Excitement Chapter 8, a high school musical fanfic

New Characters

Nina Dobrev: Tia Montez.

Tom Welling: Mark Montez

Matt Dallas: Jason Montez

Antonio Banderas: Nicholas Montez

Miriam McDonald: Jackie Bolton

Troy was shocked, couldn't believe what he heard. "What?" He said.

"You heard me damn well, Troy. Because of what you did to her, it brought back horrible memories to Gabriella of her mother's beatings. Her mother abused her, Tia, Mark, and Jason." Sharpay said.

"No, you're lying!" Troy said, and then turned to Ryan. "She's lying right?"

Ryan shook his head 'no' feeling sympathy for Gabriella. "She's not lying, Troy." He said quietly.

"Of course I'm not lying. I know I lie a-lot, but I would never lie about Gabriella. Her mother really abused her and her sister and brothers. She was the worst mother a kid could ever have. But I hope you're happy, asshole! You really hurt Gabriella. You know how I wanted you two to be a couple, well now I don't even want to you be 10-feet near her. Stay the hell away from her, Troy or else!" Sharpay said and then walked to her room, slamming the door hard.

Ryan turned to Troy, and said "You really hurt Gabriella, Troy. And she really liked her, but you hurt her. Congratulations." Then he went to go talk to his sister.

Troy stood still, feeling numb and guilty and hollow, slowly taking in what he just heard, and still couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe that Gabriella was really abused. Mostly he couldn't believe what he done to her.

Troy went to his room and pounded the wall with his fist until it was starting to really hurt. He sank to the ground and banged his head on the door until tears leaked through his eyes. He looked at his hands, the ones he used to hurt Gabriella, his dream girl, the one who understands him and who he cares about and likes so much, and clenched them so tight that they were practically bleeding. Why? Why out of all people did I have to be so stupid and take my anger out on her? He thought. He didn't mean and never wanted to hurt her, but he still did. And all she did was trying to help him get out of trouble. But he lost his temper and took it out on her.

You blew it, Bolton. Big time, he thought. Troy wished more than anything that he could take back what he did, but he knew life doesn't work that way. Troy wouldn't be surprise if Gabriella wouldn't talk to him ever again, much less forgive him. The image of Gabriella, crying with tears streaming down her cheeks, the same way she looked when he hurt her, was in his mind. Troy couldn't bear that look and pain on her face. He felt so angry at himself for what he did to her. He hated himself more anything for hurting Gabriella, his dream girl, his angel.

Meanwhile with Gabriella, since she was okay, she was released from the hospitable early, but still won't go back till Friday. She was given some pain-killers pills in case she feels pain or headaches in her head. Right now she was back at her townhouse in her large bedroom, dressed in her black night-shirt and plaid boxers pajamas, lying in her bed, looking out the window. She watched birds fly the blue sky and clouds slowly moving.

Gabriella felt broken. She couldn't explain why, but she just did. She looked down at her very swollen, plum purple wrists, and signed, remembering what cause this. What Troy had done to her brought back so many memories. Memories that were horrible and parts of a past, she wished would disappear.

She stared thinking about her mother, Maria. Maria was absolutely the worst woman, wife, and mother ever. She stole parts of Gabriella's, Tia's, Mark's and Jason's childhoods, and didn't give a damn about them or their dad. She left them when Gabriella was only six and moved away to either Russia or Scotland with one of the many men she had affairs with behind their father's back. The day she left was actually one of the greatest things to ever happen to them. Maria was a gold-digger, a whore, an alcoholic, and just basically the most horrible person they've ever known. They were great that she was long gone and haven't heard from her since.

Gabriella signed, looking out the window and watched a bird fly, but it looked like it had a broken wing. Its wing the same way I feel, broken, she thought. Suddenly she had an inspiration for a song. She grabbed her journal and a pen, and turned to a new page. As she began to write down the song, more lyrics popped into her head and more inspiration came to her. She titled 'Whatever will be.' She readied the song over and thought it sounded amazing.

"What are you doing?' asked someone, entering her room.

Gabriella looked up and saw her older sister Tia, carrying a tray of food, with her two older brothers, Mark and Jason. "Hi guys." She said with a smile. They entered her room, and Tia placed the tray of food on her nightstand. "So what were you doing?" Tia asked.

Gabriella shrugged, closing her journal, and said "Just writing in my journal."

Jason patted her on the head and said "Glad to see you're feeling better, sis."

Gabriella signed as she said "I'm okay, but you guys really didn't have to come back to New York just because I got hurt."

"Don't be crazy," Mark said "You're our baby sister. If anything happens to you, you know we'll be on out way." Then he eyed her pain-killers. "Are you sure you don't need those?"

Gabriella shook her head and lay back in her bed. Tia and her brothers were glad that she was okay, but they, including their dad, were beyond mad about what happened. Jason strokes his little sister's hair and said "We should go and let you get some rest."

Gabriella nodded. Even though he and Tia and Mark were very protective of her, Jason was the most protective one out of the three of them. One by one, they got up and left her room, but as Tia was about to leave, she turned back to Gabriella and said "Love you, Gab."

Gabriella smiled and replied "Love you, too, Tia."

Tia smiled back at her and left her room, closing the door behind her.

Gabriella signed again. She ate her food, chewing each bite with care. As she ate, she was thinking. Thinking about mostly what she was going to do now. And about Troy.

Gabriella knew what he did to her was horrible and unforgivable, but she wondered if she could really blame him. She knows about his anger and how he van be when he loses his temper. She knew she should feel hatred and anger toward him, but she didn't. Underneath all that anger, she knew that there is a sweet, nice, caring guy inside Troy. Unsure what she should do and feeling throbbing in her head, Gabriella dropped 2 pain-killers in her water and took a big gulp of it. Feeling the pills already taking effect, she felt drowsy and fall into unconsciousness.

Days slowly passed to Thursday afternoon. Troy came back home from detention. He dropped his jacket and backpack on his bedroom floor and flopped on the bed, groaning.

Today was his first day back at school since the incident on Monday and completely sucked. He has now over a dozen enemies. People were already spreading rumors about him. Everyone gave him the cold stare, including Sharpay and Ryan, who ignored him. And to make matters worse, because he was caught smoking in the boys' bathroom and got into two fights, 3 more weeks were added to his detention.

All day at school, Troy was thinking about Gabriella. Tomorrow is Friday, the day when she's supposed to come back to school. He wonders how it will be when they're face-to-face again. He glanced up at his sketch book, sitting on his desk. He got up and retrieved the book. He opened the book and turned the page to the angel sketch he did of her. He gently brushed the drawing, thinking about her. Tomorrow is on, Troy thought…

Troy woke up the next morning, feeling sores in his back. He crawled out of bed, brushed his teeth and took a quick shower. Since it was Casual Friday at his school, he threw on another black t-shirt, some jeans, and black sneakers. He skipped breakfast and decided to walk to school. Along the way, he listened to his ipod, grabbed some coffee from Starbucks, and smoked a few cigarettes. But of course by the time he reached school, got his English stuff, and got to homeroom, he was already late. Ms. Darbus gave him a 20-minute lecture about being on time and gave him detention. As if he already doesn't have enough detention.

Troy rolled his eyes, annoyed and started to walk to his desk, ignoring the people who were watching him and giving him cold-stares. But he was frozen, stun by what he saw. It was Gabriella already seated at her desk, her wavy hair cascading down her back, looking beautiful as always in a bright pink/black stripe long-sleeve tee with hoodie, black leggings, and black lace-up ugg boots.

She looked up at him, keeping her cool under control. Troy's eyes never left hers as he took a seat next to her.

"Now class today is your William Shakespeare's test and if you studied I'm sure you'll do fine." Ms. Darbus said, passing out the test to all students. "The test is multipliable-choice. With an extra credit essay. You will have 45 minutes on the test. Good luck." She retreated to her desk.

Troy looked down at the 6-page test, and slapped his forehead. Oh damn, I forgot to study, he thought. He grabbed his pen, glanced down at the test, and just took it. He guessed on most of the questions, and skipped the essay. He gazed at Gabriella and saw her stand up, walked to Ms. Darbus and gave her the test, and walked back to her seat.

She took out a copy of Romeo & Juliet and began reading it. Troy, completely forgetting about his test, continued to watch her, and remembered about the play's auditions during free period. He and Gabriella have signed up as a pair audition, but never discussed about what scene they were going to do.

As if Gabriella was reading his mind, she reached into her blue messenger backpack and pulled out an extra script of Romeo & Juliet. She wrote a note on 2 post-slips and attached them to the front page of the script, and handed it to Troy, without making eye-contact or saying a word to him. Troy looked at the script and readied the first slip. It readied:

Don't worry about the play, I handled everything already. We're doing act 4 scene 3 when they die.

He readied the other one which said:

Since you're Romeo, you do your lines first. I high-lighted them. Yours is blue. Mine's pink.

Troy flipped through the script until he finally got to death scene. He readied his lines, studying them, making sure he knows them and doesn't make a complete fool out of himself. Before he knew it, the bell rang. Students flew out of the classroom while giving Ms. Darbus their tests. Troy watched Gabriella get up, still looking at him, collect her stuff, and caught up with Sharpay and the others, chatting away as they left the classroom. Troy slowly got up and handed the teacher his test, and was the test one out.

After history class, Troy ran to the auditorium where the auditions were being held at, that was packed with a few students. Ms. Darbus was harsh on most them who weren't that good. When the single auditions were done, Ms. Darbus stared the pair's auditions. "Sharpay and Ryan Evans." She said.

Ryan was about to go, but Sharpay stopped him and waked first. Ryan followed behind her, rolling his eyes.

"Thank you, Ms. Darbus. We will be doing act 2 scene 2, the balcony scene." Sharpay said, as they stepped onto the stage.

Ryan wanted to tape their audition and Gabriella's, so he handed Kelsi his camcorder, and gave her instructions on how to use it. Kesli got the camera stared, got a good view of them, and gave them a thumbs-up telling them it was a go.

Ryan and Sharpay did their weird warm-up exercise and took a deep breath. Sharpay stood on top of a ladder, pretending it was a balcony, and gave Ryan a cue to go. They did their scene perfectly, and everyone clapped.

"Wonderful, just wonderful. You two are going to be hard to beat." Ms. Darbus said, and readied the rest of the sign-up pairs. "We have only one sign-up pair left. Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton."

Gabriella got on the stage first and lay on the floor. Troy walked up to her and mouthed "You ready?" She nodded and closed her eyes, pretending to be dead. Kelsi got their props and stared recording them.

"Um we'll be doing act 4, scene 3 when they died." Troy said to them, and turned to Gabriella. He sits next to her and took her hand. "O my love! My wife! Death, that has sucked the honey of thy breath has had no power upon thy beauty. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace!' Troy said as Romeo and hugs Gabriella gently. "Here's to my love!" Troy grabbed the prop vial and pretends to drink the poison. "O apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss, I die." Troy gave Gabriella a quick kiss, feeling her soft lips and sparks, and falls dead.

Gabriella begins to wake up. She skipped the scenes Juliet does with Friar Laurence, and sees Troy's/ Romeo's body. She kneels next to him. "What's this? A vial? Poison, I see, has been his timeless end," Gabriella says as Juliet. She tries to drink from the vial. "Chrul! Drunk all, and left no friendly drop for me? I shall kiss thy lips then. Hopefully some poison yet hangs on them." She kisses Troy; feeling sparks as well, finding no poison in them. "Thy lips are warm." Gabriella pretends to hear loud footsteps and voices. 'Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief." She takes the fake dagger. "O happy dagger! This is thy sheath." She stabs herself and falls over Troy, dead.

Everyone in the auditorium cheered and clapped, including Ms. Darbus, when they were done. Their performance was really good. You can really see the unbelievable chemistry they have.

"Bravo! Brava!" Ms. Darbus said, applauding and then turned to the try-outs "Do you see why we love the theater?" She turned to Troy and Gabriella, who got up. "Absolutely superb! Good job!" She wrote something in her clipboard. "All of you did a great job. Casting list for the play will be posted on Monday.' She then left.

Most of the students made their exits. Sharpay came over to Gabriella and hugged her tight. "Gabi, you were awesome!"

Gabriella giggled and replied "So were you and Ry, Shar."

Sharpay beamed at her. "Thanks! There are a few minutes of free period, do want to head to Fifth Avenue and do some window shopping?" She asked her.

Gabriella shook her head and said "Not now, okay?" She glanced at Troy, who was sitting on the edge of the stage, looking at them but mostly at her.

Sharpay turned to Troy and gave him an ice-cold bitchy stare that she normally gives to people to back off.

"I'll be at you-know-where." Gabriella said, and then left.

Sharpay waved to her and turned to Troy, giving him the cold bitchy stare. "Stay the hell away from her!" She warned. "You already have done enough damage to her. The badly dented locker that you shoved her against is a big piece of evidence."

"Shar, I didn't know." Troy said. "I didn't mean to!"

"Yeah, well too damn bad! You hurt my best friend once, and I'm certainly not going to let it happen again. Stay the damn hell away from Gabriella or else!" She said, and then walked away.

Troy frowned down at his shoes, knowing what he did to Gabriella, regretting it so much. I need to make it right, he thought.

As Troy put the script in his locker, he saw Gabriella walking down the stairs. Without a second thought, he followed her very quietly. He followed Gabriella to the music room and quickly behind big drums, but took a peek at her.

Gabriella sat at the piano and gently brushed the keys, smiling a small smile to herself. She laid her journal in font of her and turned its pages to one of her new favorite songs she recently written. She began playing a few skills on the piano until she played a certain key and after awhile she begins to sing.

Hey, Yea
I used to think
Being like you
Was the key to having everything
Every dream come true
I used to think
Following the crowd
Was the only thing that I could do
Until I found out

I'm ok
Sometimes you have to do your own thing
Every winter turns to spring
And everybody's got their own wings

The little girl you knew
The one who never stood up to you
Who kept her style in too long
Well she's gone with the wind
And now I'm standing my ground
And who I am and for that I'm proud
And the girl that you knew
Well she's gone with the wind

She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
Yea she's gone with the wind

I'm speaking out
My conscious is clear
And I don't care what anybody thinks
I still fear less fear
And I don't have to be
What you want me to be
Cause every time I try to fit in
It feels like I'm unappealing

I'm ok
Sometimes you have to do your own thing
Every winter turns to spring
And everybody's got their own wings

She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
Yea she's gone with the wind

Look in my eyes
And you'll see I'm different
I'm finding myself everyday
And I'm on my way
I have changed

The little girl you knew
The one who never stood up to you
Who kept her style in too long
Well she's gone with the wind
And now I'm standing my ground
(standing my ground)
And who I am and for that I'm proud
And the girl that I was
Well she's gone with the wind

She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
She's gone (she's gone)
Gone (she's gone)
Yea she's gone with the wind

The melody was pure and the song was beautiful. When she finished the song, she signed and smiled to herself. "Gone with the wind." She mumbled as she wrote it as the title for the song inside her journal.

"That was beautiful." Troy whispered, coming out from his hiding place.

Gabriella turned to him, surprised and stared at him for a moment. She didn't expect anyone to be here. The music room is one of her favorite places where she can escape and think and play her music. After looking at Troy for a moment, Gabriella finally said to him in a mumble "Thank you."

She closed her journal, got up from the piano, and left the music room. Troy watched her leave, and signed.

All day in classes and lunch period, Gabriella felt Troy's eyes on her. She wasn't sure what she should do. Her family and friends told her that she should stay away from him, and even said that they would kill him if he ever touches her again. After-school, Gabriella left her favorite after-school class, creativity writing, went to her locker, and packed her stuff into her messenger bag, couldn't wait to get the weekend started.

As Gabriella was about to leave, someone grabbed her arm and pulled her into the janitor's closet. It happened so fast that it was a complete blur. She opened to her mouth to let out a scream, but the person covered her mouth and shushes her.

"It's okay. I promise I won't hurt you." The person whispered in her ear.

Gabriella immediately recognized the voice and knew who the person was.

The person spun her around, and hugged her. Kissed the top of her head and stood there for a moment, just hugging her. "Do you know who I am?"

"I think I do…Troy." She whispered.

The person kissed her head again, locked the door, and flicked on the lights. She was right, the person was Troy.

He looked at Gabriella. "Hi." He said.

'Hi…"She said, and then looked down.

Troy slowly walked up to her and hugged her tightly, gently rubbing her back. "Gabriella, I'm so sorry. I was way out of line-"

"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have interfered." Gabriella mumbled, looking down.

Troy pulled her away a bit, lifted her chin up so she would look at him, and said in a serious tone "Never say that! Ever! Promise me, Gabriella that you will never say that. It wasn't your fault at all."

After a long moment, she nodded her head. Troy hugged her again and accidentally hit her wrists. Gabriella winced in pain. Troy looked at her, confused, and tried to see her wrists. She tried to push him away, but he firmly placed her against the wall, rolled up her sleeves, and was shocked, seeing her writs swollen and plum purple.

"Oh my god!!!" He whispered. He looked at Gabriella and saw tears rolling down her cheeks. He looked at her wrists and caressed them and kissed them. And then looked back at her.

Troy pulled her into a hug, resting his chin on her hair, and rubbed her back, feeling her wet tears staining shirt but didn't care. He held her tighter, feeling her pain. Troy couldn't believe what he has done to her. He never, ever wanted to hurt her. He could feel her pain growing on him, along with his with so much guilt.

"I'm so sorry, Gabriella. I never meant to hurt you. Hurting you is the last thing I ever wanted to do. I'm so sorry. I'm such a bastard!" Troy said, with his voice cracking and tears leaking through his eyes.

Gabriella looked up at him and was amazed to see that he was crying, too.

"I was a complete dumb-ass, bastard jerk. I never meant to hurt you. I never wanted to hurt you," He said, crying and caressed her cheek. "Because you my angel. You are the most important thing that has ever happen to me. You're the only one who understands me. You're the only thing I care about most in the world. I didn't mean what I did and said to you that day, any of it. If I could take it back what I did, I would do it in a heart beat. I'm so sorry."

Gabriella strokes his cheek and then his hair. She wiped away his tears and gave him a warm smile.

"You mean everything to me." Troy said, still crying a bit, but smiled at her.

"As do you to me," She said, wiping away more of his tears. "I know that underneath all that anger, there is a nice, caring, sweet guy inside you, Troy. I'll always be here for you."

Troy's smile grew more as he hugged her once more. "You really are my angel." He murmured.

Gabriella pulled back, beamed at him, and pecked him on the cheek. Troy brushed her hair away and looked into her beautiful eyes as she looked into his. They both felt butterflies in their stomachs and an electric feeling flowing through their bodies.

Troy wondered if he should do it and thought why not. The moment seems perfect. He gently shoved Gabriella against the wall, and leaned closer to her. Gabriella leans in as well and pulls him close to her. They leaned in closer until their lips finally touch and kissed each other passionately. This kiss was the same and different from the dare kiss. For one thing it wasn't a dare and yet they still feel that same feeling they were feeling the last time when they kissed.

They felt sparks flying like crazy and felt like they were melting to the ground. They felt like they were burning from the passion, but loved the feeling so much. Troy grinned as he kissed her, but beg access to her tongue. Gabriella grinned, too and let him have access. They explored each other's tongues and were tongue-wrestling. Soon they began to French kiss and made out against the wall.

They pulled back from the kiss, out of breath, with their faces flush. But looked at each other and smiled. That definitely, without a doubt, was the most amazing kiss ever.

(A/N: Okay guys, what do you think? What do you think will happen next? Does this kiss mean that Troy and Gabriella are now Troyella. Keep reading my stories to find out. B.T.W thanks for the reivews. You guys rock! Peace! :D