Title: In my heart always
Author: Wolfiegirl93
Show: High School Musical
Pairing: Troy/Gabriella, slight Troy/Sharpay
Warnings: Characters might be OOC! And slight rude language


Troy stood outside Gabriella's house afraid to even knock. He knew he had hurt the girl but she had hurt him too. Sure it was a stupid thing to be jealous of but Gab really had been too much.

"We're still dating Troy. We never broke up before!"

Troy shook his head and looked at her room. There she was staring at the blue sky. Troy smiled and was about to wave when he caught something. Tears?

"How could you Troy! I was busy and this is what I get for trying to make it up to you?!"

He saw her wipe her tears furiously and closing the curtains. He had hurt her more than he thought,

"Nah, she's not crying for me!" he said laughing.

"Probably something happened." Tory looked at the door again and sighed.

"She'll learn to forget me. And so will I." with that he walked of.

"How could you Troy!"

"Gabriella…"


Gabriella fell on her bed sick at herself. How could Troy just leave her like that? What's more, he's dating Sharpay! Gabriella wanted to strangle that blonde…Whoa! Where did that come from?

"Troy's better of with her. He doesn't need me!" she reasoned. Her smile dropped when she mentally kicked herself.

"Was it all a lie? Was I a toy to him?!" Gabriella felt as if she was stung by thousands of bees. She felt vulnerable and weak.

"Was it?"

"Oh that. Yeah, got a problem with that?"
"Oh, did I forget to mention? I guess I was busy thinking about our previous not-going-so-well relationship!"

Tears kept falling down uncontrollably. Gabriella breathed in hard and hit herself with her pillow. "I didn't know…" she said.

"Were you jealous of Fred?" she whispered.

"Were you jealous because I am with him more than you?" Gabriella sat up and dig into the bed sheets.

"Were you angry at me for skipping out so many dates?" Her stomach felt strange, her throat felt dry and painful, her head started hurting and her chest felt weird. She now knew what it was like to lose something so important to her.

"Was this all my fault? Is this revenge?"
"Do I deserve this?"
"Can I live through this?"
"Should I forget him?


School had started and everyone was in their home room. Gabriella was revising for the test that day and so were some of the students. The noises heard were giggles from the little missy Sharpay and Troy. They were the only two not studying. Ms. Darbus came in and greeted her class. Gabriella looked up to see Sharpay giving troy a peck and felt her stomach clench. She blinked repeatedly and looked away.

'We had avoided each other before. I can do that again!' she thought to herself with a big smile.

"Gabriella Montez! This is no place to be smiling to yourself!" Gab gasped and saw everyone's eyes on her, everyone but one. Troy kept reading his book and yawned,

"Troy Bolton! This is no place to be bored or sleepy! Detention you two!"

"What?!" both of them shouted.

"You heard me!" Sharpay gulped and laughed out loud.

"You two Sharpay Evans!" Sharpay gasped but smiled.

"You did that cause I'm in detention did you?" Troy asked softly. Sharpay just gave him a wink and continued studying. Troy sighed happily but spotted Gabriella. He watched her sad face eyeing the huge text book and then to her red eyes.

'Someone didn't sleep well last night…" Troy thought and returned to his revision.

"Was It because of me?"


During Detention, the three students were once again helping out with the decorations for the musical. Troy and Sharpay were helping each other out while giving small kisses towards each other. Gabriella just watched from the corner and felt her anger rise.

"We never did that when we're together!" she grumbled softly.

"Alright! Sharpay I need you here to help me choose the colours for the stage wall while troy help Gabriella hang up the tinsels. Remember people! Art!" Troy sighed while Gabriella stiffened. Sharpay frowned but followed her orders while Troy walked up to Gabriella who was already on a ladder.

"Tell you what, why don't you…"

"Troy Bolton! Evans and I are going to the store to choose the colour so make sure when I get back you two are done with the tinsels!" Troy saluted to her with an annoying smile while gab nodded. Troy looked back at Gab and sighed.

"Like I said, you hooked the tinsel on that hook there and when you're done, hold onto the ladder so I can slide you to the other hook." Gabriella nodded and did as told. When she was done, she grabbed onto the ladder tightly while Troy pushed the ladder. The ladder was slippery making Gabriella lose her grip. She screamed but before she reached the ground, two strong arms caught her. The two of them just stayed like that for a few seconds until Troy coughed.

"We have work Montez…" Gabriella felt pain staging her.

"It's Gabriella, Bolton!" she snapped. Troy looked into her watery eyes as she struggled away from his touch. She stood there breathing hard fighting the tears from falling.

"I don't have time for this! I need to go home and meet Fred!" she shouted and pushed the ladder to the other side. Troy just stood there not knowing what to do.

"Pass the tinsels troy!" she ordered coldly. Troy frowned but followed. He passed it to her as she hooked it onto the other hook.

"There. I'm done. And I have only 10 minutes to go. Why don't you put the ladder back and…?"

"Cut the crap off, Gab! It's not like Fred would murder you if you go home late and it's not like I would do whatever you say!" Silence fell upon the two while Gabriella finally let her tears down freely.

"Why Troy?" she asked. "Is this my punishment?" Troy just looked away and closed his eyes.

"For what?" he asked softly.

"For not spending time with you! For spending more time on Fred!"

"YES!" Gabriella gasped at the loud reply. "WHO IS THAT BASTARD ANYWAY? FRED THIS! FRED THAT! IF FRED IS SO GOD DAMN IMPORTANT TO YOU, WHY DID YOU EVEN DATE ME?" Gabriella watched the red face fuming at her.

"Stop shouting Troy if not you'll spend extra time helping me and Sharpay paint." Ms. Darbus said holding a bucket full of paint.

"It's ok, Ms. Darbus. I'm done shouting…" Troy answered still keeping eye contact with the crying Gab.

"Can I go home?" she asked. Ms. Darbus nodded and said her goodbyes.

"I spend time with Fred because he's here for holiday and he's my cousin…" she said before she ran away. Troy blinked on the spot and froze. The thing that made him move again was the tight hug from Sharpay.

"You're helping me with painting, right Troy?" Troy blinked again and fell onto the floor.

"COUSIN?!" he finally shouted.

"THAT'S IT BOLTON! YOU'RE HELPING!" Ms. Darbus shouted back.