Chapter 7

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Troy looked at his watch, he and Gabriella were supposed to be going to a party and the Evans' house tonight and she was already an hour late calling him. That wasn't like her so it must have been something important. He decided to stop being patient and give her a call.

"Hello?" she said on the other line when she answered.

"Hey, it's me. So, I don't mean to nag, but what's the hold up?"

"What do you mean?"

"The party, the one we were supposed to attend about an hour ago?"

"Oh my god! I totally forgot, let me hurry and get ready."

"How long is that going to take?"

"I don't know I have to shower and get dressed."

"Uh huh, well ok just give me a call."

"Well there is no need for you to be late for my mistake, go ahead and I will meet you there."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, it's ok really. I will be there."

"Ok well give me a call when you get there if you can't find me."

"Alright, see you soon."

"Bye." Troy said as he hung up the phone. He didn't like the idea of going by himself but it would be better if he left right then. Chad, Jason and Zeke were waiting for him to show. He grabbed his keys and headed out the door.

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"TROY!" he heard about ten people yell as he walked into the house. The party had already been underway for some time and everyone was already a little tipsy. He looked around and saw the team all in one group. He started to head over to them but was cut off by a very drunk Sharpay.

"Hellllllo Troy." She slurred.

"Hi Sharpay."

"Where's Gabriella?"

"On her way."

"Oh that's no good. If you were my boyfriend, I wouldn't let you out of my sight."

"But I'm not, so could you excuse me my friends are waiting."

"I will let you go if you promise me one thing."

"What's that?"

"You will sing one song with me on karaoke." He sat there and thought about what she had just said; she was already pretty wasted, so he doubted that she would remember even asking him. He nodded and kind of shoved her aside and made his way over to his friends.

"Hey guys." He said as he sat down to join the group.

"Sup Troy." Said Zeke trying really hard to be cool or something. They all just sat there and then burst out laughing.

"Where's Gabby?" said Chad.

"Oh she is on her way. Are all the other girls here?"

"Yeah I think they are in the next room with Ryan and Shannon." Said Jason.

"Oh Troy we almost forgot, here." Chad said as he handed him a bowl full of keys.

"What's this?" Troy asked.

"It's the key bowl. Ryan and Sharpay said that if we are drinking here no one can drive home till tomorrow. So put your keys in." Replied Chad. Troy got his keys out and put them in the bowl. He looked in and saw Chad's, Zeke's, Jason, well pretty much the whole basketball teams keys were inside.

"So I guess we really are celebrating something. What is it?" said Troy as he put in his keys.

"Well, for one thing, we are going to be seniors this fall. That is enough reason to celebrate dude!" said Jason as he drank out of his cup. Troy smiled and got up to go to the kitchen to get something to drink. As he made his way through the crowd and to the kitchen he saw that it was empty, except for all the bottles of liquor that were lined up. He was about to grab a soda when someone came crashing through the door.

"Why, we meet again." Said Sharpay possibly a little more drunk then she was about ten minutes ago.

"I just saw you Sharpay."

"I know, I was just…..saying or something."

"Alright…..where are the sodas?"

"Sodas? Don't make me laugh. This is a jungle juice party; all there is to drink is jungle juice." She said as she made her way to the counter. She grabbed a cup from a big pile and then filled it up with whatever was in a huge bucket that was in the middle of the floor. Troy looked at it and wondered what exactly was in it.

"So what's in the jungle juice?"

"Just about any alcohol that you can imagine. One cup of this and you will be in heaven." She said as she handed over the cup to him. He took it and smelled the drink. Just smelling it made him gag.

"Um, maybe I should wait for Gabby to get here."

"Why would you go and do that? If she is ok with you coming alone, then I am sure she was aware that you would be drinking alone."

"She is meeting up with me. I am not staying here alone Sharpay."

"We'll see about that, come on drink up." She said pushing the cup up to his face. He was about to put it down when his teammates came in through the door.

"Yeah dude, Troy was just about to join the party!" Yelled Jason to all of the guys.

"No guys I-"

"Oh we get it, you were waiting for us! Come one lets show him how it's done!" Yelled Zeke. They all cheered and refilled their cups.

"Ok, on the count of three. ONE, TWO, THREE!" yelled Chad and then they all started chugging the juice. Troy didn't want to look stupid so he decided that one glass couldn't hurt. But then of course, one glass turned into two, and then three and then four…….

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Gabriella couldn't believe that she had forgotten about the party. She was just about done getting ready and was trying her hardest to hurry. It had been about an hour and a half since Troy called and she felt bad that she had left him alone for that long at Ryan and Sharpay's house. She ran downstairs with her stuff and went looking for her mom. She found her watching T.V. in the living room with Charley, the man she had been seeing. Gabriella liked him a lot and was hoping that everything would work out for them.

"Hey guys, I am going to a party at Ryan's. Don't wait up."

"Ok honey, do you have your cell phone?"

"Yeah."

"Well call me if you need anything ok? Remember if you need any help, me or Charley will come get you, no questions asked."

"I know, thanks you guys." She said as she went over to give her mom a hug. She gave Charley one too, it felt like he was already part of the family.

"Alright Gabby, oh yeah I forgot to ask, how would you like to go out for ice cream with me and your mother tomorrow?"

"Yeah that would be nice thanks for asking." Said Gabriella as she headed for the door.

"Ok see you guys tomorrow."

"Bye!" They both said as she walked out of the house. She was just getting in her car when she felt a strange feeling come over her. She sat there for a moment and waited for it to pass but it wouldn't. She shook it off as nothing but deep down inside she knew something was off.

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Troy tried to sit down as he felt like the world was spinning around underneath him. He had had way too much to drink and was now suffering the consequences. Chad was already passed out somewhere with Taylor by his side just in case he needed to go to the bathroom. Ryan and Shannon had chosen not to drink and had gone out to get some pizza. Meanwhile, everyone was just enjoying themselves having a good time. Just as the spinning was about to stop, he felt someone come up behind him and tackle him.

"You promised me a song Troy." Said Sharpay as she held onto him.

"You're right. Let's go." Troy had a great amount of trouble just getting those words out so he didn't know how he was going to manage singing a whole song. They went into the next room and he saw the Karaoke machine all set up and ready to go. They made their way to it and Sharpay decided she wanted to pick the song. Right as she as done and they were about to start, he dropped the microphone and said,

"I think I am going to be sick." If he didn't know any better he could've sworn that Sharpay smirked right after he said it.

"Oh gosh! Let's get you to a bathroom." She said quickly while she grabbed his hand. She led him upstairs to her room that had a bathroom connected to it. She shut the door behind them and led him to the bathroom.

"I will be right here if you need me." She said as she shut the bathroom door. She quickly straightened out her clothes and sprayed some perfume on her neck and wrists. The truth of the matter was, Sharpay hadn't had a drop to drink the whole night, and everyone seemed to have forgotten what a good actress she was. She looked around her room and made sure nothing was out of place. She sat down and returned to her "drunken state" when she heard the water stop running from the bathroom. Troy emerged looking a little less pale and had splashed some water on his face.

"Feeling better?" Said Sharpay in the fakest voice possible.

"Yeah I just need to lie down for a second." He said as he stumbled over to the bed. She got up and helped him lie down and the sat down right next to him.

"So Troy, you excited for the new year?"

"Yeah, sure." He said with his eyes closed. She sat there for a moment trying to think of things to say to him when he suddenly sat up.

"Gabby, is she here yet?"

"No. I don't think she is coming Troy."

"Yes she is, she said she would call me." Troy felt his pockets to see if his cell phone was in one of them. He panicked a little when he realized that he had left it on the couch downstairs. He started to get up to go downstairs when Sharpay grabbed him by the arm and pulled him back down on the bed.

"I'm sure she will find you if she comes. Now lay down, you are in no condition to be walking around." He was too dizzy to try and fight back so he just lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

Sharpay decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to go ahead with her plan and scooted a little closer to him.

"Troy, you know I am crazy about you." She half whispered to a semi conscious Troy.

"What?" he said groggily.

"You are too good for Gabriella, don't you remember the awesome summer we had right after freshman year?"

"Summer?"

"Yeah silly!" she giggled trying her best to sound sexy. The truth was they had never really hung out, she was just making stuff up to keep the conversation going, she knew that later on he wouldn't be able to remember all of the details. She decided that talking wasn't going to get her anywhere so she just went in and kissed him. He let her do it for a moment and did kiss her back when he suddenly pulled away and sat up.

"What's going on? You're not Gabriella."

"You're right I'm not, but I can make you forget all about her." She said as she slipped an arm around his waist. She began kissing his neck for a little while and he started to give in a little bit when he tried to pull away again.

"Sharpay, what are you doing? I can't do this to Gabby."

"Shhhhh Troy just lay back, let me handle this." She said while she pushed him down roughly. He was hit with a sudden wave of dizziness and decided not to even bother trying to move anymore, it just wasn't working. She climbed on top of him and took her shirt off. He opened his eyes and saw what was going on but still didn't move. Sharpay wasn't an ugly girl, but he did have a girlfriend, a wonderful amazing girlfriend. Why couldn't he stop? She leaned in to kiss him once again and he responded. She took his shirt off and started to undo his pants and for some reason he let her. Just as things were staring to heat up he heard someone turn the door knob. He tried to look over but Sharpay was blocking the way.

"Oh Troy your hands feel so good." Sharpay moaned. She looked over at the door way and said,

"Oh hi. Will you shut the door? We are kind of busy." He heard the door slam and put his head back down. He tried to get Sharpay off of him but he was just too drunk.

"Its ok Troy, I'm here." Sharpay whispered as she finished taking off his pants.

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Gabriella finally reached the party. She looked around the room and saw Kelsey and Zeke in a corner but she didn't recognize anyone else. She kept searching and decided to go to the kitchen to see if she could find Troy. She walked in and was greeted by Ryan and Shannon.

"Hey Gabs you made it!" Ryan said as he came up and hugged her.

"Hey Ry, hey Shannon, nice to see you again!" Gabriella said as she hugged him back.

"Nice to see you too Gabby, would you like anything to drink?"

"Um could I just have a soda?"

"Oh yeah no problem." Said Shannon as she walked over to the fridge.

"So have you seen Troy?" asked Gabriella as she took the soda from Shannon.

"The last time I saw him was when we left and that was like an hour ago." Said Ryan.

"That's odd. I am going to go walk around and see if I can find him." Ryan and Shannon nodded and went back to eating their pizza. Gabriella walked out into the sitting area and decided to call his cell phone. While she was waiting for him to answer she heard a familiar ring come from the sofa.

She went over to it and found Troy's cell phone in between the pillows. So that meant that he was still there and probably drunk. There weren't any bathrooms downstairs so she decided to look upstairs to see if he needed anything. She searched the first two bathrooms up there and didn't find anyone so she decided to go look in the rooms but she didn't find anything there either.

The last room to look at was Sharpay's. She just remembered that she didn't see Sharpay downstairs so maybe she was helping Troy. She thought about it for a minute, and a feeling of doubt rushed over her. But then she shook it off. Sharpay wasn't very trustworthy but Troy wouldn't do anything to hurt her. She turned the doorknob and noticed that the light was on so she just walked in. she was horrified at what she saw when she did. Sharpay was on top of a shirtless Troy, and his pants were undone. Her shirt was off as well.

"Oh hi. Will you shut the door? We are kind of busy." She felt the tears well up and slammed the door behind her.

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