Part 2
He sat in the locker room, rubbing his hands together. He hoped she would turn up. She was really nervous, and he could tell.
"Ok guys, 5 minutes!"
The call came and woke Troy up from his day-dreaming. He had to get his head in the game, it was the biggest match of the season, and the last until the holidays. Whoever won this, basically won the year cup. And that was a big deal, for Troy and all his teammates.
"You alright there, Captain?"
"Yeah Chad, I'm fine" He answered his bushy haired friend.
"You sure, you seem kinda tense?" Chad asked.
"Nope, I'm cool" Troy clapped his hands together and got the rest of the team ready, "Lets win this thing!"
Cheers could be heard from a long way away, as the team got ready to win. Troy had his mind on other things though. What he was going to do after the game, could change everything! His reputation, friends, everything. It was a lot to risk, but for Gabriella, the one he loved, he would do anything.
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"That'll be $1.79 please"
Gabriella handed over the money and took her Coke in hand, with Taylor waiting.
"Thanks"
Gabriella walked through the door in silence. Taylor followed, knowing she was nervous. Taylor's eyes drifted from Gabriella's face to her tense body. She was worried.
"It'll be fine, Gabs, stop worrying!"
"No, it won't be fine, I really don't know what I was thinking agreeing to this!"
"Well, you did and your here now, so there's no-where to run!"
"I wish there was" Gabriella whispered.
Gabriella glanced quickley at her ticket, and followed Taylor to their seats. Sitting down she took a sip of her drink and started to calm. That was until the Wildcats decided to show themselves.
"Well, here they are, the one and only, EAST HIGH WILDCATS"
Cheers from one side, and boos from the other. It was a normal game, for now at least. Taylor started to cheer. She nudged Gabriella, gave her a 'come-on' look, and watched as Gabriella slowly started to enjoy herself, and cheer for their school too.
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"...EAST HIGH WILDCATS"
"Lets go Captain!"
"Come On!"
Shouts were heard from the team, and Troy clapped his hands together, slowly starting to jog out to meet all the fans, and people who came to watch the game. The shouts became instantly louder as Troy appeared, wolf whistles and girls shouting became evident, and Troy cursed under his breath at them. He didn't need them right now, all he needed was Gabriella.
The stood in the centre of the hall, eyes flowing over the crowd, searching for her beautiful face. He caught it. Their eyes connected, and as Gabriella stared, she saw relief pass over his eyes. He saw terror, and nervousness. He gave her a reasurring wink, and headed of for the huddle of Wildcats.
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The game passed quickly, and in no time at all it was 1 minute until the game finished. Gabriella's stomach churned as she looked at the timer. She glanced at Taylor, who gave her hand a reasurring squeeze. She would need all the reasurring she could get!
Troy quickly looked at the timer. 00:10. 10 seconds to go. They were winning already by 4 points, but he wanted to just get one more basket, and he would be happy. Chad passed him the bal and he sped up the court. 00:04. He bent his knees. 00:02. Swish and, 00:01, flick. In through the basket, and another shot scored just in time. Before he knew it, the crowd was flashing before his eyes. He had done it for his team again. He was lifted on top of others shoulders, his dad handed him the cup, smiling, and he held it up, hearing the crowd of Wildcats go wild.
"It time for you to go, Gabs" Taylor told her.
"I don't know Tay..." She shook her head slightly.
"Do you love him?" Taylor asked with peering eyes.
"What?" Gabriella was shocked.
"You heard me!"
"Yes, of course I do"
"Well then" Taylor launched her off the seat, and elbowed her in the direction of Troy, "What are you waiting for?"
Gabriella giggled, and looked over to Troy, who had his twinkling eyes on her.
"Thanks Tay"
"Thats what friends are for - now go!"
Gabriella started to walk down the stairs, each step seeming to take a year. She was really gonna do this. She was going to kiss the hotshot of East High, for the first time, in front of the entire student body. It wasn't exactly what she imagined her first public kiss with him to be like, but it was good enough.
Before she knew it, she was on the court. Her head was dizzy, her knees weak. But she kept walking, for him.
He saw her reach the court and breath, trying to maintain steady heartbeat. But he knew she couldn't. She was still walking, which was good. In all truth he thought she might have run by now, but she hadn't, which made it even better.
Their eyes connected, and Troy pushed himself away in her direction, far from the crowd. He was very aware that everyone's eyes were on him, slight whispering went on in the background, but he didn't care. She was all he cared about.
"Man, whatcha doin'?"
It was Chad that Troy heard, but he ignored him. She was almost close enough to touch, and no-one was gonna stop him. They were finally close enough, they could feel each others breath.
"Hey" Troy said, touching her hand lightly.
"Hey" Gabriella whispered.
"Well done," She added, "I might even get you a present"
By now crowds of teachers and students had started to circle them. But they didn't hear them, they were to lost in each others worlds.
"Do I get to request what I want?" He said, cheekily.
"Maybe" She smiled, "Depends what you want?"
He slid his arms around Gabriella's waist, and ignored the gasps from the gatherers.
"You"
Within seconds, their lips crashed together, tongues in games with each other. It was bliss. They tuned out the shocked and stunned comments of their fellow students. Their were a few 'aww's but only a few, not many. But none of that mattered. They were joined together, their kiss still remaining.
They were in their own little worlds, but they started to need oxygen, so they broke away, resting each their foreheads together.
"I promised you didn't I?"
"You did"
They giggled together.
"I love you"
"I love you too"
They kissed again, forgetting they were on Earth. Everything was perfect, and the worries Gabriella had were blown away.
As for the crowds, and the explaining they would have to do - that could come later.
Aww... So thats 'Promise You'll Kiss Me' done. I hope you liked it. R&R to tell me what you think.
I'll be posting the next chapter of 'The Other Side Of The Rainbow' in the next couple of days, so if your reading that then watch out! If your not reading it, and you liked the way i wrote this, you might wanna check it out :)
Thanks for reading, and have a great day :)
--HSMisLurve
