Hey, everyone! Chapter time! Yay! Okay so last chapter's trivia question was:
How long have Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens been going out?
The answer is 2 years. 2 YEARS!!!!!! I'M NOT KIDDING, PEOPLE! 2 WHOLE YEARS!!!!!!! OVER 2 YEARS, but not three years, but still!!!!! 2 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S A LONG TIME!!!!!!!! ! Okay, anyway, unfortunately, no one got it right. ugh.
Also, MIDTERMS ARE OVER!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!! I actually did better than I thought. My lowest grade was actually an 84%!!!!!! But I got it in Chorus…I'm not sure how, though…stupid Mrs. Reid…JUST KIDDING!!!! Love ya, Mrs. Reid! Haha.
So, anyway, chapter 8!!!! (MAJOR TROYELLA FLUFF, SWEETNESS, CUTENESS, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF!!!!!!)
Previously on Cinderella: HSM Edition
"Okay, well thank you for your time," Prince Troy said. He was about to turn around and head out when…
"No,"
Prince Troy turned around and looked at Sharpay. "Pardon?"
"No, you're not done here."
"What are you talking about, Sharpay? There's no one else in this house." Mrs. Evans said. It was obvious she was lying, even to Prince Troy.
"Yes there is," Sharpay said, glaring at Mrs. Evans.
"Well, if there is another girl, I'd have to see her."
"Then go see her!" Sharpay shouted.
"Sharpay Evans, there are no other people in this house!" Mrs. Evans shouted at her.
"Yes there is!" Sharpay yelled back. She turned to Troy. "You may not know this, but I know your mystery girl."
"What?!" Mrs. Evans screamed.
"Yes!" Sharpay screamed back. She turned back to Troy. "Prince Troy, I know that you really want to find this girl and she is here. Gabriella Montez is up there, in that room," she pointed at Gabriella's room upstairs, "waiting for you."
"GABRIELLA MONTEZ?!" Mrs. Evans screamed.
"Yes, Gabriella Montez!" Sharpay screamed back. She was getting really frustrated right now and just wanted her best friend to be happy. And making Gabriella happy would cost her mother to be extremely upset with her.
"Where is she?" Prince Troy asked, feeling a little bit obsessive after the words left his lips.
"Up there," Sharpay said, pointing towards Gabriella's room.
"Thank you so much," Troy said, hugging Sharpay quickly, grabbing the red shoe and running up the stairs to Gabriella's room. He didn't know it, but he had left Sharpay very starstruck.
When Troy got up to the room, he tried opening the door but it was locked. He tried again. Nothing. He then looked down and saw a key sticking out of the door. He bent down to pick it up and twirled it in his hands. Then, he looked at the door again. Gently, carefully, he inserted the key into the lock on the door. Perfect fit. He tried turning the key. It worked. He then carefully took the key out of the lock and opened the door. What he saw almost brought tears to his eyes.
The room was a mess. It wasn't as bad as you would think, but it was very, very dusty and everything looked very old, rusty, and unused. And the worst of all was the girl sitting on the bed, crying her eyes out. She had dark brown hair that was all messed up, probably from crying, and tanned skin that was stained with tears. She was wearing a tattered brown dress and an apron that was extremely dirty. Overall, the girl looked absolutely miserable.
"Is this Gabriella Montez?" Troy wondered in awe. Was this really the girl that had supposedly danced with him that night? He didn't not like this girl. In fact, he felt extremely bad for her that she was in this situation. All he wanted to do at that moment was go over to her and hold her tight, telling her it was going to be okay, that he was here, and just let her cry into his chest. But he didn't get the chance because a couple of mice scurried up onto the girl's lap.
"What's wrong, Gabriell-y?" one of them asked. "Yea, this is Gabriella Montez," Troy thought.
"I HATE MY STEPMOTHER, THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG!!!!!!!!!" Gabriella yelled with so much force that Troy stepped back in shock.
"Why?" the other mouse asked.
"Because my one shot at being with Prince Troy is ruined!! She grabbed it from right under me!! I mean, I was the one who danced with him that night! Me! Gabriella Montez! And I think she knows that by now! Ugh, I hate them all so much!!" Gabriella flopped back down on the bed, tears streaming down her face. And Troy was now sure that Gabriella Montez was the one.
"What are you gonna do about it?" a mouse asked.
Gabriella sat up and petted the mouse. "I don't know, Pierre. If I could, I'd go downstairs to him and tell him it was me. That I was the one who was with him that night. That it was Gabriella Montez, not those other girls."
"You already did," came a voice.
Gabriella looked up and saw him. Prince Troy. In her own room. How long had he been standing there? What had he seen? How much had he heard? What was he doing there?
"Prince Troy," Gabriella said to herself, but apparently loud enough for him to hear.
Troy took a step towards her. "Yes?"
"What are you doing here?"
"A girl named Sharpay told me it was you and you were up here."
"Sharpay?"
"Yes."Gabriella didn't say anything. She was just grateful that Sharpay had come through. It brought tears to her eyes, and some of them escaped.
Troy noticed Gabriella's tears and stepped over to her, carefully engulfing her in a hug. She didn't mind. In fact, she wrapped her arms around him and cried tears of joy. Troy knew she was happy that he was here, so he just let her cry. When all the tears had left Gabriella's eyes, they pulled away from the hug.
"So, I kind of already know it's you, but just to be sure…" Troy pulled out the red heel. "You're gonna need to try this on."
"Okay," Gabriella said and lead Troy to a chair. Once they both made it to the other side of the room where the chair was, Troy accidentally tripped over a loose piece of wood. He let go of the shoe in the fall, and it fell out the window. (A/N: It wasn't made of glass, so I had to think of something.) They both rushed to the window and watched the shoe fall down until it hit the dirt. There was nothing they could to go get it back.
"Oh, no," Troy groaned. But Gabriella had a different plan. She rushed over to her small closet and pulled out the tattered pink dress. Troy watched her, very confused. But he realized what was going on when Gabriella reached into the folds of the dress and pulled out the other shoe.
Troy stared at her in astonishment. "You have the other one?" Gabriella nodded. Troy then grabbed her arm and pulled her over to the chair where they were before. He sat her down and took the shoe that Gabriella offered him. She stuck her foot out and he held the shoe in place. Slowly, carefully, he slipped the shoe on her foot.
Perfect fit.
He tied the strap and looked up at Gabriella, looking into her eyes.
"It is you," he whispered. "Gabriella Montez. My mystery girl" Gabriella smiled and nodded, happy as can be.
"Now I can finish that song," Troy muttered to himself.
"What?" Gabriella asked, the first time she had spoken in a while.
"Nothing, nothing." Troy said, nervous.
"What? Come on, you can tell me."
"Okay, fine," he said, taking out a sheet of folded up paper and giving it to Gabriella. She opened it to reveal music and lyrics.
"Is this a song?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yea," he said. "I wrote it a while ago, but I needed a name to put in. And now that I have you, I can put your name in."Gabriella smiled when he said, "I have you.". She sat down on her bed and read the lyrics. Troy noticed her reading what he wrote and then started singing the song. (A/N: Please note that I changed the lyrics a little to fit the story. Some stuff I couldn't change 'cuz I couldn't think of anything. Also, bold-Troy's part. italics-Gabriella's part. bold and italics-both of them sing. also, inagine it kinda like the movie in some places, if you saw Hairspray. okay, now, let's get to some singing!)
Once I was a selfish fool who never understood
Never looked inside myself, but on the outside, I looked good!
Gabriella laughed at that. It was true, he did look good.
Then we met and you made me the man I am today
Gabby, I'm in love with you, no matter what they say
'cause without love
Life is like the seasons with no summer
Without love
Life is rock 'n roll without a drummer
Gabby, I'll be yours forever 'cuz I never wanna be
Without love
Gabby, never set me free
No, I ain't lyin'
Never set me free, Gabby, no, no, no!!
Livin' in the ghetto black is everywhere you go
Who'd have thought I'd love a girl who's skin was white as winter's snow
Gabriella decided she was going to try and sing this song.
In my ivory tower, life was just a hostess snack
But now I've tasted chocolate, and I'm never going back
'cause without love
Life is life a beat that you can't follow
Without love
Life is Doris day at the Apollo
Darling, I'll be yours forever 'cuz I never wanna be
Without love
So, darling, never set me free
No!
I'm yours forever, never set me free
No, no, no!
If I'm left without my baby doll, I don't know what I'll do
Troy, I've got to break out, so that I can get my hands on you
Girl, if I can't touch you, then I'm gonna loose control
Seaweed, you're my black white knight, I've found my blue-eyed soul
Sweet freedom is our goal
Gabs, I wanna kiss ya!
Let me out at the next toll!
Without love
Life is like a prom that won't invite us
Without love
It's like getting my big break in laryngitis
Without love
Life's a '45' when you can't buy it
Without love
Life is like my mother on a diet
Like a week that's only Mondays
Only ice cream, never sundaes
Like a circle with no center
Like a door marked "do not enter!"
DARLING, I'LL BE YOURS FOREVER 'cuz I never wanna be
Without love
Yes, now you've captured me
Without love
I surrender happily
Without love
Never set me free no, no, no
No, I ain't lyin'
Never set me free no, no, no
No, I don't wanna live without love, love, love
Yea, yea
Darling, you had best believe me
Never leave me
Without love!
They both finished the song absolutely breathless. They stared into each other's eyes, feeling one of the strongest connections yet. And then, Troy said those words that Gabriella had never expected to come out of his mouth.
"I love you, Gabriella Montez."
Gabriella was absolutely speechless. It was true! Prince Troy did love her! Prince Troy, the man of her dreams! Gabriella didn't know what to say. But finally, she eventually found the courage and voice to say what she had wanted to say for so long.
"I love you, too, Troy Bolton." It was the first time she had called him Troy instead of Prince Troy.
And then, the connection got stronger than ever. They slowly leaned in, closing their eyes gently. And, finally, after so long of waiting, their lips met.
The kiss was like fire through their bodies. Troy wrapped one arm around Gabriella's waist and placed the other hand on her neck, pulling her towards him. Gabriella wrapped both of her arms around Troy's neck, and they both melted. To them, it felt like they were being lifted up into the sky. And, in fact, they were. A magical force was connecting Troy and Gabriella to each other and changing them, slowly, but surely. They continued to kiss each other and continued enjoying it. After what felt like forever, and was close to forever, the magical force let go of them, slowly bringing them down to the ground. Finally, they parted. But Gabriella felt different when she came down from her heaven. She, and Troy, looked herself over and saw that she was in the same red dress she wore to the ball. Her hair was the same, and now she had both shoes, too. She looked exactly like she did that night. Troy and Gabriella both looked up at each other in pure amazement.
"I always knew it was you," Troy said. Gabriella smiled wide, and they slowly leaned in again. But…
"GABRIELLA CASEY MONTEZ!!!!!!!!!"
=OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! WOW! 3 cliffys in a row! Yay me! Best one yet, in my opinion
OMG this was soooooooo effin sweet!!!!!!! I loved writing it it was absolutely adorable!
Okay, now trivia! I'm totally killing the moment, but still! So, this chapters question is:
Ashley Tisdale recently changed her hair color from bright blond to deep brown. Which one of the colors is her natural color, blond or brown?
Easy, right? Okay, finally, I need you peoples' help! Okay, so,(WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!!! Read anyway) Gabriella is gonna sing to Troy in the next chapter, and I can't decide what song she should sing. I have a few choices and they are:
~Make You Mine by Vanessa Hudgens
~Realize by Colbie Caillat
~Always by Jordan Pruitt
~Until You're Mine by Demi Lovato
Please listen to these songs and tell me which one you want her to sing. (Please note that if Gabby sings Realize, Troy will sing a LITTLE bit. No solos, but with her.) you can review and tell me what song you want or vote in the poll I will put up.
Okay, that's it! See ya next time!
XOXO mrsefron4evr
P.S. The song is Without Love by Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, and Elijah Kelly from Hairspray
