Author's Note: Hey guys thanks for reviewing guys! You're the best this is going to be one of my favorite chapter a lot of you might not agree with me but read it and then see what I have to say at the end.
Summary: After the call backs, Troy and Gabriella's relationship begins to blossom. But Sharpay wants Troy, and the part of Minnie. Will Troy and Gabriella be able to pull through? Or will Sharpay succeed?
Whatever Will Be Will Be
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Chapter 5
This Chapter is dedicated to: Princess de la Plume
Thank you for all the help
you are the best
and
I couldn't ask for any more
Gabriella was opening her locker as a little slip of paper fell out. Troy and Gabriella often exchanged little romantic notes usually Troy would write them and Gabriella would answer him personally. She never actually sent him a note.
Gabriella,
We are all going out to this new
50's diner today after school
meet us there?
Love you,
Troy
Gabriella held the paper in her hand as she touched her necklace that Troy had given her the day he told her he loved her. The closed her eyes and sighed outlining with her finger the shape of the star. She opened her eyes and came back into reality as she grabbed her things and headed off.
Gabriella looked to find her friends in the retro 50's diner. It was packed with kids all dancing to the music on the dance floor. The waiters and waitresses skated around on roller skates taking orders and bringing food. Old movies played on a large projector by the DJ. Gabriella found where they were sitting as she ran towards them knocking over a waitress.
"Hey guys," Gabriella sat down across from Troy at the table. Chad and Taylor were fussing about something as usual. While Kelsi and Zeke discussed the correct way to make a great pasta salad. Everything seemed to be normal. Gabriella noticed Troy was a little off, like his mind was in some other land. "Troy?"
Troy stared at the dance floor. Gabriella noticed what he was daydreaming about, Sharpay.
Gabriella was steaming mad. Troy and Sharpay had been spending so much time together. But she trusted Troy. He wouldn't cheat on her. Would he?
"Troy?" Gabriella waved her hand in front of Troy's face. "Hello?"
"What oh sorry I was just...never mind,"
Gabriella smiled politely and kissed him on his forehead. The waitress that Gabriella had knocked over came to their table to take their orders.
"So it's little miss: I'm in a rush so I am just going to knock over this person for kicks!" The waitress glared at her.
"I am really sorry about that it's just..." Gabriella stopped and looked up at her.
"Yeah okay may I take your order?" The girl asked flatly.
Taylor and Chad went first.
"We'll have the basketball chip dip!" Cried Chad giving her the menu.
"Chad what are you talking about!?" Taylor asked angrily. "I thought we decided on a burger that we could split!"
"No," Chad said
"Yes" Taylor replied nodding her head.
Chad and Taylor exchanged no's and yes's for a while as the waitress rolled her eyes.
"I'll just have salad," Taylor said looking down at the table angrily.
"And you miss?" The waitress asked Kelsi.
"I'll have the pasta salad,"
"And could you give me the recipe?" Zeke asked excitedly.
The waitress ignored him and moved on to Troy and Gabriella. Thankfully they had discussed what they were going to order before the waitress came.
"We'll split a milkshake," Troy said looking over to the waitress as she skated away.
Gabriella thought how romantic it is to split a milkshake in an old diner. She felt like she was coming out of an old movie.
"Here you go," The waitress came over a band-aid covered a cut from the fall.
"Sorry!" Gabriella yelled after her as she skated away. Gabriella slumped back in her chair as she noticed the delicious milkshake sitting before her.
Troy put the two straws into the shake and motioned it across the table offering it to Gabriella.
Gabriella sat up and smile at him as she took a sip. They giggled, on the other side of the table Chad and Taylor were fighting and Zeke and Kelsi were busy trying the pasta salad and talking about how good it was. Troy put his hand over Gabriella's as they continued to talk about, everything.
"So then right into the net whoosh!" Chad imitated himself throwing an imaginary basketball into an imaginary net.
"There you go again Chad! Taylor stood up. "Basketball this basketball that! Can't you ever talk about something else? "
Chad looked at her and began to stutter. "Taylor?"
Taylor walked away, Kelsi followed.
"Just give us a minute," Gabriella said to Troy as he nodded and she followed Taylor and Kelsi.
After a half hour of waiting Gabriella called him to apologize that she wasn't going to be able to return to their date. Troy of course understood but now he was sitting there with a half drunken milkshake. He looked around for someone he knew. He found someone, Sharpay.
"Hi Sharpay," Troy said coming over to Sharpay's table.
"Troy, funny seeing you here. I thought you were with Gabriella,"
"Well it's a long story, do you want to dance?" Troy put his had out at her.
"Sure," Sharpay gave an evil smile at Ryan as she took his hand and his heart.
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"Troy!" Kelsi came running up in a hurry towards Troy and Gabriella. "Troy, Sharpay, see you, music room," Kelsi was breathing too hard for her to make complete sentences. "My gosh that girl has me running all over the school for you!"
"Kelsi what did Sharpay need Troy for?" Gabriella asked kindly.
Kelsi quickly regained her breath and began once again. "Sharpay wanted to know if Troy would help her make costumes today during free period,"
"Did she say anything about Gabriella?" Troy asked. Kelsi nodded her head back and forth indicating a no.
"It's okay Troy, I have to meet Taylor in the library today anyway to do some research,"
"You sure?" Troy asked knowing the issues Gabriella had with Sharpay.
"Yes." Gabriella said as she pecked him on the cheek and walked away.
"Why did you have to ask Gabriella if it was okay for you to go with Sharpay?" Kelsi asked looking up at him, her glasses falling off the end of her nose.
"It's a long story." Troy put his arm around her shoulders as the walked off.
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Sharpay poked her head from behind a wall in the hallway. Ryan joined her. It was free period.
"Sharpay what are we doing?" Ryan asked.
"Shhhh!" Sharpay whispered. "I'm spying," Sharpay hid quickly as Troy passed the corner.
"And why are we spying?" Ryan asked, confused.
"Just be quiet!" Sharpay said angrily. Ryan shrugged his shoulders and pulled out a gross, smelly burrito. Sharpay looked down at him disgusted and continued to spy.
"Now tell me, why are we spying?" Ryan asked, his mouth full.
"Perfect!"
"What?" Ryan asked.
"Troy blew off Gabriella for me, my plan is working out perfectly!"Sharpay clapped her hands together and ran off.
Ryan shrugged his shoulders and continued eating. Gabriella pulled herself out of an alcove where she had heard every word. She looked down at Ryan disgustingly.
"Hi Gabriella," Ryan said as he licked sauce off of his finger. Gabriella just stalked off.
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"Sharpay? Sharpay are you here?" Troy walked into the music room, it was dark he kept bumping into the piano. He finally found the lights. Sharpay appeared bumping into him from behind they both gasped in fright.
"Troy, you scared me," Sharpay said holding her heart she was obviously scared.
"You okay?" Troy asked gently sitting her in a chair.
"Fine, fine," Sharpay held her head dramatically.
"Okay so you want to get started?" Troy asked with his hands in his pockets as he swayed back and forth.
"Of course!" Sharpay took a costume and headed back into a dressing room.
Troy was confused he thought they were making costumes not trying them on...but his tux for the play did need to be hemmed so Sharpay could help him with that. His feelings for Sharpay were completely unexplainable. He liked Sharpay and Gabriella it was just so hard to love Gabriella when he knew he loved someone else too.
"Hey Troy how does it look?' Sharpay came out in Minnie's evening gown for the play. She looked amazing in the glittery shimmers of the long pink dress.
"You look, wow," Troy's eyes bugged out as her hair quickly swept his face as romantic music began to play. Sharpay took Troy as they danced as if there was no tomorrow.
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"So the Eifle tower is said to be the most romantic spot in Paris," Abigail had her nose in a french textbook.
"Yes and it is legendary for their most famous church Notre Dame," Taylor replied.
"You get anything Gabriella?" Abigail asked.
"What? Oh no not yet," Gabriella said pulling herself out of her trace. "Hey would you mind if I go and check on Troy, I'll be right back. Promise," Gabriella asked them.
"Sure go ahead," Taylor said flatly.
"Thank you, thank you thank you!" Gabriella said reluctantly picking up her things and running off.
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The music suddenly stopped as Sharpay and Troy were left there leaning closer and closer into each other until their lips touched. Troy was lost in a trance of kissing Sharpay. Gabriella was standing there in shock. Tears running down her angelic face, her books gripped tightly against her chest. It took a mere few seconds for Troy to realize Gabriella was standing before them, heartbroken. Troy quickly pulled away from Sharpay. He was left standing there, speechless.
"Gabriella-I-I," Troy began to stutter.
Gabriella just let out a weak mumble as she ran off tears streaming down her face. Sharpay gave a smile of satisfaction.
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Troy didn't go after Gabriella. He knew it wouldn't change for how he felt towards Sharpay. He just waited. Waited for time to pass.
It was the first time Gabriella had written Troy a note and probably the last.
Troy,
I love you with all my heart
But you love Sharpay
I would hate to keep you from true love
So I want you to live, love and learn
with or without me.
Infinite X's and O's
Gabriella
Gabriella noticed one of her tears had dropped on the letter. She put the note in an envelope with the star necklace he had given her inside. She sealed it up and wrote on the front in script: Troy.
She pressed the note against her heart and sighed as she placed it in his locker.
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Troy awoke to the blistering Albuquerque sun. It had then dawned on him, it was Monday. At first he still thought he was with Gabriella. He thought to himself: Hey maybe we can go over that math assignment. But then he realized it would never be the same. But he was happy. He loved Sharpay. Right?
It seemed to be a normal day at East High. Although it still never clicked with him that everyone was beginning to mingle with each other. That was all because of Troy and Gabriella. He looked around for Chad but found someone else.
"Hey Troy!" Sharpay ran up to him an planted a large kiss on his lips. Although only Troy noticed Gabriella talking to Taylor nearby. Glancing at them whenever she could. Sharpay linked her arms with Troy's as the walked towards the basketball team. "Hey guys!" Sharpay said cheerfully. The team looked up at Troy confused.
Finally Chad built up enough courage to say something back. "Uh...hi Sharpay," Chad looked back up at Troy.
"Guys this is Sharpay, my girlfriend," Troy put his arm around Sharpay and gave a weak smile.
"Excuse us for a minute Sharpay," Chad said pulling Troy in another direction, leaving Sharpay to mingle with the speechless jocks. "Troy what happened to Gabriella!" Chad asked.
"I moved on," Troy said.
"Moved on Troy, Gabriella was perfect for you. As YOU quoted," Chad said angrily.
"Listen, yes I loved Gabriella. But now I love someone else," Troy replied.
"Okay, as long as your happy," Chad said as he walked off.
The bell rang as people quickly ran into the building to get to their classes. Sharpay and Troy walked in together with her arms around his shoulders and his arms around her hips. The went to home room together as they sat down, Gabriella quickly looked away.
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Troy opened his locker at the end of home room. A small note fell down at his feet. He read Gabriella's letter. The necklace fell into his hands as he looked down at it sadly. He placed the note in his backpack as Sharpay walked over.
"Hey Troy!" She kissed him as Chad watched and shook his head slowly.
"Sharpay hey!" Troy said enthusiastically.
"Oh my gosh! A star necklace for me! You shouldn't have Troy," Sharpay placed the necklace around her neck.
"I didn't" He mumbled.
"You say something sweetie?" Sharpay asked looking down at her necklace.
"Nothing, nothing." Troy and Sharpay walked off hand in hand.
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Troy made his way during lunch to roam around the school. I love Sharpay, I love Ga-Sharpay. He kept reciting to himself in his head. He stood in the doorway of the auditorium. He heard footsteps coming from the stage as he quickly ran down to a seat in the back as he slouched down. Gabriella came out of the wings of the stage. She looked incredibly unhappy. She had looked this way for the entire day, but she had a reason to. She sat herself down at the piano in the middle of the stage and began to play. He listened closely to her playing. He never knew she had such talent.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a bird with broken wings
At times I dread my now and envy where I've been
It was amazing to hear her play. The music moved softly as her voice chimed in.
But that's when quiet wisdom takes control
At least I've got a story no one's told
The song was building up into the chorus, Gabriella had hit a rest before the song began again.
I finally learned to say
Whatever will be will be
I've learned to take
The good, the bad and breathe
'Cause although we like
To know what life's got planned
She stopped playing to let her voice take charge, he saw a small tear fall from Gabriella's face
No one knows if shooting stars will land
She continued to play as her voice built up along with the song
These days it feels naive to put your faith in hope
To imitate a child, fall backwards on the snow
'Cause that's when fears will usually lead you blind
But now I try to under-analyze
I finally learned to say
Whatever will be will be
I've learned to take The good, the bad and breathe
'Cause although we like
To know what life's got planned
No one knows if shooting stars will land
Troy had never heard this side of her voice before. He could tell that the song she was singing was coming from her heart and how she really felt. Her voice grew bolder and louder by every note she sang.
Is the rope I walk wearing thin?
Is the life I love caving in?
Is the weight on your mind
A heavy black bird caged inside?
She grew quieter as she squinted her eyes closed and stretched her arms to reach the notes on the piano.
Say
Whatever will be will be
Take
The good, the bad
Just breathe
He voice grew louder again. The song was now coming to an end.
'Cause although we like
To know what life's got planned
No one knows if shooting stars will land
She hit a high note, Troy began to remember the day they first met, the day he first laid his eyes on her. The first time he had heard her sing, like an angel.
I finally learned to say
Whatever will be will be
and I have learned to take
The good, the bad and breathe
'Cause although we like
To know what life's got planned
Thing like that are never in your hands
She stopped playing the piano to let her voice take it's course. Tears now welling up in her eyes as she sang the final verse of the song.
No one knows if shooting stars will land
Troy had then realized the beautiful song Gabriella had sang was a message. Gabriella had accepted the fact that they were over and was ready to move on. So he should to. Because now there was no way of getting her back.
Okay I know some of you are asking
Why the heck is this her favorite chapter?
My answer is that although I almost cried when I broke them up
It is the most important part of the story
Also I love that song that Gabriella sang
Actually, it was sung by Vanessa Hudgens
But I'd like to say in the story that Gabriella had made it up
Please review love you guys!
Breaking Freexx