Hearts on the Dance Floor
Chapter 10
"Hey superstar," Gabriella's voice filled Troy's ears as she caught up to him in the hall one day.
He turned to look her up and down, slightly surprised by her outfit. She was wearing dark skinny jeans and a billabong dress that she was wearing as a top over her jeans. She was wearing a pair of high top converses with pink laces and pink hoop earrings to match. On her wrist were wrapped rhinestone bracelets and she was carrying a leather tote.
"Wow! You're a girl!"
Gabriella scoffed and giggled, rolling her eyes. "Yes, I am. Did you need proof?"
He smiled. "If you're willing to present it sure."
"In your dreams."
He laughed. "So what's with the girly getup anyway?"
She looked down at her outfit in thought. "It's not that girly. Just the top."
"It's pink, Gabi."
She sighed. "I know."
"You're wearing pink!"
She nodded, laughing on the inside of his disbelief of the situation.
"What did Sharpay do to you?"
She laughed, smiling as they walked down the hall. "It wasn't Sharpay. It was all me."
"Well, I for one, am extremely shocked," He grinned. "And you know what else I'm shocked about?"
"What?"
"The fact that you're talking to me, especially after, you know, the other day."
Gabriella sighed, thinking back to the day Troy had asked her out on a second date and she'd said no after finding out he'd slept with some girl the night before. "We never did talk about that, did we?"
Troy nodded. "Not exactly. And I want you to know I'm sorry."
She stopped, turning to him. "I know…before I came to CSA, that's who you were. A different every night, and I'm okay with that. I want to say that you could easily go back to that and I wouldn't care, but then I'd be lying."
"You know, I'm willing to give up all those other girls for you. I like being with you and I have a feeling that if I don't take my chance now, I might miss something."
Gabriella smiled, blushing and looking down. She was really letting her guard down now.
"I don't want to miss anything Gabriella," he stated, taking her hands and stepping closer. "Don't let me miss anything."
She bit her lip. "I didn't plan on it." She slowly and carefully slipped her hands out of his and placed them on his shoulders and his wrapped his arms around her waist. As he went to lean down, she looked directly at his chest where she was level to, thinking about this as it was happening. "Troy…"
"Hmm," he mumbled, not wanting her to run away this time. He knew she was slightly scared to get close to him because of his reputation and he wanted to clear that with her.
"I want to kiss right now, but I'm unsure how much I'll mean to you after. I'm unsure if I'll be able to trust you and open myself fully to you."
"Please do," he whispered, waiting patiently for her next move, staring at her passionately as she continued staring at his chest.
When her eyes looked up to meet his, he knew he couldn't contain himself any longer. He bent down, getting closer and stopping right before his lips met hers to try and see her reaction so far. As soon as he stopped, Gabriella made her own move, closing the space as she got up on hers toes, wrapping her arms around Troy's neck as their lips moved in sync with each others in the crowded hallway of CSA.
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Sharpay watched from down the hallway as Gabriella and Troy shared a passionate kiss that lasted much longer than it should have. She wasn't sure what this meant now, but she had to talk to Gabriella about it.
Moments later, the bell rang and Sharpay made her way to class. When Gabriella walked in, she immediately grabbed her and pulled her aside, noticing the sort of dazed smile the girl was wearing.
"Gabriella, are you going to tell Troy everything now?"
Gabriella eyes widened, looking at Sharpay in shock. "What? Where did this come from."
Sharpay looked around, making sure no one was looking. "I saw the kiss. Gabs, you have to tell him about the jail thing. You've got to tell him the trouble you're in and that you could be going to jail soon."
"How did you know about that? Were you listening in on my phone call?" Gabriella accused, angrily.
"No, Gabriella," Sharpay sighed. "Chad was. He overheard everything and he came to ask me about it. He wanted to know what you were hiding from Troy and why. He already knew half the story about you going to jail, so…he forced to tell him the rest or he was going to go to Troy with the story."
Gabriella groaned. "So now you're going to go and fuck things up for us. Did you not see that in the hallway? It was finally going fine and then..UGH!"
"Gabriella, he was going to tell Troy anyway if I didn't tell him," Sharpay tried to defend herself. "The big problem here is, if Chad has any intent to tell Troy, you've got to beat him to it. Talk to Chad about it or tell Troy, but I don't think you'd want him thinking you lied to him all this time."
"What's it going to matter anyway! Once he finds out he'll hate me!"
Sharpay scoffed. "So what were you going to do? Date the guy and then let him find out on his own when they showed up to arrest you?"
"What do you care anyway?" Gabriella asked, her voice getting higher as the argument escalated and the classroom was focused on the two of them.
"Because I care about you, but obviously that's a mistake huh?"
Gabriella narrowed her eyes at her. "No one asked you to care. I've went 6 years of my life without people caring. My step dad doesn't care, no one back home cares and you shouldn't either."
"I tried to be your friend Gabriella!" Sharpay shouted at her. "I tried to be nice, to help you out…"
"Yeah, how great that worked out friend. I trusted you with the one thing I never told anyone else. A friend doesn't tell other people their friends' secrets."
"I thought I was being helpful!"
"Well you thought wrong didn't you?" Gabriella retorted.
"You know what Gabriella, I don't care anymore. Go to jail, screw things up. I could care less. It's not my problem and it never was, so I don't know what I was doing trying to protect you. If I'd known you were going to bitch at me for helping, I would have never even asked. So fuck you and I hope you happy a happy life in the big house."
"Go rot in hell," Gabriella sneered after her as the blonde stalked out of the room. She plopped down in a desk, thinking about what just happened as everyone in the room stared at her. The late bell rang and the teacher walked in the room, but Gabriella just couldn't get through the day. She picked herself up and left, sprinting down the hall and out the front door of CSA, going where her feet would take her.
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"Troy!"
Troy turned, seeing Chad run up to him as he was working out in the gym lifting weights. "What's up Chad?"
"I just finished talking to Sharpay. She and Gabriella had some big blowout this morning before class and now they're not talking."
Troy lifted his head. "Really? I guess I'll ask Gabi about it later."
Chad sighed. "Troy, man I know what they fought about and I think you should know."
Troy put the 20 pound bell down. "Why? What's it got to do with me?"
"Everything Troy, it's more or less about Gabriella."
Troy sighed. "What about her?"
"She's hiding shit from you Troy, it's pretty big and Sharpay was trying to convince her to tell you the truth."
"Chad…"
"No you should hear this. Normally, I would let her tell you, but I don't think she will."
Troy shrugged. "So?"
"Gabriella's involved in a lot of shit man. Drugs, alcohol, sex, and the cops."
Troy's eyes narrowed. "What the hell are you talking about Chad?"
"The reason she's hear at CSA. She got caught up in some stuff back where she was and the police sent her hear to clean up her act. Kind of like community service. They told her if she didn't clean up her act and finish off her senior year with a good report, they were gonna put her away."
Troy just stared at his best friend and Chad took his silence as a note to continue. "Someone called her the other night and I overheard the call. Apparently now, the police are looking for her and they're definitely going to put her away because of some guy she was involved with. Some drug dealer or something, and something else involving murder."
Troy stood up, his face hard. "Chad stop, this isn't funny."
"Man, I'm serious. I wouldn't lie to you about this."
"Chad, Gabriella's not involved with any drug dealers.."
"Not anymore, because the dude's dead. And they say she did it."
"Chad, I don't believe you. If Gabriella was in trouble, she'd tell me."
"Yeah, and how do you know that?"
"Because, she's finally letting me in. She's just a normal girl behind that wall she puts up. Once you get it down, you can understand who she really is. She's just trying not to get hurt and I'm not going to hurt her, but I'll hurt you if you keep spreading shit about her. I thought you were supposed to be my best friend. You're supposed to support me on stuff like this."
"I am your best friend," Chad said. "And that's exactly why I'm warning you about her. I don't want to see you get hurt dude. I can't exactly approve of her when she could bring you into whatever deep shit she's involved in. I'm trying to protect you and you're in denial."
Troy scoffed. "Chad, look man. I appreciate your concern for me, but I can handle my own business, including Gabriella. And you can tell whoever you're getting your information from, that'd they better get a better source."
Chad watched as Troy went to lie down and lifted the 50 pound bar as some other guy came over to spot him. He sighed, giving up and walking out. At least he knew he tried. Troy would find out for himself later. He just hoped it didn't all end as badly as he pictured it ending.
A/N: Soooooo this took a while but it's here now and it's up to you guys to tell me what you think! i look forward to reading reviews and I'll be working on the next chapter while i wait. This is just a filler btw because I'm still trying to build up to the big part. oh and don't forget to check out her outfit in my profile under the story's name.
~Troyellaishottndsexy~