Author's Note: Hey, since I've already written most of this story, I've decided to put two of the chapters together because a) I think each chapter is quite short and b) I don't know about you but I always like a long chapter.
Xia-hime: You mentioned that my first chapter needed editing about what i said about the musical. When I first started writing the chapter, I did occur to me about the fact the winter musicale would have finished. So I decided to write "Posters of the last musical starring Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are on the walls." That way, you can assume that Troy and Gabriella had auditioned and won the leads of the latest musical, not the winter one. I hope that clears that up.
ThatMongooseLivingDownTheStreet: Yeah, I know the script formation isn't the best way to write a story and I did consider changing it but, as I've previously mentioned, I have already written most of the story and I don't always have the time to re-write the whole story. Plus, I just can't be bothered... I hope the script way of reading the story doesn't bother you too much.
This was the first fanfic I ever wrote so I woudn't expect it to be a masterpiece. I hope people like it anyway. Here's the next two chapters in one. (The line in the middle is when the first chapter finishes and the next one begins, not that that matters)
Chapter 12: Tears at Breakfast
It's the next morning and Taylor's trying to get Gabriella out of bed
Taylor: Gabriella, come on
Gabriella: Oh, cant I just stay in my bed all day so I don't have to see him?
Taylor: Come on Gabriella, you're stronger than that. And its only breakfast, surely you can make it through that?
Gabriella laughs bitterly
Gabriella: I don't think so
Taylor: you can't just hide away
Gabriella: I can and I will.
Taylor: Look, he might not even be there. He might be so heartbroken that he might not want to show his face.
Gabriella: ... you think?
Taylor: Absolutely.
Gabriella: Okay... I'll come. But if he is there I'm coming back up here and hiding under the duvet.
Taylor: Fine
Taylor just hoped to herself that if he was there, she could manage to keep Gabriella down there and still have time to eat a slice of toast.
In the boys room...
Troy: I've gotta make Gabriella talk to me
Chad: Hey man, if there's one thing my dad taught me about women is that you can't make a woman talk until she's ready to talk. And the fact that you can't make a woman leave the house until she's ready to leave the house...
Troy: Look I gotta try...
Jason: Me and Zeke are going to go get us all a table okay?
Chad and Troy: yea...
Jason and Zeke leave the room.
Chad: Dude maybe you've gotta accept the fact that you and Gabriella aren't together any more. And she is not gonna want to talk to you.
Troy: But I have to make her see that I never hurt her and this is all just a big web of lies.
Chad: You know what you're gonna say?
Troy: No, but I'll cross that bridge when i come to it
Jason and Zeke headed down to the dining area where Kelsi was already sitting at a table.
Kelsi: Hi
Jason: Hi
Kelsi: How's Gabriella taking it?
Zeke: Well she dumped Troy last night so
Jason: And Troy's pretty upset about it. He keeps saying that he never went with Sharpay
Kelsi: Do you believe him?
Zeke: I dunno, but I do know that its gonna be really awkward when they both come down for breakfast?
Jason: Well I'm starving so I'm going to go get my breakfast while i still can.
Jason walked over to the buffet table and started dishing scrambled egg onto his plate. Lydia and Sharpay entered the room.
Lydia: You know what you're doing?
Sharpay: Yes Lydia
Lydia: And if you mess it up in anyway, I'll tell everyone that you kissed the most ugly frog I have ever seen and was actually disappointed when it didn't turn into you're handsome prince.
Sharpay: I was eight years old!
Lydia: And yet, you're still horrified of everyone knowing.
Sharpay: Okay, okay
Lydia went to sit at a table near where Jason was standing while Sharpay walked up to buffet table.
Sharpay: Hey Jason
Jason:(surprised that Sharpay even knew his name) um, hi Sharpay
Sharpay: How's it going?
Jason: um, good I suppose..
Sharpay: how are you finding the country club?
Jason: um, yeah it's great.
Sharpay: yeah Daddy put a lot of money in it to make sure it was top-notch
Jason: hhhmmm
Sharpay: So what happened between you and Kelsi?
Jason: um, nothing yet. I mean I haven't asked her out yet, I keep meaning to but, I dunno, but recently we've been having a really good time and...
Sharpay: Well it's a good thing she went off with Ryan then.
Jason: eh… what?
Sharpay: Yeah I mean I never realised how good a match they were. I mean with his singing and her musical talent on the...eh...on the…eh... cello?
Jason: piano
Sharpay: Yeah that's it. Anyway it was only a matter of time before they hit it off. Maybe you were the one holding them back, but none of that matters now really, right?
Jason:...right
Sharpay: Anyway... I need to get back to my table. Toodles!
Sharpay then sat down next to Lydia, who was grinning broadly after she had eaves-dropped on their conversation, while Jason looked back at his own table where Kelsi was chatting to Zeke and he couldn't help going green with envy when he thought of Kelsi being with Ryan instead of him.
Sharpay sat down next to Lydia.
Sharpay: That was cruel.
Lydia: oh lets face it; they were never a good match anyway.
Sharpay: Hey, he being the basketball player and she being the shy little girl? Those two could have been the new Troy and Gabriella!
Lydia:(smirks) and look how that turned out...
Sharpay: What irritates me the most is that you gained absolutely nothing from that! You broke up whatever relationship they had for fun, for your own enjoyment.
Lydia: Actually Sharpay, I did nothing. I do recall YOU telling absolute lies to that Jason person, not me. If they ever found out that it was all a lie then its you that actually told it. You will get all the blame.
Sharpay was stunned at how manipulative Lydia was being. If she didn't have the fear of every secret she had being broadcasted everywhere then she would of slapped her.
Lydia: Now go be a dear and fetch me an apple from the fruit basket. I've just started this new diet. All I do is eat only two apples a day. Maybe you should go on the diet Sharpay...
Jason had returned to the table with a rather sombre look on his face. He had abandoned the plate of scrambled eggs.
Kelsi: hey, I thought you were getting breakfast?
Jason: Not really hungry anymore...
Kelsi: oh well..
Taylor and Gabriella entered the dining room. Zeke waved them over and they walked to the table.
Taylor: Hey guys
Kelsi, Zeke and Jason: Hey
The girls sat down at the table. No one said anything even though they were all thinking the same thing.
Zeke: Hey its Chad and Troy
Everyone except Gabriella turned round to see the boys walking over.
Gabriella:(whispering to Taylor) Oh my god Taylor, you said he wouldn't be here!
Taylor: I said he might not be here but obviously that's not the case...
Gabriella: I'm outta here (stands up slightly)
Taylor:(pulls her back down) You do not have to leave the table just because Troy is here. And besides... it might not be too bad…
Troy: Gabriella, I need to talk to you.
Chad:(awkwardly) um, hi guys
Everyone else: um hi
Troy: Gabriella, please. Just, hear me out. (Sits down beside her)
Gabriella doesn't say anything
Troy: Look, I know you're mad at me but I didn't do anything wrong...
Gabriella: Why should I believe a single thing that you say?
Troy: ... Because you love me, that's why.
Gabriella looks away from him.
Troy: And I love you.
Gabriella's eyes begin to well up.
Troy: I would never hurt you Gabriella
Gabriella looks at him now with tears running down her cheek. Everyone else just sits around awkwardly
Gabriella: What about time when you told your fiends that I was nothing? That I wasn't important to you?
Troy: Hey I told you I was sorry about that, you were never meant to see that...
Gabriella: Yeah, I KNOW I wasn't meant to see that. But did you really realise how much that hurt me? And to see it on a computer while it was happening in front of all my friends who seemed to have known about it all along. But you see they showed me something. They showed me what you really are, Troy. That I really am nothing to you. You must have found it pretty easy to sing you way back to me. So even though i had seen it, I chose to ignore it. And now, I wonder why, why I spend five months ignoring it. Because now I know that it wasn't worth it. You weren't worth it. God help me, Troy, I do still love you. And now I despise myself for that. Because why did I waste such passionate feelings for someone who doesn't even care about me. But sometimes I wonder why the heck you are still chasing after me, begging me to forgive you? Can you answer me that Troy?
Troy is a little stunned at her outburst.
Troy: When will you get into your head that i do care about you? You do mean something to me, you are important to me, God, I do love you Gabriella. Yeah I know that whole thing in the locker room was a mistake but that wasn't my fault...
Gabriella: Because nothings your fault is it, Troy?
Gabriella stands up, with no resistance from Taylor this time
Gabriella: (to everyone else) sorry if our little argument has caused any of you to feel uncomfortable.
No one replies.
Gabriella leaves the table and walks towards the exit. Ryan enters the room
Ryan: Hey Gabriella.
Gabriella: Hey Ryan, lovely day...
She storms past him. Ryan, a little unsure of what was wrong there walks across the dining room to where his sister and Lydia were sitting.
Ryan: Morning everyone.
Lydia: Just so you know Ryan, Jason shooting you looks from his table.
Ryan looks over at the rather quiet table.
Ryan: um… which one's Jason
Sharpay: (sadly) the one who's now looking his shoes.
Ryan: But there all looking at their shoes now, except Troy who's looking extremely unhappy.
Lydia: Oh really?
Lydia casts her eyes on Troy who indeed did look rather miserable
Lydia:(smiling) I wonder why he's so upset.
Sharpay: Um, maybe because he just had an argument with Gabriella who just ran past Ryan as he came in.
Lydia: (still smiling) Oh yes, how tragic.
To be continued...
A/N: Hope you liked it. R&R!