Chapter 3
Sharpay sighed as she looked at the gravestone in front of herself.
Josh Lawton
1991-2010
Dearly missed.
A Son, A Grandchild, A Brother, A Lover
Taken away from this Earth too early
Josh had been the one person she loved. He had been her boyfriend. They had been together for a year. Everyday she blamed Jason for his death, he shouldn't have brought Troy up in conversation. If he hadn't said anything about him Josh wouldn't be dead and she would be standing at his grave in that very moment because there wouldn't be one. Although, her best friend would still be missing. What was she supposed to do?
Troy closed his eyes briefly after yelling at Tom Jackson. He was another of the crew members on board 'The Bolton Wildcat' "Why can't anyone do their jobs properly?" He whispered as he begun to walk away, looking down at the gun in his hands. "Come on! We have to do this!" He yelled as the ship came to a stop at port. "Gabriella! Get up here!"
Gabriella ran up to the deck and over to Troy "What's up?" She questioned "D...do you have anything you want me to do?" She stuttered, looking down at the gun in Troy's hands. She had never been so close to one in her whole life.
"No, you're going to wait here with me while some of the crew get off at port. I'm not having you get off. Don't want you running away" He told her sternly.
Gabriella frowned with confusion "Y..you don't get off at port? You're the captain"
"It's too risky" He replied "We can't have anyone seeing me. It's a dangerous world Gabriella. If I were to be found I would be killed"
"I thought the sea's dangerous too" She stated, "You could die wherever you are."
"I have a crew Gabriella, no one on this ship is going to die, ever. Not even you" He chuckled slightly before smiling down at her. "I honestly never thought I'd see you again. When...when they..d..died...I thought about you all the time. I really didn't want to leave you, I regret ever leaving you. Things could have been so different if I'd just have stayed and talked to someone about their death but I couldn't handle it, I really need you to understand that"
Gabriella nodded in understanding before stepping away from Troy as he stood closer to her. She turned around and slipped her hands over the railing in front her herself. She could feel Troy's breath on the nape of her neck. She gasped she felt him place a kiss of her t-shirt covered shoulder. "Um...Troy, what are you doing exactly?" She questioned
"What does it look like?" He replied, turning her around and crashing his lips onto hers in a passionate kiss.
Gabriella's head was spinning around and around in circles. She kissed back, shocked. When the lack of air became a problem Troy and Gabriella pulled out of the kiss. Their breaths were heavy and uneven. Troy ginned down at the brunette in front of himself before pecking her lips one more time.
"WHAT?" Chad Danforth could not believe what he was hearing. A few people on the streets around stopped to stare. Some of the crew members had gotten off at port to see what they could get their hands on, including himself. "Why would he do that?"
"I don't know!" Taylor exclaimed "I saw the whole thing, they were talking and she turned away from him but then he kissed her shoulder before turning her around and kissing her lips. She started to kiss back and then when they pulled apart he smiled down at her" She told her curly haired friend as she looked around or Zeke.
"Wow...well, I'll be having words with a certain someone later" Chad grinned, running a hand through his curly mess of hair that he liked to call Ralph.
"Chad, you know what Troy gets like" Taylor began to protest "He'll have my head off! He wont be happy that I watched him and he certainly wont be happy that I told you!"
"Don't worry Taylor. I'm not going to talk to him about the kiss" He smiled before running off into a crowd of people, pulling his hoodie over his face to make sure no one recognised him.
Taylor shook her head before carrying on with her search for Zeke. She grinned as she watched him ran as fast as he could out of bank. "EVERYONE GET BACK TO THE SHIP! NOW!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
The small village was going mad as people tried to catch up with the crew members from 'The Bolton Wildcat'.
Sharpay Evans frowned as she looked at her twin brother, Ryan. He really came out with the most stupid remarks. "We need to find her!" She screeched, causing her brother to clasp his hands over his ears to block out the high pitched noise coming out from his sisters mouth.
"M..maybe she won't die" He said, uncovering his ears and flopping down on the cream leather couch.
"She already could be dead!" Sharpay replied "Ryan, she's out best friend"
Ryan sighed, a few tears springing to his eyes "I know she is Shar. But...well..she's with Troy Bolton. Everyone knew he always loved her more than a friend"
"People change Ryan" She reminded him
"Yes, but feeling don't" He remarked "Deep down he knows he still loves her. Face it Shar, he didn't just capture anyone. This is Gabriella we're talking about, and yes I miss her like hell but we need to think why he took her and not someone else before we go looking. We need to get out facts right before we get out hopes up"
"What are you on about Chad?" Gabriella questioned, putting the last plate down in the wooden box in the corner of the kitchen.
"Gabriella, Taylor told me everything. She saw Troy kiss you" Chad told the brunette, following her out onto the deck as the boat glided across the bright blue water. "How long have you really known him for? I know he only remembers meeting you when you were ten"
"I..I don't know what you're talking about. We met when we were ten" Gabriella lied, looking out to sea.
Chad sighed, standing next to her and flinging his right arm around her shoulders "Please Gabriella"
"Well...it all started when we were five..."
Flashback
Gabriella smiled as she looked at the sandcastle she had just made at the beach. She set her bucket and spade down beside herself before getting some of the shells she had collected and then placed them around the castle. She looked up when someone blocked the sun from her right. "Do you want to play with me?" She questioned, hanging the boy a spade.
He smiled before nodding "I'm Troy" He introduced himself before sitting down next to Gabriella and filling her other bucket it sand.
"I'm Gabriella" She smiled, tapping her up-side down bucket before lifting it up to see a perfect sandcastle.
End Of Flashback
"So you've really known him for fifteen years?" Chad asked
"Yeah" Gabriella replied "Please, don't tell him about that"
"Don't worry, I wont" Chad assured her before wondering away in search of Taylor.
Gabriella smiled as she wondered off to Troy's room, forgetting to knock and walking right in. "WHAT THE HELL? YOU KNOW YOUR SUPPOSED TO KNOCK!" He screamed, slamming the door and downing more liquor from the glass bottle.
"S..sorry, it won't happen again" Gabriella apologised. "Eh..you know I forgot what I had to say" She lied turning away from the blue eyed boy "I'll just go"
Troy Bolton had always been quick on his feet. He ran towards her and hit her in the back. She screamed out in pain before sinking to the floor. "You're nothing but a worthless bitch"
"Why did you j..just hit me?" Gabriella questioned, slowly getting back to her feet.
"It doesn't matter. JUST GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Troy's voice roared.
Gabriella gulped before nodding and running away from an angry Troy. How could he change so quickly? Less than three hours ago he was smiling at her and kissing her. Although it was true, Troy Bolton had a completely and utterly messed up life and he was the only one that could do something about it.
Alex Montez sighed as he looked at his friends around the lunch table. They were all joking around and laughing. "Come on mate" His friend, Jake, nudged him "Cheer up"
That did it.
"HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT ME TO CHEER UP? MY SISTER ID OUT AT SEA AGAINST HER OWN WILL! YOU WANT ME TO BLUDDY CHEER UP?" He screamed, before standing up and running out of the cafeteria.
"Well done Jake" Will shook his head, watching his best friend run away.
"You know he's vunerable, he didn't need that" Alexis sighed, throwing the rest of her lunch in the trash can, no longer hungry.
Alex needed his sister back, and fast.
