Never Again Chapter 10, a high school musical fanfic

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, here's the next chapter.

Sharpay sighed "Fine you want the truth, here it is...I." She paused and started to think it out. "Do I really want to go through this again? I mean one heartache from him was enough, but two?"

She could hear Troy on the other line sigh in frustration. "I...what?"

Sharpay took a deep breath and scrunched her eyebrows together. "I didn't feel a single thing!"

She could hear Troy's sigh of disappointment. She knew that definitely wasn't the real answer, but she just couldn't put herself through that again. She kept telling herself that he was a married man, meaning he was in love with a completely different woman. She couldn't bare to be set up like she was last time, it was hard enough to get over the fact that he actually took Gabby's side other then hers. If he loved her so damn much like he would say, then why in the hell did he let her go that easy?

"Sharpay...can we at least talk about this?"

She started to think about it. "I'm not really good at expressing my feelings and he obviously wants that from me. If I invite him over, then we're gonna be here all night. There's no why I can just spill my heart out...especially if I'm taking a risk of getting shut down." Sharpay couldn't think of a way to express herself. She sighed as she started to twirl with her hair and start to think of good excuses for him not coming over. It wasn't till she saw her guitar laying by the wall. " Oh my god that's it! I can write a quick song expressing my feelings. He lives like what? 30 to 40 minutes away. That gives me enough time! I've been writing songs in a rush ever since High School, why should this be any different?"

"Fine, meet me at my house and we'll settle this okay?" She said while grabbing a pen and her notebook from the coffee table.

"Alright, I'll be there soon." he replied.

"I'll be waiting." She said as she hanged up and place the phone on the table. She laid on her stomach across the couch and started to think. She took stuff straight from her heart and started to write it down. It hurt her to even write those lyrics down, but it was the only way for him to know how she felt. If it meant spilling her guts out to him, then so be it. It took her about 20 minutes to write the song. When she was done, she read over the lyrics and made some corrections then she grabbed her guitar from the wall and sat up on the couch. She started to hum a toon with the lyrics, then tried to match the hum with the guitar. When she finally got the right harmony, she smiled with success. She was about to go change till she heard her doorbell ring. Assuming that it was Troy, she cursed at herself for not changing sooner. She sighed as she walked to the door and unlocked it. There he stood, dressed in pajama pants and a under shirt on. He obviously didn't bother to change either. She could tell that he was obviously looking at what she was wearing too. She couldn't help but smirk at his actions.

"Typical Guy." She thought. Of course she wasn't wearing anything revealing, other then some Victoria's Secret shorts that said ' True Pink Love ' On the butt and a matching white tank that said the same thing across the back.

Once Troy got his eyes back to hers, he finally said something. "Hey.."

"Hey, come in." She said as she moved out of the way.

He nodded and stepped inside, admiring the house and everything she had in there. He made his way to the couch and sat down, while she shut and locked the door, she soon joined him. He turned to face her and studied her for a moment. Which startled her, for a moment. He soon started to smirk while he leaned back in the couch. This just made everything more weird.

Finally he decided to speak. "Your lying...I can see it in your eyes."

She was about to protest till she decided to keep her cool. "I don't know what your talking about."

He gave her a ' yeah right look' and said "You did feel something after that kiss. I can see it in your eyes..I'm not as stupid as you may think."

She turned her head away from him and focused on the wall. "I never said you were."

He sighed "Then why didn't you tell me the truth?"

"I just couldn't okay."

He rolled his eyes "Then whats holding you back?"

She turned her attention back to him and stared at him for a while. His blue eyes were dancing with questions and passion for her. It started to scare her, she wasn't sure what to say to him. That's when she remembered the song. "Just listen to something...listen closely too. Okay?"

He nodded "okay..."

She grabbed her guitar from the side of the couch and started to play the harmony that she created.

Once
Doesn't mean anything to me
Come
Show me the meaning of complete
Where
Did our love go wrong
Once we were so strong
How can I go on?

When you told me you loved me
Did you know it would take me the rest of my life
to get over the feeling of knowing
A dream didn't turn out right
When you let me believe that you weren't complete
Without me by your side
how could I know
That you would go
That you would run
Baby, I thought you were the one

Why
Can't I just leave it all behind
I
Felt passion so bright that I was blind
Then
Something made me weak
Talking in my sleep
Baby, I'm in so deep and you know I believed

Your lips
Your face
Something that time just can't erase
Find my heart
Could break
All over again

When she got done, she was in tears and Troy was looking her with a shocked expression on his face. She looked into his eyes the dancing questions were no longer there. It was filled with something she couldn't even describe. He kept staring at her for a moment, till he finally moved off the couch and knelt down in front of her. She started to really get scared there. It almost looked like he was proposing to her. Till he grabbed both of her hands in his and started to speak.

"I...I don't even know what do say. I never meant to bring such pain Shar...you know that." He started to brush the tears away from her cheek.

She liked the touch of his thumb against her soft skin. "Troy...I don't know if I can go through with this again. I mean you took her side over mine...your own girlfriend! Do you know how much that hurt? Did you actually believe the shit that was coming out of her mouth about me?" She asked as she looked into his eyes.

He bowed his head down in shame. He was silent for a couple of minutes till he lifted his head up revealing his own fresh tears. "I know I said all those mean things to you. You had every right to be pissed at me, I mean for god sakes If I walked in on you kissing some guy, I would probably be feeling the same way you were. You never gave me a chance to explain though!" He cried

"Well here's your chance, tell me what happened." She pleaded.

He took a deep breath." I just got done practicing in the gym...like I told you was going to be. I walk was getting ready to head home when Gabby showed up out of no where. Of course I only thought of her as a friend and nothing more. Anyways I was packing my stuff in my gym bag. I felt someones hands wrap around my eyes and a voice whisper in my ears saying, 'Guess who.' Of course I thought it was you so I turned around all smiling and it turns out to be her. I didn't want to be rude and drop my smile, so I kept it on and pretended to be happy to see her. We started talking and she supposedly dropped her keys on the gym floor. She asked me if I could get them, considering she was in heels and she didn't want to bend down. I didn't want to be rude so I bent down and got them, when I was coming up, she quickly pushed me on the bleachers and crashed her lips on mine. That's when you walked in. I know this is the most stupidest story you may have heard, but its true! I promise." He said.

She looked into his eyes and could see that he was serious. She couldn't believe that Gabby would do that. It just made her want to ride over to Troy's apartment and kick the living hell out of her. "I believe you...I'm just sorry I didn't give you a chance to explain."

Troy smiled "You were hurt and pissed. You didn't know what to believe." He took her hands and pulled her up from the couch. He stood up from his kneeling position and gave her a hug.

"I don't know what this feeling is Sharpay and I'm not really sure if I want it to go away." he replied while stroking her hair.

She rested her chin on his shoulder. "I know what you mean." They stood in that position for a while, till she let out a big yawn and glanced at the clock. It was 4:00 A.M. and she was dead tired. Troy followed her gaze towards the clock and smirked. He picked her up bridal style and with some help of navigation, he carried her to her room. He laid her down on her bed and tucked her in.

"Night Shar." He said as he began to leave.

"Wait." She yawned "Where are you going?"

He turned around and gave her a confused look. "Um...home?"

She shook her head "Its too late and early for you to drive home. Stay here, there's plenty of room on my bed." She said as she pulled the rest of the blankets on the other side down.

He leaned against her door frame and gave her a smirk. "Plenty of room on your bed huh? Are you trying to seduce me Miss. Evans?"

She grinned and grabbed a small pillow from the side of the bed. She threw it at him and it hit his head. "Get your mind out of the gutter Bolton."

He chuckled and made his way towards the other end of the bed. He slipped off his shoes and laid his keys and cellphone on the nightstand. He crawled into the comfy bed and got comfortable. "Night Shar...again."

She smiled and turned the lights off with the clap of her hands." Night Troy."

She almost instantly fell asleep and her breathing became steady. Troy looked her face from the moon shining on it. He smiled and kissed her soft lips. Of course it was late and he wasn't thinking straight, but he couldn't help but notice how beautiful she looked. "I'm so sorry I hurt you, babe." He paused when he realized that he just called her 'Babe.' He shook his head, thinking that the lack of sleep was getting to him. He laid his head down and started to drift off to sleep. What he didn't notice was that he had 10 missed calls. All from a certain brunette girl names Gabby.

A/N: So how was it? I tried to add a little more Tropay in there, I hope I didn't over do it though.