Chapter 9

Recap

"Gabi there's a man on your…" Taylor said pointing shakily at the boy who was rubbing his eyes obviously awaken by Taylor's loud voice.

"I know. Can you please be quiet before someone hear us?" Gabriella said letting go off Taylor.

"You know that guy? But you never let any guy enter your room?" Taylor asked surprise but Gabriella just shrugged.

Suddenly, they heard footsteps running up the stairs and they know that whoever it is, it's really hurrying up to get to them..

End of Recap

They didn't have time to hide Troy since the person already burst inside the door.

"Marie!" Taylor exclaimed relief because she knows that Marie will never tell on them.

"Taylor?" Marie asked worried of what she was screaming about.

"Gabi!" Taylor said motioning Gabi to explain about Troy.

"And I'm Troy! I'm confused with all this names." Troy said nervously as he walked slowly to Gabriella.

"Who is this?" Marie asked eyeing the familiar boy in front of her.

"Umm.. This is Troy Bolton." Gabriella answered softly.

"Just as I thought. He was the boy who I saw in the television." Marie thought.

Suddenly, Taylor gasped.

"You mean Troy Bolton as in the best friend of Chad Danforth?" Taylor asked excited and the rest couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah why do you ask?" Troy asked curiously.

"He is HOT!" Taylor exclaimed that made Troy laughed even more.

"I've met him by the way." Gabriella said and just slowly walked away knowing that everything's fine.

"Are you serious?" Taylor started shaking her.

"Yes and can you please stop shaking me before you break my shoulders?" Gabriella pleaded and Taylor quickly stopped.

"How did he look like?" Taylor quickly asked.

"The way he looked like on TV." Gabriella answered plainly.

All they did was talk the entire time and Marie and Taylor promised that they will never tell anyone about Troy.

"Oh I got to go now!" Troy said standing up after he checked the time.

"Oh ok." Gabriella said a little bit disappointed but the others didn't notice it.

"I'll see you tomorrow guys!" Troy said climbing down the balcony. Everyone watched in amazement as he slowly walk from the balcony to the tree that could lead him down.

"Bye Troy! Take care!" Gabriella called and closed the door.

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While Troy was driving, he suddenly remembered that he was suppose to ask Gabriella to prom.

"I'm so stupid!" Troy said smacking his forehead.

"How could I forget!" He kept on repeating until he reached Chad's place.

"So how did it go?" Sharpay asked excitedly.

"I forgot to ask her." Troy said softly.

"You idiot!!" Everyone yelled and made Troy jumped one metre from his spot.

"How can you forget?" Chad said with a 'you're so stupid' look.

"Well, lots of things happened and I don't want to talk about it." Troy said sitting on the couch.

"By the way, Chad's uncle Ronnie is here." Zeke announced and Troy snapped his head up. He'd met Chad's uncle before and when he starts playing basketball, he'll never make you stop!

"Ohh tell him I'm sleeping!" Troy was about to get up and ran to upstairs to his room when suddenly, Ronnie blocked his way.

"Tell who?" Ronnie asked curiously.

"Oh hey uncle Ronnie! How you doing?" Troy said nervously. All of them were used to calling him uncle Ronnie too.

"Nothing! Let's go play some basketball guys." Ronnie announced and all the boys gulped nervously. This is gonna be a tiring day.

"Uncle Ronnie, I don't really want to leave my girlfriend alone so you guys can play." Jason said linking his hand with Kelsi's making an excuse.

"I need to teach Sharpay some baking skills so I'm not available." Zeke said and stood beside Sharpay.

"I need to go to sleep." Chad excused lamely.

"I'm kinda hungry!" Troy thought fast but Ronnie didn't buy their excuses.

"Too much excuses. Come on!!" Ronnie insisted and everyone couldn't argue because they'll still loose in the end.

"To the right Troy! Pass it to Jason!" Ronnie yelled being their coach for the day. They've been playing for two hours straight with only one 5 minute break!

"This is a torture!" Chad whispered being careful not to get caught by Ronnie.

"Chad pay attention to the ball!" Ronnie yelled again. The four boys were all sweating like crazy and the girls wanted to comfort their boyfriends but they were really scared of Ronnie.

"He tortures us more than my dad!" Troy whispered to Jason who nodded weakly.

"I don't think I can shoot this ball in the hoop." Zeke said as he bounced the ball faintly.

Finally, they finished practising. The boys collapsed on their beds and couldn't move a muscle.

"This is worse than dying!" Jason mumbled.

"I swear, if Ronnie ever become our Wild Cat coach, I'm gonna quit!!" Zeke said weakly and heard little answers around the room.

After a few seconds, the girls came running to the door.

"Are you guys ok?" Kelsi asked worriedly particularly to Jason.

"That was one heck of a practice!" Sharpay said giving her boyfriend a soft massage on the back.

"Chad, on offence but your uncle is the worst and most torturous coach ever!" Troy whispered and all the guys nodded including Chad.

"I knew that long time ago!" Chad said as he tried to grab a pillow desperately.

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The next day, Gabriella woke up really early in the morning. Its only 5:30am but she wasn't sleepy at all. She wanted to see Troy and have breakfast with him.

"Gabi! What breakfast do you want today?" Marie asked as Gabriella ran in the kitchen.

"I'm not sure if I'm having breakfast 'cause I feel like having breakfast with Troy." Gabriella said with an obvious smile. Marie pretended that she didn't notice her excitement.

"Ok then. Are you gonna call him?" Marie asked curiously but Gabriella just thought for a moment.

"Well, he told me that he's staying at Chad's place. Maybe I can go visit him." That idea made Gabriella more excited than ever.

"Do you know his address?" Marie asked and Gabriella nodded.

"Yeah. Chad gave it to me because the gang are all staying in his place anyway." She answered.

"Well then, you better get going. How are you gonna get there?" Marie asked curiously eyeing Gabriella knowing that she won't let any guards follow her around.

"I'm gonna go at the back of the garden which is Troy's entrance." Gabriella laughed and Marie laughed with her.

"Are you gonna walk there?" Marie asked enquiringly.

"Umm I'm hoping you can bring my car outside. You can go out alone and I can't." Gabriella said putting on her puppy face.

"Fine! But please, please, please be careful. Your parents will kill me if anything happens to you." Marie advised and Gabriella nodded.

"As long as I'm with Troy, everything will be ok." She said running upstairs and getting ready.

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At 6am, Ronnie came bursting into the gang's rooms except for the girls.

"Wake up everyone! We are gonna have an early basketball practice!" Ronnie said excited.

"No way!" Zeke exclaimed gripping his pillow.

"I am not leaving this bed!" Jason announced.

"I'm too young to die!" Chad cried like a baby.

"I can't even move one bit!" Troy mumbled underneath his covers.

"Excuses again! You guys get up yourselves or I'll drag you right into the court." Ronnie threat and the boys quickly stood up and ran to the backyard.

"I never want to be drag down again!" Troy said as they all stood in the court followed by a happy Ronnie. Its true though, Troy and the others had been PRACTICALLY dragged down into the court by Ronnie just last year.

"Same here! I got all this sort of bruises last year!" Jason said.

"Ok everyone! We're gonna start the day by running 2 laps around the court!" Ronnie said and the boys obeyed quickly before Ronnie change his mind and add more laps.

Their practice continued and it was worse than yesterday's one. They're whole body was seriously sore and the girls had to help them up the stairs.

"I feel sorry for you guys!" Sharpay said resting Zeke on his bed.

"I don't think I can walk ever again!" Troy said. The boys were all practically crying softly but they were all trying to push back the tears and that made their eyes really red.

Its now 8:30am and Gabriella just pulled off Chad's driveway. She checked if it's the right place and sighed in relief when it was.

"Here we go." Gabriella pressed the doorbell and just waited for someone to open the door. She was just looking at the house. It was pretty big with a really beautiful front yard.

"Oh my gosh Gabriella Montez!" Sharpay squealed.

"Hey Sharpay. You really don't need to say my last name you know." Gabriella giggled and soon Kelsi appeared.

"Oh my gosh! Its Gabriella." Kelsi said running towards them.

"Come in!" Sharpay opened the door wider and Gabriella entered.

"What brings you here?" Kelsi asked as they all sat on the large couch.

"I was just wondering where Troy is. Maybe we can grab something to eat for breakfast. You guys can join us if you like." Gabriella offered but the girls automatically shook their heads.

"Its ok. We'll just stay here with our boyfriends." Sharpay said and Kelsi nodded.

"Are there any parents in this house?" Gabriella asked curiously as she looked around wondering why it was so empty.

"Chad's parents are at work and his uncle just went out to buy something." Kelsi answered and they started talking about other stuff.

"Umm guys? Where are the boys?" Gabriella asked enquiringly after a few minutes of talking non stop.

"Oh they're upstairs, sleeping." Sharpay answered and Gabriella giggled.

"Sleepy heads are they?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah actually but today, Uncle Ronnie woke them up early in the morning and gave them full two hours basketball practice." Kelsi said a little bit annoyed at the thought that they can't spend their day with their boyfriends.

"Oh ok. That's reasonable." Gabriella said.

"You wanted to see Troy right? Come on upstairs!" Sharpay said and dragged Gabriella upstairs before she could say something.

Kelsi opened the door and found Chad and Troy sleeping in their own separate beds.

"Troy!" Sharpay yelled causing Troy and Chad to wake up but their eyes were still closed.

"What do you want Sharpay?" Chad groaned

"I said Troy not Chad." Sharpay chatted back as the girls stood on the doorstep.

"What do you want?" Troy murmured annoyed, with a really tired voice. He didn't move one bit because he basically can't. His eyes were still closed and he's not intending to open them at all.

"You have a visitor so get up." Kelsi said and Gabriella just watched the whole scenario with interest.

"I'm sorry, but not even the championship trophy can make me get up from this bed!!!" Troy said with full emotion but his body stayed frozen.

"Dude are you serious? That's like the most important thing!!" Chad's voice was also full of emotions but he was also frozen.

"I am dead serious!! The championship trophy is the most important thing to me but I can't even move one bit!! So basically, nothing can make me get up from this bed!!" Troy said annoyed that he can't get any rest.

"Oh umm.. ok I'll just come back next time. See you guys!" Gabriella said and turned to walk away disappointed but she understood his situation.

Troy quickly opened his eyes knowing that voice came from Gabriella.

"Gabriella wait!" Troy pleaded and ran right towards Gabriella stopping her from walking away. His body felt normal again. Actually, better than ever!

"Whoa Troy! I thought you're tired!" Chad only opened his eyes when he heard Troy jumped out of his bed.

"I was." Troy said a little surprise how he managed to ran few metres without feeling any tiredness.

"Are you sure because you looked really tired?" Gabriella asked worried.

"I am more than sure." Troy grinned and the girls tried to hold their excitement but they were already giggling like little kids.

"I guess Gabriella is the very most important thing to Troy!" Sharpay exploded and Gabriella couldn't help but blush while Troy just stared at her blankly.

"What do you mean Sharpay?" Troy asked completely forgetting what he said just a few minutes ago.

"You said that not even the championship trophy, which is your "so called most important thing", can make you get up from that bed. But Gabriella just spoke and you flew all the way from your bed to Gabriella. That means she's more important than the championship trophy because she made you get up." Sharpay exclaimed with a huge grin. Troy finally remembered what he said. He could now feel the heat rising up to his cheeks. How could he be so obvious??

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