My Best Friend's Wedding
An-You know, I like to read simple romance stories every once in a while. I just find them so refreshing and cute!lol I don't know where that came from. Anyway, let's get on with the trivia. The winners are BlondiexXxLostInMusicHSM, mami.K.always.HSM, and LoveLoveLove2232! They are the only people who answered correctly. Taylor wear a total of 8 headbands throughout the movie. Congratulations to the four of you! That one was tough. I know all of you are wondering when Troyella will get their moment, but fear not! It's coming, and there might possibly be a sequel depending on the demand for it. I've got and idea, but I'm not sure when it'll come out. This chapter is for greenlefy also. Happy Belated Birthday to you! Just a little heads up, I don't think this will be the happiest of chapters.
I think that's enough yapping out of me...
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Chapter Nineteen
Shoot. Me. Now! My head is going to explode. I feel as if I've been hit with a three-thousand ton truck! I can't even think right now, it hurts my head like hell. I rolled over and saw a body next to me. I sat up on my elbows to peak at the person. Thank-goodness it's a male. Oh no! What if it's some random guy? I leaned over and my hand instantly flew up over my mouth. I screamed softly into it. I was laying next to my best friend, Troy Bolton. I peaked underneath the covers to find that I was unclothed. I looked back over and slumped back down into my bed. I slept with Troy Bolton...
"Gabi?" His blue eyes sparkled as he turned to face me. "Hey, you up?" I instantly removed my hand from my mouth and nodded. He laughed a little. "Good morning." He smiled. Troy propped himself up on his arm and stared at me.
"Morning." I croaked out. His smile grew. I'm guessing he realized that I don't remember anything of what happened last night.
"I guess we need to talk about somethings, huh?" I nodded and turned to him. I laid on my side, my hands placed underneath my head as if I were dreaming. I moved a little closer, hoping not to scare him.
"What exactly happened between us last night?" I asked timidly. He took a deep breath before speaking.
"Well," He started as he brought a hand up to rub my arm. I smiled lightly. "You got yourself pretty smashed and then came into the den. I'm not sure why, but you said you were my call girl for the night." I groaned. How could I be so stupid? "That's not all. You told me to call you Roxy, and you said something about using Seth to make me jealous." Oh gosh! Have I completely screwed up or what? "I have to say my favorite part was when you told me you loved me..." He said with a smile, as his eyes met mine. Well, congratulations Gabi. You managed to let every cat out of the flippin' bag.
"I said that?" I questioned, even though I knew it was true. I don't know what it is, but the only thing I can lie about when I'm drunk is how sober I really am.
"Yeah, and I'm betting it was all true." I smiled sheepishly as he kissed my forehead.
"So...what does this all mean?" His face faltered. I knew this topic was a hard one, but I basically put my heart out on the line, and I can't even remember doing so. I sat up straight as he did too.
"I don't know." What? You don't know? You sleep with me, you basically tell me that you know I love you and you have no idea where this leaves us?
"What exactly do you mean when you say you don't know, Troy?"
"I mean, I'm getting married tomorrow. I don't know if giving up a marriage is worth being with you." those two sentences stung. They stabbed me right in the heart.
"You cheat on Cassandra with me twice, and you don't know what you want? You don't know if I'm worth it? You know everything there is to know, Troy! You know how I feel, and you know how you felt during all of this. What more is left?" I'm close to tears. This is killing me and every minute things are getting worse. "I always knew from the beginning that you'd have to make a choice between me and her, but I thought that if you felt the same...it'd be easy for you." I wrapped one of the sheets around myself and walked over to my bathroom. "You can let yourself out. I'll see you at the rehearsal dinner." I slammed the door and slid down against it. This has to be the worst altercation I have had with Troy. I feel like absolute crap. How can someone know everything about your feelings and know nothing about their own? It seems fishy to me, but whatever. I set him straight...I think.
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"Gabriella! It's so good to see you!" Mrs. Bolton greeted me with a hug and a kiss on my cheek.
"Thanks Lucille. You still look as beautiful as ever." She smiled at me. We'd just finished going over our places and exactly what was going to happen tomorrow. Oh and guess what? Cassandra actually showed her plastic, botox-injected face! I know, I was shocked too.
"Are you excited for the big day tomorrow?" I nearly choked on the glass of champagne I had. Don't worry folks, I'm taking it easy from now on.
"You betcha." I forced out. I smiled flatly as she spotted my mother. I saw Troy coming toward me and panicked. I looked around for some kind of distraction. Yes! Thank-goodness for Seth. I pulled him out on the dance floor. "Dance with me." I smiled. He returned it and I glanced to see that Troy had re-adjusted his route and turned away. Seth sighed and looked at me.
"Brie, we need to talk." I looked at him.
"What are you talking about? We talk all the time, silly." I flashed him a grin, but he still frowned.
"No, we really need to talk." I stood puzzled before he grabbed my arm and led me away from everyone.
"What's wrong?"
"I can't...I can't do this anymore, Brie."
"Do what?" I asked. I could see the hurt in his eyes.
"This!" He exclaimed. "I can't keep helping." Why? What's gone wrong?
"What? I thought you wanted to. What changed?"
"Me...I changed." He sighed heavily and ran a hand through his hair like Troy often did. "When I said I would help you, I just wanted to be friends again. I wanted to make sure that you were happy and safe." I only stared.
"...and now?" I was almost afraid to ask.
"I-I want to be with you. All of this has been like reliving those beautiful moments that we spent together. Kissing you, dancing with you, and just talking to you has made me realize that I-"
"Please don't say it." I interrupted. My voice was quivering. I knew what he was going to say, and I desperately needed him not to. I have tears in my eyes.
"I love you." I closed my eyes as the words left his sweet lips. 'I love you and all this time, I was so blind that I couldn't see it. I love every little thing about you, Brie."
"Seth-"
"I know you love Troy. I know, you don't have to tell me." Oh God. Please stop saying that. I need you Seth! I need you so much! So why can't I just say it?
"Seth, I don't need Troy. It's you. I-I need you. We can go and forget everything with Troy has ever happened. Okay? It's you that I need." The tears flowed down my face as I looked into his shimmering eyes. They were full of sorrow.
"We can't do that, Brie." I noticed the shakiness he held in his voice. It almost matched my own.
"Why not? Why can't we do it Seth? I'm here telling you that I want to forget about him! I want to be with you." I took a deep breath and moved closer to him. "I need to be with you."
"We can;t be together because I know I'll never be what you really wanted." I closed my eyes and cried harder. I knew he was right. "I don't want to go on in a relationship knowing that I wasn't him. I can't do that to myself. I won't ever be Troy in your eyes and we both know that." Seth and I were both crying. How could I cause so much hurt to him.
"Than what do we do?" I choked out. He simply stared at the ground. I knew he wasn't trying to look at me, but man was I trying to catch his gaze.
"This entire time...I've been concerned about you and your feelings. I need to think of myself. I'm already hurting so much because of this. I need to go Gabriella." Gabriella. For the first time, Seth called me my full name. There is no chance of an us now. He brought me into a tight embrace as I held onto him for dear life and cried into his chest.
"I love you, Seth. No matter what I say about Troy Bolton, I love you. Even though everything is true about what you said, I will always love you. You captured my heart before he did and you will always have it. Please believe that I never once wanted to hurt you." I whispered. "I love you, and I'm going to miss you like hell."
"I know." He kissed my forehead after we pulled away. "I'll see you when I see you." I wiped one last tear from his cheek. I kissed him softly on the lips before he started to part ways with me.
"Bye." I said to no one. Seth was gone. I'm left all alone.
"Gabi?" Are you serious? I want nothing to do with him right now!
"Please just go."
"Not when your sad like this..."
"Troy, I just lost the best man that has ever stepped foot in my crappy love life. I don't want to see you." I didn't look at him. If I had, I'd just be sitting there listening to every little lie. "Just go."
"You may be pissed at me, but I care."
"No you don't care. You knew for a while that I loved you. All you did was push me away, and use it against me."
"That was to avoid this! I thought that if I made you hate me, you wouldn't care about me, and you wouldn't get hurt."
"So what? You're going to choose Cassandra over me?" I questioned in a snappy tone. Troy was quiet. I watched as he stood, completely clueless. "Still didn't make your choice? You've got until tomorrow. After that, I don't care anymore. I'm not losing anything else over you. I can'tlose anything else over you." I walked away from Troy, absolutely satisfied with myself. I made myself clear. He's got a lot of time...right?
Now all I have to do is get through the wedding.
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An-I love you Seth Matthews! I hate to see him go. I practically cried when I was writing his part. I don't know why, maybe because I was letting loose my favorite character. Next chapter is the Wedding. Don't wanna miss that one! Also, don't forget to watch the HSM2 Dance Along for some possible Trivia answers!
#15-Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how many times Troy wears a tie?
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