A/N: HOLY FRIGGING CRAP!!!! Haha. How long has it been since I UPDATED this STORY? Seriously, it feels like it's been forever! But anyway you guys should be happy to know that this is going to be a very long chapter…and very informative so I suggest you read this when you have a lot of time:-)
So anyway, here is the second to last chapter of IT'S GIRLS AGAINST BOYS! Btw, thanks for letting me hit 200 reviews! You guys ROCK:-)
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Chapter 19: Goodbye Games
Chad was practically bouncing off the walls. Everyone watched as Chad started jumping up and down yelling in Taylor's face, "HAHA! THE LAST GAMES! I CAN SMELL VICTORY FOR THE BOYS! IN YOUR FACE TAYLOR!"
Taylor just snorted in response, "Oh please, you are already IN my face….now back off, your breath stinks!" Then she put her hand over Chad's face, and pushed it away from her, causing him to stumble backwards.
Everyone laughed at him as he struggled to get up. He narrowed his eyes at Taylor and growled, "Fine then, be that way. But when the boys win the competition, don't come CRYING to me!"
Chad then stormed off leaving everyone just shaking their heads. Taylor sighed and said, "When did he get so competitive?" And then Kelsi sadly patted her friend on the back.
"So Ryan…" Sharpay started, as everyone turned their attention to him. "How was your date with….Jessica?" Emphasizing her name, as Sharpay wagged her eyebrows.
They all laughed as Gabriella asked, "Uh Sharpay? Wouldn't you already know that since you um….live with him?"
Sharpay just rolled her eyes as she checked out her nails. "Yeah, riiight….Gabriella come on, do you really think I have time to ask Ryan about his life? I mean, my life is eat, sleep, and beauty! That's hard work, you know! Besides, we're already twins….that's enough" She shrugged.
Gabriella raised her eyebrows at Sharpay. "Fine then….Ryan. How was um, your d-date?" She asked politely, and Ryan just smirked back at her.
"Jeeze Gabriella….you can't even ask me a question that has to do with romance!" Ryan pointed out, giving a slight laugh, but quickly shut up when Taylor elbowed him in the ribs.
Gabriella's gaze flew downward…..as did Troy's. They all stood there for an awkward moment of silence, before Ryan spoke up,
"Well I'm guessing you want to know how my date went?"
Everyone sighed, "YES!" They yelled out, causing Ryan to jump slightly. "Okay okay! I was just asking, you know!"
Kelsi rolled her eyes. "Would you just tell us please? I mean, right now, I think watching Sharpay do her nails is more interesting!" She snapped at him.
Ryan held his hands up, "Okay okay. Sorry guys. Anyway, my date was well….if I say so myself….pretty um…well managed" He sniffed, popping his collar, trying to be impressive.
Sharpay just snorted, "Oh God Ryan. Why the hell are you doing that? I mean, that is SO not the style!" She cried, fixing his collar back to the way it was.
Ryan just looked at her disgustedly. "Um Sharpay? I thought we went over this. No fixing my hair, or clothing in public!" He hissed at her, causing everyone else to choke back a laugh.
Sharpay mumbled a quick "sorry" before returning to her spot, and Zeke asked impatiently, "Will you just please tell us your 'story'? I mean, I kind of want to eat one of my best made cookies before the competition to get me pumped up!"
Sharpay gasped, "You have COOKIES? AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!" She yelled out, causing Zeke to widen his eyes. "Um sorry?" He answered back frightfully.
Sharpay continued to rant, "Zeke I thought I was your girlfriend? Girlfriend's are supposed to know about these things! I mean, we're here for you aren't we? We're supposed to be taste testers! You know, for the cookies!"
Everybody just stared at her in confusion, having no clue of what she just said. Zeke just mumbled to himself, "I thought we were only used for carrying your shopping bags…"
Sharpay gasped and put her hands on her hips. Zeke immediately stood up straight and started talking, "Um I meant…uh…we're used to uh give you love! Yes love! I mean, that's what a relationship is about, right?"
Troy leaned over to Zeke and whispered, "Uh dude? That's not a nice covering for shopping bags."
Zeke just gave him a death glare as he looked back to Sharpay who was now pouting. "Zeke, you're just saying that to get you out of trouble! I don't believe you really love me!" She cried before running off.
Zeke called out to Sharpay, "Honey bunches, wait! I didn't mean what I said about the shopping bags! I LOVE YOU! Um….how about I give you 2 cookies?" He bargained, pulling out a ziplock baggie with cookies in it, and running off after Sharpay.
The rest of the gang that was left, just stood around laughing for awhile before it finally died down. "Where's Chad? He's been gone for awhile…" Jason asked, looking around.
Taylor just sighed and shrugged. "Who knows? That boy causes more trouble than my four year old neighbor that I baby-sit…."
Gabriella quietly nudged Taylor and whispered, "We all know very well that you want to go looking for him. Besides-this would be a PERFECT opportunity for you and him to talk about things."
Taylor nodded and closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She opened them quickly and walked off, to go looking for Chad.
Gabriella smiled after Taylor while Kelsi gave her a confused look. "Hey Gabi, where's Tay going?" She asked her.
"To go….look for Chad."
They all let out an "oh" and nodded silently, as they all stood there, looking around uncomfortably. Jason and Kelsi looked from Troy to Gabriella-and from Gabriella to Troy.
"How about that story guys?" Ryan called out, as everyone groaned. "Apparently not…" Ryan mumbled, walking off to try and find something good to do.
Kelsi took ahold of Jason's hand and quickly told the other two, "Um me and Jason are going to go find Sharpay and Zeke and everyone else, bye guys!"
They both ran off obviously leaving Troy and Gabriella alone together. Gabriella glared after her best friends before sighing loudly. She was about to leave when she felt someone grab ahold of her hand.
Gabriella felt her breath catch up to her as she slowy turned around, looking at the ground. "Come on Gabi…." She heard Troy's voice start, "We don't want to do this right now…."
Gabriella finally looked up at Troy, "You're right. We shouldn't" She said flatly before running off.
Troy just groaned to himself as he watched Gabriella run off and catch up to everyone, as he slowly made his way out to the center of the fairgrounds.
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"Welcome everyone to the last games of the year 2006!" Bob the announcer boomed out to everyone in the stands, as they stood up cheering.
Gabriella took one look at the audience, which completely filled the stands, about half more than usual, and gulped. Kelsi noticed this as she walked over to Gabriella and whispered,
"Don't be scared Gabi. You'll do fine, I assure you!"
Gabriella just mumbled back, "Yeah it will certainly be an interesting last games though…" Before walking off.
Kelsi looked from Taylor to Chad, and then to Zeke and Sharpay who was still mad at Zeke as he pleaded that he'd give her 3 cookies now, and then from Troy and Gabriella. She sighed, "Gabi, you're going to be the hardest to please this weekend…."
Jason came up from behind Kelsi as the announcer went on about the rules and spoke softly in her ear, "Come on Kels. Don't worry about everyone. Things will turn out okay, just trust me."
Kelsi turned around and smiled at Jason and replied a quick "thanks" before pecking him on the lips and turning back to listen to Bob.
"So with that all said, let the games BEGIN!" He boomed as everyone cheered in their seats, while stomping their feet.
"First, the East High gang!" The announcer yelled as everyone slowly made their way towards the game area. Bob chuckled, "Who I see aren't very up today…."
"This gang are all best friends from East High School. Please welcome, Chad Danforth!" He yelled as Chad waved furiously like a little kid, before Taylor rolled her eyes and held his hand down, but blushed when she realized she was holding his hand and quickly pulled it away.
"Taylor McKessie!" Taylor smiled and waved shyly, as she looked towards Chad who just looked back at her with a smile.
"Jason Cross!" Jason roared, "OH YEAH!" Loudly, which caused Kelsi to laugh, and give him a hug.
"Kelsi Nielson!" Kelsi waved slightly to the crowd as Jason pumped, "Oh yeah! This is my girlfriend!" Kelsi gave him a confused look but laughed it off.
Zeke Baylor!" Zeke chomped on a cookie as he waved to the crowd.
"Sharpay Evans!" Sharpay, who was checking out her nails again, was startled when the announcer said her name and gasped as she immediately flew into a speech, "Oh thank you! Thank you so much! I've always wanted my name called out! Thank you Albuquerque Fairgrounds!"
Bob gave her a look and said into the microphone. "Sharpay Evans?" Sharpay turned to Bob and asked politely, "Yes?"
Bob grunted, "This is no Tony Award Show. This is a fairground games activity. Now shut up. Moving on…." Sharpay gasped and stomped off, as he continued to call out names.
"Ryan Evans!" Ryan blew a kiss out to everyone, and then realizing he just did a gay thing, quickly ran off in hiding.
"Troy Bolton!" Troy just nodded at the crowd as he heard girls whistling for him, because of him being so hot, and he just blushed which caused Gabriella to feel a little hint of jealousy.
"And Gabriella Montez!" Everyone cheered the loudest for her and she just waved shyly at the crowd before avoiding Troy's gaze, who was staring at her the whole time.
God dang't. She won't even talk to me. Which means I will have to do the unthinkable…move on. It's obvious she just wants to be friends. Since I caused her so much pain, it's time to cause me some Troy thought to himself.
He looked over at a girl that he recognized from school, and she waved flirtatiously at him. Troy just nodded back and gave her an adorable smile. He knew what he was going to do now….
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Finally after everyone returned back to the fairgrounds….and were back to their normal selves, the games for East High started.
"Okay everyone, here are the rules for the LAST games, titled, A Three Part Extravaganza!" Bob called out, causing the group to get all excited and started babbling to each other.
Bob sighed, as he reached for his whistle in his pocket, and blew it loudly. "AH!" Sharpay yelled, as she flew to the ground and did the unthinkable: broke ANOTHER nail.
Gabriella immediately put her hand up. "Don't even start Sharpay…" She warned the blonde, shaking her head the whole time as everyone else laughed.
They all were looking at Sharpay, who was lying on the ground, and silently whimpering as she held her ring finger. Zeke was already rushed up to her side, and tried to comfort her by giving her a cookie.
Sharpay just gave him a disgusted look and pushed him away sharply, causing him to yelp as he fell backgrounds. She then got up and snapped, "Taylor, get me ice NOW!"
"No" Taylor said simply back. Sharpay huffed, "Taylor this is an EMERGENCY! I mean, I broke a nail here! I SHOULD be going to the hospital! But I'm caring enough not to ruin the games, and settle for my own self pity!"
Taylor started laughing out loud. "What's so funny?" Sharpay glared back at Taylor, with her hand on her hips. Taylor continued laughing as she said, "Sharpay…you don't go to the hospital for BREAKING A NAIL!" She yelled at the end.
Sharpay just narrowed her eyes at Taylor. "Well then see to it that I get some ice, or I WILL!" She barked, as Taylor rolled her eyes and motioned for Sharpay to follow her.
Everyone watched as Sharpay and Taylor left the game area, and when they finally turned back, they saw Zeke still lying on the ground, shaking.
Gabriella just raised an eyebrow. "Uh Zeke? Why are you still on the ground? Or better yet, why are you shaking?"
Zeke, still shivering, replied, "I-I didn't kn-know that sh-she was so-so mean" He stuttered and then asked, "Did you guys know?"
"No we had no clue Zeke! She might be on her….girl time" Jason said sarcastically as held out a hand for Zeke to pull himself up with and he did thankfully, as he wiped himself off from the dirt.
Zeke sighed in relief. "Oh yeah. That's probably it! Thanks man!" He said happily, patting him on the back. Jason just looked at Troy, who rolled his eyes back.
Bob cleared his throat as everyone returned their gazes back onto him. "May we continue now?" He asked them, raising an eyebrow. "Yes um….sorry for that…" Kelsi replied sheepishly.
The announcer just shrugged. "Eh, the audience will just have to get used to it. It's not like the famous East High gang is never interesting" He said before throwing out a laugh.
They all just glared at him as he continued to chuckle, but when he got their looks, he quickly shut up as he cleared his throat. "Okay then….well I see that Sharpay and Taylor have returned, shall we continue?" He asked.
They all nodded, just as Sharpay and Taylor returned, as Sharpay looked quite satisfied. "Pss!" Zeke whispered towards Sharpay, which was loud enough that everyone in the gang turned around.
Sharpay whipped her head at him. "WHAT?" She hissed loudly, and clearly annoyed with him. "Um…I forgive you for what you did earlier. Jason told me that it's your…" He started but then lowered his voice a little, "time of the month."
All the girls gasped, especially Sharpay. "ZEKE BAYLOR!" She shouted loudly, causing Bob to sigh some more. "HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT IT'S…IT'S….OH WHATEVER!" She huffed.
"Oh God…" Kelsi groaned as Gabriella and Taylor just shook their heads.
Troy leaned over to Jason and Ryan and said, "Why the hell do we have the stupid boys who clearly don't know how to run a relationship?"
Jason and Ryan just shrugged as Jason pointed out, "Well….I am doing GREAT with Kelsi. We're two peas in a pod, ya know?" He exclaimed excitedly. "Yeah I know…" Troy mumbled back, looking at the floor.
Jason sighed. "I'm sorry man. I'm sure things between you and Gabi will work out" He assured him. Troy just shrugged like he didn't care. "Maybe they will; maybe they won't" He replied simply, before walking off.
Jason just stared after Troy with confusion, as Troy walked right over to Zeke and Sharpay who were now standing face to face, staring intently at each other; well at least Sharpay was. Zeke looked way more scared.
Troy stepped between them and smiled as he said, "How about we talk about this later? Right now, let's play some GAMES!" He yelled out to the crowed, which were pumped up as they cheered for them.
Gabriella just rolled her eyes at this, but Taylor nudged her quickly and gave her a glare. "Play nicely Gabi…" She warned, which caused Gabriella to roll her eyes some more.
Zeke backed off quickly as he stumbled backwards, trying to run back too fast. "Yeah….later would be better" He stuttered running to the other side from Sharpay, who was just rolling her eyes in a 'whatever' tone.
"OKAY THEN….." Bob boomed over the microphone finally catching all of the gang's attention. "No more interruptions or I may have to disqualify you guys! Are we clear?"
The gang nodded furiously, as Bob smiled. "Good. Now on with the GAMES!" He yelled as everyone clapped for them again. The gang was finally getting warmed up as they all smiled.
"First and foremost. The rules" Bob said tiredly, as everyone groaned. Bob shrugged as he tossed the notecards that he were holding, backwards. "Oh what the heck! Let's just get to the games!"
"YEAH!" The gang yelled out, jumping up and down and high-fiving one another.
Bob chuckled. "Okay here's the three parts of the competition. This one will be a little bit different. The trick is, that you all go at one time, and we eliminate you ONE by ONE from each team. And yes, all of the boys can participate in this one."
Ryan nodded as he rubbed his hands together. "Oh yeah….I'm ready for this one baby!" He said confidently. But that all failed when he looked up at the stands and saw Jessica sitting there, waving largely at him. "Oh hey cupcake!" He called out.
They all just turned to him and gave him a glare. "Sorry" Ryan mumbled, as he motioned for Bob to continued so they wouldn't get disqualified.
"ANYWAY….the first part is a obstacle course. As you see here, there is a huge obstacle course to your left which you will start on the outside. You will make your way through the inside, climb up the rope, slide down the tranquil and go through your tunnel, before coming out of it. You can see that you all have your each course. That's part one" Bob explained.
Everyone nodded as he continued to part 2. "Now on part two, it's called the Big Jigsaw Puzzle. Now you will need your brains on this one to figure out the code and the word that it makes up."
Gabriella and Taylor glanced at each other and smirked when they saw Troy and Chad staring at them, who groaned, knowing they probably wouldn't make it passed part 2.
Bob continued, sighing loudly, "And then FINALLY, we come to part 3, which will ONLY exist of two players: one from the girls side and one from the boys. In this one, it's a maze. The rope maze you see to your right. The first one to make it to the middle and grab the trophy….is the gender team that wins it all! And urm….the trophy!" He added lamely.
The gang clapped and cheered which got the whole crowd cheering, as they smiled widely going off to their separate corners to talk strategy.
With the girls, they were all huddled around each other, taking one last drink out of their water bottle before starting part 1. "Okay girls here we go" Taylor started, "We desperately need you, Gabriella, to make it to the end for us!" She pleaded, as everyone nodded.
Gabriella groaned. "Oh come on guys, why does it always have to be me? It could be any of us!" She whined.
"Well yeah…but you are the one that is most likely TO finish this for us!" Sharpay replied back, in her 'duh' voice, which caused Gabriella to just roll her eyes.
"Fine" She finally agreed, "But I will scream at the top of my lungs if Troy is the one standing next to me in the end, God forbid it" Gabriella mumbled before heading back to the center.
The rest of the girls sighed as they shortly followed after her.
Meanwhile with the guys, they were actually talking strategy. "Okay Troy-you will be here at all times. We will do whatever is humanly possible to be out the girls, even if it means distracting them! Now, what we have to do, is, have Jason and Ryan cross court….that way….now okay…" Chad continued looking at a piece of paper.
Troy gave Chad a confused look, and snatched the paper away from Chad. Troy looked at the paper which read:
WILDCAT VARSITY BASKETBALL STRATEGIES
Troy sighed and gave Chad the paper back to him. "Dude….these are our BASKETBALL STRATEGIES!" He yelled in his face.
"Sor-ry Mr. Macho….I must've grabbed the wrong paper, oopsies!" Chad giggled like a girl, just as the 3 minute whistle blew. All of the guys groaned.
"Great now look what you've done basketball boy! You've caused us to get no planning done lunkhead!" Jason said sarcastically to Chad as he slapped him upside the head as he made his way to the center, followed by Troy, Zeke, and Ryan who all slapped Chad upside the head also.
"Geeze everyone beat me up why don't ya!" Chad mumbled to himself before yelling at the guys, "Hey! Do the best you can, we can win this dudes!" And running off after them.
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"Okay everyone, are you ready and in your positions?" Bob yelled out to the gang, as they all stood at their own starting positions for the obstacle course.
Kelsi glanced over at Sharpay next to her, and sighed as she yelled, "Sharpay! Will you QUIT looking at your nails! FOCUS!" At her, as Sharpay looked up, startled.
"But Kelsi, it still hurts! And beside, a drama queens gotta do, what a drama queens gotta do!" She said proudly, smirking at her friend, who just rolled her eyes back.
"Ladies!" Bob called out, clearly annoyed, as Kelsi and Sharpay looked at him. "Finish up your little chit chat AFTER the competition! Now, are we FINALLY ready?" He asked them impatiently, as the whole gang nodded eagerly to start.
"Okay, this is Part 1 of 3 part's for this competition. Part 1: The: Obstacle Course, starts NOW!" Bob roared as he blew his whistle and the gang took off.
The boys were in the lead at first, when Gabriella struggled to keep towards the front of the leader Troy, to stay in the games. Troy glanced quickly to his side, and when he saw Gabriella parallel to him, he quickly turned back and focused back to where he was.
Both Troy and Gabriella were head to head, with Jason, Taylor, and Chad following closely behind. Troy was the first to enter the last part of his obstacle course, the tunnel, but Gabriella was right on his tail.
But Gabriella took the lead when Troy struggled to get through the tunnel, and seeing how petite Gabriella was, it was a piece of cake for her.
"Ouch! God damn't!" Troy cursed silently to himself, as he smacked his head on the top of the tunnel, when he was struggling to get out.
Gabriella was already heading towards the finish line, and quickly crossed it, leaving a cheering crowd. Troy was second, then Jason, then Taylor, then Chad, and then Zeke held on to the last position for the next competition.
Bob blew his whistle loudly as Sharpay immediately plopped herself onto the ground from where she was. "Saint Jesus, mother of pearl!" She exaggerated as she called out in front of everyone, being….well a drama queen.
Ryan rolled his eyes at his sister. "Oh God Sharpay, it was just an obstacle course. Don't beat yourself up too much over it, or your pretty face may not be able to handle it!" He added sarcastically.
Sharpay immediately sprung up, and threw a glare at her twin. "Oh yeah, well why didn't YOU make it to the next round Jessica-high heeled-lover!" She hissed, before stalking off and grabbing a water bottle.
Kelsi sighed as she walked off also. "Dumb brother and sisters…" She murmured.
Bob just laughed. "Don't you just love brother and sister relationships?" He asked everyone, as he chuckled to himself. Ryan and Sharpay both gave him a glare, "NO!"
He jumped at that. "Apparently not…" He added softly before continuing, "Okay that ends part 1 of a 3 part competition for the East High gang!"
Everyone cheered as the part of the gang just smiled proudly. "Congratulations to all who are left. Now, here comes part 2! It looks like the two people who claim to have brains are left…" He said, looking straight at Gabriella and Taylor who just high fived each other.
"Oh I'm miss Taylor and I'm soooo smart!" Chad mimicked Taylor softly, but not soft enough as Taylor stomped on his foot. "Gosh dang woman!" Chad yelped as he started hopping on one foot.
Everyone just laughed as Bob continued, "Now everyone please make your way to the other side, where your puzzles are awaiting you!" He announced, as the gang made their way to the other side.
Once everybody was settled, Bob continued yet again with the final announcements, "Okay this is it. The first person from each gender who unscrambles the word and rings their bell, go on to the FINAL part of the competition, which is also the LAST competition of the SUMMER!" He boomed.
"YEAH!" They all yelled out, junping up and down, but then quickly settled down when Bob held up his hand and got into their position. "On your mark, get set, unscramble!" He yelled as he blew into his whistle.
Gabriella and Taylor immediately put their puzzle into work. Gabriella just stared at the puzzle, justifying the letters into her brain before trying to unscramble. She noticed that there we two G's and two O's.
On the other hand, Taylor had already realized that the word was actually two words with trickery, and she started to figure out the steps Gabriella already knew.
While both girls were working very hard, it seemed that the boys were just merely looking at the puzzle, completely confused. Troy looked over at Chad who seemed to not really give a care.
Chad glanced at Troy and saw him looking at him and mouthed, Us guys are letting you win. Troy sighed and nodded as he realized that he had to get the puzzle and got to work.
Back with the girls, Gabriella was on fire. She had figured out the first word: Goodbye. And it was only a matter of time until she figured out the next one.
Taylor was struggling a bit. She sighed as she figured that Gabriella was probably almost done with it, since she is clearly smarter than her. She tapped her chin lightly as a lightbulb popped into her head.
Taylor snuck a glance at Chad who was staring at her. She turned around and blushed quickly but then turned back to him and mouthed, Why aren't you working on it?
Chad just nodded towards Troy and then mouthed, You? Taylor nodded towards Gabriella and they both smiled mischievously at each other before going back to the puzzle and 'pretending' that they were trying to get it.
Troy was also as fast as Gabriella. He quickly figured out the last word: Games. After Troy put two and two together, he found out what the words were: Goodbye Games.
He laughed slightly, but then noticed someone ring their bell and looked towards the girls and saw it was Gabriella. Oh hell no He thought to himself as he sighed.
As Troy looked at Chad, who motioned for him to ring his bell, he just sighed and hesitantly pushed it. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Gabriella look his way, and groan slightly with disappointment.
Bob blew his whistle as the crowd in the stands got up and cheered for everyone. "Alright! Great round everyone, give these people a hand folks!" He yelled out to the crowd, which cheered some more.
Bob continued, "Well congratulations to Troy and Gabriella, who will be heading to the FINAL round of Albuquerque's 2006 Summer Games for Albuquerque general hospital for the team!"
Troy and Gabriella smiled slightly, as they clapped carelessly. "Now, if everyone will please make their way to the center of the field, we will have a short 4 minute time-out, before Part 3 is put into action! Starting, now!" Bob called out, blowing his whistle.
The whole gang split up into their gender groups and stood around talking for a couple of minutes.
With the boys, Troy just kept muttering under his breath saying things no one could understand over and over again, while pacing back and forth. "Dude, where's the fire?" Ryan joked, as Troy just glared at him.
"Come on Troy, have one of my cookies and just relax!" Zeke advised him, as he took out his plastic baggie again. Troy just rolled his eyes as Zeke stared in confusion. "Does my cooking taste bad?" He asked them frantically.
"Listen dude, don't worry about Miss Moody over there" Chad assured Troy, "I'm sure Gabriella's just going through her…..time" He finished, lowering his voice to a whisper at the end.
All the guys just groaned as Jason slapped Zeke's arm. "Now look what you did Zeke! All of your talk a few minutes ago about women….um…hormones, got dippity-do what over there started!"
Zeke just shrugged as he munched on another one of his cookies. "Guys will you STOP talking about women bodily functions! Just tell me how the HELL I can go through yet ANOTHER competition with Gabi…again!" Troy yelled out angrily.
From the other side, Gabriella heard Troy yell out something that had her name in it and she just sighed. "Gabi, what are you thinking about?" Kelsi asked her friend sympathetically.
Gabriella just shook her head. "It's nothing. Listen guys, I can do this. Just trust me. And I also promise you that as soon as I can, I will get this whole thing with Troy sorted out, okay?" She assured them, and then telling them not to worry.
Taylor just grinned at her best friend. "That a girl!" She smiled sweetly as she gave Gabriella a hug. Gabriella laughed, "Well then, I guess it's about time!"
Just on cue, Bob blew his whistle signaling for Troy and Gabriella to make their way to the center again for the third part of the competition. Troy hesitantly made his way there, as Gabriella just strode to the middle confidently.
"Okay you two. Here's how it works. You will both enter the maze from opposite sides. Your objective, is to make it to the middle and grab the trophy. The first one to grab the trophy wins, alright?" He told them.
They both nodded and took a deep breath as Bob placed them on opposite sides from each other. "Okay everyone. Here's the part you've all been waiting for! The last one! Make it count! Part 3: The Maze!" Bob yelled as the crowd roared with excitement.
"On the count of three, you may start! One…two…three!" Bob counted before blowing his whistle. And then they both took off.
Gabriella was clearly ahead at first, because it seemed like Troy hardly even cared about the competition. But then all of a sudden, Gabriella just froze up.
What am I doing? She asked herself, as she just stood there for a second, thinking about the past 4 weeks events. Gabriella seemed to flashback in time….
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The gang was walking around the Albuquerque Mall. "I'm so excited for Summer guys!" Sharpay gushes.
Everyone agreed. Just then Gabriella spotted something hanging up on the wall. "Hey guys look. Their having a competition with games and stuff to raise money for Albuquerque General Hospital!" Gabriella says.
"Really that sounds like fun!" Taylor says.
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"I really can't believe you Troy!" Gabi continues, "I never thought you would be a person to spy on us especially me!" She screamed. Troy looked at her pleading guilty and forgiveness.
"Gabi, really I'm soo sorry! It was wrong it was just the competition kicking in and…" Troy continued on as Kelsi gave out a cough when he mentioned it was because of the competition.
The just stood there in silence for a minute and Troy went down the stairs and gathered up the guys. "I guess we'll be going now. Come on guys" Troy said walking up to the door and walking out. Gabi called after them.
"Wait!" She yelled. "You want competition? You got it!" Gabi said as she slammed the door in their faces. She smiled at the girls, and said in a mean voice,
"Let the games begin."
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Gabi walked over to the gang still holding her stick from the game. "You know what guys, you may have made up, but I still haven't. The competition has done some pretty bad things these past days and I'm sick of it! Kelsi was right: we fought. So if you guys want to continue this competition.." at this she dropped the stick down and everyone was looking at her including Troy, " then you'll have to do it without me!' She said yelling, then grabbed her stuff and walked away.
Taylor pulled away from Chad and ran after Gabi, "Gabriella wait!" she yelled and the girls followed Taylor.
The guys looked over at Troy who looked back at them and sighed.
This was NOT the fun they had planned.
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Gabi laughed. "Okay, okay I'm in as long as we don't get into anymore fights please?" She practically begged.
They all laughed at her. "Deal" They Said.
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"Okay on the count of three! One, two, three!" Ryan yelled. They took off Gabi and Troy were in the lead laughing their heads off. They both crossed the finish line first and as soon as the didn't they stumbled down on top of each other.
"Ow!" Gabi cried as she was laughing really hard. Troy smiled at her.
"That was some nasty fall, kind of like that one time on the hill…" He drifted off, his mind wondering somewhere else.
"Yeah" She replied cautiously back.
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They never give up do they? Gabi thought. She looked over at Troy who was looking at her.
It's as if Troy read her mind and she could read his because she understood what he said in his mind. No they don't Troy thought. Gabi and Troy's eyes bulged as they both yelled out,
"Did you just read my mind?"
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Chad smiled at him before saying, "I dare Troy to kiss Gabi!" Everyone kept silent as Troy and Gabi both looked at Chad wide-eyed.
Troy and Gabriella sighed before walking over to each other. Taylor went over to Kelsi and they were giggling about how they were about to kiss.
They both took a deep breath as Troy leaned in to kiss her. Their faces were inches away from each other…
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Troy and Gabriella were head to head all the way to the finish line when BAM! They crashed into each other.
Gabriella toppled on top of Troy who was under her.
The whole place was silent and the gang gasped.
Gabi looked down at him……
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Gabriella sat there nervously, playing with her fingers.
Troy seemed to notice this and asked her, "Uh Gabi, are you ok?"
Gabriella shot a look up at him and said, "Oh, uh, I hate horror movies" Gabi said nervously.
Troy laughed. "It'll be okay!" He assured her.
Gabi nodded but continued to play with her hands.
Troy, looking slightly annoyed and didn't realize what he was doing, quickly put his hand over hers to stop her from twitching.
"Gabi calm down!" Troy said.
Gabi stared down at their hands, wide eyed.
A minute later Troy noticed what he had done and quickly pulled his hand away.
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Gabi thought for a minute and then smiled. "Hm. How about we race?"
Troy raised his eyebrows at her. "You mean like we did last time?" He asked her.
Gabi smiled and nodded as she walked over to the hill. Troy smiled at her and quickly followed like a puppy dog.
"Okay, just like last time! Are you ready?" Gabi asked.
Troy nodded. "Ready as I'll ever be!"
Gabi smiled. "Okay on the count of three! One…..two……THREE!" Gabi yelled as they both took off.
They were running and laughing as they neared the end and this time Troy won.
"HAHA in your face Montez!" Troy laughed at her.
Gabi glared at him. "Oh yeah? Well I wouldn't be talking Bolton!"
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"Well Troy, you just need to tell Gabriella that you like her! She feels the same way, trust me!" Sharpay said.
Troy just sighed and groaned as he laid back on the carpet clasping his hands across the forehead.
But what they didn't know was that Gabi was on the staircase listening in to her friends.
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Troy walked over to her. "Hey Gabriella! Are you okay?" He asked her. Gabi snapped her head up to him and froze. "Uh yeah! I'm fine! Hi! Uh, bye Troy!" Gabi said quickly as she ran away ton find the rest of the gang before the next competition started.
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Troy's heart was ripping when the crowd was chanting. I should just leave Troy thought, I can't take all of this.
By the time Troy drifted out of his thoughts, he looked up and noticed that the girls had picked her up, champion style, and she was on Taylor and Kelsi's shoulders, with Sharpay supporting them and she was waving wildly and chanting to the crowd.
Now I KNOW that I can't do this Troy thought as he packed his stuff and left without saying goodbye to anyone. Gabriella noticed Troy leaving and inside it broke her heart.
If only he knew.
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Taylor stopped fighting and looked over at Gabi with concern. "Gabi….what's wrong?" She asked her seriously.
"What's wrong? WHAT'S WRONG? All I have been doing is sitting here, watching you guys fight, but I know you all still like each other, so GET OVER IT AND MAKE UP! But, obviously I can't make up with someone, cuz I'm not ALLOWED TO!" Gabriella yelled, and with that she ran out of the restaurant.
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Gabriella sighed. "I really don't want to talk now…" She silently whispered, as she laid her head back onto the couch.
Troy sat down next to her and said, "Listen Gabriella. I'm going to talk, and you just need to listen" He practically demanded. Gabriella just mumbled, "Fine."
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Gabriella let out a breath. "Listen, Troy. I really don't want to talk about this right now. I PROMISE that sometime this week, we'll sit down and talk, alright? I really want to hang out with everyone and see how Chad's mom will react with a burnt kitchen!" She said, ending up laughing.
Troy chuckled and nodded. "Come on, let's go!" Gabriella said happily, as she grabbed Troy's hand and led him out of her house.
Troy just sighed and smiled faintly as he followed her out the door.
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Troy ran right in front of Gabriella and stopped to catch his breath, and then looked up at her. "Listen Gabriella. I want an answer, WHY are you avoiding me?" He cut straight to the chase.
Gabriella just shrugged and looked at the floor. Troy groaned angrily and grabbed Gabriella's shoulders, and gave them a little shake which caught Gabriella's attention. "Gosh Gabi, I guess I'm going to have to do something to get you to pay attention!"
And with that, Troy bent down, and kissed Gabriella full blown on the lips.
Everyone gasped.
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Suddenly, tears started flowing down Gabriella's cheeks, which got Troy confused. "Gabi…" He started, but Gabriella put a hand up to stop him. "No Troy, I get it" She whispered, before running away.
"GABRIELLA!" Both Taylor and Troy yelled at the same time, while Taylor and Kelsi both ran after Gabriella.
END OF FLASHBACKS
"Gabriella! What are you doing? Keep going!" Gabriella heard Taylor scream at her, and she whipped her head over to her best friend.
Taylor immediately saw tears in Gabriella's eyes. "Gabi? What's wrong?" She yelled at her, which caused Troy to pause and look at Gabriella, who now had tears going down her eyes.
Troy wanted to do anything to leap over to wear she was and be by her side, but that seemed impossible at the moment. He then saw Gabriella wipe her eyes quickly when she noticed him looking at her, and started back through the maze again, but slower this time.
"COME ON TROY! SHE'S GAINING ON YOU!" He heard the guys scream at him, and he sighed as he ran through the maze with all his might to finish it.
Gabriella saw that Troy was extremely close to the trophy, and knew that there was no way humanly possible for her to catch up. So….she had to make a hard decision. To just go for it, or to let him have it.
As Gabriella walked through the maze, she just thought and thought. Finally, without realizing where she was, she found herself standing face to face with Troy, with only the trophy separating them.
This made the crowd gasp. Gabriella gulped, as she looked into Troy's eyes. She struggled to take a deep breath as she nodded at Troy and then to the trophy, telling him to take it.
Troy immediately shook his head no, but Gabriella just shook her head yes again. Troy sighed and looked back and forth from Gabriella to the trophy as he hesitantly took it.
Bob blew his whistle loudly, "CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOYS FOR A CLOSE VICTORY!" He yelled out, as the whole stands stood up and clapped their hands and cheered for the East High gang.
Gabriella just gave Troy and small smile, before making her way out of the maze, as did Troy.
Troy sighed as he went on to be congratulated by a whole bunch of people in a little fiasco. Even Gabriella was joining in, but he could tell she was in a lot of pain.
"WHOO HOO! TAKE THAT GIRLS! BOYS ALWAYS WIN! V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! VICTORY!" Chad yelled as he ripped his t-shirt and revealed red spray paint on his chest that read, Go Wildcat Boys!!!
Taylor immediately covered her eyes. "Oh my gosh Chad! PLEASE put a shirt back on!" She yelped, not taking a peek, and blushing the whole time as everyone laughed at her.
Gabriella giggled, and looked around to find Troy and hopefully talk to him. But he wasn't anywhere to be found. Finally, Gabriella spotted a shaggy brown-headed and blue eyed guys standing next to this girl….
And clearly flirting with the girl too. Gabriella felt her breath tighten up into her throat as she stepped closer and closer towards Troy and the girl.
"Ga-.." Taylor started to say Gabriella's name, but saw that she was walking towards someone and noticed that Troy was flirting with some other girl. "Oh no…" She whispered silently to herself, as she motioned for everyone to quickly follow her.
As Gabriella stepped closer, she got the vision of the girl. The girl was none other than the cheerleader, Vicky Larson. She saw Troy smile at her as she continued to ramble on about something.
The gang, who were right behind Gabriella, also watched the whole scenario. In one swift motion, Troy bent down and kissed her. On the lips.
Gabriella painfully bit her lip as she felt it bleeding already. Tears immediately sprung down to her cheeks. "Oh Gabi…" Kelsi whispered to Gabriella as she put a comforting hand on her shoulder but she only knocked it off powerfully.
Jason angrily yelled out, "TROY!" Which caught Troy's attention as he snapped his head towards his friends. His eyes immediately landed on Gabriella who was looking at him, and crying her eyes out.
Gabriella looked passed Troy and looked at Vicky who just smirked back at Gabriella.
She had had it. That was all she could take, and nothing was stopping her from bursting out of the scene. Gabriella started sobbing uncontrollably as she ran away from the fairgrounds.
"GABRIELLA!" Troy shouted, as he ran after her with the gang running also. The gang were a few feet ahead of Troy, as they quickly stepped into Gabriella's house, and shut the door on him once they arrived.
Troy just sighed angrily as he threw his foot down and slammed it into the hard patio. He whimpered softly as he just sat down on the ground, not knowing what to do.
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Once inside, Taylor quizzed Gabriella as she hugged her sobbing friend. "Oh Gabi, I'm so sorry. Troy was being a jerk, we all know. But I saw that smirk that Vicky gave you. What was that for?" She asked her.
Gabriella stopped crying and slowly looked up at her friends, still having silent tears rolling down her cheeks. "It-She was…was…she started this whole thing between me and Troy."
Everyone just stared at her in confusion, and then Gabriella helped them all out by saying one last sentence,
"She told me to stay away from Troy."
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OH MY GOD! DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG THIS CHAPTER WAS?? 21 PAGES LONG!!!
Oh my god. Oh my god. I've got the chapter done. FINALLY! Goodbye games, we'll mis you TONS! Haha.
So yeah…have you guys figured out the whole story here at the end? Hopefully you did!
LAST CHAPTER WILL BE UP SOON, PLEASE REVIEW:-)