F O R B I D D E N L O V E
by Bl1SSFuln3ss

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CHAPTER 12
S W A Y

& I've listened to this song a million times but I never get tired of it because it reminds me of you

Sharpay Evans & Troy Bolton

Grace Nursing Home, 07:04 pm

I've listened to this song

"What are you doing here!?" she exclaimed, confused, shocked and little hints of elated were written all over her face

"Taking you to the dance" he replied simply

Troy smiled as he made his way from the balcony inside his grandma's room. Sharpay blinked at his actions, try to ignore the questions how he got there, why is he wearing a tux and what is he doing inside her head, she turned her back to face the half filled vase once again, still having the red rose in her hand. She composed herself, taking a deep breath, and turned around, but before she could say anything, he was as usual, quicker than her

"Here…" he gave her the white box he had been carrying around while taking the red rose from her hand, "Make a quick change" that made Grandma Bolton smiled as she saw Troy's cheeks slowly beginning to turn like the flower he was now holding

Sharpay squeezed her eyebrows and opened her mouth, nothing came out at first, but eventually she composed herself and finally asked, "How did you get out there?" she tilted her head, not even taking a peep what's inside the silver white box

"Just change, Sharpay" Troy gave another smiled, took her by the shoulders, and then pushed her towards the bathroom

She bit her lip, clutching the white shimmering box. She stared at the box, picturing in her head what was in it. When she finally made up her mind, she locked the door; she could almost see Troy's smile at the other side when he heard the door locked.

Grandma Bolton quickly joined her grandson as he was grinning ear to ear.

"You both planned this, didn't you?" they chuckled as her voice rang through their ears, despite the fact that she was at the bathroom

"Yes" they answered together

"I should've never said yes! I should've just finished that vase, go home and I know Ryan or Aunt Ka…"

"Are you done yet?" he interrupted her words

She gasped, "Did you know that it's rude to interrupt someone? And no, I'm not done, I'm not even done with my last sentence" she cleared

"That was not even a sentence, which was a ramble" he stood in defense, "Hurry up" he ordered

"I can't even reach the zipper, Troy!" she shrieked, telling him that she clearly needed more time

"I'll go help her" Grandma Bolton smiled, leaving his precious grandson alone in that massive room in silence

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Troy tapped his foot faster on the floor; he was getting impatient with this. Fortunately, he didn't have to wait any much longer since his grandma was the first out of the bathroom since the last half an hour. Therefore, he got up knowing that the girl he had been waiting for must be the second to come out from the bathroom

"Sharpay?" the old lady called after not having her presence at the room as she was done

"I look horrible" she made up an excuse

"Sharpay, open the door" Grandma Bolton knocked the door, trying to get her out of there

Then after a few moments, the door was slightly open with a creak, however still not showing much what was inside. Grandma Bolton let out a frustrated sigh before going into the bathroom, took Sharpay by her wrist and brought her in Troy Bolton's perfect blue eyes

Her mother's white gown was perfect on her, anything was. Her long legs and her white heels were hidden by the long fabrics of the gown; however her arms looked perfect with the short white gloves. The gold metallic liner was complimenting her blonde locks and the shimmering pale silver eye shadow looked radiant on her fair skin. Her golden locks were not the neatest thing since it took a really short time to do it, but it made her looked more beautiful. Her blonde locks was in loose curls like usual and half of her hair was in a simple up do with her hair swift to one side

"Do I look that bad?" she felt a little awkward as the eyes were on her. She looked down to the gown, making a strand of her blonde hair fell in front of her flawless face

"You look amazing" he offered her a smile "My mom wants to say thanks" he walked to her,

"For what?" he started to tuck a strand of her blonde hair neatly behind her ear

"For taking care of me… You deserve tonight dear, and you look amazing" Grandma Bolton replied

Sharpay put a hand on one of Troy's arms, making him stopped what he was doing. She smiled, showing him how grateful she was for all he had done. He looked down to meet her sparkling eyes, giving her a smile too. She put her other hand on his cold cheeks, muttering a "Thanks" from her luscious, glossy…

"Eherm" Grandma Bolton cleared her throat, as much as she loved them together, the concept of kissing in front of an old woman was pretty much disturbing her

Right after they snapped back to reality, they quickly get out from each other's grip, flushing with deep red while turning around from each other. Grandma Bolton smirked at them. She knew they both like each other, she could see it through them. She had heard that Troy was a player, her son and daughter in law knew how much she loved hearing about Troy, so she knew more to Troy even than he realized

"Uhm… What am I supposed to be?" she tilted her head, not getting what she was supposed to be with the pretty make ups, pumps and gown

"You're going to get married" she replied, giving her another box that was similar with the one earlier but much smaller, earning smiles from Troy and the elderly

Troy walked towards her once again, placing the rose on the box. The lady put the box on her bed, placing it carefully and then took the rose and put it on her hand's grip while she kept giving a confused, yet anxious look

a million times

Hearing the loud music starting to ring on her ears, it kept getting louder and louder as they took more step closer. She didn't know where they were going, she knew of course that they were going to East High's costume party but she barely could see where they were going with the white cloth covering her sight, so she clutched his arm tighter

"We're here" he looked down and announced

She still couldn't see clearly, only unclear dims of colorful light were visible, she did realize the place was covered with a lot of amount of people as various chatters mingled with the loud sound of Chamillionaire's 'Ridin', even though the chatters couldn't compete the huge speakers. She blinked for a few times, their arms were still tangled together and she was waiting what they were going to do first now

"Troy!" Sharpay didn't have to guess to know that it was Gabriella's perky voice

"What took you so long?" Kelsi's voice joined

"Oh my god, is this Laura?" Taylor pointed to her, "Is something wrong to your face? I mean I have a bet with afro here that the chicken pox would make you look really…"

Sharpay blinked her eyes a few times again as what used to be blur a few seconds ago turn clear now due to Taylor removing the veil that was covering her face. When her vision cleared at the sight of her friends, Taylor, Gabby, Ryan, Chad, Kelsi and Jason, she formed a smile across her lips and slightly tilted her head to one side, then gave them all a small wave

"Sharpay!" the girls exclaimed and started to form a group hug and jumped up and down

Sharpay smiled but keep her foot stick to the floor, not joining the jumping girls; her eyes were fixed on something else. She stared at Ryan, she expected him to be angry or something, but somehow this time he turned to be calmer about the entire 'Troypay' thing. She got out the girls' grips and then started to guess

"So, let's see here… Gabby, you're a prom queen" Sharpay smiled as she noticed the corsage, "Tay is a… doctor?" she tried

"Pro-fesor" she emphasized the word 'pro'

"Okay… Kelsi, you're an angel. Jason, you're a football player, right? Ryan…" she gulped the lump on her throat, "you look flamboyant!" she made her guess simple, "And… Chad!" she exclaimed as she spotted the afro, "What are you!?" she shot him a weird look

"I'm a basketball player" he replied

"But you are a basketball player" she replied matter of-factly

"That's not a costume, Chad, that's a uniform" Troy explained obviously to his fellow teammate

"Yeah… and what are you both supposed to be?" Chad asked back, probably not noticing the tux on Troy, veil and the little tiara on Sharpay's head

"Shessh, you're an Einstein Chad!" Taylor said sarcastically

"No, I'm not Einstein, I'm a basketball player" he cleared, not catching the sarcasm

Taylor decided to just ignore the afro with his retard-ness and looked on both of her friends. Troy was in a tuxedo with a white shirt underneath it while Sharpay who looked perfectly matched with him was wearing a white gown

"You both are a bride and a groom" Taylor answered proudly, like the times she always got the math questions right

"I guess…" Sharpay replied, fixing her veil, "I don't know if Troy's a groom, all I know he's in a tux" she tried, not wanting Ryan to take the whole 'bride and groom' to 'Troy and Sharpay together'

"Oh… Grandma said I should be 'Prince Charming'" he used air quotes

"It's more like you two are getting married" Kelsi said with a giggle

Troy and Sharpay both looked at each other, slightly shooting each other a weird smile as they didn't know if it was supposed to be a good or a bad thing. But they were sure that it was a compliment. Sharpay tangled her arms with his once again as they followed the gang to their table

"So… what made you come?" Gabby put a hand below her chin

"Grandma Bolton" she replied, "And Mrs. Bolton… and Coach Bolton… and this Bolton" she pointed her index finger on the guy beside her

"You're pretty tight with the family don't you?" the afro asked

Sharpay smiled as she glanced on Troy and replied with an "I guess"

"I thought you don't have a date! Did Troy ask you and didn't tell us? Did you both plan this?" Taylor eyed them suspiciously

"NO!" they both replied, watching Ryan's face relaxed a bit as it was untrue, "My parents asked me to take her as a thank you for taking care of my grandmother. That's all" he stated clearly

"Well that gown on you looks FIERCE!" Taylor shrieked

Everyone shot her a weird look, "What? Tyra Banks uses that word" she stood in defense, putting a spoonful of the chocolate pudding into her mouth

but I never get tired of it

Sharpay stared at the couples swaying on the dance floor gracefully. She took another sip and turned her head to her brother and her best friend. They might not be dancing along with the music as other were doing; however they seemed as elated as everyone there. She looked at Troy who was across the room, enjoying his punch covered with cheerleaders who seemed to be begging him to dance with them at this point. No one wanted to miss a one night chance with Troy while the Barbie is gone.

"So… still staring at him?"

Sharpay threw a dirty look on Gabby's smirk. She could see that her brother was walking towards Troy which made Gabby and Sharpay alone on their table.

"I am not staring at him!" she lied. She wasn't actually the greatest liar in the world, therefore Gabby gave her another look, "I'm staring on… the punch… bowl" Sharpay pushed a smile as she realized how stupid that came out, "Okay, fine. I was!" she admitted

"I know I'm great" Gabby smiled as she succeeded making the blonde admitting that she was right

"I hate the looks you always give me" she frowned

"What's wrong? I told you…" Gabby took a sip from her plastic cup, "You really are falling for him" Gabby pointed her index finger on the air, referring to Troy

"I am not falling for him" somehow she felt like she was lying, "I think…" Gabby could hear the last part even Sharpay made her voice really low

"Well… figure out your mind fast, he's coming here" Gabby stood up and walked towards Ryan to give him a peck

"Still regretting coming here?" he placed the empty crimson plastic cup on the table

Sharpay stared at the brunette who was giggling after Ryan whispered her something, "Yes. I told you coming without a date would be horrible"

"I thought I was your date" he raised one of his eyebrows, giving a little smirk

"Are you actually asking me to be your date now?" she crossed her arms and legs

"Maybe…" he smirked, sticking out his hand

She looked at Gabby who was giving her two thumbs up, "If that 'maybe' meant yes," she took a deep breath, not really believing that she was about to accept his offer, "I'd say yes too" she replied, gladly taking his hand

"Well that make that a yes" he pulled her up from her chair to stood on her feet

Sharpay let out a laugh as Troy held her hand to guide them to the dance floor, under the colorful spotlights joining Jason and Kelsi who were slow dancing while Chad kept showing off his moves to Taylor. Nevertheless, despite the fact that she had said yes, Ryan came before they could even reach the dance floor

"Troy, can I… talk to Sharpay?"

"As long as it's fine with her" he recalled the incident when his hand came across her cheeks

Sharpay gulped and looked up to find Troy's eyes. She could see from his pair of blue eyes that somehow it was encouraging her to go to talk to him. Was she going to give up the dance with her dream guy for her brother?

"I guess" she gave a weak smile as he unclasped their hands

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Sharpay tapped her heels against the filthy ceramic of East High. She was sitting down on the stair case while Ryan kept walking back and forth across the room. She knew maybe he was going to tell her something really important and maybe he needed time to actually let it all out, but she couldn't take the tense between them anymore

"Are you mad?" she bit her bottom lip, not caring about smearing her lip-gloss

She could see Ryan taking a deep breath, looking like he was going to hit her any second, "No… I'm not mad" he yelled which made her taken aback

"Furious?" she tried, keeping her voice really low

"No, Sharpay. I'm not mad or furious" he said in a soft tone and finally calming down, taking a seat beside her

"Why not? I thought the whole Troy thing, at the park, the trip and this now" she looked down to her feet

"I'm sorry, Sharpay" his eyes met hers, "I'm not mad. I'm just worried, okay?" he took a deep breath, "I don't want you really falling for that human, you can't. I'm just trying to help you. I don't want you to end up regretting everything you done later. Troy can't have you" he explained

"Ryan, cut the guy some slack. He's nicer than you think he is" she defended

"Falling for you doesn't make him any nice, Sharpay. I don't want him having his heart breaks into a million pieces, and neither to you. I actually care to both of you more than you think I am" he started to raise his voice once again

"Okay, why are we bringing him into this? He's not the problem. The problem is why you are not talking to me if you actually really care?" she stood on her feet, showing him that obviously she was not the girl that was used to be her brother's little girl

"I'm sorry, Shar" he walked to her, trying to make eye contact, "For everything, from now on I trust you to make your own decision, and I'm sorry for being so hard on you and that slap…" before he could finish, he was cut off

"That painful… slap" she added, making an emphasis on her words

"Okay don't push it. I'm sorry" he pulled her into a hug, "Besides, Gabby told me he was sick"

"I'm sorry too" she relaxed on his grip as she felt him tightening his embrace, "besides, I'm not pushing it! It was painful" she joked, despite it was the real truth

"Now you deserve at least a dance at this party" he offered her a smile

"Are you serious? What have you done to my brother?" they both laughed, "I could just go back to the Nursing House, Ry" she offered, pointing her thumb to the door that was visible over her shoulders

"No, this is your night" he stroked his sister's blonde locks softly, "At least just tonight" he kissed the top of her head

"Thanks Ryan, I love you" she gave him a peck on his cheek

"I love you too, Sharpay" he gave a smile as he watched the blonde walked towards the gym once again with pure bliss.

Gabby was right

because it reminds me

"You looked radiant tonight" he smiled

She looked down to her feet so that he couldn't see her blushing; she could feel that her cheeks were as red as a beet as it was burning hot. She looked up to meet his deep blue eyes and manage to smile

"You don't look so bad yourself" she smiled staring at him

She moved her hands from his shoulders to around his neck and rested her chin on his shoulder while he had his hands gently placed around her. She closed her eyes and pulled him tighter, taking in his scent, mesmerizing every single second of the memorable event while hoping silently that the time would pass slowly

"You smell nice tonight" she giggled, hearing his laugh that she was so random

"Ryan apologized already?" he started a conversation

"He apologized to you too, didn't he?" she placed her hands on his shoulder again, looking into his eyes

"Yeah, all thanks to Gabby" he smiled

"Gabby's a life safer" she smiled at the sight of Gabby and Ryan slow dancing like them across the dance floor

"She is" she replied as she turned her eyes to meet with his blue crystal eyes once again after watching Gabby showing him a smile over Ryan's shoulder

She broke their eye connection, turning away blushing and looked up to meet the colorful lights, wishing that he wouldn't spot her blushing cheeks. Listening carefully to the song that had been accompanying them since they both got into the dance floor, she flashed him a smile as he pulled her closer as humanly as possible

Look to the sky the night is moving too fast
Tomorrow will be coming but maybe it won't last
No it just won't last

Feeling of his breath against her skin, she could help but to shiver a bit, but it wasn't because she hated it, she just needed to get used to the lovely feeling. Biting her lip, she closed her eyes once again, resting her eyes as she didn't want tomorrow to come so fast. She didn't want that clock to hit twelve that fast, they still had a really long time before the party is finally over, but she didn't want the feeling to be done so fast

She pulled back again, wanting to meet his eyes. She smiled as she saw those crystal pairs shimmered under the lights, but that action caused her a look from Troy

"What?" he asked

"Nothing" she gave a smile

They pulled each other closer again, swaying along with the music, as Sharpay wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her chin against his shoulder while she played with his hair every second, gazing on it like it was really interesting. He gave out a chuckle as she kept playing with his brunette hair. He wrapped his arms around her closer, wandering around her perfectly curved body, and that gown just wrapped her in all the right places

With him for an engine and music for the wings
we'll take off in the night and think it's just a dream
Think it's just a dream

She opened her eyes to see Gabriella and Ryan shared a sweet kiss under the spot light and as they moved around, Troy was the next to spot them. Somehow feeling a deep envious inside him as he had awfully wanted to share one with the girl he was swaying with.

"Ryan and Gabby are perfect together" he commented

He could felt she gave a soft nod even he didn't spot her smile. The image of Jason and Kelsi leaning in towards each other came in front of his eyes, but then gone before he could see the image because Sharpay stole the view as they both switched views. Now he could see Chad cupping Taylor's deep red cheeks and gave her a smile followed after a kiss

Sharpay closed her eyes again as she felt a little tired. She had been working since this morning and she didn't have a break, she went right to the party. However, she didn't want to just stop dancing with him like that. This was the best night of her life, this right moment, with this right guy. When she opened her eyelids once again, she could see a vision on a guy coming towards her

The guy was wearing a white shirt, overlaid by a black jacket and a pair of black shoes that fitted perfectly with this formal event. He had the most amazing pair of green eyes and the most beautiful golden hair.

As the view turned clearer each second, she could feel her heart beating faster and faster. Taking a deep breath, she pulled away from Troy, excused herself and run to the guy with the same speed he did as soon as he spotted the one he was looking for. Parting the dance floor into two, she flashed him a smile and hugged him tightly. Not really believing what he was doing there, and how. But right now what mattered was showing him how much she missed him

Everyone's eyes were on the two blondes, that guy wasn't really familiar. But Sharpay seemed to know him, considering that she had just run and jumped to him. He grabbed her as soon as she jumped on him, picking her up in his arms as if she was a child

"What are you doing here!?" she hugged him tightly, still with her feet not touching the ground

"You didn't say goodbye before you went here" he replied with a smirk which cost him a smack on the arm

Sharpay looked at Ryan, who was smiling in satisfaction. She knew that all of this must be all Ryan's plan. Maybe this was just a way to show her how guilty he felt for the other days, but making him to go here now to East High's party was really over expressing it. Little did she knew, Ryan had another plan

"You are such a jerk!" she knew that was a lie as she slapped his arm once again, "You came here and you didn't tell me about it" at this time, everyone was already back on what they were doing while Sharpay and the guy stayed in the middle of the dance floor but still have her friends' eyes on them

"I told, Ryan!" he defended, she smirked, she knew that all along

With no warning, he leaned closer. She knew it wouldn't be right, but another thing she knew was that Ryan wouldn't flip out because he was no Troy Bolton. She knew him much longer, and better. Closing both of her eyes, she felt his lips against hers a few moments, not long after that. Smiling at the kiss, she responded since somehow she never felt more right in her life… And all of the sudden all eyes were on them once again

As soon as they broke apart, the guy put her back on her feet while she kept her arms around him. Flashing him a smile, she knew that now it was going to be more complicated than it was, but somehow she felt glad that he was here.

Luckily, everyone's eyes were too busy to watch them both to notice that Troy's fist was turning white as he felt envy all over him, that guy had stolen the kiss he had wanted since the time he laid eyes on her. And he didn't have a clue who he was.

But Ryan's green pairs noticed.

of you

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OMG, this chapter took so long, right?? So sorry!! I've been busy with the school and student committee… and the whole rumor at US Weekly and M Magazine about Zanessa breaking up was hectic. For everyone to let you know, Pop Star said it was a fake up rumor, but there's still no confirmation. LOL.

Review this chapter is sent to each and every one of you privately. About the whole guy she kissed, that was what I talked about in the previous chapter. That guy is played by the one and the only Jesse McCartney and I haven't found a name for him yet, so I will reveal the whole name, who he was and what he was doing there next chapter!! One more thing, keep an eye for an update for Reminiscing.

xxoo