Midnight

A Troypay Story

CHAPTER 6- JUST WALK AWAY

Troy's eyes slowly opened. He yawned and stretched, expecting to feel Gabriella by his side, but instead he saw a empty spot where she would have been. He looked at his watch, it was only 6am, she can't have got up already. He reached for the lamp on his bedside table, and noticed that the framed wedding photo of him and Gabriella was gone. His hand reached out for a glass of water, but instead it found a piece of paper. He put it to his eyes.

Troy,

I heard you and Sharpay talking yesterday. I'm moving back in with my mom. I will mail you the divorce papers as soon as possible. It's the easiest way. Don't try chasing after me, we both know it's not worth it. Good luck being a daddy.

Gabriella xx

He felt a tear form in his eye and a hand touch his shoulder.

"Maybe Gabriella's right. It probably is for the best."

"It was you wasn't it! You told her didn't you! I told you not to!"

"No Troy! Calm down, it wasn't me, she said in the note she heard us talking."

"Why did you read it?"

"I saw her writing, and curiosity got the better of me. I'm sorry, Troy."

"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you. It is better this way. Gabriella was becoming, like, an obstacle in my life, in our future, and Amy's future. And now we can all be happy."

"Yeh we can" she held his hand, and they stared into each others eyes.

Amy started wailing from her room.

"I better go and see to her-" Sharpay started.

"No I will." said Troy as he got out of bed and made his way to Amy's room. He stopped as he got to the doorway. "Sharpay-"

"Yeh.."

"Wanna ask Ryan to babysit and go out tonight?"

"Yeh!" Sharpay loved Amy, but she hadn't had a proper break since her daddy cut her off.

"So, do you think Gabriella will ever come back?" Sharpay tried to make conversation as they waited for their desserts to be served.

"Not if she has any dignity. Coming back would completely condradict everything she said in the note. I doubt she'd do that."

"It's just... every time you two break up, I finally think there's a chance for us... then she comes back to you and I'm expected to act like nothing ever happened. It happened in High School, in College. I don't know how many more times I can have my heart broken before it's permanantly broken."

"You don't need to worry about that. I'm in this for keeps Shar, if you'll have me. Will you have me?"

"What do you mean?"

"I love you Sharpay."

"Oh my God. I love you too Troy." Sharpay smiled, her dreams were coming true.

"I'm so glad you said that you said that. Because if you hadn't have said that, I would have had to rush us out of this restaurant so fast..."

"What?"

"Let's just say I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago."

"What?"

"You'll see."

Just then, the waiter arrived with Sharpay's chocolate cake and Troy's ice cream. Sharpay tenderly placed her fork in the cake, and then in her mouth.

"Ow! I think my tooth just came out" she said as she put her hand in her mouth to retrieve her tooth. But she didn't pull out her tooth. "Oh my God. Someone lost their ring in my cake!" she started to laugh.

"No, Shar. It's for you. Sharpay Evans, will you marry me?"

Yay, Troypayness =)