Chapter 18 The Prom Pt. 2

Troy wasn't going to let her just walk away. He knew that he had to tell her everything, if he every wanted her back. He walked in the girls' bathroom. He saw Gabriella standing by the mirror saying, "Don't let him in. Just because he's cute and everything. I mean he's the hottie super bomb doesn't mean………………"

Troy said, "So, I'm hot?"

Gabriella spun around quickly with wide eyes, and said, "What are you doing in here?"

Troy stepped forward making Gabriella step back. Troy just kept going towards her while Gabriella just backed up against the sink. Troy placed his hand on her cheek, while Gabriella closed her eyes and relished the moment. Then she pulled away, saying, "Troy don't do they."

Troy said, "What? Wanting to be with you?"

Gabriella said, "Don't you have a girlfriend to be with?" not looking at him.

Troy said, "I'm only going with Sharpay cause she didn't have a date and neither did I."

Gabriella said, "Well, then I think your date is waiting for you."

Troy tilted her chin to look at him and said, "But, I don't want to be with her. I want to be with you."

Gabriella said, "I want to be with you too………… (They're looking in each other's eyes)………….but I still want to know why you broke up with me," pulling away and looking in the mirror.

Troy looked into the mirror waiting for her eyes to look at his, when she finally did, he said, "You really want to know?"

She turned around and said, "Yes, Troy I do. I mean I want to know what I did for you to just break up with me. It confused me. I kept wondering I did to be such a terrible girlfriend. It hurt me, "by now Gabriella was tearing up.

Troy said, "You weren't a terrible girlfriend, Gabi……….."

Gabriella interrupted him by saying, "really then why did you break up with me?"

Troy said, "If you would listen to me then you would know. Anyway, I think you want to sit down first."

Gabriella sat down, not knowing how to react. Troy sat down with her.

Then Troy continued, "Well, a month after school started my dad kept saying I needed to be more concentrated on the game, and not on you. I told him you won't do anything to my basketball skills. And he would just say that's what you think now. I would just ignore it. It hurt that he thought you were the problem. One day he threatened me, saying if you don't stop dating Gabriella, I'll send you to boarding school. He said I have to the end of the semester to break up with you. I knew that if I didn't break up with you it would mean I couldn't see you or any of my friends. So, I thought hey if I break up with you I could see you everyday and be with my friend……"

Gabriella interrupted again, "But why did you go out with Sharpay?"

Troy sighed saying, "I thought maybe if I got another girlfriend you would get a boyfriend, which I didn't want but thought was best. I just didn't want you to just sit around. I wanted you to be happy."

Gabriella said, "But, I wasn't happy, even if I had another boyfriend. I wouldn't be happy. I wanted you."

Troy said, "I want to be with you too."

Gabriella said, "One more question."

Troy said, "Shoot."

Gabriella said, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Troy said, "I didn't think about it until after. And I didn't think you would listen to me or even believe me."

Gabriella said, "True." They laughed. Then Troy got up and extended his hand for Gabriella.

Troy said, "You wanna go back to the prom?"

Gabriella said, "With you? Always."

They walked back into the gym, holding hands. The gym erupted in cheers and 'finally's.

Troy and Gabriella got their king and queen dance, and they had a blast together again with their friends.

Back at school………..

Troy got better at basketball, Gabriella was more excited about the Scholastic Decathlon, and the group was reunited.

Troy and Gabriella knew there was one more thing to do.

Troy said, "Ready?"

Gabriella said, "As I'll ever be."

Troy led Gabriella into Mr. Bolton's office.

Troy said, "Dad, can we talk to you?"

Mr. Bolton said, "Yea."

Troy said, "Dad, I want you to know that me and Gabi got back together."

Mr. Bolton said, "Really?"

Troy said, "Yes, dad. I just wanted you to know that."

Mr. Bolton said, "So, that's why you are doing better in the games?"

Troy said, "Yea."

Mr. Bolton said, "Well, I guess that's good."

Troy said, "Dad, I love Gabi, and she loves me. We just wanted you to know."

Mr. Bolton said, "I guess I can't stop ya from being together."

Troy said, "I want you to be happy for us, not wanting us to split up."

Mr. Bolton said, "I don't know Troy."

Gabriella finally said, "But at least I support Troy. Sharpay wanted Troy stop playing basketball to pay more attention to her. "

Mr. Bolton said, "Really?"

Gabriella said, "Yes."

Mr. Bolton said, "Then, I happy for ya. Now go away before I change my mind."

Gabriella pulled Troy out the door, before he could say Thank you. When they got out of the locker room, Gabriella screamed, "YES!"

Troy laughed, knowing he was with the right girl.

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