Chapter 4 - Claire
It has been six years since the day Gabriella left me. A lot has happened since that day. I put all of my focus in basketball and that made me become a star. It was my way of sort of getting Gabriella out of my head and just forgetting about her like she wanted. I haven't talk to her since the day she told me she loved me. After going to U of A, the NBA picked me up and I started playing professional, if felt good to actually have at least one dream work out.
We were playing the last game in our season and it came down to the last two minutes. I threw the ball to the one of the other players on our team and he scored. We won the game, 16-10. It was time to celebrate, mainly because of two reason, a. we won the league, b. it is my birthday.
I sat in the car that was waiting for me, the driver drove me to my house and I got out the car. I walked into my house and into my bedroom. The room was basically the same as my old room. I looked at the photo of Gabriella I kept by my bedside, even though it has been six years I love her all the same.
The girls I date usually find it weird that I keep a picture of a girl by my bed. I walked into the main living area, it was everything a celebrity wanted and needed in there. I sat down on the couch and turned the T.V on and saw a news segment on me, it felt weird watching yourself on T.V.
Everybody was arriving for my birthday and the end of the season party. All of the girls where trying to get with me but it never works, there is only one girl for me and sadly I can never get her. It was magical what we shared, something I would never forget.
Chad walked in and gave me a present and told me ''happy birthday, dude, how does it feel to be twenty-two''. I smiled and opened the present, it was the game winning ball. I laughed and said ''not much difference, how is Taylor?''.
Chad laid down on the couch and told me ''good, she is studying, she should be coming back from Yale to see you, she told me to tell you happy birthday''.
The party was really getting started and everybody was having a good time and getting drunk. Some girl came over to me and kissed me and ran away. Chad looked at me and laughed. I looked at him and said ''you gotta do what a guy gotta do''.
girl grabbed my hand and pulled me over to her and she asked ''do you want to dance, birthday boy?''. I smiled and I done the waltz with her and she looked at me in amazement and she said ''where did you learn that?''.
I smiled and sat on the counter and looked at the photo of Gabriella sitting there and I told her ''um, my ex girlfriend taught me, she loved to dance, we used to perform together on stage. I loved performing, that is just many of my qualities''.
The girl smiled and put her hands threw my hair and she kissed me and she said ''you are wonderful Troy, I am Claire by the way''. I smiled and looked at her, she had brown hair and green eyes.
I jumped off the counter and we walked into the bedroom and she said ''so this is what Troy Bolton's bedroom looks like''. I looked at her and she sat down on my bed and told her ''what you imagined''.
Claire sat down next to me and grabbed the photo of Gabriella and said ''so is what your ex looks like''. I smiled and looked at the photo and smiled and told her ''yes''. Claire put the photo down and said ''she looks pretty''.
I smiled and looked at her and then the picture and told her ''yes, she is, I bet you think it is weird that I keep pictures of her around. She was my first love but after six years I haven't forget about her''.
I smiled and kissed her. I fell on the bed kissing Claire and Chad walked in and looked at me and told her ''sorry dude, I see you later''. Chad left the room and Claire laughed. We started kissing again and something just clicked, like this was the plan for my life.
I woke up the next morning and saw Claire lying next to me. I walked into the living room and saw all of the drinks that were left on the table and the floor. I started cleaning the house and Claire came behind and asked ''do you want some help with that''.
I smiled and nodded and looked at her cleaning and getting the house sorted. I smiled and turned on the T.V and I realized that Chad put the school musical in. I was just about to turn it off when Claire said ''no, Troy, don't turn it off, I am watching it''.
We both started to watch it and she told me ''you look like you are having so much fun, your really good, you love that life don't you''. I smiled and looked at the screen and all the love I had for performing came back and she said ''so this is one of your many qualities, so how did you go from performer to playmaker''.
I smiled and looked at the screen and told her ''well I always have been the playmaker but when I was on holiday, Gabs and I were picked to sing karaoke and that is where my love started and something else, more magical''. I smiled at the T.V and remembered all the fun I had on stage but mainly because of one person. When she left everything changed but not for the better.
