Chapter Eight

I own it all. Everything!! MUAHAHAHA. Really tho. Mmkay. Story time!

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Gabriella's POV.

Okay, so Tay and the girls said to test them. I don't know what to test them on. But Shar said we're going to hang out later to get on that so I guess I'm going to have a mental check list for now. So first up is...

"Hey Gee!"

I smiled. "Hi Bee!" I closed my locker, "What's up?"

"Nothing, just wanted to see if you wanted to walk with me to class." His smile, so sweet and sincere.

Check! Bee is in the lead. How can I pass up his offer? "Sure, let's go."

"You know, we don't really know about each other that well. Why don't we get to know each other at the Den later?" He looked so cute when he asked. I had to laugh.

"W-what's so funny?" He looked even cuter so my giggle turned into a loud laugh.

"Oh I'm sorry! I can't tonight, I'm hanging out with the girls later." Check! He asked me to hang out tonight. So, he's really in the lead now.

"That's okay, maybe next time?" I just nodded because we stepped into the room.

End POV.

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The girls were heading to math when Sharpay asked, "Hey Gab how are you doing?"

Gabriella looked confused, "I'm fine?"

She sighed, "No, I know that but I mean about Bee and Troy. Who's winning so far?"

"Bee is. I haven't seen Troy all morning... Where is he?"

"He was in class earlier you didn't see him? And are we talking about big lead or little?" Taylor asked.

Gabriella replied, "Just a little one."

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"Hey Gabs wait up!" Troy called for Gabriella down the hall.

Gabriella looked back and saw Troy. She smiled, then shook off the smile remembering what had happened.

Gabriella's POV.

"Troy, I told you not to call me that anymore. I meant what I said." I had to show him that was being serious. He can't keep giving me these mixed signals like that.

"Oh... But remember when you came over and you were sad because the girls had a sleep over without you?" I just nodded. If he was trying to beat Bee, this wasn't working. Why would I want to remember when I was sad?

"So you and I did stuff that you said you guys do." But then again, we did have fun. Lots of things happened.

I waited for him to continue. I sighed, I'm tired of waiting for him.

"Troy, where is this going? We have class."

"Right.. well. You made a bracelet. See?" He showed me his wrist. I smiled because he was wearing such a girly bracelet. "But I didn't."

"Yeah, you said it was too girly. So I said that if you loved me you would make it." He is going to get a negative check pretty soon. He didn't make it. Sure it was nothing, but it still affected me.

Then I saw Troy take something out of his pocket. He took my hand and put it on. "This is yours. I made it... because I realized that I do love you. And every time I wear this bracelet, or you wear yours, think that I made it because I love you. Never will I take mine off. I hope you don't take yours either." He walked away.

He gets a big check. But it has to get a little smaller because he walked away. But still, I can't believe what he just told me. He remembered...

End POV.

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Gabriella smiled the whole walk to her next class. She would look at her wrist now and then and think about what he just did.

She wasn't sure if she should be with Troy or Brandon, but right now it didn't matter. She was just glad that Troy tried to better things between them.

Gabriella still had her smile when she met up with the gang. It was now lunch and everyone was sitting at the table, even Brandon.

"Hey Gabi. What are you smiling about?" Kelsi asked as Gabriella took her seat.

Before she could answer, Sharpay asked, "Yeah, how's it going? Is something buzzing in your mind? Or is it just a lunk of nothing?"

"Huh?" Gabriella was confused, as well as the boys.

Taylor tried to clear it up, "She means if we need to check on you or if you checked on it already."

"Oohhh... um yeah. I'm still a little confused but, the lunk isn't so lunky anymore." (A/N: lunk is supposed to be like Lunk head Troy and buzzing is like Bee. get it? hehe)

Chad was confused and spoke for the rest of the guys, "Is this some kind of girl slash alien thing you guys are doing?"

The girls laughed. "Chad, it's nothing we were just talking." Gabriella explained.

"Hey Gabster, what kind of bracelet is that? It's kinda weird." Troy blushed and Gabriella smiled.

Taylor hit him, causing him to ask, "What? I was just asking."

"Tay, it's fine. Someone made it for me. But I don't know if can keep it on... Not yet." She said.

"Gabi fill us in later k?" Kelsi whispered as Gabriella nodded.

Troy became noticeably quiet. "Troy, you okay?" Zeke asked.

He just slightly nodded. He didn't understand why she didn't know if she could keep it on.

"I just needa think a little. I'll see you guys later." He said before walking off.

Sharpay rolled her eyes, "Here we go again... Gabi just go get him now."

Gabriella didn't have to think twice, she followed him up to the secret spot.

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"Why did you go?" Gabriella asked.

He didn't look at her, he kept his back to her. "I said I needed to think."

She then said with gentleness trying to make him feel better, "About what? I'm here to listen."

Troy turned to face her, "I just want to be alone, alright? Just go to your bug friend."

"Bug friend? Don't tell me this is about Bee again."

He stayed quiet. He didn't want to talk.

Gabriella didn't care, she needed to tell him how she felt.

She sighed, "Before all this happened, before Bee and our date. Did you know how I felt?" She asked him quietly. She walked toward the bench and sat next to him. "It was obvious to me that you didn't. I loved you Troy. I really did. I tried everything to prove to you that I did, but I guess it wasn't enough. One day, you're about to kiss me, and the next you acted like I was Chad. They all said you loved me too, so I never stopped trying. Then our date.." She smiled as a tear rolled down her face, "It was really great. I still can't believe I had to ask you. The next day, not what I had in mind. Crying over a missed date isn't something I really enjoy doing..."

She paused and wiped the tears that were falling.

"Troy, what I'm trying to tell you is that I loved you. And I knew. I was devastated when you ever went out with some other girl, and especially when you forgot our date. That never changed. You, on the other hand, you didn't know. And you still don't." She silently cried before continuing. "And you have the nerve to tell me you don't like Bee? The only guy who managed to make me feel better after what you did? Troy, I don't know if you listened to what I have been saying, but that's how it's been." And she walked away.

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School ended and Gabriella was getting her books.

"Hey. I'm sorry." Troy said softly.

Gabriella turned to him and said, "Troy. I'm not in the mood for this. It's always like this."

She walked away to her car. "Wait... Gabs-iella. I really am sorry... for everything." He apologized genuinely.

"I know you are. But I don't know if I can keep forgiving you." With that she went in her car and drove away. Leaving him alone in the street.

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"Hey Gabi what's up? You were smiling nonstop then after lunch you got quiet." Sharpay said while sitting on Gabriella's bed with the rest of the girls.

Gabriella replied, "Well, I guess the main reason why I was smiling was because of this." She showed the bracelet, "Troy made it for me. It meant that he loved me. Remember when I thought you had a sleep over?" They nodded remembering and they smiled.

"That's really sweet of him. He's definitely in the lead now, right?" Kelsi asked. And Gabriella shook her head.

"No. It's a tie. During lunch when he ran away, we talked. He was ignoring me. So I told him how I felt before all this happened and left him. He must have listened because he came to at the end of the day to say he was sorry." A tear slowly rolled down her cheek.

Taylor then said, "Gabi, it's okay. You don't have to forgive him, but it might be better that you do. He obviously loves you."

Kelsi then commented, "Not that he never did. It's just that he's a guy. Guy's don't know what they want." Gabriella gave a half smile.

"You guys are really great. But is it okay if I just get some alone time right now?" She asked.

The girls stood up, "Yeah, go ahead." They said their good-byes and left Gabriella in her room.

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When they left, she decided to do her homework. Once it was finished, she went downstairs for dinner. Gabriella was quiet the whole time. Anna felt that it was better to leave her with her thoughts.

She then went upstairs and changed into her pajamas, wanting to start her night early. She was about to go in to her bed and turn off the lights when she heard a knock on her balcony.

She looked to her side and found Troy with his hands behind his back smiling. Gabriella opened the door and he walked inside. Troy put it on her wrist.

"Troy what's this?" He gave her another bracelet. It was a beautiful white gold bracelet. It had a message engraved in it, 'Never forget that I love you.'

Troy smiled, "It's for you. Chad was right... That bracelet I made was weird, so I bought you this."

Gabriella smiled and was about to hug him when her thoughts came back.

Troy saw this and asked, "What's wrong? You don't like it?"

"No, I do. Thanks. It's just I don't feel well is all." She said sitting on her bed.

Troy then remembered and grabbed her hand, "Hey, lets go get ice cream. That always made you feel better."

She smiled and thought to herself how much Troy was now in the lead. "But I'm in my pajamas."

He looked at her, "It's fine. You look beautiful."

And with that they went to get ice cream.

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Gabriella forgot about Bee and had a great time with Troy.

They finished and went home. They were now on Gabriella's front porch.

"Thanks for tonight. I feel much better." She thanked him.

"It was nothing." He hugged her and they held each other, loving the moment.

When Gabriella let go, "I better go inside now. I'll see you tomorrow Troy."

Troy nodded, "Yeah, see you."

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Gabriella smiled as she entered her house.

She walked up to her room. Her phone rang, it was Taylor.

Taylor ; Gabriella

"Hey Tay!"

"Hey Gabi. Someone sounds happy. What happened?"

"Nothing really. Troy gave me another bracelet and took me out for ice cream."

"Oh so Troy was with you?... Did you bring your phone with you?"

"No, I left it in my room. Why?"

"Well, that would lead to the reason why I called. Something happened... And I don't know if it's for the better or the worse. But..."

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A/N: Hm!!! I wonder what happened... Was it for the better or for the worse...

Why did Taylor respond by saying "Oh so Troy was with you?" & What's with all the bracelets:P

& Why does it seem like Gabriella is so moody? Oh I'm just kidding! That wouldn't happen in this story. Haha, that would seem sort of irrelevant to the story line.

K, review please! Thank you !