The Guy Next Door
Chapter 6
Hey guys so, something has come up and I may not be able to upload anymore chapters for the next two weeks until I get this whole thing figured out. However, if that does happen then I'll try my best to keep writing the chapters so when I can upload again I can just upload all the ones I finish. So sorry for the inconvenience I feel bad
After Ryan left, I layed in bed for a while just thinking, and then decided to change into some comfier clothes so I could take a nap. It was pretty hot today so I decided I would change into my light blue, silky, V-neck, night dress, which came down to my mid-thigh, with white lace along the bottom and the top around my breasts. After all I was the only one home and I was going to be in my room so like it mattered what I wore, hell I could have just been naked if I wanted to. Anyway, I closed my curtains then got in bed and closed my eyes. I drifted off to sleep fairly quickly, I guess crying had made me a lot more tired than I expected.
While I was sleeping I started having a horrible dream. I had gotten one of my headaches and it was a really bad one. I started getting sick and my vision blurred as I moved in and out of consciousness about to black out. I needed my medication and immediately. I didn't know where I was but it was no place I had ever been before. In the background I heard an eerie laugh. I could recognize that laugh anywhere. It was my best friend's sister...Sharpay. I turned to the sound and sure enough there she was, and with something in her hands. "Looking for these?" I didn't know what she had meant until my vision cleared long enough for me to see. It was my medications. I reached out for them but then she threw them off in the distance. "No!" I shouted. She laughed some more. "Now what are you going to do? Nothing, that's what, now I won't have to worry about you getting in between Troy and I." She came over to me and bent down, "Enjoy your life, or at least what you have left of it". She pushed me back and left. My headache got worse and worse and I felt like my head was going to explode. I was in so much pain. I called out for Ryan, for my parents, for anyone who could help, but no one came. I was alone and was about to die.
I had a hard time waking up from that dream, I was terrified, and it was so realistic that I thought I would never wake up. That was until I heard a doorbell ringing. I quickly woke up from my slumber, sweating, and breathing hard from fear. I looked around to see where I was and to make sure I was really awake. Then I heard the doorbell ring again. I looked at my clock; school had just ended not that long ago. Could it be Ryan? Except Ryan wouldn't ring the doorbell, he wouldn't even knock; he would just come in since we were so close, if it's not him, then who? I got up and was a bit unbalanced so I waited to gain my balance back then went in my bathroom to throw some cool water on my face to wake me up some more and cool me off from sweating. I heard the bell ring again. "Ugh, okay, okay I heard you the first time!" I said to myself. I dabbed at my face to dry it off then went down and answered the door.
"Troy?" I said confused. "Hey Gabriella I just wanted to stop by and see…" he stopped mid-sentence and seemed to be staring at me, biting his lip and rubbing his neck. What was he staring at? I thought to myself. I felt my body and looked down. "Shit! I'm sorry I should have dressed in something a little more appropriately before answering the door." I forgot what I had been wearing. Troy appeared to be checking me out. "Uh...n-no it's okay it's just…w-wow. You look...w-wow." Well this is awkward, I thought to myself. "S-sorry…I shouldn't be staring like this." Troy said as he looked down and away. "Um...its fine…I guess. Anyway what are you doing here?" I said in an annoyed kind of way. I hadn't forgotten earlier when Troy was laughing with everyone else as his girlfriend embarrassed me and made me cry. He seemed taken aback by my tone. "Um…can't I come in?" He asked. I sighed. "Fine. Whatever." I opened the door some more and let him in. "Thanks." He said. "Mhm. Now again...What are you doing here?" I pushed. "I just wanted to stop by and see if you were okay. You never came back to homeroom, and then I only saw Ryan around school the rest of the day." I rolled my eyes. "Yeah I came home and didn't go back. Your girlfriend embarrassed me enough for one day. I needed a break. Besides, what the hell do you care anyway? You were laughing just as much as everyone else in that fucking classroom." Troy went to say something but then stopped and sighed. "I'm sorry." He mumbled, refusing to look at me. I scoffed. "Sure you are." He looked up at me. "Gabriella please…I am. I truly am sorry." He moved a little closer to me. I backed away. "If you were sorry then you wouldn't have done it in the first place. I was there for you when you needed someone to talk to. I was there to listen to you, to give you a shoulder to cry on, to do my best to calm you down and cheer you up. And in return you want to treat me like everyone else does. I should have never been there for you in the first place. My mistake." "No! Gabriella please believe me, please…" He was pleading as he came over to me and grabbed my hands. I pulled away "You know what your problem is? You care too much about what others think about you. You're not your own person you just do what everyone else does or wants you to do. You don't do what you want. You're nothing but a coward. Now please get out of my house." He looked hurt but I didn't really care at that point, as I was too fired up now. "Okay." He said in a barely audible voice as he left. I closed the door behind him and took a deep breath as I slid down against the door and sat there for a bit.
I didn't like hurting people but I was so fed up with always getting hurt. I was fed up with the cruel jokes and names. I was fed up with the ridicule and the constant laughter. I was just fed up. If it wasn't for Ryan then I'd just kill myself like I tried to do before. Just end it all. End all the pain, that's all I wanted. I started crying again. "Great." I mumbled to myself. I got up and went into the kitchen to get something to drink. As soon as I got in there I heard my door open. "Gabs? You here?" It was Ryan. "Yeah I'm here." I called back. He came into the kitchen. "Gabs are you okay? Why are you crying?" He hurried over to me and wiped some tears from my face and started hugging me. I cried in his chest for the second time today. "Oh Ryan I'm just so done. I can't deal with this crap anymore; I just want to put an end to it. I just want to disappear." He tightened his arms around me when I said that. "Shh. Gabs please don't talk like that." I cried some more. "I'm sorry Ry but I just don't know what to do anymore." He rubbed his hand down my hair. "You will get through this Gab…no…we will get through this. I will help you every step of the way and be right here by your side. Together we will get past this." I started to calm down a bit and looked up at him, "Promise?" I said in a soft voice. "I promise you. Cross my heart and hope to die." He hugged me even tighter and kissed my forehead. "I won't let you do this alone. I refuse to." I kissed his cheek. "Thank you Ry, I love you." "I love you too gabs."
After I had calmed down completely Ryan and I got some snacks together and then went out in the living room and watched some movies until we had to get Isabella. As we watched the movies something popped in my head. "Oh…Ryan?" I asked quietly. "Yes Gabs?" I played with my hair in embarrassment "About earlier I…" He held his hand up to stop me. "You don't have to say anything Gabs I already know." He smiled. "You do?" I asked kind of confused. "Yes. You were an emotional wreck earlier and you weren't thinking straight. You just did something you felt you needed to do at that point in time because of how you were feeling." I was speechless. He got it right on point. What the hell did I tell you? That boy can read me like a god damn book. "Don't worry about it Gabs, I understand, no hard feelings, and that won't change anything between us I promise." I smiled and then hugged him tight. "You're the most amazing person I know." He blushed, and I giggled. "Oh look, am I making Mr. Evans blush?" I giggled again. He playfully nudged me. "Shut up." He smiled and I smiled back then we went back to our movies.
A few weeks went by, I started going to counseling again and Ryan always came with me to my appointments. I was put on some anti-depressants, which Ryan made sure I took every single day and reminded me when I forgot. He was there for everything I went through in the process of getting better, just like he said he would be. Never once had he ever left my side or left me during my darkest times since we had become friends. He was always there. Always helping and always doing whatever he could to make me better. I couldn't ask for a more amazing best friend. I don't know what I would do without him…but of course I didn't want to think of the possibilities of that. After all, besides my parents and my sister, he was all I had.
One day Ryan and I had gone out to lunch. We got back to school a bit late and Ryan was missing a huge lab in his physics class so he had to rush off to class. I on the other hand had a free period so I decided to go to the fitness center and work out. When I finished I took a quick shower in the girl's locker room and changed back into my school clothes. There wasn't a gym class this period and the gym was right across from my next period class so I decided to go through the gymnasium to class. As I was walking through I heard some noises coming from behind the bleachers. I was curious as always and went to look. I made sure to be quiet so I could see what was going on without getting caught by whoever it was. As I made my way over I stood off to the side and looked through the cracks so I wouldn't be seen. I was shocked at what I saw. It was Sharpay in such a heated make out session with some guy that it looked as if they were about to have sex. I gasped but covered my mouth right after as it was a little loud. They looked my way but I ducked out of view just in time. Once they didn't see anything they went back to what they were doing. A smirk played over my face. I grabbed my phone out. "Bother me one more time Sharpay and it will be all hell for you." I thought to myself as I got my camera on my phone ready and switched it to video. I slowly placed my phone so it was out of view but also caught everything the two of them were doing. I snickered quietly to myself. "Oh Josh you drive me crazy." Sharpay moaned. "Mmm yeah I know baby, I fucking better." Sharpay let out a loud moan after that. He had bit her neck. "He must have hit her sweet spot." I thought. "Let's have sex right here and right now, I want you to fuck me so hard." Sharpay said. "You got it." He started undressing her. "Ooooookay, and that is where I stop. I'm not going to embarrass her that bad. No one else needs to see what's under her clothes." I whispered to myself. I grabbed my phone and stopped the recording. I got 10 minutes of footage. "Perfect." I said as I rushed off to class.
Oh snap! Now Gabriella has something grimy on Sharpay. Will she tell Troy in private? Or will she post it for the whole school to see, including Troy? I wonder what will happen next. ;) Haha anyway, I am very pleased with this chapter, it turned out better than I expected considering I was kind of struggling with it. Well that's it! R&R!