You Belong With Me

Chapter 2

Wednesday came it was another boring day of classes at East High. As he walked into school, he spotted Gabriella talking to Sharpay in the hallway waiting for the bell to go. He ran up to Gabriella and poked her in the waist. Gabriella shrieked and turned around. She gave Chad a small hit on the arm with a smile.

"I hate it when you do that," she said holding her waist where he grabbed her.

"Exactly" he said laughing "Hey Sharpay" he gave her a nod of welcoming.

"Hey" she replied.

Chad went on talking to Gabriella "So Gabi, you wanna do something this weekend I was thinking we could go to the basketball game which is on this Saturday. I got us tickets already, I was going to surprise you but we go to every game that's ever on so I guess your expecting it" Gabriella had another expression of guilt on her face so he stopped talking.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to go?" he asked her confused.

"No it's not that, it's just Troy already got us tickets and he asked me yesterday. I'm really sorry".

"But we've always gone together since we were kids"

"I know, maybe it's time for a change it's only one game and maybe you should have asked first"

"I didn't think I had to we always go together I never ask you"

Gabriella and Chad started to raise their voices. At that, Sharpay quickly said "I have to go to the bathroom," they weren't paying attention though.

"Ok why are you getting so angry at me it's not my fault Troy asked first he's my boyfriend you can't tell me what I can and can't do with him"

"I'm not It just seems lately that all you do is hang out with Troy you've blown me off twice this week for him. Ever since you started dating him it seems you have no time for me" he lowered his voice and then said "or you just don't want to".

At those words tears streamed down Gabriella's face and Chad couldn't believe he had just said that to her because he knows it's not true.

"Gabi, I'm really sorry I shouldn't have said that I didn't mean it"

At that moment, the bell rang and everyone moved to their first class of the day. Chad and Gabriella stood there for a moment, Chad reached out for Gabriella's hand but she stepped back.

Without looking at him she said, "I gotta get to class," she turned and went into a run down the hall. Chad just stood there watching her and thinking about what had just happened, a tear slowly streamed down his face.

By the time, lunch had come Chad walked into the cafeteria and spotted Gabriella sitting with Sharpay and Troy. Gabriella still hadn't spoken to Chad, he walked over to sit with Gabriella to try and talk to her but when she saw him coming she whispered something to Sharpay then got up, put the rest of her food in the bin, put her tray back and walked out of the cafeteria, Troy also got up and ran after her. Chad looked disappointed and walked over to sit with Sharpay.

"She's really beating herself up about the fight this morning," Sharpay said as he sat down.

"I can't believe I said the things I said, we've never had a fight like that before" he said to her with a nostalgic expression. "It's just that Troy is always with her and she never stops talking about him".

"You really love her don't you?" she said softly trying to catch his eye.

Chad ignored the question and tried to avoid her eye.

"You should tell her how you feel" still trying to catch his eye.

"She's with Troy, she loves him. Gabriella and I have been best friends since pre-school, I am like a brother," he said looking up and staring Sharpay in the eye.

"You'll never know until you try, just give it a shot you won't lose her I promise," she said to him convincingly giving him a small smile. She then got up gave him a pat on the shoulder and walked out of the cafeteria. Chad was left sitting at the table alone thinking about what Sharpay had just said.

The end of the day had come and everyone was heading home. Gabriella and Chad hadn't spoken all day. Chad spotted Gabriella walking out the school doors holding hands with Troy and talking to Sharpay. Chad hoped that Sharpay didn't say anything to Gabriella because Sharpay is a gossip and she has never really been good at keeping secrets. However, this time he had a feeling that she hadn't brought up Chad at all.

When he got home from school he spent the whole afternoon in his room going through in his head everything that happened that day. On his nightstand he has a picture of him and Gabriella. He picked it up and gazed at it, he wondered when she was ever going to speak to him again. He wanted so much for everything to go back to the way it was before Troy came along.

You don't know what you do
Every time you walk into the room
I'm afraid to move
I'm weak
Its true
I'm just scared to know the ending
Do you see me too?
Do you even know u met me?

Chad remembered how much he had hurt her that day.

I've waited all my life

To cross this line
To the only thing that's true
So I will not hide
Its time to try

Anything to be with you
All my life I've waited
This is true

Still gazing at the picture, he knew he had to tell her how he felt. He was going to talk to her tomorrow and make things right. He loved and cared about her too much to just let her slip away. He couldn't lose her.