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A/N: okay I don't know which story to do next and I have whole bunch of them planned so I need you guys to tell me which one you want me to do next. I'm going to put out the summaries for the stories planned in my profile under their titles and I want you guys to PM me to say which one you want me to do next. The summaries will only be there until the fourteenth chapter of this story so it'll probably be there for another two weeks. Please help me out.

1. Italics -dreams or short flashbacks. (All in Gabi's POV)

2. Regular font -Long flashbacks and regular POV(a.k.a Gabi's POV)

3. Long lines -the beginning and end of a long flashback unless noted

4. If a chapter ends with a flashback, the next chapter will begin in the flashback.

Taking Over Me

by: LunarEclipse360

Elf

"Gabriella" I turned around and saw someone standing behind me.

"W-Who are you?"

"It's me Gabi. It's Troy."

"Troy?" I looked directly at him but I couldn't see his face. It was blurry as if it were...a fading memory. No. This can't be. "Troy...I don't remember...what you look like."

"What?"

"I can't see your face. I don't know what your face looks like."

"But of course you do."

"I-I can't remember." I started crying. I fell to my knees and he knelt beside me.

"Gabi it's okay."

"No. It's not okay. I can't forget what you look like I just can't. I'd die if I did."

"I'm here with you Gabriella. Everything going to be okay." I looked up, trying to see if I could make him out but all I saw was his blue eyes staring back at me.

I awoke with a start and touched my cheek. Sure enough there were tears there. I moved my knees up to my chest and sobbed. I was forgetting him. After three years, I was forgetting what he looked like. I quickly got up, remembering the various pictures around my room. I went on a vigorous search for them but found that I couldn't find any of them. Not even the one from our first date.

I fell to my knees and cried. I couldn't forget him, I just couldn't. He was everything to me, losing him meant losing apart of me. I crawled over to my bed and leaned against it. I pulled my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them.

"I'm so sorry Troy." I whispered as my tears continued to fall.

"Gabriella." I awoke, what it felt like five minutes later, to my mom's voice. I opened my eyes and looked up at her. "Are you all right sweetheart?"

"I can't remember him mom. I can't see his face anymore."

"Maybe that means it's time for you to move on. You have someone new in your life so you're bound to forget about Troy."

"But I don't want to forget about him. He meant everything to me."

"I know baby but as time moves on...you start to forget about those you've lost."

"D-Do you still remember dad?"

"Not as much as I used to. On some days I will, on most days I won't. He's like a fading memory in the back of my mind."

"That's how Troy is. He's fading from my mind. I can't see his face anymore."

"At least you've had three years of him in your memory. I only had two. He started fading from my mind and not even pictures could restore his memory."

"What do you mean?"

"Pictures will only bring back memories to your mind as long as you look at them. After that, you don't remember it anymore." I looked down at the floor, feeling myself on the verge of tears again.

"Mom have you seen any of my pictures?"

"Not that I recall. You checked under your bed?" I shook my head and started to go look but she stopped me. "Look for it later Gabi. You have school." I nodded and stood up. I walked into the bathroom and took a quick shower. As I dressed, I could faintly hear my name being called.

Gabriella

I looked around but saw no one. I walked slowly onto my balcony but there was still no one, just the sounds of the early morning.

Gabriella

"Why do you keep doing this to me?" I asked no one.

You haven't forgotten me yet Gabriella.

"I might as well have. If I can't remember your face then what's the point?"

I'm still here...in your heart. As long as you keep me there, you'll never forget me.

I smiled and touched the place above my heart. Why didn't I remember that? He was with me because I kept him with me. But that still didn't help me with the fact that I couldn't remember what he looked like.

"Gabi the bus is here."

"Coming." I grabbed my bag and ran downstairs. "Bye mom." I yelled as I ran out the door.

"Don't forget to invite Alex for dinner." she yelled and I cringed. I totally forgot about that. It had been a week since that day, I hadn't told Alex that my mom wanted him over for dinner...as my boyfriend.

I sighed and boarded the bus. I took my seat in the back and laid my head on the window. Why did everyone want me to move on so bad? Why couldn't I just dwell on the past and let that be that? Why must they shove it in my face that Troy's not here anymore?


Gabriella stood at her locker, staring into it. She hadn't gotten over the whole 'Troy's dead' ordeal and she wasn't planning on getting over it. She knew he wasn't so why should she believe them.

"Hey Gabriella." said a few girls from the cheerleading squad. "We're sorry about Troy. We all know how good of a friend he was to you." she nodded slowly and they walked away.

'If only they knew that we were more than just friends.' she said as she took her books out of her locker. She closed it and went to homeroom. Sympathetic looks were sent her way as she walked down the hallway. She tried to ignore them but there were too many of them.

"I'm so sorry about Troy." said Ms. Darbus as she walked into homeroom. Gabriella smiled sadly and started towards her seat. She stopped when she realized she would have to go past Troy's seat. She wanted to breakdown and cry but she had to be strong...for Troy. She walked past his seat without looking at it, her heart breaking at every step.

"Gabriella." Taylor said, looking at her with sad eyes. Gabriella sat in her seat and took a deep breath. "You've probably heard this a bunch of times already but...I'm so sorry Gabriella."

Gabriella tried hard not to cry but she couldn't help it. Here she was in school and Troy was out there somewhere without her. Tears slowly fell from her eyes and she reached up to wipe them away.

"May I be excused?" she asked and Ms. Darbus nodded. Gabriella ran out of the classroom and into the nearest bathroom. She didn't want to seem weak but she couldn't help it. She was going on without the love of her life and it was killing her inside. "Troy...I need you. I can't live without you."

Yes you can and you will.

Her eyes shot open and she looked around the bathroom.

"H-Hello?" she said and looked under the stalls. "I-Is anyone there?" there was no answer and that's what scared her.

A few days past and she hadn't heard the voice again. She didn't understand what was going on. She walked into the cafeteria with her head down, not wanting to see the sympathy in everyone's eyes. She just wanted to be left alone. She got her lunch and sat down. Taylor sat across from her a few minutes later and sighed.

"Gabriella are you okay?" she nodded and played with her food. "What's wrong? Really."

"I just...I miss him."

"Well that's understandable but you're gonna have to move on sooner or later. And it's better sooner than later."

"I don't want to move on Tay. I just can't."

"Gabriella..." she stood up and walked away. She went to another table and pushed her food away. All of a sudden she lost her appetite. She just sat there, trying to ignore the stares people were given her.

'Why can't they just leave me alone?' she asked herself and sighed.


That had been the first and the last time, until a few weeks ago, I had heard his voice.

"Morning Gabriella." I looked up and saw Kelsi moving to sit next to me.

"Morning Kels." I said trying to force a smile but I couldn't do it.

"What's wrong?"

"I can't remember him."

"Who?"

"Troy."

"What do you mean you can't remember him?"

"His face. I can't remember what he looks like. I can still remember his voice and his eyes but his face...it's like a giant blur."

"When did you notice this?"

"Last night. I had this dream and he was in it only...I couldn't see his face. It was all blurry. His eyes were in perfect vision but his face was just...out of focus."

"What do you think this means?"

"I don't know. My mom says that it's a sign that I'm moving on."

"Maybe she's right."

"Maybe." I turned to her, a fearful look in my eyes. "But I can't forget him Kels. I just can't. I don't know what I'll do if I forget him."

"Have you gotten any clues from Alex?" I shook my head and sighed.

"It's like a dead end and what's worse is that my mom thinks that he's my boyfriend."

"How did that happen?"

"After I left your house, Alex was driving by and he took me home. My mom wanted to take me to the mall to 'find me a boyfriend' but I told her I already had a boyfriend. At first she thought I was talking about Troy, which I was, but then Alex came by because I left my purse in his car and I told my mom that Alex was my boyfriend. So now she thinks he's my boyfriend and she wants him over for dinner."

"Wow. How are you going to explain that to him?"

"I don't know. But I have to tell him."

"Why don't you just make him your pretend boyfriend? At least until after prom. That way your mom won't worry about you having a date to prom." I nodded and smiled at her.

"Thanks Kels. You always know what to do." she smiled and I went back to looking out the window. So that was the plan. Get Alex to be my pretend boyfriend until after prom. That way my mom can stop trying to find me a boyfriend.