A/N: OH MY GOSH. MY DOCUMENT THING IS ACTUALLY WORKING!! Lol. I was getting really angry, cuz it wasn't letting me upload documents. Anyway, I haven't been busy that much actually, it's just that you don't know HOW MANY times I've redone this chapter. Practically so much it's starting to make me sick! Lol.
Anyways, I'm running out of ideas, but I do wanna know your guys's ideas. I'm now thinking of ending this story in two more chapters; this one and the next one, at the game. Should I?
I hope you guys forgive me, and I hope you enjoy this chapter because it took me forever to do!
P.s. at the beginning, it's kind of weird, because Sharpay is being well, Sharpay.
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Chapter 10: Sometimes
"Okay everyone!" Sharpay squeaked to the entire gym loudly; every one of the dancers paused what they were doing, and turned to Sharpay frightened. She was holding an umbrella for some odd reason, and stomping it into the ground like some crazy lunatic.
Even the basketball team, who were practicing warm-up exercises on the other end of the gym, stopped what they were doing to see what Sharpay was yelling about this time.
"Taylor has gone to pick up Gabriella at the airport!" She continued to rant, now pacing back and forth, said umbrella still in hand. "And until they arrive, I am in charge here!"
Groans echoed throughout the gymnasium, some heard from the basketball players. Sharpay cast a deathful glare over everyone in the room, which quickly shut them up, and the basketball men resumed to what they were doing.
Tapping the umbrella onto the floor all over again, Sharpay drabbled on and on again, boring the heck out of the dance team, who almost started to fall asleep on each other. "Now, today will be GREAT. The game is TONIGHT, so we will work hard…and exercise a lot and show Gabriella what this team can do!"
"Yeah…" Everyone grumbled, standing up and crossing their arms, but immediately perked up, when they noticed two ladies walking into the gym. "Yeah!" They all chorused, in relief to Gabriella and Taylor arriving. But of course, Sharpay thought that they were all happy to have practice.
Troy snapped his head, when he heard the gymnasium doors open, and soon enough they revealed Taylor and Gabriella. He smiled to himself, as he saw Gabriella for the first time in two days. And he was happy she was back.
"That's what I call a team!" Sharpay huffed, giving her stick one more stomp into the floor. "Now…I will split us up into two groups, so we can work on the dances and become better at our kicks and splits…"
Unaware of who was behind her, Sharpay droned on and on; Gabriella walking up to her with an amused look on her face. Crossing her arms, Gabriella stood right beside Sharpay, hearing the others stifle a giggle. Sharpay was still clueless as a duck.
"Sharpay…" Gabriella said in a sing song voice, but Sharpay went on as if she hadn't heard her. Gabriella sighed and tried again, "Sharpay!" She said impatiently, tapping her foot, it echoing throughout the gym.
"Okay guys we should be able to get to work! Let's have some spirit and…"
"SHARPAY!" Gabriella screeched, catching the full attention of everyone, especially Troy, who was trying not to laugh at Sharpay's dumbness.
Sharpay finally turned to Gabriella and gave her a quick smile, "Oh hey Gabriella! Now everyone, let's get into our groups. When I call your name…"
Gabriella's happiness to knowing Sharpay saw that she was there, quickly turned her smile into a frown when she was still oblivious that Gabriella was indeed back. Huffing loudly, Gabriella stood still, clacking her tongue and racking her brain with a plan.
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Gabriella's head as she cautiously walked to the other side of the gym and straight up to Troy. She heard him gulp nervously, and she could feel her blood running throughout her body. "Um…can I see that for a moment?" Gabriella asked him, gesturing to the basketball that lay in his hand.
Troy, still staring at her, immediately gave Gabriella the ball, wondering what she was going to do with it. She nodded a quick thanks at him, before turning around and heading towards the other side again. Curiously, Troy paid close attention to what she was doing.
"And…wait, are you guys following me?" Sharpay glared at the teammates, putting her hands on her hips, and cocking one hip to the side, not noticing Gabriella slowly creeping up from behind her, a devilish grin plastered on her face; ball in hand, "Well if you guys aren't going to listen, then I don't know what I should tell Gabi…OW!"
Gabriella threw the basketball at Sharpay's head from the back, causing her to stumble forward, and catch herself just before she fell. Everyone gasped, but then laughed when they saw Sharpay giving Gabriella an evil glare.
Gabriella stared back innocently; but it only took Sharpay a matter of moments to get over her anger, and a look of surprise came over her face, "Gabi! When did you get here?"
Raising her eyebrows, Gabriella replied in a monotone voice, "The World of Sharpay may never know." But Sharpay ignored that comment, and threw herself into her, giving her the biggest choking hug ever.
"Uh…Sharpay? It's a little hard to breathe!" Gabriella gasped, and Sharpay quickly released her grip.
"Oh. Sorry!" She apologized, before throwing her umbrella off into the stands, it landing with a thump.
Gabriella studied the umbrella curiously for a moment, before sliding over to Kelsi and whispering, "What was she doing with an umbrella?", Kelsi replying with only a shrug.
Rolling her eyes, Gabriella bent down to pick up the orange basketball that was close by her feet, and turned around, running to the other end of the court, giving Troy his ball back.
Troy greeted her with a smile, as he took the ball out of her shaking hands. "Um-well, thanks you know. For letting me use it. It came in h-handy!" She stuttered, managing to get it all out, before turning red.
Her face boiling with embarrassment, she ran all the way back, not caring if her face was getting flustered, and she was running herself out of breath.
Troy watched her every movement, as she heard her start practice, and suddenly felt Chad's hand placed upon his shoulder. "Give her some time, man."
All Troy could do was nod. He sighed, as he took the ball and swished it into the hoop once. Catching the ball as it fell out of the net, he watched Gabriella running over the dance with everyone.
Gabriella clapped her hands together, and smiled brightly, knowing that dancing was the only thing that was keeping her spirit up. Okay Gabriella, focus on the dance. Do not focus on the fact that Troy Bolton is just a few yards away from you. Or that…
Gabriella paused in her thoughts, and paused in the middle of her dance, as she watched Jason walk silently into the room. Gabriella felt her breath catch in her throat, as she eyed Jason as he made his way toward her, not making eye contact with anyone.
The entire gymnasium was silent, and you could no longer hear the basketballs bouncing off the ground and the sound echoing through the room.
Jason stepped in front of Gabriella, and she inhaled deeply, preparing herself for what he was going to say. "Gabriella?" Jason whispered in almost an in-audible voice, "Can we go and talk somewhere? Please? It's important…"
All Gabriella could do was nod numbly. Jason nodded his head at her, and turned around to head out of the gym, and Gabriella followed obediently. As she passed all of her fellow dancers, Gabriella quickly slid over to Taylor,
"Tay! You're in charge. Please, keep everything not…urm…awkward, please?" Gabriella pleaded and Taylor smiled and nodded in return. Gabriella threw her a grateful smile over her shoulder, as she ran after Jason to catch up with him.
Taylor knew what she meant by keeping things 'not awkward'. In other words, make sure that Troy doesn't feel like he's been stabbed in the heart. Taylor knows Gabriella, and she knows that she has a heart of gold for everyone, including her ex-boyfriend. She'd want him to be happy, not cry over her.
Sighing, she clapped her hands together and called out, "Okay come on guys! Let's do a run through!
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Once outside in the hallway, Jason stopped abruptly, and turned to Gabriella. She had a look of confusion written on her face, "Uh, why'd we stop? I thought you needed to talk to me?"
"I did need to talk to you, I just didn't need to go far to do it" Jason implied, and Gabriella's mouth formed an 'O' as Jason sighed sadly.
"Gabriella we really need to talk, and I don't want to keep you from your dance commitments, but it won't take long" Jason said quickly, turning away from her, and resting a hand on the wall.
Gabriella bit her lip. She didn't really like the sound of that, she'd heard it once before and she couldn't bear it if she heard it again. Gabriella closed her eyes, and prepared for like to take its toll on her, and give her what life thinks she deserved.
"Go on then" Gabriella gestured even though he couldn't see her, but she could see the rise and fall of his chest, as she figured he was trying to breathe steadily.
"Gabriella I…look. Let me just cut to the chase" He said, impatient with himself, but he finally turned around and showed Gabriella his face which showed no emotion at all.
"You and me; I thought it was good at the beginning. I mean Gabriella Montez you are an amazing girl…" Jason paused for a moment, and saw Gabriella react with a slight smile, but crossed her arms anyway, "But…I don't know. I don't feel a spark anymore, you know, the thing that was keeping us together. When Troy arrived, yes, I got jealous. But that was only because I couldn't accept the fact that we weren't meant to be together."
Jason now started pacing around the hallway, and Gabriella stood completely still; her arms were still crossed, and silent tears rolled onto the ground. "And Gabriella; I can see it in my eyes. You don't love me like I love you. No matter how much I love you, this is what I think was best."
Gabriella stopped crying altogether, and her head snapped up when Jason said those words. "Wait-so you mean you're letting me go, even though you still love me?" Gabriella asked, her head spinning with a million thoughts.
"Yeah I guess I am" Jason laughed slightly, but then went on to add, "I mean, sometimes when you care about someone you have to think of them before yourself."
It was happening all over again. Gabriella could feel her pulse speed up, and she felt like her heart was pumping a thousand times harder. It was like total déjà vu, and Gabriella couldn't stop it from happening.
FLASHBACK
"So, you're breaking up with me because you've decided not to go to college with all of us?" Gabriella sobbed tearfully, back at age 17. Troy Bolton was standing in front of her, clutching the dresser of Gabriella's, as they were both in her room.
"No Gabriella…well yes, but really, I'm doing what's best" Troy pleaded, trying to get her to understand. But she wasn't listening.
Gabriella's anger boiled inside of her, and she suddenly stood up and walked over to her balcony door, looking out of it. "So you're just going to go to college somewhere else instead of UCLA, where you've been given a full basketball scholarship to?" She snapped back furiously, crossing her arms.
"Gabriella you don't understand! Basketball isn't the only freakin thing in my life though! There are more things that matter to me, and different things I want to accomplish, and I'm not right for UCLA and you know it! And it wouldn't be fair for me to go off to Brown University and you come follow me, when you BELONG at UCLA! And it also wouldn't be fair to have a long distance relationship when we know it wouldn't work out!" Troy yelled, and Gabriella jumped. He had never yelled at her before.
Troy saw how frightened she looked, and his face softened. He spoke earnestly, "Come on Gabriella…please…I want this to work. Us to work, but I just don't want you getting hurt. And I just know tha… that it will happen."
Gabriella watched as tears rolled down to the floor, and splashing onto the carpet. She crossed her arms, "So you're saying you do want us to work, but you know it can't? Troy this isn't fair; I love you for pete's sake! I can't just walk away!"
Troy felt tears well up in the eyes of his own, but he fought them back, "Gabrilla, please don't make this harder. I'm doing this for you. Sometimes…sometimes when you care about someone, you have to think of them before yourself. And ever since you came in my life, you've always been my #1 and you always will be."
Gabriella had tears in her eyes, as she felt Troy rest his thumb on her chin, and stroke it gently. She slapped his hand away, and moved over to the other side of the room. Hearing Troy sigh loudly, she turned around,
"This hurts Troy. It really hurts. I mean, I get my yearbook a week ago, and you don't even last that long keeping your promise" Gabriella said harshly, and walked out the door, and walked out of Troy's life.
Later on that night, Gabriella returned to her room, only to find Troy gone, and his basketball championship trophy.
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Sometimes when you care about someone, you have to think of them before yourself. There it came again, those words, spoken like vomit to her. Jason studied Gabriella's face, which had gone pale, and she looked nauseas.
"Gabriella? Are you okay?" He asked, taking a step forward, which only made Gabriella come back to vision, and take a step backward.
"I'm fine" Gabriella snapped, but then added in a small voice, "So did we just break-up?"
Jason scratched the back of his neck, and let out a whistle. "Yeah I guess we did. But Gabi…I don't want this to be the end of us. Please, can we be friends? Or maybe we can try again someday?" He pleaded, and Gabriella could see in his eyes that he was trying to make it work so he didn't hurt her.
"Maybe" Gabriella shrugged, looking at her feet.
"Maybe to what?" Jason asked curiously, but eagerly at the same time.
Gabriella sighed, as she turned to head back into the gym; she paused as she grabbed the handlebars, and then turned to Jason, tears evident in her eyss, "Maybe to…I don't know Jason. I just don't know."
Jason watched Gabriella as she pushed open the doors loudly, and angrily, and he gulped. He'll always wonder if that was the right thing to do, but after he did it, he just doesn't know.
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Taylor and the rest of the group, were huddled together, talking quietly, when the doors to the gymnasium burst open noisily. She gasped, as she saw that tears blurred Gabriella's vision, and one silent tear was rolling down her cheek.
"I'll be right back" She whispered to the rest of the girls, who only nodded and kept silent, not sure what to do.
Troy's head snapped, and he dropped his basket ball when he saw Gabriella crying; the first thought on Troy's mind was, what the hell did that guy do to her?
Chad evidently saw how angered Troy was to go after Jason, but Chad put a hand on his shoulder yet again. Troy turned around to see Chad eyeing him, Troy calm down.
Everybody watched as Taylor scurried over towards Gabriella, who hadn't gotten merely an inch away from the door, and Taylor already surrounded her. Grabbing her shoulders, Taylor whispered,
"Gabriella! What happened!", which made Gabriella look away and wipe the tears, knowing that her friends noticed that she was crying.
Sighing, Gabriella turned back to Taylor and studied her face for a moment, which was just desperate for answers. "Sometimes when you care about someone, you have to think about them before yourself" Gabriella finally whispered quietly, turning her head away again.
Taylor furrowed her eyebrow, and looked around the room, seeing everyone staring at them, and then she moved Gabriella away from the people. "What? Gabriella?" Taylor asked, clearly confused on how she was acting. She wasn't acting depressed, just acting like someone who needed answers herself.
"Taylor I'll tell you later" Gabriella said sternly, getting a nod back from her. She then looked at her best friend hopefully, "Can you please run the rest of practice? I'm not feeling well? And I know I've missed the last 3 days of it but…"
"Go" Taylor responded immediately, and Gabriella stopped rambling and looked at her gratefully, squeezing her arm lightly, before running out the door without another word.
Once gone, Taylor stood still, and Chad started running to where she was. Troy trailed after Chad, hoping to get some answers also.
"Taylor honey, are you okay?" Chad asked, gently placing an arm on her shoulder, the other arm occupied by a basket ball. Taylor watched as Troy came up to them, out of breath, and looked at Taylor desperately.
Taylor pursed her lips. "She wouldn't tell me anything. All she said was, 'Sometimes when you care about someone, you have to think of them before yourself'. Does that mean anything to you?" She asked, directing her question to Troy.
They all turned to him, and Troy had gone white. He now looked as pale as Gabriella did, as he too remembered those words. "Shit…" He mumbled, raking his fingers through his hair.
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Okay I think that's a good enough stopping point! In fact, many things were done in this chapter; Gabriella and Jason broke up, the reason why Troy and Gabriella broke up was revealed, and most importantly the situation is now at Troy's feet.
Can he do it? Come on, come on! Lol, just kidding. But I do want to know if you guys think I should end this story on the next chapter, at the game. Hmm…I think I will. I just don't see the point in going on any farther.
Anyways, I really WANT to promise you that the next chapter will be up sooner, and I'll try my best! But I can't put it up till you review and tell me whether or not I should end this story on the next chapter :-)
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