wouldn't have salads for lunch!" A genuine smile came to his face "it's nice to see you're not one of those girls"

"Whatever, can I have some privacy now please?" I told him "I like to eat alone"

He nodded and stood up from my table then went back to his team. The irritation I felt soon faded away when he was no longer there to bother me, his presence was really annoying and I didn't know how much I would be able to take. I wasn't a patient person, my mom told me that often, so I didn't know if I could stand Troy without beating him up.

I slowly ate my food trying to ignore all the looks coming from Troy's table, I didn't know what was so interesting about me eating my food, and it was really awkward. Once I finished my meal I started to gather my stuff, getting ready to leave, once I stood up I saw Troy standing in front of me again with an innocent look. How on earth…?

"What!?" I snapped at him, I didn't want to be mean but this guy was seriously earning it.

"You said we would have our session after basketball practice, the practice was called off today so I thought we could have it earlier" he simply said, that made sense and I would have the rest of the afternoon to spend it in front of my TV.

"Ok" I said.

"Come on, I'll drive us back to my dorm" he said. I frowned, I didn't feel comfortable at all inside his dorm, he seemed to noticed my reaction cause he quickly added "My books are there, besides I promise you won't find any half naked girl there waiting this time" he was walking to the exit when he said that, that made me smile.

"I hope so" I said as I followed him. We walked outside the restaurant and he started looking for his keys inside his pocket, once he found them he unlocked his car, my mouth dropped as I stared at the machine standing in front of us. "This is your car?" I asked him, he nodded innocently and then a smirk came to his lips.

"You like it?" he asked as he got inside it, I couldn't believe it. A black Lamborghini was standing right in front of him, the car seemed to be brand new and I could see my reflection on the door. I knew his family had money, I mean, his father owned a really important communications company here in L.A. and in New York, everybody talked about it, but to buy your son a brand new Lamborghini… yeah he was loaded.

I got inside the car, taking in every single detail, the inside was even better than the outside, the leather seats were really comfortable, and I loved everything about this car. I looked at Troy to find him staring at me with an amused smile, it was weird, I mean, did I do anything funny or something?

"What?" I asked him, he started the car and I felt the smooth engine roaring under us, the feeling was so amazing.

"You like cars right?" he asked "You eyes sparkled when you got inside"

"Well, yeah, Cars are like my obsession" I said, he nodded not saying anything else, like he could understand my crazy obsession and drove away. We got to his dorm in no time and he smoothly parked his car. I got out of it reluctantly and followed him inside the building.

The living room was full of fraternity guys playing video games, they all greeted Troy when they saw him coming in, a very tall guy with blonde hair and bright blue eyes walked over to Troy with some papers in his hands, he was wearing black ripped jeans and a black t-shirt with the words Muse written over it, I think it was a rock band, the guy looked at me and then back at Troy, his stare seemed bored, like nothing was really interesting for him.

"Everything's ready" He said, his expression didn't change one bit.

"Cool" Troy said as he walked up the stairs totally ignoring the guy, he went back to the living room, sat down on a couch and grabbed a book; I couldn't help but think that there was something familiar about the guy. I heard my name being called and I looked up to find Troy at the top of the stairs staring at me. "Are you coming?" he asked and I simply nodded before walking up the stairs with him.

He was right, there wasn't any half naked cheerleader sitting over there this time, he sat on his bed and pointed at his desk.

"My books are over there" he yawned and put his arm over his eyes. I grabbed his books and pulled a chair near his bed. He yawned again.

"You're not gonna learn anything if you fall asleep" I said as I opened the book right where we left our last lesson.

"It's Saturday, I don't really want to study" he said.

"Then why did you bring me here?" I asked. He moved his arm and looked at me with his pretty blue eyes; he blinked twice and then put his arm over his eyes again.

"I don't know" he replied "You're different"

I tried to find my patience wherever it was, took a deep breath before I decided to choke him with his pillow. He was just playing with my time; did he really not think I had better stuff to do? I mean the only thing I had to do that afternoon was sitting in front of my TV but still…

"What is that suppose to mean?" I asked him. He sat up on his bed.

"I'm throwing a frat party tomorrow night" He said changing the subject "What do I have to do to convince you to come"

I stared at him, was he crazy? I guess he just didn't take his pills that morning, there was no way in hell I would go to a frat party, I hated everything about them: The loud music, the drunk kids running around, all the frat guys bothering other people like there was no tomorrow. Nope definitely he wasn't gonna see me near that party.

"I don't like fraternity parties" I said as calmed as I could get. He frowned.

"Why not?" He asked me.

"I just don't, there's nothing you can say that will make me go to that party" he smirked at me.

"I like a challenge" he said

"Me too" I replied.

To be Continued