After shattering his ankle in a skiing accident, and is no longer able to play basketball, Troy becomes a film director. Little does he know, the once love of his life, Gabriella Montez, is one of the actresses on his set. He also gets a big surprise from an old high school classmate.
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Disclaimer: I Don't Own High School Musical. (…although I wouldn't mind owning Zac Efron…)
"Gabriella, it's been a long time." Troy stated with confidence. Although he wanted to break down and confess his feelings, the stubborn side of him told him to be strong.
"Hello Troy. It has been a very long time. If I recall corrently, seven years without contact could fall under the 'long time' category." She sarcastically. I need to be strong, don't let him get to you, Gabriella, She thought.
"You look good…very good." He said, shaking his head up and down.
"Well, I'm not yours to look at, so, stop it." She turned away so Troy could see her profile, and crossed her arms. Secretly, she didn't mind him looking at her.
"So…how did college go?" crap, crap, crap, that was the wrong question!!! Troy seems to think only after he speaks.
"Fine." Although there was much more Gabriella wanted to say, she didn't want to let Troy in.
Screw this…"Gabriella, I'm sorry. I know what I did was really jerky, and-"
"HA! 'Jerky' was the best adjective you could come up with? I'll say that stunt you pulled was really shi-"
"Gabriella!" Troy cut her off before she could finish her word. She was never one to swear, not even when she was tremendously angry. "Wow…I never knew you had such a 'colorful' vocabulary." Crap, crap, crap…jeez, I really suck at this. "Gabi, I'm really sorry and-"
"Don't you dare call me 'Gabi'!" Gabi was always Troy's little pet name for her.
"Come on, don't do this to me!" Troy was beginning to plead with Gabriella.
"You know what Troy? Just stop trying. After you ripped my heart out, and stomped all over it, I literally thought I was going to die. That's how much you meant to me. I would have done anything for you! I even thought we were going to get married one day! But, you wouldn't believe all of the sleepless nights I had, you wouldn't believe how many tears I cried, hell, you wouldn't believe how much money I spent on buying freaking tissues to dry away the endless tears that YOU caused!" Troy could feel Gabriella anger rising. " But after a couple months of this routine, I finally realized that you, Troy Bolton: The once love of my life, was never going to call, or write, or email, or even send one freaking postcard! So you know what, Troy? Save it! I do NOT need you anymore. I've learned to live withOUT you! Seven years of no contact can do that to a person. So go tell your apologies to someone who cares, because I don't!!!" Gabriella stormed out of the room in a rage, and slammed the door shut.
"Crap. What did I do? I need to find some way to make it up to her…ugh…I'm such a jackass!" Troy sat down and laid his head on the table. He had one hour to try and formulate a plan…
Knock, knock, knock… "Mr. Bolton?" It was Angie, his assistant. "Oh! I'm sorry, did I interrupt something?" she saw him with his head on the table, just sitting there.
"No, no, no, you didn't interrupt anything. I was just sitting here, trying to think." Troy still had his head down, with is face squished against he table.
"Sir, do you need anything? Some water, or coffee?" Angie asked sincerely.
"Um…I don't think so, but thanks." Troy lifted his head up from the table. The side of his face was red, with texture of the table was imprinted on his cheek, and his hair was disheveled.
"Um, Mr. Bolton? You may want to fix your hair, and the side of your face is all red."
"Oh…that's embarrassing." Angie could hear the depression in Troy's voice.
"Are you sure you don't need anything?" She said, stepping closer.
"Yeah, is there anything you wanted to tell me? He said, rubbing the side of his face.
"Oh, yeah! There's another actor here."
"Good. It better not be Sharpay Evans!" He said with a laugh.
"No, It's not Miss Evans, but you're close! Ryan Evans is waiting outside the door. Do you want me to send him in?"
"Actually, I think I'll go out and talk to him." He stopped and looked through the window, finding an 'interesting' sight.
With Gabriella
I can't believe I just said all of those things to Troy! I knew I could be strong, although, I shouldn't have yelled at my boss like that. Gabriella was storming through the set, trying to find a place to calm down, and relax. She found a couch in the hallway, and plopped herself down on it.
Crap where is it?! Where's my freaking cell phone! AH, there it is! She was digging furiously through her purse, trying to find her cell phone. When she found it, she dialed the number of her mom.
"Hey Mom? It's Gabriella. You'll never guess who the director is here."
"Um, Kenny Ortega?"
"No, Troy Bolton!"
"Oh. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing?" Gabriella could tell that her mom was confused. "Wait, since when was Troy Bolton a movie director?"
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea. And Troy as my director has been a bad thing, so far. He wanted to talk to me. The whole time was extremely awkward; at least, it was until I really let him have it!" Gabriella said excitedly.
"Oh, Gabriella, you didn't!"
"Yeah I did…but he deserved it, after what he did to me!"
"That may be true, but you need to act professionally."
"I guess you're right." Gabriella said.
"Good, now go find Troy, and apologize."
"Apologize?! I'm not going to apologize to him!"
"You said you would act more like professional." Gabriella's mom reminded her.
"Yeah, by more professional, I meant that I wouldn't yell at him anymore!" Gabriella's anger started to rise again.
"Well, I think you need to go talk to him again."
"Well, I need to go, Mom. I'll see you later." Gabriella really didn't need to end her call, she still had an hour to talk. She was just tired of her mom telling her to act more 'professional'.
Gabriella decided to walk around some more, and explore the set. She walked towards the entrance. She saw someone that looked very familiar talking to Troy's assistant.
"Ryan, is that you?" Gabriella shouted.
"Gabriella! Hey!! How's it going!" Both Ryan and Gabriella where excited to see each other.
Gabriella ran over to Ryan and game him a big hug. He picked her up and swung her around. When they were in high school, Gabriella and Ryan grew close through all of the musicals they were both in. "I missed you! How was your college experience?"
"It was great, although, I missed you, too"
"I think all of the letter, emails, and packages helped, though." Gabriella said
Troy was watching them through the window. "Since when was she 'buddy, buddy' with Ryan? I wish she would hug me like that. I should go out and greet them both." Troy walked outside of the room.
"Troy Bolton?" Ryan said in a surprised voice, "what are you doing here?"
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