GAH! So sorry, about the wait on this chapter. *apologizes a hundred times* :[
& I know, you probably don't want to hear the "I've been really busy, I have a lot of homework" excuse. But I have to work super hard on my grades, these days. Because the principal at my school decided it would be oh so dandy if they could put our grades on the school website. Yes. My report card grades are plastered all over the internet (well, actually, you can't see the grades without a password, but still). So now, my parents can check my grades everyday! Arggh! How traumatic!
Anyhoo, enjoy this chapter (: WARNING: the first part of this chapter contains some Troypay fluff :D
Btw, I was kinda in a hurry, when writing certain parts of this. So, sorry, if there are any grammatical errors or anything.
Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical [;
"Hey Trojan," Sharpay said, walking over to her boyfriend's locker.
Her boyfriend. It felt great for Sharpay, to be able to say that. She had been able to call Troy that for the past week. True, Troy still hadn't actually asked her out, but it was understood by everyone that they were together.
"Hello," Troy said, smiling, when he saw her.
"Hi," Sharpay mumbled, before pulling him in for a hug.
As she hugged him, she took the opportunity to smell his neck. He smelled good to her. He smelled like soap. Maybe Dove. Dove mixed in with his own special Troy smell. It was nice.
Sharpay was interrupted from smelling her boyfriend, when Ryan walked by, muttering something that sounded like, "No PDA in the hallway." Which caused Sharpay to give him a dirty look as she broke off her hug with Troy.
"Don't worry, Shar. We can display our affection for each other, later," Troy whispered in Sharpay's ear, which caused her to get all giddy.
If she were to die right now, she wouldn't even mind so much, because she gotten what she wanted. Troy was her boyfriend and she would live everyday, from now on, in complete blissful happiness.
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Gabriella watched Troy and Sharpay talking in the hallway, before class. It made her sick to see them together. Some may say it didn't make sense for her to be jealous, since she had her own boyfriend. But she couldn't help it.
"Hey Gabby," Jason said, coming up behind her.
"Oh, Jason. Hi," Gabriella said, in a distracted voice, for she was still shooting daggers at Sharpay and Troy. Well, at Sharpay, anyway.
"So, I was thinking —"
"Can you believe Troy and Sharpay are actually together?" Gabriella asked, cutting her boyfriend off in mid-sentence.
"I'm not that surprised. Troy told me he wanted to ask her out."
Gabriella's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "What? When did this happen?!"
Jason shrugged. "I don't remember."
"Why didn't you warn me?"
"What do you mean?"
"Ugh, never mind," she said, before storming off to class.
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Sharpay was in the girls' bathroom, brushing her hair, when Gabriella walked in.
"Hello, Sharpay," Gabriella said.
"Gabriella," Sharpay answered, sounding uninterested.
"So, you and Troy are together?"
"Yeah," Sharpay said, continuing to brush her hair. She obviously didn't really want to talk to Gabriella, but she quite have the energy to ignore her either. "Would you please go ahead and say whatever you want to say?"
"I know, you lied to me," Gabriella said, suddenly. "About Troy. You told me he didn't like me. I know it was a lie."
Sharpay raised an eyebrow. "So? What's your point?"
"My point is that Troy is only going out with you, because I'm with Jason. And the only reason I'm with Jason is, because you lied to me."
Sharpay blinked. "Are you saying that if you weren't already taken, that Troy would've asked you out, instead of me?"
"Yeah, pretty much," Gabriella said, smirking.
"I think that's stupid."
"Yeah, well, it's still the truth. Whether you like it or not." And with that, Gabriella turned on her heel and walked out of the bathroom.
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"Ryan, it's not true, is it?" Sharpay asked her brother, in the hallway, during lunch.
"What's not true?"
"That Troy really wants to be with Gabriella, but he can't have her because she's with Jason. And now, he's only with me to soothe his broken heart, but as soon as Gabriella and Jason break up, he's gonna drop me like a hot tamale, and he and her are gonna get married straight out of high school. And then I'll be alone, and I'll never find love again. I'll just wallow in my self-pity. And I'll have to live with you, but when you get married and have kids, you'll kick me out of the house, and I'll have to sleep in the basement."
Ryan hesitated and blinked at her a few times, clearly caught off guard by everything his sister had just said. "Uh, wait. What was the question?"
Just then, Troy came and stood next to Sharpay. "Hey Shar," he said, right before kissing her cheek.
"Hey Troy," she said, feeling a bit uneasy. It probably something to do with the fact, that she was just explaining to her brother that she thinks that he's only dating her as replacement for someone he can't have.
"So, what's up?" Troy asked.
"Er, nothing," she answered, glancing over at Ryan, who was giving her a strange look.
"She's freaking out, because she thinks that you'd rather be with Gabriella, instead of with her," Ryan blabbed.
"Ryan!" Sharpay shrieked. How could he say that?! Out loud. With Troy, standing right there!
Troy was giving Sharpay a weird look right about now, and she could feel his blue eyes, piercing into her soul.
"Well, I better get going now. You guys, just go ahead and talk," Ryan said, before hurrying off towards the cafeteria.
As she watched Ryan walk away, she still felt Troy's eyes on her. His eyes must've really hurt, because he wasn't blinking. Sharpay shifted uncomfortably in her chair, trying to avoid Troy's menacing gaze.
"Troy, can you please say something?" Sharpay asked after about five minutes. "Or at least, blink. Your incessant staring, plus your silence, is freaking me out."
"You were being silent, too," is all Troy said in response. But Sharpay noticed, he still hadn't blinked.
"Yeah, well, that's because I was waiting for you to tell whether or not it's true. About you wanting to be with Gabriella."
"No."
Sharpay blinked at him. No? Is that all he's gonna say? NO? "No, what?"
"No, I don't want to be with Gabriella."
"You don't?"
"Nope. Which, reminds me, I still haven't officially asked you out yet. So…Sharpay Evans, will you be my girlfriend?"
'YES! YES! A HUNDRED MILLION BILLION TIMES: YES!' is what Sharpay felt like saying. But instead, she kept her cool and said, "I'll call you later and tell you 'yes', because if I say it right now, that will make me seem too eager."
"Okay," Troy said, smiling.
I swear, I was somewhat tempted to end the story here (you know, with Troy finally asking Sharpay out and whatnot.). But that would leave too many unanswered questions, I think. Like Gabriella, don't we want to know what happens with her? Anyway, I think we may need more drama before I end it :D so, I'm thinking I'll have maybe 3-5 more chapters before I finish.
& again, sorry for the wait on this chapter. I'll start on the next chapter, pronto! :D