Disclamer: I do not own anyone or thing. Except Adam
A/N: Sorry, for the long wait I have a lot going on and shit like that. Fucking people don't know how to grow up...anyway back to the story.
Episode 10 "Light doesn't always shine through the shadow of darkness"
"You can't be serious Ryan" Gabriella yelled over the rain.
"What can I say Gabs? I think this is the most romantic way of saying this to you, we're here under pouring rain and I am telling you that I love you" Ryan held his arms out and yelled over the rain.
"Ryan..."
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"Did we really just do that?" Troy turned his back to Sharpay as he asked.
"Yeah...I think it was just a week moment" Sharpay touched her fingers to her lips.
"Do you regret it?" Seeing her touch her lips did things to Troy, he walked over to her without realizing.
Sharpay looked into his eyes before answering.
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"Someone call 911 please!" Chad yelled to the crowd.
TROY'S POV
A lot can happen in just the span of a few hours, things I would have never expected. This all started a few hours before our semi-final game. Wildcats VS Hawks. Today was the day that would change our lives forever.
END TROY'S POV
Adam takes the ball, dribbles it, and fakes a pass to Zeke. He quickly turns left and throws it up to the back board. Troy catches it after it hits the backboard in mid air and dunks it.
"That was amazing Troy and Adam, it's like you have one mind. That is the type of team work I want to see, that is the type of team work that will get us to the finals. Now at the finals it's either going to be us VS the Ravens or us VS the Cougars, either way they are both tough teams. To beat them it is going to take everything we have. Go shower off and get ready for tonight" The team headed for the showers.
"Playing the Hawks tonight is going to be one hell of a game" Troy nodded in agreement with Adam as they sat down.
"To be honest, after this game I would really like to play the Ravens" Zeke took off his jersey and tossed it into his locker.
"Yeah now THAT would be one hell of a game" Troy bent down to untie his shoe.
Adam looked over at him and quickly grabbed a towel; he draped it over Troy's back.
"Bad bruise" Adam answered over Troy's look.
"Thanks" Troy quickly whispered.
"The state championship is ours, we are going to win, and there is no doubt about it" Chad got up and looked at everyone on the team. "WHAT TEAM?"
"WILDCATS"
"WHAT TEAM?"
"WILDCATS"
"WHAT TEAM?"
"WILDCATS"
"WILDCATS"
"GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME"
(Opening Credits)
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"Gabs take the money" Ryan held out a couple of dollars out to Gabriella.
"No, why don't you understand the meaning of the word?" Gabriella had a giggle in her voice, quick sitting down on the Evans' couch with a small smile.
"Gabriella Montez, take the damn cash" Gabriella laughed at his seriousness; Ryan sighed and sat down beside her.
"No Ry" She turned on the TV and ignored the look Ryan was giving her. "It's not that much to buy basketball tickets, high school ones at that" Ryan was about to say something, but Gabriella went on. "Besides, it's the least I could do for what you're doing for me" Gabriella smiled at him and went back to the TV.
"You know you're going to have to go back home eventually, you can't keep running from your problems" Ryan put the money back into his pocket as he sat down.
"Eventually isn't today" Gabriella hadn't gone home since the incident with her mom and Troy's dad.
When Gabriella showed up at their door, Ryan let her in without a problem no questions asked. That made everything a lot easier for her considering she didn't want to talk about it.
"I'm not rushing you; I just want you to know that running away won't help things" Ryan put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
They both looked over at the front door when they heard the front door open, Gabriella felt Ryan tense as soon as the door opened. She was about to ask him if he was okay, but he relaxed when Sharpay and Adam walked in.
"Hey guys" Sharpay threw off her coat and tossed in on the couch.
"Hey love birds" Adam laughed at his sister.
"How was practise?" Ryan got up to give his sister a hug.
"Really good, the team is on one page and as long as it stays that way the championship is ours" Adam threw down his ball and walked over to Gabriella. "Hey, do you mind if we talk?" Gabriella looked over at Ryan and Sharpay with a raised eyebrow before following Adam.
When they got outside Adam sat Gabriella down and sat down in front of her.
"First off, I want to say sorry for all the crap I put you and your mom through" Gabriella opened her mouth to say something, but, Adam held his hand up wanting to continue. "The thing is, I was raised like that by Lucas" Gabriella caught the fact that he said Lucas and not 'dad'. "I want all that to change, I found out a few days ago that he isn't MY father" After the look of shock went across Gabriella's face, Adam took a deep breath before continuing. "I looked more in to it and found out that he did father you, just not me. That's why I want to start over, what do you say?" Adam got up and held out his hand to her.
"Then we have a lot of catching up to do, just about 17 years" Adam laughed as he helped her up.
"We better get started now" They smiled at each other as they headed back to the house.
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"Hey this is Taylor, leave me a message and I'll get back to you" Chad signed and hung up the phone after hearing that.
"Still no luck?" Chad shook his head as an answer to Troy's question. "Bro, you need to give her time. Next time you see her just make sure she understands how you feel" Troy put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"I guess, man I really screwed this up with her" Chad ran a hand over his face. "I'm going to go, I need a walk" Troy nodded as Chad walked away.
Troy shook his head feeling bad for Chad; he turned and went back to practising. As Troy was practising he took a shot and it hit the rim and came flying back at Troy, before it could hit him Jack caught it.
"Hi Troy, you're looking good keep this up and the championship is ours" Jack took a quick shot.
"Is that really what you came here to tell me? I think I hear you say that enough as my coach" Troy quickly caught the ball when his dad wiped it at him.
"Is she going to talk?" Obviously he was referring to Gabriella.
"No, she promised me that she wouldn't" Understanding what situation he was talking about.
"Good because you know what would happen if she did talk" Jack walked away leaving his words in the air.
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"Have you heard anything from dad?" Sharpay looked over her shoulder at Ryan.
"No I haven't and I'm glad" Ryan nodded and moved out of the way to let Gabriella in to Sharpay's room.
"Hey are we going to the game together?" She quickly started to put her hair up.
"I have to leave now, so you're going to be with Ryan" Gabriella nodded as Sharpay made her way downstairs.
"Drive safe Shar, it's raining" Ryan warned as he gave her the car keys.
"I will, see you guys later" Sharpay headed out the door and to her car.
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As Sharpay was driving she had to pass Troy's house, as she was driving past she saw that he was having trouble getting his truck started. She turned into his driveway and honked at him, with a smile Troy ran over to her in his Wildcat's warm ups.
"Thanks I was about to freak out" Sharpay laughed as they started to drive.
"No problem, the Wildcats needs their star players" Troy smiled at her as he ran a hand though his damp hair.
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"That one was good, take 5 and then we'll try the other cheer" Taylor smiled at the wildcat cheer leaders as they sat down.
"Tay, can we talk?" Taylor turned around and looked Chad up and down before walking away.
Chad shook his head before following her, when he caught up to her he grabbed her arm and pulled her into a corner.
"If I'm not picking up your phone calls, what does that say about us talking?" Taylor went to walk away again, Chad pushed against the wall to prevent her from walking away.
"Will you please listen to me?" Chad didn't give her a chance to answer. "I made a mistake, I screwed up and I want you back. I messed up Tay, I'm only human and yeah, I get that what I did was stupid and I'm sorry" Chad leaned in, but, Taylor moved away from his lips.
"You can't just come back to me and tell me you want me again after you left me on an assumption, that's just not how things work" She looked him in the eye one more time before leaving.
Chad rolled his eyes before punching the wall in frustration.
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"Ry, its really coming down" Gabriella looked out her window and watched the heavy rain.
"Yeah it's getting really bad out there" Ryan quickly made his wipers go faster. "I can't stand the rain" He said with a disgusted shake of his head.
"Really, I love the rain" Suddenly the car stopped, Gabriella looked over at Ryan with a raised eyebrow. "Why did we stop?" Just as she asked that Ryan turned the car off.
He turned and looked at her for a second before getting out of the car, Gabriella quickly followed him.
"Ryan, what the hell are you doing? Get back into the car you're going to get sick" Gabriella yelled over the rain.
"I have to tell you something" Ryan looked at Gabriella with a look he never gave her before.
Suddenly without warning he ran over to her and kissed her, Gabriella was in shock and had no time to respond.
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"Tension is high in the air, as the Hawks make their way into the Wildcats gym; this is going to be a killer game"
Adam grabbed the ball and looked over at the other team; they stood tall in red and black. Just by looking at them he knew this was going to be a hard game.
"Troy should've been here by now" Chad entered Adam's vision.
"Yeah so should Sharpay. Where the hell are they?" Part of Adam knew that without Troy, this game was going to be even harder.
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"Alright wildcat, we're almost there" Troy chuckled at the nickname.
Troy was about to say something when there was a loud crash noise from the back of the car and then it started to smoke from the hood, suddenly the car stopped. They both got out of the car with frowns.
"You have got to be kidding me, you know how many years I've had this car and now it breaks down on me" Sharpay kicked the car out of frustration and regretted it right away when she felt pain shoot through her foot. Troy looked at her with a smirk, trying his best not to laugh.
"Whatever, we'll leave it here the gym isn't that far we can walk" Troy started to walk, but Sharpay pulled him back immediately.
"I am not leaving my car in the middle of the street" Sharpay crossed her arms, her mind fixed on standing her ground.
"Well, if we stand out here we get sick and miss the game. If we walk we get sick but we win the game, come on Shar, after the game we'll comeback for your car I promise" Troy gestured his hand in the direction of the gym.
With a long sigh she nodded and started to walk to the gym. As they were walking Sharpay stepped on some mud and slipped, she was about to hit the ground, but Troy caught her and pushed her against a wall. Their bodies extremely close.
"Are you okay?" Troy's eyes fell to her lips for a split second.
"Yeah" Her voice in a daze and the realization of how close they were.
Troy started to lean in slowly and carefully, thinking that maybe at sometime she would pull away and push him away. However, as soon as his lips touched hers, there was no pulling back. Sharpay wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer, Troy's hands found their way on her hips. The kiss started to get really heated; Sharpay felt his tongue on her bottom lip and slowly parted her lips for him. Troy pulled back from the kiss for a second and started to kiss down her neck, Sharpay started to run her hands through his hair, she opened her eyes for a second and the wildcat uniform caught her eye. At that moment Adam came back to her mind, Troy felt her tense up and then it hit him what they were doing and he pulled back.
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"Where the hell is Troy?" Jack yelled at the team.
The wildcats were down by 10.
"We don't know, so stop making the play's for Tory when he isn't here. We can catch up if you put me where Troy is in your mind" Adam felt way too many things at once to identify what he felt the most.
"Fine, get the ball to everyone, except Adam. Go" The team went back to the court, except Adam.
"You're going to be the reason we lose this game" Adam started to make his way back to the court.
Chad walked over to Adam.
"Forget that, we're not going to freeze you out. We need you just as much as we need Troy" Chad patted his back as the game began.
Zeke started with the ball, he dribbled it up court and passed it to Jason when he made it to the three point line. Jason dribbled it between his legs and jumped, faking a shot but passed it to Chad. Chad quickly took two steps back before running straight into the paint, he pointed to the net as an indication to Adam. Chad tossed the ball into the air and Adam caught it and dunked it.
"Can the wildcats make a comeback, we really hope so."
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"What the hell was that Ryan?" Ryan just laughed.
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" Gabriella didn't know what to say to any of this, this just all came out of nowhere.
"You can't be serious Ryan" Gabriella yelled over the rain.
"What can I say Gabs? I think this is the most romantic way of saying this to you, we're here under pouring rain and I am telling you that I love you" Ryan held his arms out and yelled over the rain.
"Ryan, I would love to be with you" Ryan smiled and jumped of the car.
He ran over to her and wrapped his arms around her, she laughed as he spun her in the air. When he put her back on the ground, once again their lips touched.
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"Did we really just do that?" Troy turned his back to Sharpay as he asked.
"Yeah...I think it was just a week moment" Sharpay touched her fingers to her lips.
"Do you regret it?" Seeing her touch her lips did things to Troy, he walked over to her without realizing.
Sharpay looked into his eyes before answering.
"N-no, I didn't" Sharpay and Troy, both, couldn't believe what she was saying.
Troy started to lean in again, but, his eyes caught sight of what she was wearing, a wildcat hoodie. Not just any hoddie, Adam's hoodie, Troy step back with a frown. Sharpay followed his eyes and realized what he was staring at. In that second it seemed like every memory she had of Adam came back.
"We have to get to the game" Troy nodded as Sharpay walked past him.
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"What the hell are you doing out there?" The team gave their coach a strange look. "I told you not to give the ball to Adam and that's all you have done"
"What is your problem? Adam is the reason we came back in this game. He is the team's star player" Jason yelled, tired of his friend being blamed and excluded for everything.
"He is not our star player, Troy is" Before he could go into a rant, Adam cut him off.
"Troy's not here and thanks for that Jason, but I am not the only reason we are still in this game, we all are. This whole game has been a team effort none of us, not even Troy, could do this single handed. We are going to win this game and we are going to do this as a team" Just as they were about to walk away from the huddle, an announcement was made that made everyone stop in their tracks.
"Oh my God, Troy Bolton has finally arrived." The whole team turned and looked at the gym doors.
Sure enough there was Troy with Sharpay, soaking wet, but her was finally here.
"TROY, where the hell have you been?" Troy ignored him as he changed from his warm ups.
"Adam, what's the score?" Adam gave him a smirk, glad to have him back.
"Down by six, with a minute left" They headed to the court.
Troy had the ball he passed it to Shad, he misses the lay-up, and Zeke gets the rebound and hits a three. The Hawks had the ball; it was quickly stolen by Jason, he gets it to Troy fast, Troy makes a quick pass to Adam and he hits another three. The game is all tied. Hawks, once again have the ball, this time Troy stole it quickly and called a time-out. With ten seconds left the Wildcats had the ball and they wanted nothing more than to win.
"What's the game plan?" Adam answered before anyone else had a chance.
"Just get the ball to me, Troy, keep your eyes on me" Troy raised an eyebrow, but nodded as the time out ended.
The ball was passed to Troy and he quickly passed it to Adam, Adam ran with it right to the net, faked a layup and passed it to Troy. When the ball reached Troy's hand he had less than a second to react. He quickly shot the three and he hit it, the Wildcats are going to the finals. The crowd went nuts; Adam ran over to Troy and gave him a huge hug soon the rest of the team piled up on Troy. The crowed started to run down to the court.
"Taylor" Taylor turned around and smiled slightly at Chad.
He didn't give her a chance to run instead he pulled her close to him and just kissed her.
"Adam you did it" Adam turned and caught Sharpay in his arms and gave her a huge hug.
"No, we did it baby" Adam put her down and put his forehead to hers. "There's something I want to tell you"
"What is it?" Sharpay looked into his eyes.
"I love you" Sharpay was in shock, he told her he loved her, she kissed Troy and he told her he loves her.
"I-I love you too" Sharpay didn't know what else to say.
Adam smiled and kissed her, when they pulled away he hugged her once again. Sharpay looked up and felt sad when her eyes connected with Troy's; he smiled at her with a slight shake of his head.
"We did it man" Adam turned and high fived Troy.
"Yeah we did" Troy smiled at him after he pulled away from a hug with Sharpay.
"I love you Taylor" Chad said immediately after they pulled back.
"I love you too Chad, I can't believe it took a kiss for me to realize that" They both smiled at each other.
Suddenly Taylor put a hand to her stomach, and threw up on the gym floor.
"Taylor, are you okay?" Chad grabbed on to her arm to stabilize her.
She looked up for a second before passing out, Chad caught her just before she hit the floor.
"Someone call 911 please!" Chad yelled to the crowd that was around them.
"No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities-- always see them for they're always there."
-- Norman Vincent Peale, author, speaker and minister
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