A/N: WARNING: This Chapter contains sexual content. Read with causion.
Chapter 36 –
The three of them arrived at the house a day later. No one outside of Jade, theirparents and Neo knew where it was. Sharpay looked at it and smiled. It was a little house on a
hill over looking a lush vineyard. It was wonderful.
"You approve chère?" He asked knowing full well that she did from her smile.
"Yes, it's gorgeous." She looked at the door. "Can we go in now?"
Troy smiled and handed her the keys. She unlocked it and they walked in.
It was warm and cosy. Sharpay loved it on sight. "Oh Troy it's lovely." She wandered through exploring every room. It was a lot bigger inside than it looked outside. Sharpay went back to Troy and hugged him. "It's great, I'll go and get unpacked." Sharpay walked into what she presumed to be their bedroom. On the bed were her and Troy bags. She started unpacking
and hung up the clothes. It looks like our luck is about to change. Sharpay smiled at the thought.
The next five weeks, Troy and Sharpay spent all their time together talking and redoing parts of the house. Troy amazed her again with a new talent. He was just as handy with a
hammer and nails as he was with the piano.
Sharpay was very impressed. "Troy, how did you have time to learn how to do that?" He and Jade brought the bookcase he made into the living room.
He shrugged. "I learned it on the vineyard with my papa."
Sharpay brought out the meal she prepared for them. They sat and ate and talked. Things were going well. Sharpay was recovering quickly and they were sure that they were secluded from the rest of the world. It was great not to have to hide and constantly look over her shoulder.
Jade travelled back and forth bringing them news of what was going on. He handed them a newspaper. On the cover was a picture of Troy with a big question mark over it. The
headline read: Bolton's Disappearing Trick. Troy shook his head and opened it up. Inside were pictures of her and Troy rushing past the photographers at the hospital. According to the
article, they had made a clean disappearance. No one had any clue as to their whereabouts. They did know about the baby though and the accident, though. Troy scowled as He crumpled it up and threw it aside.
"I hate reporters."
Jade gave Sharpay a bunch of letters from her friends. She went through and read them out loud one by one.
Troy sat and listened to them smiling. "You have such good friends chère. They're very sweet."
"Yeah, they're great." She felt a little sad.
"Come here chère." Troy saw the look on her face. "I know it's hard. You must miss them so much, non?"Sharpay sat in his lap. "Yes, I do."
"As soon as this whole thing is over we'll go back. I promise." He hugged her to him.
"I know. I guess I'm just a little homesick. I never thought I'd say this but I miss the craziness of Rez." She shook her head unbelievably.
"Chère, it's completely understandable." He kissed her cheek. "I'm even starting to miss performing. And you know how tired I was of that."
Jade shook his head. "You two even get sad at the same time."
They laughed.
Jade smiled. "You are so good together." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny tape. "Here are your phone messages."
Troy took it and slipped it into a player and turned it on. There was message after message from Gabriella, Taylor and Kelsi. They were complaining about each other and looking for advice and generally whining about missing her.
Sharpay shook her head. "I think I'm over my homesickness thing."
Troy smiled and punched her lightly in the shoulder. "Sharpay, be nice."
There was one from Fabienne wishing them well and there was one from Sabine, cursing them for sending the cops.
They all shared an exasperated look over that one. Then they heard the last message. It was that voice again.
I see you still haven't learned your lesson. You can't hide from me. You'd better watch out
because if you think that little accident that your precious girlfriend had was bad, then you're
going to hate this. There was a pause. Oh so sorry to hear about the baby.
The message ended there.
Troy looked furious, the look in his eyes even gave Troy the chills. She knew if that he could have gotten his hands on the caller right now, whoever it was, they didn't stand a chance.
Sharpay was just as angry. She had never heard the voice before but now that she had she wanted revenge. She couldn't believe that anyone would use their pain to taunt them. Troy
ripped the tape out of the machine and handed it to Jade. "Take it to the police in Paris." Jade took it and nodded gravely. "I will be back soon." He put on his coat and walked
to the front door.
Troy nodded. He walked him to the door and locked it behind him. He turned back to find that Sharpay still sat in the chair; rigid and seemingly staring off into space. "Chère. Sharpay, are you alright?" He came up behind her and put his hands on her shoulders.
Her entire body started to shake. Not out of fear but out of anger. Someone was playing games with their lives and because of it they had lost their child. Whoever it was, was going to
pay dearly.
"Sharpay, sweetheart. Look at me."
She hadn't noticed it but Troy had kneeled in front of her and was holding her face with both hands. Sharpay focussed on him. "I want this ended. I want who ever is doing this to us to be punished. Severely." Her voice was quiet but the way that she said the words had chills running down his spine. He had never heard her more angry or more serious.
Troy knew how she felt. But now wasn't the time to be loosing their heads. He pulled her rigid body to his and held her. "They will chère. They will." He rested his head on hers and
closed his eyes. He wanted this nightmare to be over. He opened them again when he felt her hand clutch his shirt. Troy looked at her. She looked both angry and terrified at the same time. He felt a primal need to protect and comfort her. He put his finger under her chin and tipped her head up to face him. Lightly, Troy kissed her eyes, her nose and then he gently caressed her lips with his own.
Sharpay fear and anger slowly ebbed away. She closed her eyes and let herself drown in the sensations that washed over her. Ever since she left the hospital, Troy treated her like
glass. It was almost like he was afraid she would break if he touched her. He still showed her he loved her other ways, a look, a touch, but right now Sharpay needed more. She needed to forget what was happening for a little while. Sharpay deepened the kiss. She held him to her when he tried to pull back. A confused moan rumbled in his chest.
Troy responded to her fervent kiss. He felt her raw need and met it with his own. Troy had tried to control himself around her since she left the hospital. Even though he knew that she
had recovered from her injuries, Troy wasn't quite sure how to approach her. So he kept his distance, he didn't think he could handle it if he hurt her. He felt bad enough as it was. She told him that she didn't blame him for what happened but he blamed himself. He knew that if he hadn't been so weak, she wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place. But now he couldn't hold himself back, it had been so long since they were together and the way that she was kissing him had his body screaming for her. If she needed to find solace in his arms then he would give it to her.
Sharpay pulled Troy's sweater off and smoothed her hands over his chest. She slid her hands over every muscle revelling the feel of his hard body. Spurred on by his groans, Sharpay
slid,and kissed his body,Troy tried to pull her up to him but she pushed his hands away. She looked up at him through her lashes and smiled wickedly.
Pleasure streaked through his body at the fleeting contact. Troy thought his knees were going to give out. He moaned and picked her up. He kissed her neck as he carried her to their
bed. Quickly, he removed all of Sharpay's clothes a gazed lovingly at her body. He knelt at the foot of the bed and started nibbling on her toes. He kissed and ran his tongue over her skin on his way up her body. His smiled when he felt her shivering with pleasure. The fevered pitch of the need going through his body was overwhelming. Troy needed to love her and have her love him in return.
Sharpay arched herself against him, letting him know just how much she wanted him. Troy held himself back, she could feel it. In one swift movement he was beneath her. Sharpay
kissed his chest, letting her hair trail lightly over him. Gently she took him into her.
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Jade returned a few days later. He told them that the police were on it and they were analyzing the tape as they spoke. "They will contact you as soon as the find anything."
Sharpay felt a little better after hearing the news. They were getting closer to having this whole thing sorted out. She was also relieved now that she and Troy were back to normal. They were no longer holding anything back. It was fantastic. Everything seemed to be going in the right direction.
Troy and Sharpay busied their days with simple things like chores and housework. It somehow made her feel normal again and distracted her from the things that had happened.
Late one afternoon, there was a call on Troy's cell phone. "Allô?" Troy answered. "Hi Neo. How are things?" He paused. Troy sat on the couch, brow creased.
Sharpay sat down next to him and put her hand on his knee. Something was up.
"Oui. Oui. I'll be there as soon as I can." He hung up and looked at Sharpay. "I have some good news and I have some not so good news."
Sharpay nodded. "What's up?."
"Well the police have a lead on who's out to get us." He looked grim.
"And the bad news?" Sharpay knew what was coming.
"I have to go to Paris to talk to them." He shrugged helplessly. "We can't risk letting anyone know where we are, chère."
"I know, Troy." It didn't make her feel any better though. "Can't you wait a little while? Just until Jade gets back?" He had gone into town to get some food and Sharpay was still
uneasy about being left alone, especially when it was getting dark.
"I have to go now if I hope to get there before dark." He looked at her. "I'll be back as soon as I can." He kissed her and put on his coat and shoes. "Jade should be back in a few
minutes." He wasn't sure if he should leave her, but at that moment Jade walked in the door.
"Hi." He looked at their faces and put the bags he was holding down. "What's going on?" Troy quickly filled him in while he got his coat and shoes.
"Go, I'll stay here with Sharpay."Troy kissed her again. "I'll be back soon." He patted Jade on the back and walked out the door.
"Looks like it's just the two of us eh?" Sharpay looked at Jade and smiled.
He helped her put the groceries away and clean up the house. They were talking and doing dishes when they heard a clanging sound from outside. They looked at each other. Jade
put down the towel he held and walked to the door. And peeked out the window looking for any sign of an intruder. He couldn't see anything. He turned to Sharpay, "I have to go see. I'll be back in a second."
Sharpay turned to him. "Jade be careful."
He nodded. "Lock the door behind me. I have my key. If I'm not back in five minutes call the police."
Sharpay nodded. He walked out and Sharpay locked the door behind him. She stood in the middle of the living room listening for any sounds. She heard absolutely nothing. But she was stillfearful. She wished she hadn't let Jade go investigate. "Jade, where are you?"
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Sharpay's eyes widened. "Who is it!" She looked around the room for a weapon.
"Fabienne!" It came as a muffled cry from the other side of the door.
Sharpay let out a sigh of relief. It was just Fabienne. Then it hit her. Fabienne? What was she doing here? She wasn't even supposed to know where they were. Neo must have told
her where they were.
"What do you want?" Sharpay wasn't sure if she should open the door or not.
"It's Troy! Something's happened to him! He told me to come get you!" She sounded frantic.
A/N: Hey guys so we're getting close to the end here, I appreciate all the reviews and I apologize for been such a bad updater. I'll try to get the end up as soon as possible!! Who do you think might be the one after Troy and Sharpay?