Title: The Glass Slipper
Rating: T
Author: Freeing Alys
Disclaimer: I don't own HSM or any of the charectors that we already know. Anything that you don't regonize, I own.
Summary: Kelsi was always the quiet and distant one. The only thing she has going for her is her composurers. And maybe the guy she always wanted. Kelsi centric. Trelsi?

CHAPTER TWO

Troy hung up from his conversation with Gabbi and sat back on the couch next to Kelsi. "She forgave me again." Troy let out and smiled at her in obvious happiness.

"That's awesome Troy." Kelsi forced out of her lips and smiled at him in mock happiness. She was happy for him in a way. She wanted Troy to be happy, but she'd would rather he was happy with her after all. Mentally Kelsi kicked herself in the ass for coming to Troy's. It was a pretty good idea, but meshing her world and Troy's wasn't the best idea in the world. They couldn't mesh it wasn't possible. He was the jock and she was the girl in the hat and baggy jacket. That's all it was and all it'd ever be. Kelsi really had no idea what she was doing, but it couldn't end up very well.

"My parents should be home soon." Troy said breaking the silence and he glanced down at his watch. "I could show you the room, it is getting late." Troy offered standing up off the couch and Kelsi followed lead.

"Yeah, okay." Kelsi answered shyly and she followed Troy to the guest bedroom.

They walked into the bare room with Kelsi in tow and Troy opened his arms once they were stepped inside. "This is it!" He told her walking up to the bed and sitting on it.

"It's nice." Kelsi told him taking in the room in awe. This wasn't the kind of thing that Kelsi was really used to, she was used to barely having one room for her and her parents in the same house. But this was something nice. "It's amazing. I'm not used to this kind of thing." Kelsi trusted in Troy and automatically regretted it. It was too much to share with him, she didn't even know him. But at the same time it made her feel okay. Troy made her feel different like she was coming out of her shell, like in her song Breaking Free.

"I'm sorry." Troy let out and watched as Kelsi paced around the room looking it up and down.

Kelsi shrugged her shoulders at Troy's apology. "It's fine. I mean, it's not your fault." She told him and watched as he nodded his head.

"I just wish you were as well off as me." Troy told her and Kelsi turned from him and flash a smile to the bare wall. Feeling her heart beat harder and faster then it normally should've Kelsi walked back around to the bed and sat next to Troy.

"So what is up in the world of Troy Bolton?" Kelsi asked loving the fact that she was sitting next to Troy in his house and talking to just him.

Troy smiled at Kelsi in pure enjoyment and shrugged his shoulders. "Basketball, Gabbi…the usual." He told her and Kelsi nodded a little upset that he didn't mention the musical coming up. With all the fun they had the year before she figured he'd come back, but of course he wasn't. And there had to be some reason for it. Of course Kelsi figured it was his father, but she needed to hear the reason.

"What about the musical?" She asked him and he turned to face her, obviously caught off guard.

"Um, yeah I guess that too. I don't know Kelsi I really hadn't thought of it." He confessed to her and Kelsi nodded at him.

"Isn't Gabbi auditioning?" Kelsi asked and watched as Troy nodded in his head in answer.

"Yeah, that's what we've mainly been fighting over. She wants to audition for pairs with me. But I don't know…Dad has his thing going and I don't want to ruin it." Troy told Kelsi and she suddenly felt bad for him. Her parents might fight all the time and not give a rat's ass about what it does to her. But at least she's still able to write music and play the piano. It was more then what Troy got.

"Sorry Troy." Kelsi told him and he shook his head at her leaving her utterly confused.

"Don't be. I like basketball, maybe not as much as Dad, but I do and it's my ticket to college." Troy informed Kelsi and she nodded her head, he was right after all.

"I understand." She told Troy and he smiled at her and for a second it seemed to Kelsi as though they had connected for a minute or too, and then the front door slammed shut.

"My parents are home." Troy informed Kelsi and she stood up off the bed when he did.

"Should I go meet them?" Kelsi asked him and Troy nodded.

"Yeah, let's go." Troy answered Kelsi and led her out of the bedroom.

-xxx-

The next morning Kelsi woke up in Troy's guest bedroom bed. Pulling her wrist from out from the bed she checked her watch drowsily, ten eighteen in the morning. Rubbing at her eyes Kelsi sat up in bed and felt the butterflies start to roam around in her stomach almost imediately. Troy. His parents. Sighing and scooting out of the bed Kelsi realized she really didn't want to deal with it. She had no idea why, she just didn't want to. Going to the night stand Kelsi flipped open the first drawer and saw that it contained a notepad and pencils. Picking up both of the objects Kelsi jotted down a message in the notepad.

Had to run Troy, sorry for not sticking around.

Feeling content with her decision Kelsi walked over to the wide window in the room and quietly slipped out of it. Feeling the warm Saturday sun pour down on her she made her way back home and snuck into her window.

"I don't know!" Kelsi heard her parents fighting again and she heard random objects being thrown and crashing down. Sighing Kelsi laid down on her bed and tried to drown out the sounds of her family, but it was pretty much impossible.

Her Mom's voice rang out in the house making it impossible for Kelsi to hear or concentrate on anything else. Finally, Kelsi let out a huge sigh put her hat on and closed her eyes. She allowed images of Troy to fill her mind and she thought of the night before. Troy was full in her mind when she heard her door open. "What are you doing?" Kelsi heard her Dad ask and she forced open her eyes to the world.

"Nothing Dad." Kelsi answered standing off her bed and facing her father.

"Your Mother and I want to talk to you." He said in a cold voice and Kelsi couldn't help but wonder when her parents started to hate her and each other.

Nodding her head Kelsi viewed her father from behind her glasses and watched him leave her room. Sighing Kelsi walked out of her room and slipped into the kitchen.

Mrs. Nielson was sitting at the table looking angry, sad and mad all at the same time. Taking in her Mother's face Kelsi knew this moment couldn't help all that well. "What's going on Mom?" Kelsi asked sitting down at the kitchen table across from her Mom.

Mrs. Nielson smiled lightly at Kelsi and locked eyes with her. "I'm going to be up front with you." She started and Kelsi knew what was headed her way, it was the thing she'd expecting to hear for quite awhile. "I'm telling you this like this because I think you can handle it. We're getting a divorce." Mrs. Nielson finished without skipping a beat.

"Okay." Kelsi replied trying to keep her feelings in check. Her family was falling apart from the hems and there was nothing she could do to change it. "What's going to happen?" She asked looking between both her Mom and Dad.

Mr. Nielson shrugged his shoulders and lightly touched Kelsi on her shoulder, it was the closest that she'd been to her father in months. "You can either live here with your Mother or in New York with me." He told his daughter and Kelsi looked over at her Mom.

"I want to stay here. It's my home." Kelsi told her parents and the nodded at her.

"Okay." Mr. Nielson said and stood out of his chair. "I love you Kelsi." He told Kelsi and she nodded her head at him.

"Yeah, I love you Dad." She answered and watched as he walked away.

Holding back her tears Kelsi stood up from the table and started to walk to her room. "It'll be fine Kelsi." Mrs. Nielson told Kelsi as she walked to her room.

Kelsi slammed the door behind her and ignored her Mom.