A/N: Im sorry I took forever to update, but its just that my older sister gave birth, so my boyfriend and I had to drive down to her to see the baby. Who IS ADORABLLEEEE!!. Anyways, I arrived last week I think, or a few days less, but anyways, I hope you guys don't mind/lost interest. I didn't really like this chapter, but the next one is DA B-O-M-B. Wow, that expression so belongs to 50 cent-hip-rapping wannabe parents, a.k.a mine. So enough of that, onto personal thanks, cause I owe you guys one.
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.chicknlittle: Yes, I find it hilarious too that Gabriella is sexually curious. But who wouldn't be when your bestfriend is the ho-so-edible Troy Bolton. Not that I condone cannibalism, but one litttttlleee bit cant hurt, can it? JK. And im glad you found my review extremely helpful, if I can remember what it was now. Yah, I get that my story isnt exactly the most original idea, but its inspired by reality, so I thought I would give it a shot. Plus, ive seen some pretty crummy ones up on this site that I thought could be a lot better.
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Chapter 3: Where are You Now?
Troy sighed as he reached over to the coffee table and grabbed Gabriella yet another tissue. Gabriella accepted it willingly and sniffled into its soft materials. Troy shook his head and returned his attention to the movie they were watching on television.
Titanic
It seemed that they had watched this movie about 46 times, including the present time, and it seemed every single time, Gabriella hoped that somehow the ending would change and Jack would be rescued by a kind group of strangers and take Rose with him to some tropical island off the coast.
But it never did. Hence the fact that we have to watch it about 54 more times until it does. Troy turned to Gabriella,
"Can we please watch Saw now?" he asked putting his hands together in a begging motion. One more word out of this movie and he might literally crack.
Gabriella turned to him with a glare, "Troy, you've never really watched this movie cause every single time that we do, you turn to me and complain for about 70 of it"
Troy raised his eyebrows, "never fully watched it you say?" Troy turned to the screen and saw exactly what part they were on. He turned to Gabriella and mimicked every word they said at the exact time they were going to say it. He ended his scene with a dramatic sigh.
"There, now lets pop in Saw, babbbbyyy" Troy cheered as he moved towards the VCR. Gabriella rolled his eyes and lay back, wiping away any access tears.
Suddenly the front door pushed open and the two teenagers turned to see who it was. Jack Bolton entered the room and silence ensued.
"Hey you kids, what are you up to?" he looked at Gabriella with a disapproving glance before throwing her a smile. Troy noticed this but decided to let it go.
"We're just watching a movie dad, no big deal" Troy shrugged and returned to focus his attention on playing his choice of video.
Jack Bolton grinned and walked towards his son, "Troy, I have some really, really great news for you. Something that happened at practice today after you left"
Troy looked up at his father with confusion before settling himself on the couch, "what are you talking about dad, what happened?"
Jack sat next to his son, completely ignoring Gabriella, "the team, son, they voted you for captain!" he cheered.
Troy smiled and accepted the pat on the back his father gave him. 'Captain, this should be interesting'.
"Well, I have to go and start dinner. Your mother wont be home until seven" his father said getting up from the couch, but as he was walking away, he turned back and said, "oh and Troy, practice start early. 5:30 am to be exact"
Troy looked at his father in shock and then collapsed back on the couch next to a quiet Gabriella. Troy turned to face her,
"so what do you think?" he asked noticing her expression.
"Congrats. You will officially be the most popular guy at East High" she gave him a tight smile, hoping he wouldn't see through it.
"What? No I wont" Troy shrugged and turned back to the television.
"Andy Landon, James Sucrose, Sammy Talon" Gabriella counted off on her fingers, "all past basketball captains. All the singly most popular men on campus. I guess you're the next big man on campus, Troy."
Troy looked at her and felt a weird tension. Wasn't she happy for him? Captaincy was an amazing achievement for him. Almost all the past captains were seniors. For a junior to have it was a rare occurrence. But Troy let it go.
The next week had been so hectic that he almost never had any free time to sit and chill with Gabriella. But finally, he's been given an opportunity to see her when his dad called practice off early since everyone was working so hard and doing so well.
Troy wiped his sweat away with his towel and walked out of the locker rooms dressed in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.
"Hey Troy!" One of the teams cheerleaders called out, "we're all headed to a party down at Andrew's house. To celebrate how well the team's doing. And guess who our guest of honor is" she winked at him
Troy shrugged and asked, "who?"
Suddenly someone whispered in his ear, "you silly"
Troy turned around and saw that it was Macy, the girl he had lost his virginity to four months ago at another party. She was still as hot as she used to be. He didn't blame himself for giving into her so quickly under influence.
"Me?" troy asked flirtatiously and Macy nodded.
"You're the captain, hot stuff. We want you there." Then she leaned over and whispered again, "I want you there"
Troy leaned back and considered this. Gabriella had to remember he was team captain now, right? It was only fair that he be there with them all. Plus, being with Macy might take his mind off of wanting his best friend.
"Sure, ill be there"
Gabriella sat in the rain on the bench outside of the theatre, where the National Decathlon Tournament was held. But it was over. In fact, it ended about an hour ago. And she had won.
But no one was there to congratulate her. Her parents had been too busy arguing to remember. But where was Troy? He knew her parents weren't going to be here. And he promised her he would. He knew how very important to her this was. Why wasn't he here?
A terrible thought struck Gabriella's mind. Could Troy be in an accident? She knew he wouldn't forget this, so something must have happened to him or someone in his family. But anyone would have called her, surely, right? Troy's mom treated her like a daughter.
Gabriella gasped, maybe it was a family accident, and everyone was in the hospital right now!
She got up from the bench and decided to run to Troy's house, right across from hers. She would see if anyone was home and if they were okay.
She ran carrying her award under her shirt, and through the rain that pelted down on her hard.
She bent over and put her hands on her thighs, trying to catch her breath. She was standing right in front of the Bolton's household. She jogged up to the porch and rang the doorbell. When nobody answered the first time, she rang over and over again. Suddenly she heard a honk and a whole bunch of cheering. She turned around and saw a car pull up with a bunch of the East High basketball team and their cheerleaders in it. Troy got out and waved to all of them. They all cheered at him before driving away.
When Troy turned around, he froze at the sight of Gabriella, dripping from head to toe on his porch.
"Gabriella, what happened?" Suddenly, he had never seen her more angry, or hurt…disappointed.
"I was waiting for you Troy. I waited for you, an hour in the rain. You were supposed to come. You were supposed to be there for me."
Troy looked confused, "Gabriella, what are you talking about?"
Gabriella walked over to him and pulled out a sheet of paper that had taken to ripping ever since it got wet.
"I won first place" she handed him the paper and shoved past him and onto her own porch, "I came running. I thought someone got hurt. I was worried." She shook her head and wiped away a tear.
Troy looked down at the award and saw her name written in gold letters, 'Winner of the National Decathlon…Gabriella Montez'
"Fuck" Troy breathed out, knowing he had never screwed up this much before. He turned towards Gabriella, but saw that she had already gone inside.
"oh god, what did I do?"
She hadn't answered any of his calls. Or came to the door. Or replied to his emails. How could he do this to someone he claimed he loved so much? Troy buried his head into his hands and sighed.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door and Troy turned to face his mother, "Wanna talk about it?" she asked as she saw him struggle.
"Mom, I did something horrible to someone I….I…"
"Love?" she finished for him as she sat down next to him on his bed. Troy looked up at her and nodded.
"I went to a party and completely forgot about Gabriella's competition. She waited for me in the rain then came running to our house cause she thought something happened" Troy admitted as he felt his mother's surrounding embrace.
She sighed, "Oh Troy, why would you do something like that? Have you tried apologizing?"
Troy nodded, "she wont talk to me mom. I promised her this. She told me how she never got to see me anymore since I became captain and how she missed me, and I promised over a million times I would be here"
"oh baby, give her time." His mother advised.
"What if she hates me now, mom?" Troy asked as he looked up at his mother.
"Gabriella can never hate you. She loves you"
Troy looked down at his fingers, "that's the thing. I love her too" And the way he said it let Miranda Bolton know that it wasn't just platonic.
"Oh Troy, my baby, you've grown up so fast" she said as she held him closer, "give her time and she'll come to you." She whispered and then got up, "goodnight Troy"
A/N: this chapter is leading…leading…leading to something bigger. It's a little crumbling to one big cookie about to break in half. So keep on…keeping on, I guess. I mean, reading on.
Last times reviews were interesting, lets put a little twist on them and and add, "Sophie, we cant believe someone like you exists. Do you want me to send you a plasma?"
That would be great!
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Sophie
