Chapter Eleven: With All My Heart
After what had happened with Troy, Gabriella felt she didn't want to talk to anyone. If she did, she'd end up crying her eyes out, and she had to admit: she already looked like a mess.
"This is insane! I shouldn't be upset!" she said to noone in particular, but the truth was, she was. She didn't think Troy would like anyone else, but she proved herself wrong: he was a guy, and guys get crushes on the most beautiful girls at their school, even they did have a girlfriend that was very loyal to them.
"Gabby?" her mother asked through the closed door.
"Mom, I told you! I don't want to talk about it!" Gabriella stated.
"But, one of your friends is here! Troy." Mrs. Montez explained, and Gabriella's eyes shot open.
Oh, no.
Not Troy!
"No, I don't want to see him!" she called, but Troy's voice was heard.
"Too late, I'm coming in!" he stated, and he opened the closed door, and Gabriella hid her face under the pillow so he couldn't see what a wreck she had become.
Troy frowned when he saw her.
"Come on, Gabriella. I just want to talk." he stated, going over to where she was.
That famous word, talk. Whenever someone says that, it ment really bad things, and Gabriella was scared that Troy would break up with her.
"Well, I don't." Gabriella muttered, and Troy smiled at her.
"I know you do." he explained.
"Shouldn't you be with your new girlfriend, Sharpay?" Gabriella asked.
That's when Troy grinned.
"Uh, no. I got a girlfriend, remember? Or should I say, ex-girlfriend?" he asked, and Gabriella fought the urge to smile, but it was very hard to do.
"You don't want to be with me...after I said those things to you." Gabriella replied, lifting the pillow down so he could see her.
"I always want to be you! So we went through a rought patch...isn't that what couples go through?" Troy asked.
Gabriella nodded, and Troy smiled softly.
"Of course." Gabriella said softly, and Troy leaned over, and lifted her chin up she was looking straight at him.
"I will always like you, Gabriella. No other girl can compare to you."
At last, Gabriella smiled.
"Really?"
Troy nodded.
"Why else would would I sang with you on New Year Eve last year?"
"Because they couldn't find a better singer?" Gabriella replied, and Troy laughed.
"Well, no. I sang with you because I liked you from the very beginning. You never like any of those other girls at that party." Troy said, and Gabriella vaguely remembered herself as a bookworm, bending over a book.
"I guess not." she agreed.
Troy reached down in her pocket, and pulled out the T necklace.
"If you forgive me, will you be my girlfriend again?" Troy asked, holding out the necklace.
Gabriella glanced down at it without blinking.
WHat if this happns again?
Will she trust Troy next time?
"What if it happens again?" she asked, and Troy looked at her.
"I promise it won't. I will make sure none of it happens again." he pleaded, and Gabriella smiled.
"Then your forgiven." she stated, and Troy went to help her place on the necklace.
The necklace was cold against her skin, and Gabriella shivered. It felt weird with the necklace back on, and she turned so she was leaning against Troy's chest.
"It feels weird." she whispered.
"Why is that?" Troy asked.
"Because it's been awhile." Gabriella muttered.
Troy kissed the top of her head, and sighed.
"Very...Everything fell apart when we broke up." Troy stated.
"But, were back together now, right?" Gabriella asked.
Troy nodded as he pulled away from her as he got up from the bed, and smiled.
"Of course. And I was never going to give that necklace to Sharpay. It was only ment for you, you know."
Gabriella nodded as she returned his smile.
"I know." Gabriella replied.
She grinned as she thought of something: tomorrow was Sunday, the usual day that she and Troy spent their afternoons together.
"Hey, Troy?" she asked.
"Hmm?" Troy said.
"Do you want to spend the afternoon together tomorrow? Unless you have big plans with your friends, and..."
"Gabriella, I wouldn't miss Sundays for the world!" he explained, and Gabriella laughed.
"Good." she replied.