Crush Chapter 3
AN: Okay guys this is the last chapter to 'Crush'. I hope you all like it. Review.
Troy enters the gym and sees the team practicing. He searches the room for a certain brunette and found her standing next to Chad. He was showing her how to shoot hoops. Troy folds the song lyrics into his pocket and walks over to where they were. Gabriella holds the ball the way Chad taught her to and she shot it into the hoop. "Whoa. Nice job Montez." Gabriella turns to see Troy and smiles. "Thanks. Chad decided to help me on my shooting while you were gone. Thanks Chad." "You're welcome. Anytime." Chad replied as he smiled at her. Troy chuckled to himself. "So you play ball?" he asked Gabriella as she turned back to him. "A little. Not much of an athlete though." "Really? Then maybe I should show you that being athletic could lead to a healthier life." Gabriella looks at him. "Bolton this isn't health class remember?" "Of course I do. If it was, I wouldn't be able to do this now can I?" He took the ball from Chad's hands and shot it into the hoop.
Gabriella giggled. "Good old Troy. Always showing off his skills." Troy looks at Gabriella and smiles. "You ready to go?" "Yeah just let me grab my stuff." Gabriella races over to the bleachers where she left her stuff. She grabbed it and came back to where Chad and Troy were standing. "Okay I'm ready." "Alright let's go." They wave goodbye and walks out of the gym towards Troy's car. Troy being the gentlemen he is opened the door for Gabriella as she got in. He closed it and ran over to the driver's side and started the car. The drive to Gabriella's house was filled with laughter and happiness as they told each other how their day went. A few minutes later, they arrived at the Montezs' residence. Troy noticed that Ms. Montez's car wasn't in the drive way meaning she was still at work. Gabriella got out of the car but turned around before she closed the door. "Thanks Troy for driving me home." "My pleasure. Anything for you." He smiled at her and she smiled back.
She thanked him again and said goodbye as she walked to the front door. She took her key out and unlocked it. She walked inside and closed the door behind her. Troy watched her go into her house before he drove off. He arrives at his house a few minutes later and unlocks the front door. His parents were still at work so he had the house to himself. He had convinced his dad earlier if he can skip practice so he can catch up on his homework and his dad agreed. He went into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water along with some chips and sat down on the couch. He turned on the TV and watched it while eating his snack. He brought out his phone and dialed Kelsi. She picked up. "Hello?" "Hey Kelsi. It's me Troy." "Oh hi Troy. What's up?" "I was thinking about the performance and I wanted to talk to you about it." "Oh okay. What do you want to talk about?" "When is it?" "I was thinking the school's annual Outside Music Festival." "Hey that's a great idea." "Thanks. So if you need practice, I can help you at lunch, free period, after school, and before school." "Cool I'll tell you when okay?" "Sure no problem." "Thanks Kelsi you're the best." They hang up and Troy watches TV for a few more hours then heads off to his room for his homework.
Gabriella walked upstairs to her room and lays her stuff down near her desk. She grabs a pen from her desk and grabs her diary from a shelf and sits at her desk. She starts writing.
Gabriella's diary thoughts:
Dear diary,
I talked to Troy today like any other day. I haven't confessed my feelings to him yet. I don't know what to do anymore. He's my best friend who I have a major crush on. I'm just hoping that whenever I do tell him, he feels the same way about me. Who am I kidding? I know that for a fact he doesn't like me. I'm just a friend to him and that's it. The school's annual Outside Music Festival coming up. The gang all agreed to go together. At least I'm going to be with Troy. Well that's all for today. I'm really hungry and tired. I'll write to you later diary.
Gabriella finishes up and then she hears her phone ring to a very familiar tone. She only had one person's number set to that song and that was Troy. She picked up her phone and it surely was Troy. She answered. "Hey Troy." "Hey Gabi. Are you busy?" "Umm…not really. Why?" "Oh good cause I need a huge favor." "Okay. What is it?" "I need help on my math homework and I know this very smart girl. I just wanted to ask her if she could come over and help me?" "Umm…let me ask her. She said yes." "Great!" Gabriella giggled and Troy laughed along with her. "So I'll see you in a few minutes?" "Yeah sure." They hang up and Gabriella grabs her bag and heads out the door and walks to Troy's house.
A few minutes later, Troy hears the doorbell ring. He rushes to the door but stops before opening it. He looks at himself in the mirror. He fiddles around with his hair and straightens his shirt and opens it. There she stood. His crush. "Hi Troy." "Hi." He lets her in and gives her a warm hug. They walk to the couch where his homework was. "Okay now let's see your homework." Troy points to the book and papers on the table. Gabriella takes the book and papers into her lap. She looks at it. "Okay Troy what's so difficult?" Troy didn't hear her question as he was looking at her amazed. She didn't hear a response and looks up at Troy who was staring at her. "Troy?" No response. "Troy?" Her voice got louder. "Troy?" Still no response. Troy soon snaps back to reality when he heard his full name being use by Gabriella. "Troy Alexander Bolton!" He shook his head and looks at Gabi. "What?" "Troy you just totally blanked out on me." "Oh sorry. I was just thinking to myself." " I asked you what was so difficult about the homework?" "Oh everything." Gabriella giggled. "Of course. Here I'll help you through each problem." They worked on Troy's math homework for a while until they finish.
They finished and both let out a sigh of relief. "Thank god we're done." Gabriella giggled and looks at him. "It's not that hard if you actually pay attention in class and focus." He looks at her. "Yeah maybe in a million years. But you know what? That actually wasn't bad." She smiled. "And why's that?" "Cause I did it with you." He realizes what he just said and tries to cover it up. "Uh I mean you're the smartest girl I know and this things are easy for you. Uh you're the best ever." Troy said very fast. Gabriella looks at him confused. "Okay. Thanks. I should probably go." "Oh okay. I mean if you want to. You know you don't have to go." "Really it's okay Troy. I have to go home anyways. My moms waiting for me so I'll see you at school tomorrow. " "Okay. Bye Gabi." He hugs her goodbye and she leaves.
The next day Gabi arrives at school to find the whole gang already there. She walks over to them. "Hey guys." "Hey Gabi." They all said in unison. "So the festival's this Friday. You all excited?" "Oh yeah. Definitely. We're all so anxious to hear Sharpay sing again." Chad said sarcastically. The gang laughed along but then was met with a death glare from Sharpay. They all stopped and went to homeroom as the bell rang. At lunch, Gabriella and Taylor walked to the table where the rest where. Gabriella noticed that Troy wasn't there and wondered where he was. She called him but he didn't pick up. She shrugged it off but had it in the back of her mind. The week went by rather quickly and it was now after school on Friday. The gang all agreed to meet up at the front of the entrance to the football field where the festival was being held. There was a stage set in one of the end zones of the field and the rest was cover by people, stands, and a food court. Chad of course just gotten out of practice grabbed Taylor and headed to the food court. The gang laughed as they watched Taylor getting drag by Chad. Gabriella noticing that Troy wasn't there with them asked where he was. the boys all shook their head as they didn't know where their captain was either. The gang wandered around looking at the stands and stopping every few minutes to look which one of their fellow Wildcats were performing.
Finally the main event came around where Sharpay and Ryan would usually sing but not this year. Troy stand in the back nervously waiting his turn for his performance. Kelsi sat at the piano getting ready. Sharpay and Ryan stepped onstage as the spotlight landed on them. The crowd cheered. "Good evening Wildcats. My sister and I hope you all are enjoying yourselves here tonight at our annual Outside Music Festival." The crowd cheered. "I know you guys all came out here in anticipation to see me perform…" Ryan cut off Sharpay. "You mean we." "Right. We perform. But tonight for the first time I won't be performing." The crowd gasps in shock. "I know shocker right. Anyways, here's tonight's performance." They walk off stage and there's a spotlight on the stage. Suddenly a very familiar voice fills the air and on stage stepped Troy Bolton. "I want to dedicate this song to my crush, Gabriella Montez." Everyone looked at Gabi as she stood there shock. The song starts and Troy sings.
I hung up the phone tonight
Something happened for the first time deep inside
It was a rush, what a rush
Cause the possibility
That you would ever feel the same way about me
It's just too much, just too much
Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized
And I've just got to know
Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go
Am I crazy for falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?
Do you catch a breath when I look at you?
Are you holding back like the way I do?
Cause I try and try to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Has it ever cross your mind
When we're hanging, spending time girl, are we just friends?
Is there more, is there more?
See it's a chance we've gotta take
Cause I believe that we can make this into something that will last
Last forever, forever
Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go
Am I crazy for falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?
Do you catch a breath when I look at you?
Are you holding back like the way I do?
Cause I try and try to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized
And I just got to know
Just then David Archuleta steps on stage and takes the lead as Troy walked down the stage ramp towards Gabriella.
Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go
Troy grabs a stun Gabriella into his arms. "I have this crazy crush on you Miss Montez." Gabriella finds herself speaking. "Me too Mr. Bolton." They smile and stare at each other.
Am I crazy for falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?
Do you catch a breath when I look at you?
Are you holding back like the way I do?
Cause I try and try to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
This crush ain't goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
Goin' away-ay-ay-ay-ayy
David finishes and the crowd applauses. The crowd turns their attention towards Troy and Gabriella. Someone yells out "Kiss Her!" It was Chad. Gabriella nervously turns to see Chad acting like he didn't do anything. Troy puts a finger on her chin and turns her head towards his so that their eyes met. He then leans down and kissed her softly. Gabriella shocked at first, then kissed him back. And there they stood, having their first kiss in front of the entire school.