I hope everyone had a great fourth of July!
Thank you everyone for the reviews! I loved them all! Here is chapter four for you...
Chapter 4
Alexander was exhausted by the time he finally got to Chloe's front porch. He had run as fast as he possibly could since he had run from the girl and didn't stop till he reached Chloe's. He stopped for a second to open the door with his key, closed it behind him, and continued running again, till he fell on the couch in complete exhaustion. Tears had even started falling like crazy from his eyes somewhere during his run, for he was so insanely frustrated and confused.
Who was she?
It was a question that ran through his mind that would absolutely not go away, along with a thousand other questions.
Why was she looking at him with so much love in her eyes? Why was she chasing after him? Why was she staring at him like she knew him so well?
Did he know her? Did she know him?
He couldn't help but have a few other questions run through his mind over and over from the minute he saw her.
Was she the one one?
Was she the one that loved him? The one he was searching for? The one he was desperate to find?
His heart felt sick as he thought of it. If she was the one, it wasn't like the moment he'd dreamed of. He didn't look directly in her eyes and suddenly remember like he hoped. He admitted he felt kind of crushed to realize that if that was her. He had really hoped that he would remember everything the moment he saw her. But if that was her, he didn't recognize her at all- and that had freaked him out so much that he had to get away from her. He didn't have any memories at all of her, nor could he remember anything he ever felt for her.
Tears continued to fall from his eyes.
He wanted to remember her. If she was the girl, that is. He wanted to so freaking much. It was all he wanted in this world, to remember the girl who loved him, to remember everything about his life before he hit his head and wound up in this current situation.
He sighed deeply. God, if that was her, she was so freaking beautiful. A smile came across his face for awhile as he thought about it. She was absolutely gorgeous. There was absolutely no denying that. Ever since he had seen her, he hadn't been able to get her out of his mind.
He frowned suddenly though as he thought of something else had been bothering him. She had called out a name to him... what was that name? Oh right. It was Troy. He shook his head, trying to remember ever being called that name, but it didn't come to him still. He frowned again. He had never been a hundred percent his name was Alexander, but the name Troy didn't register at all to him. He felt so confused as he sat there thinking about it all. Why had she called out the name Troy? Was that who he was? Was his name really Troy instead of Alexander?
At that second, the door burst open, and he knew right away it was Chloe.
"Alexander!" Chloe gasped as she saw him, "What on earth? Did something happen?" she sat on the couch next to him and looked at him in concern.
He looked up and into her eyes and then he trembled a little, "I'm... I'm not really sure..."
"What do you mean?" She asked him.
Alexander took a deep breath, then began to explain everything that had just happened, "There was this girl... she called out a name to me. I looked up and our eyes met... she kept looking at me like crazy... she was looking at me like she knew me really well. I kept looking at her like crazy. But Chloe, I didn't recognize her or remember her at all... then I got all freaked out and I ran away from her before anything happened... I ran from her Chloe..." his voice trailed off.
Chloe's eyes went wide, "Do you think she knew you? Oh my god, Alexander, do you think she could of been the girl that you think loves you?"
Alexander stared up at her, "That's exactly what I have been wondering from the second I saw her, Chloe," Alexanders eyes filled with more tears, "Except I didn't recognize her Chloe. I didn't remember anything about her, nor could I remember any of my feelings for her. I admit I was kind of pulled to her though. I admit I'm very curious to know if she was the one... it is all just driving me so insane!"
Chloe gazed at him, "Was she beautiful?" she asked, rather suddenly. She looked at him and smiled, "I told you if you had a girlfriend that she had to be beautiful."
Alexander gazed at her, and through the tears, he couldn't help but smile, "Oh she was. She was beyond beautiful, Chloe. If she was the one, that is."
"I knew it!" Chloe couldn't help but grin, "I knew she had to be!"
"Yeah you did, and if it was her, you were right," Alexander smiled.
"You said she called out a name... was it Alexander?" she asked with interest all of a sudden.
He shook his head, "That's just it. It wasn't Alexander, Chloe."
"What was it?" She asked him, curiously.
"Troy," he answered, it seemed odd saying that name, "Honestly... I'm trying really hard to remember ever being called that name before and I just can't. I know I've never been a hundred percent positive that my name is Alexander..." his voice trailed off again. His mind just felt so confused at the moment. All of this was so overwhelming to him.
"No you haven't," Chloe nodded. She paused, "Troy," she repeated, suddenly, "If that is your actual name, I really like it."
He grinned, "It isn't that bad, actually. I kind of like it to. If that is my actual name, that is."
Chloe smiled at him.
Alexander suddenly sighed deeply, "Oh Chloe, what have I done?"
"What do you mean?" Chloe gazed at him in concern.
"What if that really was her and that was my last chance? What if I can't find her again? What if I ruined my last chance by running from her?" Alexander suddenly couldn't help but think that, and it started to drive him crazy. It started to drive him beyond crazy.
He really hoped he hadn't ruined his last chance. At the moment he was so angry at himself for running. He wished he hadn't. He wished he'd stayed with her. Maybe now he'd have some answers if he did. He really wished he could find this girl again, he wanted to find her again more then anything.
He took a deep breath.
He suddenly felt extremely determined to find this girl again. He had to. If he had to, he would move heaven and earth to find her again. Somehow, he'd find her again.
He was determined to somehow make it happen again.
It had taken Gabriella forever to wander back to the hotel. She had wandered back, very slowly. She was still in pure shock and disbelief that she had seen him, standing in front of her, alive and well. She was ecstatic over the fact she now knew he was alive, but she was rather crushed and heartbroken that he had ran from her. She had continued to desperately search for him and called his name over and over but was having no luck at all. Her body shook and she could still feel tears falling down as she headed back to the hotel, for she had been crying like crazy since it had happened.
She still questioned weather he was really there or not, for she had not touched or kissed him or anything, but her heart fully believed he WAS there. He HAD to be! He was so real looking, there was no way he could not be there.
She took a deep breath as she stared at the hotel before her, for she wasn't sure how to tell everyone what had just happened- that she had just seen Troy with her own eyes- in the flesh. She didn't know how to tell them he was alive. She didn't know how to tell them he had run from her and she once again didn't know where he was.
But at least now, she was almost fully convinced he was alive.
Oh, God! Troy was Alive, and she had just seen him.
He had been in front of her, and she had looked directly into his beautiful blue eyes that she had missed so desperately.
She still couldn't really believe it.
She wished more then anything he hadn't run, and wanted so badly to know why he ran from her. She also wished so much that he was there with her, that he had stayed with her, but it did help to know he was alive, and out there, finally. At least she knew she didn't have to fear he was not alive anymore, and that was an incredible miracle to her. It made her heart want to dance with absolute joy knowing that at last.
Suddenly she spotted Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, and Jason standing together. She took another deep breath, and froze a little, for she wasn't quite sure she was ready for this. She needed to tell them, but she wasn't sure how.
Chad and Kelsi spotted her at the same time, "Hey!" Chad had called, but immediately frowned the minute he saw her face, "Gabi... what in the... what happened?"
Kelsi gasped at her, "Awe... sweetie... you really don't look so good... Gabriella... what happened?"
She stared at them, she could a few feel more tears fall down, "It's Troy." she went simply, she was trying to figure out how to tell them her news.
Kelsi gave her a sympathetic look, "You miss him, don't you? Awe, Gabi, We miss him to. We miss him so much! And we wish so much he were here right now. We really wish that."
Gabriella shook her head, "No. I mean, I do miss him, but that's not it. That's not what I'm trying to tell you, for once."
Chad stared at her, "Gabi, what happened? What are you trying to tell us?" he looked curiously at her.
At that moment, she could see Sharpay, Ryan, and Zeke arrive.
"You guys should of seen how many bags Sharpay made me carry! My god I think she bought everything in every store that is pink!" Zeke exclaimed. He was rather breathless.
"Hey, my parents aren't going out to eat with us later! They have other plans, so we can go wherever we want to," Sharpay went excitedly, but froze the second she saw Gabriella's face, "What's wrong?"
"She's trying to tell us something about Troy," Kelsi filled them in. She turned and looked back at Gabriella. Everyone was now looking directly at her.
"I..." She paused. She took a breath, "I... think I just saw him guys. I could swear it was him! I think he's here! I mean, in California..." she slowly looked up at everyone, to get there reactions.
Everyone looked at her in complete shock and disbelief. They all looked quite stunned at the news she had just broken to them.
A smile broke out on Chad's face suddenly, as it was one of the happiest smiles she had ever seen on his face, "Troy. As in Troy Alexander Bolton. Our Troy. Our Troy that has been missing all year. You saw Troy? Here? In California? Are you positive?"
"Oh my God! Are you serious?" Sharpay exclaimed excitedly. A wide smile was on her face. She squealed, "How... where did you see him?"
"I... I..." Gabriella stumbled at her words, "I'm almost positive it was him," she quickly explained where she had seen him, "His head was turned away from me, I called out his name. He looked up, and our eyes met. We gazed at each other for an extremely long time. It was him guys! I'm almost positive it was! I questioned weather I was imagining things, but I don't think that I was. He was so real, and so there, you guys! There was no way it couldn't of been him! Except I tried to move closer then, and that was when it happened."
"When what happened?" Kelsi gazed into her eyes, her eyes were wide.
"He..." she nervously looked at them all, "That was when he ran away from me. He had this look on his face, one I couldn't recognize, and then he just ran from me. I... chased after him... I called out his name... but then I lost him..." tears poured from her eyes, remembering it. She tried to wipe them away, "I didn't even get a chance to kiss or touch him. He ran away from me before I could guys..." she looked up at them, and took a breath, "But he was there! I'm almost fully convinced that he was. He was real! He was alive! He was in front of me! But he ran away from me..."
"Oh my God, Gabriella!" Chad exclaimed, as he wrapped his arms her, for he was so happy and thrilled to know that she had seen Troy, and that he was alive, "He's alive! That's incredible. That is extremely Incredible! He may have run away when he saw you, Gabi, but we will find him. I believe that you saw him. Oh my God!"
Taylor looked at her excitedly, "I believe it to. Wow. Oh my God! You saw Troy!" she reached over and happily gave Gabriella a hug also.
"Oh my God. Just oh my God," Sharpay exclaimed. She paused, then asked, "How did he look? How in the world did he get out all the way to California? What the hell happened to him? Why is he here?"
"I don't know how he got here or what has happened to him," Gabriella went sadly, "I really wish I did though. But he looked okay physically, Sharpay. I mean, he didn't look hurt or anything, from what I could tell. I really wish I knew why he ran away when he saw me though."
"He wouldn't of come here willingly," Chad went slowly, "I don't think he'd run away here. We always thought Troy would of never run away, and I still believe that."
Gabriella nodded. She couldn't help but agree with Chad, "No, he wouldn't of had. I'm honestly not sure what got him out here, but something had to have happened. I agree that he would not of come willingly."
Everyone gazed at each other, as they wondered how their friend could of gotten out here and what could of happened to him over the past year.
"We're going to find him, Gabi, even though he ran away when you saw him," Kelsi hugged her, happily, "Oh my God. He is okay! You've seen him! That's amazing news, Gabi!"
"Yeah, it is totally amazing news!" Zeke exclaimed. His eyes were shining with happiness.
"What if that was my last chance?" Gabriella stared at them all worriedly, "What if I'm not going to get another chance to find him again? How are we going to find him again?"
"We will," Chad went determinedly, "We know what city he is in, Gabriella! You saw him here, in California with your own eyes. We will find him! We will do whatever we can to find him! I will not stop till we do find him. None of us will!"
"That's right, none of us will," Ryan spoke up.
"Unless he leaves the city," Jason suddenly spoke up, "Then we wont know what city he is in."
Gabriella worriedly looked at Jason. But then she just looked at Chad and nodded slowly, "Your right, we will find him again. We have to," She stated. They had to find him again, for she didn't know what she'd do if they didn't.
Not sure if I liked the last half that much- hope it was okay for you though! Please review!