Brunette Monster Chapter 8, a high school musical fanfic

Troy sat in the hallway of her bathroom and bedroom watching her remodel her bathroom. She was painting the door frame, about to remove the ugly bathtub. She took a sledge-hammer and hit the tub immediately making him jump. She let out a loud groan as she repeated the movement again. He stared at her as she kept hitting the tub. She dropped the hammer to the ground dropping her head and crying. Troy looked up and shot up engulfing her in his arms. She sobbed as he held her.

"I always fucking hated that thing." She said crying. He chuckled brushing her bangs out of her face. "I hate him. I wasted a year on him." She said crying. Troy sighed.

"It's not going to be easy. But you're going to get over it, him. You'll be fine." He said frowning. She sniffled still clung to his body. He sighed. "I'm going to kill him." He told her. She looked up red-eyed.

"Can you?" She asked softly. Troy smirked looking down at her.

"As soon as I see him." She cracked a smile. He kissed the top of her head. He held her to his body waiting for the sobs to end. All he could think about was how this strong girl with an intent to kill some days was defeated over a guy. He sighed again feeling his phone pocket buzz. He pulled back answering it as she wiped her tears looking in the mirror. "Okay...Alright thank you. See you then." She stared at the tub.

"Fuck it." She said reaching over to get her phone. "I'm calling someone to do this." She said scrolling through google for bath installations. Troy rolled his eyes.

"Such a quitter." He said laughing. Gabriella looked up at him and shock him a smirk.

"Hey Troy?" She asked looking back to her phone. He looked at her.

"Yeah?" He asked her back shoving his hands in his pockets.

"Would you like to come to Thanksgiving Dinner at the bakery? We do this thing every year with all our families." She said looking up and studying his reaction. He frowned.

"Umm, I'm actually going back to New York for the holiday." He said looking down and kicking the rubble from the tub. She tried to not let disappointment wash over her face.

"Oh, okay!" She said turning her back to him so she could try to muster herself up. He sighed thinking about Renée. He was having this inner battle whether he should leave Renée for Gabriella. But he found it hard.

"I have to go..." He said realizing the massive amount of time that he was spending with her and not Renée. She simply smiled waving at him as he left the bathroom. She felt a tear roll down her face as she turned back to the bathroom. She quickly wiped it away looking at the mess she made, laughing as she turned the light off leaving.

He kicked his luggage as it got stuck walking in the terminal at Midway Airport. Renée laughed at him as they walked down to check in. He sighed feeling bad going back to New York and leaving his new family alone on a holiday of being together. His parents were in Europe for Thanksgiving, it was always a thing they did ever since he was 19. So this time he was spending the weekend with Renee's family. Troy sighed getting his suitcase out and grabbing the tickets.

"Aren't you excited!?" She asked clapping her hands. He looked over to his girlfriend who had a sock bun in and her casual outfit for the dinner.

"Yeah I guess." He said not amused. She frowned at him turning away. "I didn't mean it like that baby..." He said pressing a kiss to her cheek. She smiled ruffling his hair.

"You need to shave." She noted scratching his scruff. He sighed thinking, Gabriella loved his scruff.

Gabriella stood at the counter mixing pumpkin spice cupcake batter with her niece MacKenzie. She was 5 and a beautiful little brunette girl. Gabriella loved that little girl more than life itself. She had the same ringlet curls and skin complexion as Gabriella. She had bright green eyes and a small mouth from her mom, Sylvia.

"Auntie Ella, when do you put them in?" She asked dipping a finger in the frosting. Gabriella smiled and kissed the little girl sitting on the counter on the nose.

"Soon baby." She cooed mixing the batter making sure everything was good. Gabriella sighed and looked up at the long table in the diner to accommodate everyone's families. Gabriella's side counted for her parents, Brandon his wife and MacKenzie. Chad's family consisted of his parents and two sisters, and Sharpay's parents, twin Ryan and her boyfriend Luke. They all gathered around and sat at the table as Sharpay and Sylvia helped place the food out.

Gabriella loved having Thanksgiving at the diner and then leisure at her house a couple blocks down. She loved having all the space for the dinner and having all the ovens running in the back. Made perfect sense to her to have it here. It's been a tradition for years.

"Hey sweetie. You look good today." Sylvia said walking past into the kitchen. Gabriella smiled thanking her. Gabriella picked a black sequin dress that reached mid-thigh that had a poof on the bottom. She wore red heels and wore silver dangling earrings to accessorize with. She also curled her hair and pinned it into a messy do with a black smokey eye. She looked sexy.

"Time to put these in!" Gabriella cheered putting them in the oven. MacKenzie cheered licking another sample of the frosting.

Troy opened facebook seeing Gabriella's picture in his news feed. He opened it smiling at Gabriella and a little girl sitting on her counter making cupcakes. They both had a spec of frosting on their noses as they made cupcakes. He felt like he was at home seeing them with their warm smiles. He clicked the next picture seeing them all sitting at the table with glasses up in the air and smiles all around. He felt heart ache wishing he was there.

"Troy when are you gonna pop the big question?" Hannah, Renee's twin sister asked. Troy smiled.

"Well, not too sure when." He replied looking back down to his phone. He couldn't propose with this brunette in the way. Troy sighed looking back up at them.

"Well it should be rather soon right?" Her strict white-haired father said looking at him.

"We're thinking about maybe getting married when we get back home." Renée said walking in with the turkey. Troy felt nervous.

"Yeah." He said looking at her parents. Her mom had a soft wrinkled smile as she began to serve. But her father looked at him dead in the eyes with strict intentions.

"Well, hopefully its soon." He said breaking the look. Renée and Hannah giggled all giddy. Troy looked down to his phone seeing her smile with her family.

Now I'm speechless
Over the edge, I'm just breathless
I never thought that I'd catch this love bug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I'd get hit by this love bug again

Gabriella was cleaning dishes singing with MacKenzie as they all took parts cleaning up the food residue. MacKenzie felt Gabriella's phone buzz in her lap. She looked down.

"Auntie Ella who's Troy?" She asked looking down reading the text. Gabriella looked up and Sharpay raised an eye brow. "And why does he miss you now?" She asked looking at them. Sharpay squealed running over. Gabriella dropped her spoon in the pan. She read the text looking up and smiling as everyone read the text.

I can't get your smile out of my mind
(I can't get you out of my mind)
I think about your eyes all the time
You're beautiful but you don't even try
(You don't even, don't even try)
Modesty is just so hard to find

He placed his phone in his pocket wishing she'd respond. She read it, but didn't respond after twenty minutes. He ended up walking out the balcony of her parent's apartment calling her. It went to voicemail but he just assumed she was busy.

"Hey Brie, I just wanted to see how you're little party was going. Uh bye-Wait, Happy Thanksgiving Brie...Bye." He said hitting end. He sighed looking out at the Manhattan Skyline wishing it were the Chicago Skyline. He wasn't meant to be with Renée. He was meant to be with Gabriella, all the way in Chicago.

Loved this one. It's the realization one. (; Oh and guys i'm going to college tomorrow so please bare with me in this leaving process!