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Her Heartbeat

Chapter 6.

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Laugh when nothing's funny, Dance when there's no music,
Sing like you've never sung before, Love till it hurts,
Cry when you're sad, Smile when you're happy,
And always live each day like its your LAST

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Ten minutes to 8., Ryan and Troy entered the school. The minute the door smacked close behind them, people bombarded them with questions. They tried to do a quick getaway, but it was hard.

"What happened?" one asked, "Where is Sharpay? Is it true she has leukaemia?"

A few gasps were heard, and Troy was sure, that now, that would be the new rumours.

"People!" Ryan yelled, "Will you leave us alone!?"

"What happened to the Ice Queen?" a cheerleader asked, "Did she die?"

"Shut up, Jenny!" Troy yelled, making his way through the crowd, "His sister just got hospitalized yesterday, would you show him some respect!? He's not feeling well!"

Gabriella made her way up to the two boys, and hugged Ryan. She felt bad for him. He had called her yesterday, and they'd had a good, long talk. "Com here, Ryan." She said, taking his arm, "Lets get to homeroom."

Ryan followed, and so did Troy. They found their seats in homeroom, and waited for Mrs. Darbus to arrive.

The first thing, she did, was ask Ryan how Sharpay was doing.

"She's doing okay." Ryan said, "She's still really tired, and she didn't wake up yesterday, but she's gonna be fine. The doctors expect her to wake up today. We're going there right after school, Troy and I."

"Okay, send her my best wishes." Mrs. Darbus smiled, "And I hope she'll be able to do the musical."

"She wont, Mrs. Darbus." Ryan said, "She's not allowed, and after what happened yesterday, I don't think it's a very good idea. Plus, it'll be a few weeks until she's allowed to go to school again."

"Oh!" Mrs. Darbus said, "Then I must find a new leading lady. I had big plans for you and Sharpay, Ryan. But now you must find another partner."

Gabriella slowly raised her hand, "Mrs. Darbus? I'll do the play with Ryan."

"Really, ms. Montez?" Mrs. Darbus said, "That's great. You've got the part."

And as Mrs. Darbus started going on about the musical, Gabriella shot Ryan a little smile. Ryan smiled right back.

Troy noticed this, but he wasn't bothered, all he could think about was Sharpay.

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After finally making their way through the school, they entered Ryan's car, and drove to the hospital.

They got there around 4:30, and rushed inside to find doctor Gellar. They needed to hear how Sharpay had been doing that day.

"She woke up around noon." Doctor Gellar told them, "But she fell back to sleep rather quickly again, she's pretty tired. She told me to tell you guys hi, if she didn't wake up again while you were here."

"Okay," Ryan said, "We'll just go sit with her. Has Becca been here?"

"She was here around 9., but she left before Sharpay woke up. She's coming back around 5."

They nodded and said goodbye to doctor Geller. They hurried down the hall and into Sharpay's room, where they took their seats from the day before.

"Did we have any homework to do?" Troy asked.

"I don't know," Ryan admitted, "I wasn't paying attention."

"Me neither."

"Troy…." Ryan trailed off, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure," Troy said, not moving his eyes from Sharpay's white face. She was really pale, but still beautiful.

"What is up with you and Sharpay?" Ryan asked, "I mean, why are you here now? I didn't know you guys were close or anything…"

"We're not." Troy said, "But I'm in love with her."

"I thought so." Ryan said, "But hey! If she do feel the same way for you… Don't expect too much of her. She's different from the other girls, in many ways."

"I know." Troy said, "And that's what I love about her."

Ryan chuckled to himself, "Hey dude! If you're all into Sharpay… would it be okay if I asked Gabby out?"

"Sure," Troy just replied, "I have no problem with that. She and I are not even friends now. She got a little mad at me for breaking up with her."

Ryan nodded, "Yup, will you stay here, I've got to go wait for Becca?"

"Yeah, fine."

Ryan stood up and left the room, leaving Troy alone with Sharpay. He had her hand in his, and he bend down and kissed it.

"You know I love you, I know you do!" he whispered, looking at her.

"Yeah, I got that already yesterday." Sharpay hoarsely replied, opening her eyes.

Troy jolted back, letting go of her hand. Surprise was written across his face. "You're awake!?"

She smiled at him, weakly, "I've been awake since you guys came in here…"

"Why didn't you tell us?" Troy asked, daring to go nearer again.

"I wanted to hear you guys talk about me." she smiled, "Come back here, take my hand again."

Troy shot her a smile, and took her hand again, "You scared the crap out of me, y'know?"

She giggled a little, "Yup. It was fun…"

There was an awkward silence, and Troy once again brought Sharpay's hand to his lips and kissed it. She smiled at him and took a deep breath. Her heart started beating. Only Troy could do that…

"Troy…" she began softly, "Did you really mean what you said? About being in love with me?"

Troy looked at her, a smile on his face, "Yeah, I did. The only question now is really… Do you feel the same way?"

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"Ryan!" Becca yelled, hugging her dear brother, "How is she?"

"She's been awake today." Ryan said, "Not while I was here though, but she was awake."

"Uh, great!" Becca said, happily clapping her hands together, "Did you talk to doc. G?"

"Yup,"

"I need to speak to him too." Becca said, "He said something about this new drug. I want to know more of it. You wanna come with me?"

Ryan shrugged, "Yeah okay."

They went down the hall, in search for doctor Gellar. They didn't have to search long though, they found him standing by a room door.

"Oh hi!" he exclaimed, greeting them, "How can I help you?"

"That new drug…" Becca begun, "What does it do?"

"Well…" doctor Gellar begun, as they went down the hall, towards Sharpay's room, "It controls her heartbeat when we're speaking emotions and feelings."

"Huh?"

"It will be able to control her heartbeat in situations like that." doctor Gellar explained, "Sharpay sounded like she thought it was a good idea, so it's really just for you guys to sign it."

"I see…" Becca whispered.

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Sharpay bit her lip, sighing, "I do Troy… At least I think, I do. But… It's really complicated."

"What's complicated?" Troy asked, "I mean, if you like me, that's it!? No more chit-chatting!?"

"In case you haven't noticed Troy, I'm really sick."

Troy shot her a look, "I don't know that. No-one has told me what is wrong with you, and frankly, I'd like to know?"

"It's my heart."

"That much I figured."

"I'm avsd-commune positive." Sharpay begun, "I have a Ventikel Septum Defect, and only one big heart valve. It causes me to have trouble breathing a lot, especially when I do exercise. Like dancing. Actually, I'm not aloud to do that, I just do it. The thing is, my heart beats way too fast, and that causes me to collapse in the end, after not being able to breathe."

She explained it in ways she knew he'd understand. He wasn't a child, but he still didn't know all the medical terms, that she'd come to know after years and years with doctor Gellar.

Troy looked at her, letting it all sink in, "But if you don't do exercise, then you should be okay…"

Sharpay lifted her hand, and placed a cold finger on his lips, "No Troy." She shook her head, "One day… In the future, my heart can't take it anymore. They will have to take me to surgery, trying to fix my heart. There'll not be a high chance for me to make it. If they don't do the surgery, I'll die still. Do you understand me?"

Troy leaned back in his chair, a haunted look in his eye, "So, you're going to die?"

Sharpay merely nodded.

"When?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "It could be tomorrow, or in ten years. All facts are telling me though, that I wont be alive at my 30th birthday."

"So soon?" Troy asked, sounding like a little child.

"Yeah…" Sharpay said, "Maybe even before that."

Troy took her hand again, "How can you be so calm about this, Sharpay? It's like… Half of your life is already over!"

Sharpay nodded, "I know, Troy. And I guess I'm just used to it. It wont help me if I'm not calm about it. It'll just cause another attack of the killer-heart." She giggled, "I mean, seriously, there's nothing I can do. Maybe except hope that when they do the surgery, if they do, I'll make it."

There was a long silence again, where Troy subconsciously rubbed Sharpay's hand with is thumb. He couldn't stop thinking about all this. Sharpay had a dieing disease, and she was so calm about it? He couldn't believe they never knew… It was horrible.

Sharpay decided to break the silence, "But Troy…" she whispered, "If you're still willing to take a chance with me, I'm here. It's not gonna be easy, because there's a lot of things I cant do, but…"

Troy leaned forward and placed a shaking finger on her lips. "Shush, Sharpay." He whispered, "The fact that you're sick, can't take away my feelings for you…" he removed his finger, and slowly leaned in and gave her a soft kiss on the lips.

She pulled away from him, a smile on her lips though, "And that's one of the things…"

"Huh?"

"You really have to tell me before you do that, otherwise, my heart will go crazy."

"Oh… okay." Troy smiled, "Well, in that case: Sharpay, I'm going to kiss you again."

"This is awesome!" she giggled, not before, her lips was captured by Troy's.

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"I'm not sure…" Becca trailed off, looking at doctor Gellar.

"It's your decision."

"Becca, I think Sharpay would want to try that drug…" Ryan begun, "Especially with Troy around…"

Becca looked like she'd just gotten a bright idea, "I see," she mumbled, "But still…" They walked towards her room, and found the door open. Becca peaked in. She turned to doctor Gellar, a smile on her face, "Maybe that drug wouldn't be so bad after all…" she mumbled, and then she shot another look into the room, where Sharpay and Troy were making out.


Soooo sorry about this lousy chapter! I really mean it, this must be the worst thing I have ever written. But I decided to post it anyway. If this is posted, I can go on to the next chapter, and hopefully write better. And hey, don't get mad at me, because of Sharpay's dieing disease, please? Though my friend did get a little mad... Anyway, please do leave me a review?

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