Dying Alive

Note: When the words are in bold, it's Troy thinking, and if it's Italics, it's Sharpay thinking.

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"So, I'll see you tonight?" Gabriella questions her boyfriend, as he is about to leave her locker.

"About that…" Troy replies, "I kind of am busy. Sorry!" he gives her a quick peck on the cheek before running down the hallway.

"But!" Gabriella whines, but he was already gone. She leans against her locker and sighs softly. Troy had been neglecting her a lot lately. They hadn't been on a real date for a month or two. He had been too busy with homework and basketball. Gabriella was really getting annoyed.

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"Troy," Gabriella says sternly to him and closes his locker.

"Oh, hi Gabriella!" Troy smiles at her and tries to kiss her, but Gabriella turns away from the kiss and continues talking, "We need to talk," she stares at him sternly.

"About what?" he asks her innocently.

"About how you've been neglecting me a lot lately. Basketball has become more important to you than your own girlfriend!" she yells at him.

"Yeah! Well, then maybe I don't want you to be my girlfriend!" he yells at her and glares.

She glares back at him. "Fine!" she yells and storms down the hallway. Troy puts his face in his hands and groans. Her sighs and heads down the hallway. He knocks into someone and books fly everywhere.

"I'm Sorry," Troy says quietly and starts picking up the books. He looks up and finds that he had knocked into Sharpay. Usually, she would have yelled at him, but right now she is crying. As he looks at her, she wipes the tears away and stands up. He hands her the books and watches her tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "Are you ok?" he asks.

"No, but why do you care?" Sharpay demands.

"Troy just sighs. "Maybe we can hangout and talk after school?" he asks hopefully.

Sharpay thinks for a moment and then nods. "All right," she smiles at him and walks away. He watches her walk away, still confused about the conversation and how she had acted. He shrugs and the bell rings. He picks up his own books and runs off to his next class.

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"Come with me," Troy says as he walks over to Sharpay. She looks up at him, confused, but she close her locker and takes his hand. He leads her to a beautiful forest. As they venture deeper and deeper, it becomes more and more beautiful. Colorful flowers, lush green leaves, dark green grass, and everything seems to sparkle. Sharpay stares around, her mouth wide open.

"It's…it's beautiful!" she exclaims, turning back to Troy. Her leads her to a large rock and they both site down.

"So, do you want to go first?" he asks, Or should I?"

Sharpay sighs in return, "Ok, I'll spill," she smiles softly at him. "It's about Ryan," she starts, "He actually stood up to me. We had a small fight, and I told him to leave me alone….and her did…maybe for good," her eyes fill up with tears as she looks at Troy. Her takes her hands into his and kisses her cheek lightly.

"Everything is going to be ok," he gently reassures her. She looks back at him with a pleading look. Her stares back with a smile, hoping that this Sharpay will be for good. Could a fight with Ryan really change the "Ice Queen" for good? he wonders.

"So, what happened to you?" Sharpay asks quietly.

"Oh," he replies softly. They weren't holding hands anymore, so Sharpay gently takes one of his to comfort him.

After a comforting smile from her, he continues, "Well, I had been neglecting Gabriella for a while. The truth is, we had lost our passion. Being with her didn't seem so magical. I still didn't want to break up with her. Anyway, she stood up to me, and dumped me. Or maybe I dumped her. The fight was too hard to understand, and I panicked," he sighs slowly and looks down.

"Everything is going to be alright," Sharpay uses her free hand to turn Troy's face back to hers. He gives her a weak smile in return and puts his arm around her waist. She leans her head against his should, and they both close their eyes, reflecting.

Could she really have changed this much in just a few short hours? Could a fight with Ryan change her like this? Is she just playing with me? Should I go for it and ask her out? Troy ponders.

I never thought Troy could be so sweet, but what is he goes back to Gabriella? I hope he asks me out before that can happen. Sharpay thinks, dreamily.

The two of them stay like this for a while, not moving. Once the sun goes down, Sharpay gasps. "I'm going to be in so much trouble!" Troy just nods in agreement and takes her hand. They run as fast as they can to get home.

At arriving Sharpay's home, Troy takes her hands and kisses them lightly. She stares into his eyes, thankfulness in her smile. She leans over and kisses his cheek lightly.

"I'll se you tomorrow? We can hang out after school! I'll meet you by your locker." Troy suggest happily to her. She just nods, giving him one last smiling, goes inside, and closes the door. Troy stand there for a couple minutes before walking home.

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