Troy's Walls-- Chapter Eleven.

By bomchickawahwahx3

Thanks for the reviews! :)

I abruptly shut my locker and sigh in frustration. Tonight's the night of my guitar recital and I still have to somehow get Jodie interested in Chad. Could things possibly get any worse?

"Gabby! Ohmigosh!"

I let out another frustrated sigh and turn around. How can anyone be so perky this early? I force myself to smile as I say, "Hi Jodie. What's up?"

"Well, you will not believe who I just saw!"

"Wait," I hold up my hand to her as I say. "Before you say anything, I need to talk to you. It's really important."

"If it's about you and Troy, don't worry about. Sharpay already filled me in on the whole thing between you two. Actually, I'm kind of happy for the both of you. I saw you two together at his art gallery thing a few nights ago and you two looked so happy together. As if you guys were right for each other." She pauses for a minute and lets her mind wander around freely, and for a second, I'm don't remember what I was supposed to tell her.

"Right…right. Anyway, that was part of what I was going to tell you. Um, since you already took care of that…See Jodie, there's this guy…"

Jodie interrupts me before I can get in another word. "Oh I know! I saw Troy's best friend, Chad Danforth, and he is just a hottie!"

This girl never ceases to amaze me. "Great, I'm glad you like him. But, um…"

"Oh! Look at the time! I've got to run. Great talking to you. We should do this again some other time. I'll call you." And with that, she turns and jogs off in the other direction leaving me stunned once again. I walk off to the music room to practice playing guitar and worry about tonight's performance.

It's already two hours before my big performance and I'm sitting in my room rehearsing tonight's song. I wonder what Troy's up to. I set my ear to the wall in hopes of hearing something but am greeted by silence. Great, he probably forgot about tonight. I notice the button of my answering machine blinking, so click on it.

"Hey babe. It's me, Troy. Look, I'm sorry, I can't pick you up tonight, but don't worry. I'll definitely be there at your recital. Love you." Beep.

I wonder what that's all about. Whatever, I don't care as long as he shows up tonight. If he doesn't, there really is no point in doing the recital. I glance at the digital clock on my dresser and decide that now is a good time to leave. Picking up my purse and house keys, I walk out the door and down the hall toward the elevator, alone.

Backstage at the recital is chaotic. People are running around making last minute adjustments while other people are trying to rehearse for the last time. I'm sitting down trying to get the butterflies in my stomach to go away. I so desperately want to peak outside and look for Troy, but I know that is not an option. Why did I agree to go last? This is a lot more nerve-racking than I thought it would be. I begin to start pacing backstage as act after act go on and finish to a thunderous applause.

"Montez, you're next." Says my music teacher. He quickly moves out of the way and motions for me to take my place. I sit down in the lone chair right in front of the curtains, and pick up my guitar, getting it into place as I wait for the curtains to rise. It feels so weird to be actually singing at the recital in front of everyone, since I've never really done it, before. The applause finally dies down, and I can hear my music teacher introducing me.

"And for our final act, we have Gabriella Montez. Now, many of you may know her for her incredible talent for playing the guitar, but I bet many of you did not know that she was also a singer. Tonight, you will get to witness her amazing vocal talent through a song written by her. It's called My Heart Beats for You."

The curtain suddenly rises and I am overwhelmed by the amount of people there. I quickly scan the crowd for the one person that I want more than anyone else in the world to be there. My hope is fading fast until I finally spot him sitting in the front row smiling at me and looking only at me. I finally start playing some chords on my guitar, and my mouth opens to sing out the lyrics of the song.

Oh angel eyes
It's no surprise
You constantly
Take hold of me
I can't complain
You stay the same
Like autum rain
You ease my pain

So baby I give to you
And baby I live for you
You know I love you more than anything in the world
You are my treasure
With you I'll be careful
Heaven knows my heart beats for you baby
To hear you laugh
When times are hard
To see you smile
Just for a while
The joy you bring
Is more to me
Than all of life
Could ever be

I'm taken by your love
And strengthened by the trust you have in me
How could this be?
No one's ever trusted me

Cause baby, I live for you
You know I love you more than anything in this whole wide world
You are my treasure
With you I'll be careful
Heaven knows that my heart beats for you, baby.

I finally end my song without taking my eyes off Troy and the crowd erupts into a thunderous applause. My emotions are barely in check as tears begin to form at the corners of my eyes. The crowd gives me a standing ovation and Troy stands up with them, applauding as well. We mouth the words, "I love you" to each other as the curtains fall.

A/N: So, what'd you guys think? :D I hoped you all liked it. Please, review! ;D Thanks.