So, these next to chapters are going to be pretty intense. I just added another chapter into the mix that I had previously written.. and it was the first time I ever cried writing something. It literally touched my heart, so much. So the next chapter, except something else. It's going to intense. So... just warning you. It'll probably be up Thursday morning. :) But I hope you enjoy this chapter...
Troy's blue eyes scanned the crowded room for the familiar face of his best friend. She seemed to be missing.
The group of friends sat at the all too familiar lunch table. They were surrounded by the hundreds of other East High students. As the blue eyes looked around the crowded lunch room for his best friend, he noticed she wasn't there. This confused him.
Looking the in the direction of the dark skinned girl who was close friends with the Latina girl, he questioned her.
"Do you know where Gab is?" Troy's attractive voice filled the air, his blue eyes curious as they wondered where the beautiful brunette was. The dark skinned girl shook her head, the long curls that rounded her face moving with her head. He hadn't seen the tiny girl at all except for the few moments before homeroom where she rushed to get her calculus homework done. The captain knew not to bother the girl while she was struggling to get her homework done, especially calculus. He concluded in his head he would see Gabriella at lunch but he didn't. She didn't make an appearance. She hadn't been seen at lunch for the past couple of weeks. This began to make Troy wonder.
"I haven't seen her since biology," Taylor answered the blue eyed beauty, sending him into a bit on confusion. Where could she be?
"Yeah, me either," The angelic voice of Marissa filled the ears of her boyfriend. She also shared this class with the smart Latina. His curious eyes looked to his left to see the emerald orbs of his girlfriend connect with his cobalt. A small smile spread across his face as he made eyes bore into hers. The simple words that left her mouth seemed perfect in Troy's ears.
"Thanks," He said softly, leaning down to place a small kiss on the forehead of the female he had called his girlfriend for about six months. The lips of the basketball player seemed to linger on the forehead for a moment. The girl who was placed under them sighing a little at the touch of the boy.
"Hoops, I think I saw her go into the library before lunch," The sapphire eyes shot up automatically, recognizing the voice of his best guy friend and fellow basketball player. He looked in the direction of his bushy haired friend, Chad.
"Thanks dude," Standing up from the table that the group of friends was stationed at, Troy straightened the flannel shirt he had put on that morning. "I'm gonna go see if she wants my tuna sandwich," Grabbing the sandwich from the brown paper bag his mom had packed him. The basketball player cranked his neck down slightly, kiss the girl with emerald eyes on the lips softly.
Almost as a reflex the blonde that sat across from the couple let out a sound. A sound that resembled someone throwing up, going unnoticed by the blue eyed beauty. She literally felt bile moving up in her throat seeing the boy her best friend loved kissing someone who she felt didn't deserve it. Not that she didn't like Marissa, cause she did. She thought she was a sweet girl, she just didn't like her dating Troy.
A narrowed eyed look was shot in the direction of the drama queen from the dark skinned boy who was at the right of the basketball captain. Chad sent a warning look Sharpay, which made the girl roll her dark brown eyes.
Chad knew the extent of why Sharpay had been acting so coldly to the couple simply because the only person who didn't seem to know the feelings Gabriella had for Troy was Troy himself. Chad had always tried to help Gabriella, dropping slight hints at his best friend, before the captain started dating Marissa. His attempts hadn't worked.
"Whatever," The blonde muttered, crossing her manicured hands over her chest, her brown eyes glaring at the dark skinned basketball player.
"Shut up," He growled lightly, giving the girl a light kick under the table. This caused the narrowed eyes to flare in rage.
"Ouch, you prick!" Exclaimed the blonde that sat across from the bushy haired athlete. . The brown eyes glared at each other, catching the attention from the others who sat at the table.
"Sorry Ice Princess, didn't mean to kick you," The basketball player said through gritted teeth, flashing the actress a fake smile. Though the basketball player and drama queen were close friends, they were known to bicker back and forth. A smirk formed on the face of Chad.
"Whatever Danforth," She scoffed, flipping her dangerously long hair over her shoulder in a dramatic manner.
"I'll catch you guys later," The blue eyed beauty waved to the table in the middle of the lunch room where their group of friends gathered everyday, indicating he was going to head to the library where the small Latina spent most of her days now, studying away.
A few goodbyes were said to the captain, while the blonde who was still disgusted by the couple murmured a brief see ya towards the young Bolton.
The jean clad figure made his way down the red and white halls of East High, looking for a certain brown hair beauty that he had the pleasure of calling his best friend. The giant doors to the library were closed.
The blue eyes peaked into the windows, quickly scanning the room for the girl. He spotted her hunched over a book he imagined was her AP calculus book she seemed to worship. His free hand opened the door, while the other was held by the tuna sandwich he was going to offer his best friend.
"Hey book worm," The athlete softly said approaching Gabriella. The boy received many looks from the people who chose to spend their time in the giant East High library. Pulling herself away from the book she was captivated in, her sad brown eyes looked at the boy in the plaid shirt that was making his way over to her tiny figure.
A small smile crossed her lips, as she looked in the direction of the boy, her lips mouthed a quick hello and she returned to the book that sat upon the small table. Unknowingly being attractive, Troy took a seat on the corner of the table Gabriella had been seated in. Her mind wondering off the many things the two teenagers could engage in. Her mind being filled with pictures of the basketball player's hands gripped tightly on her round bottom, as her thin legs would be wrapped around his thick torso. She imagined her body being touched by his smooth hands. As her mind began to wonder she was pulled from her thoughts as his sweet voice filled her ears.
"My mom packed me an extra sandwich. It's tuna," The voice of the basketball player sang to the girl, unknowingly taunting her as sat still in her seat, mortified. Food, her body begged. She ignored it.
"I'm not hungry," She lied, avoiding the stare that Troy had been sending her way. Gabriella couldn't remember the last time she felt full. She couldn't remember the last time she enjoyed anything she ate. She couldn't remember the last time she sat down at dinner with her dad, not worrying about how she was going to expel the food that would be basically forced down her throat, out of her body.
"Common Gabs, you have to be starving," The basketball player edged on, pushing the bagged sandwich in the direction of the small brunette. She was. She was starving. She wanted nothing more than to shove the entire sandwich into her mouth and devoir it all. But she didn't, she wouldn't.
"I'm fine," She said quietly, turning a single page in the book that she seemed to captivated in, still avoiding the beautiful gaze that Troy had been sending his best friend. As Gabriella lied to the boy she loved, the sandwich had been placed down next to her shaking figure. It was still taunting her. The tiny hand of the girl pushed the food in the direction of the basketball captain, indicating she didn't want the delicious lunch Lucille had prepared for Troy.
"Damn it, Gabriella. Just eat it," The voice of the beautiful boy said a bit harsh towards the Latina, demanding she take the sandwich.
"K, Carlos." Gabriella muttered in the direction of the boy who had been acting as though he was her father. Snap. The rubber band that was attached to her wrist hit her soft skin with force as she read the book that sat in front of her.
The disorder seemed to take over her body. Her hair lost it's beautiful shine. Her skin paler than ever. She wasn't the normal lively Gabriella everyone knew. She was sucked into the disorder. It consumed her. There wasn't a Gabriella anymore. Just the Gabriella the disorder created.
For the first time, the brown met the blue. As Gabriella attempted to be sucked in the by the beauty of his blue eyes. She failed. The windows of his soul seemed to open her heart. His eyes pierced her soul. The once angry demanding eyes softened as he looked at the beautiful brunette. The beautiful orbs filled with worry.
"Are you okay, Gab? You look really pale," The warm hand connected with the side of the face of the Latina. It sent shivers down her sickly spine. She needed the warmth. Anything from Troy.
"I'm fine," The weak voice called, leaning into the warm hand that was placed on her cheek. The thumb that rested softly against her cold skin gave her a reassuring rub.
"Are you sure?" His voice was low as it was laced with something Gabriella hadn't seen from Troy in a while. Worry.
"Of course," She lied, nodding towards the towering figure. She wasn't okay. But to her, she was thin. To her, she was something that she's always wanted to be. She just wanted to be beautiful, that's all.
Troy knew something was wrong with the girl he called his best friend. He knew something wasn't right anymore, and he was going to figure it out, if it was the last thing he ended up doing. His best friend wasn't there anymore. His best friend didn't exist anymore in the body that was now fragile.