Women Can Be So Strange

Okay so Troy knew he had messed up with Sharpay and Gabriella, he knew he had been an idiot. He should never have broken up with Sharpay in the first place even if his parents had said she was not the kind of girl he ought to be dating. He should have just not listened because now, well he had hurt Gabriella, he had hurt Sharpay and he had just succeeded in hurting himself too, especially after being slapped and punched, punched by Ryan of all people.

He was just moping in his room about the situation he had got himself into when he got called downstairs by his parents. It was really late actually and he had been in all night, he had no idea where Gabriella or Sharpay had been all evening, he had tried calling both of them but their phones had been off after the encounter earlier that day. So when he was called down by his parents, well at first Troy had thought it was because they wanted to say goodnight or something as it was rather late. But then when he saw their faces… he knew something was up. "What's… happened?" He asked and his parents sighed, shaking their heads.

"There's been an accident. Sharpay and Gabriella collided with a-" His dad began but Troy held up his hands.

"Hold on Sharpay and Gabriella? As in they were in the same car?" He asked incredulously, this had to be some kind of a joke there was no way those two would get in a car with each other, absolutely no way. But his mom nodded.

How did they know this anyway? "Sharpays mom just phoned, she thought you ought to know, since your history and all." His parents didn't really like Sharpay, although he doubted they wished this on her, "Apparently they had alcohol in their system?" She said with a raised brow and was clearly insinuating that would have to be Sharpays doing, Troy was confused and shocked, he didn't know why either of them would be in the car together.

"Well are they okay? What's happened to them?" He asked, feeling a bit panicked, he told himself he was worried about the both of them, of course he was, he wanted to make sure both of them were okay after this car accident. The chances of them both being okay though were quite slim.

His mom looked up at his dad, who spoke, "Well I mean, they hit the sign pretty bad, more on Sharpays side actually, Gabriella has a couple of broken ribs but she'll be okay, and Sharpay is still unconscious." Troy immediately moved to put his shoes on, a jacket, anything, he had to head to the hospital now he had to see her right this very second. But it seemed his parents didn't want that to happen, "Troy come on, you can't go right now."

"Why not?" He asked as his dad was holding onto his arm and holding him back, at least if he couldn't see her right away he could stand in the waiting room, let them know he was there or something. He had to do something didn't he?

His dad sighed and pulled him back, "First of all you aren't a family member, they wouldn't let you see her. And we aren't going to let you drive in the current mental state you'll be in, you'll probably have an accident yourself." He explained and Troy groaned aloud, they were clearly trying to keep him away from her. That was how he felt anyway.

The hours ticked away until finally, finally morning came around and they said he could drive to the hospital, Troy knew he would have been better going the night before because now he was just far, far too tired, he hadn't been able to sleep thinking about it, thinking about Sharpay lying on a hospital bed. So the moment he was able to go, of course Troy left and practically sped to the hospital.

"Hi I'm here to see Sharpay Evans?" He said to the large looking receptionist.

The woman typed something into the computer and then nodded, "Room 108." She said and Troy nodded, he didn't know why he had just said Sharpay and not Gabriella, well maybe she was out of hospital anyway, he would go with that, she was probably at home, he would check later on, well right now he had to worry about Sharpay.

However that didn't seem to be a huge issue since when he walked in the room she was awake, she looked like hell but she was awake, and she seemed surprised to see him. "Troy… what are you doing here?" She asked and he stared at her like she'd grown a third eye.

"What do you mean what am I doing here? You were in a car crash last night I'm making sure you're okay." He said and she rolled her eyes. She did look awful, her face was quite bruised and she had her wrist in a cast, and her skin that he could see of it was all cut, as well as a big gash in her head. She looked painful.

But that didn't stop her from being her regular self with him, "Well you've seen me and I'm fine. You can go now." She said and if she could have, she would have crossed her arms he knew it. She purposely didn't look at him.

"Sharpay…" He began.

"Save it Troy I don't want to hear it." She snapped through gritted teeth, she looked really tired though like she might fall asleep at any second and well, if he didn't say it now he might never say it.

He took a breath and started speaking anyway, "Listen Sharpay I never wanted any of this to happen, I loved you, I still love you. Breaking up with you was a huge mistake, all of it was a mistake. I regret it so much and I just want to be with you again, go back to when we were dating." He said and sat down in the chair, she gave him a sharp look and then glanced away again, so he continued, "I'm so sorry for hurting you, I should have never gone out with Gabriella. I don't even… we don't… I'm sorry." He finished and held his hands together, hoping she would forgive him, he missed her so much.

Sharpay was silent for a really long time, and then just when she opened her mouth to speak, Ryan walked in, his eyes settled on Troy and narrowed, "What are you doing here?" He asked angrily and walked to the other side of Ryans bed, clearly he and his parents blamed Troy for this then. Was he to blame? "Gabriella's fine by the way, she said you hadn't been to see her."

"I…" Troy started but he didn't know what to say, he hadn't been to see Gabriella, he had come straight to Sharpay, and she didn't even want him it appeared, she wasn't even looking at him now, she was looking at the ground instead as if the floor tiles held such a sudden appeal to her. "I should probably just go." He said and rose to his feet again.

"Yeah you should." Ryan said and Troy nodded, putting his hands in his pockets.

Sharpay didn't say anything for the longest time. "Thanks for coming Troy, I'll er… think about what you said." She said and he nodded, hoping for the sake of both of them that she did, they could move past this and get back together.

As he was leaving he heard Ryan say, "What did he say?" But he never heard Sharpays reply since he continued to walk down the hallway, well after all he knew where he wasn't welcome. Troy decided maybe he had better go and see Gabriella, try and find out what on earth she and Sharpay had been doing together with alcohol and in the same car no less.

"Hi sorry, my friend was in here last night and I don't know if she's been discharged yet Gabriella Montez?" He said to the same receptionist from before and she nodded, typed away on her screen before reading whatever it was telling her for a few moments.

"Yeah it says here Miss Montez was discharged with her mom this morning, so she'll be at home now." She said and then smiled at him, Troy nodded, thanked her and then left.

Once he got to Gabriella's house he parked up outside and walked over to her door, knocking on it gently. Surprisingly it was Gabriella that answered and not her mom, she fixed him with a glare, "What do you want Troy?" She asked him, coldly.

"I just wanted to make sure you were okay, after last night." He said honestly and her facial features softened to him, he couldn't help thinking about how easy it was to make her forgive him. "And to apologise, for everything. I'm sorry." He said and she seemed to soften to him still, even smiling a little.

"Well Troy you should be…" She began but he interrupted her, he just had to know.

"What were you and Sharpay doing together last night anyway? Like how did that happen?" He asked and he saw her furrow her brow, getting angry with him. He had no idea why he hadn't even done anything wrong.

"Oh so you're only here to find out stuff about Sharpay. Stay away from me Troy Bolton!" Gabriella said shrilly and then slammed the door in his face Troy flinched at the noise and then stared at the door for a couple of seconds. That had been… unexpected. What the hell was wrong with her? Women, they could be so weird.

Okay so this is really overdue isn't it? But I have a lot of inspiration right now so I just decided to continue this anyway, had some people PM me about it asking me to continue and finish it, and it's still one of my most popular stories so I decided at the very least I could give you an ending!

If you are interested in Harry Potter, specifically Dramione, I just started a new fic for that called Forgotten Memories which you can check out by going to my profile, or browse my many, many Troypay stories, I'm sure they won't disappoint!

Let me reply to my awesome, and amazing reviewers (who I bet don't care about this story anymore) :

GimmeABeat: Haha yeah I know massive plothole, I did mean to mention it and then completely forgot... let's just ignore that... OH IS THAT A COOKIE OVER THERE? Yum. Ryan does rock, he always rocks.

LoveIsLost29: Thanks! I like to leave it on a cliffhanger, keeps you coming back for more...

CharminglyShar: Thanks, and I know the last chapter was short, as is this one coming in at 1600 words, but I am trying to keep them short and sweet. And thanks haha no reviewer has ever said they were in love with me before! :)

BabyStarStruck: Haha well here it is! Probably a huge anti-climax after an almost 2 year wait but y'know...

marri: I know! I love crazy nights like that haha, well I did put it in for maybe a little comedy. Ryan punching Troy in the face was awesome, I thought of it and I was like I HAVE TO DO THAT! Haha.

Clotisy: I really hope you're still interested in this story, one of my favourite reviewers! And yeah Gabriella is totally a lesbian (MAJOR TWIST TO THE STORY HUGE SPOILEERRR) haha, well we shall have to find out. Yeah same here, I don't want her killed... maybe just maimed in some way.

62toasters62: Haha yeah! Thanks, it was weird, when I wrote this I was going through a bit of a Gabpay stage, when I wrote the kiss anyway so I was like eh I'll throw it in there!

LoveislifeLifeisLove: don't worry I LOVE it when people PM me and tell me to keep writing! So I hope you enjoyed my update even if it is a looooong time overdue!

Its-Ployploy: Thanks! And I know last chapter was very intense, this one was much calmer and not a lot really happened, building it up slowly for the finale...

Zara Rose Myar: Hiya update is finally here... thanks for saying my story stood out though, I am going to work to finish it now!

Again guys I am SO SORRY about waiting for so long, you guys are all so good to me. I love everyone who reads this, and I love the people that review, make this story a favourite or alert it even more, especially because all of them will now be getting a nice e-mail to say this story has FINALLY been updated.

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