Chapter 9

Recap

"Am I running away now?!! Huh! Tell me??!! Do you see me walking out or giving up?!! No! Because I love Gabriella but I don't like you guys!!" Troy exclaimed out of control. The second the words left his mouth, he regretted it. He didn't mean to say those things. He meant it as he didn't like the way they've been treating him not hating them in generally.

"Well, I guess we feel the same way about each other. We both hate each other's guts!" Sandra yelled back.

"No-- I don't hate you guys.. I didn't mean what I sa--" Troy started but was cut off.

"Save if for someone who cares. We knew it. You're the same as everyone else." Jeremy said, shaking his head in anger. Troy knew perfectly that the torture will continue.

End of Recap

Not long after, Troy was literally trying to get to the door and at least get out of the house for a minute. They've tried to burn his air with Gabriella's curling iron, they have put wax strips on his leg but he managed to get away (thankfully) and he almost broke his arm when he tried jumping off the balcony just to get away from the flying cricket ball!

"How am I gonna get out of this house!! I can't believe they actually blamed me and told me that I'm tearing up their family!!" He thought with a frown.

Troy didn't want to give up but after about half an hour of pure torture from the kids, Troy have had it.

"STOP!!!!" Troy yelled furiously as the siblings finally stopped throwing balls at him. Troy bowed his head and bit his lip, trying not to show weakness or cry. He really couldn't take it anymore.

"What did I do guys? I mean, I tried my hardest but I'm still not good enough. Do you guys really hate me that much? Am I really like the other guys?" Troy said, taking a deep breath while the siblings just stayed quiet.

"You know, I thought of breaking up with Gabi long time ago because of you guys. But the thing is, thinking of facing tomorrow without Gabi was just impossible. I told myself, I'd rather be torture than be apart from Gabi. I still keep telling myself that. The only reason why I put up with you guys is because I love Gabriella more than anything in this world. I love her too damn much." Troy said as his eyes started to go red.

"Why are you crying?" Rafael asked worriedly.

"Because it hurts." Troy admitted.

"You should've said that we hit you too much already." Nicole said, feeling guilty.

"No guys. What hurts is that you can't accept me no matter how hard I tried and you don't want me to be with Gabriella. You know the rule, if the family doesn't like the guy then its over." Troy mumbled sadly.

"You win the war guys." Troy declared.

"What do you mean?" Sandra asked.

"I don't know." Troy answered.

"Are you breaking up with Gabi?" Nicole asked.

"No. I'm not gonna end up like those other boyfriends she had. I'm not gonna run away this time. I don't want my relationship with Gabi to be just like the others." Troy told them as he sat on the messy couch.

"So what are you gonna do?" Rafael asked quietly.

"I'm gonna chase her away from me. I'm.. I'm gonna make her break up with me." Troy said with a heavy heart. That was truly the last thing he wanted to do.

"Oh good." Jeremy said as the others agreed.

"I want you guys to do me a favour before you celebrate your victory." Troy said as he looked at the children.

"Anything." Rafael said.

"Rafi!" The others exclaimed, glaring at their smallest sibling.

"Guys! This is the last thing he wants us to do. We can at least do this! We won anyway!" Rafael told them maturely which caused the other older siblings to smile slightly.

"Ok fine. What is it?" Sandra finally caved in.

"I want you guys to convince Gabriella to break up with me and you guys have to be quiet and never tell her what my plan is. Is that ok?" He asked sincerely.

"Of course its ok!" Nicole laughed.

"Ok! I don't really want to leave the house with all these mess. Can we start cleaning?" Troy asked them as they all just glared at him.

"Ok, I take it, you guys don't want to clean? Fine, I don't expect you to go softty on me anyway. Just go to your room and I'll start cleaning." Troy said as he rolled his eyes. The kids ran upstairs and all started talking.

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"So we finally won!! Are you happy or what?!" Sandra said cheerfully as they all started jumping on the bed except for Rafael.

"Come on Rafi! Don't be touched by his little speech. We knew he would never pass us!" Sandra said.

"But-- but-- can't we just help Troy clean up? It will make me feel better." Rafael said quietly.

"Fine." Camille said as they went out of their room and started cleaning as well.

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"So Gabi, I'll see you tomorrow ok" Taylor said as they parted ways.

"Yup see ya!" Gabriella replied.

"Be careful on your way home. Its getting a little dark." Taylor said as Gabriella nodded and waved goodbye.

"I wonder what's happening at home right now." Gabriella thought as she sped up.

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"Damn! We're finally finished!!" Troy exclaimed, absolutely exhausted.

"I know!" Jeremy said as they all sat on the huge couch, side by side apart from Rafael who decided to sit on Troy's lap.

"What do you guys wanna do now?" Troy asked quietly as his eyelids started to go heavy. He waited for an answer but didn't get any since the kids were surprisingly asleep already. He smiled a little and fell asleep himself.

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Gabriella didn't ring the doorbell since she wanted to sneak it and find out what the kids were doing to Troy. She frowned when she saw that all the lights were off.

"Where are they?" She thought as she quickly headed to the lounge room. The second she flicked the lights on, she couldn't help but grin and let out a long 'aaaawwwwwwwwww'. There they were, resting on the couch and bundled up together.

"Oh my gosh!!" She whispered as softly as possible. She quickly digged her purse and got out her camera and phone. She took a photo in each and smiled widely. She was about to step out when she suddenly tripped, causing a very loud noise.

"Crap!" She mumbled and turned around to see 6 pairs of eyes, stirring.

"Gabs?" Troy asked as he lifted Rafael who was yawning.

"Hey. Sorry about that." Gabriella said as she picked herself up.

"Its all cool." Troy smiled.

"So you guys are all getting along now?" Gabriella asked hopefully.

"Yeah. Yeah we are." Troy quickly said before the kids could put a word in. If only Gabriella knew what Troy's plan was and what really happened before she came.

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Exactly a week have past and Troy have been working on a plan to chase Gabriella away. He had second thoughts in doing it but the kids were still in the same as before, much to his dismay.

"So Troy, I told you I'm all yours this weekend. What are you planning on doing?" Gabriella asked excitedly. Troy took a deep breath and just stared at Gabriella for a moment.

"Umm.. Actually Gabs, I need to go to my grandma's place. She's really, really sick right now and she wants to see me so my dad told me to visit her. I'm gonna be staying there for the whole weekend. Maybe you can just spend time with the kids and stuff. I'm so sorry." Troy told Gabriella. His heart started aching the second he saw Gabriella's disappointed expression.

"Oh. Umm.. Its ok. Tell your grandma to get well ok?" Gabriella said with a smile. Although, Troy could see right through her.

"I will." Troy said and quickly left, not even giving Gabriella a goodbye kiss which they usually have.

"What's going on?" Gabriella asked herself sadly.

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"Hey grandma Lyn!" Troy smiled as he approached an old looking woman on the bed and tossing his luggage on the way.

"How's my grandson?" Grandma Lyn said weakly.

"I'm good. You?" Troy asked, sitting on the chair beside the old bed.

"I'm doing ok I guess. By the looks of it, I look more enthusiastic than you. What's wrong?" Grandma Lyn said softly. She could always pick up if something was wrong with Troy.

"Nothing grandma." Troy insisted with a chuckle.

"Nothing my arse." Grandma Lyn replied making Troy looked up in surprise and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Did I just hear you say that grandma?" Troy asked, still laughing.

"That's how teenagers talk these days. Now, more serious matter. What's really wrong?" She asked as Troy sighed.

"I don't know what to do. I have the most amazing girl but I think I have the worst 'soon-to-be-siblings'! They don't want their sister to date a guy including me and they're literally making my life miserable! What am I gonna do?" Troy asked his grandma desperately.

"Have you planned on something to do?" Grandma Lyn asked.

"Yes.. I decided to chase her away from me." He whispered.

"Why?" She asked curiously.

"Because Gabriella have had past histories with other guys and they all broke up with her for the same reasons. I don't want Gabriella to remember me as just another boyfriend walking out the door." He said softly.

"What do you want her to remember you as?" She asked.

"I want her to remember me as Troy Bolton who never broke her heart. Troy Bolton who didn't walk out on her. Troy Bolton who seriously loved her." He listed.

"And Troy Bolton who she broke up with?" Grandma Lyn asked seriously as Troy looked up.

"Grandma what else should I do? The kids will never accept me and Gabriella has one rule. If they don't like me then its over. I rather break my heart in the right time than Gabriella truly breaking up with me in a wrong time. I can't take that grandma. It will hurt so bad." He said, biting his lip.

"Why do you want to break up with her?" She asked enquiringly.

"Because I'm tearing up their family grandma. The kids blame me because Gabi haven't been spending time with them. She was always with me and they hated it. If I continue this relationship, I'll know that someday Gabi will realise that she'll need her family more than anything. More than me." Troy replied inaudibly as he blinked the tears that was threatening to fall.

"Oh Troy. I don't want you to take decisions from me. I want you to decide of what you think is right. Just don't regret it later." Grandma Lyn said.

"Its over, its really over."

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