Disclaimer: I don't own HSM
A/N: it's finally here. High School Musical 2 starts in less than a half an hour ::squeals:: and I can't wait. As a special treat I'm updating this story and Keeping Us A Secret. Each story has a small reference to HSM2. Let's see if you can spot the one in this one. It's kind of obvious though.
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
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My nerves were on end as I stood in front of my full-length mirror. Prom was in an hour and I felt like I was going to throw up. It was supposed to be a happy day but I was anything but happy. I had no date like most, if not all, girls had. Prom was supposed to be special but now I wish I never said yes to going.
"Gabriella are you ready?" my mother asked and I nodded. "Good cause Alex is downstairs." I looked at her in confusion. Why would Alex be here? I followed my mother downstairs and sure enough Alex was standing near the doorway.
He looked up, a hint of a sparkle shown in his eyes before fading away. I gave him a small 'hello' which he returned and stood next to him. My mother appeared in front of us with a digital camera in her hand.
"Pictures." she squealed before snapping about twenty pictures of us.
"Mom please. We should go."
"Oh of course. Have a good time you two."
"We will Ms. Montez." Alex said without looking at me. He led me to his car and held the door open for me. Mad at me or not, he was still a gentlemen. As soon as he started towards the country club, I turned to him.
"Why?" I asked.
"I promised I would take you to prom and I don't go back on promises."
"You didn't have to."
"Doesn't matter anyway."
"You're not going to stay around me are you?" he shook his head and I sighed, turning back around and letting the silence succumb the car. I played around with the hem of my dress, finally taking time to appreciate my mother's taste in clothing. It was a simple red spaghetti strap dress with small sequins attached in random places. The hem stopped three inches above my knee, where a small sequin flower sat on the hem above my right knee.
We stopped in front of the country club minutes later, both getting out of the car and heading towards the ballroom. Alex had walked off long before we got there, leaving me to greet my friends on my own.
"Gabriella. Oh you look beautiful." Sharpay said, planting a kiss on both of my cheeks.
"So do you Sharpay." she smiled the way only the ice princess would smile. "Don't you like the decor? Mommy and daddy made sure that it was prepped nice for tonight being prom and all."
"It's beautiful in here." I said with a smile and she took my arm. We walked further into the ballroom where Kelsi and Taylor stood talking with their dates, Jason and Chad-respectively-emerged in their own deep conversation. "Hey girls."
"Hey Gabriella." Taylor said first, her smile quickly sliding from her face when she saw I was dateless. "What happened to Alex?"
"We broke up earlier this week."
"Oh. And he was so good for you."
"Yeah well...all good things come to an end." Taylor nodded, sending me a sad smile. The same smile she gave me when she found out about the accident and what supposedly happen to Troy.
"Hey Gabriella do you think we can go over the thing?" Kelsi asked and I nodded, knowing what she was talking about. She led me out of the ballroom and to an empty room. "So you ready to sing your heart out?"
"No. Not with Alex in the room."
"Gabriella forget him. He's nothing."
"But he is something Kels. I did what I didn't want to do and that was fall hard for him. And you know what's worse? I accused him of killing Troy."
"What? Why?"
"Because...he told me that three years ago he was in an accident. He lost his memory and that's why he can't remember anything from before that. But he told me that...that he wasn't in Jersey when it happened."
"So you just thought that he could have been the other driver?" I nodded, tears slipping from my eyes.
"It was wrong. I know but I couldn't help it. It slipped out before I could catch myself. That's why he broke up with me."
"Gabriella...did you ever think that maybe Alex isn't who he says he is?"
"What do you mean?"
"They said that the driver of the other car died in the accident. So it can't be the person out there, walking, living."
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"Yeah. I think that maybe Alex is Troy."
"But that makes no sense. How can he be...?"
"Just think about it Gabriella. He was in an accident three years ago. You and Troy were in an accident three years ago. Alex has no recollection of his life before that. For all he knows, what ever was told to him was a lie."
"But...how?"
"When a person loses their memory anyone can make up stuff to tell the person. Alex's mom probably did that."
"But why would Coach Bolton lie about Troy having a twin?"
"Maybe he didn't lie. Maybe it was Troy's twin, the real Alex, that died in the accident." my head was spinning with maybe's and what if's. Kelsi could be telling the truth. Alex could really be Troy and just not know it. But how could they bury Alex without anyone getting suspicious? "Oh my God?" I gasped.
"What?"
"It was Alex they buried that way it wouldn't seem too suspicious. They buried him as Troy when the real Troy was alive."
"You could be right about that."
"I have to talk to Alex."
"And tell him what?"
"I don't know. Anything." I ran out the room and searched around for Alex. I finally spotted him in the corner by himself. I ran up to him, out of breath.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked.
"I know...why you can't...remember your past."
"Why?"
"Because you're not who you think you are. You've been fed lies to make you think you are Alex but in reality..." I cupped his cheek and smiled "you're Troy." he pushed my hand away, a disgusted look on his face.
"I'm sick of this Gabriella. I'm not Troy...okay?"
"But you are."
"No...I'm not. I'm Alexander Miller."
"Then why can't you remember your childhood? It's been three years and you still can't remember your past. That's because your life wasn't in Jersey. It's here in Albuquerque where your family is, where your friends are...where I am."
"Just stop it Gabriella. Leave me alone and let me figure out my life on my own."
"Why won't you believe me?"
"Oh I don't know maybe it's because first you told me that I was Troy's twin brother and killed him and now you're saying that I am Troy and I survived the accident. Yeah right."
"He did survive. You did survive."
"Just...leave me alone." he walked away and I followed him with my eyes. Tears threatened to fall but I wouldn't let them. There was only one thing I could do and that was sing. Maybe when he heard me, he would remember me. He would remember what we had together.
But what if he's really not Troy. I shook those heinous thoughts from my mind. No. He is Troy. I know he is. I can feel it. That's why I fell so fast for him because my heart found him again. I looked around and spotted Kelsi. I walked over to her, a determined look on my face.
"Let's do this." she smiled and we headed backstage. This was my last chance to get Troy back. I couldn't lose him...not again.
A/N: if you haven't notice this story is coming to an end. It will probably have two to three more chapters
