Chapter four
A/N- Okay, so I'm sure a lot of you want to know more about Troy, so I decided to go aheaqd and give you a chapter with his point of view so you can see what he's like and what his family and things are like.
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Troy's POV
"Troy!" Called my dad as I held lightly to the the branch. I rolled my eyes, looking to my dad who was standing on the ground, a stern look on his face. "Troy, stop playing around. I need to talk to you."
I sighed, jumping off the tree I'd been formerly climbing and landing to the ground in a one swift motion. "Come on dad. Climbing is the only fun I get around here since you moved us out in the middle of nowhere, twently miles out of town." I pointed out, knowing it was hopeless. Of course, twently miles was really nothing for me. It was just that it was twently miles, five minutes of running for me, to get to town. And I couldn't just go hang out with my friends at any time without them getting suspicous when I say I can be there in five minutes and I'm twently minutes away. I tried that with Chad once, luckily he isn't the brightest in the box.
My dad shook his head. "I did that because people would think it odd that my son was climbing trees in the middle of town. I do this to protest us."
I sighed. "Yeah well, I think I'm over needing to be protected."
He ignored my comment, changing the subject. "I want to talk to you about the camping trip."
"What about it?"
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" He asked, looking concerned. He was very untrustworthy at times. I could see it in his mind. He didn't trust me to be alone with so many humans in the middle of nowhere.
"Yes, dad, I'm positive. It's not like I'm going to hurt anyone." I remarked, making my way back inside the house and taking a seat on top of the kitchen counter.
"You may not think so, but I know that it gets hard to be...careful, when you're under those kind of circumstances."
"They're my friends dad. I care about them. I won't hurt them." I said again, turning to walk out of the room. Even though I could read his mind, I hadn't been expecting his next question.
"Even the girl?"
I stopped instantly, biting my lip. "Especially the girl." I muttered.
I didn't have to face him to know he was shaking his head. "Son, I can see you have certain...feelings for this girl. And it's dangerous. Lust turns to thirst."
"Who said lust had anything to do with it? Maybe I really do care about Pay." I remarked, turning to look at his face. He looked unconvinced. His mind was working the same way. "Maybe I see more in her than just blood."
"I'm sure you do. But honestly...if you cared about her...."
"I wouldn't want to be with her? I know that." I rolled my eyes. I wasn't a complete idiot.
"No, you would want what's best for her. Which is-"
"To stay away from me? Dad stop worrying. I care about her. I'm not going to kill her."
"Kill who?" Asked my younger sister Annabelle as she and my mother walked into the room. Annabelle was complex and smart, yet devious and harsh all at the same time. She was no doubt the smartest member of the family, but also sometimes the hardest to understand. And then there was my mother, who was basically everything my father wasn't. She was gently and kind, while my father was always so irrational and always too busy being...careful.
"No one Anna." I answered my sister.
Anna searched my face for a while before a knowing smirk apeared on her face. "Oh, that Sharpay girl. Lovely."
I rolled my eyes. It was impossible to keep a secret around this place. With me being able to read minds and Anna's ability to see people's dreams and wishes, nothing could be kept from each other. Especially not between Anna and I. "Thanks Anna. Thanks so much."
"Not a problem big brother." She said, a grin forming on her fifteen year old face. Her long brown straight hair falling all aorund her and her blue/green eyes with glints of what I was sure was the images rattling around in my head. Like me, she could see what people were thinking, but only in images and dreams of theirs. I could only read a person's mind. "And don't worry dad," Anna continued. "He doesn't want to kill her. Simply to-"
"Anna!" I growled. "Don't."
Anna shrugged, looking innocently. "I was going to say date her, but what's going through your mind big brother?"
My mother sighed as she made her way to dad's side. "Come on Jack, let the boy be a teenager. For once."
Dad sighed. "I guess. But if any trouble forms you call me instatly."
"Will do." I agreed, picking up my bag and heading towards the door after giving my mom a kiss on the cheek and Anna a quick hug. "I'm off the school. Later."
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"I believe you need to sign this." I smirked, holding a piece of paper and a pen in front of Pay's face as she sat in the library.
She looked up and I once again, got caught up in those gorgous eyes of hers. I grinned even more at the sight of her as she gave a smile. "What's this?" She asked, taking the papers from my hand as I took a seat next to her.
"The contract. The one that says I won't run away or be weird on the camping trip. I'm just going ot be your adverage normal teenage boy."
She shot me a look. "Aren't you that everyday?"
I shrugged. "Yes, but this time I'm going to keep the oddness factor to a minimum."
"I don't know, I kind of like the oddness factor."
I bit down on my lip as I tried not to grin once again at her thoughts. They got me everytime. She may have thought that how she felt about me was a secret, but I knew exactly what she was feeling and I would be lying if I said I didn't feel the exact same. If stronger. In all of my exsitance no girl had ever even caught my attention until her. She was just so...special. And she thought I looked like a male model, which I found very flaterring. The only thing I hated seeing running through her head was the thought that she didn't thnk she was good enough. I hated it when she thought about stuff like that because I knew that if anyone was better off with out the other, it was her better off with out me. She was definitly far too good for me.
"Well," I began, remembering where our conversation had left off. "I'm just saying two days without it. Don't worry, once we get back I'll be back to my weird and totally odd self."
She smiled that flawless smile again. "Good."
"Good." I agreed as our eyes locked for an intense second until she looked away blushing, which I found adorable. I smiled as I handed her the pen. "Now go ahead and sign so I can start being normal."
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"Okay, we ready to hit the road?" Chad called out with excitment as we all packed our stuff into his mom's mini van.
"I think so. Gabby and I are." Ryan put in, as he and Gabriella stood off to the side. I noticed that they kind of liked to keep to themselves. They were both quite, smart, and the thinkers of the group. Reading their minds was pretty useless because they were pretty much always thinking of each other. And it didn't take a mind reader to see they were perfect for each other as they shared a sweet kiss.
And of course, seeing that only made me turn my gaze towards Pay. It was no secret of my own, or Anna's for that matter, that I really did care for Pay. And I did want to be with her. I wanted her to be mine and me hers. But I knew that I shouldn't want that because, well, I was a vampire and she was this amazing human being. The last thing I ever wanted was to put her life in danger, but I knew that if I ever tried to stay too far away from her for very long I wouldn't make it.
"I'm ready." Pay spoke, snapping me from my daze and back to focus.
"Yeah, me too." I agreed.
"Then I guess we're off." Chad cheered before getting a look of concern on his face. I laughed silently to myself at his thoughts. "Um...excuse me, I have to...yeah." I chuckled as he ran off to go find a bathroom.
"Um, hey Troy?" Ryan's voice called from beside me
"Yeah?"
"Can I talk to you for a second?" He asked, sort of timidly.
I cringed as I read his thoughts and I knew exactly what was coming. "It's okay Ryan, I know what you're going to say."
"You do?" He asked, seeming a bit suprised yet relieved he didn't have to say it all.
"Yeah. Look, I know you know I asked Pay out and I know that you're just looking out for your sister, but don't worry. I would never do anything to her."
Ryan nodded. "So you like her?"
"Very much."
"Well, that's all good with me. Just promise me you're not going to hurt my sister." He said a little more sternly.
I nodded, feeling a tad relunctant. If I ever did hurt her it would be against all my wishes. I never did want to hurt her but with me...you never knew. I looked over at Pay, laughing along with Taylor and Gabriella. She was so fragile, innocent, beautiful. I knew I would never be able to live with myself if I did hurt her. "I promise, Ryan."
He nodded, smiling. "Good. And just between us, she likes you too. A lot."
I smiled. Even though I knew that, I still liked hearing it. "Yeah...I kind of picked up on that."
He gave a short chuckle. "Yeah, well looks like Chad's ready to take off. You?"
I nodded, throwing another glance in Pay's direction. "Yup. I'm ready."
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Sorry, this chapters kind short, but that's how it worked out. The next chapter will be the camping trip and the next one is the dance...which is going to be romantic, yet heartbreaking. You'll see why later. And the next chapter goes back to Sharpay's POV. I just wanted to give you all a taste of what all Troy is thinking and what he can do.
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