I'm sorry I took so long,, Here's the 2nd chapter! Please leave a review cause I want to know if I should keep writing it. Thanks. Luvv,. Euge
"Ok. What was that all about?" Gabriella asked Troy
"Huh?"
"You choosing Sharpay! What's gotten into you?"
"I was trying to annoy her Gabi. That's all" Troy lied
"Yeah, but still I wanted to work with you!"
"Gabi I work with you and Chad all the time. It won't kill you to be without me once"
"Right. Sorry Troy. I guess I got kinda jealous" Gabriella explained getting a bit red on the cheeks
"Gabi you're more important to me than other girl"
"You serious?" Gabriella asked smiling
Troy smiled back "Course I am! You're one of my best friends!"
The grin on Gabriella's face faded slightly "Right, uhm. I think I'll see you later Troy. Tay is waiting for me to practice for the decathlon" she kissed him on the cheek and run. Troy headed to the gym where he found his teammates.
"Hey guys! Wanna shoot some hoops?" he asked them
"Yeah man!" Chad said excited
"So bro" Chad said when they were done with basketball "Zeke and Jason are coming to my place. Wanna come?"
"Sorry Chad. I'm kinda busy today" Troy said
"No problem. Catch you in maths" he left. Troy changed his sweaty t-shirt for a clean one and left too. He saw Sharpay going through a door with a PRIVATE sign. Without hesitating he followed her. What the hell was she doing there? He hid behind a locker and saw her pull out her cell. She dialed and waited.
"Hey baby" she said. Pause "I really miss you. I want to see you" pause "Today? I'm sorry I can't. Got stuff to do. How about tomorrow?" pause "6 o'clock is fine. At your house?" pause "Ok. Love you! Bye!" She hung up and left, luckily not noticing Troy.
So she had a boyfriend? Troy didn't know why but the idea of seeing Sharpay kissing her boyfriend was not something he wanted to see. Was he jealous? Did he like Sharpay? Well, she was pretty hot and mysterious. The belt rang bringing Troy back to reality.
He spent the whole math lesson staring at her. She felt his eyes on her which made her nervous. Why was she freaking out? Maybe cause he knew the basketball thing. Or maybe because he was majorly cute. She used to have a crush on him. Was it coming back?
"At last!" Sharpay said when the bell rang. She left her books in the locker and looked for Troy "Hey Bolton! I've been looking for you for ten minutes" she shouted at him in the hallway
"What for?" Troy frowned
"We've got a project to do, duh! Hurry up!"
"Ok. I'm coming" he said bitterly "Are we going to my house?"
"Of course! You said so earlier!"
"Ok, ok. How long will it take?" Troy asked. It was pretty fun to make her angry
"Do you have to ask every single thing? Can't you figure something by yourself or is it much for your tiny brain?"
"Look, stop insulting me! I can't understand why you act so mean here and are so sweet with Jess and all the other girls there!"
"I didn't expect you to" she said coldly "Now hurry up Bolton! I want to finish as soon as possible" they got in Sharpay's pink Lexus and drove to Troy's house.
Once they settled in his house Troy asked "What is it that we have to work on?"
"You never pay attention in class don't you?" Sharpay said irritated "We have to make a an essay of Hamlet"
"Hang on!" Troy said suddenly "I've seen something like that somewhere" he started looking in some folders "Aha! Here it is!"
He handed it to Sharpay who read it aloud "Hamlet: facts and details behind the story. By Anthony Bolton" she looked at him
"My brother" Troy explained her
"I never knew you had a brother!" she said surprised
"He died. 3 years ago" Troy said in a low voice
"Oh" she felt so bad "I'm sorry. I didn't know"
"It's ok. I'm over it now. So" he continued "all we have to do is copy this and we're done!"
"Thanks God! I hate fucking Shakespeare. This is like a gift"
"Yeah sure Sharpay" he said half laughing "Let's just do it for once" It took them less than an hour to copy the whole text "Done!" he said laying down his pen. Sharpay was still writing
"Give me a minute" she said "Ok, I've finished"
"I'm starving" Troy said rubbing his stomach "Want something to eat?" Sharpay nodded "Wait here. I'll be right back" Sharpay started thinking about Troy's brother again. He returned with a dish full of homemade cookies and two glasses of orange juice
"Mmm! These are so better than Zeke's" Sharpay said tasting one "Did your mom cook them?"
"I did" Troy said proudly
"Wow! I never thought you could cook that well"
"Well, we all have secrets" Troy smiled
"Yeah, we all do" Sharpay whispered. For a while they just ate without saying anything
"Troy I'm really sorry for what happened to your brother" Sharpay broke the silence "I know what it feels like to lose somebody you love" Troy looked at her puzzled "My mom"
"Your mom is dead?" Troy asked surprised. How come no one had told him?
"She had cancer" she explained, tears in her eyes "She died 5 years ago" some tears started to fall down her cheeks. Troy was kind of shocked.
"I'm sorry" Troy said and hugged her softly. It felt weird but so right "it must have been terrible. Do guys at school know?"
"The ones that knew teased me a lot. We were still kids. It was like living in hell. I didn't want to go to school because I couldn't stand it. That's why I started being mean to them and I got a bit carried away, I guess. I just hated to be hurt!" she shed even more tears
Troy was taken about with all she said. He just stared at her his mouth wide open.
Sharpay went on "I'm sorry for insulting you and everything. I didn't mean it. I swear" she looked at him pleadingly.
"It's ok Sharpay. Don't worry about it" Troy said smiling. She wiped her tears
"I can't believe you're being so nice to me after all I did to you. That's really kind of you" she smiled at him and sighed. Some minutes went by in silence. She took a deep breath and said "So, you want to play basketball?"
"Really? Yeah. I thought you'd never ask" he stood up
"You can see I have" she said "Uhm Troy can you lend me a t-shirt? It's pretty uncomfortable to play in a strapless"
"Sure but I must warn you that my t-shirts are not umh girly girl"
She giggled "That's ok for me"
"Then follow me" they went upstairs to Troy's room
"Wow. You got a cool room" there were poster of basketball and lots of pictures on the walls which were blue
Troy smiled "Thanks. Pick a t-shirt"
"That one" she said
"Good choice. That's my favorite" he smiled "Want to go to the bathroom to change?"
"Nah, I'll just do it here" she turned around and took her strapless. All Troy could see was her back and, boy, he loved it. She put on Troy's t-shirt and turned around again "I'm done"
"Let's go" they went to Troy's backyard
"I'm warning you Bolton. You are so going to lose!"
"Oh yeah Evans? We'll see about that" he stuck his tongue at her
"I told you Sharpay. You can't beat me" they had just finished playing
"Yeah well, I need a bit more practice and I'll beat your ass for sure" Troy laughed
"When's your next game?" he asked
"Next weekend. Why? Are you coming?"
"Maybe" he said grinning "I promised Jess I was going to go more often" Sharpay smiled "Are you doing something tomorrow?"
"Yeah"
"What?"
"Stuff"
"Like meeting your boyfriend?" he asked unable to not say it
"Like meeting my boyfriend" she said looking at him suspiciously
"Who is him?" he looked at her waiting for her reaction
"I'm not telling you!" she said "Look it's getting late. I'll change and go or Ryan will get worried"
"I'll wait for you here" he laid on the grass "Take your time" he shouted at her
Sharpay took Troy's words seriously because she was 20 minutes. She appeared with new make up and a long tidy braid
"How did you do that?" Troy asked
"Do what?"
"You're all smooth. I mean, you don't' look like you've been playing basketball and running"
"Oh! I just carry my makeup and a hair brush everywhere" she smiled at him and she smiled back "I guess I'll see you tomorrow at school"
"Yeah, about that. I was wondering. Will you act like the Ice Queen around me or my friends at school?" he asked trying to figure out what she would be doing
"Mmm… I'll try not to. They won't understand it though" she took a deep breath "Bye Troy" she waved at him and drove to her house, Troy watching her leave.