If Everyone Cared

Chapter 4: The Constant Phone Calls To A Breakdown

Troy woke up to find himself still laying on his couch. He was going to stretch out, but decided against it when he saw a still half naked Sharpay laying on top of him, with his arms wrapped around her. He smiled at a thought that got placed in his head, but immediately shook it off thinking he was completely insane.

His thoughts were interrupted by his phone going off, he slid his hand on to the table top and retrieved it.

"Hello," he answered tiredly.

"Hey Troy, the gang and I are all together, you want to come and chill with us!?" Chad practically yelled into the phone, making Troy pull it away from his ear. Did going to the club mess up his hearing? Damn.

Troy looked down at the girl sleeping oh him. She looked so peaceful; much more than she was last night when he found her. He made up his mind and decided to tell Chad his decision.

"You know what Chad? I'm busy today; sorry" Troy said into the phone.

"Whatever dude," Chad said than hung up.

Troy tossed his phone to the side and laid on the couch for a little while longer to clear his mind from the intense headache that just showed up.

"You know you can go if you want to," Sharpay mumbled with her eyes still closed.

"Yeah, but it wouldn't be right," Troy replied to her.

"I really don't care. Go; I'm used to having people leave me anyways," she replied, getting up off of him and made her way up the stairs.

Troy got off the couch and followed the blonde up the stairs and found her making her way to his room, but stopped her before she could take a step inside. She turned around when she felt his hand wrap around her wrist gently. "Again with being gentle," she whispered to herself, but it didn't go unheard by Troy, making his whole body hot.

"What?" she asked him now face to face with him.

"I care, what makes you think I don't care about your feelings?" he asked her softly.

She looked down for a beat, to contain herself. She felt like she was going to burst any second. With her emotions taking over; it happened. She looked back up at him with glassy eyes

"No one else does, why should you?" she asked him in a whisper, trying with all her might to hold the tears in her eyes from flowing.

Troy didn't know how to answer that. Why should he care? Why DOES he care so much? He thought about all these questions and finally came to a conclusion.

"I care because you trusted me with your deepest secret no matter how much you despise me, you trusted me. That's all I ever wanted from you Sharpay, was to trust me. I wouldn't hurt you like that…that guy Jerry or any of those guys that aggressively grab every part of your body for pleasure. I'm not like that…" he rambled until she cut him off "I know," she said to him.

"Troy I know you're not like any of them. You were uncomfortable touching me when I sat on you and grabbed your hands to touch me. And you know what makes me trust you even more? Is that you didn't. You didn't touch me. You didn't even really want to be there," she explained to him. He smiled at that warmly to her.

They stood in the hall in silence until Sharpay broke. "Well you can still go,

I can just go home," she said starting to walk into the room, but was stopped again by Troy.

She turned around again, this time his arms were on both sides of her. She looked up into his ocean blue eyes, realizing just then that they're amazingly beautiful. Her breathing was starting to quicken, as her heart began beating a mile a minute.

He looked down into her chocolate brown eyes. He can tell there's a sad little girl beyond that icy glacier people see in school. He wanted to make her feel safe; she said he did, but he ALWAYS wanted to make her feel safe. He didn't know what came over him, but he leaned in to her soft lips and as they were about to collide, the house phone rang.

"Don't answer it," she whispered to his lips.

"I have to. It might be my parents," he said, pulling away from her to walk down the stairs to retrieve the phone.

She took a deep breath in and let it out. She was about to kiss Troy Bolton? She NEVER thought of that happening, especially so quickly. It was all happening so quick. It was like she was on a ride speeding out of control and she couldn't get off. But is it possible, that she didn't want to?

Those thoughts were interrupted by her cell phone going off. She picked it up and the caller ID flashed Ryan.

"Hello," she said into the phone.

"Oh God Sharpay! Where were you all night?" he asked her in a scared voice.

"I was home…I got home late and left early, before you woke up," she lied. She was lying through her teeth, hoping he'd buy it.

"I was up all night, waiting for you," he replied to her, making her think of another lie to tell him.

"I'm at a friends' house, okay" she told him, if she considered Troy to be a friend than it is true; which she does…possibly more.

"No offense Sharpay, but I don't think you have any,"

Did she just hear right? Her own brother, just said that to her. That made her want to cry. She considers Ryan her friend, but after that no way. But she didn't need him, she didn't need anyone.

"You know what Ryan? You're right. I don't have any friends because as of now, I'm not speaking to you anymore," she said holding back her tears.

"Sharpay I didn't mean…" he got cut off by her flipping her phone shut. She sat down on Troy's bed and began crying into her hands.

As Troy walked into his room, he saw her in an emotional state and practically ran to her. He leaned down in front of her, trying to remove her hands from her face. She eventually put them down as Troy held them in his.

"What happened?" he whispered to her soothingly. She sniffled before answering.

"Ryan called asking where I was. I told him this lie that backfired, than I told him that I was at a friends' house, but he just said no offense but I don't think you have any," she said as tears started flowing again.

He felt bad for her. He got up from where he was and sat next to her. He lifted her up and set her down on his lap, with her body turned sideways. She wrapped her arms around his neck, crying into his bare chest as he held her close by the waist.

"It's okay…you do have a friend," he whispered to her, making her lift her head up to see her red face.

"Who?" she asked him heaving the tears back.

"Me," he replied to her. She looked at him in his eyes for a second and put her head back on his chest. She than suddenly felt a pair of lips touch her forehead, making her feel like if everyone doesn't care about her at least someone does. And that's how once again that Troy Bolton made Sharpay Evans feel safe once again.

Okay that's the update. There will be drama when Troy and Sharpay get together, so look out for that. Please review and tell me what you think.

Nik