A/N: Okay, you guys are sooo awesome! I got nineteen reviews for my last chapter! That is insane! That's four more than the chapter before that! Thanks to my new reviewers: troyella kind of girl////////, Diana, allie, and Elisa! And thanks to my regular reviewers!
xo-MidnightSun-ox - Don't be mad yet! Rayner is a good guy!
troyella kind of girl - no, they're not going to be a couple.
Zanessa Fan - don't worry, you'll be unconfused when you read this chapter.
SimplyMarvy - Sharpay's not mean to Troy. It's all part of the plan.
lol925 - Sharpay's plan will work! I'll make it work! I'm the author!
lArKA52 - yeah, this is Troyella. and there are a couple more chapters to come.
Elisa - thanks! glad you like it! Sharpay is helping them so don't worry.
Anyway, here's the next chapter. I'm sorry if you guys think it's kinda rushed but it's the best thing I could think of. So, here it is!
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To Kiss Or Not To Kiss
Chapter 13: What Have I Done?
Troy saw Gabriella in the arms of another man, their lips a few inches apart. He couldn't take it so he drops his bouquet of flowers and walks off, away from everybody. He went outside and sat on one of the benches, trying to compose himself but failed. He was crying harder than he ever did.
What was I thinking? She would never love me like that. I don't even know why I came here in the first place. She is my best gal friend but I want to be something more. But obviously she already has someone else. Troy thought.
Meanwhile with Kelsie and Jason, they were following Troy all along. Just to make sure that he stays in the party. Jason takes out his walkie-talkie.
"Sharpay, this is Jason, can you read me?"
"Yes. So where's Troy?"
"He's sitting on one of the benches in the backyard."
"Oh, good. I'll tell everybody just in case."
Sharpay gives the message to everybody except Rayner because his is turned off because he was with Gabriella right now.
Meanwhile, with Gabriella, she doesn't even know that Troy was there, looking at her, heartbroken. She opened her eyes and saw that her lips were only a few centimeters from Rayner's.
"Wait." Gabriella said, and she and Rayner both backed away.
"What's wrong?" Rayner asked.
"It's just that… I really don't know how to explain it." Gabriella answered.
"Listen, we don't have to do this if you don't want to."
"Thanks. Oh, yeah, and thanks for the flowers and the foam finger."
"What flowers and foam finger?"
"The ones you sent me and put in my dressing room."
"I didn't send you flowers and a foam finger. The only thing I gave you was the bouquet of flowers when we first met."
"Then if that wasn't you, who was 'Your Blue-Eyed Boy' and 'Your #1 Fan'?" And then it caught her eye. Gabriella walked to the bouquet of roses on the floor. She picked it up and smelled it. She thought it was beautiful. With the white roses surrounding a single red rose. She read the card. It said:
Freaky Math Girl,
I just knew you would love these.
From,
Me
Then it comes to her. Troy. She thought. "He's here." She said out loud.
"Who's here?" Rayner said coming up to her.
"Oh, no one. Will you excuse me?" With that, Gabriella went inside to go look for Troy. When Gabriella was out of sight, Rayner took out his walkie-talkie.
"Rayner to Chad. Rayner to Chad. Do you hear me?"
Meanwhile, with Chad, he was dancing with Taylor so Taylor was listening in too since she knew about the plan.
"I hear you loud and clear."
"Gabriella's inside looking for Troy. Over."
"Got that. Oh, and did you guys kiss?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"We weren't supposed to. Sharpay said that if she doesn't back off first, I would."
"Oh, I thought you guys were gonna kiss."
"I'm not going to kiss someone who's obviously in love with someone else."
"Can we just get this over with?" Taylor shouts.
"Okay. Um… Rayner I gotta go. Gabriella's coming." With that, Chad turned his walkie-talkie off. Gabriella goes up to Chad and Taylor.
"Hey guys. Did Troy come?"
"Actually, he did. Sharpay invited him and since she was paying for all of his expenses, he agreed." Taylor said.
"Do you know where he is? Because I really need to talk to him."
"Why don't you check in the backyard by the benches? I think he just went there." Chad said.
"Oh, okay, thanks." Gabriella said, hurrying to the backyard, speed walking careful that she doesn't trip. When she got outside, she immediately started looking for Troy. And then she spotted him sitting on one of the farther benches.
When Jason and Kelsie saw Gabriella coming, Jason took out his walkie-talkie.
"Jason to everyone. Gabriella is with Troy. Meet us here behind the bush a couple of yards in front of them." A couple of minutes later, the rest of the gang and Rayner arrived behind the bush.
"We can't hear them from here." Zeke pointed out.
"Don't worry, got it covered." Ryan said. "Daddy bought us this hearing device thing that gets us to hear from more than fifty feet away. Only ten were made in the world and daddy was lucky to get a hold of one." He took out this funny looking device that enabled them to hear Troy and Gabriella.
Meanwhile, with Gabriella, she was kinda nervous meeting Troy because she hasn't seen him in person in so long. When she was just a few feet from him, he still didn't see her because his face was in his hands. So she started to sing.
It's hard to believe That I couldn't see You were always there beside meThought I was alone
With no one to hold
But you were always right beside me
This feeling's like no other
I want you to know
That I've never had someone
That knows me like you do
The way you do
And I've never had someone
As good for me as you
No one like you
So lonely before
I finally found
What I've been looking for
(A/N: I thought it would fit the situation)
Troy finally looked up, still tears in his eyes.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey." Gabriella said. Sitting beside him. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing."
"Come on, spill. You think I wouldn't know if my best friend is hurting?"
"It's nothing really."
"I'll stay here until you tell me what's wrong. In the meantime, thanks for the flowers and the foam finger."
"Oh. You're welcome."
"So, they were from you?"
"Yeah. Who else would be 'Your Blue-Eyed Boy' and 'Your #1 Fan'?" Suddenly, Gabriella felt guilty of thinking that Rayner sent them to her.
"Actually, I thought Rayner sent them."
"What?" Troy said, looking Gabriella in the eyes.
"I thought Rayner sent me those things."
Troy sighed and stood up and started walking away. "I should've known!"
Meanwhile in the bushes, Ryan said, "This is not going well."
"Ssshhh! My plan's working!" Sharpay said.
"Troy, wait!" Gabriella called out and Troy stopped in his tracks. "I'm sorry, Troy."
"What are you doing here in the first place? Shouldn't you be dancing with your boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend? What boyfriend?"
"That Richardson guy!"
"Rayner is not my boyfriend! Why would you think that?"
Troy turns around and walks back to Gabriella. "Oh, I don't know, maybe because I saw your lips a couple of inches away from his!"
"I didn't kiss him! And why do you care anyway?"
"Because I'm your best friend! Because I don't want you to get hurt! Because I care about you! Because I love you!" When Gabriella heard this, she just stood in shock looking at Troy. "You don't know how long I've been wanting to say that. When I first heard you sing in the ski lodge, I thought I heard the voice of an angel. You were my first real friend. The first one who actually saw the real me. And to see you in the arms of someone else, it just hurts. It's the same feeling when you rip my heart out, throw it to the ground and stomp it to little tiny pieces. It hurts a lot." With that, Troy started walking away from Gabriella.
"Troy wait! I can explain!"
"Just leave me alone!"
Meanwhile in the bushes, "Are they supposed to be mad at each other?" Rayner asked.
"Yes, now shut up." Sharpay said.
"Troy wait!"
Troy turns around. "What?" Gabriella suddenly put her hands on Troy's face, pulls him to her and kisses Troy on the lips. Then she broke off after just a few seconds. It was short, but it meant a lot.
"I hope that clears things up." Gabriella said. She walked inside leaving Troy behind.
Meanwhile in the bushes, Jason asked, "Now what?"
"Now, we wait. Let's go inside." The gang went inside after Troy went inside. They were still spying on them.
Meanwhile, Troy was looking for Gabriella and he found her sitting by the refreshments, lines of mascara coming down her cheeks.
"Hey." Troy said.
"Hey." Gabriella said wearily.
"Hey, come on." Troy lifted Gabriella's face and wiped the mascara lines off with his fingers. Then he sat next to her. "Don't be sad. I'm sorry I shouted at you like that. It's just that, it makes me so mad that you thought of someone you just met, first instead of me, your best friend."
"I know, I'm sorry."
"I accept your apology. I was kinda hoping I get a better explanation. Not that there's anything better than a kiss, but I'd like it in words, if that's possible?"
"Okay." With that, Gabriella explained everything. From when she first met Rayner and he gave her the bouquet to when they were about to kiss.
"And when we leaned in for the kiss, I just couldn't do it. I thought, 'What was I doing here? He's not the one I'm in love with. The one I'm in love with is back in New Jersey. He probably hates me for leaving him there. I just wish that Troy's here.' And then that's when I opened my eyes and backed off."
"Oh, I understand. I'm really sorry I shouted at you."
"It's okay, I understand. I mean, you didn't know what was going on."
"There's just one more thing I need to ask you."
"And what's that?"
"I've been wanting to ask you this for a very long time." Troy takes a small square box out and opens it for Gabriella to see. Inside was a beautiful silver locket shaped like a heart studded with real diamonds. And when he opened the locket, it had a picture of them singing in the Twinkle Towne musical. In the back, there was an inscription. It said, "It feels so right to be here with you." And then he said, "Is there any chance you'd want to be my girl?"
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Sorry to leave you guys hanging! But what do you think she'll say? Isn't Troy so sweet? Anyway, thanks for reading!
Coming up next chapter: Gabriella's answer, and something else!
Coming up in later chapters: well, I'm thinking of a good ending, so watch out for it! There's is still something to come though, before it all ends.