Need You More Than Ever
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Chapter 2Troy's P.O.V.
My breath caught in my throat and my heart stopped as I heard the door slowly creep open. Why couldn't she just hurry up? I need to know what's wrong with her. She's changing daily now and it's scaring me more than ever.
I looked up and smiled slightly when I saw her step through the door. Her eyes were darting from side to side; trying to find me, until they finally caught my eye and she gave a brief smile that I could tell was fake. She bit down on her bottom lip, a sure sign that she was nervous, and avoided my gaze as she hurried over to the bench and sat down beside me.
I sighed and took hold of her hand, watching curiously as she near jumped out of her skin. I felt guilty right then for scaring her like that, so I gave her a warm smile and looked back out to the rooftop garden that was surrounding us, praying that she would pick up on what I wanted to talk to her about and just tell me, rather than us having to have an uncomfortable discussion about it.
I snuck a sidelong glance at her out of the corner of my eye, hoping that she wouldn't see. On the outside, she was still my Ella, still as beautiful as ever, with her dark brown orbs, that were currently staring off into space, her caramel coloured skin, that seemed as soft as ever and her ebony curls, that always just seemed to spring back into place. However on the inside, my Ella was lost. Gone. Just like that. No explanation at all.
Gabriella's P.O.V.He keeps looking at me. He obviously thinks that I don't see it. But I do. He wants me to tell him, and I want to, I just don't know how to, I want to tell all of them, but I cant. It's my problem, not theirs.
I glance at him, to find him looking at me. Again. He quickly blushes and turns away. I look to the ground, I'm not speaking first, he wanted to talk to me he can speak first. The only problem is that we're both so dam stubborn.
"Gabriella…" he finally says after what feels like an eternity.
Uh-oh. Wait. Did he just call me Gabriella? He never calls me that anymore; I'm always his Ella, his Ella-Bella, who he couldn't live without (his words not mine). Something must be wrong for him to call me Gabriella, really wrong.
I need to focus on what he's saying and try to take it in, even if this conversation results in the worst possible outcome.
No One's P.O.V.
Gabriella's body slowly turned around so that she was facing Troy, her brown eyes scanning him, trying to work out what he was going to say, before resting on his ocean deep eyes, and falling into them.
"Gabriella," Troy started again, clearly not knowing what to say.
Troy stood up in frustration and started to pace, running his hands through his hair, and mumbling to himself. Gabriella's eyes never left him, following him back and forth as he paced, and trying to understand what he was muttering about, although to no benefit.
Eventually Gabriella gave up trying to hear Troy and decided that if anything was going to happen, she was going to have to start the conversation.
"Troy," she murmured softly, unsure if he had heard or not, but he immediately whipped around and knelt in front of her, looking into her eyes, his expression softening as he begged her to tell him what was wrong. Almost as soon as the connection was made, Gabriella tore her eyes away from him, terrified of giving too much away.
Troy let out a frustrated groan before taking hold of her cheek gently with one hand and guiding her face so that she was facing him again. His heart shattered into a million separate pieces as he saw just how scared and vulnerable she looked.
Gabriella closed her eyes and leaned into his hand as he soothingly caressed the side of her cheek. She opened her eyes again and stared into his baby blue ones, as a single tear made its way down her cheek.
Gabriella's P.O.V.
No. I promised myself that I wouldn't do this. I swore that I would not cry in front of anyone, especially him.
"Ella, please tell me what's wrong. I hate seeing you this way. It hurts seeing you so upset," Troy said trying to figure me out from my eyes.
Immediately I tore my face out of his grasp and a cold look flew to my face. "It's none of your business Troy. I'm doing fine and even if I was upset, which I'm not, it wouldn't even concern you, so stop trying to get involved in things where you don't belong," I said harshly and sharply, knowing that every single word that left my mouth was a lie and that he was only concerned to see me so upset.
No one's P.O.V.
Troy looked shocked as he stood up rapidly and a hard look settled on his face, his eyes darkening by several shades.
"You know what Gabriella, I was only trying to look out for you! I just wanted you to let me in so that I could try and help you solve some of your problems. How do you expect me to even try and help you if you don't even tell me what's wrong!" Troy yelled, his fury being unleashed in one long rant.
Gabriella suddenly stood up to hurt and furious by what Troy was saying. "Did I ever ask for your help Bolton? Did I ever say I needed you? Because if I did, I sure as hell don't remember doing it!" Gabriella screamed back at him, furious by what he had just said, but on the inside, both of their hearts were breaking.
Troy's breathing started to return to normal, but he was still fuming. "Dam it Gabriella. I love you more than life itself. But I can't go on like this. I love you too much to watch you put yourself through this pain, when any one of us would help you in a heartbeat. If you cant' tell me, no make that if you won't tell me what's wrong then I can't do this anymore Ella, I'm so sorry but I can't watch the girl that I love trying to self destruct," Troy finished off softly.
He glanced at Gabriella, who had tears building up in her eyes as she heard this, knowing that the inevitable was coming, but she refused to show them. The anger had been a charade, a way of trying to force him off the path of trying to find out what was going on in her life, but instead it had brought her a much worse fate.
"Troy… what are you talking about? What do you mean?" Gabriella asked, the terror taking over her as she asked those two questions that could change everything.
Troy sighed softly before raising his eyes to meet Gabriella's. "We're through Ella, I can't watch you go through this anymore if you won't take any help. I love you with all my heart, please remember that." And with that Troy Bolton headed for the stairs that would unavoidably lead him away from the girl he loved, and out of her life.
Once he reached the stairs, he turned one last time and sent a lingering glance to Gabriella, who was standing there in shock. "Have a good life Ella, no," he said shaking his head, "have a great life."
And with that he was gone.
Gabriella's P.O.V.
As soon as the door shut I broke down. All of the tears that I had been trying so desperately hard to keep at bay caught up with me and I let them flow freely down my face as I gasped for breath and fell sobbing to my knees, still staring at the door where less than a minute ago he had been. The love of my life, the only thing that was going right in my life.
Troy's P.O.V.
I felt my heart shatter even more than it had already as I leant on the door listening to Ella sob. Why had I done this to the girl I love?
No I thought shaking my head, it was for the best, if she couldn't trust me with this, G-d knows what else she was keeping from me. Why couldn't she just tell me? What was so wrong with her?
As I heard Ella give another heart wrenching sob, I suddenly couldn't take it any more and I took off running down the stairs and out of the school, not stopping until I was safely in my car, driving away from the school, the tears flowing freely from my face.
Gabriella's P.O.V.
Why didn't I just tell him? How bad could his reaction be? I was still sitting up here in our spot nearly two hours later, the tears still running from my face, but I had no intentions of stopping them and I couldn't find the strength I needed to walk home. I had just let the guy I love leave, all because I was too ashamed and guilty. Oh G-d what have I done?
I need you Troy, now more than ever…