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When I first met Troy, I was crashing a party. I was sixteen, and I had just been dumped but my boyfriend of six months. It was my first and last experience with alcohol in my teen years. I was mad, after catching Kevin with another girl. He was my first, and as I mentioned before, I hated being vulnerable. I drank cup after cup before I was sufficiently drunk, and then I met Troy, who was just about as drunk as I was. I'd like to say that I've never hooked up with someone at a house party, which is a move that I find trashy and disgusting, but that would be a lie. And yes, that means Troy and I hooked up. We met four months later at an East vs. West basketball game. We exchanged phone numbers, and somehow, managed to understand exactly what we were getting into.

We only ever texted because talking on the phone was too personal, we tried to keep our lives apart as much as we could, but we always seemed to figure out exactly what was happening in each other's life. It was almost like we had a secret code. I guess, in that way, we knew each other better than our friends knew us. Which was kind of weird, considering that we barely ever talked. Which is why when I found him sitting in the kitchen of my new apartment, I screamed.

"What's wrong Shar?" Ryan asked. "Oh, hey Troy. I see you too have met."

"You could say that." I said, trying to calm myself down.

"Um… Sharpay and I met at a basketball game a few years ago, she was just surprised to see me, right?" Troy asked.

"Exactly." I said, stepping inside. "Nice to see you again Troy."

"You must be Sharpay." A feminine voice came from behind me. An energetic brunette girl came through the door and hugged me. "I'm Gabriella." She said.

"I'm Sharpay." I said.

"I know, I looked you up." Gabriella said. "You have your own page on Wikipedia, isn't that cool? I saw you in the Jason Quincy music video, you looked so perfect together. I also saw Chick Movie, but I wasn't a big fan of that."

"No problem, neither was I." I smiled. "It was supposed to be m big break, now no one takes me seriously."

"That kind of sucks." Gabriella said. "I hope you don't think I'm a total creep for looking you up."

"Not at all." Even though it did sort of creep me out, she seemed nice.

"I just thought since we're going to share a room, it'd be cool if I knew you a little bit." She said.

"So you're not sharing a room with Troy?" I asked.

Gabriella flushed red. "No."

I blushed. "Oh... sorry. I just assumed, since you guys are dating…"

Gabriella smiled and held out her hand, showing off a ring engraved with the words 'Love is Forever'.

Okay. This was entertaining. "So how long have you been together?"

"Since senior year. Isn't it great?" She asked, now gushing. "I mean, how rare is it that at such a young age, I could find someone who is on the same level that I am, someone who respects my belief that making love should be saved for the person who you'll spend forever with?"

"Pretty rare." I said. Now almost feeling bad.

"Exactly." Gabriella said. Turning and pointing to a door. "That one is our room, there's plenty of room, and I already put in some of my stuff, I hope you don't mind."

I smiled. "I'm just glad that I won't have to share a room with my brother."

Gabriella laughed. "I'll see you later."

"Okay." I said. Glad that I somehow managed to keep her from hating me.

I walked into the room, Gabriella was right, it was pretty spacious. There was already a mattress for me (my dad probably had it sent). I plugged in my cell phone, lap top, and iPod chargers and began putting my clothes in my half of the closet.

"Mind if I come in?"

I turned to see Troy standing at the doorway. "No, come in." I said.

Troy entered and sat on my bed. "I just wanted to say hi… it's been a while."

"Yeah." I said awkwardly, sitting down on my bed next to him.

Troy looked down. "I was just wondering…"

"If I told Ryan about anything? No." I said.

"Good." Troy let out a sigh of relief. "I mean… not that I'm ashamed."

"No… I get it." I smiled, trying (unsuccessfully) to make this as painless as I possibly could. "The last thing we both need are the skeleton from the eternal closet of our high school years coming back to haunt us."

"Right." Troy smiled. "So we can just start over?"

"I think that's the best way to address this situation." I said. "I mean, I'm here with my brother, and you're here with your girlfriend! If anyone were to find out, it would just be hard on everyone. And I like it here… you guys aren't half bad."

"Thanks." Troy said with a laugh. He was about to get up when he looked straight at me. "Can I ask you something?"

"Anything." I replied, leaning back absent mindedly.

"Did you get anything in the mail from me… about a year ago?" He asked nervously.

I blushed, and reached under my bed for my bag. I opened a small box and inside was a ring with a garnet stone in the middle and the word Troy engraved in it. "I was going to send it back but I wasn't sure where you-"

"I want you to keep it." Troy smiled. "Just don't tell Gabriella, she thinks I lost it."

"Why would you give me your class ring?" I asked.

"Well, no matter what happens now. Out of all the things that happened in high school, I remembered you the most. I guess I'm kind of hoping that this will make you remember me too." Troy said.

I smiled. "I can't keep it… it's yours."

"Yes you can." Troy said.

"How do you figure?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"You didn't know that we'd end up sharing an apartment." Troy smirked, standing up. "And yet you kept it with you this whole time."

"That is completely irrelevant." I crossed my arms.

"If you say so." He said, drifting out the door.

I didn't realize it until then. But he was right.

Please give me suggestions or any kind of feed back you can. I'm almost done with chapter three, which I'm hoping will be longer and better edited than these. So look out for those. Bye for now - LL4E