Disclaimer: I do not and will never own High School Musical. We can all dream, can't we?
A/N: Hey! I was bored and had a lot of stories in my mind, since it's summer so I decided to write them down. (How interesting, right?) Anyway, here are some random Troypay ONESHOTS, (just incase you get confused with all the chapters. Please read and review and I hope you enjoy!
I Promise
"I'm bored," Ryan said. Everyone was lounging in the Bolton's backyard. It was summer and they had absolutely nothing to do. The girls were sitting together with lemonades and the guys were sitting around lazily, tossing around a basketball.
"We need to do something," Kelsi said, laying on her stomach and looking at a blade of grass.
"Seriously. We need to go somewhere," Taylor said, her chin in her hand.
"We need to get out more," Kelsi added.
"We need lives," Sharpay finished. She was laying on her back on the lawn, watching the clouds drift by.
"Hey, I have a life," defended Chad.
"Really? You should try using it," Sharpay said with a light smile.
"That's got to hurt," Troy whispered. Chad wouldn't go down without a fight, even if it was just a joke.
"This coming from Ms. Ice Princess?" Chad shot back.
Sharpay was silent. She turned her head away from the group. Taylor smacked her boyfriend in the chest.
"What the hell, Chad?" Troy whispered. Chad looked at the back of Sharpay's head.
"Sharpay, you know I didn't mean--"
"I know. Just…forget about it." Sharpay cut him off.
"No, really, I'm sorry..." Chad began.
"I know." She turned her head around and gave a small smile.
"So…" Gabriella said, trying to break the stillness.
"So… is anyone getting back together?" Jason said, looking from Gabi to Troy, then back to Gabi.
Gabriella threw a piece of ice at Jason, then laughed at his reaction.
"You know we're not getting back together. We're just friends now," Troy answered Jason's question.
"Fine, fine," Jason said with a smile, then leaned back into his cushioned chair.
"We need to go somewhere," Kelsi said again.
"How about we go to the mall?" said Jason. Everyone looked at him like he was insane, and then burst out laughing.
"What?" Jason said, confused.
"That was such a girly statement," Ryan said, trying to suppress his laughs.
"Shut up," Jason said, then threw the basketball at Ryan's head, who had dodged it rather easily.
"How 'bout we go to the beach? It's summer and we HAVE to go to the beach!" Gabriella said excitedly. A/N: Yes, I know there are no beaches in New Mexico considering it's a landlocked state. Use some imagination!
"I'm up for it," agreed Taylor.
"Me too," Kelsi said happily. The guys mumbled a series of 'sure's.
"I don't know," said Sharpay uneasily.
"Come on! It'll be fun. I promise," Gabi pleaded. Sharpay and Gabriella had become good friends, and Sharpay had gotten used to Gabi's tactics.
"Okay, but I probably won't go into the water," Sharpay responded.
"What, no bikini?" said Troy playfully. No one said anything and Sharpay gave him an extremely awkward look.
"Just a joke," Troy defended uncomfortably, putting his hands up like he was innocent.
"Okay, everyone meet at my house tomorrow morning at 9, okay?" said Gabriella.
"What? That's so early!" Chad complained. Taylor rolled her eyes.
"We'll be there," she answered.
The group hung out at Troy's until dinner, when they were needed at home.
The next morning, the group set off bright and early to the nearby beach. After nearly 2 hours of getting lost, the 8 arrived at a fairly large and beautiful beach. Families and their umbrellas were scattered around on the sand and many little children were running around with sand buckets.
"We better find a spot," Ryan said, looking around for an empty space on the almost filled beach.
Once they were all settled in and had everything lain out, everyone except Sharpay began stripping down to their bathing suits.
"C'mon Shar, what's the beach without playing in the water?" Gabi coaxed after she was clad in nothing but her pale pink bikini. Sharpay sat on her towel with her sweatshirt and skirt still on, her arms hugging her knees.
"I dunno. Maybe later," Sharpay insisted.
"Wow, who would'a thought that Sharpay wasn't a beach person?" Chad said with a smile. He took off his gray t-shirt.
"Maybe it's just the fact that I have to be seen here with you," Sharpay gave Chad a face, then returned the smile.
"Ouch," Jason said, laughing.
"Touché," Chad replied with a laugh, defeated.
"Please?" Kelsi gave Sharpay a puppy dogface. Sharpay laughed brightly.
"Later. I promise," Sharpay convinced.
"Okay…" Gabi compromised.
Everyone soon got bored and decided to set off to do their own things.
"We're gonna go check out the tide pools," Gabi was holding Ryan's hand and motioned with her other hand to where the tide pools were located.
"Anyone wanna come with?" Ryan asked the group.
"Kels?" Jason asked his girlfriend.
"Sure, sounds fun," Kelsi got up and followed her friends to the rocky area on the side of the beach.
"Me and Tay are gonna go hang out at the piers, 'kay?" Chad said. Troy nodded and Taylor and Chad set off to the nearby docks.
"Guess it's just you and me," Troy said to Sharpay.
"Um, yeah…" Sharpay answered uneasily. Troy looked just as uncomfortable. The two had a fairly awkward past. They were together the entire sophomore year, and had broken up abruptly the summer after. They never acted the same near each other again.
"I was going to go check out the boardwalk and then meet up with Ryan and Jason and everyone at the tide pools," Troy got up from his position on the sand.
"Do you want to come too?" He asked. Sharpay looked up at his hopeful face.
"Um…it's okay. I was just going to hang out here," Sharpay hugged her knees tighter.
"Will you be okay alone?" Troy shifted his weight from one leg to the other. He didn't want to show concern.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Sharpay rested her chin on one of her knees. Troy raised his eyebrows, and she looked up again.
"Really. Go," Sharpay cracked a small smile. Troy looked uneasy; he had only said that to get her to go with him. He nodded and walked away.
Once Sharpay was alone, she sighed deeply, then smiled. Sharpay was one of those people who loved spending time alone. She was comfortable.
Sharpay slipped off her skirt and sweatshirt, revealing a simple but pretty black bikini. She shook her golden hair out of the loose ponytail it was in, slid on her sunglasses and laid back on her towel. She watched the thin clouds drift around until the sun was revealed and shone bright yellow rays onto the beach.
Sharpay smiled. She sighed and let her body soak up all the warm sunlight. This was all she needed.
"Hey," came a voice behind her. Sharpay bolted up and breathed heavily, her hand on her racing heart. She pushed her sunglasses back on her head and peered up at Troy, who was looking amused.
"You scared the crap out of me," Sharpay squinted up at Troy's smiling face. His smile made her smile too.
"I got you something to drink," Troy handed Sharpay a can of soda. Sharpay took the can and raised her eyebrows.
"Root beer, right?" Troy took a seat next to Sharpay on the sand. Sharpay looked down at the soda in her hands, then looked at the ocean and smiled.
"You remembered," Sharpay said, referring to their time together during sophomore year.
"I'm offended you thought I forgot," Troy joked. He was lying on the sand, propped up on his elbows. He put his elbows down and lied down. Sharpay smiled, set aside the root beer, and did the same. After a few minutes, Sharpay spoke up.
"I could do this all day," Sharpay said, still staring at the clouds.
"Yeah…It's really…you know, relaxing…" replied Troy.
"Yeah…plus, you get a really good tan," said Sharpay with a smile. Troy's laugh reached Sharpay's ears. They were silent again.
Troy turned his head toward Sharpay.
"You're different, Shar," He said to her. Sharpay tilted her head faintly, but never broke eye contact with the blue sky.
"I'm not sure what you mean," She answered. She really didn't know what he was talking about.
"It's just that…you've changed. I don't know, call me crazy…but you have," Troy was still looking at Sharpay. She turned her head, gave a small smile, then turned her attention back to the sky.
"Maybe I really haven't. Maybe I've been like this the entire time…" She trailed off. She was at a loss for words.
"It's okay, I know what you mean," Troy said. Sharpay turned her head, gave Troy a grateful smile, and turned back. Troy did the same and stared at the sky. They laid in silence again.
"Shar," It was obvious Troy had something to say, but nothing came out of his mouth. He just turned his head towards Sharpay and looked at her.
Sharpay, noticing that Troy had stopped talking, turned her head too, only to look directly into Troy's eyes. Sharpay felt uncomfortable for a second, and tried to look away, but couldn't.
The two laid there in silence, in a trance that they couldn't break. Time slowed down for them, and Troy couldn't help but smile. The girl he was staring at couldn't have looked more beautiful. Sharpay's cinnamon eyes shimmered, but if not from joy, what? Her golden locks glistened in the sunlight, and her long hair curled slightly, framing her delicate face.
Sharpay stared back intently. Troy's sky blue eyes were rimmed with happiness—were they always like this? His brown hair, somewhat wavy, was tousled as he rested on the sand. His mouth produced a small smile that Sharpay herself soon mirrored.
He leaned in first. Sharpay soon followed. They moved slowly, out of apprehension at first, then for their own pure desire. Their lips met ever so slightly, and a spark ran through Sharpay's body, from her fingers to her toes. He deepened the kiss, and she let him. Maybe this was all she needed? Someone who cared. Someone she could always run to. Someone who loved her.
They slowly broke apart. Troy smiled, but Sharpay's face showed no emotion. Her eyes slowly filled with distress.
"I have to go," Sharpay muttered as she quickly scrambled to her feet and weaved through the crowd of people on the beach. Troy watched her in puzzlement as she ran off, and lost sight of her as she entered a sea of strangers.
Troy sighed and slumped back onto his back. He stared at the clouds again, but it wasn't as relaxing as it had been. What had just happened?
Sharpay whizzed past Jason's shoulder without acknowledging his or anyone else's presence. The four—Kelsi, Jason, Gabi, and Ryan—had decided to come back to the beach site after they visited the tide pools.
"Where's she in such a rush to get to?" Jason said as he looked behind him, trying to look for his friend. Kelsi peered behind her own shoulder.
"I don't know, but she seemed worried," Kelsi couldn't find Sharpay either. Taylor and Chad soon met up with the four.
"Hey, did you guys notice something weird with Sharpay? She ran away before we could ask her where she was going," Taylor said.
"Tay, I told you already, that was just Sharpay being Sharpay," Chad defended. Kelsi pushed him.
"C'mon, Chad, don't be a jerk, okay?" Kelsi said.
"Okay, okay."
"Ask Troy, maybe he knows," Gabi had noticed Troy lying on his back, looking just as distressed.
Troy heard his friends approaching and sat up and squinted.
"Hey, guys. How were the tide pools?" He placed his hand above his head to shield his eyes.
"Cool, I guess. Do you have any idea why Sharpay was running away like a madwoman? She didn't even notice us when we walked by," Ryan jerked his thumb behind him, referring to when they saw Sharpay.
"Uh, not really," Troy said uneasily. This was partly true. He didn't know why she ran.
"Oh, okay…" Gabi said.
"Um, I think I'll go check out those tide pools now…see you guys later," Troy quickly got up and ran off.
"Something's definitely up," Taylor said as she looked at her friends, who immediately agreed.
Sharpay had decided to return around lunchtime, and Troy came back just before dinner. Something had obviously happened between them; neither of them would dare look at each other. They were both unusually quiet, and seemed to be deep in thought. Everything was noted by all of their friends, but they didn't want to interfere, so they just quietly sat by and watched everything play out.
After a quick dinner, as the sun was setting behind the waves and the beach was almost empty of visitors, Sharpay decided to take a little walk along the seashore. She carried her flip-flops in one hand and walked along the wet shoreline, feeling the sand between her toes. She breathed in the salty air and watched the sparkling waves wash up onto the beach. She took a few steps back, and dug her wet feet into the warm, dry sand. She hugged her knees and enjoyed the moment.
Sharpay heard footsteps behind her, so she twisted her head back to get a view of who it was. When she saw who was approaching, she turned back and sighed.
Troy took a seat next to Sharpay, and loosely put his arms around his knees. He knew she didn't want to see him.
"Sharpay, we need to talk…I'm worried about—" Troy began.
"Troy, I appreciate your concern, but there's nothing to talk about," Sharpay kept her gaze on the horizon.
"Sharpay, you know there's something we have to talk about," Troy said.
"What? If you're talking about how I'm different and how I've changed and everything, then go ahead. I don't care anymore," She wouldn't look at him.
"Shar, that's not what I was— "
"I know that people call me the Ice Princess. I know they think I'm a bitch. But I didn't think I cared. I didn't think it mattered. I thought that you and Gabi and Taylor and Jason and everyone else knew that I really wasn't like that. I thought you knew me. I thought you cared. But obviously not," Sharpay's eyes began welling with tears, but she continued staring straight at the sunset.
"Sharpay, please—" Troy tried to continue, but was cut off again.
"I thought you loved me. You told me you loved me. I don't even know what's going on anymore. Life was good, but then you came. You were perfect. My life was perfect! I had the friends, I had the happiness, I had the life. And then you left, but I accepted that. I still have the friends, but something's missing. I don't know what's missing. I know I should be thankful, but I just feel so…empty. I don't know why, it's just…" Sharpay looked down to stop her tears from rolling down her cheeks, then looked up at the ocean again and continued.
"And then you come, we're friends, and we kiss. We kiss! And then everything feels so right again. But I don't know why. I don't know what's happening, I don't know what to do…I don't know if I can ever love again. I don't know if I love you anymore. I don't know if you love me anymore. I just…I just don't know…" Sharpay trailed off, looking into the distance as tears streamed down her face. She seemed remarkably calm, and that scared Troy. Her eyes were glued to the sunset, not wanting to face anything but the horizon.
"Shar," he said softly. Her forehead crinkled and she bit her lip, trying to stop her tears. She looked down and shook her head lightly, as if not wanting to accept anything that was about to come out of his mouth. His hand automatically went up to her face, and cupped her cheek and chin. She squeezed her eyes shut and let out a small gasp at his warm touch.
He gently turned her head to face him. Sharpay looked up at him with glassy eyes—eyes that begged for something, for anything. Troy was shocked. Was this really Sharpay Evans? It broke his heart to see her like this.
"Shar…I don't know what to say," Troy said softly, his hand still cupping Sharpay's face. Sharpay looked down in shame.
"I tell you everything, and you have nothing to say?" Sharpay said almost inaudibly, looking down at the sand.
"Sharpay, I…" Troy tried lifting her head to look at him, but she wouldn't.
"…I love you." Sharpay flung her head up at Troy's words, looking at him with wide eyes.
"I always have and I always will. I'm so sorry. Please, just—" Sharpay put her slender finger against Troy's lips to quiet him. She took away her hand, his skin leaving a tingling sensation on her finger. Troy looked at her with hopeful eyes.
This time, Sharpay kissed him. She moved closer and pressed her lips to his, telling him that she loved him too. Troy was stunned at first, then returned the favor. He moved his hand to the back of her neck, pulling her closer. She melted beneath his touch, and leaned into his body. It didn't matter that she was still crying. It didn't matter that sand was scratching at each other's legs. This was all that mattered.
They pulled apart finally, gasping for air. Her forehead gently rested on his, as they peered into each other's eyes. Troy brought his hand back to her cheek.
"Don't cry," He brushed off a tear under her eye.
"I won't, I promise," she whispered. Sharpay looked down, to think, then looked back into Troy's eyes.
"Do you really love me?" Her voice was soft and her eyes were timid, possibly afraid of his response.
"Yes," He rubbed her smooth cheek softly with his thumb.
"I love you too," she returned.
"I always will," He added. Her eyes filled with hope.
"Promise?" She said softly. Troy smiled.
"I promise."
A/N: So, what'd you think? I hope you liked it! Please review! I'm not sure when I'll add a new story, I still haven't written it yet. I'll try to, as soon as I can. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading!