Chapter 9: Troy's Side

(At Troy's Parents' house)

Troy Bolton is in his childhood room and he hasn't lived in his parents' house in five years. After he went to college he was recruited for the NBA to play with the Los Angeles Lakers team. He hasn't been dating anyone since Gabriella, and that was ten years ago. Troy is sitting on his bed after putting away his clothes.

(He thinks back to when they had first said "I love you" to each other when they were twelve years old.)

Ohh I wanna let you know

That I'll always love you baby

Sometimes I think about

Everything that we've been through

And I pray that you would just open your eyes

I love you and I need you

So please don't throw our love away

"Hey Troy can I tell you something?" a 12 year old Sharpay asks a 12 year old Troy.

"Sure Pay, you know that you can always tell me anything." Troys answers.

"Troy I love you."

"I love you too Pay."

"No I love you as in more than a friend." Sharpay says.

"I love you as in more than a friend too." Troy says and they both smile. Their mothers having listened to the whole conversation look at each other and smile. They both knew that it was about time that their kids admitted their feelings for each other.

Since the day you and I snuck away to be alone

I knew from that night something special went on

It must've been the first kiss

You told me that nobody else in the world made you feel this

I felt the same way too but nothing stays the same

I'm sorry for the tears I'm sorry for the pain

You were the one that I'd always made things right

I promise you this though you got a friend for life

Maybe one day we can try it again

And maybe things can be a little different

So lets just kiss and say goodbye

'Cause I really can't stand the pain of seeing you cry

(Troy's mother Lisa knocks on the door and enters. She sees her only son sitting down on his bed and sees that he is deep in thought.)

I've given everything

I loved you endlessly

But when it comes to me

You don't even notice me (forgive me baby)

I've given everything

I loved you endlessly

But when it comes to me

You don't even notice me

"Troy, honey is everything alright?"

"Yeah, mom everything is good. Just thinking about the past is all." Troy says looking at his mom.

"Well I just wanted to let you know that your father and I are throwing a party this evening to celebrate your return home for the holidays."

"Okay mom. Umm who is going to be here?" Troy asks wondering who was going to be coming over.

"Chad and Taylor of course will be here. The Evans' family said that they will be here and some of your father's coworkers along with my coworkers." Lisa says naming the people that were coming.

"Wait Sharpay's family is coming?"

"Yes, they are coming. Troy you know that Sharpay's mother and I have been friends since we were kids." Troy's mom remains him.

"I know that, but I'm surprised that Sharpay is coming to this party. I haven't seen her in twenty years." Troy says with a smile, but also wanting to say that Sharpay hasn't been to their house in twenty years since they broke up or more like she broke up with him.

"Ummm, Troy I'm not really sure that Sharpay will be coming to the party this evening." Lisa says seeing Troy's eye lose their spark.

"But you just said that the Evan's family is going to be here." Troy says confused.

"Yes, they will be here, but her parents didn't say if she was in town or not."

Oh…" Troy says looking down.

"I'm going to leave so that way you can pick out what you want to wear."

"Alright, thank you mom."

Lisa leaves after Troy's response and Troy goes over to his closet. He sees a box that he hasn't seen in a very long time. So Troy picks up the box and walks over to his bed. He opens it and sees old pictures of when he and Sharpay were together as a couple. He picks up the last one that they ever took together. It was taken the day before they started their freshman year of high school together.

'We were so happy together. 'Troy thinks before looking back.

(Troy goes to into a flashback to the first day of Freshman year of high school. )

All that is mine is yours that's what I said

Treat you with love and respect in everyway

You wanted, I gave, you need me, I was there

Now you treat like if I'm not here

I love you and I need you don't wanna let go

If you want somebody else please let me know

Can't take it no more I feel I'm dying inside

Is this the price I pay for handing you my life?

Troy wakes up to his alarm going off.

'Great it's the first day of school..' Troy starts off thinking when his bedroom door opens revealing his mom.

"Troy time to get up and get ready or else you'll be late for school." Lisa says turning on the lights as it is 7:30am.

"Five more minutes please mom?" Troy asks in a sleepy voice.

"Nice try, it's time to get up."

"But mom.." Troy starts only for his mom to jump in.

"TROY DAVID ALEXANDRE BOLTON, WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!" Lisa yells and Troy wakes up and jumps out of bed.

Lisa leaves and shuts his door. Troy finishes getting ready before his mom can yell at him again. He opens up the door and heads downstairs and sees his parents.

"Morning Troy." Jack says to his son while looking up from reading his newspaper.

"Morning dad." Troy says. "Is there anything interesting happening there in the basketball world?"

"You know it, but we can talk about that after school. Grab something quick to eat because we got to go."

"Ok." Troy says as he grabs an apple and picks up his backpack that was by the front door. "Ready dad."

"Alright lets go." Jack says as he sets down the newspaper and grabs his car keys. "Bye honey, love you."

"Bye mom." Troy says to his mom.

"Bye boys. See you both when you get home." Lisa says.

I know I'm not perfect but I truly cared

So when you wake up one morning and I'm not there

Just remember I loved you it will never be the same

Gave you everything and you threw it all away

Troy and his dad get into the car and drive to East High. Troy gets out and walks ahead of his dad, as he is a little bit hoping to see his girlfriend Sharpay Evans. Sharpay and he have been together since they were in the sixth grade. Troy loves Sharpay with his whole heart. While looking and not seeing his girlfriend he spots his old friend from Basketball Camp, Chad Danforth.

I've given everything

I loved you endlessly

But when it comes to me

You don't even notice me

I've given everything

I loved you endlessly

But when it comes to me

You don't even notice me

"Troy, my man is that you?" asks a voice.

"Yeah." A 14 year old Troy answers back to the voice.

"It's me Chad. We went to basketball camp together remember?"

"Oh yeah, hey man how have you been? How was the rest of your summer?" while Troy and he do their handshake.

"I'm good man. The rest of summer went by too fast and what about you?"

"Same and just spent the rest of the summer with my girlfriend. Who should be here in a few minutes. You are going to love her when you do meet her." Troy says with a smile on his face.

"Oh that's right the famous girlfriend." Chad says while Troy blushes.

I gave you my good and my bad

My heart and my soul

My trust, my money, my time

What more could you ask from a man?

Even when times were hard

I held out my arms and held you

Before Troy can say anything else someone comes up behind him and covers his eyes. He only knows one person who will do that. And that is his beautiful girlfriend.

Sharpay goes over to Troy and covers his eyes, "Guess who."

"Well it can't be my mom and dad. So it has to be my beautiful girlfriend."

Even excepted you though whatever weather

But now I feel it, we're at the end of the rope

Whatever we had now I gotta let go

Nights like this I wish raindrops would fall

To cover my tears

Wishing I could replace all those wasted years

Of loving someone who couldn't love you back

And now again I gotta start from scratch

But I know I've given you my everything

"Great guess and you win a kiss," they kiss and pull apart. Sharpay notices Chad so she introduces herself. "Hi my name is Sharpay." She says while extending her hand to shake his.

"Chad nice to meet you," he says rudely when Sharpay was just being nice and friendly. "But do you mind Troy and I have to catch up on how we are going to be co-captain of the basketball team."

Sharpay looks up at Troy wondering why he didn't defend her to Chad. A guy she had just met and was trying to be nice. But he never did and instead of defending her, he just looked down at his feet. Not really knowing what to do. Then he walks away with Chad forgetting about Sharpay and heads to homeroom. Which just happened to be Drama with… you guess it Ms. Darbus.

(Flashback ends as Troy shakes his head. He never knew what was going to happen between him and Sharpay two months later. He had always hoped that Chad and Sharpay would find a common ground and get along, but that never really happened as Sharpay ended things between them two months later.)

Lisa knocks on the door. "Troy are you almost finished getting ready some of the guest are starting to arrive."

"Yeah, mom I'll be down in a minute." Troy says running to put his best suit on.

"Alright." Lisa says outside Troy's bedroom door.

Troy finishes getting ready and as he leaves to go down to the party he notices a photo on the floor. He goes over and picks it up. He sees that it's a photo of him and Sharpay taken before their first day of high school. It also just happens to be the last photo of them together.

'Man, I wonder how she is doing… ' Troy thinks as he set the photo down on his bed. 'What happened between us? We were so happy together.' Sad at the thought of the fact that Sharpay and him aren't together anymore. He walks over to the door opens it and walks out the door.

He goes downstairs and sees Chad Danforth and his wife Taylor McKessie-Danforth. So Troy walks over to them and says hi. As he makes his way over to them he notices a familiar scent. One to this day even though it has been over twenty years since he last saw her. He would always know that it was her based on the Lavender perfume she has always worn.

He thinks back to when they were still twelve years old and had their first kiss.

Troy just snuck out of his house to meet Sharpay. He has something to ask her.

"Hey Troy." Sharpay says.

"Hey Pay. I have to ask you something." Troy begins before Sharpay interrupts him without meaning too.

"You know that you can always tell me anything. You know that." Sharpay says with Troy's line from their first "I love you" to each other two weeks ago.

"Cute, so here it goes. Shar if I could think about my perfect dream girl. All I can see is you and will you be my girlfriend?" Troy asks and Sharpay smiles.

Sharpay leans in and kisses him.

"Is that a yes or no?" Troy asks a little bit confused.

So she leans in and kisses him again and says, "Yes. I will love to be your girlfriend."

They kiss again and smile that never leaves their faces.

"Hey Troy." Chad calls out to Troy breaking Troy's thoughts of Sharpay from his mind.

"Hey Chad and Taylor how are you guys doing?"

"Great." Chad answers.

" Wonderful thanks for asking Troy." Taylor says while noticing that Troy seems a little bit distracted. "Are you okay Troy?" she asks.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine." Troy answers knowing that he has been caught.

"Are you sure? Because it seems to me that you were staring at Sharpay." Taylor says, while Chad looks at Troy.

The reason being is that Chad feels guilty about what happened to Troy and Sharpay. Since he was the one the broke them up. Chad being a fourteen year old boy at the time didn't realize or care about the heartache and damaged he caused.

It wasn't all Chad's fault that Sharpay broke up with Troy but it was certainly the last straw. After what happened the first week of school Troy began canceling dates.

Yeah

I've been so lost lately

I don't really understand baby

Where did I go wrong

I wanna talk to you

Please call

Troy sees Sharpay coming up to him.

"Hey Troy are you excited for tonight?" she asks hoping that he remembered that it was their anniversary.

Troy not wanting to hurt her feels tries not to look into her eyes.

Where do I begin with you

After all that we've been through

I don't think that it would be right if we

Got together so suddenly

"I'm really sorry pay but Chad and I along with the rest of the guys made plans for tonight."

"But I thought that we were going out. We made these plans way before school started." Sharpay says trying not to cry.

"I know I'm really sorry, but I have to cancel. We can go out over the weekend." He says and he leans down to give her a kiss on the lips but she turns her head and he kisses her forehead.

(Troy walks away not realizing that by repeating this pattern Sharpay was going to have enough.)

I wish that I could take back all the things that I said

And replace them with simply I love you instead

You don't wanna say goodbye

But you never really seem like you wanna try

(As Troy continues walking away he never realizes that Sharpay starts crying.)

Flashback begins with a fourteen year old Troy. He is in his room getting ready for his date with Sharpay. When suddenly his cellphone rings and he looks at it and sees that Chad is calling him.

But I only wanted you to stay

Then I let you just slip away

If you didn't listen to your heart inside

Then it really doesn't matter what was on your mind

And if you need me then tell me why

Girl, I never meant to say goodbye

Mmm Oh yeah

I think about the past baby

Why we couldn't make it last, lady

I know you still have doubts

But I'm gonna prove that we can work things out

"Hey man! What's up?" Troy asks after answering his phone.

"Not much man. Hey did you hear that about that I'm throwing a party at myhouse tonight?" Chad asks.

"Yeah I heard but I already have plans with Shar tonight." Troy says while looking at his picture of Sharpay.

"Come on man, you should come to my party tonight and go out with Sharpay tomorrow night or next weekend." Chad says trying to convince him to go.

"I wish man, but tonight is our anniversary and I already have the night planned. Maybe some other time your parents go out of town again."

"Bro! Do you want to be the only one on the team that didn't go to my party just because it's your girlfriend and yours anniversary? I mean come on man you are the captain you have to be there! Look just come for an hour and tell Sharpay that you are going to be late." Chad says knowing that he finally got Troy to agree.

"Alright fine! But it will only be for an hour. I don't want to break my promise to Shar." Troy says not knowing what this decision would cost him.

Troy leaves his house and walks over to Chad's house (They are right next door to each other while Sharpay is two houses down.)Chad sees Troy and leaves his house and they both start walking the other way to Chad's house. As they start getting closer they hear music and know that the party is in full blown mode.

After arriving at the party Troy forgot about the time and since Chad had asked to borrow his phone. He never knew about the phone and the picture that was since.

(Takes place after Chad sends the picture of Troy and that cheerleader kissing.)

I wanna be sure that you know what you put me through

And reveal that you intend to never let me down again

It's clear to me and I can't ignore

That I have to give you something I couldn't before

You don't wanna say goodbye

But you never really seem like you wanna try

"Cassie, get off of me. You know that I have a girlfriend." Troy says pushing off Cassie the cheerleader that had just kissed him and the one in the picture.

"So, I mean come on Troy you are the hottest guy here."

"Is that supposed to mean something to me? I love Sharpay more than anything." Troy says and get up and sees Chad and walks over to him. "Hey Chad can I have my phone back please. And plus I really need to get going."

"Sure man." Chad says with a smirk that Troy misread as a smile.

But I only wanted you to stay

Then I let you just slip away

If you didn't listen to your heart inside

Then it really doesn't matter what was on your mind

And if you need me then tell me why

"Thanks man." Troy says and looks at the time on his phone. "Oh shoot. I'm late I was supposed to have met Shar like five hours ago. I have to go."

"Alright later bro." Chad waves bye to Troy as he turns to get back to the party. Not knowing or understanding at the time of the damaged and heartache that he just caused.

"Later." Troy waves bye as well and runs out of the party hoping to get to the movie theater. But sadly by the time that he got there Sharpay was already gone. Having called her mom to come and pick her up with a broken heart and a painful decision that she was going to make.

Flashback ends and Troy sees that Sharpay is missing. (She had made her way upstairs to his room at this time.)

Chad noticing that Troy is looking around knowing that he is wondering where Sharpay is. Chad over the past twenty years wanted to apologize to both Troy and Sharpay in the role that he played. He realized years later that he made a mistake. (I'm trying not to have Troy and Chad be the bad guys as they were in the other chapters.)But before Chad can go over and talk to Troy and confess. He sees that Troy disappeared.

Troy after noticing that Sharpay wasn't anywhere near the party that his parents were throwing honoring his basketball career. He always wanted to know why Sharpay left that voicemail breaking up with him. But then again as he began thinking he realized that he broke one too many promises to her. The promises that he broke to her were like: always being there for each other, never make a promise that they didn't plan to keep, and finally always loving each other until the end of time. Will that promise wasn't exactly broken but, they haven't been in each other's lives for years. (Even though they still loved each other and Troy moved on with Gabriella.)

Girl, I never meant to say goodbye

I didn't think that we would come to this

Oh, no

Your eyes, your face, your smile is what I miss

Troy enters his home after getting out of school and having no basketball practice that night. He was happy about that last part as he had a lot of homework and he really wanted to call Sharpay and see what was wrong as she has been ignoring him pretty much all week.

Troy greets his mom and walks upstairs to his room. Lisa his mom already knows what happened as Sharpay's mom called her and told her what Sharpay had told her mom. Lisa knew that Troy hasn't listened to his voicemail message yet and knows that more heartbreak was on its way.

Why'd you wait so long to take me back

It's all a simple misunderstanding

You don't wanna say goodbye

But you never really seem like you wanna try (Never wanna try)

Once in his room Troy turns on his stereo and notices that Jordan Knight Ft. Deborah Gibson's Say Good Bye is playing. Not realizing that this song would be his break up song to listen to until Gabriella.

But I only wanted you to stay

Then I let you just slip away

Troy realizes that there is a voicemail message on his phone and goes to listen.

"Hey Troy, it's me Sharpay. Listen I've been thinking lately and I think that it's time that we end things between us." (Sharpay is trying not to cry while leaving the message but you can tell by the sound of her voice that she is barely holding it together.)

If you didn't listen to your heart inside

Then it really doesn't matter what was on your mind

And if you need me then tell me why

Troy listens and realizes that Sharpay broke up with him. And he didn't even know it and wonders what he did wrong. He wonders if this was why Sharpay was ignoring. (Which is partly true but she just figured that was what he wanted her to do.)

Girl, I never meant to say goodbye

You don't wanna say goodbye

But you never really seem like you wanna try (But I never meant to say)

Troy never knew that ten years later and by three or four ghost he would finally understand why Sharpay left that voicemail breaking things off with him.

Two years later and after winter break Troy had met Gabriella. Sharpay had been advoiding him and they went on with life. Troy had hoped that they would talk and would've hopefully been back together by now. But fate had other plans in store.

Now it was finally summer vacation Troy had forgotten that the T necklace that he gave Gabriella was the same exact one that he gave to Sharpay years ago. She had dropped it off in a box and Troy took it out and forgot.

But I only wanted you to stay

Then I let you just slip away

If you didn't listen to your heart inside (Never meant to see you cry, never meant to say)

Then it really doesn't matter what was on your mind

And if you need me then tell me why

(Takes place after Sharpay runs out crying.)

Girl, I never meant to say goodbye

"T as in Troy?" Gabby asks.

"Yeah." Troy answers leaning in to give her a kiss but keeps getting interrupted. If Troy had known and realized that it was the same necklace he never would've given Gabby that necklace. Knowing that it held special memories to both him and Sharpay. Troy never noticed Sharpay leaving or much less that she was crying. No one really knew about their relationship or how they felt about each other except for their families.

Flashback ends and Troy is back in the main hallway where the party is being held. Troy looks up and sees Sharpay wanting to go up and talk to her. To figure out what went wrong and try to see if they can work things out. But Chad came up to him before he could and started talking to him. However Troy isn't listening as he begins to thinking back into the past again.

(Takes place as Troy sees Sharpay driving away and heading to college.)

As time went on Troy and Sharpay only saw each other at school. Their parents still hung out but Sharpay never went back to the Bolton house. (Not for ten years at least.)

Even though things were long over between Troy and Sharpay and Troy had moved on with Gabriella. Troy still loved Sharpay very much. He just never knew what happened or the fact that Chad sent that picture. He also forgot about the promises with dates that they had planned back then. But now that they were heading to college he wanted to be able to say goodbye. So when he saw her driving by he tried to get her attention by waving. But She had looked away by then not really wanting to see him.

Two years after seeing Sharpay leaving for college. Things between him and Gabriella had ended. She did the same things that he did to Sharpay. I guess you can say that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. And he can't blame Sharpay anymore. But he was hurt still not with Gabby though. His heart was still hurting from not being with Sharpay.

Time passed by again and by the time Troy saw Sharpay again she was a lawyer. (He doesn't know that she and Brian are married at this point.) But he didn't have the courage to go and talk to her.

Troy never noticed that Sharpay was looking at him with sad eyes. But she had turned her attention back to Brian. Ryan saw as he was with Sharpay and Brian. He had hoped that Troy would've come to his senses before then but Troy never did and Sharpay found a way to heal her broken heart. When Troy returned for his grandfather's funeral,(the ghost of spirits past) he never saw that Sharpay had showed up. Which no one can blame him for as who is ever in their right mind after losing a loved one.

Now that the party is over and after the last visit this was Father Time. Troy is upstairs in his room thinking. He picks up the picture of him and Sharpay on his bed. He looks at the photo and thinks about all the good and bad times that they shared together. He realized that no matter where they were in their lives Sharpay never stopped loving him. He also realizes that he never took the time to notice her.

Now that it's ten years later and with the visits he hopes that he can change what happened in the past. Troy knows that he only wants a future with Sharpay and only her.

Songs here are:

Notice me – NB Riderz ft. Angelica

Say Good-bye- Jordan Knight ft. Deborah Gibson