I sighed, wondering if I had made the right decision. I mean, c'mon, we've been dating for…a month and a half and he can't even acknowledge me at his own school? And when he does, he's not even talking to me in person? He didn't even introduce me to any of his friends. Well, technically. He introduced me to them during the summer and that was it. Nothing else.
Knock Knock Knock
"Go away Troy." I said in a firm tone, as I slid my back down the door, resting my head on the back of the door.
"Why are you so mad at me? I didn't-"
"If you say that you didn't do anything wrong Troy Bolton, then you need a brain check." I hissed. Seriously? Was he really going to say that he did nothing wrong when he did all of that just so he could apologize to me?
"I didn't mean to do all those things." He finished and I rolled my eyes as let my head fall back and softly hit the door.
"I'm sure you didn't." I said sarcastically.
"Why is it, you can never forgive me?"
My eyes widened. Did he seriously- "Okay, first off all, as I recall, I forgave you for being a total jerk to me the first weeks of summer. Second of all, if you're so fed up with this then why not just go and dump me and date Jessica again? I'm sure she'd love that. And I bet you'd feel the same way…" I said, my voice softly.
"Gabi, I would never…ever leave you like that again. Ever. I do care about you. I just…have a weird way of showing it. It's hard for me. I make mistakes and I'm sorry, it's just…I told you this before school began. I'm different at school. I don't know why, but it's like I-"he paused.
"It's like you're ashamed of being around the nerdy new kid?" I finished for him, beginning to start my homework.
"No. Gabi, I'm not ashamed. I'm just afraid of what others will think when they see me with a girl like you."
"A girl like me?" I screamed, "Whatever Troy. Don't talk to me. Just…leave me alone." I sighed, feeling the pain begin to seep in.
Did he seriously just say that? Was I that bad? Was he really that ashamed of me? Was this relationship worth it? Did it even matter anymore to keep trying to make things work between the two of us?
I heard slow paced footsteps begin to move away from the door and end with a loud slam of the door next to my bedroom. I sighed, relieved that he was finally gone. No. Gabi. I'm not ashamed. I'm just afraid of what others will think when they see me with a girl like you.
Those words kept repeating over and over. They wouldn't go away. "A girl like me. A girl like me. A girl like me." I repeated under my breath.
Why do guys always have to say the wrong thing? Or…just the worst thing ever? I got out my laptop once again and logged onto my email, hoping that there was somebody I could talk to about this.
I stared at the screen. Sam and Kayla had both logged off. They were probably having an amazing time back in New York. "Great…"
(Note: NewYorkGurl17: Gabriella; TheManOfTheCentury: Zak; Bolton21: …I would hope you could figure it out, but if not…it's Troy. )
TheManOfTheCentury: hey…y r u on?
NewYorkGurl17: I could ask u the same thing…
TheManOfTheCentury: ummmm…im bored. But its better if I ask u, bc ur normally the type to finish ur homework after school…
NewYorkGurl17: I was doing homework. But I needed an emergency person to tlk to
TheManOfTheCentury: Who? And about?
NewYorkGurl17: I was hoping S and K. and…I doubt u want to hear about it.
TheManOfTheCentury: Lemme guess. Troy?
NewYorkGurl17: yup.
TheManOfTheCentury: ik…he's complicated. Just give him another chance gabs. He takes a while to adjust but if he keeps losing something while he makes the mistakes…he'll learn.
NewYorkGurl17: But wat if I get tired of him making the same mistake over and over again?
TheManOfTheCentury: then ull figure it out IF that happens.
NewYorkGurl17: but…
TheManOfTheCentury: but wat? U said wat if. The answer to a wat if is…well…it's the same every time. U will figure out the answer when it happens.
NewYorkGurl17: isn't that redundant?
TheManOfTheCentury: isn't the question redundant?
NewYorkGurl17: :P thanks for the support….
TheManOfTheCentury: of course. ;P
NewYorkGurl17: okay mr. narcissist. Im just confused. I think troy is ashamed about being around me. and he said some things after I ran away when he was trying to apologize.
TheManOfTheCentury: I think u need to just think about it. Don't do anything drastic. And I am not a narcissist.
NewYorkGurl17: I was kidding. And thanks…
TheManOfTheCentury: anyways…I have to go sweetie. Don't let troy get to u. if he does, ill personally kick his ass. I mean…I broke up with u just so u could be with the damn guy.
NewYorkGurl17: u make it seem like im hopeless.
TheManOfTheCentury: u aren't. now, seriously, I have to go. Ill c u tomorrow. And if u want, we can walk to school.
NewYorkGurl17: …okay, okay. Bye.
TheManOfTheCentury has logged off
Bolton21 has logged on
Bolton21: can we plz talk?
I stared at the computer screen in front of me. Zak did say that I should just make things work. I should…think about it. How can I think about it when-
Bolton21: plz gabi….im really sorry.
NewYorkGurl17: what troy?
Bolton21: Look, I really didn't mean I said to you. I really am sorry and I know I keep saying that over and over and over and over again, but I just make a lot of mistakes.
NewYorkGurl17: if u were sorry u wouldn't make the same mistake over and over and over again.
Bolton21: I know, I know. And I deserve the harsh treatment, but I wont give up till u forgive me.
NewYorkGurl17: …
Bolton21: Plz?
NewYorkGurl17: mayb we should just take a break.
Bolton21: …why?
NewYorkGurl17: bc obviously we aren't working out well so far. So we should just take a break.
Bolton21: …but I don't want to
Bolton21: plz gabi, just give me one more chance. If I make another mistake…then we can do whatever you want, but I just want to make this right. I feel really bad.
NewYorkGurl17: u sound like a girl…
Bolton21: haha, very funny.
NewYorkGurl17: well its true
Bolton21: so are u forgiving me?
NewYorkGurl17: no.
Bolton21: …
NewYorkGurl17: don't do the guilt trip. I kno how it goes. Lemme just think about this troy. And I have homework.
Bolton21: …fine. Bye.
I rolled my eyes. Guys will always do their best to make sure that they are forgiven, but once they are, they make another stupid mistake and the circle starts all over again. And Troy was no exception.
The next morning, I managed to avoid Troy no matter what the problem was. I woke up extra early and got ready and just ate a quick bowl of cereal. "Are you ready?" I said, as a sleepy Zak opened the door.
"We have an hour. Why are you up?" he yawned, rubbing his eyes. "Actually better yet, why are you expecting to me be awake and ready, this early in the morning? " he said, looking somewhat annoyed.
"Well pardon me, but you said that we could walk to school. So…we could just walk really slowly…" I suggested lightly and he looked at me like I had completely lost my mind.
"Are you crazy?" he groaned, "I'm tired. I could be still asleep!"
I rolled my eyes, "Fine then, I'll just walk to school by myself." I said, turning around.
"C'mon, you know that I wouldn't do that to you. Just come in and let me get ready. I'll take thirty minutes. That way, we won't get to school an hour early."
I turned around and smiled innocently. "You totally planned this." He rolled his eyes and I smiled.
"Maybe, maybe not." I said, as I walked into his house and sat down in the living room.
The hallway was buzzing with rumors. Whether they were about Troy and I or some other couple, it was still sickening. Was it just me, or did these people feed on rumors? "Don't worry about them." A voice said behind me.
I jumped, as I heard the voice. "What?" I screamed, a little too loudly obviously, because several people were staring at me.
"Sorry about that." The deep voice chuckled and I swung around and bashed him on the head.
"OW!" he yelled and I blushed as I saw a familiar pair of golden brown eyes flashing in pain.
"Omigod, I'm so sorry Carter! I thought you were some boy who was going to harass me!" I gasped, feeling horrible for whacking him on the head.
"I think you got the other way around. You just totally gave me a big red mark on my cheek…" he chuckled, rubbing his left cheek and I giggled a bit, but still had my face filled with concern.
"Are you alright?" I asked, as I grabbed all his books that he dropped on the ground.
"Yeah, I guess I deserved it for scaring you…" he laughed and I got up and gave him his books.
"You totally did NOT deserve that."
He shrugged, "Well, I'll just make sure I don't do that again."
"Well…Troy and Zak both do that all the time and so does my friend Sam and yet, I've never smacked any of them." I said.
"Well maybe it's just me." he laughed, "So are you going to homeroom?" he asked as we continued to walk down the hallway.
"Yeah…duh!" I playfully nudged him.
"Well I-"
"Gabi…" I turned around and saw Troy, who had this pained look on his face as he was about to walk into Mrs. Darbus's classroom.
"Sorry, go on." I said, ignoring Troy.
"Well I was going to say, that you could be the type to skip." He winked at me and I giggled slightly.
"Gabi…"
"Well you could never be more wrong." I laughed.
"Gabi."
I rolled my eyes, as I looked at Troy who looked a bit sad, but mostly…very angry.
"Um, I gotta go." I said, as I turned to Carter who just gave him me a crooked smile and nodded.
"Gotcha. Okay, see you in Calc. And…Chem…and well, you get what I mean." He laughed, then waving from behind and continued to make his way down the hall.
"What was that?" Troy asked as he looked at me quizzically.
"What was what? I slapped Carter and I didn't mean to. I was just chatting with him." I shrugged.
"Carter? As in Carter Murphy?" he raised his eyebrows, "But that was not-"
"Yes it was." I said, as I pushed passed him, into the classroom.
"But Carter wears glasses normally…"
"Well, maybe he decided to show off his good looks and get contacts for his final year of school." I said, continuing my way towards my desk in the back of the room.
"But why are you hanging out with him? I mean, he's such a-"
"You really need to start thinking about what you're going to say before you say it. Yes he's a nerd, but last time I checked, so was I." I rolled my eyes, getting extremely fed up with Troy Bolton.
"You need to stop interrupting me."
"Oooh, diss." I heard behind me, I turned around and glared at the face who said it.
"Then what is it, Troy?" I said, leaning on one hip and putting my hand on it as well.
"I was going to say he was, well he's different than most people. I mean, why aren't you hanging out with any of my friends?" Troy asked and I rolled my eyes.
"I hang out with Carter and Zak because they share the same interests as me." I said.
"Do you…like Carter?" he asked, as the bell rang.
I rolled my eyes. I was not willingly going to tell me about how I felt about Carter. Why? Because I wanted to see Troy sweat and become the Troy I knew very well. "What was that about?" Zak whispered.
"That was us arguing."
Okay, well I thought that chapter was a bit of a…well twist? I don't know, but I thought it was decent. It is a tad short, but I will update as much as I can. Once thanksgiving break comes around I will totally be on my toes updating. That is, if I don't have homework. Thanks for being so patient with me. I know, I'm horrible when it comes to updating nowadays.
Shout-outs: (note: I cannot add any periods that are in usernames, so if you do have any and you want me to add it, I can't, so I apologize!)
Tay(x2): Haha, well I wasn't planning on having Gabriella be popular. Most girls like Gabi, or at least how I plan on writing her out. I was planning on having some things done though, which you had in mind. But I can't tell you exactly what, or else I'd totally spoil it for you. ;) Anyways, I'm glad that you liked the first story. Most people are either Team Zak or Team Troy. I don't know why, but all of you seem to have your opinions. I'm personally team Troy-Zak. (I totally can't think of an exact cool mixture of their names. Hah.) And your suggestion about Sam and Kayla…well I have been asked to write that for the last few chapters of the first story. So no, you aren't the only one. I don't know why all of you want them to be together so badly, but we'll see! And I don't plan on having Jess create more problems in this story, but she will return. Thanks for both of your reviews, and I apologize that I wrote such a long message back. I tend to have an issue with that. Thanks for your reviews!
AshNA58: Well I'm glad! Thanks for letting me know and reviewing!
xxLady Of The Darknessxx: If there are hyphens in your username, I apologize. I can't tell…hah. Anyways, I'm glad that you liked it! And that you reviewed! So thank you so much!
Papaginao97: Troy's always like that, isn't he? Kind of…well, the word that we all use now, is bi-polar. Sooo…yeah. I'm glad you enjoyed the first chapter and I hope I didn't disappoint you while you read this chapter. Thanks for your review!
AnythingButOrdinaryGirl: Well…well…awww! I'm bad with words. Anyways, thank you so much! You guys are all amazing and I'm SOOO glad that all of you liked it. Thank you so much for reviewing! It means the world to me!
SLE: Well, some guys may be good boyfriends, but sometimes, they suck at showing it. I'm hoping this story will be a bit longer than the first, but it should be interesting. As I was thinking and writing down ideas, I think this one should be interesting. Your question about Carter will be answered. Anyways, thanks for reviewing!
Zanessafan4eva14: Aw well I'm glad you disagree, but I'm always horrible to myself. I can NEVER take an honest compliment. I'm such a pessimist. Hah, anyways, thanks for reviewing!
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x-TammieBaybii-x: I'm so sorry for not updating yesterday, like I had promised. I know, bad, BAD me. But I tried. I started writing and then I had to leave. Just check your IMS and you will understand what I mean. And guys never change. I thought I could change that one guy (B.A.R.B.I.E [hahahahaha…your brother]) and that never worked out. Anyways, thank you for continuous support. P.S-I probably won't be on as much the next month or so because I have this wonky schedule. It sucks. I'll tell you all about it when I can. Love you!
Clembo29: I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for the review!
Santeelove: Three straight hours? Wow, well…I could never do that for my own stories. They're sooo boring. But I do read for like a whole day…soo, I can see where you're coming from. Thanks so much for reviewing and reading my stories! It means a lot to me!
Kellyharper: I won't make Troy stoop that low. That would be horrible. Now if it was a different story, then yes. But not this one. Troy isn't the type. Ever. Not in this story that is. Just to clear that up…Thanks for your review!
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Gabby: Hah, I love writing parts with Kayla and Sam. They remind me of my friends…anyways, thanks for your review!
Sara: Aw, well I'm glad you liked it. And…well I can't have Troy be the perfect boyfriend now can I? Then all of you will think he's doing something wrong behind her back. It's best if I keep his chaotic ways as normal. Don'tcha think? Anyways, thanks for reviewing.
Zac is my life: I can't say I disagree, because then I'd be lying. Troy is a jerk. But I'm hoping this story will be a lot better than my first and I can do a lot of character building. And well, I really mean it! All of you are so amazing for reviewing like…every chapter. I smile when I check my email. Thanks so much!
xEmilyHeartsx: I hope you like it. I decided to write it because I thought it would be interesting to write their weird relationship in a school environment. I hope this story is a bit better than those previous. Thanks for reviewing!
Heyitsray: Well, I'm still glad that you even decided to click on my story and read it. Better yet, I'm glad you continued to keep reading it. I'm glad you decided to review though, because that shows me that you want me to keep writing. If I get a lower amount of reviews, I am not inspired to continue to write, so I'm very happy that you did. Thanks for reading and reviewing my story!
AlmancexGurl: Well you will get the answer to all your questions as soon as I post the rest of the story. Which will be….in long periods of time. Thanks for reviewing and giving me ideas!
Pumpkinking5: The reason why I wrote that into the story is because I wanted to show how people act differently around different people. It annoys me, just as much. I know a lot of people who do that… Anyways, I'm glad you liked it though. Thanks for reviewing!
Teamedwardakazanessarules101: Glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing and continuing to read the story!
Sprinklz76: I love writing Kayla and Sam moments. It's really fun. Why? I really don't know. But anyways, I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!
Batzmary: Well Troy is always a problem, but there are reasons why I write that into the story. Not only to make him develop as a character, but hopefully, you guys understand the deeper meaning as to why I write him the way I do. I have him act differently in front of his friends at school because I want him and you guys to learn that people do that and they shouldn't. Anyways, Troy will continue to learn and develop and so will every other character. I think this story should be good, or at least in my head it is. And yes, your review was plenty wrong. Thanks for reviewing!
ImABelieber: I know, I know. But there are reasons why he is. And you're not the only one who is Team Zak, but I told you that Zak wasn't going to be a bad guy. I didn't want him to be! Anyways, I'm glad you liked the chapter. Thanks for reviewing!
Zanessastories1225788: Carter is going to be…well…you'll find out. But he is not going to be like Zak. And hahahahahahahahahahaha. Jess will be back but I don't think she'll be causing as many problems. I think she may be changing a bit, but I'll make that decision later on. Anyways, I'm glad you liked it!