Opposites Attract
Chapter 10: Untitled

Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical, or any of it's amazing characters. I only own my lyrics which are in Chapter 9.

A/N: Edited. Ugh. My grammar pisses me off.

Troy's POV

" Troy, can we talk?" Asked a nasally, smug, know-it-all, voice I recognized right away. Gabriella.

"I guess I have no choice..." I answered. She was standing right in front of my locker, and I had the feeling she wouldn't move until I agreed.

"Stop being an ass and just listen to me." I was right, and I didn't really want to go where ever she was taking me. " Troy." She said slowly. "Can you tell me why you broke up with me?"

"It's been months. Why do you want to know now?" I asked suspiciously.

"Cause, I think I deserve an explanation."

"Well..."

"Well?" She tapped her foot expectantly.

"I'll tell you, I guess. Just promise me you won't kill me, or tell anyone, or make a big deal out of it. Okay?"

"Alright." she paused. "It's not because I was a bad girlfriend, right?"

"No. I broke up with you because I'm...um...gay." I whispered, making sure no one heard.

"What?"

"Gay. Homosexual. Queer. You know."

"Why didn't you tell me?" She laughed.

"This isn't funny. I didn't know how you'd take it, but apparently you think it's funny." I said, annoyed.

"No, it's not. It's just, I don't know." I raised my eyebrows. "Well, you're Troy Bolton. Girls are like, falling all over you. It's the fact that what they're doing is pointless that's so funny."

"Right. For some strange reason I don't find it funny at all. It's actually pretty disturbing."

"There are some guys that like you, you know. Like Ryan Evans...you two would make such a cute couple!" she squealed.

"So you just came here to find out my secret and tell me which guys I should go out with?" I tried ignoring her last comment, but couldn't help smiling. Maybe everybody would take it as well as she's taking it.

Yeah, right.

"No, actually, I wanted to know if you're okay with me and Zeke dating. He's one of your best friends, and I didn't know if you wanted me around."

"You and Zeke? Of course I'm okay with it. But how...I thought he was­-­-" She cut me off.

"Obsessed with Sharpay?" she offered. I nodded. "He's my partner for the peer counseling project. He was talking about being in love with the Ice Princess, and how he loves baking, which is how I figured out who he was. Then we were rehearsing and he just kind of, asked me out." She shrugged. "I'm glad we talked, Troy. I missed being able to talk to you."

"I did too."

xoxoxo

Gabriella started spending more and more time with me after that exchange. It was true; I did miss talking to her, even if she was a paranoid know-it-all. Although, I could've gone without her attempts to set me up with Ryan. It was getting harder for Ryan and I to keep a straight face; whenever she would "accidentally" knock something over, we would crack up. But this was Gabriella Montez, girl genius we were talking about, she eventually figured it out.

" Troy, I think you should sit next to Ryan today. He is your boyfriend, after all." Gabriella said casually while we were buying lunch. Ryan was already at the table, eating his fries and talking to Kelsi. He and I were technically dating, but I hadn't told her that. In the three weeks that followed the night at the field, there'd been more secret meetings, more kissing, and a lot more "I love you"'s being thrown around. I was on top of the world, finally having everything I had ever wanted. Was it that obvious?

"Come on, did you think I wouldn't find out? You guys have been way too nice, and you've been flirting and smiling at each other when you think no one's looking. You're lucky most of the people in our school are too dumb to notice." We walked back to the table, laughing.

"What's so funny, Troy?" Chad asked mockingly.

"Gabriella...and Zeke? It's hilarious." She slapped me on the arm and gently pushed me into the seat next to Ryan. "Ow." I rubbed my arm, which now had a red mark where her hand had been. Ryan reached over to help me, but stopped himself and grabbed one of my fries instead.

"Dude, it's been three weeks." Zeke said, annoyed.

"Which is why it's so funny."

"Oh my gosh, I just got an idea for a new musical." Kelsi started digging in her backpack for a piece of paper and a pencil, when Jason handed her some. He put his arm around her and kissed her cheek as she began to write. I was getting really jealous of my friends. They were able to have public relationships while Ryan and I had to sneak around behind closed doors. It wasn't fair. He was probably thinking the same thing, or just had really good ESP, because grabbed my hand and mouthed. "Don't worry, Troy. I love you." Someone, probably Sharpay, kicked him from underneath the table. Gabriella beamed at the sight of his hands on top of mine, and he quickly let go.

"She figured it out." I said. "She's really smart you know."

"Figured what out?" Chad asked, confused.

"The cure to cancer." I replied. I started a conversation about Disney movies with Ryan and Gabriella before he or Taylor could comment.

" Troy, you seem pretty out of it, what's up?" Zeke asked, just when Ryan started telling Gabriella about a dream he had.

"Nothing. Just...thinking."

"Oh yeah, you must be pretty nervous, the talent show auditions are on Friday." He said.

"This Friday?" I wasn't sure I heard him right. Ryan and I hadn't even decided on a song.

"Yeah.?" He smirked, obviously figuring out I wasn't prepared. It was Tuesday, after all.

"...and that's when Dumbo went crazy and killed me."