AshleyEH- Glad you're finding it interesting. They will be reunited with Claire very soon. Don't ask us when though because we don't actually have it all planned out. Thanks for reading and here's the next chapter.
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Here's the
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After
Gabriella had left, Troy ran down the hall to the gym, hoping to get
his mind off of everything. He didn't mean to snap at her like
that, being that she was only trying to help, but he couldn't tell
her, not yet at least.
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"He's not here!" Chad said once they were on the roof. Sure enough, Troy was no longer there.
"Where could he be?" Gabriella asked worriedly.
"Maybe we should check the gym." Chad suggested, "If he's not there, coach might know where he is."
"Hopefully." Gabriella said as they started walking back down the stairs, "Chad, why did Troy freak out when he saw the new girl anyways?"
It took a while for Chad to respond. He wasn't sure if he should tell her or not, being that Troy was his best friend, and Troy would be mad if he told.
"I don't think it's really my place to tell you, so why don't you just wait and ask Troy?"
"I already tried that, remember?" she pointed out, "I'm his girlfriend, and he won't even tell me!"
"I'm sure he'll tell you someday." he assured her.
"Yea, someday pretty much says it all." she said and sighed, "What could it be so much that he can't even tell me?"
"Just don't worry about it. Troy's just being, well, Troy, he'll tell you when he's ready." Chad said as they entered the gym, only to find Troy shooting hoops, missing every one.
"Yo, dude, mind telling us what's going on?" Chad called out, causing Troy to stop and look at them.
"Nothing's wrong!" Troy denied and turned back around and shot again, only to miss.
"Troy, please! Why won't you just tell me?" Gabriella pleaded, "Chad knows, but he won't tell me, and you obviously know, but you won't tell me! What is it with you and the new girl?"
"Why do you think it has anything to do with the new girl?" he questioned, "I don't even know her!"
"Maybe because you started freaking out when you saw her. That's why!" Gabriella said, getting frustrated that he wouldn't tell her, "Why don't you just tell me? I mean, I am your girlfriend, so why don't you trust me enough to tell me when something's bothering you?"
Sadness overcame Troy's face as looked her straight in the eye, "I can't tell you because I might lose you too."
"Troy, what are you talking about?" she asked, growing more worried.
"Gabriella, can we please just drop the subject?" he asked, not wanting to dwell on the subject anymore than he had to, for it was starting to bring back the memories of him and his sister.
"No, Troy, we can't." she said determinedly, "I care too much about you to let deal with this on your own, and I'm not moving from this spot until you tell me."
"Then you'll be standing there awhile." he said, being equally stubborn, "Listen, it's for your own good that you don't know."
"Troy, why don't you just tell her the truth?" Chad said, surprising the couple who had forgotten he was there, "Because if you don't, I will, and I think it's better if she hears it from you."
Troy glared at him, "You wouldn't dare!"
"Gabriella, the truth is, Troy has a --" Chad started, but Troy cut him off.
"A migraine from all of your questions, so if you guys don't mind, I'd like to be left alone." Troy said, continuing to glare at Chad.
"Fine, but it's not over, Troy." Gabriella said as her and Chad started to walk away.
"I still say you should just tell her the truth, dude." Chad said.
"Chad, you had better not tell her either!" Troy warned.
"Who's gonna stop me if I
do?"
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"So, Melanie, how do you like Albuquerque so far?" Taylor asked her as they walked out of homeroom.
Melanie thought for a moment, not sure how she should answer since she hadn't seen too much of Albuquerque yet, "Um, well, it's ok, I guess."
Melanie found herself staring at huge poster on the wall. There was one large picture of a boy, who she instantly remembered as the one in homeroom who had the freaky resemblance to the one in her dreams, and he was surrounded by several others, evidently, the basketball team.
Taylor stifled a laugh when she noticed where Melanie was staring, "Behold, the animals for we know as the Wildcat basketball team."
"He looks familiar" Melanie trailed off as another piece of her memory started to come back.
Flashback
"He shoots and he scores!" seven year old Clarrissa Bolton said excitedly as she watched her brother play basketball in their backyard. Normally, Clarrissa would've been playing too, but it's nearly impossible for her to do so with a broken arm.
"Wanna play?" Troy asked her, even though he knew she couldn't.
"I would, but thanks to you, I can't." she said.
"Hey, I didn't tell you to jump on top of me, did I?" he pointed out.
"Well, I didn't tell you to throw me on the floor, now did I?" she pointed out.
"Yea, but if you hadn't have jumped on top of me while I was playing video games in the first place, I wouldn't have thrown you on the floor."
"But I wouldn't have jumped on top of you if you hadn't have trashed my room."
"I wouldn't have trashed your room if you hadn't have stole my video games in the first place!"
"I only stole yours because mom won't let me have the fun ones! If she would buy me the ones where things blow up and stuff, then I wouldn't need to steal yours!"
"So then it's technically mom's fault your arm's broken! Told you it wasn't entirely my fault!"
"No, it's still your
fault."
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"Melanie, is something wrong?" Taylor asked, waving her hand over her face to get her to snap out of it.
"Oh, uh, nothing! Nothing at all!" she quickly denied, still trying to figure out why she was having dreams about some girl named Clarrissa's past. She was Melanie Ramsay, not Clarrissa Bolton, wasn't she?
"Taylor, I need to talk to you for a moment!"
Taylor was a bit surprised to see Gabriella practically running down the hall after them, "Uh, sure, what is it, Gabi?"
"It's about Troy! I don't know what to do! He refuses to tell me why he ran off earlier, and I'm scared that he never will!" Gabriella told her frantically.
For the first time, Gabriella got a good look at Melanie, and her eyes widened in shock, for her resemblance to Troy was remarkable.
"I wouldn't worry too much, Gabi. Troy's just being a typical guy, that's all." Taylor assured her, "I'm sure it's nothing too important."
Gabriella sighed, "I hope you're right."
"Um, by the way, Gabriella, this is Melanie Ramsay, and Melanie, this is my best friend, Gabriella Montez." Taylor introduced them, "Gabriella was our last new girl."
"It's nice to meet you." Gabriella said politely.
"Same." Melanie replied, "So, is he your boyfriend?"
"You mean Troy?" she asked and Melanie nodded, "Yea, he's my boyfriend."
"So, Melanie, you have English next, right?" Taylor asked her.
"Uh, yea." she answered.
"Gabriella has it next too, so I'm sure she'll show you where it's at, right, Gabi?"
"Yea, I'd love too!" she said, but then gulped as she remembered something very important, and that's that Troy had English next too.
