Chapter 3
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Chad walked into East High that day hoping he'd see what he'd wanted to see for the past week. He looked over at Taylor and she shook her head. They were all hoping that Troy would be there laughing and telling them it was all just a huge misunderstanding. He walked over to the group and saw Taylor and Sharpay trying to console Gabi " Whats going on?" he asked curiously. Taylor shrugged " The two of us have been trying to get it out of her and she won't say." Gabi sniffed and looked up " You guys, Troy's mom called me last night, the judge found him guilty of the murder and they sentenced him to get the lethal injection." Taylor and Sharpay's eyes went wide. " You can't be serious." Taylor said with her voice quivering. Gabi started to cry again " I wish i was joking, but im not. Troy's going to die." Chad was standing there quietly just staring at the wall, Taylor wrapped her arms around him " You gonna be ok?" Chad shook his head " He's my best friend, how could this happen?" Suddenly he got out of Taylor's grasp and started running down the hall. Taylor looked at the two girls " I've gotta go after him, I'll be right back." With that she ran down the hall after him. Sharpay and Gabi stood where they were, not knowing what to say. Sharpay looked at Gabi and said " I have to go." and ran down the hall the other way.
Gabi stood there confused for a second, then realization hit her and she chased after Sharpay finally catching up with her near her pink locker. " You were the one he was with that night weren't you?" Sharpay stopped what she was doing and turned to face Gabi " Yeah." Gabi smiled brightly " This is great!" Sharpay looked confused " It is?" Gabi nodded " Yeah, you can go to the police and tell them that Troy was with you all night and then he'll be free." Sharpay sighed " Sounds great, but I'm not telling anyone anything." Gabi stopped smiling " Why not?" Sharpay slammed her locker shut " Imagine what it would do to my reputation if everyone found out I spent the whole night with Troy Bolton? Rumours would spread like crazy no thank you." Gabi got really mad " You're seriously THAT worried about your reputation? So you're just going to let him die for this? Your unbelieveable, and here i thought you actually wanted to change your Ice Queen image." Sharpay whirled around " I do, but my reputation is important to me, you wouldnt even begin to understand." Gabi glared at her " You know, there are more important things then a reputation, someones life for example. But, your choice, I think you should be the one to tell Troy you're just going to let him die however." she turned and stormed down the hall to find Chad and Taylor. Sharpay leaned against her locker and then ran out the front door and into her car.
About 15 minutes later she pulled up in front of the jail, she walked in and went up to the front desk " I'm here to see Troy Bolton." The guard buzzed her in and another guard lead her to a long hall full of cells, they stopped in front of one cell and she saw Troy lying away from the door reading. "Troy?" Troy turned and looked around " Sharpay? What are you doing here?" Sharpay walked closer and grabbed the bars " I heard about the sentence and I just wanted to come see you." Troy got up and walked over to her " Are you going to tell them that I was with you that night?" Sharpay looked down " I..I can't..for more reasons then you can imagine." Troy looked away " I see, so you came to say good-bye? Or did you come to laugh? What is it?" She looked up " I came to say I was sorry!" Troy looked at her " Yeah? Well right now sorry doesnt cut it, I dont know whats going on in your mind right now but it's nothing like whats going through mine, I can tell you that." Sharpay didn't say anything, she just kept staring at the ground. Troy reached out and touched her cheek " You're the only one who can save me." Sharpay touched his hand with tears in her eyes and whispered " I'm sorry." then she ran out of the jail and drove, not knowing or caring where she was going.
Troy sat down on his bed and put his head in his hands. He walked over to the cell bars and called over to Rick " Is there something wrong with me?" Rick looked up " No, why do you ask?" Troy sighed " She said she wasn't going to tell anybody that I didn't do it and I was just wondering if it was because something was wrong with me." Rick stood up and went to the bars of his cell " There's nothing wrong with you mate, you're an awesome friend, maybe she just needs some time, but man I wish I was out of this cell, I'd tell her alright, that's just selfish it is." Troy shrugged " Maybe I was kidding myself by hoping that she'd show she has a heart somewhere and tell them I didn't do it so i could get out of here." Rick looked at him " I'm sorry mate, want me to see if the guard'll let me go over there? You look like you could use some company." Troy shook his head " I'll just wait until dinner, we'll talk then." he went back and lied down on his bed. Rick went back to his bed as well " We sure will."
Woo Hoo...3 chapters in one day, had all those good ideas and got them out there. Review for me...pleeease??