Little Blue Eyes- Ch.11
Disclaimer: Ohemgee! Be happy, it's Troy's First appearence! lol
Rating: T
Gabriella and Faith had been in Albuquerque for three days.
She was having so much fun catching up with her old high school friends.
Chad and Taylor were hilarious, they argued constantly, and like Noah and Allie from the Notebook, the only thing they had in common was that they loved each other.
Mason was cute too, he had the biggest brown eyes, and Taylor carried him around 24/7. He's so spoiled.
Gabriella was surprised to find out that, not only were Sharpay and Zeke married, but they also had a one and a half year old.
" I guess I just forgot to tell you!" Sharpay laughed.
Their daughter, Colette, had a creamy brown skin tone, and bright brown eyes. Her hair was a goldish blonde.
She carried around a rhinestone microphone everywhere she went; it was her equivalence to a blanket…
Gabriella was now, currently, sitting in her former room.
It was a bit more cluttered then what she was used to, but that was mainly because of all of Faith's necessities.
But even then, her room was still the same.
Gabriella was sitting in a rocking chair, attempting to feed Faith out of a bottle, which wasn't really going too well.
" Faith…please. Just drink the bottle…" Gabriella gave a frustrated sigh as she tried one more time to put the bottle into the infant's mouth.
Again, the milk just dripped out of the corner of Faith's lips, wasting more formula.
Gabriella grunted as she sat the bottom on the ground.
Faith's hungry cries soon filled the house.
Gabriella rested her elbow on the armrest of the chair, she leaned her head onto it.
Even though the baby's cries were loud, Gabriella was still able to her a muffled footstep outside her door.
Sure enough, a small knock was heard.
Gabriella sat her head up, and tried to look alert.
Taylor slowly poked her head around the doorframe.
" Gabriella?" she asked quietly.
Gabriella just smiled at her friend.
" I, we, heard Faith crying, and I thought maybe…you could use a break."
Gabriella was pleasantly surprised, " No ones actually given me a break before!" she exclaimed with little energy.
She moved the baby to her shoulder and began to soothingly pat her back.
Taylor giggled, " Well, you deserve it, I mean, you're home with Faith all day everyday, and she's barely…what, one month?"
" Five weeks…" Gabriella correct as Faith began to quiet down.
" Right, so…do you want to be relieved?" Taylor asked with a smile.
" I don't know Tay…I've never left her alone before…" Gabriella thought.
" Well, who better than to leave her with than your best friends, and your mom."
Gabriella thought about her mom, " Well, I guess I did turn out okay…."
Taylor laughed, " Well, why don't you get out for a little while, I mean, you can just sight see here! You'd be surprised at how much has changed…" Taylor said with some sadness.
Gabriella sighed as she looked at her daughter; she lightly kissed the side of Faith's head.
" Well, I guess I would like to check out Albuquerque…"
Taylor beamed, " Great! So, we'll all watch Faith this afternoon while you tour the town!"
Gabriella laughed as she slowly stood up.
She gently sighed as she passed Faith on to Taylor.
" Now, if she gets too fussy, call me. Because she isn't taking the bottle, so…"
Gabriella rambled nervously.
" Gabriella, it's ok! She'll be fine! Now, go!" Taylor said reassuringly.
Gabriella nodded; she waited a moment as she watched Taylor sweetly look the baby over.
" Ok, well…I guess I'll be going…" Gabriella said, slinking towards the door.
" Bye Gabriella."
Gabriella swiftly walked down the stairs, and out the front door, she figured everyone knew she left.
She turned around and closed the door behind her. She turned again and took in a breath of fresh air.
She smiled.
"Just what I needed! A nice refreshing break!"
Gabriella got into her car and drove around Albuquerque for hours.
It wasn't until she got to a certain place that she actually stopped, and parked the car.
East High.
Gabriella slowly got out of her car.
" Some things never change…" she thought to herself as she gazed up at the brick building with the, still hanging, red banners.
She walked up to the main entrance, and to her surprise, the door was unlocked.
Even though it was odd, she went in anyways.
The school smelled the same, a mixture of copied paper and coffee, not to mention the odd smell of polished floor.
Gabriella smiled as she walked past the front office, she could remember all the feelings she had walking through this hallway, the very first time she did.
She went up that same staircase that led to Mrs. Darbus's homeroom.
She peered into the room. To her dismay, all that made it 'Mrs. Darbus's room' was gone.
It was simply a classroom.
Although she never really liked Mrs. Darbus, she still felt somewhat sad.
She walked past the lockers, and the cafeteria.
Then she saw it.
The discreet stairwell.
She felt a rush of excitement overcome her body as she happily went up the stairs.
Three flights of stairs later, Gabriella saw light.
She smiled brightly as she continued walking up the stairs.
She took in a breath of the Albuquerque wind as she reached the top of the staircase. She walked foreword and placed both hands on the wooden rail and looked out over the rest of the campus.
The view was breath taking.
Gabriella heard a noise coming up the stairs behind her.
" Miss? Excuse me, but you're not suppose to be-"
Gabriella quickly turned around, prepared to start apologizing.
Then, she locked eyes with the man.
His light blue eyes got lost in her dark ones.
" Ga…Gabriella?" The man asked unsurely.
Gabriella was so taken back that she couldn't find her voice.
She made a few odd whimpers, and then finally spoke.
" Troy?"
Troy nodded, and then awkwardly stuffed his hands in his pockets.
Gabriella returned the gesture by uncomfortably wrapping her arms just below her chest.
Troy' eyes darted around, and then he finally took the initiative, and sat on the bench.
Gabriella watched him, she wasn't sure of her feelings at this point.
" Um…you look…different." Troy struggled.
Gabriella took a few steps forward, " Yeah…so do you."
" Well, I mean, a good different of course…" Troy mumbled.
Gabriella was in too much shock to laugh. Instead, she replied bitterly,
" It's amazing what you miss in a year…"
Gabriella didn't mean to say it, it just…came out.
Troy looked down at the ground. He was ashamed.
" Look…Gabriella…"He started to explain.
" No, Troy…I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound that way, I just-"
" It's ok. You have the right to be mad…" Troy said, looking directly at her.
Gabriella sat down on the bench also.
Troy took in a long breath.
" I was there you know…waiting for you, at the altar…"
Gabriella looked down; she was still so hurt by his actions.
" Then…I heard everyone whispering that you were coming, and I got really excited…but then…"
Gabriella waited for him to go on, she could tell this was painful.
" …Then…the pastor…he leaned in to me…and asked, ' Wow. How did you score someone like that?'…" Troy stopped and shook his head.
Gabriella looked back at the ground, struggling to hold back her tears.
" …And I thought to myself, ' I don't know'…"
Gabriella listened intently as small tears rolled down her cheek.
" And, I know it's not much of an excuse, but I was afraid Gabby…I was afraid that he was right…"
Troy stopped talking and turned his attention to Gabriella.
" I thought that maybe…I wasn't good enough for you…" He sighed at his childish comment.
Then took in a deep breath.
"I just thought you should know…" he stumbled out the words.
Without a response from Gabriella, Troy silently got up and began walking to the stairs.
Gabriella blinked her eyes hard, and then finally lifted her head up.
" Troy?" She asked, her voice quivering.
Troy turned around to look at Gabriella.
" You don' t know how long…I've waited to hear what you just told me…"
Troy gave a small smiled and returned to his seat beside her.
" I'm so sorry Gabriella, you know I never wanted to hurt you…"
" So, you let an old man talk you out of marrying me?" Gabriella asked, looking Troy directly in the eye.
Troy couldn't take her eye contact; he sadly looked to the ground.
" Yeah…I guess I did…" He replied solemnly.
Gabriella shook her head, " I…I loved you Troy…"
Troy sighed, " I know…and I loved you too…but-"
" Then who cares what people say! We deserved each other Troy…"
The pair was silent for a moment.
Gabriella was speechless, here she was talking to the love of her life, and she was having a difficult time.
Troy was still in shock from seeing Gabriella in the first place.
He couldn't get over how amazing she looked, as gorgeous as ever, in his opinion.
Finally, Troy spoke.
" I'm…" He began hesitantly, " I'm glad you're back Gabby…"
Gabriella smiled, " I haven't been called Gabby for awhile…" She said softly.
" Well, I mean…if you prefer Gabriella, then I could always call you-" Troy began rambling.
" No! I like it when you call me Gabby…"
Gabriella blushed and looked to the ground.
Troy smiled to himself.
"Just like Kindergarten"
Gabriella was about to say something else, when her cell phone began ringing.
Gabriella quickly pulled out her phone, and saw that it was Taylor; she immediately knew why she was calling.
She quickly hit ignore.
She looked apologetically at Troy, " I'm really sorry but…"
Troy looked at her, " Do you have to go wish your mom a happy new year?"
Gabriella smiled, " No…but, I do have to go."
Troy smiled, he made her smile and that was good enough for him.
Gabriella got up from the bench and walked towards the stairs.
She started walking down, but before she did she asked quietly,
" Troy?"
Troy stood up so he could see her face.
" I'm glad I'm back too."
Troy s grinned, and Gabriella gave an embarrassed smile as she hurriedly finished descending the stairs.
She walked out to her car, and then called Taylor back, she told Taylor she was on her way, and could hear Faith's cries in the background.
Before Gabriella completely pulled out of the driveway, she took one last glimpse of the school.
She smiled to herself and gave a sigh of relief, she continued backing out. She pulled out of the parking lot, and continued driving down the street.
Before the school was completely out of sight, she looked at it from her rear view mirror.
She lightly chuckled.
" I love Albuquerque…"
Author'sNOte: Yeah, this stinkin chapter took me like 4 hours to write... i couldnt decide on certain ideas and stuff...sigh, i still dunno if im happy with it, but i'm happy if ya'll are happy!
yay, troy's in the story!! lol ( Is everyone happy now? Are you all smiling and nodding as you read this? good :D )
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