Chapter 4
Recap
Troy walked to his room and can't get over the fact that he was actually worried about Gabriella because she was sick.
"Damn it!! I think I'm falling for Gabriella!! This is not suppose to happen!" Troy thought, frustrated. He started to play some basketball in the backyard to take his mind off certain things or a certain someone.
"I have to do something to prevent myself from falling for Gabriella!" Troy told his self. An idea struck him and it made him sad to think that he had to do it in order to forget about his feelings for Gabriella. But will his plans actually make him stop liking Gabriella?
End of Recap
Gabriella finally finished the very… strange soup that Troy made.
"I think I feel better!" Gabriella said with a smile. She walked over to the window and saw Troy playing basketball.
"Gosh! I think I'm truly falling for this devil. I can't fall for him! We just don't match and I doubt that he likes me anyway." Gabriella sighed.
The rest of the day, Troy and Gabriella didn't even say a word to each other. Troy was ignoring her and every time she tried to talk to him, he'll just answer with a 'just shut' or 'don't talk to me'. It truly confused Gabriella why he was being extra mean to her.
"What did I do wrong?" Gabriella thought worriedly. It was the next day and its 8am. Troy was just sitting there completely ignoring Gabriella.
"How come he's suddenly so mean to me?" Gabriella said in her mind.
"Hey you!" Troy called out to Gabriella.
"Yeah?" She asked hoping that he will apologise to her or something.
"I'm hungry! Go cook me breakfast!" Troy ordered.
"But before mom left, just five minutes ago, you said that you weren't hungry. That's why she didn't cook anything." Gabriella whined.
"So, I'm hungry now! Just hurry up and cook me something. I'll get my homework ready so you can do them after you cook." Troy said while Gabriella frown.
"Uggghh!! I hate him now! How could I possibly like this guy?! He is such a DEVIL!" Gabriella screamed in her mind as she started taking the pan out and cooked some eggs.
"There! Finish! You can eat now!" Gabriella said putting a plate with food on the counter. Troy walked over and tasted it.
"Taste HORRIBLE! Can you cook or what?! I'm not eating that! Cook something else!" Troy said walking away.
"What do you think I am here? Your personal maid?" Gabriella burst furiously.
"Yeah, you got a problem with that?" Troy said coolly.
"Yes I do because I am not a maid nor your homework machine!" Gabriella yelled.
"If you don't want your mom to know about your tattoo, you have to obey me!" Troy shouted back while Gabriella sighed in frustration.
"Stupid tattoo! Why the hell did I have that anyway? Stupid move Gabi!" Gabriella scolded herself.
The night finally came and Gabriella was EXHAUSTED! Troy made him clean his super chaotic bedroom and he was the one who took credit for cleaning it when Mr Bolton and her mother came home.
"I cleaned my room dad, he said! Yeah right! He's such a liar! He didn't even do one bit in helping me clean his room up!" Gabriella frowned.
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Troy laid on his bed feeling angry with himself.
"I've been such a jerk to her! She probably hates me now which is good--- Wait what?! Its not good! I don't want her to hate me! I just don't want to fall in love with her!" Troy thought.
"How am I gonna make up for everything I did? I'm stupid!" Troy whispered covering his face with a pillow.
The next day, Troy wanted to talk to her but she was kinda ignoring him in a way and he was too stubborn to convince her to talk to him.
"Girls are so frustrating!" Troy thought as he drove Gabriella to school without a word.
When they arrived, they were quickly met by their friends. The pair swiftly moved as far away as possible from each other without their friends noticing.
"Hey Gabi! Hey Troy!" All of them greeted. Sharpay looked at Gabriella and Troy weirdly because they weren't talking at all.
"We'll see you guys later!" Sharpay said dragging the girls to the other direction.
"See you!" The boys said, walking off.
"Gabi, what's up with you and Troy?" Kelsi asked.
"You noticed too?" Taylor asked Kelsi.
"Well duh. I think we all noticed!" Kelsi said while Sharpay nodded in agreement.
"What are you guys talking about?" Gabriella asked pretending not to know anything.
"Oh come on Gabi. We can see that you and Troy didn't say a word to each other and you were like, walking one mile away from each other." Sharpay said with a 'duh' tone.
"I don't know. He started being mean to me. I'm starting to dislike him." Gabriella said.
"As if Gabriella. You know that you still like him deep inside." Gabriella thought rolling her eyes mentally.
"What do you mean he started being mean to you?" Taylor asked.
"Ok, on Saturday I was sick and he came to my room and made a soup for me--" Before Gabriella could continue, the girls already started squealing in excitement forgetting about the real story why Troy was mean to Gabriella.
"Uhh guys, that's just the start!" Gabriella said interrupting the other girls.
"Oh right. Continue!" Kelsi said.
"Ok, then when I walked out of my room, he just started ignoring me and saying mean stuff to me. The whole weekend, he made me his slave!" Gabriella exclaimed while the girls looked at her weirdly.
"Why would you agree to be his slave?" Taylor asked confusedly.
"Crap I didn't think they would ask that! I can't tell them 'oh because Troy knew I had a tattoo'. They might black mail me too!" Gabriella though worriedly.
"Umm, 'cause…" Suddenly the bell rang.
"Thank you God! Thank you!" Gabriella smiled.
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That afternoon, Gabriella really didn't want to be driven by Troy but she had no choice. She was sure that Troy didn't like her and he would say mean stuff to her again or just completely take no notice of her.
"Get in the car!" Troy exclaimed and Gabriella quickly obeyed.
When they were in the car, Gabriella was kinda scared of Troy because he was so lost in his thoughts and he was frowning the whole time.
"This is the time I want to read his mind. Gosh, he scares me when he frowns and I don't even know the reason why." Gabriella thought as she eyed Troy.
Suddenly, Gabriella realised that they weren't heading to Troy's house.
"Troy where are you going?" Gabriella asked, confused.
"I have to make up for everything that I did to her!" Troy thought.
"Its for me to know, and you to find out!" Troy smiled.
"Did he just smile at me? it's a miracle!!!" Gabriella thought with a huge grin.
"Maybe I'm landing on his good side today." Gabriella said in her mind.
"Here we are." Troy said. They finally arrived at a place unfamiliar to Gabriella.
"Oh my gosh!" Gabriella exclaimed looking at a very fancy and romantic restaurant.
"Why did you take me here?" Gabriella asked curiously as they went inside and sat at a table.
"I don't know." Troy shrugged and Gabriella frowned a little bit.
"This boy is so unpredictable! Moments ago he was such a jerk and now, he's.. I don't know, nice?" Gabriella thought.
They started eating in silence and Gabriella felt awkward.
"I'm sorry." Troy suddenly said out of nowhere. Gabriella stared at him confused.
"What for?" Gabriella asked, cocking her head to one side.
"Because I was a jerk." Troy said shrugging while Gabriella just sat frozen and didn't know what to say.
They ate their food and suddenly, a slow song came, 'Heaven is Missing an Angel' by 98 degrees. Troy knew this is the perfect song to dance with Gabriella since… well, she is an angel.
"Should I ask her to dance?" Troy thought deeply.
"Gabriella, may I have this dance?" Troy said awkwardly. Gabriella was taken aback but she didn't want to refuse.
"I'd love to." Gabriella answered with a smile.
They head to the small dance floor of the restaurant. He slowly put his arms on her waist while she rested her hand on his shoulder.
"Crap! I think my feelings for him are coming back again! Man, but I really don't get him sometimes. He's like two very different person!" Gabriella thought as she slowly put her head on his shoulder. They sway to the music in a comfortable silence.
"So am I forgiven?" Troy suddenly asked with a slight chuckle.
"Maybe." Gabriella replied with a smile. Her arms slowly snaked around Troy's neck while he unconsciously pulled her closer.
It went so fast and the next thing Gabriella knew they were on their way home.
"Did you have fun?" Troy asked silently.
"Yeah I did. Did you?" Gabriella asked and he shrugged in response making her frown.
"Am I really that boring to him that he can't have fun when he's with me?" Gabriella thought leaning back to her seat.
"You're so hard to understand." Gabriella mumbled.
"Did you say something?" Troy asked, not hearing what she just said.
"Nothing." She quickly answered, going out of the car since they arrived at Troy's house already.
"Is she mad at me?" Troy thought watching as Gabriella stormed inside the house.
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The next morning, Gabriella was standing in her locker putting her books away. Troy was just in the corner, walking her way. Suddenly, a guy came up to Gabriella.
"Hey Gabriella… umm… I was wondering if you have a boyfriend?" The guy asked politely. Troy glared at the guy and just listened to their conversation.
"Umm.. No actually. Why?" Gabriella asked.
"Maybe you want to eat lunch with me or something?" Troy was now furious for some reason. He quickly walked towards them. Before Gabriella could answer, the guy was bumped on the side by non other than, Troy Bolton. Gabriella watched in horror as the guy fell right on the ground.
"Oh my gosh! Are you ok?" Gabriella said kneeling beside the poor guy.
"Why does she care so much?" Troy thought, frowning at the guy.
"Troy what is wrong with you?!!!" Gabriella almost yelled, angrily.
"But---" Troy was suddenly cut off by Gabriella.
"Just leave us alone Troy. Go do bad stuff somewhere else." Gabriella said helping the guy up.
Troy stormed away and head at his secret spot.
"You're so stupid Troy!" Troy told his self.
"Gabriella really hates me now! Why do I care so much about her? I feel like I lost everything. I'm so dumb falling for such an angel like her! I think every thing that happened yesterday was all a dream because today is a total nightmare!" Troy thought as he sat on a bench. Troy suddenly took out a paper and pen and started writing a song. He didn't know what possessed him to do that but he did. After he finished writing, he started singing it.
"Damn! I'm such a confused guy and a total dork!!" Troy thought.
Where do I go
Every direction seems to be against the flow
And who will I be
What does it mean to just be me
So tired of having to choose
Where I'll be and what I'm gonna do
Lost in confusion
I feel like I'm losin it all
Where do I go from here
With all this confusion
now who's gonna break my fall
There's no one left to call
Nothing is clear
Where do I go from here
Troy sighed feeling so out of place. He just realised everything that he did in his life was literally wrong. Every time he tried to help, he always pick the wrong decision making the situation worse.
Did I let u down
My good intentions
never seem to come around
And I have to believe
That there's an answer I can see
This time, all Troy could think about was Gabriella. He couldn't get her off his mind.
"I tried to be nice… but I can't do it properly." Troy thought and continued singing.
So tired of having to choose
Where I'll be and what I'm gonna do
Lost in confusion
I feel like I'm losin it all
Where do I go from here
With all this confusion
now who's gonna break my fall
There's no one left to call
Nothing is clear
Where do I go from here
I can't tell what's up or down
My head's spinning all the time
Every time I turn around
there's another useless sign
I wanna know
but I don't know which way I'm gonna go
Troy was so confused and frustrated.
"Of all the girls I could imagine my self with, why does it have to be an angel like Gabriella." Troy said in his mind.
Where will I go
Which way will it go
Lost in confusion
I feel like I'm losin it all
Where do I go from here
With all this confusion
now who's gonna break my fall
There's no one left to call
Nothing is clear
Where do I go from here
Troy ended the song feeling shocked that he just sang. Something that he never ever did before!! Lucky for him, no one was there to hear him. He read through the song again and suddenly crumpled the paper.
"Stupid song! Makes me more confused!" Troy thought chucking the piece of paper near a plant. The bell rang so he quickly head down the stairs and to his next class not even bothering to pick up the lyrics.
"Should I go back to ignoring her and being mean to her? Or just be nice to her? Which way should I choose?" Troy thought to his self confusedly.
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There goes the next chapter! I hope you like it! I really appreciate all of your reviews! The song that Troy sang is 'Where do I go from here' by Sebastian Mego from 'Jump In!' soundtrack. Please review.