Ahhhh!! LAST CHAPTER!! i cnt believe i've finished it!! lol and i quite like the ending too. cuz like you read many stories where the authors dont like how they ended. but i do :P lol sorry it took me longer to write this chapter. 1: i was like really busy 2: i just couldnt write!! it was like i didnt wanna finish! lol. anyways DEFINITLY!!Review this chap please espesh as its the last one!! please please please!! lol
Enjoys and i would like to dedicate this chapter too...XZashleyTroypayX and troypay4lyfe cuz they like reviewed after every chapter - well when they started reading it anyways. thanks guys it was you who kept me writing this fanfic!!
Chapter 15 – It's In The Past, But You're My Future
"Sharpay?" Chad asked, approaching Sharpay who had been drinking a cup of coffee in the waiting room. She smiled at him and he returned it. He stood in front of her, a little nervous; he then shocked Sharpay he pulled her into a heart-felt hug. Sharpay, mouth agape, hugged him back willingly. When Chad pulled away he grinned at her.
"Thank you!" He said. "If you hadn't of been there, it might have been a while until the ambulance arrived and someone might not of even heard her. Although I don't know how, she screams like hell!" Both Chad and Sharpay laughed at this, remembering the sound of Taylor's deafening screams.
"So, how is she?" Sharpay asked. She was so happy to have a new friend. She had many, many friends but to have one who used to hate her in High School? This was amazing for Sharpay. She had never experienced it before. But she didn't mind experiencing it again.
"Yeah, she's good!" Chad replied, unable to take the grin of his face. Sharpay saw this and answered back.
"Oh yeah and how's the new Proud Dad!" She giggled as Chad's smile broadened even more then what she thought possible. Chad couldn't help himself.
"Amazing! Gosh I just-. She's so beautiful!" Sharpay laughed and for some reason hugged him again and for an even stranger reason Chad did not seemed surprised. "Honestly Shar! I can't wait to start being a real father to her. To feed her and dress her! Although Taylor can change her diaper!" Chad laughed and so did Sharpay.
"Right, well I better go but say hey to Taylor for me and baby Isabella!" Sharpay waved and began to walk away until she felt Chad's hand on her shoulder; she turned to face him in utter confusion.
"Sharpay…I just want to say I'm sorry. For the way I treated you, the way we all treated you. We didn't even get to know you properly, we just assumed who you were and for that I'm really sorry!" Sharpay broke into a grin and rolled her eyes in a play full way.
"Oh Chad!" Sharpay lightly patted his shoulder. "Its in the past right!" Sharpay smiled to herself, mentally thinking about Troy on that sentence. She needed to see him, she wanted him and he was right. She needed to let go of the past.
"Thanks Sharpay but erm…well it was Taylor's idea and well, I mean I think it's a great idea too! Its just…" Chad began to stutter.
"What is it Chad?" Sharpay said sharply and yet it came out nice and kind.
"Well…me and Taylor want you to be godmother!" Chad blurted out, his cheeks slightly reddening. Sharpay grinned and almost screamed but she somehow managed to hold it in.
"Wow, that's amazing! Oh my god! Yes thank you Chad!" She kissed him on the cheek and said her goodbyes and thanked him again. She explained that she was late for work and also apologized for her early departure.
Chad began to walk away after he'd watched Sharpay get safely into her car without any problems and drive away. She had grinned at him and waved to which he couldn't help but return.
"Hey man! I just heard!" Chad turned around to see Troy heading towards him.
"Hey!" They both pulled each other into a Man-Hug. "Long time since we've done that!" They both laughed and Chad began to answer questions about Taylor and Isabella. "So…erm before you came in, Sharpay had just left…" Chad said, not sure what had exactly happened between them on that night where Gabriella had ruined everything. Troy's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but smile when Chad said her name, the smile soon faltered when he remembered that it was over between them.
"Sharpay? What was she doing here?" Troy asked, confused. Chad looked a little embarrassed, sensing that Troy and Sharpay hadn't spoken to each other for a while. He shrugged.
"Well…Tay went to see her and then she went into labour, it was Sharpay who got her here!" Troy smiled; Sharpay was always doing something or other to help someone. It was one of the things he loved her for; he had found this out in the first few weeks of their relationship. "I'm taking everything's not so good between you guys?" Chad asked, sympathetically. The pair had gotten extremely close since the reunion; in fact a long with Peter, Chad was the one Troy had gone to for advice about this whole problem with Sharpay. Chad was the one Troy had been staying up still early hours of the morning, drinking his sorrows but of course Taylor was not very happy about this. So the pair decided to have their drink fest round Chad's house instead.
"Not exactly. I haven't seen her for weeks." Troy bent his head down, he'd never cried over a woman before. Never. He must have guessed that it would be Sharpay to do this to him.
"You know, you could go after her." Chad suggested but Troy just shook his head, like he was a defeated man.
"No. She wouldn't want me too. It's over Chad…and I just need to accept that." Troy said so quietly it was like he was whispering. There was an awkward silence between the two before Troy said. "Anyways I don't want to spoil your special day. Congratulations man!" Troy managed a small smile. Chad beamed at the remembrance of him being a father.
"Thanks, man. I think I better get back to Taylor. I mean if you thought she was bad in High School! Add on hormones!" Both of the men laughed, did another man-hug and Troy made his way back to his apartment. Where all Sharpay's stuff was. Well parts of it anyway. She'd practically moved in and then sometimes practically moved into her house. Sharpay wasn't making it any easier for him to move on either. Every night he lay in his bed and all he could do was smell her scent, her perfume. He remembered the way she would sit up then just slam her body back down in the morning. The way she would rub her hand over his stomach as soon as she would wake in the morning. It was as if she couldn't stand to be the only one awake so she would caress him to wake him up. It worked every time.
"Sharpay, there's someone here to see you." Sharpay's assistant poked her head round her door. Sharpay smiled and nodded, expecting it to be her 5.00 appointment. Sharpay rearranged her papers on her desk. Her back to the door. Once she thought it was tidy enough – it was always good to make a good impression – she turned to face her possible new worker.
"Hi, I'm Shar-" Sharpay stopped and breathed. Well, it definitely wasn't who she thought it would be. "Gabriella." Sharpay murmured as Gabriella stood just 5 meters away from her.
"Hi." Gabriella said quietly, refusing to look Sharpay in the eyes. She looked round Sharpay's office. It was magnificent, she only wished it could be her. She mentally slapped herself. Remember what you and Marco spoke about. Your great the way you are. Gabriella thought. "I just wanted to come and see you and say…I just…I'm really sorry Sharpay! For what I did to you. I didn't mean any of it, I swear. None of it was even true." Sharpay stared at her blankly, a little shocked at the apology but nevertheless it had really hurt her and it was what caused her to break it of with Troy. No, that's because you can't let go of the fucking past. Sharpay's other brain thought. "The truth is, why I did what I did and I know it doesn't make up for it but when I saw you that night I was just filled with jealousy. You are so talented and you have such a great career, your beautiful, your happy, you have a fantastic relationship or at least you had until I ruined it." Gabriella said, meekly. Sharpay stared at Gabriella, confused.
"How did you-?"
"I went to see Troy –to apologise and he told me. I really am sorry. I spent all those years being jealous of you and I just thou-" Sharpay cut Gabriella off.
"You were jealous of me in High School?" Gabriella nodded, blushing. "Why? You had everything!" Sharpay exclaimed, dramatically.
"Yeah…The perfect grades – that I had to study all the time for using up most of my time and life!" Sharpay remembered how she had taken the piss out of Gabriella numerous times for being Brainbox Loser. "The perfect friends, who didn't want to know me until me and Troy even dated. Except Taylor and Martha and Kelsi of course." Sharpay remembered how furious she had been to find some of her friends from the Drama group befriend Gabriella. "The perfect boyfriend…" Sharpay eyes leaked at this remembrance. She remembered the amount of time she had thought, dreamt, cried even freaking masturbated over Troy Bolton.
"That must have been great for you…" Sharpay muttered and Gabriella heard her, she chose to ignore her and carried on.
"A perfect boyfriend…who was in love with someone else." Gabriella said, her eyes watering up at the memory of Troy telling her it was over. Its because you love Sharpay isn't it? Gabriella had asked. Troy merely looked at her, not admitting not denying his true feelings. Gabriella accepted it was over, encouraged Troy to tell Sharpay his feelings as he recently went to her for love advice. Sharpay looked up and stared at Gabriella, mouth agape. It was her. She knew it was her. Troy had told her all the time about the way he had felt for Sharpay throughout Sharpay, he'd never said it was while he was with Gabriella. Sharpay couldn't help but smile at this. "I really am sorry Sharpay!" Sharpay was brought back to the real world. Where she was standing in her office with the woman who had ripped her heart out. "And what I said about Ryan! Gosh, you have no idea how terrible I felt when the words came out of my mouth and then when Troy told me…" Gabriella begged.
"Well it's nice that you too had a lovely chat about what's happened in my life." Sharpay said sarcastically. She couldn't help but be catty to Gabriella despite her deep apologies. Gabriella looked horrified at this comment.
"No, No, No it wasn't like that Sharpay I swear!" Sharpay rolled her eyes and Gabriella's breathing slowed down before she weakly whispered, a tear sliding down her cheek as she said it. "I loved him you know. Ryan I mean." Sharpay looked at Gabriella shocked. She had feelings for Ryan? Her brother Ryan? "I realised it at Lava Springs, the amount of time we spent together it just seemed so…right. It was so stupid, I would tell Troy all this stuff or advice to tell you how he felt when I was secretly harbouring a secret of my own. Troy knew eventually. He caught me looking at him during one Science class. He knew I must have liked him a lot because I wasn't concentrating and I got a question wrong! Would you believe it? Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez…The Golden Couple in love with The Evans Twins!" Gabriella let out a laugh to which Sharpay couldn't help but smile too. They both stared at each other for a moment or two. Gabriella an unenthusiastic smile afraid at what Sharpay thought at this current moment. "I really am sorry Sharpay…" Gabriella said. Sharpay moved closer to Gabriella, Gabriella couldn't help but step back; worried that Sharpay may slap her. Sharpay just came closer and closer until they were only a few inches apart.
"Its in the past." Sharpay smiled and did a little laugh. It was the past. It was all the past and she needed to let go…of everything. Before Gabriella knew it, Sharpay had wrapped her arms around Gabriella's skinny frame, hugging her. Gabriella began to breathe again and wrapped her arms around Sharpay. They pulled apart, each having a different kind of smile on their faces and yet both meaning the same.
"Friends?" Gabriella pondered; afraid that maybe she had taken it to far. She held out her hand, which seemed a pathetic thing to do considering the two women had just shared a friendly hug. Sharpay smiled and took it.
"Friends." Gabriella grinned.
"Well, I kind of have to go now…" She looked reluctant to go and to which Sharpay found herself sharing the same reaction. Gabriella opened Sharpay's office door, waved her goodbyes but before she left she couldn't help but turn and give one little piece of advice.
"Oh Sharpay?" Sharpay looked at her expectantly. "About Troy… I know you want him!" She grinned and winked. Sharpay let out a loud laugh. Well, she wasn't expecting that. Gabriella left the room and Sharpay found herself thinking that Gabriella was right. She did want Troy, she always had. With that, Sharpay grabbed her car keys and ran out of her office, ignoring the calls of her friends and co-workers. She ran out of the building only to find it was pouring it down with rain. She mentally screamed and ran to her car. Only to find it was out of gas.
"You've gotta be shitting me!" Sharpay yelled, angrily. An elderly couple stared at her, shocked. She nervously grinned at them and found herself running down her street. One of her heels broke and she pulled the shoes of her feet, violently.
"Why aren't you making this easy for me!" Sharpay yelled to the clouds of rain, as if she was talking to someone. "You always were an ass…Ryan!" Sharpay began running again, completely barefoot and complaining at the pain of the stones digging into her skin. Once she got to Troy's apartment. She found her hair damp, her pencil skirt soaked and her shirt see through. But Sharpay didn't care.
She knocked more like banged on Troy's apartment door.
"Alright, Alright I'm coming. Chill out!" She heard Troy say from behind the door, obviously annoyed. Sharpay waited patiently for him to unlock the door, when Troy opened it his expression completely changed in a matter of a second as soon as his eyes laid on Sharpay. He didn't break into a smile. She was probably here for her stuff. At least that what he thought until Sharpay pushed her way through the door, forcing her lips on his, kissing him with all her might. He responded immediately, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. The kiss was passionate and needy. They'd been through weeks without feeling the other and you could tell that wanted nothing more then to make up for lost time. Sharpay soon pulled away to find Troy's eyes on hers.
"You were right Troy! You were right…about everything! Its in the past and that's where it stays and I need to let go. But I don't want to let go not unless I do it with you and only you!" Sharpay confessed, her breathing becoming more and more rapid. Troy broke into a smile. A smile he hadn't presented for quite some time. The last time he had smiled was when he had seen Sharpay walk down her stairs in her flowy, black dress and she had looked absolutely gorgeous. He didn't say anything. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulled her close, so they were chest to chest, looked into her eyes and kissed her. His tongue begging for entrance until they were lip-locked into a kiss of passion.
"I love you Sharpay, I always have and I'm pretty sure I always will." They both shared a moment of laughter before they were brought into yet another kiss.