Just One Kiss
Summary: Gabriella will do anything to get her first kiss with Troy, so at the Evans' New Year's Party, she organises a game of Truth or Dare crossed with Spin the Bottle. Will everything go according to plan? Or will a certain blonde do anything to make sure it fails?
Disclaimer: Sadly, all I own is the idea, and any characters not mentioned in the movie. If I owned anything from High School Musical (Zac, Lucas etc.), trust me, you would know!
Troy lay in bed when his cellphone started ringing. He looked at the unfamiliar number and answered.
"Troy?" He heard a quiet voice ask.
"Sharpay? Why are you calling?" Sharpay never called Troy. He wanted to know why she was calling him now, at quarter past midnight.
"I missed you. Can you come over? I want to see you."
"Uh, sure. I'll be there in 15 minutes. See you then."
"Okay. Bye Troy." Troy hung up and quickly changed into a nicer outfit. He squirted a little cologne on, and ran a hand through his hair. He drove back to the Evans' mansion as quickly as he could. He parked his car outside the mansion, and ran up the steps to the front door. Sharpay flung the door open before Troy even had a chance to ring the bell, and wrapped herself around him.
"Uh, hi Shar." Sharpay gave him a peck on the lips.
"Troy! I missed you so much! Come on, let's go upstairs." Sharpay took Troy's hand and led the way up to her bedroom. She locked the door behind them and pushed Troy onto the bed. She threw herself on top of him and kissed him passionately. Troy calmly pushed her away.
"Shar, don't you think we're moving a little fast?" He asked, concerned with Sharpay's actions. This was not the Sharpay he knew.
"No! We almost did it once, so why can't we pick up where we left off?"
"Well, if you really want to." Sharpay nodded eagerly, and indeed that night, both the Evans twins lost it.
The next morning, Troy woke up and found himself in someone else's bed, someone else's bedroom. He looked over at the sleeping person next to him, and smiled inwardly to himself. Sharpay. She looked so peaceful sleeping. Troy leant down and planted a kiss on her smooth cheek. She stirred slightly and so he pulled away from her. Soon there came a knock at the bedroom door.
"Shar? Open up. I came to tell you breakfast's ready." There was a pause and Troy held his breath, wondering if he should say something. Ryan started to speak again. "I guess you're not speaking to me then. I'm sorry about last night. But after we kissed, me and Gabi just thought it felt right." Ryan and Gabi! Troy started to laugh, realised what he had done and clamped a hand over his mouth, but it was too late. Ryan had heard. "Shar? Is Zeke in there with you? I'll leave you alone then." Troy heard footsteps move away from the door, and he settled back down in the bed. He wrapped an arm around Sharpay's waist without realising that Sharpay was just waking. She opened her eyes, and froze as she saw Troy lying next to her.
"Bolton! What are you still doing here?" She asked coldly.
"You asked me over here, Shar. You were the one who wanted to, you know…" He trailed off, and looked at her confused.
"Bolton, I asked you over just so I could 'you know…'. I found Ryan and Gabi together in Ryan's bed. He cannot 'you know' before me! It doesn't make sense. I just needed someone to 'you know' with on the same night so I didn't feel so bad." She said, mocking him by saying 'you know', and using air quotes every time she said it.
"So you used me?" Troy asked, hurt in his bright blue eyes.
"Sorry, Troy, if you thought this was something real. But I will always be the Ice Queen, always wanting to get my way. Only wanting to get my way." Troy quickly dressed and fled from the house, leaving Sharpay on the verge of tears. She punched her mattress in frustration before slamming her head down on to the pillow.
"Sharpay?" she heard someone ask from the doorway. She sat up and looked to see who it was.
"What do you want, Gabriella?" She asked bitterly.
"Did Troy just run out of your bedroom?" Sharpay smirked and congratulated herself quietly.
"Why yes, it was Troy. We're back together again. Isn't it amazing what a New Years kiss can do?" Gabriella looked taken aback.
"Uh, yeah. So, he spent the night here?" Gabriella asked cautiously. Sharpay giggled and gestured to the room, where her clothes and undergarments were strewn across the floor.
"It certainly looks like it, doesn't it Gabriella? Well, if you'll excuse me, I have to get dressed." She stood up and closed the door on Gabriella's hurt face.
On the other side of the door, Gabriella slowly walked back to the kitchen where Ryan had been waiting for her. Troy was with Sharpay? She thought to herself. Why did he ask her to be his date if he was only interested in hooking up with Sharpay? She gave Ryan a peck on the cheek and sat down opposite him.
"Hey." She whispered to him.
"Hey yourself. You okay?" Gabriella nodded.
"Ryan, did you know that your sister spent the night with Troy?" Ryan dropped his spoon with a clatter.
"Troy? I thought it was Zeke. How do you know it was Troy?"
"I saw him leaving her bedroom. She said that they were back together again."
"Do you mind?" Ryan asked sympathetically.
"Mind what?" Gabriella stared at him questioningly.
"That Troy's with Sharpay. After all, you did want him to be your first kiss." Gabriella laughed lightly.
"Surprisingly, no. I realise now that I have someone so much better than Troy." She smiled and lent across the table to kiss her boyfriend. The perfect boyfriend.
Upstairs Sharpay sat at her vanity table, crying as she tried to cover up the bags under her eyes. She had lost Troy, all because of her stupid pride. There was no way he was going to want to even look at her now.
"Why do I have to be so stupid? Why do I let my pride get in the way of everything?" If Sharpay remembered correctly, it was her pride that made Troy break up with her that spring.
Flashback
Sharpay smiled at the waiter as she sat down opposite Troy. It was Valentine's Day, and he had brought her to the most romantic restaurant Sharpay had ever seen. She smiled at Troy, who smiled back at her nervously.
"Troy, this place is beautiful. Thank you so much for bringing me here." She exclaimed as she looked at all the candlelit tables and bouquets of roses.
"You're welcome. Listen, Shar, I need to say something to you."
"What is it honey?" Sharpay asked warmly.
"Shar, I've been thinking a lot. About us. Shar, it's not working. You think that you're the only person I'm allowed to talk to, the only person I'm allowed to look at it. I can't take it anymore. Just because I'm dating you Shar, it doesn't mean you have to be so proud about it. My friends, they won't even talk to me anymore because they think that you'll come steal me away if they saw one word. I'm sorry Shar, but it's over. We're over." Troy stood up and walked away. "I'm sorry Shar, but you need to stop with your pride. It's ruining everything." Sharpay let the tears fall onto the linen tablecloth as the waiter came and asked her if she would be staying. She sadly shook her head and got up and left the restaurant. She realised she had no way to get home, as Troy had driven her to the restaurant. A bus had just pulled up, and it drove past her house.
"There's no way I'm going on a…" Sharpay said to herself before stopping suddenly. She realised she was being 'proud' again. She reluctantly climbed on the bus, paid her fee and was about to sit down when an elderly woman stepped onto the bus. Sharpay looked around the bus and saw there were no empty seats. She stood up immediately and offered the woman her seat. Sharpay could put up with standing up for one bus journey. She would do anything to get Troy back.
End Of Flashback
Sharpay cried even harder now. Her attempts to become less proud had failed miserable, as had her attempt to win Troy back. Now all she wanted was Troy, and just one kiss. The previous night she had regained Troy's friendship because of just one kiss, and now she had lost that friendship because of just one kiss. Sharpay dialled Troy's number quickly.
"Troy, where are you?"
"Look on your balcony." Sharpay threw the French windows open and ran out onto the balcony. She dropped her phone and threw her arms around Troy's neck.
"Why did you come back?" she murmured.
"I wanted you. All I wanted was-"
"-just one kiss." Sharpay finished as she kissed him softly. They broke apart smiling.
"Just one kiss." They whispered simultaneously to each other. "Just one kiss."
That's my New Years story! I hope you liked it! I had fun writing it. I didn't plan for it to be a Troypay, I was just writing and I wanted to see what the end result was. I thought it would only have essences of Troypay, but there we go. I was wrong!! I will be updating my other stories, 'Heartbreak' and 'Ever After: Season One' shortly. Big shout-out to actingalexis13, she mentioned 'Heartbreak' on her profile. She reviews like every single thing I write, she's awesome!
Love ya,
Sophs
PS. The 'mystery person' from Chapter 1 was Ryan! He didn't want Troy to ruin his night by kissing Gabriella, because he wanted to kiss Gabriella himself. Well done if you guessed it right!