I Can't Deny My Feelings Chapter 6: Go home Daniella, a high school musical fanfic

It was Monday morning and Daniella had woken up too late to be able to leave on the bus.

"Oh Daniella, you didn't go to school on the bus today?" Dianna asked when Daniella walked downstairs.

"Not today, I woke up kind of late."

"Ok well Gabriella should be down in a second then we will go."

"Ok, I'll go wait in the car." She left.

"Hey mom," Gabriella said.

"Hello, come on your sister is waiting in the car already."

"She didn't go on the bus?"

"No not today, come on its time to go." They walked outside and Gabriella could see Daniella with her iPod on a perfect indication that she didn't want to talk to anybody. "You girls have fun today. I can't pick you up today so either take the bus or ask someone, I love you."

"Bye mom," Gabriella and Daniella said at the same time. They got off the car.

Troy was sitting in the front with his basketball buddies along with their girlfriends. He saw the Montez car pull up and to his surprise both Daniella and Gabriella were in it. Daniella had her iPod on and a look that would be well appreciated in the model world. She walked a few steps ahead of Gabriella and as she neared the group she removed the headphones from her ears.

"Hey Daniella," Ryan said giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey guys."

"Hey Danni," Troy said. She looked at him then looked away. The bell rang.

"Come on Daniella, lets walk to class together," Ryan said. He put his arm around his friend and they walked to class.

"Ooo, somebody just got ignored," Chad said to Troy before walking away with Taylor.

"Hey," Gabriella said, putting her arms around Troy's neck and kissing him.

"Hey," Troy said, sounding a little distracted.

"You ok?"

"Yea." He put his arm around her. "Lets go." When they got to class to their surprise Darbus wasn't there, instead a there was a sub.

"Ok class I'm Mr. Tortellini, I know nothing about teaching so if you keep it down I'll say you were great."

"Agreed!" the class said before starting to talk.

"So have you guys heard of the talent show taking place?" Sharpay asked.

"No, can anybody go for it?" Zeke asked.

"It's a junior and senior thing so that means we can."

"I'm going to tell jokes," Zeke said.

"I say we all enter, it will be fun," Sharpay suggested.

"That sounds like a good idea."

"Are you going to do it Daniella?" she looked up from her notebook and shrugged.

"Maybe," she said before going back to whatever she was doing." The bell rung and she walked to English alone.

"I'll see you later Troy," Gabriella said as he dropped her off at her class.

"Yea, bye." He gave her a kiss on the cheek and headed to his second period. When he walked inside he saw Daniella sitting all the way in the back with her headphones on doing the assignment. His desk was the second one in the third row and hers was all the way in the back fifth row right next to the window. As he got to his desk he noticed a white paper face down. When he flipped it over it over it was a drawing of him looking out the window. It was really detailed and to be summed up in one word it was beautiful. He looked around and nobody was looking to see if he had looked at it. He put it in his notebook and sat down. For the next couple of weeks Troy would get these drawings in his locker and on his desk in English. One of the showed the back of his head and then two blurry figures in front of him and he was pointing at one of them and from his lips came "I pick you." He would keep these drawings from his Gabriella and his friends. He had no idea who it could be.

It was the day of the talent show and Gabriella and Daniella walked out of the same car again. Troy watched at they both made their way towards their friends completely ignoring each other.

"Ok so who is entering in the talent show tonight?" Chad asked. Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, and Zeke raised their hands, along with a few other friends. Daniella slowly pulled away from the crowd and walked into the school.

"Hey has anybody seen Daniella?" Ryan asked.

"Well she was here a minute ago," Taylor said. The bell rung and they walked inside. When Troy walked into first period a familiar white sheet was face down on his desk. He quickly got to the desk and put it in his notebook before anybody could see it. Everyone settled into their seats and Darbus started talking about the talent show.

"Mrs. Darbus may I go now, I need to see my counselor," Troy lied.

"Yes Bolton, go."

"Thank you." He picked up his stuff and left. When he was down the hall he leaned against the wall and took out the paper that was on his desk. There was a note attached to it, it read:

Troy,

I know you are probably wondering who is giving you these drawings and if you are freaked out I'm really sorry. The reason I am giving you these is because it's the only way that I feel connected to you. Now you're probably wondering why I just don't come up to you and talk to you but its not that simple because I don't want to talk to you and I think it's too late anyways. I guess I just wrote this letter so you knew that this wasn't some sick joke or some kind of freak. If you think you might figure out who I am, I'm a lot closer to you than you think.

The drawing was of him leaning against lockers and then in a corner a girl looking at him but the thing about the girl was that she had a body and hair but her face was blurred. He stared at the picture until the bell rang. He was the first one in the class and watched at everybody that walked inside, paying attention to the girls.

'Would Grace do it? No, Alicia? No, Lauren? No.' Daniella walked in and he kept his eyes on her until she sat down two seats away from him. The bell rang and the teacher signed the assignment. The day rolled by quickly and they were soon in free period. Daniella was sitting next to Ryan with Sharpay, Zeke and Kelsi. Troy and the rest of the gang was a couple of seats away. Ryan looked over Daniella's shoulder and noticed that she was drawing.

"Did you draw that?" she nodded.

Troy overheard Ryan and looked over to see what he was talking about.

"Arts what I turn to when I don't have anything else," Daniella said.

"Wow this is awesome, do you mind?"

"No not at all." He picked up her notebook and started flipping through the pages. Troy moved one chair over and looked over Ryan's shoulder. What he saw surprised him. Daniella notebook was filled with amazing sketches.

"Is that me?" Ryan asked.

"Yea, I drew everybody."

"Wow you made me look awesome," Sharpay said.

"You always look awesome," Zeke said. He pulled her over and kissed her.

"Cute," Daniella said.

"These are really good, why aren't you in an art class?"

"I do it for fun; I don't want it to turn into work." She noticed Troy looking at the notebook and her eyes widened. She took the notebook and got up. She dropped her messenger bag around her neck and got up. "I'll see you guys later."

"Wait, where are you going?"

"I just need to go."

"Are you coming to the talent show?"

"Yes." She walked out of the row and up the isle to the exit. Troy climbed over the rows and ran after her.

"Daniella, hey Daniella wait up!" she ignored him and continued walking. He caught up to her. "Hey I think we need to talk, Daniella please stop." She turned to him.

"I can't talk to you right now Troy, I'm sorry but I cant now." He held her arm for a few more seconds then let her go. She walked out of the school and went home.

"Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" Daniella said when she walked into her room. "How could you show those to Ryan when he was sitting right there? You saw him! Uh!" she threw herself on her bed and laid there for a while. When she looked at the clock it was six forty-five, the talent show was at seven. "I can't keep running from him forever," she said before an idea popped into her head. She quickly got dressed in jeans, a black Bob Marley shirt and red prison sneakers. She picked up her puma backpack and a CD and ran downstairs. There was a note on the counter.

Daniella,

Your sister and I have gone to the talent show because she is performing we will be back later,

Love mom

"Great," Daniella said out loud. She looked at her watch: six fifty-five. She ran out the door and ran all the way to school without stopping. She walked through the school doors at seven twenty.

"Wow, what a great show we have had so far. Next we will have Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton singing "The way you look tonight". Troy and Gabriella walked onto the stage and started singing.

"Is it me or does Gabriella look moiré into it than Troy?" Ryan asked Zeke.

"Yea, he doesn't look like he's here; I think his mind is somewhere else."

Daniella ran into the auditorium just in time to see Troy and Gabriella singing. She too a seat in the back and watched them. Gabriella all smiles while Troy looked distracted.

"That was great, thank you and lets give them a round of applause," Mrs. Darbus said when they finished. "Now we don't have anybody else signed up but we always get some last jump in? So do we have anybody else?" Daniella stood up.

"I'd like to participate Mrs. Darbus," she said.

"Well Daniella, come on up then." She started won the isle and passed by Gabriella and Troy who were sitting down with their friends. She walked up the stage and gave Mrs. Darbus the CD.

"Number 9."

"Ok." She walked out onto the stage. "Something Like You," by NSYNC started.

So many times I thought I hold it in my hands
but just like grains of sand
love slipped through my fingers
so many nights I asked the Lord above
Please make me lucky enough to find a love that lingers
Something keeps telling me that you could be my answered prayer
you must be heaven sent, I swear
cuz...

Something happens when you look at me I forget to speak
something happens when you kiss my mouth my knees get so weak
could it be true is this what God has meant for me?
cuz baby I can't believe...that something like you could happen to me

yeah yeah...something like you

Girl in your eyes I feel your fire burn
oh your secrets I will learn
even if it takes forever
with you by my side I can do anything
I don't care what tomorrow brings as long as we're together
my heart is telling me that you could be my meant to be
I know it more each time we touch
cuz...

Something magical (something magical)
something spiritual (something spiritual)
something stronger than the two of us alone
something physical
something undeniable (undeniable)
nothing like anything (anything) that I've ever known
cuz...

Something happened...ohhhh, can't believe that you happened to me
hey yeah...

There was a moment of silence and suddenly a mass of applause.

"Woo!" People cheered.

"Alright Daniella!"

Troy sat back and realized that the song was meant for him and he realized something else as well.

"Gabbi can I talk to you outside for a second?" he asked.

"Sure." They got up and walked out to the hallway. "So what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Um, I don't know how to say this but, well when we were together you were great and I still think you are a great girl but I just don't think it is working out."

"Troy are you breaking up with me?"

"Um, Gabriella I don't want to hurt you…"

"Is it someone else?" she interrupted. He didn't say anything. "Who?"

"Um…"

"Who is it Troy?"

"I can't tell you."

"Why? Troy is it Daniella? Is it Daniella Troy?" he nodded. She turned around and opened Troy's locker.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"I'm taking this picture of us down." She ripped a picture of them down and knocked down his notebook all the drawings spilling from it. She picked them up. She knew who had made them. She threw them on the floor and ran into the theater. Troy followed and watched her make her way up to Daniella who was surrounded by everyone telling her what a great job she did on the song. Gabriella walked right up to Daniella and slapped her.

"Gabriella!" Dianna yelled. Daniella stared at Gabriella with a confused look.

"Go home Daniella, nobody wants you and your bad influence here," Gabriella said. Daniella let some tears fall from her eyes then pushed through everyone and left the gym.