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?
Author's Note: First of all I just want to say sorry for the horrible writing if it exsists in this chapter. I had writer's block coming over me, but I needed to update for ya'll! And now for other notes: Same thing goes as with the last chapter's A/N. I need some reviews to know you like it! 700 hits to the story, but only 14 reviews, I just need to know you like the story. I have all these other ideas floating around for stories, but I just need to know people like this one to keep writing it. So 5 reviews if you want to see another chapter! Thanks guys, you really rock!
CHAPTER SIX
The next day at school Kelsi was in her locker, trying to find the sheet music she wanted to go over for her free period in the music room. Stacking her books at the bottom of her locker she looked for the music, but failed to find it. Sighing, she stood back up and started to sift through the loose papers at the top of her locker. And there it was sitting right where she thought she left it. "There you are." She sighed out in a sing-song voice as she folded the paper and stuffed it into her pocket. "Kelsi." She heard a familiar voice behind her and she swung around to be caught face to face with Gabbi. She hadn't seen her since that Friday, mostly she'd been avoiding her, hoping she wouldn't have to have this conversation. But now it looked like she was stuck having it.
"Hi Gabs." She greeted her best friend slash old best friend with a friendly smile. "What's up?" She asked her hoping to side track her from talking about Troy, but it was a hopeless cause.
Gabbi flashed Kelsi an ice-cold face and Kelsi figured she'd gotten the tip from Sharpay Evans. "'What's up?' You stole my boyfriend and now you're asking what's up?" Gabbi asked adjusting her small pink purse on her shoulder and Kelsi simply replied with a shrug of her shoulders.
"I guess." She said, but decided she wasn't going to take the usual Gabbi-ness and she tried again. "Look Gabbi, don't be mad at me. It's what Troy wanted." Kelsi told Gabbi shutting her locker shut and prepared herself to walk to the music room before her free period was over, and she really needed to finish the song, the auditions for the musical were in a week, meaning to actual production was only months away. And of course music was needed for it.
Gabbi stalked closer up to Kelsi and glared deeply at her, causing Kelsi to realize she was in deep trouble with Gabbi. "You look, Kelsi, you were my best friend and then you go and do that to me." Gabbi shot back and Kelsi rolled her eyes at Gabbi, best friend?
"Best friend?" She asked propping her hands on her hips. "You ditched me all the time for really really stupid reasons. You got mad at me every other day, you used me…" She told Gabbi and looked away from her before she laid down her last accusation on the table, the one that hurt Kelsi the most. "You wouldn't even come over to my house to help me when my parents were getting a divorce and my Dad was leaving." She shot at her hoping Gabbi realized how much she really had been hurting her since the year before.
Gabbi re-adjusted her purse strap again and nodded her head. "You're right Kelsi, I was horrible. But I really loved Troy, and you took him away." Gabbi shot at Kelsi, but Kelsi didn't fall into it at all.
"No Gabbi, I didn't take him away. He walked away." She said and turned on her heel and ran down the hallway to the music room.
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Kelsi slipped into the music room and sat nicely down on the piano's bench. Fishing out her sheet music she placed it on the sheet music holder on the piano and started to strike the keys as she sang the words.
"I gave all of me to you. We were great." She sang out stringing the piano chords and her words together to fit into the song. Jotting down a few more notes and chords and lyrics Kelsi finished the last needed song for the musical. Sighing she smiled at her work and was grateful. She ended up writing ten songs that weekend after the Troy and Gabbi drama, which gave her eleven songs for the school musical. A little over the norm, but it all fit perfectly into the musical's story.
Playing more chords on the piano recklessly, Kelsi didn't even hear Troy walk into the room. "Hey." He said over the piano and Kelsi looked over at him and smiled shyly.
"Hey." She said back. They had only seen each other once since that Friday, when everything Kelsi had was given to Troy. On Saturday Troy had basketball business and on Sunday they both had church and Troy had the day with his family. "What's going on?" She asked as Troy slid on the bench next to her.
"I actually just saw Gabbi." He told his girlfriend and Kelsi nodded at him.
"Yeah, me too. She's mad at me." Kelsi let out in dissapointment. Even though Gabbi wasn't the best best friend in the world, Kelsi still liked to be around her. Kelsi's life didn't start until both Gabbi and Troy were in her musical the year before.
"She'll get over it. She should've seen it coming. We were fighting all the time, we weren't alike any more." Troy explained wrapping an arm around Kelsi's shoulders, and she felt herself tingle under his touch and she was swept back to that morning.
Troy slid over on his side and used his right hand to trace Kelsi's stomach lightly. "Don't." Kelsi finally let out laughing.
Smiling at her Troy nodded his head. "Okay." He agreed and lightly kissed Kelsi on the lips.
When Troy pulled away Kelsi smiled up at him and took in the moment, it was the most perfect one in her high school career. "I really like you Troy." She whispered pulling her end of the blanket more tightly around her, suddenly feeling 'naked' and embarrassed.
"I like you too Kelsi." He said back to her and kissed her again. This time sweeping his tongue around her mouth and she massaged his tongue with her own.
"Kels?" Kesli heard Troy ask and she brought herself back to present day.
"Yeah?" She asked turning her head to look at Troy.
"We haven't really talked about…" He started but Kelsi intrupted him by holding up her hand.
"It's fine. I…let's just leave it." She finally let out and smiled at Troy. She loved being with Troy on Friday, but it wasn't something she wanted to think to much about or dwelve into. Leaning close to Troy she kissed him on the lips and ran her hand through the back of his head.
Kissing her back Troy quickly pulled back and checked his watch. "I have to go, more basketball tryouts." He said and stood up off the bench.
"Wait, I wanted to ask you something." Kelsi stopped him thinking about the thing she had wanted to ask him since Friday.
"Yeah?" Troy looking impatiently at Kelsi.
"I was just wondering if you were going to audition for the school musical next week?" She asked hoping he'd say yes. It was something important to her, and she loved Troy playing her lead.
Troy gave Kelsi a look that she automatically knew as a no, and it made her stomach drop. "Kelsi, I can't Dad really needs me to get this scholarship. You know I would at any other time. But this is something that I need. I'm not like you, I don't have school or music. I need basketball." He told her, not a drop of regret in his voice.
Not even attempting to put on a brave face for him Kelsi nodded her head slightly. "Oh, okay. I guess." She added weakly and she hated the way she was falling into the old her again. But she couldn't change it or take it back.
Smiling at Kelsi Troy turned around and left the music room, off the basketball practice. Sighing Kelsi sat back on the piano's bench and tried to think of anything else besides Troy and the musical. But she couldn't. She really only wanted him to be in because it was him she was thinking off the whole time she was writing the music for it. Shaking her head Kelsi tried to take the thoughts away from her train of thought. It was done with. Troy was the basketball star, nothing else. He only starred in last year's musical because of Gabbi, that was it.
Turning back to the piano Kelsi started to hit the keys randomly, in a short song that she let out to release her feelings. Pounding on the keys Kelsi finally let herself release the thought of Troy performing her songs on stage and let it all go. It was over, he wasn't going to do it.
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When lunch period rolled around Kelsi caught up with Troy at his locker, shoving her feelings about the musical behind her she walked up in front of him with a big smile on her face. Finally, she'd be able to spend quality time with her new boyfriend. "Hey Troy!" She greeted him and automatically put her hand in his.
"Hey." He replied and kissed her lightly on the cheek. "You hungry?" He asked and Kelsi turned to face him unable to really answer the question fully.
Hungry. Yeah she was hungry, in every sense of the word. Her Dad hadn't called since he left, even though he promised he would. Kelsi's Mom promised it was because he was busy with his new apartment and job, but Kelsi was seventeen she knew better. And her Mom was constantly out and about doing something. They hadn't sat down together for dinner for three days. Kelsi's Mom either had to work late, go to the gym, or she just wanted to go out with her best friend. Either way, she hardly had time for Kelsi. And Kelsi couldn't put any feeling or control into her family situation. It was slipping away from her. "I don't know." She finally replied to Troy's question and lightly shrugged her shoulders.
"You don't know?" Troy repeated looking down at her with a look of confusion on his face.
Kelsi tried again as they walked into the caf. and stood in line in the main dish line, Troy's favorite. "I just mean, I'm not that hungry. Things have been hectic. I don't know." She finished and looked up at Troy, hoping he wouldn't think she was crazy.
"What's hectic?" He asked as a worried expression spilled over his face. "Us?"
Kelsi shook her head firmly at that. He was the only thing keeping her grounded. "No, not us. Family stuff." She explained further.
Troy nodded his head as the couple advanced in the lunch line. "Your Dad?" Troy guessed and Kelsi nodded.
"Mom too. Dad hasn't called yet. Mom is always busy, I haven't talked to her for three days. I'm just not up to eating right now." She sighed out and she noticed Troy take in her frame and her heart started to beat fast. He was looking so closely at her, taking her all in. And she didn't know how he'd respond to her.
"You'll get through it. But come on. Eat lunch, don't you have a test or something you'll need to get done after in sixth?" Troy asked and Kelsi nodded remembering her test in Algebra.
"Yeah…" She let out as they reached the food and Kelsi took the smallest plate in her hands.
"Testing requires brain food." Troy told Kelsi and put her small plate back and replaced it with the biggest plate with the most amount of food. Kelsi gulped down her words and nodded her head nicely at Troy. He was trying.
"Thanks." She told him and they went to find a table to sit at.
"How about that one?" Troy suggested pointing to a table in the corner, where the couple would sit alone and catch up.
Kelsi followed Troy to the table and sat down gracefully at it. She watched as Troy started to dig into his food and Kelsi's gaze went to her own plate. Picking up her fork she pushed the food around her plate and tried to think of anything else besides her parents, the Algebra test, her new relationship with Troy or Gabbi. Anything besides that and she might just be able to shove some food down her throat so Troy wouldn't think she was a freak. "So what exactly is up with your Mom?" Troy asked in between bites and Kelsi nodded her head, relived he asked her about it. She needed to blow off steam in the area of her life.
"Well she's been keeping busy. Either from Me, the more empty house or the fact she's in the middle of a divorce. I don't' know. I can't get her to see me and be around me." Kelsi explained to Troy as she pushed her plate of food off to the corner as she talked to Troy.