"You're really going to make a guy play this game?" Troy asked.
"C'mon Troy," Chad responded as he looked at Troy. "Do it for all the manly men out there. 'Cause all manly men love to draw."
Troy shot Chad a look before getting up and walking over to Ryan's hat. His hand rummaged through the pieces of scrap paper until he grabbed one randomly. Troy was shocked to read the word.
Gabriella.
'How am I supposed to make a phrase about Gabriella?' Troy thought. 'She's my best friend and all…what would I make for her?' he thought to himself.
"C'mon Troy, the word can't be all that hard." Zeke said.
"You don't know the beginning of it," Troy whispered. Troy Bolton was in love with Gabriella Montez. He never had the guts to say it to her, but he sure thought about it a lot. Troy sort of wished he had the guts to tell her, but Gabriella was only a friend to him. Troy would never want to ruin a great friendship with Gabriella.
"We haven't got all day man," Chad wailed. "I'm beginning to actually enjoy this game."
Troy sighed and walked up to the board. "Here goes nothing..."
Troy quickly wrote the letter m on the board.
"Troy...you can't write letters on the board!" Gabriella laughed.
"Sorry!" Troy said. "Just this one...I swear."
The group of friends looked at Troy and nodded.
Troy looked back at the board and drew a plus symbol. He then drew what resembled an eye.
"The first word is my!" Sharpay hollered.
"Sharpay, you can't guess...remember?" Taylor asked.
"Oh, sorry." Sharpay said softly.
"Well, whatever. That was the word, so here's the next word." Troy stated.
Troy thought carefully before drawing two circles. One was a big circle, and the other was a smaller circle. Troy drew an arrow next to the big circle.
"Is it big?" Jason questioned.
"Well, sort of. It's a word similar to it." Troy said.
"Troy!" Sharpay yelled. "No giving hints!"
"Sorry Sharpay," Troy stuttered.
"Okay so if it's not big, then is it large?" Jason asked again.
Troy shook his head.
"Huge?"
"Gigantic?"
"Ginormous?" Chad grinned.
"No," Troy sighed.
"Is it great?" Gabriella asked.
Troy turned towards Gabriella and happily nodded. "Add -est to the word."
"Troy, stop giving hints!!"
"Sorry Sharpay, I didin't realize." Troy managed to say.
"It's alright." Sharpay sighed.
"So far the phrase is My Greatest," Martha said.
"Yeah. So last and final word." Troy agreed as he began to draw once more.
Troy's hand moved carefully and within a few seconds, resembled a person.
"Person!"
"Guy!"
"Human!"
"Man!"
Troy groaned as he looked at his picture. He knew this word was going to be the hardest. 'How do I draw a friend? Troy questioned himself.
Flashback:
"So Gabriella, you want to come over to my house after school?" Troy casually asked as he watched Gabriella put her stuff into her locker.
"Sure." Gabriella smiled at Troy. "I love your house, and your parents. They're so nice."
Troy laughed. "They seem to like you too."
Gabriella and Troy began to walk down the East High hallway, and out the door.
Gabriella in thought, suddenly stopped, and Troy looked at her in surprise.
"Everything alright Gabriella?" he asked.
"I know this is a stupid question, but am I your friend, Troy?"
Troy paused and looked at Gabriella in question. "Of course you are Gabriella. We've been friends for at least a month already. Why?"
"No reason." Gabriella stared at Troy happily. She slowly intertwined her hands with Troy. "Friends hold each other's hands, right?"
Troy looked at Gabriella, hoping she didn't see his flushed face. "Yeah. Friends hold each other's hands.
End of Flashback
Troy scratched the back of his neck before continuing to draw. Troy drew another person and connected their hands together. "Hopefully, Gabriella gets it," he whispered.
Unfortunately, Gabriella didn't get it. Troy kicked himself as he watched his friends come up with meaningless words.
"People?"
"Couple?"
"Pair?"
"Taco!" Chad rolled on the ground with laughter.
Troy shook his head. He knew Chad was trying to lighten up the game, but it wasn't working too well. Troy was up at the board for too long, and he was losing it. 'Friends love each other right?' he asked himself.
Without thinking, Troy drew a heart around the two people.
"Wait is that love?" Taylor blurted.
"My greatest love?" Martha concluded.
Troy's eyes widened as he looked at the board. 'What did I just draw?'
"Oh!" Chad grinned from ear to ear. "The word is Gabriella!"
