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West Vs East

Chapter 1

Gabriella Montez walked into her house and sighed dropping her bag and car keys down on the side, walking into her rather large kitchen to get a bottle of water from the fridge. She wasn't surprised her mom wasn't home, when was she? She thought being locked in her office making a living was giving Gabriella the best life. Yeah right!

It's not like she didn't love her mom or anything they got along pretty great, they weren't super close but it was a relationship none the less. Gabriella's had a pretty good life, they've never had money trouble or anything so I guess she couldn't complain. All she wanted was her mom home more! Was it too much too ask?

Stressed would be an understatement for how she felt right now, she had been working her cheer squad hard for the past week as their basketball team, West High Knights had a championship match against East High tonight. She walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs to her cream and chocolate colored room and flopped down onto her queen-sized bed with a big tired sigh. She was knocked out of her thoughts with a knock on her balcony door, shooting up from her position to answer knowing exactly who it was.

"Hey Troy," she greeted opening the door to let him in.

"Hey Brie," he said giving her kiss on the lips as he entered shutting the door behind him. His face showed slight shock when she wrapped him in a hug but soon relaxed into her touch and hugged back.

"Hard day?" he asked and felt her nod against his chest.

"You don't even know, the team have only just nailed the routine and I've had Luke all over me asking am I going to the after party with him." She admitted with a big sigh. Luke the captain of the West High's basketball team, his name should be under the definition of jerk in the dictionary.

"Yeah the guy can't take a hint."

"Yeah everyone knows your gunna' win. I can't remember a time when the knights did beat the wildcats," she said and he nodded and they lay back on her bed.

"So are you and Shar still coming over to Chad's later?" Troy asked, playing with a curl of her dark brown hair as she rested her head on his chest. Sharpay was Gabriella's best friend and fellow cheer member. She was dating Troy's' friend Zeke, a fellow wildcat.

"Yip we're gunna come straight from the game. We'll get changed at school obviously." She said and he chuckled still playing with a piece of her hair. "Do you know what day it is tomorrow?" she asked after a moment's silence.

"Saturday," he replied confused.

"No I mean the date and the month," she repeated and he shook his head mocking confused which she obviously didn't catch causing her to shoot up to face him mouth dropped and he laughed.

"Of course I know what day tomorrow is boo."

"Oh yeah, what then?" Asked Gabriella in a sort of teasing in voice.

"Our one year anniversary," he said back in the same teasing voice and she giggled leaning forward to kiss him and deepen it.

"So do you want your present now or tomorrow?" she asked pulling back from the supposedly little kiss but turned out to be a 10 minute make-out session.

"Tomorrow, so I can give you yours as well."

"Okay," she said. "What time is it?"

"5 o'clock," he answered and she groaned.

"I have to get ready soon."

"Yeah me too I have to be back at your school for half 6."

"So do you think your gunna' win?" It was rhetorical question, as they both new the answer. The East High Wildcats going undefeated against the Knights, home and away for the past three years, yet he still answered.

"I know were gunna' win" and she laughed at his cocky attitude but her face suddenly cringed and her breath hissed between her now clenched shut jaw, her eyelids clamped shut when Troy attempted to pull her closer to him, one hand on her hip, the other on her stomach. He instantly let go when he saw her expression and a concern frown and worry covered his tan face, immediately.

"Are you okay?" he asked the concern leaking through his voice and she nodded opening her eyes.

"I'm fine nothing wrong with me," Gabriella replied chuckling nervously not meeting his intense gaze she could feel burning through her face. She moved away from him a bit, his concern deepened, as did his frown and leaned up on his elbow to look at her.

"You're hiding something," Troy stated in a whisper and her head shook sideways vigoursly denying, her response to quick a stranger would have been able to see she was lying. "Brie I know you are, so don't deny it," he said and she sighed defeated before standing up.

"Damn it," she whispered and he chuckled throatily.

"So, are you gunna' show me what you've done?"

His eyebrows rose as she undid her jeans and pulled them down to reveal her black panties. Stepping out of them she slowly walked to the wash bin and chucked them in, anything to delay what she was about to show him. It was inevitable anyway; he was bound to see it soon, why not now? She was scared of his reaction, that's what!

Once they landed in the basket Gabriella made her way back to the bed and turned so she was facing him, taking one last deep breath she pulled the front right side of her panties down a tiny bit, to expose;

TB14

Tattooed in a slanted line going down her hipbone, just under where her stomach ended. (In profile) His mouth dropped and he immediately sat up to look at it closer, Gabriella began gnawing her lower lip nervously awaiting his reaction. Troy ever so gently ran his fingers over it and looked up at her taking in her nervous yet somewhat hopeful smile.

"You like?" Gabriella's timid voice asked.

"Brie you have my name permanently on your body!"

"Yeah," she confirmed still showing it. "What do you think?" she asked again pushing it closer for him to take another look, as if for him to change his decision if he didn't like it. His eyes remained on it another few minutes till he spoke up.

"Wow Brie I'm shocked I don't know what to say but.." Gabriella's face dropped slightly at his words.

"But?" she asked hopefully.

"My name looks pretty good on you," he said with a smirk and leaned forward to place his lips over the ink covered part of her skin, sending shock waves through her body, goose bumps involuntarily appearing. Gabriella's laugh echoed through her room oh yes thank fuck, she thought.

"I thought so," she whispered smiling.

"When did you get this done?" Troy asked standing up in front of her and she wrapped her hands around his neck, as he placed his hands on her hips, his thumb now gently running over 'his' spot on her lower stomach. He can't believe she had got this done! Troy's heart was soaring to say the least.

"Urm, Saturday!" answered Gabriella.

"And when were you gunna' tell me about it?" he asked smiling and she sent him a sheepish apologetic smile.

"Soon, I didn't want you to see it if it got all scabby and horrible," Troy chuckled humoursly.

"But it's not scabby and horrible." Cleverly pointed out Troy.

"I know but it's a still a little sore," she reasoned and he smiled putting his forehead against hers.

"Did it hurt?"

"Not as much as I thought it would."

"Who else knows? I don't think your mom would be pleased you have my name down your lower stomach. Actually I don't think any mother would be happy considering it's a bit close to the place only I will be seeing of you." Giggling at this Gabriella answered, he was right her mom would go mad!

"Just Sharpay," and he nodded his sparkling blue eyes meeting warm coffee brown ones, he laughed a second and shook his head. "What?"

"Nothing its just I can't believe you got my name tattooed on you, that's all." Troy answered truthfully and she smiled back at him leaning in for a kiss arms still wrapped around his neck. "I love you," he whispered before her lips attached to his and her smile turned into grin as she connected their lips.

"I love you too," was her whispered reply and happily accepted his tongue, she giggled as he gently picked her up and placed her on the bed. Before it could get any further they were interrupted with Sharpay's voice ringing through the house and getting closer, meaning she was on her way upstairs.

"Hey Gabs, oh hey Troy," The blonde greeted going straight to sit at her friend's computer chair setting her bags down on the floor at her feet that where covered with black slip ons.

"Hey Shar," Troy greeted back sitting up.

"Hey, did you bring some clothes?" Asked Gabriella getting of bed and walking to the abandoned bags on the floor.

"Yeah I've still not picked mine out yet so well do it together once you're ready." Gabriella nodded swiftly searching through the bags to see what clothes Sharpay had brought.

"Yeah okay, I only have to jump in the shower."

"Well chop chop we only have 2 hours," Sharpay said clapping her hands dramatically causing Gabriella and Troy too laugh at her softly.

"Well I better be off Boo. Do you want me to wait after the game or you making your way there with Shar and I'll meet you there?" Troy asked standing up and walking over to her, she looked at Sharpay and the blonde just shrugged.

"I'll meet you there, we have to change and everything I don't know how long that will take so I don't want you to be waiting around." and he nodded.

"Okay no problem I will..kiss..see you..kiss..later."

"Bye, love you," Gabriella said happily accepting these chaste kisses.

"Love you too." He gave her another kiss and opened her bedroom door "See ya Shar," he said.

"Oh later Troy," she said distantly as she was emptying the contents of clothes on the bed, he chuckled as he left, through the front door.