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You're the One That I Want

Chapter 9: On the Surface

By musiclover94 and kll002

Last Chapter…

He slowly turned his head to find Gabriella sleeping peacefully next to him, a small smile on her face. He jumped up out of the bed and had only one thought on his mind: getting to Sharpay, and fast.

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The sun was still rising as Troy pulled up to the hospital, the typical chill of mornings sweeping over him as he walked briskly to the front doors. It surprised him that the center was open this early. Barely anyone was inside, but to his utter horror, Kara was there. She winked to him in passing. He averted her eyes and walked the well-trodden on path to Sharpay's room.

The door opened easily. It had really started to bother him that none of the doors were locked, especially with murderous nurses and Gabriella roaming around, even worse since he thought they were in cahoots with each other…

To his total surprise, Sharpay wasn't dead. In fact, she was sitting up and glaring at him.

"Get. Out," she said icily, directing him with one bandaged arm, glaring at him.

"Sharpay, we need to talk,' he said, walking over to her. She tried to shimmy away from him, but winced as her many ailments stopped her.

"I don't want to hear it, Bolton," she seethed.

Before she could stop him, or call security, though he highly doubted the place had one, he told her everything, every detail that had happened. Sharpay felt a hurt far worse then any broken bone every time he talked about Gabriella. When he was talking about Kara pouncing on him, Sharpay let out a short laugh.

"I'm sure you enjoyed that a lot."

"I didn't, Shar," he said, leaning in, trying to convince her. It didn't work, not in the least,

"Don't 'Shar' me! It'll be just like me and Gabriella all over again, just a bucketful of lies!" She sounded hysterical.

Troy, though shocked by the blonde's preposition about him, kept his cool and said calmly, "Sharpay, I don't like Gabriella or Kara in the slightest. Frankly I think they're freaks," When Sharpay's hand was lying defenseless at her side, he took it with a strong, but also gentle grip and looked into her blazing eyes. "I only care about you."

"That," she yanked her hand out of Troy's with another wince, glaring at him with more hate than before, "is a load of rubbish. Get out."

"You're the only one for me," he said, still gazing into her brown eyes. Sharpay wasn't swayed by this Twilight quote.

"Ha, nice joke," she said unsmilingly, "Get out, or I'm calling the cops."

Sharpay had beaten him, for now. Not wanting another run-in with the fuzz, he stood up slowly and dropped a piece of paper on the table next to Sharpay. She took no notice of it.

"That letter's for you," he said lamely before leaving, gesturing toward the slightly dirt-ridden page. She glared at it, as if it had cheated on her too.

"Out," she hissed at him, looking almost ready to bit his head off. He obliged, closing the door behind him. Well, almost all the way. Before the door could click shut, though, he was face-to-face with none other then Kara, who hadn't given up.

Without a word, she started making out with him, kissing him as if she would never let go. And she would have probably done just that if Troy hadn't physically pried her off him. He saw that the door was still half-open. He turned to a seething Sharpay, hoping to explain.

"Sharpay…" he began, entering the room again.

"OUT!" she yelled, tears threatening to fall down her battered face.

He felt a hand grab his shirtsleeve and tug. He stumbled backward and closed the door with a sad click before he could say anything more to his estranged ex-girlfriend.

Sharpay wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand and sniffed. Her hand found its way to the letter. She didn't know why, seeing as how she loathed Troy. At least, that's how it appeared on the surface. She smoothened out the folds and read the started to read the somewhat messy handwriting…

Author's Note: You will see the letter's contents soon, probably in the next chapter…once I think of what should be in it :D. Any ideas on that would be greatly appreciated. Or any ideas at all. Please review and check out and review my new oneshot, Coffee House Musical. REVIEW!