I woke up the next day to the sound of my phone buzzing. I picked it up and realized that it was a Facebook conversation, before I scrolled through the messages I read the title: Sharpay's summer piss up.

I grinned as I read through the details, we hadn't had a party in ages and when we did, they were usually just little get togethers with a few cans of beer, we'd certainly never had a 'piss up' before. I read that the party was in just a few days, with each of us needing to provide money for alcohol, I would need to beg for some cash. There were more people going than usual, at least fifteen people had already agreed to go. Once I'd agreed to go I flew off my bed, with many ideas in my head about what to do with my hair, clothes and makeup. I decided I wasn't going to see Troy until the party, where I was definitely going to look my best.

My mum put the finishing touches to my hair with a bit of hairspray.

"Not bad, if I do say so myself" she said, holding the mirror up for me. I grinned at my hair, which my mum had first curled, then scraped up into a high ponytail with a few curly tendrils escaping round my face, which was illuminated by quite a generous amount of makeup.

"Thanks mum" I cheer, jumping up and smoothing my dress down, a short blue number which actually made me look like I had curves, I loved it.

"No problem, just try not to mess it up! You will behave at this party, won't you? No messing around with alcohol and boys, understand?"

"Yes mum" I mutter, rolling my eyes as I turn my back on her to grab my bag.

"Good, I'll see you tomorrow, have fun"

"I will, bye!" I say, giving her a quick hug as I rush through the door. Freedom! Troy! Party! This was going to be a good night.

I met Taylor down the road from Sharpays, although I barely recognized her, she was wearing a dress! Quite a nice one at that, knee length and deep red with flowing material and quite a deep neck to show a bit of cleavage.

"My mum bought it for me" Taylor said, reading my mind.

"She says I need to act more girly and get my head out of the clouds, she even did my makeup for me" she said, sighing.

"You look great, don't complain" I said, linking arms as we head up the road.

"Thanks, you look great too, Troy won't be able to resist" she says, laughing as I blush.

Its only half seven but the party already seems to be in full swing. At least twenty people are crammed into Sharpay's house, dancing and talking and swigging from cans of beer and cider, which are stacked up in the fridge and various other places.

Taylor turns her nose up at alcohol but I decide I'll need to be a bit tipsy for when Troy arrives, and decide on a can of cider. We find Kelsi and a few of other girls we know and start dancing around. Martha, another girl we know, had brought a bottle of wine, which I start swigging from when I've finished my cider.

"Steady on Gabs, you don't wanna get too drunk" Kelsi shouts above the music. Before I have time to reply, Taylor twists me round so I get a good glimpse of who is at the door.

My heart stops then seem to beat a mile a minute, because there at the door is Troy, looking so cool in new black skinny jeans and a black striped shirt, which clings to his toned body. He hasn't noticed me yet as he's talking to some of his mates, so I have time to turn back to my friends.

"How's my hair and makeup?" I shout above the music, Kelsi looks confused but Taylor drags me into a brighter light and looks me over.

"You look amazing, go get him!" she says, grinning as she pushes me towards the door.

I stumble a bit but try to keep a slow, steady pace, swinging my hips slightly and trying to look confident, even though I seem to have a swarm of butterflies flapping around in my stomach. Suddenly Troy turns around and notices me, he says goodbye to his friends and walks up, a smile appearing on his face. He gestures that we should go somewhere more quiet and I follow him into the kitchen, turning round to look at my friends, who obviously know whats going on at this point. They stick their tongues out and and giving me the thumbs up, I wink back as I disappear into the kitchen.

Troy and I squash into a corner and he takes time to look me up and down.

"Wow Gabby, you look amazing" he says, grinning as he slowly brushes my hair out of my eyes. I decided that there wasn't time to be shy anymore.

"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself" I reply, softly stroking the fabric of his shirt, its a risky move but he doesn't seem to mind, suddenly taking my hand in his and stroking it softly. My breath catches in my throat as he learns in to whisper in my ear.

"Do you want to dance?"

This is too much for even a drunken me to handle. I only end up squeaking out a yes, taking my hand out of his so he won't notice how sweaty it suddenly is and leading him out into the living room, where space has been cleared in the middle to make a dance floor. My friends seem to have vanished, which probably just as well.

The song playing is quite fast and loud, so its easy to just jump around and have a good time. I've danced with Troy lots of times to these sorts of songs, but usually when the slow stuff comes on we leave to go and get drinks, we don't do that this time. As soon as Aerosmith's "Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" comes on, Troy takes my hand and leads me into the middle, where most of the people have escaped the soppyness. He snakes his hands around my waist as a put my arms around his neck, looking up into his deep blue eyes. That's how we stay for what seems like forever, just staring at each other and slowly moving around. Its not strange though, it just feels right.

Suddenly Troy whisks me into a hug. I close my eyes and breath in his scent, wanting to stay like this forever.

"Gabriella, I..."

But before he could finish, a loud voice boomed in our ears, bringing me crashing down to earth.

"HEY TROY!" the familiar voice says, the owner of the voice grabbing Troy and twisting him around. It was Sharpay, looking very glamorous in a white, sparkly and extremely short dress which left little to the imagination. Her hair was backcombed and her makeup messed up slightly, it was obvious she'd been drinking quite a lot.

"Hey Sharpay, great party" Troy said, sounds slightly dazed by her sudden appearance. I was completely dazed at the sudden turn of events and could only manage a wave. Sharpay barely noticed me, giving Troy one of her flashy smiles.

"Thanks, I was hoping you were enjoying it, sorry to barge in but there's something upstairs that I need you to take care of"

"What is it?" Troy asked.

"You'll see" Sharpay answered, grinning and taking his hand, dragging him across the room. Troy stopped and looked back, telling me he'd be back as soon as possible, before he and Sharpay disappeared up the stairs, leaving me alone.

So here's the second chapter, I was very happy to receive a bit of feedback for the first one, I'm glad people are taking an interest in my story :P Please rate and review for more, thanks for reading :)