Chapter Nineteen: Monday Surprise Part 2

"No. Troy. Don't." She whispered.

Troy wasn't going to take that for an answer. He knew he loved her and he wasn't going to deny it anymore.

No matter what he was going to win her heart. Even if she does everything she can to try and not love him.

He wasn't going to give up. If it was obvious to everyone that they had something going on then why couldn't they? She seemed to like spending time with him and he hell loved being with her. Last night when

he couldn't sleep because she wasn't next to him anymore, it was clear.

"No." Troy mouthed pulling her close to him.

"Troy." She hissed trying to keep her lips close.

He didn't hesitate. He pulled her in for a kiss. He knew everyone was watching, even if he had his eyes close. He felt Sharpay respond right away. That made him devour her more.

The teacher didn't even notice. He didn't care.

Sharpay eventually tried to back away, but Troy held her still. He didn't want to let go just yet. He finally did when he was running out of breath and when he heard Chad yell:

"DUDE!"

"Hmm." She closed her eyes letting go of Troy.

She tried her best to not enjoy the kiss and to back away from him. But it didn't work. She just wanted to stay in the same position and never break away. She wanted to break the kiss though because Ryan was right in front of them watching it and so was the rest of the class! Troy refused to let her go and continued the kiss--she couldn't resist. She was glad when he pulled apart catching his breath. She turned around and found everyone's eyes glued on them. The rumors are just going to go flying off now. Nothing she could say would make everyone believe her that she and Troy were not together. Nothing. They all saw it and she knew she wouldn't be able to convince them that it wasn't true. No way.

"Troy..." She finally spoke sitting back on her chair still holding onto his hand.

"I'm--I'm sorry." He mumbled.

He knew she didn't want to do it, but he couldn't help it. Ryan suggested it and he wanted to do it. He thought about how he should have done it when they were alone, maybe he would have had a better chance with her. Now he wasn't sure what she was thinking. But she said his name still with that sweet melody--only out of breath.

"No--you don't have to be...Just--"

"You want to deny that too, Sharpay?" Ryan smirked.

Only this time he was in a better mood. He just wanted his sister to admit things to him. Sharpay dropped her face at his reaction. What was he thinking now? Her face dropped from a serious look to a lost look. Ryan was so unpredictable. A minute ago he was being strange and mean and now he was in his own world not even showing any facial expressions. Troy walked over towards his basketball friends and tried to talk to them. But they only shot him strange looks, though

Chad finally spoke to him--about Sharpay.

"What now?" He spoke coldly.

"What do you have against me?" Troy asked with an irritated voice.

"Just the fact that you won't admit things to us and you're hiding stuff from us." Zeke answered for Chad.

All of his friends nodded and looked his way.

"I'm not lying to you. We're not together--eventhoughiwishwewerenow." He mumbled at the end looking down.

"What?" Jason leaned in trying to hear him clearly.

"Nothing. Just nothing." He shook his head.

Chad did a boyish smirk towards him and laughed.

"What do you have against Sharpay?" Troy asked watching Chad laugh.

"Nothing. I just think she's the kind of girl who goes for the gold at school. I mean she doesn't seem to be the kind of girl who really falls in love. She just uses people for attention." Chad explained with hand gestures.

"She's not like that." Troy stated with a firm tone.

Chad just gave him the usual puzzle look and didn't bother to argue. He didn't have the rights to stop his best friend anyways and he really didn't care whom Troy went out with, as long as he wasn't making a fool of himself. He didn't care. It wasn't his business and he didn't want to get in the way, for once.

"I'm not stopping you man. You know her better than I do." Chad raised his head up to look at the ceiling.

Troy simply nodded and headed back to his seat where Sharpay and Ryan were talking—in normal tones. They were getting along again, it looked like it anyways. Troy could hear them talking about singing and something about dinner. He tried not to listen too much but it was too tempting. He was a curious person and he wanted to hear everyone. He did try not to though, but it never worked. It didn't matter anyway, it didn't sound like Ryan and Sharpay were talking about anything important. They just talked about usual stuff. Nothing new.

'I should ask her out. She likes me. Right? I think she does. What if she doesn't and slaps me? We are friends, kind a. She wouldn't do that. Do I know her well enough? If she lets me kiss her randomly—she should be fine with it. Unless if she only likes kissing me and not like me. That would be messed up. This is odd.' Troy rubbed his forehead making an uncomfortable look.

"NO! JUST GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Troy came back to his senses when he heard Sharpay yell.

He turned around to find Sharpay yelling at Chad for something. Chad just smirked at her and backed away. He walked over towards them to find out what was going on. Chad didn't say anything.

"What's up?" Troy asked oddly.

"She's—she doesn't like me, does she?" Chad questioned.

"I don't know. She's never said anything about you." Troy answered.

"Yeah, whatever. I think she was crying. You might…wanna…go after her." Chad trailed off watching Troy's worried expression.

'What now? She was fine a minute ago! Did Ryan say something? Or do something? Did I do something? What did I do? I didn't do anything! What's going on?' Troy thought walking towards the other side of the classroom where Sharpay was hugging Ryan.

He couldn't see her face, he could see Ryan though who had an unreadable look and he was really concern. Troy approached them and raised his eyebrow.

"What happened?" He asked hearing Sharpay cry.

Ryan just shook his head and patted Sharpay's back. She slowly moved away from Ryan and wiped her eyes. Troy got even more confused.

"What's going on?" He asked watching Sharpay hold onto Ryan.

"Family thing." Ryan answered with a sharp tone.

Troy nodded, even though he wasn't sure what Ryan was talking about, he figured it was best to stay out of their family lives. Unless if it was about their dad then he was going to step up.

"Is it something about your---dad?" He dropped his face in curiosity.

"No!" Sharpay cried.

Ryan let go of Sharpay and stared at her with a not so happy look.

"Why—what—how does he know?" Ryan asked with an angry tone again.

Sharpay stood up straight and shook her head. She didn't want to answer that and she wasn't in the mood to answer that.

The bell rang for class to be over. Soon everyone was out of the room and walking around the halls. But Troy remained in the room with Ryan and Sharpay. He wanted to know what was going on.

"I have physics next." Ryan said giving Sharpay a pat in the back.

"I have free period, I'll stay with her," Troy spoke.

Ryan gave him a suspicious look and left the room.

"What's wrong?" Troy moved closer to her.

He gave her a slight pat and she snapped at him.

"Leave me alone!"

Troy felt a weird feeling but ignored it.

"What's wrong?" He asked again.

Sharpay let out a cry and took a deep breath.

"My grandma died." She mumbled.

Troy felt himself spin around the room. That was a terrifying statement.

"Oh—I—I'm—I'm sorry." He said pulling her in for a hug.

"No… It's not your fault…I don't want to talk about it. Just leave me alone." She said calmly.

Troy nodded and followed her orders. He walked out of the room and over to his locker where he met up with Zeke and Jason.

"You okay—dude?" Jason asked patting Troy's shoulder.

He nodded and opened his locker door. He wasn't feeling bad; he just didn't know how he felt. He felt sorry for Sharpay yes, but then he remembered her telling him that she didn't like her grandma and that's why she didn't go with Ryan. So he didn't understand why she was crying. But then again, her grandma is part of her family. That he understood. He turned around to find Zeke and Jason gone. He didn't bother to look for them. He walked down the hall and stopped when he saw Sharpay walking over to him.

She wasn't crying anymore, but you could tell she was crying earlier.

"Are you o—"

He was cut off by Sharpay throwing her body onto him. When he thought that was strange enough—she looked at him lovingly in the eyes and gentle placed her lips against his. That took Troy in for a long spin. He felt himself go dizzy and yet he felt all the excitement inside. This was a different feeling. Even though it wasn't the first time they had kissed, this one was different, because Sharpay was the one who kissed him.

"Oh—wow." He said catching his breath.

Sharpay just smiled and hugged him tightly.

"Is—is everything okay?" He asked not understanding why she was suddenly so happy.

"Yeah. Yeah." She smiled letting go of him, though he wished she hadn't.

"What—what happened?" Troy asked her taking in her hand.

"Um—I…well…I realized though I've always thought my grandmother hated me because of my mom—she's in a better place now and I'm not going to cry around just because she never really cared for me. I don't need to do that." She explained.

Troy simply nodded.

"Hey, Troy?" She softly called.

He looked at her and kept his fingers locked in with her.

"Thanks for caring—and being there." She said in a sweet tone.

"No problem." Troy grinned.

"I have to go now…I want to go practice by myself." She smirked walking off.

Troy watched her leave and touched his lips with his finger.

"WATCH IT!" He heard Sharpay shout.

He laughed to himself and walked towards the gym.

"Same old Sharpay." He chuckled.

It's not over… Don't worry…. And Guess what?! I got a new computer! YAY! So I'll be able to update daily now—at least. Well I have to re-write the chapters I wrote before. But that's okay; I have them written on a piece of paper. All I got to do is type them. After school tomorrow it should be up. I'll work on it tonight so it'll be ready for you guys!