Dreams or Desire

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"Hi you've reached Gabriella, sorry I missed your call. Please leave a message and I will try to get back to you asap. Thanks! Bye!" Troy groaned and ended the call, knowing that the 5 messages he had already left were enough.

"Where could she be?" he mumbled to himself, as he climbed into his car, after checking to see if she was at her apartment. He'd already checked his house and called Maria, and she wasn't at either houses. He continued to think of places that she could be, until his eyes lit up. "Sharpay!" He immediately made a u-turn and made his way to Sharpay's apartment. As soon as he arrived, he sighed in relief. Out front was the Range Rover that they had driven to the party in, and the one that she left in, leaving Jordan to have to give him a ride home to pick up another car. Without hesitation he pulled up behind the car, and got out.

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"Come on babe, there is a good chance he hasn't cheated on you," Sharpay said softly, trying to cheer up her friend who was currently sitting on the couch with tears streaming down her face.

"There is a reason for the saying once a cheater always a cheater," Gabriella replied sadly.

"Yeah, but that doesn't apply to every guy who has cheated before." Gabriella sighed and before she could reply, they heard a knock at the door. "I'm gonna get that, don't move." She nodded as Sharpay stood up and made her way out of the living room and to the door. She opened the door and immediately froze as she saw Troy standing in front of her. "Troy? What are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to Gabriella. I know she's here. She wasn't at our house, her mom's, or the apartment, and I saw the car out front." Sharpay just sighed.

"Look Troy, I don't think that's a good idea. She's really upset and…"

"I know! And I wanna fix that! I swear to god I've never cheated on her Sharpay, and I need to prove that to her."

"She's pretty upset Troy, I think you just need to give her some time, let her calm down." Troy just nodded sadly.

"Ok, well can you at least tell her that I love her, that I would never do anything like that to her, I'm gonna do everything I can to prove that to her, and that I risked my relationship with my best friend since I was 4 by yelling at his girlfriend." Sharpay couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Yeah, I will."

"Thanks Sharpay." With that, a still sad Troy walked off, and Sharpay closed the door before going back to her friend.

"Who was that?" Gabriella asked as soon as Sharpay walked into the room.

"Troy." Gabriella's eyes went wide.

"What? What was he doing here?" she asked in shock.

"He's worried Gabs. He really loves you and he wants to make sure you know that."

"I do know that, but that doesn't mean…"

"Gabriella, he went to his house, your apartment, and your mom's house to try to find you. He told me that he is going to do everything he can to prove to you that he never cheated."

"How? It's not like he can buy me anything!" Gabriella exclaimed, clearly still very upset.

"Gabs, he yelled at Taylor. Taylor is his best friends girlfriend. He risked his relationship with his best friend of like 20 years for you," Sharpay replied and Gabriella froze.

"Really?" she asked in a small voice.

"Really."

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Troy sighed and plopped down on his couch as he turned on the TV. He immediately turned it to ESPN, trying to distract himself from thinking about the events that had occurred that day. However, he couldn't help himself. It had started out so perfect, but was ruined in a span of 30 seconds. And not only had the day been ruined, but potentially his relationship as well.

"Troy!" Troy snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of his best friend's voice. He turned around and immediately froze when he saw Chad walk into the living room.

"Hey man, what are you doing here?" He asked nervously.

"Don't worry man, I'm not mad," Chad replied, automatically hearing the fear in his friend's voice. Troy looked at him in shock, as he sat down.

"You're not?"

"At you, no. At Taylor, yes." Troy couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm sorry man, I didn't mean to come between you and your girlfriend, I was just so upset."

"Dude, I just told you I'm not mad. I'm actually glad you did what you did," he replied and Troy looked at him in confusion. "You really think I wanna be with a girl who says things like that? Who thinks my best friend is a complete asshole."

"So you broke up with her?"

"Yeah," he nodded.

"Well I'm still sorry man, I know you really liked her."

"Yeah, but what we had was not even close to what you and Gabriella have. And like I said, I don't wanna be with a girl who says things like that. So anyway, I'm sorry for telling her about Madison. We were just talking, I don't know how it came up, but I never thought that she would use it against you and Gabriella like that."

"I know man, it's okay." Chad just nodded.

"Anyway, have you talked to Gabs?" Troy shook his head sadly.

"I finally found her at Sharpay's house, but Sharpay wouldn't let me talk to her. She told me that I should give her some time."

"Well what are you gonna say when that time comes to an end?" Troy sighed and threw his head back.

"I have no idea. What can I say? That I'll take a lie detector test?"

"That isn't a bad idea actually." Troy turned to Chad and looked at him like he was a complete idiot. He just chuckled. "Well sometimes actions speak louder than words, maybe you could actually do something for her."

"Like what? It's not like I can buy her anything."

"You don't have to spend an absurd amount of money to show someone that you love them." Troy thought for a moment, trying to figure out if there was something that would make Chad right. All of a sudden it came to him, and his eyes lit up. "What?"

"Do you know where the closest tattoo parlor is?" Chad's jaw hit the floor.

"A tattoo, man? Are you insane, a tattoo lasts for forever!" Troy smiled widely.

"Yeah, that's the point."

"Even if you did get one, what would you get? I think people would figure it out if you tattooed her name on your body."

"Yeah, but they wouldn't figure it out if it was a nickname."

"What nickname? Gabi and Gabs would still make things pretty obvious man."

"No," he smiled. "Bella."

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"Kelly Finglass, may I ask who's calling?"

"Hi Ms. Finglass, my name is Taylor, I'm Troy Bolton's ex-girlfriend." Kelly's eyes narrowed in confusion.

"Hello Taylor, how can I help you?"

"I just thought you should know. One of your girls is having an affair with Troy."

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