Hey guys.

I've decided to start this story as i have absolutely no clue what to do with my previous one 'Stole'.

HA...I was really stuck, but when the inspiration comes back i will carry on- if it comes back..unless any of you can poss. supply me with ideas or suggestions and stuff to help me? =)

So until then, i hope you like this...

Chapter 1- Birthday Girl

"Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you"

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-Sharpay's Bedroom-

"'Gabriella Danforth!" the furious blonde cried out in horror.

"There is no way I am letting you go clubbing looking like that. Its your birthday for Christ's sake. Your eighteenth" She squealed being slightly over the top.

"Sharpay Evans" the brunette moaned sarcastically, mimicking the blonde mockingly.

"In case you haven't noticed sweetie, I always dress like this." She continued matter of factly. "Besides, what's wrong with it?" She asked questioningly as she stared herself over in the mirror. Taking in her normal appearance; her natural curls cascading half way down her back, a baggy top, a hoodie and a pair of loosely fitting jeans. Her face free of make-up, her nails free of polish and her hair free of products. Typical Gabriella.

"Where do I begin?" Sharpay sighed. "Please, borrow something of mine and let me do your make-up. For God's sake we're supposed to be celebrating!"

"Okay," shrugged Gabriella, knowing there was no point arguing with Sharpay, because once Sharpay sets her mind to something, resistance was futile. "You know I've always hated my birthday so I really don't care what I look like, anyways its no big deal right!?"

"It is a big deal. No scratch that, it's a huge deal! It's your birthday and tonight we are going to pull." Sharpay stated excitedly. She had always known it wouldn't take much to make Gabriella look gorgeous. She was also aware of how clueless Gabriella was to how beautiful she really was. She had the most amazing brown eyes fringed with lashes that were so long, people had often debated whether they were false. Her lips were pouty, full and sensuous- the kind most women spent fortunes on just trying to imitate. Her skin was a natural golden brown and flawless, with the gift that she also tanned easily. As if that wasn't enough, she had the most stunning figure, a knock-out pair of boobs which were just the right size for her petite figure. A killer pair of long slim legs and an enviable flat stomach together created endless admiration from any human of the opposite sex. It was just a shame that no-one had really ever seen her figure as she always smothered herself in layers of unnecessary clothing. This was something Sharpay was determined to change.

Sharpay was currently rummaging through her wardrobe. She knew everything there was to know about fashion, she was obsessed. She could give Gok-Wan a run for his money. She literally worshipped fashion- no trend ever passed her by. Rooting through practically everything she owned, to then hold it up against Gabriella, who was carelessly flicking through one of Sharpays many gossip magazines - Sharpay hit jack-pot!

"JACK-POT! Put this on." She demanded excitedly handing Gabriella a strapped emerald dress, which showed enough cleavage without being too slutty, and came slightly less than half way down her thighs.

Staring at the dress in fright Gabriella complained "Are you serious? I never wear dresses. In fact I don't think I've ever even held something this revealing!"

"That's the point- its about time you did! Oooh and borrow my wonder bra too" Sharpay smirked delightfully.

Gabriella reluctantly started changing into the outfit. At first she felt self-conscious. But then a feeling of pride began to take over as she glanced herself over in the mirror. She couldn't help but smile, it was about time she wore something her body could appreciate, its not exactly that she didn't want to she just never really had the confidence.

"Holy shit! Gabriella is smokin! Now, for your face, what have you got on already?' Sharpay exclaimed fussing over the straps of the bra and dress.

'Nothing.' Gabriella replied checking her outfit once more.

Laughing, Sharpay replied, 'Seriously G your are like, the only girl I know who would ever even consider going clubbing without wearing any make-up! Though, you're the only girl I know that could actually pull it off- but that's besides the point! You got some balls hun!"

Dragging Gabriella over to her dressing table where every type of make-up you can imagine lay; eye shadows, lip gloss', lip sticks, mascaras, blushers, eyeliner, nail polish etc. Gabriella was literally in awe.

'Holy shit! You mean it takes this much to get you ready everyday?'

'Nah, this is just for you.' Sharpay replied teasingly.

'Hey!' Gabriella laughed nudging Sharpay, who joined her laughing back.

Twenty Minutes later, Sharpay had finally finished working on Gabriella's make-up. Sitting up Gabriella was greeted by the mirror. She stared into it hardly recognising the unfamiliar face that stared back at her. Her skin was glowing flawlessly, full lips parted, eyes huge and sparkling. Sharpay hadn't put a lot of make-up on, just enough to accentuate Gabriella's beautiful eyes, glowing cheeks and sexy pout. Gabriella looked fucking stunning!

'WOW! You look amazing G!'

'You know what I think? I think you look like a model!' Sharpay stated gleefully.

'Pfft! Are you kidding me!' Gabriella laughed at her friend. Sharpay must of been just taking the piss. Yeah she looked different made up, good different, and yeah, she actually liked this look- she actually felt sexy. But a model? HA. Yeah right!

'G, I'm being honest here! Mom and I are always saying you should.' Noticing her friends discomfort on the topic she changed subject.

'Okay..for the shoes..definately stilletoes!'

'Why can't I just wear my pumps?' Gabriella groaned.

'Beacause! Now try these babies.'

'How the hell do you expect me to dance in them let alone walk in them!?'

Sharpay began applying her own make-up. Gabriella always thought her friend was gorgeous. She had straight blonde hair, which had now been cut shoulder length. Her eyes were brown. She had pale skin but it suited her. She looked fragile as she was quite skinny, but she was also quite petite- yet taller than Gabriella. Sharpay was 5'5 whilst Gabriella was 5'3, barely any difference but enough to separate the sizes. Sharpay had turned eighteen a few months ago, but she just had a house party as there was no way she would go clubbing without her all-time best friend Gabriella, who then, was still only seventeen. So she had managed to convince Gabriella to go clubbing with for Gabriella's birthday. Even though Sharpay looked fragile, she was tough as old boots- in kindergarten some girls tried bullying Gabriella but Sharpay stood in and told them where to go. She had always looked out for Gabriella since.

'You are totally going to meet someone tonight, you look gorgeous. Besides, that Cal guy, my brothers friend totally had the hots for you- remember graduation? He was so checking you out wondering what was beneath that robe! HA.' Sharpay laughed at the memory.

'Whatever. Anyways its not like I'm interested in him.' Gabriella replied.

'Gabriella how many times? Troy has been dating Amber for like, a year now! That's his longest relationship ever! There's gotta be something there for him of all people to still be with that ugly little troll. Face facts sweetie..' Sharpay agonized.

Troy Bolton. Hmmm where to start. Troy was the twenty year old, drop dead gorgeous, heart throb. The same Troy Bolton who Gabriella had been hopelessly in love with since as long as she could remember- in secret of course, Sharpay being the exception. Gabriella knew Troy because her older brother, Chad. Chad and Troy were best friends, and had been since, well....since forever i guess. Anyways, Troy has had a bit of a rough life, his mum walked out on him and his dad when he was seven, during his early teens his dad became an alcoholic- so for most of his life he had felt unloved with no stability. He took up basketball at a young age and was destined to become a star for it soon enough. He had always spent most of his time over at the Danforths, they were like his family. Gabriella's dad coached East High Schools basketball team and he was extremely fond of Troy, he had taken him under his wing. The downside of his closeness with her family being he only ever saw her as a little sister figure.

'Shar! This has nothing to do with Troy! Besides, what about you and Chad?' Gabriella fired back.

Chad and Sharpay spent most of their time flirting with each other on and off, especially during the past few months. Chad was slightly shy with girls- never quite knowing what to say, because whatever he said had always managed to land himself in it. So Gabriella wasn't expecting him to make the first move anytime soon. Gabriella had even tried motivating him- letting him know Sharpay was interested...so far it hadn't seemed to work.

'Geeze rub it in my face why don't you G!' Sharpay sulked.

'I just haven't had sex in a loooong time I guess.' She shrugged it off.

'Uuum hello,' Gabriella cut in...

'I havn't had sex in soo long I'm probably a virgin again!'

'OMG.. your right, people are gna start thinkin were freakin lesbos if we don't score soon!' Sharpay panicked.

It was sooo true. The last time Gabriella had had a serious relationship (which by the way was her first and currently last) was with Jason, a really shy cute guy from school. They had both been inexperienced so they were as nervous as each other. Which made things so much worse as Jason sure as hell didn't know anything about the female body, resulting in a rushed few minutes of crap sex, Gabriella ended up slipping to the bathroom for some D.I.Y. They had sex a few more times after that with little improvement. Soon enough Gabriella realised they weren't right for each other, the sex was shit, and she had only really tried to get over Troy in the first place so what was the point. Troy on the other hand was always a player when he was back at East High. Girls swooned over him, and he's had more than his fair share, way more. She could only imagine how amazingly satisfying he was in bed. After her split with Jason, Gabriella had dated other guys but none that serious. She could never just bring herself to get over Troy.

Sharpay's dad came knocking on the door knocking them out of conversation.

'You girls ready, the taxi's here?' He asked.

'Yeah, on our way down Daddy.' She replied.

Gabriella loved Sharpays parents. They were harmless and treated her like a second daughter. When Gabriella found out on her sixteenth birthday that she had been adopted she was heartbroken and understood why she was never the same skin tone as Chad or his parents, and why she had never looked similar to either of them. But sometimes she felt like she just didn't fit in- her 'dad' was more interested in basketball and his sons' future in it (as well as Troy's), her 'mother' was never really the girly type, she was in hospital most of the time as she was a nurse, so her schedule was fitted in at the most awkward times. She was rarely at home. The only thing that made her feel as if she did belong was Chad. They were so close. He was three years old when she was adopted at a little nine month old baby. He had always looked out for her.

-In the Club-

As soon as they entered the club, Sharpay stepped back watching every single guy in there, even the ones with a girl do a double take on Gabriella. It wasn't to do with her revealing clothes cos' every girl in their was wearing revealing clothes, just to do with the fact she was so much hotter and more beautiful than any girl in there. She was stunning and most guys' jaws hung to the floor. Even though the attention was stolen from Sharpay, she wasn't jealous for a second, she was just glad her friend had finally ditched the baggy clothes she hid behind.

Once they were settled they began ordering various drinks, so excited that they finally had a license. They had danced with various guys and each other, and they were now in the bathroom checking their appearance.

'Tonight has been so much fun. I'm so glad I let you talk me into this S!' Gabriella squealed excitedly.

'Baby G, you have so much to learn. The night is still young, and we still gotta pull. Now come on I'm thirsty again, this time it's not for a martini." Sharpay joked.

They left the ladies room returning to the dance floor. After dancing again they were thirsty, this time it actually was for alcohol. They walked to the bar squeezing through large groups of people. On the way Gabriella received many gropes and many guys even tried dragging her to dance with them, she just managed to make it to the bar. After much experience of ordering through out the night, the girls soon realised that they didn't actually need to bring any money; as if they spoke loud enough guys would literally shove each other to buy their drinks for them. This time was no different.

'God I am so thirsty, bartender, 2 double Bacardi and cokes please.' Gabriella asked loudly, partly because of all the noise, the other half waiting for a guy to cut in and insist he buy them.

'Yo, I got this. Her drinks are on me.' A deep, sexy voice spoke hoarsely behind her, his right arm passing her right side so his right hand was resting against the bar- almost as if caging her in with one arm. His front was pressed ever so gently into her back. She smirked and began turning round. Shock soon enough took over her as she croaked out.

'Tr...Troy? What are you doing here?' She gulped wide eyed. She couldn't help taking in his sexy fragrance, which over the years she had come to love and crave- literally trying to stay upright as she was sure her legs would give way any second now. As for Troy, it took a moment to realize who he had almost hit on, first his eyes took in this stunning little beauties appearance; he almost went hard there and then, until he heard her tiny voice, his eyes almost burst out his head.

"Gab..Gabriella? I mean *cough* Gabriella...yea I thought I saw you, so uhm you look…different. Who are you here with?" Troy spoke back. He was an all round cool guy who never lost his cool, but being caught off guard like that he realised what a twat he sounded- totally unlike him. But Gabriella looked so fucking sexy- she was so tempting as he took in a sexy scent he could only describe as Gabriella- the scent that had never been so sexy and appealing until now.

"Uhhm...Sharpay, I'm here with Sharpay. What about you? You here with Amber?" She asked, not sure whether she was offended by him saying she looked different, deep down she was almost heartbroken.

'Ahh, Sharpay, I should have guessed. I'm here with Chad, Ambers got some family thing to go to, I didn't wanna go.' He responded remembering Amber... his girlfriend. The thing about Troy is that he was quite a player, and known for it, this was probably the longest relationship he's ever had, one year, but when ever a girl tried to get too close to him he broke it off. His High School years had existed with endless affairs with a different girl sometimes girls every week. This was the one point in his life where he had actually had a steady relationship- it was only a matter of time before he succumbed to his womanizer ways.

Their conversation was shortly interrupted by Chad, who was wide eyed at Troy's behaviour towards this sexy mystery girl. He had to admit she was gorgeous, but he preferred blondes. Gabriella collected the drinks off the bar then thanked and told Troy he was welcome to come over and join her and Sharpay she made her way back through the crowd and soon disappeared. Chad walked over to Troy in such a cocky way smirking at him.

'Dude nice chick, I mean really nice, but don't you have a girlfriend? I know how tempting that little hotty back there was bu…' he was soon cut off by a smirking Troy.

'Dude, before you get too into this...that tempting little hotty was your precious little sister- and before you say anything I was only buying her a drink- you know as a Happy Birthday and all..?' He covered his tracks quickly.

'Are you fucking serious?' Chad whined sounding like a woman, almost distraught. Troy nodded at this laughing before Chad spoke up again.

'Holy fucking Shit! We never ever mention this little miss-understanding again. Comprende! Got it. Get it. Good!' He spoke embarrassed not giving Troy a chance to answer.

'Sure thing dude.' He spoke sarcastically back.

After ordering themselves drinks they set off to find the girls, leaving their original booth which had been mobbed by a bunch of girls, who looked as if they'd just snuck out of the playboy mansion- each desperately waiting for the two guys return. Little did they know, they'd be waiting a long time. Soon enough they found the two girls in a booth and settled in with them Troy sat next to Gabriella- their legs brushing every now and then sending chills through Gabriella. Chad next to Sharpay. After toasting Happy Birthday to Gabriella they all had some shots, the girls soon became more and more drunk as time passed- the guys were still sober- ish. They could handle the drinks better.

You all know what Troy looks like...Killer blue eyes that just scream out sex appeal. Short spiky hair, when its not messily spiked back from running his hand through it too often, its hanging just above his eyes begging you to sweep it back gently. An awesome body with back muscles which rippled with every movement he makes, washboard abs so defined you could trace them all day long. Lets not forget his muscular legs and bulky arms and that tight ass that just wants to be groped, last but not least his huge, thick, hairy…*cough* anyways. And then there's that adorable, sexy scar below his right eyebrow- caused by an incident in a basketball game a few years ago- involving him, Chad and Gabriella.

Chad and Sharpay were currently heating things up on the dance floor- Sharpay made the first move of course asking Chad to dance. Leaving Troy and Gabriella at the table- after much conversation about their lives at the moment and how Troy was doing at basketball at the moment Gabriella asked him to dance and he surprisingly accepted...during them dancing Gabriella kept bumping into Troy- but what do you expect in a crowd full of drunken people. The only thought running through Troy's head was how sexy Gabriella looked when she was dancing.

'Lets go somewhere more quiet.' Troy shouted above the noise,

Gabriella just nodded and let him lead her out onto the water sofa things (The Sweetest Thing- if you've seen it you know what i mean ha). Gabriella sat timidly on the edge quite aware that if she moved too much her dress would come up and reveal to Troy more than she wanted. Troy just dived on it making a Gabriella squeal adorably and fall back. Turning round coming face to face with Troy they became silent.

'You look so sexy birthday girl,' he murmured huskily in an almost whisper but not quite whilst bringing his thumb up to stroke her cheek.

'How come I never noticed this before?' His hard on was becoming noticeable as it dug into her hip, he leaned in to kiss her, her eyes fluttered closed- until she realised what she was doing and knew it was wrong. She knew how it felt to be cheated on, it was horrible, so she didn't have the heart to do it to Amber, no matter how much of a twisted bitch Amber was.

Her head shot up and she backed away. She had never looked more vulnerable. Troy sighed and slowly sat up. Looking each other in the eye. He felt so guilty, he had almost taken advantage of her- she was absolutely wasted, but so was he.

'I'm sorry..' she whispered so gently not sure whether he would be able to hear her. Before he had time to reply Sharpay and Chad came charging through.

'There you are Geee…' She screamed hyperly...oh she was so pissed,

'Come on sweetie we gots to go, Daddy would be mad if were back after 3am, it's already 2.35- gotta love you and leave you Chaddy.' She continued before planting a big wet one on Chad's cheek and giggling.

Gabriella hesitated before stumbling off the water bed avoiding eye contact with Troy. On her way off the bed her right shoe came loose and slipped off, she didn't notice as she continued to crawl off- giving Troy a view he would definitely be thinking of tonight before he goes to bed, catching my drift? hehe

She stumbled over to Sharpay after taking her other shoe off and carrying it- giving Chad a kiss on the cheek without making eye contact with Troy she just called his name and raised a hand- she then heard a 'Goodnight El..happy birthday' She knew it was Troy's way of trying to act normal. At least he was still calling her El...a cute nickname he had always given her. Both girls stumbled there way out leaning on each other for support. They were escorted out by Chad, who was closely followed by Troy…after all, a gentlemen should never let a lady walk alone.

-In the Taxi-

'OMG...what the fuck went down with you and your lover boy Troy? You looked so suspicious when we came in!' Sharpay giggled.

'I'll tell you in bed!' Gabriella sighed. She felt awful and just couldn't wait to get back and snuggle up in Sharpays double bed with some hot chocolate.

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Disclaimer- don't own whatever i shouldn't (for the whole story don't wanna keep having to write this little shitty note =)

Okay.....Hope you like it.

I'm sorry if it gets mega boring near the end...i worked on it for a while and became so bored i needed to just finish it lol!

Please, please please review...give me ideas, suggestions, improvements. Anything.

Like it? Love it? Hate it? Wanna throw shit at it? Let me know =)

OMG...guessing you all seen HSM3? Best one yet! Loved it!

Still haven't actually got to the storyline of the story...this is just the kinda intro.

I will get into the story next chap prob.

Love you guys. XXX