Let's just pretend
Chapter Thirteen
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"My baby!" Lucille exclaimed as she entered the room and ran to hug her son.
Dr. Sheppard, who was adjusting Troy's cast, took step back as Lucille practically pushed him out of the way. I giggled as I saw Jack shaking his head in disbelief. I can't blame her really, I would've been sick worried too if my son fell off of a tractor and got his leg stuck in the mower… hell! I only being his girlfriend (kind of) was more worried than… something that gets very worried.
"I'm so sorry, Dr. Sheppard…" he apologized for his wife.
"Mom!" Troy groaned as she kissed every spot in his face she could find. I laughed.
"Don't worry, Mr. Bolton" Dr. Sheppard smiled politely at him "One time I got knocked out by a patient's mother…"
"Nice" Jack said sarcastically, making both of them laugh; Lucille kept on kissing her son's face…
…Troy looked very annoyed; that only made me laugh once again. He glared over at me like saying 'why did you have to call her?' and I only smiled at him innocently, enjoying the view of how happy Lucille was. She was so miserable… and now she looked… like she was alive again; her son was her world… and yet… in a few weeks he'll be off to collage; collage which I'm hoping will be Stanford…
I said that I was giving up for today… that didn't mean I would stop trying tomorrow… or the day after tomorrow… or the day after the day of tomorrow… or the day after- oh! You got me, didn't you? I won't stop trying to make him do the right choice… even if he knows that I love him too now.
When Lucille finally let go her son's face, Jack leaned down and kissed Troy's forehead and patted his cheek affectively.
"Nice to see you, son" he smiled happily; smile that Troy mirrored.
"Thanks dad, same here…"
Dr. Sheppard smiled as he checked Troy's clipboard for a second time. He sighed.
"Well… everything looks pretty normal; in a couple of weeks he'll be able to go home, but he'll have to have full rest for at least one more week if he wants to attend U of A this fall" he said "So… no carrying stuff around… and certainly… No More Tractors!"
"U of A?" I exclaimed "Troy Bolton!"
He shrugged "What? I told you I was going to do whatever I pleased to" he smirked
I glared at him, causing his smirk to grow wider… if possible "You're… impossible!"
"You love me for it, babe…" he winked at me. Part of me… felt my heart melt and my knees go week… my other half… wanted to rip his balls off!
"Are we missing something?" Lucille raised an eyebrow as she looked from Troy to the door where I was leaning against.
"Oh nothing!" I said sarcastically "Only that your son is doing the most stupid thing in the world over some stupid girl!" I exclaimed.
He rolled his eyes "Would you stop calling yourself stupid? It's not cute anymore!"
"Was it ever cute?" I glared at him.
He smirked "In some way… yeah…"
"Idiot!" I rolled my eyes.
"I'm your idiot" he shrugged.
"And…" Jack sighed "He's officially whipped…"
I laughed as Troy glared over to his dad.
"Well, you're not in a better position, baby…" Lucille smirked at Jack, causing me to laugh harder and Troy to join me; Dr. Sheppard tried to hold back his laughter…
He cleared his throat "Well, seeing that everything's in its right place… I'll be leaving" he smiled politely at us and left the room.
**zv**
Two weeks passed by quickly, even if I had nothing else to do but trying to convince Troy to go to Stanford. I tried getting his parents on my side… but apparently they support Troy with his decisions. Oh! But I'm telling you something… I'm as stubborn as a mule! So I'm not giving up yet, I still have a week and a half to annoy Troy's ass off till he gives in!
"Oh no!" Troy complained "I'd rather sit on the floor than on that couch!" he said as he leaned his weight over me; God, I wished I was a little stronger!
"Why not, sweetie?" Lucille asked confused.
"Don't you act like I don't know you two had sex over it!" he exclaimed. I tried to muffle out my laughter.
Lucille blushed and Jack cleared his throat awkwardly. Wow… I didn't know these two still had some action in them!
"H-how…" Lucille tried to ask.
Troy shrugged "A little annoying bird told me so…" he smirked "Now… I'd rather rest in my room till you burn this couch down!"
Jack rolled his eyes "Troy… I'm very sure your mother cleaned it! So stop being ridiculous; I'm not going around wanting to burn your bed down when you and Gabriella make out over it!"
"Key words: make out and MY bed!" Troy replied.
"Yeah well—"Jack began.
"HELLO? I'm holding a 150 pound 18 year old boy here!" I exclaimed "Can we choose a place to put him, already?"
"I'm not a thing, you know?"
"At the moment, I don't care!" I glared at him "You're heavy and I'm pretty petite!" I wonder why Jack or Lucille didn't help me with Troy; maybe they have fun watching me struggle with his gigantic body!
Lucille giggled as Jack came over to help me and said "Okay fine, then go sit over the other sofa!"
"Well… Jane didn't say anything about that one…" I looked up at him confused along with Jack and Lucille. Troy's eyes went wide as if he had just realized that he said something he shouldn't have "Oh… crap…" he murmured.
"Jane?" Lucille asked, just as confused as I was… and possibly as Jack as well.
"So…the sofa?" Troy exclaimed as he removed his arm from around my shoulder and stumbled over to the 'unaffected area'. I quickly got to my senses before following him and helping him sit down.
"Troy son, something you want to share with us?" Jack asked and, assuming for the tone in his voice, I bet he was raising one eyebrow; wow… I spend too much time with this family!
"Err… well… yeah- no" he smiled innocently. I sat on the arm of the sofa, besides Troy and looked over at Jack and Lucille as they slowly began stalking at us.
"Troy Alexander Bolton…" Lucille glared over at him as she crossed her arms.
Troy sighed "Fine… but you're not going to believe me…"
"Try us…" Jack suggested… well, more like ordered.
Troy sighed once more before grabbing one of my hands and playing with my fingers. I let him as I watched him curiously; I also wanted to know what this whole Jane business was about.
"Remember that time where… you know… doctors had to bring out the paddles to shock me back to life?"
"We try not to…" Lucille mumbled as she looked down and back at Troy.
I frowned confused "Wait… I thought you guys didn't want to let him know about that…" I looked over at Jack and Lucille who shared a shocked look.
"W-we… thought that you had told him, Gabby…" Jack said.
"No, I didn't…" I looked down at Troy, who rolled his eyes.
"As I said…I have my sources!" he smiled and looked back down to my hand, while still playing with my fingers "While I was gone… I got to see Jane…"
The room was silent.
"She told me to say hi to you guys and that she misses you a lot" he looked up at them and then back at me "she was actually the one who told me that you were lying" he smirked "Well, not exactly… but she gave me the idea to push you around a bit…" I blushed. Why? Have no freaking idea.
"I-I see…" I looked down and then up at Jack and Lucille, who had... no emotion on their faces; they were completely blank.
"She also said that she's watching over you…" Troy said to his shocked parents "and she warned me about the couch" he chuckled.
His parents were silent for another minute or so.
"T-Troy…" Lucille began "Sweetie, a-are you sure… it wasn't just a dream?"
Troy chuckled as he looked back down to my hand that was still captured between his fingers "I told you, you wouldn't believe me" he smiled sadly up at his parents "That's why I didn't tell you sooner, you would've called the psychiatric area to go tie me down to my bed…" he chuckled again.
"Troy, don't be silly" I scolded him "We don't think you're crazy, right?" I looked up at Jack and Lucille, and seeing that they weren't responding, I gave them a meaningful look "Right?" I repeated myself like if they hadn't heard me.
"Oh…" Jack blinked "yeah! We believe you son!" he smiled "Right, Lucy?"
"I-I… need to lie down…" she said as she placed a hand over her forehead and sat down on the 'contaminated area'.
I looked down at Troy and placed a sweet kiss over his hair. I wasn't sure if what he was telling was the truth or just a crazy dream of his, but whatever it is… my job as a girlfriend is to trust him and believe everything he says.
**zv**
Grounded. Another word to define 'As you don't have permission to go visit your boyfriend, then climb down your window and sneak out to see him'. So that's exactly what I did that night, though I'm not very sure if… Troy and I are officially back together.
Nana had made it very clear that as soon as Troy was back at his house, I could only go visit him from 11 am to 2 pm; I know! What the fuck? That's too little time! Sigh. But I do guess that I disserve it for being so stubborn and disobeying my nana for the first time in my whole life; I'm lucky that at least she gave me a couple of hours a day to go see him.
I climbed down my tree just the same way Troy had taught me to do a month ago and ran around the house to go take Luna out from the barn; since that time I rode her over to the Hospital… I hadn't been able to mount my bike again… well… more like I don't want to.
It took me less than 2 minutes to arrive to his house. I tied Luna to the tree that, curiously, was also growing under his window. I stood up over Luna's back slowly and then took a good hold from the nearest branch. I finished my way up and knocked on the window. It took three times for me to knock on it before he actually opened it for me.
He looked at me shocked and I waved at him happily "What the fuck, Gabriella…!" he whispered yelled as he reached over to grab me by the waist "What the fuck do you think you're fucking doing?" he kept on whisper yelling as he helped me climb up inside his window.
"I came to visit you!" I smiled as he rolled his eyes and closed his window.
"You could've hurt yourself!" he scolded me "It's my job to do the Romeo part, not yours!"
I giggled softly "Well… your leg is a total shit… so… for tonight, I'm your princess charming!" I winked at him, causing him to roll his eyes but chuckle lightly.
"You're so… stupid!" he smiled.
I shrunk my nose while smiling "I know" I giggled a little "Now… you mister need to go back to bed. You can't be standing up without your crutches!" I said as I lightly began pushing him back to his bed.
He chuckled as he stumbled back to bed and got inside the covers. I took my boots off and climbed in besides him, placing my arms around his torso as I rested my head over his rock-hard chest. He placed a hand over my arm and rubbed it lightly.
"Why the sudden visit?" he asked as he ran his fingers through my hair. It felt nice… and official couple or not… this moment couldn't be ruined by anything. "Not that I don't like having my baby Brie with me…" I perceived a smirk in his voice.
I shrugged my shoulders as I closed my eyes "I wanted to surprise you, I bet not many girlfriends climb up a tree to see her-" but I stopped myself as I realized what I was saying. I opened my eyes once again and looked up to see Troy's reaction; he was staring at me confused.
"What? Do I have monkeys on my face?" he raised an eyebrow.
I smiled and shook my head. I lifted myself up with an elbow and stared down at him.
"What are we exactly, Troy?" I asked, looking at him in the eye.
He frowned "What do you mean?"
"Are we back together? Are we just… friends with benefits? Are there… any strings attached?" I asked and he grinned up at me. He placed a strand of my hair behind my ear and he leaned in up to kiss me.
I closed my eyes as I felt his sweet lips over mine. I hadn't realized how much I had missed his kisses until now; so I let myself go. I let myself lay down over his chest as I kept on kissing him and my hands… slowly danced to burry themselves in his soft, shaggy hair.
I pulled back when air was needed and he smiled up at me with a loving smile.
"Be my girlfriend again…" he winked at me, causing my heart to skip a beat.
I felt a huge grin form in my lips as I nodded my head "I'd love to…"
Then he made our lips join again.
I pulled back and stared down at him; he was so handsome and I was just lucky to have him all for myself…
But… my job as a girlfriend…
"You know… Stanford has a really nice campus!" I smirked at him, emphasizing the word 'really'.
He rolled his eyes "And… here we go, again"
"Troy, come on! Think about all the big opportunities! Many guys would kill to have a place in Stanford!" I insisted.
"I know!" he sighed and smirked up at me "And much more would kill to have a girl like you…"
I rolled my eyes "Not quite, but whatever"
"Really!" he kept on smirking while rubbing my arms "I'm not letting an opportunity like this pass!"
"But… Stanford… me" I said moving my hands up and down as my elbows rested at each sides of Troy's torso, making the 'weight' win in Stanford's hand.
"Gabby, you're way much better than Stanford" he rolled his eyes as he took my hands and placed them over his heart "Now, would you please stop trying to convince me? It's not going to happen…'sides... I don't even have money to pay for it, it's too expensive"
I shrugged "You can get a scholarship…"
"No thank you…"
"Why not?" I whined "Please Troy…"
He shook his head "Nope"
I sighed "Fine…" Time to play my hidden card.
"Are you giving up?" his voice sounded hopeful. I rolled my eyes at that.
"No!" I smirked "You're living me no choice but to play my last card"
He raised his eyebrows "Oh really? Is it a Joker?"
I nodded "Pretty much…"
He smirked "Bring it on…"
"If you really loved me you would go to Stanford!" I smirked down at him and then shrugged "But I guess that I'm just a game to you…"
He raised his eyebrows at me again "Seriously, Gabriella?"
"Yes" I sighed 'sadly' "I guess I'm not important enough to even considering taking a request from me…" I said dramatically.
He glared at me "That's not funny…"
"I'm not trying to be funny…" I shrugged "Not my fault you find me only as a joke!"
He rolled his eyes "Now that's just out of line! You're being a drama queen!"
"Now you think I'm exaggerating?" I faked horror "That's it! We're through!" I rolled over and sat up, beginning to put my boots back on.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm leaving!" I stated dramatically and stood up, making my way to the window.
"Are you serious?" he practically yelled "You're going to leave only cuz I don't want to go to Stanford?"
I smirked to myself as I opened the window "I'm also dumping your ass!"
He groaned "Gabriella, this is very stupid! Get back here, you're going to break your neck and guess who'll have to pay for the hospital? That's right! Me! Because it's my tree!" I tried holding back my laughter; I had said the same thing when he kidnapped me that one time and took me to the hidden lake.
"Nope" I put the first leg out the window.
He groaned "Fine! Fine!" he sighed "I'd rather go to Stanford than seeing how you break your neck and being not able to run and stop it!"
I smirked to myself. Oh yeah! Girl Power! "Really?" I asked as I turned my head around, not being able to hide my grin. He narrowed his eyes at me.
"Yes!" he grumbled "Now get your pretty ass back here!"
I giggled and pulled my leg back in. I stood up and closed the window before jumping happily back to Troy's bed. I took off my boots and climbed back inside his sheets, resting my head on his shoulder and burying my face on the crook of his neck; I've found that place quite comfy recently.
"You're a manipulator!" he accused me as he wrapped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer. I shrugged.
"Why so much trouble in making me go to a school?"
I kissed his neck "It's my job as a girlfriend to make sure you make the right choices"
"Well… you shouldn't" he said "Plus, how do you even know that's a right choice?"
"I just know"
"So…" he started "What if I don't go to Stanford?"
I took my face out from his neck and stared at him frowning "I'm dumping your ass, mister!"
"Are you blackmailing me?" he raised an eyebrow.
I smirked "You don't leave me no choice" I shrugged "So… it's practically 'Me or U of A'… but in a more sane way…"
He narrowed his eyes at me "How's that even 'sane'?"
"I don't know… it just is!"
He rolled his eyes "This is sick. I don't think there's one girlfriend in the whole history of humanity blackmailing her boyfriend to stay away from her…"
I smirked "It happens all the time… but that's when the boyfriend is an ass and hits her or something…"
"But I don't hit you! So no need to keep me away!"
"Oh but you will, I just know it!" I smirked jokingly and he rolled his eyes.
"That's not funny…"
I shrugged "It is to me" I paused "So… are you going to Stanford?"
He sighed and closed his eyes. He brought his right hand up to his face and rubbed his eyes with his thumb and index finger. He opened his eyes and glared at me "Fine" he said.
I grinned and squealed a little, but not too loud so I wouldn't wake Lucille and Jack up. My boyfriend was going to Stanford! I threw my arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.
"Gabby, Gabby!" he chuckled "You're suffocating me!"
I pulled back and kissed his lips "I'm sorry!"
He smiled and placed a strand of hair behind my ear, making me blush "Don't worry" he sighed "So… Stanford?"
I nodded "Yup! Isn't it exciting?"
He smiled "Yeah… it kind of is; though… I'm going to be very far away from you…"
I rolled my eyes "Don't be silly… we'll work it out somehow!"
"Yeah…" he said "We will…"
**zv**
It's been around 2 weeks now and today was my first day of school. I walked through the hallways of my new school and everyone was looking at me like if I were some kind of… psycho that escaped from a mad house. Was it that I wasn't used to wearing anything more than a uniform and my normal clothes were ugly? Or was it only because I was the new girl? Have no freaking idea, but… this is uncomfortable.
I walked over to the main office to pick up my schedule and my locker combination. A slim, tall lady with oval glasses was standing behind a desk, she had an 'I really don't want to be here' or an 'I have PMS, stay away!' face. I approached her and smiled politely.
"Hi! My name is—"
"Ms. Montez" she made a weird gesture with her face; was that a smile? "We were waiting for you. Here's you're schedule and this is your locker combination. Nº 214" she 'smiled' again "Have a nice day, if you need any orientation…. Yeah… don't ask me it…" she mumbled the last part and turned around. I raised my eyebrows. Nice lady.
I sighed as I exited the main office just to bump into another body, spilling the coffee over the pink shirt she was wearing. My mouth hung open and a gasp came out
"Oh my God! I'm so sorry!" I exclaimed as I took a tissue from my purse and began cleaning it.
"No, no…" she said "It's okay, really…" she pushed my hands away and I looked up at her; she was smiling "Don't rub… you'll make it worse"
"I'm really sorry!" I apologized again "I should've been more careful!"
She rolled her eyes "Don't worry. This shirt is from last season, I was going to throw it away anyways" she took out her hand "I'm Sharpay Evans…"
I smiled softly and took her hand "Gabriella Montez…"
She smiled "Oh right! The New York girl, right? You're my new neighbor!"
"Yup, that's me!"
"Awesome!" she exclaimed "Well, let me show you around the school. Who's your homeroom teacher?"
"Uh…" I checked my schedule "Ms. Darbus" and suddenly I had to cover my ears cuz an unnatural squeal came out from her lips. Everyone in the hallway complained.
"YOU'RE IN MY HOMEROOM!" she clapped her hands. I had to giggle at that.
"Well… that's cool… I won't have too much trouble in finding it then" I smiled.
She smiled "Well that's kind of duh!" she rolled her eyes and then snapped my schedule from my hands "Let me see your schedule!"
"Sure… go… ahead" wow… this girl is very hyper.
"Well… we have Biology, Literature, Math and Health class together!" she squealed again, returning me my now crumbled schedule.
"Awesome…" I smiled "You'll be my tour guide, right?" I joked.
"Sure!" she smiled "First stop… your locker! You're practically falling down!" she giggled and took half of the books in my arms. I smiled; kind of a Looney… but… she's nice.
"So… Gabby, you don't mind me calling you Gabby, right?" she asked as we began walking down the hallway.
"No, everyone calls me Gabby…" I smiled.
"Cool! So, Gabby… how was your summer?"
I sighed sadly as Troy crossed my mind; gosh how much I miss him "It was awesome. Too bad it ended so soon"
She smirked "I see. What's his name?" I looked at her shocked. How the- "Don't look at me like that! I'm Sharpay Michelle Evans… I know everything" she smirked "And I'm an expert in that 'I'm so in love!' kind of look. Now tell me what his name is!"
I blushed a little "His name is Troy…"
"Hot name!"
"And hot boy…" we both giggled.
We kept on walking and laughing till we reached my locker. Sharpay helped me put my stuff in, but I kept my first period class material, which happens to be Biology; I love biology! Then I followed her around the hallways till we reached my new homeroom; it was so weird seeing so many boys gathered around in one little classroom! Heck! I haven't even seen boys interact with girls like that… or… make out like that!
"Girls school?" Sharpay raised her eyebrows at me and I stared at her shocked. She shrugged "Told you I knew everything. Don't worry… you'll get used to it…"
"Seeing couples make out… or your capacity of reading minds?" I asked jokingly as we sat down at the back; wow… I've never sat down at the back part of a classroom before, I was usually the nerdy girl who sits in front and raises her hand with each question the teacher asks… yeah… I'm hoping I can change that.
"Both…" she giggled "Now keep telling me about this Troy guy! Is he hot? Is he tall? Is he fat?"
I laughed "Hot, tall, blue eyed, brown hair, huge biceps and incredible six-pack!" I grinned and she glared at me.
"Lucky bitch!"
I laughed and grinned "I know…"
I kept telling Sharpay about my summer romance with Troy, from the moment we met… to the moment he first kissed me to when he went to the hospital to a couple days ago when I last saw him.
"But Stanford is very far!" she… kind of whined "Why couldn't you just play dumb and let him come to U of A? I would've met him!"
I giggled "Sometimes Shar, you do stuff you don't want to for the one you love…"
She rolled her eyes "Yeah right! I still think you're very stupid for forcing him to go!"
I smiled; she clearly hasn't had the kind of love me and Troy have… she would've done the same if she were in my shoes. I was about to reply to her when my phone vibrated in my back pocket.
"One sec!" I held up my index finger to Sharpay and took out my cell phone; Troy's name appeared on the screen and I couldn't help but smile happily. I pressed the green button and brought the phone to my ear.
"Hello?"
"How's my little Brie?" Troy's voice sounded in the other end and my smile grew bigger… if possible.
"Hi Troy!" I greeted him "I'm fine, and you?" I looked over at Sharpay who had a…'squealing' face on as she batted her hands in front of her face. I giggled a little.
"I'm fine… missing you terribly, though" he said.
I smiled sadly "I miss you too. How's Stanford?"
"You know… big" he chuckled and I rolled my eyes; typical Troy… unwilling to give real details.
"I kind of know that. I meant how your teachers and classmates and stuff are"
He chuckled "Babe, I just arrived… all I can tell you is that…. It's big…"
I sighed "Well, in that case you need to call me later, cuz I want to know everything about your day!"
"Yes mommy…"
I narrowed my eyes "Do not roll your eyes at me. Oh by the way! Call your mother!"
He laughed "Alright. I love you…"
"I love you too. Take care, don't forget to eat your lunch and… I'll be waiting for your call…"
"Alright, I will. Call you later babes…"
"Bye…" I smiled.
"Bye…" then we both hung up. I looked up at Sharpay who had an 'aw' face now.
"You're like… like… a real couple!" she clapped her hands "You even remind him to eat his lunch!"
I laughed "If I don't, then who will?"
"True" she nodded "Men needs us!" we both laughed.
**zv**
The bell rang signaling last period had ended. I sighed tiredly as I closed my Chemistry book and shoved it inside my bag. God, all I want to do is go home, eat whatever my mom left in the microwave and take a long, hot shower. I stood up and walked down the hallway to my locker where I found Sharpay and my other new friend: Kelsi, who I met in lunch when I sat with Shar and other two boys: Jason and Zeke, leaning against the lockers. I walked up to them and smiled as I opened my locker.
"Hey girls, what's up?"
They smiled "Hi Gabby!"
"Want to come to my place?" Sharpay asked "Every Monday we come to my place… and every Friday we go to Kelsi's. Want to join us?"
I smiled "Sure! Why not? My mom isn't coming home till 9pm"
"Then settled!" Sharpay squealed and clapped her hands.
I giggled as I closed my locker and leaned against it. Suddenly my phone vibrated in my back pocket just like that morning and I took it out. Once again Troy's name appeared on the screen and I didn't hesitate to answer.
"Well that took you long enough, busy first day?" I asked smiling really big.
I heard Troy's glorious chuckle in the other side of the phone "Yeah… pretty much. How was your first day?"
"Pretty awesome… I made friends fast. You?" I looked up at Sharpay who was grinning insanely at me and I raised an eyebrow at her. Kelsi giggled and shook her head at Sharpay's behavior.
"With all the things I've been doing… I barely got to socialize with my new classmates… and most of them were stuck ups!"
I giggled "I'm sure they're nice people once you get to know them…"
He scoffed "Yeah right…"
"Really! Trust me… you'll love it by the end of this week…"
"My lady wishes to make a bet?"
"Yes please!" I giggled "And erase that smirk from your face…"
He chuckled "How come you know me so well?"
"I don't know…"
I looked up at the girls once again and I noticed that Sharpay's 'excited' expression, if we could call it that, changed when her eyes widened and her jaw dropped till the floor. I frowned at her confused and slightly worried.
"Shar?" Kelsi waved her hand in front of her face "You okay?"
She blinked, snapping out of her trance a bit "Yeah… uhmm… Gabby?"
"Hold on Troy…" I said into the phone.
"Sure babes…"
I placed my hand on top of the speaker and looked at Sharpay with a questioning look "What?"
She blinked twice "You said that your boyfriend has brown hair, blue eyes and… has a casted leg, right?"
I frowned at her confused "Yes, why?"
"Uhmm…" she raised her hand and pointed behind me. I turned around confused and I became just as shocked as Sharpay was. Holly…
"Troy?" I asked as he approached stumbling and with a yellow rose in his hand and snapping his phone shut; he has never looked so magnificent before.
"Hi Brie…" he smiled. I blinked shocked.
"I-I… what are you doing here?"
He shrugged as he handed me the rose "I had a break so I decided to come see you…"
I kept on blinking shocked and confused "H-how? Why the fuck…? How did you…? How long is your break?"
He chuckled "Like two hours…"
I narrowed my eyes at him "Did you take an airplane just to come see me?"
He smirked "No… just a cab…"
"How the hell did a cab brought you all the way from Stanford to East High?"
He shrugged "Maybe my school is closer than you think…"
I looked at him very confused "Troy… Stanford is thousands of miles away; tell me how the fuck that's close!"
He chuckled as he took a strand of my hair and twirled it around his finger; he's been doing that a lot lately.
"You're a little slow, aren't you baby?" he smirked.
I glared at him "You have five seconds to explain to me what's going on!"
"U of A…" he grinned.
My jaw fell down till it almost reached the floor, my eyes widened like plates and I dropped my phone and rose as I analyzed the simple words he said and tried finding a meaning to them. He chuckled at my face and kissed the top of my head.
"You seriously thought I would give in to a useless threat?" he raised his eyebrows as his grin became into a mocking smirk. Oh yeah… that made it. I felt the blood boiling in my veins as I looked up at him and my fists clenched.
"You, Troy Alexander Bolton, are in huge trouble…" he took a small step back with an amused smile on.
"Yeah… we have to go…" I heard Kelsi begin.
"No we don't…" Sharpay concluded; though I couldn't really pay attention since I was slowly formulating a plan in my head to murder my boyfriend for lying to me. I took a step closer to him and he raised his hands up in defense.
"Ga-Gabby… sweetie…" he stuttered nervously as he kept stumbling backwards
"How… dare you… lie to me…?" I asked angrily as I stalked him "How the hell… you got the nerve to lie to me, to fool me? Do you think I'm stupid? Huh? Is that what you think, Bolton?"
"N-no… NO!" he exclaimed "N-nothing like that! I was just trying to get you off of my back" he said.
"What?" Did he really just say that?
"No! Wait! No! That didn't come out right!" he shook his hands at me as I kept on stalking him "Please Gabs! Let me explain… re-remember I have a cast! I'm injured!"
I laughed sarcastically "Right! That won't save you, baby…" I glared at him.
**zv**
"Well… that didn't go as I expected…" Troy chuckled.
I sighed as I applied more Vaseline in Troy's eyelid wound. He winced a little.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" I apologized.
He sighed "Baby, you had apologized like 500 times and it wasn't even your fault that that locker was on my way when I dodged your punch…"
Yup… I was so angry that I tried punching my boyfriend and when he dodged it, he accidentally smashed his head against a locker; bad timing of that girl to open it in that exact same moment.
I sighed "I know… but I'm still very sorry that you got hurt because of me…"
He smiled as he took my free hand "But here you are, curing my wounds like always…"
After I saw the blood, the first thing that crossed my mind was to take him to the nurse, but I wasn't so sure what would happen since he isn't a student at East High. So I took an old piece of Kleenex from my purse and pressed it against his eye and led him over to my new car; I learned how to drive a couple of days ago. I brought him home, after all, my mom would be home late… and I could really use the company.
I smiled at him sweetly as I took the Band-Aid from the coffee table and pressed it gently against the wound. I leaned forward and kissed the top of it.
"There..."
He smiled and leaned in to kiss my lips. It was a short, quick but loving peck, and then he rested his forehead against mine and held my hands in his "I'm truly sorry that I lied to you…"
I looked down to our interlaced hands and then up to him "I know…" I smiled "I kinda forgave you when I realized that I almost punched you…"
He chuckled "You have to admit that you would've done the same if you were me. I know you, Brie…"
I rolled my eyes but smiled "Yeah… I would have"
"See?" he kissed my nose, causing me to blush.
I giggled "Yeah… like if I would ever listen to you in that kind of stuff…"
He glared at me for a while but then smirked "One day baby… you'll see… you just wait for it!"
I laughed "Yeah right… Do you want to bet?" I asked as I pulled away from his forehead and raised an eyebrow at him.
He chuckled "You're on! We have the rest of our lives to figure that out!"
I laughed and smirked "Let's just pretend that I actually agree to spend the rest of my life with you…"
He smirked "alright…. let's just pretend that you just accepted to be my lawful wedded wife till death does us apart…"
I laughed "Where's my ring, hubby?"
He pursed his lips for a moment but then smirked as he began taking his graduation ring off. My eyes widened; oh fuck… tell me he won't-
"Here's your ring…" he took my hand and slid it in. I stared at it in shock and then up to Troy.
"Troy… this… is like your favorite ring!" I exclaimed "Why the hell are you giving it to me?"
He shrugged "I just feel like it. But promise to take good care of it; look at it… as… if it were my heart" he smiled. "Though you already know you own it…"
I smiled at him as I felt the tears starting to form in my eyes "Thank you, Troy… I promise I'll always take care of it…"
He smiled "I know" he chuckled "Now let's just pretend you're about to kiss me…"
I giggled "Alright!"
I leaned in just as Troy did, when our lips were just about to meet, I pulled back and stood up before running away to the backyard.
"Hey!" Troy yelled behind me. I suddenly began hearing footsteps stumbling behind me as I tried finding a place where to hide; I squealed when I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist from behind and lifting me up. Troy spun me around and then set me back to my feet. I giggled as I turned around in his arms and I smirked at him.
"You know that wasn't fair…" he pouted.
I laughed and shrugged "We were just pretending that we were about to kiss…"
He raised an eyebrow "Alright" he smirked "In that case give me back my ring"
My eyes widened "What? No! It's mine now!"
He grinned "Then kiss me…" he ordered.
I rolled my eyes but then smiled as I took his face between my hands and pecked his lips sweetly multiple times. He rested his forehead against mine and he held me tightly against his chest. I still haven't gotten used to the feeling he gives me… but I do guess we have a lot of time left…
I wished I could tell that we did have our happily ever after, but I can't tell you that since our story isn't finished yet…
Let's just pretend that we did… we did have our happily ever after.
The End.
Thank you to all of you my incredible fans…
I hoped you liked this suckish story and that you liked the last chap. I tried to make it longer this time ;)
My next story will be out when my tests are done!
Peace out my friends!
Lots of love,
Mary…
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