The Guy Next Door
Chapter 4
Okay guys this is the last chapter for today. At least I got most of them up. I'll continue updating as I write more. Hope you enjoy! This chapter is a bit lengthy but a long chapter was needed. Well, read and review thanks!
When I woke up I was lying in a huge bed, one much bigger than my own. As I opened my eyes I saw a blurry figure sitting beside me "Hey, you're awake" I heard a familiar voice say. As my vision cleared my thoughts were proven. "Troy?" he smiled, "How are you feeling?" I thought a moment. "Um..a little funny. What happened?" I asked "You fainted. I was a bit worried because it was so sudden. You fell and hit your head so I picked you up and put you onto my bed." He put a wash cloth in a bowl full of water, which was on his night stand, and then he put the cool rag on my head after ringing it out. "That would explain the headache" I let out a small laugh. "That feels nice by the way. Thank you Troy." "No problem" he replied. As I laid there, while Troy tended to my head, I started to remember why I was at his house in the first place and I remembered what had happened before I fainted. Troy had some basketball shorts on now but he was still shirtless. I couldn't help but steal a few glances at his body, which caused me to bite my lip. "You okay?" he asked. I looked up "Uh..yeah..so..um…what did you want to talk about?"
Troy looked at me in a confused way for a minute but then it dawned on him what I meant. "Oh." He took the cloth off my head and put it back in the water taking a deep breath. "It's about Sharpay." "Ah I thought so." I started to sit myself up but I got really light headed and dizzy. 'Whoa." I held my head in my hands and the next thing I know Troy's arms were around me. "Be careful. Here let me help you up." He lifted me up into the sitting position. When he started to pull away his eyes caught mine. My breath caught. "Wow…your eyes…they're…beautiful." I felt my face getting red. "Th..thanks." He started to lean in, as his face got closer my mind began to run wild. "Oh my god, is this really about to happen? Am I really about to be kissed by Troy Bolton?" As I was thinking about this I started to lean in as well. Our lips were just inches apart and I could feel his breath against my skin. I closed my eyes but right as our lips were about to touch I heard a voice. "Troy how is Gab…Oh.." I opened my eyes and saw Troy's mom at his door. Troy turned to face her. " She's doing well." He said. "That's good to hear. Can I get you anything else Gabriella?" She asked. "Um, no, I'm okay. Thanks though ." She nodded. "Very well then" She headed back downstairs. I took a deep breath then looked at Troy. "So..Sharpay?"
Troy rubbed the back of his neck again. "Right…her." He looked away. "Do you want to start by telling me what happened between you two tonight?" I said, trying to help him out a bit. He took a deep breath. "Sharpay did something to piss me off." I listen to him. "My aunt and uncle came over with my cousin Mike for dinner and the whole time he was there Sharpay was clearly flirting with him." "Why would Sharpay do that?" I thought. I mean they had been together for so long, and she supposedly loved him so why? "Well that's easy" I thought. She is a stuck up bitch that's why. "That's horrible" I said aloud. Troy got up and started pacing back and forth. "I know. I tried to ignore it, so to distract myself I texted some of my friends and watched some TV. She got mad at me and said 'I wasn't paying any attention to her' and that I never did. She said if I didn't care about her then I should just break up with her. That made me snap."
*Flashback* (Troy's POV)
"Are you fucking kidding me right now?! Don't care about you?! If I didn't fucking care I would have never gotten together with you in the first place! And as far as for 'never pay attention to you'? That is complete and utter bull shit and you know it! I have done nothing BUT give you my undivided attention since the day we got together!" I punched my wall in anger, and then Sharpay shouted back. "Oh yeah?! Is that so?! Hmmm that's funny because there have been numerous times, including tonight, when you have done nothing but text your damn friends!" I just kept getting more heated. "Really Sharpay?! When have I ever done that with the exception of tonight and a couple of times when my friends NEEDED me?! Hmm? Tell me!" She couldn't answer me. I scoffed. "Exactly! And as for tonight? Maybe I wouldn't have texted my friends if you hadn't been flirting with my cousin!" She gasped. "How dare you! I'm leaving!" She grabbed her purse and started heading for the front door/ I followed. "You're just mad because you know it's true!" She got faster but I kept up just the same. "Mhm speed right up sweetheart! Keep on walking away just like you always do!" At that time we had just gotten outside. "You are such a fucking bastard Troy!" She yelled. "Oh yeah?! Well you are a fucking bitch Sharpay!" She gasped again, her face red with anger and tears welling in her eyes. "I hate you!" Hearing those words from her made my heart ache. I was angry that I quickly replied with "Go fuck yourself!" She started crying and that's when she heard her brother clear her throat and ran off to her parents.
*End of Flashback*
Troy had started crying, I felt so bad. "Oh Troy come here." I waved him over and he came and sat beside me. I hugged him and then let him rest his head on my lap, "Shh Shh. It's okay, everything will be okay." I said as I ran my fingers through his hair, trying to comfort him. He lifted his head and looked at me, still crying, and said "It's not the first time she has flirted with another guy. She has done it multiple times and each time denies it or just turns things around on me. I don't understand why she does that. Do I not make her happy? Am I not a good boyfriend? I just don't understand. I can't take it much longer." He said with his voice full of pain. He started crying a lot harder and was shaking uncontrollably. "Troy..Troy you need to calm down. You're going to hyperventilate." I grabbed his hand and pulled him closer to me so I could hold him. "If she is causing you so much pain then maybe you should break up with her. I mean you said yourself that she flirts with other guys right?" "Yes" was all he replied in a broken voice. "That's not something a good girlfriend would do to her boyfriend and it's not something she would do if she truly cared" As I held Troy in my arms I felt him start to calm down. He looked up and I wiped some tears from his face. "You know...you're right. Maybe I should end it. This whole thing is not good for my mental health...or my basketball skills for that matter. We have been together for two and a half years. That's a decent time for a relationship but maybe it's time for it to end." I nodded. "Exactly. Maybe it's what is best. Besides, if it were truly meant to be then you two will get back together at some point." I kissed the top of his head. "Everything will be okay, I promise." Troy hugged me tight. "Thank you Gabriella. Thank you for all of your help tonight, It means a lot. How can I repay you?" He looked at me as he said that. I smiled and moved some hair from his eyes. "You don't have to repay me at all." He smiled and hugged me some more, then we sat in a comforting silence for a little while. About five minutes later I spoke again. "Any way, it's late, I should get home." I started to get up in order to leave and Troy helped me. "Oh by the way, thanks for helping me after I fainted." I smiled. "That can be your repayment." He let out a small chuckle. Then I said "Goodnight Troy." "Goodnight Gabriella." He kissed my cheek and I blushed. Then I went home.