Homeless On Christmas
Chapter Two

Gabriella's hands went to his neck and started playing with the hairs at the base, she giggled when his hands tickled down her sides. "Troy," she giggled, pulling back slightly, but Troy wasn't going to let her go that easily. She smiled as she placed her hands on his shoulders and gently pushed him an inch away-okay, that was a lie, it was more like an inch and a half. Troy looked at her with a flushed face and pouting lips. "What'd you do that for Dollface?" he asked, she laughed and playfully punched his chest and grabbed his hand.

Gabriella led him to the bedroom and they began kissing passionately. Troy layed her on the bed and began kissing up her neck and collarbone. Gabriella moaned with pleasure. Troy smiled at her. he was actually falling for somebody he just met? he indeed was. his fallen inlove with her.. and he wanted her to be his. Gabriella smiled at him and slipped off his shirt, and looked at his small muscles, she gasped at the sight, but she began placing gentle kisses on his chest.

He...he was perfect, like evry part of him was carved by some sculptor with 'magic hands' she couldn't hide the blush that crept to her cheeks. Troy began kissing her shoulders and slipped his hands under her shirt, tickling the skin with featherlight touches. She moaned, her hands roaming his chest- she felt something cold hit her fingers, and when she let her hands roam some more; she found that it was in the shape of a star. Troy moaned as her fingers began to trace the out line of the star necklace. Just then 'Riiiiiiinngg' the phone rang and interrupted their mometn of blissful ignorance, making them jump apart. Gabriella cleared her throat and slowly crawled up from the bed, answering the phone and before she could say a polite 'hello' she yanked the phone from her ear when her friend Sharpay's shrill scream came through. Troy jumped at the sound- yeah she was just that loud.

"Gabs, you will never guess what happened to me!" she screamed into the phone making Gabriella's ear hurt, "what shar? what could possibly be so important for you to be screaming in my ear for?" Gabriella asked slightly annoyed, "I saw Leonardo Dicaprio!" she screamed and squealed, Gabriella sighed, "Bye Shar." she hung up her phone and put it on silent and came back over to Troy, "s-sorry about that..." she bit her lip.

Troy sighed, standing up and clearing his throat, "Uh- yeah no-no worries..." his stomach growled and he looked down at the white carpeted floor. Gabriella looked at him, then laughed slightly, "doesn pizza sound good to you?" he looked up and smiled, Gabi walked over to him and grabbed his hand, her eyes instantly to the necklace that she had felt just moments before they were interrupted by that gol dern phone call. 'Curse you Sharpay' Gabi thought with annoyance, but she mentally shook it off and smiled. "Meat lovers pizza sounds good to me, yeah?" Troy nodded and let her lead him to the kitchen; forgetting that the shirt that he was wearing lay discarded on her bed. he knew that Gabriella was staring at his necklace, he just couldn't talk about it to anyone. Even her. he just...didn't want the memories to come back.

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Later that night, they were sitting in the living Room enjoying some pizza and eating some Ice cream and playing games... Gabriella felt really comfortable around Troy and she really wanted him in her life, but the necklace really bothered her, she wanted to know what his been through in the past...she wanted to know everything about him... she loved him... yes loved him.. truley loved him... "Troy... Can I ask you something?"

"Uhm, sure, hit me." Troy said, shoveling a rather large scoop of icecream into his mouth, Gabriella laughed slightly but then her eyes went to the necklace again. She cleared her throat, "Uhm...Troy, please don't get offended cause I don't mean anything by it...but uh...who gave you that...necklace?" His spoon dropped into his bowl and his mouth dripped the half melted shovel full that was in his mouth already. It was silent for a few minutes before Troy sighed and put the ice cream on the coffee table in front of him and rested his elbows on his knees and his hands through his shaggy brown-blond hair. "My mother's is the north star...the chain is my fathers." his eyes were vacant, like miles upon miles away. Gabriella scooted closer and grabbed his hand in hers, playing with his fingers. "what happened ...to them Troy?" he looked at her, thinking, but his eyes drifted everywhere but her and he changed the subject when he saw a Christmas tree with nothing under it. "i take it your parents don't get you anything for Christmas?"

Gabriella shook her head, "They don't have time... but I don't mind, I'm used to it...there always away and are never home... I'm used to being alone...that's why I am happy that you came here Troy...I thought I was gonna be alone for Christmas, but then you came into my life...thank you.." she gave him a heartwarming comforting smile. "I-I love you Troy.." she whispered shuting her eyes shut waiting for him to flip out, leave, or even hit her.

Troy didn't know what to say, in fact he was sure that if he tried to talk right now all would come out now would be a squeak or a ...well something only a blithering idiot would say. And sometimes Troy could be a blithering idiot. "Uhm," his mouth gaped like a fish until he closed his eyes and took a breath, gently grabbing Gabriella's hand and squeezing it reassuringly. "I love you too...Briella." she looked at him, he shrugged and he added, "I like nicknames." she raised an eyebrow, and smirked. "Okay then I am going to call you...hmmm" she looked around and her eyes landed on the monet painting that hung in front of the fireplace, landing particularly on the couple in the center of the painting. "Monet." she said finally. Troy looked at her, "Really now?" he said with a smirk, Gabriella nodded, Troy shrugged once more, but this time he pulled a sneak attack, gently knocking her on her back and crawling atop her and tickling her sides feircely.

Gabriella burst out into a fit of giggles as he tickled her stomach and her underarms. she gasped as he landed a sweet rasperry from his lips to her stomach, "T-Troy..please stop it! it tickles!" she giggled, and he smirked, "say Troy Bolton is the most hottest most sweetest guy in the whole wide world." she nodded and repeated his saying, he stopped tickling her. their bodies were now against each other. Troy was ontop of her gulping nervously, he placed a strain of her hair and tugged it behind her air, "Brie... will you be mine?" he asked nervously. he hoped she would say yes, he knew he couldn't give her much, but he would give her whatever he could give to her. she nodded, "yes troy...I'll be yours this christmas.."

The hours grew late, and Gabriella laid on the couch hugging Troy tight against her. Troy laid on the couch looking at his surroundings and once again ...it seemed like a dream to him, like he'd wake at any moment and he'd be in an alley and huddled in a tight ball with his same ragged pants and hoodie. He sighed lightly, and looked down at the brunette beauty next to him. He had to do something...she was giving him a place for Christmas and she had said that she was his. He smiled, rubbing her hair softly and inhaling her scent as he brought to his lips and gently kissed the top of her head. She mumbled in her sleep, he laughed softly. "Briella..." he said, his voice growing heavy with sleep as he yawned, "I'll do something...I'll do something for you." Thing is, he just didn't know what.

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The Next Morning, Troy woke up by the smell of pancakes, eggs, sausage, and anything else. he followed the scent to the kitchen to where Gabriella was making breakfeast, he wrapped his arms around her, "Good Morning Beautiful." he mumbled into her hair, she giggled, "Good Morning to you sleepy head.." she turned around and kissed him passionately, "I made you breakfeast.." she smiled giving him a plate full of all the Breakfest foods, "and some Milk, I'm sorry milk was all I had, I ran out of Orange juice.." she apologized.

He smiled, and shrugged lighlty, "Hey, I've lived on the streets since..." he paused when he realized what he was going to say, "well I'm just used to going without a lot of things and milk is one of them. No objections to drinking milk now." gabriella chuckled and handed him his plate, he all but devoured the plate when he started to eat. How long had it been since he had a meal like this? Too long, that was the answer...much too long. He looked up at Gabriella who was about to break into tiny fits of giggles. he smirked and with a semi- full mouth said, "what?" she grabbed her napkin and leaned over, wiping off a dangler of scrambled egg from the corner of his mouth. He laughed and slowed down his ravenous eating to what...well, what he's seen in restuarants. Minutes later, he spoke with a clear mouth this time, "uhm I would like to go gift shopping...with you." he flushed and looked down at his now empty plate, Gabriella waited for him to finish but he made no effort too. maybe he would something in a store and work up a deal with the clerk to see if he could get for Gabriella, but it had to be something that she'd love.

She nods, "ok, we'll go in a few mintues.." she was about to wash the dishes until he stopped her, "hey, I'll wash them, you go get dressed, and gabi..." he asked, she smiled, "yes troy?" she smiled looking up into his eyes, "what is something you want for christmas?" he asked her. she pondered for a moment, "nothing really... theirs nothing really I want..

He lifted a brow, and pursed his lips. "Are you sure?" he asked, Gabriella then tilted her once again in thought and then smiled, "Troy, I mean it...nothing really..." Troy grabbed her wrists and spun her around and wrapped his arms around her waist, his lips meeting her ear. "What if Santa gets you something anyway...?" he asked, Gabriella couldn't help but shiver, and smiled up at him, twisting in his arms and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Then I better get something for Santa then huh?"

Troy smiled and said, "Santa delievers the presents, and gives them to the little nice girls like you.." he smirked, and she giggled and smirked, "and what if I've been naughty?" he pulled her close to him and he pecked her lips, "as long as your being naughty around me..." he smirked and she smiled, and she went up to take a shower to get ready for Christmas Shopping with Troy.