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Chapter 11: Tricky Captives
Troy and Sharpay met in the music room. They knew that they had to do something to fix Gabriella's and Ryan's relationship, and they needed to do it now. "I have no idea what to do!" Troy said, his head dropping into his hands. "Screwing up the relationship was easy! What am I suppose to do to fix it?"
His girlfriend smiled at him. "Lucky for us, I am a master manipulator, for all needs…"
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"No!" Sharpay snapped at her brother as he messed up on their audition piece again. She rubbed her brow and said, "I'm taking a break, you stay here…" And she was through the door before he could protest.
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"I don't feel like practicing my piece, Troy," Gabriella insisted as Troy led her down the hallway.
"Aw, come on," he begged, still dragging her down the hall. "I want to hear it."
"Fine," she growled as he held the door open for her. She entered the music room and Troy shut it quickly, locking it.
Gabriella looked behind her, seeing what Troy had done and tried to get out of the room. No use. "Well, crap," she grumbled.
As she turned around, a familiar voice asked, "What are you doing here?"
She shrugged at Ryan, trying to ignore the flipping in her stomach. "I was supposed to be showing Troy my audition piece, but apparently, that's not happening. You?"
"Supposed to be practicing with Sharpay," he replied, sitting down on the bench in front of the piano. "You know, since my last partner ditched me and wouldn't listen."
Gabriella narrowed her eyes at him. "Well, maybe she would've listened to you if you had listened to her."
"Well, maybe I was angry," he said calmly, taking her hand in his. "Maybe, seeing her kissed by her ex kinda pissed me off…"
"And maybe seeing you kiss another girl kinda pissed her off too?" she replied, pulling her hand from his and crossing her arms.
"But she needs to understand that that kiss was to prove a point?" he suggested, trying to get a good look at her face. He wanted to see her face, see how she was reacting.
She stood and walked forward, trying to keep her eyes from looking at him. "What if she was just so mad that she didn't want to talk about it? Even though she figured there was a perfectly good explanation? What if she just wanted to leave you hanging over this because you left her hanging for so long about the thing with her ex? What if she really did understand?"
He stood up and came around to face her. "Do you really think she understood?"
She nodded, tears forming in her eyes. "I think she did…"
Ryan's hand grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her lips onto his. Gabriella wrapped her arms around him, returning the kiss with all of her heart.
AN: I know, it's been forever since I've updated but I've been busy. I think there will be one more chapter of this fic… And I'll be updating my other HSM fic soon (it's next on my list). Anyways, please R&R!