Gabriella was slowly taking her time to get to the Evans' house. She wanted to use this time to think. With everything that's happened since that terrible, heart-shredding phone call she and Ryan received only the previous night, she hadn't really thought. Thought about . . . anything.
She thought about how happy Troy and Sharpay used to be.
--flashback--
It was the last day of fourth grade. Sharpay and Ryan would always invite Troy and Gabriella over to hang for the whole day after school. That's what was going on right now. They were all outside in the HUGE backyard just hanging.
"Hey, Gabi," Ryan said. "Can I talk to ya for a sec?" Gabi nodded, and Ryan walked her to a spot where he knew his sister and friend wouldn't hear.
"What's up Ry?" Gabi asked, moving a loose strand of her dark brown hair behind her ear. Ryan smiled.
"You know how you told me that Pay likes Troy?" he checked. Gabriella nodded again. "Well, troy told me today that he likes her too!"
"Omigod!" Gabriella shrieked. "They like each other that's great! Can we get them together?!"
"I was trying to think of a way we could, but I can't. you got an idea?" the two friends thought a minute. Suddenly the light bulb went on in Gabriella's head.
"I know! Why don't we like leave them alone for a while. I know Shar, and when she's bored for a LONG time, she'll like, spill secrets!"
"True." Ryan said. "Once she and I were just in my room for four hours, and she told me that she was the one who put the finger paint in the teacher's latté in preschool." The two friends chuckled. "Ok, let's go!" Ryan said. They snuck off into the house undetected and ran up to Ryan's bedroom. There they could see the entire backyard perfectly. Ryan handed Gabriella a pair of binoculars, and took another pair for his own use. Then the two watched to see what would happen next as if it were a new episode of 'Hannah Montana' or something.
Outside, Troy was being told to help Sharpay get her hair out of the French braid it was currently in. And he was having trouble.
"PayPay, I don't know how to take the braid out of your hair!" he complained. Sharpay sighed dramatically-even then- and did the rest herself.
"Does it look fine?" she asked. Troy stared at her hair. It's beautiful, he thought.
"Troy?" Sharpay asked. Troy snapped out of his daydreaming.
"It-you look beautiful, PayPay." He smiled. Sharpay did too, though she blushed madly as well.
An hour passed. Troy and Sharpay didn't talk much except for the occasional "Where are Gabi and Ry?" and "I don't know but they're taking forever."
By the second hour, they were COMPLETELY bored.
"Ya know, when I was three, I bought a Barbie dream house with my mom's credit card?" Sharpay said boredly.
"That's nice." Troy said.
"And when I was five, I liked our music teacher, Mr. Moliver." (A/N: I couldn't think of a teacher, & I just read a chapter in a Moliver story, so I thought that would be funny lol)
"Fascinating." Troy said, staring at a caterpillar inching its way on a leaf.
"And I've had a crush on you since we were two." Sharpay never realized what she said.
By now, troy was as bored as Sharpay, so he did the same: he spilled his secrets.
"Wow. Funny. I've had a crush on you since then too." Troy said.
"So can I be your girlfriend?" Sharpay asked. Now she knew what he and she said.
"Sure. I've only ever wanted you too be my girlfriend." Troy said. He realized what was going on too. They smiled, and Troy gave Sharpay a kiss on the check.
"WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" Gabi and Ryan cheered to each other. They were jogging back outside to their confused best friends.
"What?" Sharpay asked, playing dumb. Then they all four started laughing happily.
--End of flashback--
Gabriella smiled at the memory. She and her boyfriend had actually gotten two people together successfully. And it was the right people.
Soon, Gabriella reached the Evans estate. She remembered when Ryan and Sharpay first moved into the house, twelve years ago.
--Flashback--
It was a calm crisp day in June. Five year old Gabriella was over at Troy's house. They could only spend time with the other, lately. Today was the day Sharpay and Ryan were moving. Now they weren't the four amigos, as their parents would say. They were now just the two, sad, lonely amigos.
" Troy!" Mrs. Bolton called to her son.
"Yes Mommy?" troy called from the play room.
"Can you be a dear and bring Mrs. Harrison this box of CDs I borrowed from her? Gabriella can come too."
"Ok mommy."
Within a few minutes, troy and Gabriella were hauling a large box of country CDs.
"Hey, look over there!" Gabriella pointed to the house next to the one they were meant to go to. There were a few moving vans there. "Maybe someone's moving in." she said.
Troy didn't like this. Seeing the moving vans reminded him that two of his best friends were moving away. "Whatever." He mumbled. Gabriella shrugged to herself, and the two continued walking to their destination.
Once there, troy had to jump up five times before his small hand could reach the doorbell. About a minute later, an elderly woman with blonde hair answered the door.
"Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez! Hello!" she said kindly.
"Hello Mrs. Harrison." The two kids said in unison.
"Um, my mommy told me to bring you back your CDs." Troy said, out stretching the box of country music.
"Why thank you." Mrs. Harrison said. She noticed that Gabriella was starring at the moving vans next door. "Would you two like to go over and meet the family?" Mrs. Harrison asked. "I'll call you mother and tell her."
"Sure. Thank you, Mrs. Harrison!" Gabriella said, grabbing Tory's hand and running across the lawn filled with garden gnomes.
"But Gabi!" troy whined. "I don't wanna go see the new people. It reminds me too much of Ry and PayPay."
" Troy, RyRy and PayPay moved. I know it hard, but you need to get over it. Please. It hard for me too." Gabriella said.
"Fine." The two stooped right next to a moving van. A tall blonde man came out. Troy thought he looked familiar, but wasn't quit sure why.
"Well hi there!" the man said.
"Hello." Gabriella said politely.
"Who might you be?" the man asked, even if he already knew perfectly well.
"I'm Gabriella. And this is Troy. We're five." Gabriella said, gesturing to troy who gave a small wave.
"Five you say? Well, I happen to have two kids who are also five. would you like to meet them?" the man asked. Gabriella and Troy nodded.
"HEY!" they heard being shouted behind them. They turned around and were happily shocked.
For across the lawn stood a smiling Ryan and Sharpay.
"RYRY! PAYPAY!" Gabriella cried, running over and hugging her two friends. Troy ran over too, but only hugged Sharpay.
"PayPay!" he said happily.
"Troysie!" Sharpay giggled.
"I thought you guys were moving?" Gabriella said, hugging Ryan for the seventh time.
"We were." Sharpay said, still in Troy's hug.
"Down the block." Ryan smiled. Troy though wasn't paying attention to what was being said. He was focusing on the fact that Sharpay wasn't leaving him after all.
"I'm so glad you aren't leaving me PayPay." He said, still embracing his best friend.
"Me leave Troy?" Sharpay giggled. "I never leave you. Never ever ever."
"Promise?" troy asked.
"Promise."
--End of flashback--
Gabriella felt a small tear leave her brown eyes. She remembered how happy Troy was that his best friends weren't leaving him. But mainly Sharpay. And she never really did. They left the earth together, in fact. And she remembered how happy she herself was that she wasn't loosing her best girl friend, and the boy she had had a crush on since she was two. She just wished Sharpay had promised to never ever ever leave her and Ryan. Troy too. But it was too late now.
She took a deep breath as she knocked on the door to her boyfriend's house.
No one answered. So she tried again. "Ryan?" she called. Still no answer. She tried one last time, and still no response. She sighed, and took the spare key Ryan had given her from her purse. She slid it into the lock, and turned the brass key, hearing a click. With that, she pushed against the door and it opened. She put the key back into her purse, and placed it on the table beside the door inside.
"Ryan?" she called out. He didn't say a word. Gabriella slowly and quietly walked down the hall and into the living room in search.
Sure enough, she saw her boyfriend sleeping peacefully on the couch. She gave a weak smile before she walked over to the couch. She sat on the little piece of it by Ryan's head that he wasn't occupying. She gently rubbed the top of his head. Then she picked up a blanket by the side of the armrest and covered Ryan in it. then she took her previous place on the couch.
"I love you Ryan." She whispered before lightly kissing his head.
"Don't ever leave me." Ryan said in his sleep. Gabriella knew he was dreaming about his sister. But in a way, she also knew he was talking to her as well. She knew Ryan wouldn't want her to leave him. She knew troy and Shar wouldn't want her to leave Ryan either. And she wouldn't want leave Ryan no matter what the reason.
"I promise Sharpay and Troy," she said aloud. "I will never leave Ryan. I promise."
heyy guyz & dolliz wassup. srry i haven't updated in a while. i'm getting writers block with this, so if you've got ideas put it in the reviews. plz plz review.& srry if its short 4 this chap. writrz block! i wrote it 4 my friend katiemolfoy, so i REALLY hope you like it! plz plz review. did i already say that? pc out jenna
