Chapter 26

Gabriella woke up. She was hoping to wake up and leave before Troy did, but no luck. He had already woke up and he was waiting for her.

"Hurry up and get dressed," Troy said. "Taylor's picking us up at 1:00 and it's 7:30." (I don't know about if there's a time change or something between Hawaii and New Mexico so...)

Gabriella crossed her arms. Her shoulder slumped even when Troy kissed her cheek. Usually, this would've made her skin warmer (if possible), but today, she dreadfully wished he hadn't done that...especially after what those lips did.

Troy could see that Gabriella still hadn't forgiven him. Gabriella walked past him to the bathroom and she felt his lips brush her thigh. She smirked.

Now he'll know what he's missing, Gabriella thought. He wants me. Too bad he won't get me so easily now.

She brushed her teeth and washed her face. While she was running the brush through her hair, Troy came in.

Darn, how could I forget to lock the door? Gabriella asked, scolding herself. She pretended to ignore Troy and continued to brush her hair. She tensed up when Troy stood behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and kissed her neck.

If this was any other day, Gabriella would probably blush and giggle with happiness and tell Troy to stop. Troy would probably laugh and say something funny or cute.

But this wasn't any other day...this was the day after Troy kissed Sharpay.

Troy placed his hands on Gabriella's stomach and kissed Gabriella's cheek. His lips were cold against her skin.

He brushed his lips against her cheek, feeling angry at himself. Why did he have to kiss Sharpay?

Gabriella broke loose from his hands and left the bathroom. She walked over ot the fridge and took out a jug of water. She filled a cup to the brim and drank the whole thing in one gulp.

A couple of hours later, she and Troy left the hotel.

Sharpay smiled as did her makeup, thinking about her kiss with Troy. Her room happened to be two doors away, so she could hear anything from their room if they were shouting or slamming doors.

Just then she heard their door slam.

Either Troy told Gabriella to leave or Troy's coming to live with me, Sharpay thought. It's about time he starts actually loving me.

She waited for Troy to open her door and embrace her, telling her how wrong he was to marry Gabriella. Then he would propose to her, apologize for having no engagement ring, and beg to be her husband.

Sharpay waited...and waited...and waited.

Just then her cell phone rang.

"Hello?" she said.

"Sharpay, honey" Mr. Evans said. "So how's your trip so far?"

"Great, Daddy," she said. "Troy kissed me last night! Isn't that great?"

"Wonderful!" he exclaimed. "Well, I'll call you back later, honey. Bye."

Sharpay hung up and day dreamed about her wedding. She would wearing a white dress and sparkly diamonds on her necklace...

Her cell phone rang again.

"Hello?" she said. "Daddy, is that you?"

"No, this is Troy's father," Mr. Bolton said. "Your dad gave me your number."

"Oh," Sharpay said.

"Listen, Sharpay, you have to come home now!" he said urgently. "Troy and Gabriella are coming home today."

Sharpay gasped. "Yeah, okay, I'll leave as soon as possible."

She hung up and grabbed her things, glad that she hadn't taken too many things out of her suitcase. She was ready to leave in a few minutes.

Before she got into her taxi, she saw Troy and Gabriella get into one.

She told the driver to follow that taxi.

Troy looked at Gabriella, who was staring out the window.

"Look, Gabi," he said, grabbing her hand tight. "Why does it have to end like this? Can't we just be together for a bit longer? You know, for the baby. We don't even know which gender it is!"

Gabriella huffed. "You should've thought of that before you kissed Sharpay."

Troy put his arm around her and whispered, "Please, Gabi, I don't want to live without you. Please, I'm begging you."

Gabriella felt bad as soon as she heard those words. She was causing Troy so much pain. For a second, she actually thought of forgiving him. But a voice in her head told her not to.

Don't give in, it said. Don't make it easy for him. Let him know you're not the easy person anymore. He has to learn to that he won't get everything his way. Besides, he caused you pain. Now it's time for a little payback.

Gabriella pulled her hand away and crossed her arms, ignoring Troy. He sighed but kept his arm around her.

She was glad. It felt nice.