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"Troy" a soft spoken Gabriella appeared as Troy stopped as he turned his head and looked at her.
"Yes" he asked looking at her for wondering what she was going to ask since he never would expect that she would even be talking to him.
Gabriella took a deep breath looking down at the wooden floor for a long time when she looked right into his icy blue eyes "Why didn't you fight back" she asked with a strong look in her voice and eyes.
He looked at her for a long time when he walks down the stairs and right towards her for he was taller then she was by a few inches "Because you asked me too" he said without even showing any emotions on his face or in his eyes.
Gabriella stood shock for a few minutes not understanding why he said something like that "Why did you do it for me" she asked now curious about the meaning of Troy's words.
"I….." suddenly Miss. Montez walked through the door looking at Troy and Gabriella slowly with a smile "What are you tw…." She stopped seeing his face with her eyes widen seeing all bruise and gash on his forehead.
She walked over to Troy so she could get a better look at his injures that he received since by the end of the night Troy would have several deeper bruises and one black eyes too. Isabella sighed shaking her head slowly walking towards the kitchen so she could start dinner soon. Gabriella ran right pass Troy in a rush while he watch her run with a sighing coming out of his mouth slowly then walking into the kitchen seeing Isabella cooking and getting things ready for dinner.
"What happen at school Troy" she asked without even turning around to him.
He was somewhat stunned but he soon recollected himself "It was a small fight that's all" he said leaning against the frame of the door.
"Did you fight back" she asked still not facing him while the water boiled slowly as she waited.
There was a long silent in the kitchen that the only sound could be heard was the sounds of the water boiling, "No I didn't fight back" Troy said finally breaking the silent that seemed forever.
Isabella just nodded finally turning her head around walking slowly towards him. She looked right into his icy blue eyes for a long time while he just stared back wondering what she was looking at since she wouldn't find anything by looking at his eyes. She smiled when she back away back into her original spot in the kitchen while Troy just turned head slightly to the left wondering what she saw in his eyes.
"I know why you didn't fight back" she said placing a few plates next to her while getting the food on the plates.
"Why didn't I fight back then Miss. Montez" he asked now curious what she saw now.
She turned her head towards him "Not going to tell you" she singing her words towards him "Now go get Gabriella from her room so we can eat like a family" she said setting the table slowly.
He nodded turning around and walked upstairs going up while thinking about why he didn't fight since he was drawing a blank about why. He knew Gabriella asked him not to fight so her popularity was at stake and that is why he didn't fight right?
Gabriella was laying on her bed trying to understand Troy since it made her feel like she was in Kindergarten for she didn't really have any friends. She felt like he could read her like a book which causes her to bring back her memories when she was called Geeky Gabby as a sighed escaped from her mouth.
Tory, who were you before you came here she thought when a knocked was heard on her door which cause her to jump in surprise for she got scared.
"Gabriella, your mother tells me to tell you its dinner" Troy's voice said behind the door and his footsteps walking away from the door.
Gabriella sighed slowly rubbing her tempts slowly in a circle thinking about what Drake and her talked about while they had their little fight in the parking a lot. Which will cause a huge up roar in East High more then the usually gossip around but she knew that Drake would just find one of his sluts and he would just forget her after that and she would move on with her life. However the words that he told her was still a little unnerving as she remember what he told her after school after Troy showed up.
Flashback
Drake walked up to her in an anger mood his body language gave it way while he wanted to release on something or someone. Gabriella was leaning against her car while waiting for Troy to come out and see if he was alright after his beating that he took from Drake. She saw Drake walking up to her and she felt disgusted with herself being with him for what he did to Troy but she didn't know why she felt that way about Troy since she found him so weird. Drake walked up to her going into a kiss but she turned her head away making sure that he wouldn't even feel her skin.
"What" he asked looking at her.
She turned her had and looked right into his eyes "I don't want you near me anymore since I know that you have been cheating me but I turned the other cheek since I worried about my popularity but no more" she said in an anger tone showing her back bone finally.
Drake just looked at her for a long time "You know you were nothing until I took interest in you but I will let you go since I couldn't get in the sack with you it doesn't matter. However let me tell you this I will take that Troy guy and destroy him make sure he wouldn't have a bone left to crack" he said in a cold voice when seeing Troy he walked away from Gabriella.
End of Flashback
Gabriella shook her head slowly trying to forget what Drake said since she was more worry about Troy now for some reason. She got up from her room and slowly walked downstairs seeing Troy already setting the table several bruise were already forming on his face with a black eye on his right eye. Gabriella cover her mouth hiding the fear what would be under his clothes all those bruises and maybe a few broken bones that Drake inflicted when beating Troy. She walked to her sit since the table was a square for Troy sat on the right and her mother came out sitting nearest to the kitchen door and she sat on the left. Gabriella looked at the food for they were having fry rice and some noodles which she didn't mind slowly taking her fork and started to eat.
"So how was school?" Miss Montez asked not looking at either Troy or Gabriella taking a fork full of rice taking a bite.
Troy looked at the food then looked up at Miss. Montez "Fine met a lot of interesting people and classes are also interesting since I am slowly understand school life" he said slowly and unsurely taking the fork since he never use one and started to wrapped the noodles around the fork and started to eat it.
"Gabi" she asked glancing over at her daughter while taking a drink of water from her glass.
Gabriella was eating some noodles when she swallowed slowly "I have to go to the dance on Friday and get there to help set up" she said trying to avoid looking at Troy who was staring at her.
Miss. Montez nodded "That's nice" she said finishing what was on her fork and taking another drink of water. Troy was slowly eating still slowly like he was a child still learning things about the world it baffle Gabriella wondering why Troy didn't know anything. She was starting to question what his past was like and curious if her mom would tell her anything about him.
After an hour or so Troy finishing eating getting up and walked to the kitchen cleaning off his plate and walked back to the dinning room "Ill be watching the TV" he said saying TV slower then a normal person would do. He walked out of the dinning room and went into the living room giving the remote control and turned it on. The TV flashed on showing some sort of house hunter show on HGTV which Troy suddenly changes the channel to see what was on. After a few minutes of channel changing he suddenly stopped on some sort of sport change with tall guys playing basket ball. He watch them move and dribble the ball in different was which was interesting for he leaned forwards and watch the players carefully his eyes following every moment of the orange ball.
Soon a different picture appeared saying "We will returned to And1 basket ball after this messages" Troy change the channel again and again until he stopped on another channel which was fighting in a eight side steel ring. Two fighters were fighting using different style of fighting which Troy was completely interested in seeing a large man with facial hair around his chin and above his lip with a shaved head slamming a another fighter down. The announcers telling "Chuck just slammed him against the mat" Troy watch seeing every move that Chuck did against his challenger carefully. Soon a different messages appeared as Troy change the channel back to And1 watching everything move, style, and trick from the different players.
After two or three hours Troy sense Gabriella behind him seeing what he was doing changing it back to what he found out was UFC fighters. Leaning back against the couch and seeing The Iceman getting a KO against some African American fighter.
"Troy, why are you watching fighting" she asked leaning against the couch looking at Troy at the side of his bruises.
He didn't look at her "I was watching And1 and thinking about joining the basket ball team now" he said seeing how interesting it was and it could be a good thing for his problems with his other side.
She nodded "Oh, if you want to try out of the Basket ball team ask Chad, Zeke, or even Jason since they are all on the team. Beside it would be to get some new players even through they act it we haven't won a championship in a long time since Drake became the Captain" she said looking down in an embarrassed way.
Troy nodded turning off the TV "I'll think about it" he said getting up and turning to looked at her "Thanks for taking me to school see you in the morning" he said walking upstairs and going straight to bed before saying goodnight to Gabriella's mother too.
Gabriella watch him leave and sighed "Troy, you are something completely different then anyone I have every meant but are you going to do find tomorrow" she said to herself getting on the couch and started to watch TV.
Next Day inside East High
Troy walked through the hallway wearing black jeans with two studded belts wrapped around his waist with black converse, a Dark Knight Joker shirt that had blood red letters saying 'Why So Serious', a plain black hoodie, and a hat to hide his bruise covering his face and a black eye. Everyone was whispering behind his back but he didn't really pay attention to it since he was more worry about getting caught up with the school work here. Being held in a cage for seventeen years of your life and learning everything at once gave him a bad headache that no one could understand. Books were in his hands while he walked since it was lunch time and for the whole cliché system at this school. Troy didn't have anywhere to sit slowly stopping in front of the gym he open the door with one of his free hands putting all the books weight on his left side.
The gym was large with red and white colors all around him as he walked to the red bleachers setting his books down in the first step looking around at the gym. Troy stepped onto the court seeing a basketball laid out on the floor resting against the bleachers. He shrugged walking over to the ball picking it up and started to dribble it a bit getting a feel for it when he started to dribble it through his legs like the guys on the TV and around his back like he was doing it his whole life. Troy dribble to the basket stopping at the free throw line and shooting it his form was perfect and swish making a perfect shot. Smiling he ran grabbing the ball and started to shoot all over the key and making it every time doing this that whole some of the pros could do.
Outside the gym Chad, Zeke and Jason were watching their eyes were huge at what they saw. They watch Troy shooting his third three point shot and sinking it like he wasn't even trying.
"Dude, I don't believe it I never thought Troy was a basket ball protégée" Chad whispered to the others as they nodded slowly. All three in a state of shock until the afro man walked into the gym after seeing everything Troy did.
"Hey man" Chad said running out onto the court as Troy stopped sinking another free throw and turning to look at Chad smiling.
"Hey Chad" he said putting his hands in his pocket with his blue eyes staring right into Chad's eyes.
Chad stopped right in front of Troy and stared at him until he took a deep breath "Have your ever played basket ball before?" he asked looking at the blue eye Troy.
He laughed "Nope, I just saw it on a TV show called And1 and something I was just fooling around" Troy said shrugging walking over to the basket ball picking it up and flipped it in the air spinning it on his pointer finger.
"Wait, WHAT" Chad said looking at Troy who was spinning the ball while Zeke and Jason walked in the gym too. "Are you telling me that you just watch some of those And1 guys on TV and that's all you did" Chad said trying to let his brain figure out what Troy said.
Troy nodded "Yeah I was flipping through channels and it was on and I watch it" he said shooting the ball again and it made a perfect swish again. "I always learned by watching things even when I was in New York it help me keep myself alive" he said remembering fighting and using some of his opponent's moves against them.
Chad walked over the bleachers and took off his shirt wearing a muscle shirt under it "Let's play" he said pulling off his jeans having basket ball shorts under looking serious at Troy.
Troy looked at Chad and shrugged "Sure" he said walking over to the bleachers too and removing his hoodie and walking back on the court.
"Hey Troy, aren't you going to remove your shirt" Jason called at the side lines watching with Zeke.
Troy shook his head no not wanting to let anyone see his scars on his body for he knew questions would arise then.
"First one to ten wins, two and threes for schooling and you can go over the ten limited" Chad said getting the ball and passing it to Troy.
Troy nodded passing the ball back and suddenly Chad was dribbling while Troy was already on covering him like he was playing forever. Chad was shock since he didn't think Troy would cover so fast then seeing that the ball was gone and Troy making a easy lay up. Chad was in shock seeing what had just happen. Troy walked over and checking it to Chad and smiled having fun and not feeling anything wrong with him.
After a fifteen minutes or so Chad was out of breath his breathing was heavy looking at the wooden court while Troy was standing tall spinning the basket ball on his finger again. Jason's and Zeke's eyes were big again never seeing Chad being so easily defeated before since Troy was spinning pass him, stealing from Chad, doing prefect lay ups, and even shooting three pointers when under pressure from another player. Chad looked up his afro was not standing tall while he looked down at the floor still breathing hard.
"Gentlemen" A man came out wearing a white polo with a wild cat on the corner having a clip board in his hand with a whistle around his neck.
Chad, Jason, and Zeke straight up seeing the man coming up to them, while Troy just kept spinning the ball on his finger not understanding what was happening. He stopped in front of the four boys for he was a tall man brown hair prefect set on his head and nice looking grey slacks.
"What are you three doing here" he asked looking at the basket ball players then staring at Troy "and what is an non-player here too" he asked wanting answer for this now.
Chad looked up "Coach, I think I found a player you're going to love" he said taking deep breaths after every word. Then he pointed to Troy having the basket ball at his side head held down making sure his bruises and black eye couldn't be seen.
Coach looked at Troy "Who are you" he asked crossing his arms in front of his chest looking at Troy.
Troy looked up at the man called Coach "I am Troy just transfer yesterday" he said pulling off his hat having all his bruises and black eye could be seen.
Coach nodded "The kid without the last name huh. So are you any good" he asked looking at Troy nodding towards the basket ball.
Troy shrugged and walked out to the court the three point line and shot it making the basket without even using two hands then walking back "I guess since that's what Chad tells me" he said looking at Coach.
Coach's mouth had dropped open and looked at Troy "Alright come to the gym today after school were having try outs I want to see your stuff" he said writing something down then leaving.
Troy turned and looked at his friends "I guess I am trying out for the basket ball team" he said now a little in shock. However the three guys all laughed and wrapped their arms around Troy leaning him grabbing his things on the way out. They were all talking about things while Troy listen not really sure about anything soon Ryan joined and they all started too walked together towards their lockers and to see their girls. In the back of Troy's mind it seemed to him that things were finally turning out to be good finally since he was fitting in and people didn't really find him weird or anything which made it a lot easier for him to act somewhat of himself.
All four guys made it to the girls smiling at each other while Chad and Taylor were talking about their date tonight after tryouts while Jason was looking at some of Kelsi's music sheets trying to look interested in them for his girlfriends' stake while Zeke was trying to talk about the dance with Sharpay but not showing any luck. Ryan was talking to a large girl named Martha who Troy finger out was a hip hop dancing from the way she was moving to the beat of someone's music in the hall.
"Hey Troy, are you going need a ride back home" Gabriella asked slamming her locker and looked at him.
Troy nodded "Yeah but I have to stay late because I guess the East High coach wants me to tryout for the basket ball team" he said hoping that would be ok with her.
Gabriella looked at him "Wow so you really are going to try out since I heard their training schedule is brutally from what the guys told me" Gabriella said looking at the three basket ball players.
Troy couldn't help but smiled at what Gabriella smiled saying Brutally "I think Ill be fine" he said shaking his head knowing that these people didn't know the word of brutally as he walked off to his next class.
Gabriella tilted her head hearing what Troy said and it didn't make any sense but she shrugged knowing that she had a dance meeting after school so it would work out for her. She walked off to class with Sharpay and Kelsi thinking about what Troy meant for different ideas were coming through her head they were all way out of the water.
"You know I think I am going to say yes to Zeke if he asked me to the dance" Sharpay suddenly says with a smiled on her face since she always found him interesting for being a intimidating guy he was like a giant teddy bear to her.
Gabriella smiles knowing that those two would make sure a cute couple that she wanted to say finally 'Thank God It took you long enough' but held her tongue for it would be rude to say. She knew that she wouldn't have a date to the dance that was coming up but she already had several guys come up and asked her but she said no to them all. Gabriella had a small amount of hope that Troy would asked her since she really wanted to know about him for she found him so interested and mysterious that it was driving her insane about him.
After school, Troy was in the gym wearing Chad's old basket ball shorts but asked of a long sleeve shirt to hide his scars. He stood in line with about thirty different grades and age wanting to make to the elite of the basket ball team but Troy was just here because he was asked not to become the best or anything. Suddenly the Coach walked out on to the court and looked at the fresh meat slowly while the starters stood behind him looking at the fresh meat.
"You are all here to try to become a Wild Cat basket ball player, you all think you have what it takes and some of you do and others don't this is why I have tryout to weed out the weak from the strong" he said walking up and down the line looking at each and everyone person in the line. Coach stopped in front of Troy the longest looking at him with the black eye.
"This Tryout will only last one day for I know that my training program will take out many on the first try" he said looked at them "FIFTY PUSH UPS NOW" he yelled when every player shot down and started to do push ups.
Troy followed easily doing the pushups since he worked out in his chain doing random things seeing some of the watches do when they were bored watching him. His arms were strong easily doing fifty pushups the right way without even breaking a sweat he stood up and looked at several that were still doing them. He watch and waited until only a quarter where already gone and the number was twenty-two left in the line up. Troy just looked over at Chad who was doing a thumbs up too him as Troy nodded in thanks and turned back to look at the coach.
"Twenty sets of lines go" he order and sat down and watch them do the lines writing notes down on his clip board.
Troy started to run back and forth showing no sighs of being tired the whole time sweat however was slowly starting to appear on his forehead. He soon finished seeing six guys already giving up from the lines. Troy leaned against the wall looking up at the ceiling thinking about what would be next for this was really fun for him.
"Passing drill now" he said when basket balls were thrown at the sixteen that were felt by the starters who watch on the bleachers laughing at the ones who gave up early.
Troy watch a few minutes seeing that you had to pass back and forth to the wall continue to do so until Coach yelled stopped. After an hour or so six players dropped from a tired body their breathing was hard while the last ten kept doing it the nine were sweating badly breathing was starting to deepen. Troy was just starting to work up a sweat by the passing drill that was happening to him still hitting the wall with the basket ball.
"Enough" Coach said walking up to the last ten "I guess you ten are going to have some good old fashion basket ball game" he said pointing to five players saying shirts then the last five skins.
Troy was a skin seeing his four guys on his team suddenly removed their shirts in front of everyone. His eyes widen in fear for everyone would see his scars and question would arise which he didn't want but he wanted to do this so he could make Gabriella and her mom proud of him. He walked over the bleachers taking a deep breath and slowly moved his shirt everyone who was in the gym watch seeing all the scars and burns all over Troy's body. Their eyes widen seeing a few bruise that were recent from Drake's assault on him but the scars were pain fully looking with some guys in the gym holding a few of their chest and touching their back at seeing the scars.
Troy walked out to the court looking pound that he needs this for he was becoming more human now. People watch and whispers could be heard while Chad just looked at Zeke and Jason with them looking at Chad wondering who could of do this too Troy. The Coach's mouth was open in shock at seeing those terrible wounds that even he couldn't image what it had to been like to have some of those like the one across his whole body. Drake who was making fun of the recent drop out looked seeing all those marks and scars that he didn't even say a word to one of his friends for it couldn't even be funny to anyone.
Out in the hallway a brunette girl looked through the window of the doors seeing Troy's body her hand over her mouth in shock. Tears started to water up in her big brown eyes not believing what she was seeing now for it looked so pain even this far away too her. Gabriella suddenly started to cry silently for no sound could come out for her mouth the only thought that kept repeating over and over in her head was 'Who could have done this to him, Who could have done this to him'. Leaning against the wall the tears still slowly coming down her cheeks but kept wiping them away but it didn't help.
"I have to ask Troy what happen" She said thinking about to all those thoughts about what he said about brutally was starting to make sense now.
Author Note: I know I haven't be updating to much but I have a job and other things have been sort of thrown out of control so Ill be trying to get the next chapter up soon I promise. Thank you for all your reviews.