Chapter 9: But You Let Her Go
"Leaving someone behind means you only want the best for them even if it means swallowing the sad reality that the best is not you."
Days have passed, Troy and Sharpay started to become close again. The rest of the Wildcats noticed that. They are actually happy seeing the together, except Ryan. He doesn't want Sharpay to get hurt by the same man again. He's also worried about her 'amnesia' plan because it seems like she's totally forgetting it.
The Wildcats decided to have a slumber party at the Evans' residence. They were all in the living room, watching a movie.
"I'm so sleepy…" Gabriella groaned.
"We're sleepy and tired too." Kelsi said, motioning towards Martha and Taylor.
"Okay then. Let's just all go to sleep, we'll just continue our movie marathon and chit chat tomorrow." Ryan said.
They all headed upstairs after cleaning the place. Troy and Sharpay stayed in the living room.
"Hey, I'll just go at the backyard. I'm not sleepy yet." Sharpay began to stand when Troy asked a question.
"Can I go with you?"
"Okay" Troy smiled at her.
'This is it. I'm close to her again. I'm gaining her trust again.' He thought.
They both sat down on the sofa outside.
"Can you tell me anything about you? I mean like personal things. Maybe like your lovelife?" Sharpay teased.
"I don't have right now 'cause I promised a girl that I will not leave her no matter what happens."'
"A promise is a promise. That's what they used to say, but welcome to reality, they're broken everyday."
Troy was shocked to hear that from this Sharpay.
" I will keep my promise… this time."
Sharpay just smiled at him. She suddenly changed the subject because she's afraid that she will burst soon.
"How will you know if you already found the right girl for you?" Sharpay asked.
This made Troy confused so he asked, "How?"
"Maybe both of you are crossing the street but you did not noticed each other because you were too busy watching the traffic light. Or maybe, you'll finally see her but a car blocked her. A lot of people are still searching but some of them already give up. But the worst is, if you know she's already yours but you let her go." Sharpay said, holding back her tears.
"Oh yeah, that' worst." Was all he managed to say. He's really afraid that her memories are coming back so quickly.
"I don't know if it really happens. I'm wondering what would be a girl, such as me, feel if that happens to her."
"Sharpay, I will tell you something."
"What's that?" she looked at him, smiling.
"What you just said is true. You know, I love this girl so much that's why I decided to asked her to marry me. She accepted it, and that's the happiest day of my life. I thought I'm already ready to build a family. But at the wedding, I felt that I'm not really ready yet. I told Chad about what I was feeling and he told me to follow my heart." Troy looked at her, analyzing her reaction. She's listening closely so he continued telling the story.
"I ran away from the wedding, from her, and also from our future. I never knew that what I did broke her heart so much. My friends told me that she ran away too, but she accidentally hit by a car. It broke my heart too, for seeing her pale and vulnerable, lying in that hospital bed. I wanted to apologize but her parents took her away from us to a place that no one of us knew. So I never had a chance." A single tear rolled down on Troy's cheek. He quickly wiped it. Sharpay saw his tears. She can't control her feelings but she had to.
"Do you still love her?" Sharpay whispered.
"Yes, I do. And that will not change forever. It's hard knowing that she'll not feel the same for me anymore. I don't think she'll accept me again." Troy smiled.
Sharpay can't control her tears anymore so she said, "I'm sleepy now Troy. Thanks for the time and for sharing such personal things about you. We should go to bed. It's so late already."
The two then went upstairs and started to fall asleep.
Thank you for non-stop support for this story! I hope that you still love it. I'm going to make the story quicker so that I could finish it before May ends. I already planned the ending. That's all for now!