Summary: Troy Bolton, never been popular and probably never will be. Why don't you follow him through high school. Hurt. Friendships. Bullying. Love
The next day was Friday, as I clumsily made my way to Gabriella. "Ugh, watch where you're going bastard!" She shouted, kicking me in the leg before walking away.
When a sat down at my 'new' desk, I slumped my head down onto it "I hate my life"
Gabriella came and sat at her desk "I hated my life once to you know"
I looked up "When?"
"When we fell out" She replied "Although, I got over it, so whatever's gone on in your life you'll get over it too"
"It's not that easy Gabriella, because it' still going on" I told her
She rolled her eyes "I guess you don't want my help then"
"Why would you help me?" I asked
"I'm not going to now" She replied, looking away
After homeroom I was punched, kicked and laughed at by most of the popular people. I was late for all of my classes up to lunch and I got Saturday detention.
As I walked to the cafeteria I caught Gabriella and Matt Dabbs making out against some lockers. If only I was Matt. I caught Sharpay looking at me, she was defiantly going to do something to embarrass me. A smirk played on her face as the new guy Alex, walked through the door. I rolled my eyes. I took my seat and watched Gabriella walk through the doors, she was shaking her head and Matt was trying to talk to her "Gabi, please" Matt pleaded "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have kissed you"
"Now you shouldn't have! You know how I feel about things like that!" She screamed "I want to kiss someone I love and who loves me back!"
"I'm sorry" He apologised
"Just leave me alone"
The cafeteria had gone quiet, everyone thought Gabriella had a thing for Matt, obviously not. I shook my head once again and began to eat.
Later that day I was sat on my bed when I heard a knock on the door "Come in"
"Um, hi" Gabriella greeted
"Hi" I sighed, standing up and walked towards her.
She looked up at me, tears brimming her eyes. "I..I" And then she broke into tears
"Whats wrong?" I questioned, taking her hands in my bigger ones.
"Matt..he...he tried to rape me" She cried
"Who stopped him?" I asked, bringing her into my arms.
"Chad..but...I...I was r..really s...scared Troy" She told me, crying into my shirt.
I looked down at her and suddenly pulled away "I..I think you should go home"
"But.."
"Just go!" I ordered
She looked at me and walked out the door.
Half and an hour later I walked into the kitchen to see that Gabriella was still there and she was talking with my dad "Why are you still here?"
"Troy, don't be so rude!" My dad said
"I told her to go" I replied
"Yeah, and I told her not to" My mom answered, walking into the room
"Look Troy, I'm sorry" Gabriella apologised
I looked at her "I thought you'd changed, I thought you were nice again"
"I...I" She stopped
"Just go home Gabriella. I'm not tutoring you today. Oh and Nathan said he only wants me talking to you when I'm tutoring you" I told her.
"He don't care. Who in hell cares what Nathan says anyways?" She questioned "Coz I don't? He's not my dad"
"What about Lucas? Nathan will tell him, Lucas is your full brother, he'll care. Plus what about school? You're horrible there." I replied "You care way to much about your reputation"
"I have to for now" She sighed "But, all the bullying, it'll stop someday, I promise"
"Okay" And with that said, we hugged.
An hour later we were in the garden having a break from the bestball we were playing. "So, what are you doing this weekend?" I asked
"Not much, we've got detention tomorrow" She answered "How 'bout you?"
"Nothing" I sighed "Detention, other than that I'll probably just hang out with Lauren"
"You know, I've got these friends from England coming to stay on Sunday, you wanna come and meet them?" She asked
"Uhh...I don't know" I said
She smiled "Sharpay and all that lot won't be there"
I laughed "Alright then"
When Sunday came around I soon found myself standing outside the Montez-Scott household waiting for the door to be opened" Heyy Troy!" Gabriella greeted, letting me into the house
"Hi" I smiled
"Guys this is Troy, Troy this is Will, Lotte, Liv and Adam" Gabriella introduced us.
"Hi"
"Hi dude" Adam said
Will, Lotte, Liv and Adam were really nice but I couple of hours later I had to go. "I really better be off"
"Oh ok" Gabriella smiled "I''l walk you to the door"
"So, I'll see ya tomorrow?"
"Yep, bye Troy" She waved
"Bye"
When I arrived at hom I said hi to my parents and walked into the backgarden wand picked up Liam "Twoy!" He screamed
"Heyy lil man" I greeted "You okay?"
He gave me two thumbs ip and nodded.
"Good" I put him down and ran over to the tree house. I climbed up the ladder and walked inside. I let myself slide down the wall. Soon sighing and running a hand through my hair.
The next day I got out from my truck and walked into school. As I walked in I was laughed at, hit and kicked. When I stumbled to my locker I opened it and took out the things I needed. That was when I broke down in tears "Troy's crying!" Gabriella exclaimed, laughing.
I looked up at her, she was smirking and laughing, she said something to Chad and he nodded. he grabbed a massive rope and soon enough I was covered in bright red paint. Everybody in the hallway was laughing even harder than before.
"YO EVERYBODY, SHUT UP!" Nathan screamed.
Everything went quiet, people were just giving him weird faces. And then, once agian, everybody erruptedin laughter. He shook his head and walked over to me "I'm sorry man"
I smiled up at him" It's not your fault man"
That day, I was covered in paint, embarrassed, kicked, laughed at and upset. But it was that same day that I had a flasback.
Flashback
"Hi Twoy!" A three year old Gabriella giggled, walking into my back yard with her parents and her siblings
"Gabi!" I exclaimed, running over and hugging her.
Gabriela giggled again "Hi"
"Lets go play!" I said
"Yeah!" She agreed
...
"Twoy, can I be a pwincess?" Gabriella asked
"Yep!" I answered, putting my cape on "And I'm gonna be superman!"
"Superman stinks" Gabriella moaned
"No he doesn't!" I argued
"Yes he does!" Gabriella smiled before running away.
"Hey!" I shouted before running after her. "Ha, got ya!"
"Thats not fair!" She crossed her arms. "You're faster than me"
"Well I can't help that" I told her, reaching over and giving her a hug which she gladly excepted
End of Flashback
When I arrived at home Gabriella was already there and she was playing with Liam and he was laughing. Really loudly. She looked up at me" Hi Troy"
"Hi" I sighed
"Look Troy, I'm sorry about today but, I told you on Friday. It'll stop someday"
I nodded and out my bag down on the kitchen counter. "You ready to play some tennis?"
"Yeah!"
When we arrived at the tennis court we got the things we needed and started a game.
I served the ball she she just let it pass by her. "Gabriella, your supposed to hit the ball"
"Oh!"
After a while Gabriella finally got the hang of tennis and was doing really well. "That's it, you're doing great Brie!"
"Brie?" She questioned, catching the ball in her hand.
"Oh umm...It's alright to call you that, right?" I asked
She smiled up at me "I love it and yeah, it's fine"
As I walked around the net we were silent. When I reacher her she looked up at me. I was just about to say something when I was interupted "Gabi!"
"Oh, hi Shar" Brie greeted
Sharpay looked up at me "You can go home noe Bolton"
"Shar, he doesn't have to..." Gabriella said
Sharpay laughed "You don't seriously want to hang out with him do you?"
Gabriella sighed and looked up at me "No way, he's a loser"
And that was when I left. I should never have trusted her.
When I arrived at home I founf Nathan talking to Lauren. "Heyy guys"
"Hi dude" Nathan smiled. What the hell was wrong with him? One day he was being horrible and the next he was acting as if nothing had ever happened. I swear, him and Gabriella are more alike than I first thought.
"Hi bro" Lauren giggled "How did tennis go with Gabi?"
I sighed and sat down "Fine, until Sharpay showed up"
"Ugh, I hate her, she's all about herself" Nathan said
"Yeah" I agreed "I don't know why she's friends with her"
"You can't help who you're friends with" Lauren told us, truthfully.
"I know" I sighed
A couple of hours later, me, Lauren, Mom, Dad and Liam were sat down for dinner.
"So how did Gabriella do at tennis?" Mom asked
"She was really getting the hang of it." I answered
"That's good, what sport are you gonna do next time?" Dad questioned
"Uh, either volleyball or I'll take her down to Lava Springs and teach her golf" I replied, stuffing a chip into my mouth.
"Oh, you should do golf!" Lauren exclaimed "Thats a good way to get closer to her"
I shook my head "I don't like her!" I lied
"You totally do." Lauren smiled
"I DO NOT!"
"YES YOU DO!"
"Okay kids, that's enough" Dad ordered
"Sorry." We mumbled
When I finished dinner I put the dished in the the dishwasher and walked up to my bedroom. I looked down at my phone as it rang.
"Hello?"
"Hi dude!" Nathan exclaimed
"Oh heyy man"I greeted "Whats up?"
"Well, our parents are going to some sorta weddingand we're having a party Friday, ya know, no parents. You in?" He asked
I sighed "I dunno man"
"C'mon, it'll be good"
"Mmm, okay"
"Cool, I'll cya tomorrow!"
I sighed and closed my phone, this was gonna be difficult.
The next day I walked into school to see, well, no one there. As I walked down the hallway I could hear screaming. I walked into the next hallway to see Gabriella and Sharpay fighting, something they NEVER did.
"You like him!" Sharpay screamed.
"No, I do not! You're just being a bitch!" Gabriella yelled
"You're the bitch!" Sharpay screeched, pulling at Gabriella's hair.
"Look girls..."
"SHUT UP CHAD!" Both girls screamd, pushing Chad backwards.
And soon enough they were in a proper fight. Hair was being pulled, they were slapping, kicking, hitting and Sharpay knocked Gabriella to the floor.
"GIRLS!" My dad yelled and they stopped "MY OFFICE, NOW!" His angry voice boomed through the hallway.
Later I found out that Sharpay eas supsended for a week and Gabriella got a week worth of detention.
I didn't get bothered much that day, everybody was to busy talking about Gabriella and Sharpay's fight. Which means I was happy, enough.
When Gabriella came over that night she seemed distant, she wasn't talking very much and that was strange for her "Sre you okay?" I asked
"Yeah" She whispered
"I'm coming to the party Friday, Nathan talked me into it" I chuckled
She smiled slightly "Cool, so what sport are we doing today?"
"I was thinking about golf..."
After twenty minutes we arrived at Lava Springs. We were walking to the gold court, we were completely silent, but we were comfortable.
I looked down at her, she seemd so at ease holding my hand, wait what? I caught her looking down at her hands, she didn't pull away, she just smiled. She looked up at me, she was so cute, they way her nose twitched and the way she would bite her bottom lip. "Troy, are you okay?" She asked
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine" I smiled
"Good" She said softly
Gabriella seemed to get what she had to do and like Lauren said, we were getting closer. Her giggle was hypnotizing, if it was the only thing I could ever hear I would be happy. She's so beautiful. "Am I doing it right?" Brie questioned
"Your doing great, you just need to bend a little"
I stood behind her and put my hands over hers. After her legs were slightly bent, we swung the gold club.
"We did it!" She exclaimed
I smiled and hugged her. When we pulled away her eyes were shining as she looked up at me "You know, you really are a great guy Troy"
"You've said" I chuckled "But you're a great girl too"
"I wish we never fell out" She commente
"Me too" I sighed
"We were really good friends, wern't we?"
I nodded "Yep"
"I've missed you" She told me, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Hey, don't cry" I wiped away her tears. Maybe this was it, maybe she had changed, for good and everything would be great.
I didn't know how wrong I was.
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