Once Upon A Love
A Troypay Story
Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical. :( But I do own the plot. :).
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((Gabriella's POV))
I tried making my way up the school steps with my crutches, and let me tell you, it wasn't easy. Sure, I can walk, but I'm still not that used to my prosthetic leg. It's my first day back at school, and I'm really excited. Whenever Taylor or Kelsi came to visit me at the hospital, I told them to make Sharpay's life a living h--l. The time came to see my work. "Hey, Gabby! Wait up!" I heard Chad call me from behind.
I stopped. "Listen, Gabby. Taylor told me everything, and Kelsi told Jason as well. We were the ones who didn't let them do it. It's not their faults, so I'm just telling you now, don't be mad at them," Chad said when he caught up with me.
"But why, Chad? I thought you hated Sharpay, too."
"Gabby, come on. I may hate her, but she doesn't deserve it, and neither does Troy."
I sighed. Looks like the work was all up to me now. "Alright," I said, "I'm sorry. You're right, I guess I was just cranky because of my accident."
Chad smiled. "Great, now Taylor, Jason, Kelsi, and I had a talk. We said we were willing to forgive and forget, if you're willing to change back to the old you."
"The old me?" I asked, "There is no old or new me. There's just me."
"Right, but before this whole thing happened with the musical and everything, you were really nice. Now, it seems like all you care about is getting revenge on Sharpay," he explained.
I smiled and nodded. "Ok," I told him, "I'll try."
"I knew you would," he said.
The bell sounded, and Chad looked at me evilly. "Race you to class!" he yelled, and took off running.
"Wait," I cried, "Chad, no! Don't leave me here! I can't run in crutches!"
There was no use in yelling. Chat was already out of sight, and he probably couldn't hear me anymore. Sighing, I realized that the last people in the hall had dispersed into different classrooms, and that I was the only one there. I slowly made my way to my own classroom, and when I got there, after about five minutes of hobbling around, I opened the door. I was shocked at what I saw. "Surprise!" everybody yelled.
I limped my way into the room, and gasped. There was a cake, balloons all over the room, and a huge sign hanging from the ceiling that said, "Welcome Back!" "This is… this is just amazing! How did you do it?" I gasped.
Mrs. Darbus smiled. That's a first… "It was all Troy and Sharpay's idea. They planned the party, Taylor and Kelsi made the sign, Jason and Ryan blew up the balloons, and Zeke made the cake," she said.
"I was the distraction," Chad said proudly.
We all laughed. "Well, what are we waiting for?" asked Taylor, "Let's get this party started!"
She came over and hugged me. "Go thank Troy and Sharpay," Taylor whispered fiercely in my ear.
I knew this was too good to be true. Oh, well. I don't have to mean it or anything. I decided to do Troy first. "Hey, Troy," I said flirtatiously.
"Hey, Gabby," he said, and hugged me, "Glad to see you're out of the hospital."
I giggled. "Thanks, Troy. For what you just said, and this amazing party. I can't believe you would do something like this, for me."
Troy grinned his beautiful boyish grin. "Hey, no problem. For you, Sharpay, Chad, Jason, Zeke, Ryan, Taylor, or Kelsi, I would do this any day."
He should have stopped at you, and continued at I. Oh, well. At least I was actually on that list. "Well, bye, Troy. I have to go thank Sharpay," I said, and left him reluctantly.
I would have loved to stay and flirt with him, but then my plan wouldn't work. Oh, yeah. I have a backup plan. I found Sharpay. "Hi," I said quietly.
"Hi, Gabriella. How's your first day back so far?"
"It's great. This party is amazing, as I already said."
After that there was an awkward silence, but I knew I had to break it. "Thanks," I said.
Sharpay looked at me with a confused expression on her face. "For what?" she asked.
"For this great party, and for not trying to hurt me when I completely blew up on you."
The second part I made up right off the top of my head. Troy should be proud of me. "Yeah… you're welcome," Sharpay said quietly.
Then, she did something I never thought she would do. She stuck out her hand. "Truce?" she asked me.
Wow. This was totally unexpected… but, it will do wonders for my plan. I rolled my eyes. "Yeah," I smiled, "Why not? Truce."
And then we shook.
((Sharpay's POV))
"And then she actually agreed to the truce! Can you believe her, Ryan?"
"Actually, I can. You wanted peace, and you got it. I don't see why you have to complain about it to me."
I was pacing back and forth in my brother's room, trying to figure out why Gabriella agreed to make peace. It was so not like her at all. Unless… "Ry, do you think that it was part of her plan? You know, to go and make peace with me, and then do something to me when I least expect it?"
All Ryan did was yawn. "Come on, Ryan! I know that it's three in the morning, but I need to know what she's up to, and I need to know NOW!"
"Which brings me to my next point. Shar, it's the middle of the night, and I want to go back to sleep. Why can't we do this in the morning?" he asked.
"Because, Ryan, I do my best thinking at night," I told him.
Ryan rolled his eyes and said, "Fine. You wanna know what I think. I think it's stupid that Gabby's fighting over Troy with you, when she could have me."
I gasped, and Ryan quickly said, "Shar, I didn't mean it that way, I swear!"
That wasn't good enough for me. I didn't believe him. I burst out laughing. "You like Gabriella???" I asked.
"No, Sharpay, I swear, I don't," Ryan tried to tell me, but I still didn't believe him.
"C'mon, Ry! Just admit it! You like her. No big deal," I said.
"No big deal? Shar, are you sure? I mean, I don't know for sure, but it looks to me like you hate each others' guts."
"I'm positive, Ryan," I assured him, "I'm me, and you're you. You can like whoever you want, and it doesn't matter if I like them."
"Ok. I like her. A lot," Ryan admitted, "But you have to swear not to tell anyone."
"I swear," I said, and we did our Twin Promise Pact.
I smiled at him, then went back into my own room, to think a bit by myself. If Ryan really likes Gabriella, then I won't do anything to hurt her too badly. I'll just wait until she strikes, then take it standing up.
A/N: Wow. I actually managed to post a chapter, then post another one the next day. And if you want me to post another chapter tomorrow… well, you know what you have to do!
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