Chapter 7- Mixed Emotions
Troy sighed as he flipped her phone back down for what seemed like the millionth time that day. It had been 2 days since he left that letter at Gabriella's and although he said he wouldn't he got his hopes up. He hadn't heard a single peep from her not text o phone call no letter no nothing.
He hadn't been in work since he got that phone call while he was at Gabriella's he phoned in sick saying he had the flu and didn't know when he would be back. He was lucky to get away with it seen as it was summer and not many people got the flue in summer but being one of the boss's favourite he seemed to get away with it.
He couldn't stop thinking about her and it was driving him crazy. He had pictured hoe he had wanted it all to go leaving that letter. He had hoped that she would read it realize how sorry he was forgive him they would get married it would help his career she would forgive him and she would end up falling in love with him as much as he was in love with her.
But slowly that dream seemed to be getting further and further into unrealistic land and it didn't seem like there was anything he could do about it.
He flipped his phone open again to come to a blank screen. All he could see was his wall paper of the whole gang the summer before senior year. They were at sharpay and Ryan's county club 'Lave Springs' where they had all managed to score jobs thanks to the twins.
They were all on the golfing area. It was after work and they had all stayed behind to have some fun and catch up with each other. Gabriella and Troy were in the middle she was sitting in between his legs and he had his arms wrapped around her and his rested on her shoulder. Kelsi and Ryan were lying on their sides in front of them Kelsi In front of Ryan and he had his arm dropped around her waist. On the right side of Troy and Gabriella was Sharpay and Zeke, Sharpay was sitting sideways on Zeke's lap with her arms wrapped around his neck as she had his wrapped around her waist both had their faces rested against each other. On the left side on Troy and Gabriella were Chad and Taylor, Chad was sat with his legs stretched out in front of him Taylors right side was against his left and he had his arm wrapped around her shoulders and her hand rested against his leg. They were all smiling brightly and the camera as Fulton snapped the photo of them.
Troy loved that photo it was the photo before anything started happening. Before anyone new was introduced, Most of all he loved the way Gabriella' eyes sparkled in that photo and the bright smile that couldn't be wiped of her face.
That was the perfect summer. Everything was perfect everything was going the way everyone wanted it to. They were all still together they were all having fun and most of all Troy and Gabriella was closer they had ever been.
They had all planned their senior year. They were all just going to enjoy it they were going to live their last year to the full before they all went their separate ways to collage doing what they wanted. They were going to spend as much time together as possible and that summer was supposed to be the start of it. And it was until she came into the picture.
Tiffany Jones. The last week of summer she moved in next door Troy. She was a bitch. She was a bitch right from the start. She never paid no attention to any of them she though they were all beneath her.
But that all change when they started their first week in senior year, she found out Troy was the basketball captain and the most popular guy in school so she changed towards him, or well she put on a front for him. She became sweet to him started paying attention to him and Troy had to be honest he did like it and he couldn't deny he was attracted to her.
No matter what the guys said about her he didn't listen. When Gabriella tried saying what she was doing he didn't listen. When Gabriella needed him he wasn't there. And it was all because of tiffany. She had some kind of hold over him some kind of spell that made him think she was perfect and everyone else was in the wrong. Especially Gabriella.
He destroyed her in senior year. He wasn't going to put all the blame of Tiffany because he knew it was him as well. They both destroyed her. And it killed like hell.
Troy felt his phone vibrate in his hand as he looked down to see 'Private Number' flash across the screen. He felt a smile come to his face maybe it was her ringing off her home phone or that's how her number came up seen as he didn't even know if he had the right one after all these years.
"Hello" Troy answered enthusiasm laced in his voice
"Hey man what's up" came the cheerful voice of his best friend Chad Danforth
"Oh hey man" Troy answered his voice lacking with excitement that he had moments before
"Oh it's nice to speak to you to" Chad answered sarcastically "What's got you all depressed and what not" he asked
"I'm not depressed" Troy defended "And I just haven't heard from her that's all" Troy admitted to him.
"What did you expect?" Chad asked him "You screwed her over in high school dude, did you really expect her to have open arms just because you got rid if that hoe of yours give her time she might come round" Chad explained to him.
"I know I did dude you dint have to keep reminding me I know she'd like your little sister I had you wanting to punch my face in for ages because of it I just need to hear from her I need some sort of communication with her" Troy told him as he rubbed his hand over his face he could feel the situation pulling on his heart strings.
"Look I'm not going to give you false hope but I'll talk to her see how she's doing and what she's thinking but I'm not going to force no decision on her Man this is down to her and her only" Chad told him.
"Thanks man I know this must be putting you in a bit of a situation but I really appreciate it" Troy told him his voice a little brighter than it was
"No worries dude I'll let you know when I've spoken to her later man" Chad said to him
"Later Dude" Troy said as he shut his phone. He was a little more confident than he was before but he was trying not to get his hopes up like last time, although that didn't seem to work last time.
"And He's the reason for the tear drop on my guitar the one thing that keep me wishing on a wishing star" Gabriella sang as she carried on cleaning out her wardrobe.
She turned her stereo down as she heard her home phone going off "Talk to me" she answered picking it up
"You know you still answer the phone how he normally does" came the calm voice of the one and only Chad Danforth
"Did you have to?" Gabriella asked him "You really no how to bring my mood down don't ya" Gabriella told him ass he added more clothes the card board box marked CHARITY
"Sorry Gabs didn't mean to I just wanna know how your feeling about the whole thing" Chad asked her
Gabriella sighed as she sat down on her floor removing herself from what she was doing. "So he told you about everything that happened then?" Gabriella asked her voice dropped with the subject being brought up.
"Every single little detail as soon as he got home from yours I swear that guy can go all chick sometimes" Chad stated
Gabriella laughed at his comment. That was the Troy she was used to. That was the Troy that she knew not the stranger he turned into in high school.
"That sounds about right" Gabriella said "It's hard Chad all of this it just feels like everyone can see the old Troy and I have been but how longs it gonna last I can't get hurt by him again" Gabriella confessed as she tried to swallow the tears that were threatening to spill from her eyes.
"Gabs look I'm Gonna be straight with You like I was with him He's changed god he has changed he's hurting like you are and believe me Gabs he makes himself pay everyday for what he done to you, he's never gonna go back to being how he was he's knows what he would lose if her did" Chad explained to her.
Gabriella close her eyes as she took in everything Chad had just said to her. I mean Chad had to trust him properly right because he would never let her even think about being with him if he was how he was before. She trusted Chad so maybe he was right about this.
"Yeah he realises that now but it still doesn't make up for what he done he must have wanted to do that for him to be able to do it in the first place" Gabriella said to him. She really didn't know what to do and it was stressing her out.
"Then let him make up for what he did, if you have some sort of contact with him he'll be able to try and make up for what he done, even if you don't do this marriage thing with him being friends with him or talking to him would send him over the moon" Chad explained to her.
Gabriella giggled for the first time in what seemed like ever. "You can always cheer me up who needs a best friend when I have a brother like you" Gabriella told him
Chad gasped "Thanks Gabs you know maybe you should tell Tay how lucky she really is to have me" Chad boasted.
Gabriella giggled again. She could almost see his cheeky smile plastered over his face "She knows Chad trust me she already knows" Gabriella told him.
"Good well I better go and let you think about what I said and what you going to do just don't leave him to long you'll seriously drive him crazy" Chad told her. He was being serious if she kept Troy waiting Chad was sure he would explode.
"I won't Chad and thanks again see you later" Gabriella said as she hung up the phone.
She sighed as she threw the phone on her bed. She had a lot to think about. Did she want to marry him? Did she wanna be just friends? Did she want anything to do with him? she didn't know, but she needed to make her mind up soon.
