Hey everyone. Thanks for reviewing my last chapter. I'm glad you liked it and I'm glad the mixed views on Gabriella's behaviour and form of character in the story have calmed for now. I was practically cringing when I realised some of you guys saw her as some common slut. She's not that kind of person. I promise. Like I mentioned last time, if she was a whore then she wouldn't have any problems sleeping with Luke Vista!
I'm surprised I can concentrate at all right now. My little sister has decided she's going to argue with me tonight and frankly I fancy picking up my laptop and hitting her over the head with it.
Hope you all had an awesome Easter! The holiday went by too quick, huh??? Bet you're all gutted being back in school.
Chapter 6 – The Party – Part 1
"PARTY TONIGHT AT SUSIE GREENWOOD'S, 'Was the announcement going around from student to student that bright and early Friday morning, the excitement surging through East High was fantastic, "PARTY TONIGHT AT SUSIE GREENWOOD'S!"
Gabriella chuckled holding her books to her chest as she strolled casually through the hallways, her friends surrounding her in a coop, as if they were guarding her. Well, she was royalty after all.
"So are we going to this party or not?" Sharpay asked flipping her hair over shoulder offhandedly.
"I want to go, 'Chad answered, "but only if you guys are going."
"I'm not so sure yet, 'Gabriella mumbled, she had promised Susie Greenwood that she would try and make it, "I'm going to have to think about it."
"Well I'm in." Taylor said.
"Me too!" Jason nodded.
"But we can't go without Gabriella, 'Ryan explained looking around at his friends with amusements, "the invitation was for her only until she managed to persuade Susie to let us come with her. The way I see it, if Gabriella doesn't go, neither do we! Simple as that."
"We could say we were Gabriella friends and that she was running late." Zeke suggested.
"Yeah but there's always a chance that wouldn't work." Taylor exclaimed shaking her head.
"Oh please tell us your going." Jason turned to Gabriella and gazed at her imploringly.
"I'm considering it, 'she replied with a sigh, "I've got some stuff that need to be done and if everything's okay I'll go to the party?"
Though the friends didn't know it, the "stuff" that Gabriella was addressing was actually Troy's agenda for the evening. She wanted to know whether he would be going to Susie Greenwoods party because she only found the idea interesting if he did. She hoped he'd go. He'd make a good date for her and she knew that somewhere in that deep troubled heart he cared for her and wanted to please her.
"What are these important things?" Sharpay asked.
"Oh nothing really, just things I have to know first before I'm absolutely sure I'm going to the party. I'll try and let you know by the end of the day." She told them.
"She's up to something." Jason muttered into Kelsi's ear.
"Believe me, 'Kelsi whispered back, "you don't want to know."
"I heard Luke Vista was planning on asking you to the party." Taylor said nudging Gabriella in the ribs and flashing her a playful smile.
"He should already know my answer is no." Gabriella replied.
"He isn't happy with you right now Gabriella." Zeke said.
Gabriella laughed, "is he ever?"
The friends all looked around at each other, a nervous atmosphere looming around them. Gabriella sensed it in the air and turned to Ryan beside her who was trying his hardest to avoid her gaze.
"Alright, what's up?" She demanded.
"Nothing, 'Kelsi answered with a shrug of her shoulders, she snorted fearfully and shifted closer to Jason as if afraid Gabriella might eat her up if she said the wrong thing, "why would you think that anything's up."
"All the school has been talking." Taylor suddenly muttered.
Gabriella directed her attention to her instead, "what? What about?" She queried.
"About what happened in the cafeteria yesterday with you and Luke, 'she coughed, "and...um Troy."
"Oh that? It was nothing. Just a little misunderstanding." Gabriella laughed; she could spy her locker ahead and getting to it was her ultimate goal of the day...well apart from seeing Troy and convincing him to go to Susie's party.
"Well that's not the way Luke's telling it and plenty of people are saying they saw you go into a closet with him." Jason told her.
"Who do you believe? Me, Gabriella, your lifelong friend or a bunch of gossips who get a kick out of seeing other people squirm under their harsh words." Gabriella growled losing her temper.
"Hey don't snap at us. We're just repeating what we heard." Chad argued back defensively.
Frowning, Gabriella shoved past them, breaking their protective circle and marched towards her locker.
"We don't believe any of the rumours going around." Ryan said supportively hurrying beside her, trying to ease Gabriella's anger.
"What else have people been saying?" She demanded as she unlocked her locker, working through combination with as much concentration as she deemed possible.
"Luke said he heard noises from in the closet, 'Taylor mumbled, Gabriella looked over her shoulder at her friend and saw the telltale sign of a blush creeping along her dark, smooth cheeks, "you know, moans and gasps and all that."
"Wait a minute! He's telling people I had sex with Troy Bolton in a school closet?" Gabriella was enraged, she threw her arms up in the air with exasperation and gave a frustrated cry, "I don't even know the guy, 'she needed to defend Troy and she wanted to protect any kind of fling that was possible between them too. Troy belonged to her, her secret, her keepsake and she would not have people know of their time together, "I've barely talked to the guy. I doubt Troy Bolton even knows I exist."
Kelsi threw her a glare but Gabriella ignored her. She knew she wouldn't say anything.
"That is true, 'Sharpay said, "I mean he doesn't have any friends and no one talks to him. Those crazy rumours going around about him being a superhero has seen to that."
"Do you see what I mean? 'Gabriella exclaimed, pleased to have some sort of backup, "people are only concerned about spreading strange, out of this world rumours around the school. Anything to hurt someone's feelings I guess."
She turned back to her locker and opened the door, slipping her Physics book inside and pulling out her Spanish dictionary.
"So nothing happened?" Taylor asked.
"Of course not. Do you trust me or not?"
The friends all looked at one another anxiously. Gabriella saw the flutter of fear flashing in Kelsi's eyes. Part of her wished she'd not said anything to Kelsi at all but all worries were torn away when Sharpay put her arms around her and kissed her cheek softly.
"Of course we trust you, 'she heard her say, "You're our best friend! Why wouldn't we?"
Gabriella sighed knowing she was betraying their trust but she wanted Troy to herself. To share him with the rest of the world would be tedious and she wanted excitement. What was the harm in it all?
ALL day throughout lessons and break, Troy had heard his classmates talking about the big party that would be taking place in some girl's house later in the evening. To be frank, the enthusiasm coursing around the school was beginning to annoy him. It made him feel like he was segregated from everyone else, completely unaccepted.
He wondered whether Gabriella would be going to the party. Why wouldn't East High's Queen be going? It was probably only a party if Gabriella herself was going and that wasn't just his opinion.
Troy couldn't understand his relationship with Gabriella at the moment. He was absolutely besotted with her, she was beautiful, intelligent and fiery and she had East High wrapped around her little finger. Any boy would find it hard to resist her and yet he was not sure what she thought of him. Her intentions with him, he could see were not honourable but Troy himself wasn't sure whether he wanted her to stop. Why would he? It had been so long since he'd received some real attention from a girl.
Troy mused this as he walked to his locker that afternoon. It was lunch time again and he was hungry but this did not stop his thoughts from wandering. He hadn't seen Gabriella all day and Troy could not deny that he'd missed her company.
As he walked, his head lowered and his eyes upon the ground, he felt the cold thwack of a shoulder smashing into his. Looking up, his pulse shuddered. Chad Danforth stood opposite him, glowering darkly. Behind him were his friends, Gabriella's friends and Gabriella herself, looking just as stunned as Troy.
"Watch where you're going Bolton!" Chad growled, he shoved a hand into Troy's chest and pushed him.
Troy looked to Gabriella, silently and secretly asking her what she wanted to. She bit her lip and shook her head and Troy knew there and then that he would not upset her and cause anymore conflict with Chad.
"I wasn't looking where I was going, 'he said quietly, "sorry."
Chad laughed, "so you should be, loser!"
Troy saw the blaze of fury in Gabriella's eyes but she looked away and said nothing, protecting herself, protecting him and protecting their bizarre relationship.
"That's enough Chad!" Taylor intervened stepping in-between her boyfriend and Troy.
"Yeah, he said he was sorry." Ryan said.
"And? What does that matter? 'Chad argued stepping towards Troy whose eyes were locker upon Gabriella, "I can still –"
"Leave it Chad!" Taylor hissed and though incredibly unwilling Chad stepped back from Troy and turned towards his girlfriend and friends.
"Come on. There's no room in this group for freaks." He laughed and he began to lead them away. Gabriella waited for a moment, hanging back. She smiled at Troy and walked up to him, slipping into his hand, a tiny piece of paper. No one from the friends noticed their exchange except Kelsi and by the time she could say anything, Gabriella was catching up with them.
Troy watched them go, anticipation building up inside him. He looked down at the paper clenched in the palm of his hand and slowly unravelled it. Once again, Gabriella's neat blue handwriting sat on the page, staring up at him, luring him into Gabriella's world of beauty and lust.
Come to the rooftop .A.S.A.P.
I'll be waiting.
.G.
xxx
Troy was torn. He wanted Gabriella with every fibre in his body and he could honestly say he was fighting with his inner-conscience in every sense of the word when it came to desiring her. He was growing weaker by the day, needing her and her attention more and more every minute, of every second of every day. Gabriella Montez was terribly addictive. No wonder she was East High's most coveted girl, no wonder Luke Vista tried so hard to claim her interest.
Once again, jealousy began to rear its ugly head. In his mind Troy could see the clear image of Gabriella romantically linked with Luke. He could see her body wrapped around his, her legs tangled around his waist, hear her cries of pleasure.
His thoughts twisted and changed and he imagined what Gabriella would look like next to him. He could almost feel her head on his chest, her fingers trailing up and down his skin, her lips pressing tenderly against his sweaty torso. Troy tried to hold onto the daydream for as long as possible until it blurred and he lost it.
Shaking his head and blinking, Troy shoved the piece of paper in his pocket and made for the rooftop doors. His enthusiasm to see Gabriella was unpredictable and irreplaceable. In so short of time, she had become his world and he would attempt to please her in any way he could.
He reached the rooftop door and opened it. Listening, Troy heard a soft, beautiful humming, one of the most wonderful sounds in the world. Gabriella was there on the roof, waiting for him.
A progressing aching filled his stomach with each step Troy took. He reached the top of the roof and the sunshine glimmered in his eyes. Pulling down his hood, because he knew she preferred to see his face though he had no idea why, he looked around until his eyes beheld Gabriella.
She was sitting on a little brown bench, surrounded by flowers as she looked out on Albuquerque. She seemed pensive and quiet.
"Gabriella?" Troy called.
Gabriella turned to Troy, a smile lighting her attractive face. Pride bubbled inside him, she was glad to see him.
"Good, you showed up. I didn't think you would, 'she said, she patted the space on the bench beside her, "come and sit with me a while."
Troy did as he was told and walked to the bench, his eyes still locked on Gabriella. He sat beside her and she slid closer to him and almost automatically, he put his arm around her shoulder. Nothing pleased Troy more than when Gabriella placed her head in the crook of his neck.
"I'm sorry about Chad." Gabriella said to him.
"It's okay, 'Troy answered sincerely, "you know what High School is like. Survival of the fittest, who's at the top of the food chain and all."
"Well, 'Gabriella giggled, "right now I suppose I'm at the top of the food chain."
"And I'm at the bottom." Troy added with a smile.
"You know you're at the top of my list." Gabriella whispered lightly touching his muscular arm.
Troy swallowed and looked down on her, wondering how anyone could be so perfect.
With a strange hesitance he'd not seen in her before, she leant up and brushed her lips against his. The action was simple and sweet and the kiss was chaste for Gabriella pulled back immediately and looked at him with a smile he'd never seen before.
He couldn't help himself. Troy's fingers found her hair and he took his time, admiring the rich silky dark curls and their soft texture. As his finger dwelled between her locks, Troy caught the scents of her shampoo, passionate aroma's filling his senses and hypnotising him. She truly was the seductress, even when she didn't intend to be.
"So, 'he said pulling away and trying to clear his now dazed thoughts, "what did you want to see me for?"
"Well, there's this party tonight, 'Gabriella started and Troy's heart stopped, "and I wanted to know –"
"I won't be going!" He said loudly so as to stop Gabriella from talking.
Gabriella's hopeful smile fell, "What? Why?"
Nervously, Troy rubbed the back of his neck, avoiding her gaze as she stared at him imploringly, her bold brown eyes shining with genuine hope, "Um...well...because parties...aren't...aren't really m...my scene." He stammered.
"Oh, 'Gabriella mumbled standing up, pulling away from his embrace, "well, that's disappointing."
Troy didn't know what to say but he sorely missed the feeling of her in his arms.
"I guess I'll just have to find some other guy to be my date then. I was so hoping you'd come with me." She said in a hushed whisper.
Some other guy? Troy's blood curdled with a violence he'd never experienced before and his heart spat with spite. She was his, no one else's. Just his! He didn't want Gabriella with anyone else and the thought of her dancing with someone other than him filled him with a worthlessness that rippled through his very core. Standing, he came and stood behind her, taking her elbow gently and pulling her towards him.
"No one knows who I am Gabriella, 'he tried to explain, "no one wants me there."
"I do!" She answered defiantly.
Gabriella turned around and looked up at Troy gently, "look how about we do it in secret. I'll phone you at the party and arrange for us to meet somewhere. Just you and me, 'she stepped closer and Troy felt his body burn as she brushed against him, her breasts against his chest, her legs against his legs, her skin against his skin...he had to yank himself away so she would not feel the telltale signs of his passions burning at his groin, "that sounds better doesn't it." She grabbed his hand and placed it on her waist, allowing for him to feel the curves of her lithe little body.
"It...it sure d...does." He gulped.
"So, you promise you'll be there?" She asked.
Troy nodded, "I promise."
"Good. I'm looking forward to it." Gabriella whispered and she leaned up and kissed his cheek before she stepped back, her eyes smouldering with desire.
Troy watched Gabriella leave him, anticipating the party...
Wanting her...
Wanting to fight his need to have her...
But know his attempts were beginning to falter...
This was quite a short chapter compared to some of the others but the party scene takes up the space of two chapters so you'll have to make do with this right now, plus, I have homework that is simply demanding attention right now and it can't wait any longer. Anyway, it was 8 pages! Not too disappointing.
Here's a preview of the next chapter 'The Party – Part 2'
Shows Gabriella in a pretty white dress...dancing with a boy...
Boy: Why don't you come a little closer?
Flashes to boy trying to slide his hand up her dress...Gabriella pushing him away.
Gabriella: I said no!
Scenes changes to Troy starring jealously from across the room...
Done! Now, I have two ways in which the next chapter can go and none of them will affect the way the story is written in general. They all lead to the same ending and because of this I would like to hear you're guy's opinions. I've never done this before and I promise you it won't give anything away so just let me know.
Should...
Troy feel so worthless and undeserving of Gabriella's attention that he gets drunk... (Gabriella doesn't get drunk of course, she's too smart for that kind of behaviour.)
Or
Troy punches the guy...
Now, like I said, just because you might choose a particular suggestion does not mean that either suggestion takes a different direction in the story. None of you control the rest of the story. Both of these ideas lead to the same conclusion at the end of the chapter and at the end of the story. MY CONCLUSION! No one else's.
Anyway, review and let me know what you guys think of the chapter so far. xoxMusicalxox/Si xxx
