Hey Guys
This is the second chapter of "In Love with You" I'm soo glad that you guys like it! So anyways, enjoy it and don't miss to review!!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own High School Musical! It'd be a dream come true but at least, everything I own is my keyboard x)
Last time in „In Love with You":
"Hey Gabs, hey Tay" Kelsi smiled as the two entered the room. One by one greeted them by saying hi. The whole Wildcat basketball team was around. Gabriella also spotted some guys from the Drama Club and some she didn't even know. Too weird how everything has changed at East High since she and Troy had tried out for the musical. Science Nerds and Basketball jocks gathered around in one room, unthinkable before. What they did was good for almost every student at East High because they finally had the chance to break out of the groups they usually belonged to. Expect for Gabriella. She was stuck in an awkward situation with Troy, didn't know what to do know. Speak of Troy, he finally noticed her…
Gabriella felt Troy's glance on her but she avoided eye-contact with him because she couldn't stand his blue eyes. The whole situation was just too awkward and weird, especially what happened between them.
"Hey Gabs, I'll go and catch a drink with Chad right now, I'll see you later" Taylor interrupted Gabriella's thoughts again. She chuckled.
"Oh yup, got that, have fun you two" She couldn't avoid to smile again, because the chemistry between Taylor and Chad was just so obvious. She was sure that they'd be a couple soon. Neither Troy and her if they don't talk to each other soon.
Now that Taylor and Chad left into the kitchen, she was the only one standing in the room and she hated to be in the spotlight. Gabriella took a seat next to Kelsi, who immediately started to babble.
"Hey Gabi, could you tell me what's wrong with Troy? He seems to be so far away and I haven't talked to him the whole evening" Gabriella's eyes widened, was it so obvious that even Kelsi noticed what's going on?
"Umm, no not really, I haven't talked with him either" Gabriella glanced over to Troy who was lost in thoughts again. "He kinda acted weird the whole day after the Call-backs; I really don't know what's up to him" she added quickly, blaming herself that she had lied to Kelsi; she knew exactly what was going on.
"Well, maybe we should just keep it at that" Kelsi nodded clueless. In fact, she didn't really care because she had her own problems with getting together with Jason Cross, also a Wildcat basketball jock.
Gabriella sighed. Luckily she didn't have to talk about the almost-kiss with Kelsi, even though Kelsi is usually the most caring person in the world, she's such a sweetheart. Gabriella leant back and closed the eyes for a moment. Her regained party mood slowly turned into totally tiredness. It has been a long day though; winning the Decathlon and the Call-backs has been very exhausting and this tiredness overcame her suddenly in a rush.
She was right fallen into sleep when she felt a hand resting on her shoulder. She opened her eyes quickly, feeling quite embarrassed of being caught at sleeping during a party. She looked up into two familiar Ocean blue eyes. Troy. He finally left his lonely seat and made his way across the room because he saw her sitting alone.
"Hey Gabriella, would you mind if we have a talk for a few minutes?" he whispered into her ear.
"Umm, no – Uhh, let's take a walk outside" She was kinda confused because she didn't expect Troy to be that forward. Troy offered his hand to help her getting up and the two made their way into Chad's garden.
With Chad and Taylor…
The two sat alone in Chad's kitchen and were having a drink.
"Umm, Taylor you know there's something I really need to talk about with you" Chad said shyly. The tough jock lost almost all of his self-confidence because of one girl.
"Go ahead" Taylor tried to hide her excitement but she failed totally.
"Ya know, we spent a lot of time together since first day of this school year and I really care about you. I never felt this way before for a girl and I have to admit, I like you". Chad stared down at his feet. He wanted to look into Taylor's eyes right now but of some reason, he couldn't.
"Ohmygosh, you're so cute, Chad. And don't worry, I like you, too" Taylor smiled happily.
Chad also smiled "So would you be my girlfriend?"
Taylor didn't hesitate for a single moment "I'd love to be your girlfriend!"
Back With Troy and Gabriella…
While they walked through the huge garden, there was an awkward silence between them. Again.
"So, umm…" Gabriella cleared her throat, just to break the silence. "What do you want to talk about?"
"Yeah, ya know about that thingy this afternoon!" Troy finally spilled. Gabriella blushed immediately when she thought about their almost-kiss. "I just wanted to work this out with you. I really do care about you and what happened between us…"
"I know it was a mistake" Gabriella didn't let him finish his sentence "Our luck that Chad interrupted us. Who knows what might have happened. I really appreciate you as a close friend and I don't want to risk everything we have now because of a small love-thingy. I think we should leave it at that. I can't explain to myself why we got that close but for you, it was maybe the overwhelming feeling of winning the championship. It's okay for me and I think, I mean I hope that we can still be the same after this, but for now, I gotta go. I need some time on my own"
Troy's eyes widened by what he just heard. This was definitely not what he wanted to say. He tried to hold Gabriella, but she slipped out of his hold and ran towards the French window as fast as she could. Her view was blurry, her eyes burned as she tried to hold back the tears, but a single one ran over her cheek. She didn't only hurt Troy; she also hurt herself with saying what she just said. She lied to him. This wasn't the way she felt and she regretted what she did. But neither could she bear hearing these words out of his mouth, so it was better to speak it out.
Meanwhile Troy stood clueless alone in the garden, feeling lost. He didn't call after Gabriella because he knew that she wouldn't stop running. He knew this situation too bad. He wanted to talk about something serious with Gabriella; she got it wrong and stormed off. It was the same thing as only one week ago. Actually he wanted to confess his love to her today, make it the perfect moment because he didn't feel right either after this almost-kiss.
"Screw it" he said to himself and kicked up some fallen leaves. Then he slowly made his way back to the crowd. As he arrived in the living-room, everyone suddenly got silent and stared at him.
He put his hand to his neck "Well guys, what's goin on here?" He was kinda embarrassed that everyone's looking at him.
Zeke Baylor stood up and pushed Troy into a secluded corner of the room "Dude, what have you done to Gabriella?" He asked.
Troy looked very guilty but disclaimed that he knew anything "What you mean?"
Zeke looked really annoyed right know because he knew exactly what was going on "She ran right through the living-room and headed out the door. She didn't talk to anyone, I mean Kelsi had tried to stop her but she failed"
Troy sighed and finally made up his mind "I was trying to confess my love to Gabriella but she got it totally wrong and stormed off without giving me the chance to explain. I guess I meddled again"
Zeke rolled his eyes "Duh! I think so too!"
Troy looked confused and shook his head and turned around. Then he waved a short good-bye to all of his friends and walked quickly out of the front door. Outside he took a deep breath, enjoying the clear air of the night. Then he rummaged around in his pocket, looking for his car keys and drove home.
Meanwhile, Gabriella was running down the street as fast as she could. She had to stop sometimes to catch some breath but when she arrived at home, she immediately made the way upstairs to her room without even saying hi to her mom, who looked quite confused about her daughter's mood but decided that it was out of her business and if Gabriella wants to, she comes over to talk. Arriving in her room, Gabriella threw herself onto the bed and immediately fell asleep….
Ookay that was Chapter 2! Please review!! I need to know what you think x)
So we had a little Chaylor this time which will be continued next chapters…Will Troyella ever work things out after Troy meddled again? There's more Drama, Action and Romance to come! Stay tuned and watch out for Chapter 3!
Lovee, ZO!
