The Things I Do For love
Fall to Pieces
I'm trying some new POVs for this one.
"Well, I'm listening to the words of this song, and I think I realize what's going on."
"What do you mean?" Troy asked.
"Come on Troy, you have to realize that something weird is going on!"
"Well, yeah, but how can you realize that from listening to the song?"
"I'm not gonna say anything until I'm sure," she said.
"Whatever you say," he mumbles.
After the Show Walking to the Limo in the Parking Lot:
Gabi's POV:
"Hey, Hannah, can I talk to you for a sec?" I ask. I hope I'm doing the right thing, cuz or else I'll sound completely stupid.
"Sure," she answers. We fall behind the others.
"Hannah, I was just wondering, do you wear a wig?"
"What? Why do you ask that?" she questions way too quickly. Interesting.
"I was just wondering, when you were doing your song, I saw a little bit of brown hair sticking out of the blonde." Ok, that was a complete lie. But, I had to see her reaction.
Her eyes widened. Just what I was looking for. "Um…uhh…you see…I…"
"What's going on Hannah?"
"Well…I have…um…brown highlights." I raised my eye brows at her.
"Can we talk when we get to the hotel, Gabriella?" I nodded as we hurried to catch up with the others. She called me Gabriella. Had she given up with trying an excuse?
The ride to the Tipton was surprisingly silent, other than Hannah, or maybe Miley, I dunno yet, talking in a very hushed tone to Jake, Lola, and Oscar…at least, I think that's what their names were. When we got back to the Tipton, Hannah asked everybody else from East High if she could borrow me for a second. They said yes and I went up to the 23rd floor with the celebrities. Well, except for Oscar and Lola, who weren't really celebrities. We all went to what I'm assuming was Hannah and Lola's room.
We sat down on the couch in silence for a few moments. She seemed nervous. Finally, she blurted out, "How long have you known?"
I sighed. "Since I heard you performing 'Best of Both Worlds', I put two and two together." She figured me out, dang, she's smart.
"I always knew that song was a mistake," she was obviously joking. "Gabi, you can't tell anybody."
"Yeah, I kinda figured that," I said sarcastically.
"Not even your not so secret crush."
"Why can't I tell Troy?" I asked, then covered my mouth. Crap. I did not just say that out loud.
They started laughing. "You guys, that's not funny! That's not what I meant!"
"Sure Gabi, whatever you say," Hannah, I mean, Miley said sarcastically.
"Listen, I won't tell anybody, if you don't tell anybody, Miley, you can trust me. But, answer me this, who are they, really?" I asked, pointing to Lola and Oscar.
"Oh, well, you know about me, I guess there's no point in hiding it now. Meet Lola and Oscar, or as you know them as, Lily and Oliver." Lily and Oliver? The same Lily and Oliver that we've been hanging out with for the past two days, Miley too. Oh, this is a lot to take in.
"There's three of you?" I asked.
They nodded. Oh boy, how am I gonna keep this a secret?
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Sharpay's POV:
Gabi walked back into the room looking a little, I don't know the right word, shocked, flustered, confused, and a little bit… happy. I need details!
"What'd they want?" I asked.
"Oh, um, just to ask me an algebra question," Gabi is a very bad lier.
"No, I mean, the truth."
Gabi groaned. "Nunya."
"Well, aren't you a little ten year old?"
"When I want to be." She's being stubborn. Nobody could get anything out of her when she was being stubborn, well, except for…
"TROY!" I yelled.
"What's going on? Is something wrong? Is somebody hurt?" Troy questioned after he ran into our room.
"No, Gabi is hiding something, I need you to get it out of her."
"Geez, Sharpay, I thought there was an emergency."
"Yeah, well, there wasn't, Gabi's being stubborn. You are the only one who can ever get anything out of her when she's stubborn. She'll tell you anything. And I can tell, this is big."
Troy sighed. He went and sat across from Gabriella. "What are you hiding, Gabi?"
Gabriella tried her hardest not to look him in the face. No, no. She couldn't betray Miley. She couldn't. So, when she finally did look at him, Taylor and Kelsi ran through the door.
Normal POV:
"Shar, Gabs, come on, we have to go to the mall! The concert's in four hours!"
Gabriella grabbed her purse and quickly got out the door.
"You're right Sharpay," Troy said as she was about to leave too. "She is hiding something."
Back to HM:
After Gabriella left, Miley said, "Who thinks she's gonna talk?"
"I think she'll try her best not to," Lily answered.
"Yeah, but what if her best isn't good enough?" Miley asked.
"Well, I doubt she'll run straight to the press with this, but she might tell her little friends, but she'll try not to."
"Man, how'd she figure it out!"
"Think of it as a jigsaw puzzle, Miles, there are lots of little pieces we've given them, she's just the only one to put it together correctly, and if she shows the others how to put it together correctly, they'll figure it out too."
"1, stop using metaphors, 2, what pieces have we given them?" Miley asked.
"First of all, the lyrics to your song, I mean, come on!"
"Yeah, I suppose."
"Then, there's Hannah and Jake being so close, you know, holding hands and all that."
"I guess."
"Then, there's the fact that we're all so convinced that Jake's not cheating on you with Hannah."
"With anyone!" Jake exclaimed.
"Yeah, we know," Lily said it in a 'duh' tone. "And last, when you had Hannah's phone, I could tell they didn't believe you."
"Yeah, I guess you're right, what am I gonna do?"
"I don't know, I guess you'll just have to be hopeful."
"Hopeful about what?" Mr. Stewart said, walking into the room.
"Gabriella found out my secret," she mumbled.
"Oh, darlin', I'm sorry."
"Yeah, she said she wouldn't tell anybody, but I'm not so sure."
"Well, that girl seemed nice enough, but, just, be careful."
"Thanks, Daddy," Miley said, hugging him. "Oh, what did you want?"
"Oh, we gotta go to sound check and rehearsal in about two hours, just letting you know to be ready by then, oh, and I'm goin' there now, to check everything out."
"Alright, by Dad."
"Later, bud."
After he left the room, they just relaxed for about an hour. Then, they got a knock on the door. "Hey Kelsi," Miley said once she opened the door. She was Miley now, and Kelsi didn't know what room Hannah was in.
"Hey, you guys wanna go hang out in the lounge?"
"I guess so, guys, come on."
"Ok," they followed Kelsi down to the lounge.
When they got there, everybody was there.
Miley's POV:
I suddenly had the urge to ask a question. "Gabi, I was watching the jackie show in my room, I had no idea how good a singer you were, have you written anything?"
She looked down. "Well, I have written…one thing, but the situation I was in when I wrote it doesn't apply to me anymore, so, it sounds kinda weird."
"Sing some of it!" Miley encouraged.
"Yeah, I haven't even heard it," Troy said.
"That means it's about you," Chad said under his breath. Everybody heard it, but nobody said anything in response.
"Come on, Gabi, sing it!"
"Yeah, come on!"
"Uhh, I don't know, it might sound really stupid."
"Come on, it won't sound stupid, just sing!"
"Fiiine, it's called, 'When There Was Me and You.' Please don't laugh."
(sorry, it's one of my fav HSM songs, had to put it in)
It's funny when you find yourself
Looking from the outside
I'm standing here but all I want
Is to be over there
Why did I let myself believe
Miracles could happen
Cause now I have to pretend
That I don't really care
I thought you were my fairytale
A dream when I'm not sleeping
A wish upon a star
That's coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you
I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty
I'm only left with used-to-be's
Once upon a song
Now I know you're not a fairytale
And dreams were meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star
Just don't come true
Cause now even I tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Cause I liked the view
When there was me and you
I can't believe that
I could be so blind
It's like you were floating
While I was falling
And I didn't mind
Cause I liked the view
Thought you felt it too
When there was me and you
When she looked at everybody, they looked speechless. "Was it really that bad?"
"Bad? Gabi, that was beautiful, what's it about?" Lily asked.
"Nothing," she lied. The song had gotten her a little choked up.
"Yes it was, you said so," Lily continued pestering.
"No, it wasn't."
"Yes it was. Was it about…?"
She didn't get to finish because Gabi ran out. Everybody looked very confused. "Why did she get that sad from a song?"
"Maybe it wasn't the song, but why she wrote the song."
"Well, why did she write the song?"
"We dunno, we hadn't heard it before now."
"I think I know what it's about," Taylor piped up.
"What?" Chad asked.
"Chad, that song's kinda our fault."
"How?"
"Remember when we tried to, you know, get Gabi and Troy to not do the call backs?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Well, imagine what she must have felt after we showed her Troy saying that her and the call backs didn't matter?"
Troy groaned and Miley slapped him. "Hey, what was that for?"
"You never say that a girl doesn't matter, especially one that you're in love with!"
"Yeah, I know, I was stupid…wait, what?"
"Troy look at me, You-love-her-and-she-loves-you!" she talked slowly as if he was stupid.
"How could you!"
Gabi's POV:
I ran away because of…bad memories, I guess. I forgave him because the basketball players could easily get him to say stuff he didn't mean. I guess I should go back now. I walked into the room and heard Miley saying to Troy, "and-she-loves-you!" What! She did not just say that! Bad dream, please be a bad dream!
"How could you!" I nearly yelled to her. "I kept your secret, why couldn't you keep mine?" Then, I covered my mouth. I pretty just admitted that I liked... well, loved him.
Miley looked at me with pleading eyes, no, begging eyes. "Gabriella, please, I'm sorry, don't say anything, please!" I immediately regretted saying anything about her secret.
"I won't say anything," I said. I walked away, because, well, I didn't know what else to do. Everybody else must be pretty confused.
Oh my god! He was never supposed to know that I liked him. Because he doesn't like you! Get that in your head, Gabriella. What sucks the most…your friendship is probably ruined!
Troy's POV:
Gabi likes me? What? How? I love her. I had no idea she…what? She can't like me. There's no way. Miley's wrong, I wish she was right, but, she can't be. I have to follow her.
Normal POV:
A couple seconds after she left, Troy ran to catch up with her. He didn't catch her elevator, but the next one. He got off on the fourth floor. When he got to her room, he was about to knock, but he heard her singing, and he was interested in what she was singing, so, he didn't.
I don't wanna fall to pieces
I just wanna sit and stare at you
I don't wanna talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just wanna cry in front of you
I don't wanna talk about it
'Cause I'm in love with you
He sighed, he knew Avril Lavigne put a lot of emotion and sadness into that song, but Gabi put more. When she finished singing, he was about to knock on the door, when he realized she probably wouldn't let him in. He quickly went down and borrowed Taylor's key. After he got it, he ran back up there. He used the key and opened the door.
When she saw him, she said, "Troy, I…"
But, he cut her off by kissing her. When he pulled back, he said, "You said you didn't want a conversation." She gave him a puzzled look. "You sing Avril Lavigne well," he answered.
She giggled her signature giggle. "So, you like me huh?" Troy asked.
She didn't say anything. "Well, that sucks, because, I love you."
She gasped. "I love you too," she said, kind of shocked.
"Will you be my girlfriend?"
"I'd love to."
They walked to the elevator hand in hand. Then, she said, "Wanna have some fun with them?"
"How?"
"Not tell them."
"That'll kill them."
"I know it will."
"You're evil, Montez."
"I know I am, Bolton."
She dropped his hand. When they got off on the bottom floor, they went to the lounge and sat at separate sides of the room. Everybody looked at them expectantly.
"What?" they asked.
"Come on, you know what!"
"No, we don't."
"Yeah you do, are you two…?"
Kelsi didn't get to finish her question because Mr. Stewart walked into the room. "Miles, Jake, Lils, Oliver, come on, we gotta go."
"Okay," they left. The rest of the afternoon, the gang tried to get something out of Troy and Gabi, but, it didn't work. They caught a cab to where the concert was. They were able to go backstage before it started.
"Oh my god!" they all shouted, except for Gabi, at what they saw in there. There were actually only two people in the room, Jake Ryan, and Hannah Montana, making out.
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