Three's a Crowd
Disclaimer: I do not own High School Musical or any of its characters.
Summary: Troy and Gabriella have always been best friends. What happens when Gabriella meets a new boy and things start getting serious? Can Troy share his best friend? Will they learn to trust eachother through tough times, or will her new boyfriend destroy their friendship for good?
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Chapter 1 - Ice Cream and Yarn
Gabriella Montez struggled as she tried to shove her school books into her already full backpack. It was a Friday night and she needed to study all weekend for a big test the following Monday. After several attempts to squeeze her history text book in between her math and science textbooks she gave an angry groan and collapsed on the floor beside her locker.
"Running out of backpack room again? One day I have to take you suitcase shopping, that way you just might have enough room to pack the whole semester with you"
Gabriella glared at her best friend who was standing above her, a comical grin spread across his face. Troy Bolten had been her best friend since the 6th grade and he was always there for her, even though his jokes sometimes got on her nerves. He reached down a hand and helped her off the school floor. He walked over to her oversized backpack and picked it off the floor as well.
"Woah! This thing weighs a ton, what do you have in here? Bricks?" he joked staring at her lovingly with his bright blue eyes. He could see the annoyance in her chocolate brown eyes and couldn't help but smile as she stood there. She always overreacted and today would be no different. Looking once again at her backpack he pulled out three textbooks and stuck them back into her open locker.
"You know Gabriella, you only have a history test this week. I dont understand why you need all these other books. We dont have any homework."
"I know that," the intelligent brunett began, "but I wanted to bring them home with me to get some extra studying done. I wouldn't want my marks to start dropping or anything."
The blonde boy laughed at this as well. Gabriella was the top student in all her classes, her mother was a wealthy doctor and she expected her daughter to follow her example by earning high marks in all her academic courses. The girl was a beautiful, with long brown hair with light brown skin complexion and deep chocolate eyes. She was short but very stubborn and extremely determined. She was an overachiever and always believed her work could be better. Suprisingly, the boys were intimidated by Gabriella and the teenage girl had been dubbed a social outcast, spending most of her nights sitting at home studying or sleeping over at Troy's.
Troy was a tall athletic blonde, with amazing blue eyes and a perfect smile. The girls were always trying to get his attention but he spent most of his days with Gabriella, he loved the girl as a friend and never wanted her to go through high school by herself. Many girls were jealous of Gabriella for that reason, thinking she was having a secret affair with the teenage heartthrob but they both assured their classmates there was nothing going on between them. He did go on dates but his girlfriends were never serious. He had a carefree spirit and didn't like the idea of being attached.
The two teens left the school and headed to Gabriella's house. When they got there Troy carried her bag up the stairs (with difficulty, which he would never have admitted) and set it beside her bed. He then went downstairs to see his best friend sitting on the couch looking through the Pay-per-view movies on the satalite dish.
"Took you long enough! Did you get lost on your way up the stairs? I suppose I could draw you a map but a little exercise wouldn't hurt East High's star basketball player now would it?" Gabriella mocked, obviously still annoyed by his jokes earlier in the day.
"No, I dont need a map, but thanks for the generous offer though. Anyways, what are we going to watch tonight?"
"I'm not to sure. I was thinking about Sydney White but you would probably complain about watching another chick flick. What do you want to see?"
"Sydney White is fine, I'm not very picky tonight" Troy replied hoping to get her in a good mood.
To his satisfaction she smiled and ordered the movie. He then took his spot on the couch and watched as she took out a big bucket of ice cream and two spoons. Most teenagers eat popcorn during movies but Gabriella loved ice cream, chocolate mint chip, so sometimes the two would share a bucket instead.
Hours passed by and 2 movies later Gabriella decided it would be fun to dish out the crafts. The kids laughed as Troy attempted to make jewlery out of yarn and after much difficulty was able to create something that resembeled a necklace. Gabriella tried it on but it wasn't long before it was too tight and she had to remove it to keep breathing comfortably. She then took a peice of white yarn and a peice of red yarn and made a keychain for Troy.
The boy took it in his hand and read the small beads trapped in place "TROY + GABI BFFS" he smiled and put the key chain. The girl looked at him and asked, "Troy, we are best friends right?".
He looked down at the girl and replied in a soft voice, "Of course we are Gabi, best friends, forever and ever"
Gabriella smiled and gave him a small hug. She then looked at the empty ice cream bucket and back at Troy. "Hey! Who ate the rest of my ice cream!?" she demanded and before she knew it he had dissapeared.
Laughing the girl went to hunt for her friend, who was most likely hiding like a little kid under the kitchen table. "Oh your going to get it now!"
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How was it? This is my first Troy/Gabriella fanfic so hopefully it's ok. I wanted to let readers see how good of friends they were, hopefulyl a new chapter will be up between tommorow and Thursday. Thanks R&R :)