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More Than A Best Friend?

No-One's POV

"So, Troy, how was your afternoon?" Lucille smiled over at her son.

He was sitting on the other side of the bench, eating some freshly made ANZAC biscuits (Ever had one? AMAZING!) that were probably going to ruin his dinner. But, against Lucille's wishes, he still decided to eat them.

"It was okay," He mumbled through his mouthful. "Where's Dad?"

"He's at work," Lucille nodded, putting a baking tray, filled with vegetables in the oven. "Why's that my troubled son?" She asked, walking over and standing beside Troy, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.

"I just wanted to talk to him, doesn't matter." He shrugged, picking up another biscuit.

Lucille grabbed it just as he was about to put it in his mouth, putting the still slightly warm biscuit back on the cooling rack in front of them. "You can talk to me." She offered.

"No offence Mum, but I'd rather talk to Dad." He sighed. "But, I love you." He nodded, hugging his Mum. "Don't ever go become a lesbian."

"What are you talking about, Troy?" She sighed. "Troy, is something happening at school? Or do you know something I don't?" She asked, worried about her son's behavior. "What's Shane done?"

"No, nothing. I haven't spoken to Shane for days." He sighed. "Gabi's worried about her Mum."

"Oh, baby boy," Lucille sighed. She kissed the side of his head, tightening her arms around his muscular frame. Even though he was nearly eighteen, only a few years off being legal, she'd never forget the day that Troy was born and she still saw him as the tiny bundle that was wrapped in blue when the doctor handed him to her. "Why don't I have a talk to Maria tonight? Tell her Gabi's worried."

"No!" He exclaimed. "I mean.. Uh, no, Mumma," He sighed. "Thanks anyway." He smiled weakly, hugging his Mum. He may have been a grown boy but he still loved his Mumma's hugs. "Gabi's staying over tonight.. If that's okay, of course."

"Its fine," Lucille laughed. "Is it just her? Or Ally as well."

"No, just Brie," He smiled. "Ally has a party or something to go to." He nodded, before hearing an 'Awwwwwww!' coming from behind him. "Please don't tell me that's Gabi."

"Troy's getting hugs of his Mummy!"

"It is," Lucille laughed. "My baby boy." She smiled, kissing the top of his head.

"Mum," Troy groaned, pulling away. "Don't make fun! I love my Mum's hugs." He nodded towards Gabriella, who was standing in the kitchen doorway with her hair up, a new singlet on and her denim short shorts. The sight of her made Troy's heart skip a beat.

"Its okay, baby." She laughed, walking over and sitting beside him. "Ooooh, biscuit!" She smiled, reaching out for a biscuit.

"Uh-uh!" Lucille warned, smacking her hand lightly. "Troy can get away with it because he's a boy and somehow has a bottomless pit of a stomach. I know how much you can, or rather cant, eat, Missy." She smiled.

"Unfair," Gabriella pouted. "Troy shouldn't be a pig."

"Hey! Since when did it become pick on Troy day?" Troy frowned, resting his chin on his hand, his elbows resting on the bench. Gabriella giggled, hugging him. "Hugs don't make it better." He mumbled.

"What about a kiss?" She laughed. "Mwuah, mwuah, mwuah!" She giggled, trying to kiss his cheek. Neither of them realizing how much the other actually wanted the kiss to be real.

"Don't!" He laughed "I know you love me and all but I don't want your girl germs." He chuckled, looking over at her. He saw her face had paled slightly. "Hey, what's wrong? I was only joking, I know you don't have girl germs." He smiled.

"I-I know," She laughed nervously. "I totally knew you were joking.. About the whole thing." She smiled. She let out a breath when she heard her Mum walk in, Mel stumbling in behind her. "Thank god." She muttered, looking away from Troy.

"Melly!" Troy smiled, getting up and walking over to pick Mel up. "Hello, gorgeous girl. How are you, cutie?" He laughed, hugging her tiny frame, her little arms wrapping around his neck.

"Gee, I loved my welcome like that." Gabriella muttered, standing up. "I'm going to put my bags upstairs." She said, walking past everyone, heading up the stairs to Troy's kitchen. She'd always loved the Bolton house. It was big.. Big enough for her to be on one side and Jack on the other. She heard the Mum's in the house talking away, a pair of footsteps following behind her. "Don't follow me, Bolton."

"How did you know I was following you?" He asked

"I can hear you stepping?" She rolled her eyes. She let out a laugh when his arms wrapped around her waist, picking her up and walking towards his room.

"Thank you for laughing," He smiled. "I'm sorry I didn't give you a nice welcome. I was just talking to my Mum." He sighed, walking into his room. He smiled as he chucked Gabriella on his king-sized bed, letting out a laugh when she squealed. He jumped onto the soft, Lakers doona beside her, laying back against the bed. "Ahhhh, comfy!"

"I have to say, your bed is pretty amazing." Gabriella smiled, rolling on her stomach. "And chucking me was mean!" She laughed. "So was saying I have girl germs! And just generally being mean!"

Wait up, Gabriella! Think back to what you just said.. He's mean. What do they say when a guy is mean to a girl? They like them! Noooo, he cant like me! I'm just.. Gabriella.

"Suck it up, princess," He laughed, gently shoving her. "You know I love you."

Gabriella felt the heat in her neck rise instantly. She couldn't shake off the feeling that, just maybe, he meant it in a not-friend way. She smiled over at him, rolling closer to him. "I love you, too." She giggled. "What are we having for dinner? I'm starving!"

I love a girl that eats properly! Troy thought as a smile graced his gorgeous features, his eyes sparkling. "Roast, yummmmm!"

"YUMM!" Gabriella laughed, resting her chin on her hands. "It better be pork."

"I think you're in luck, Montez." He smiled. "And I booked the theatre room for just the two of us tonight."

"No annoying brothers to interrupt?" Gabriella giggled.

"Nope, Shane's never home anyway and Mum was gunna take Mitch to the hotel to visit Dad tonight." He smiled.

"Oooooh, we've got the whole house to ourselves, we could get up to some trouble." She giggled. "Naughty trouble."

"Is there any other kind?" He chuckled.

xTeenageDramasx

"So, how was your day kids?" Maria asked, looking between her daughter and the young male sitting on the opposite side of the table. Lucille was to one side of her, Mitch sitting next to Troy, Troy sitting next to Gabriella and Maria and Mel on the other side of the rectangular, wooden dining table.

"Fine," Gabriella muttered. She stabbed a piece of the cut up pork that was on her plate, shoving the piece in her mouth.

"Gabriella, you've been stroppy with me all afternoon." Maria sighed. "What did I do?"

"You tell me," Gabriella muttered. "How was your 'lunch'?"

"Fine," Maria nodded.

"That's it? That's all you're going to say? 'Fine'. That's always the answer!" She nearly yelled. Her anger getting the best of her.

"Gabriella Anne, don't start. Not in front of our friends." Maria sighed, shaking her head as she sat her knife and fork down.

"Well I wa-" She started before she felt a gentle squeeze on her right knee. She sighed, looking over at Troy who was giving her a 'You don't wanna do this' look. She just nodded, sitting her own cutlery down. "Excuse me, I need to use the bathroom." She muttered, getting up and walking away from the dining room table.

She knew if she stayed there that she'd explode at her Mum, and what if what they saw today was nothing more than.. Just a meeting? On top of that.. She needed to pee. Once she'd finished, and washed up in the bathroom she headed to Troy's room, walking out on the balcony. His balcony wound around the side of the house, leading to another balcony door that went into his massive walk-in cupboard. Every teenage girls dream! She was lucky, she could come here whenever she wanted and pretend that it was hers. It had heaps of her clothes in there anyway. It had enough room for about.. A billion pieces of clothing and then shoe racks and drawers. It was the biggest cupboard Gabriella had ever seen! She sat down on against the wall, resting her head back as she looked up at the star-filled sky.

At that moment in time she wanted a shooting star to fly by so she could wish for something better.. A more simple life. Its not like she was abused at home or was a complete outcast but, she only had a few friends, she never felt any good at anything, like any normal teenager she was picked on at school and her family life wasn't exactly ideal. Her Dad wasn't around and her Mum might as well be off somewhere like her Dad. It was like her and Mel were just two kids living in a paid for house.

She rolled her head over towards the balcony door when she heard little voices, smiling when she saw Mitch holding Mel's hand as she carefully stepped out onto the balcony.

"Zabi!" She said excitedly when she saw her big sister.

Gabriella laughed, holding her arms out to the two, little toddlers. "Hey Mel, Mitch." She smiled, hugging them as they ran over, into her arms. "How did you get up here?"

"Twoy!" Mitch exclaimed, pointing to the balcony door.

Gabriella laughed, looking over at the door. "Come out, come out wherever you are, Bolton." She called.

"Come out, Bowton!" Mitch laughed in his little, over excited, three year old voice.

"You're a Bolton, too, goose." Gabriella laughed, tickling his stomach. She looked over when someone, obviously Troy, sat beside her. She started tickling Mel's little tummy, pushing her legs together a little so they didn't fall backwards. Both of the tiny kids were laughing, in return making Gabriella and Troy laugh at how cute it sounded.

"S-Stop Za-Zabi!" Mel got out between her little giggles.

"Say you love me first," Gabriella laughed. "Both of you."

"I-I does love Zabi!" Mel giggled.

"A-And so does I love Gabi, too!" Mitch laughed.

"Awwww!" Gabriella laughed, as she stopped tickling them, hugging them instead. "I love you guys, too!"

"Are you okay?" Troy asked, finally speaking up. He wound his arm around Gabriella's waist, slightly moving closer to her.

Gabriella smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I just had to get away from my Mum." She sighed. "I know, that sounds terrible. But, its true."

Troy nodded, his eyes focused on the two little kids that were chatting away, something about the stars. "I understand that," He nodded. "My Mum's always around.. Sometimes I just wanna get away from her.. Talk to my Dad," He smiled slightly. "But I still love her. Its nothing against them."

"Exactly," Gabriella nodded. "That's all I want. Is to get away from the whore for a while."

"You don't know if what Ally saw was right," Troy sighed. "Your Mum very well could've been doing.. Stuff? With a guy.. But we don't know."

"Ally wouldn't lie." Gabriella said simply.

"I didn't mean it that way," Troy sighed. "I just mean.. She couldn't even tell us what the guy looked like an-"

"Troy, its okay," Gabriella sighed. "Just, stop." She laughed a little.

"Kids!" They heard Maria's voice call out.

"Out on the balcony, Ms Montez!" Troy called, looking towards the balcony doors. He smiled politely when she stepped outside, walking over to them. "I found the terrible twosome and their leader." He joked.

"Hey!" Gabriella exclaimed, hitting his chest gently. "You're so mean to me." She pouted.

"Thank you, Troy," Maria smiled. "I just came to grab Mel and then I was heading home. Gabriella, what time will you be home tomorrow?"

"I don't know, why?"

"Because, you're my daughter and I want to know when you'll be home." Maria nodded, picking Mel up, resting her on her hip. "Stop being smart with me or you can come home now."

Gabriella groaned, banging her head back against the wall. "I'll probably go to the beach or something with Troy and Ally, so.. Tomorrow night sometime."

"I'll call you tomorrow to see what you're doing." Maria nodded. "Good night. I love you, Gabi." She smiled, heading inside.

"I love you, too." Gabriella muttered. "Now she's gone.. Lets have some fun."

"You don't wanna talk?" Troy frowned.

"No, she's gone now so I can smile and be happy. Talking about her wont do that." Gabriella shrugged, standing up and holding her hands out to her best friend.

"You should talk to her eventually." He nodded, taking her tiny hands, pulling himself from the ground to stand in front of her. "Tell her about what happened today. What you saw. "

"I will." She sighed. "Please, just drop it?"

He sighed, nodding. "But, you better not be all pouty while we're watching the movie. Or I'll hurt you." He chuckled.

She cracked a smile, shoving him lightly. "I have no doubt in that." She teased, running into his bedroom. "Come catch me, Bolton!" She laughed.

He laughed, chasing after her. "Get back here, Montez!" He laughed, following her into his walk-in cupboard. They both laughed as he chased her around the balcony and back into the house. Troy, having a stronger athletic build, didn't take long to catch up to her, wrapping his arms around her tiny frame as they fell onto his bed.

Their laughs were still ringing around the room as they laid, sprawled out on the Lakers bedspread. Gabriella was laid on her side, facing Troy, while he laid on his back. He laughed, letting his head fall to the side to look at her, rolling on his side slowly. "You're too easy." He chuckled, his breath slightly irregular.

"Don't be mean!" She giggled, her breathing the tiniest bit more irregular than Troy's. "Man, I need to workout more!"

The first image that popped into Troy's head was Gabriella, her tanned skin with a light layer of sweat glistening off it as she either ran under the hot sun, done some sit ups or even?.. Arched her back as their bodies moved together, him thrusting in and out of her as their moans filled the air. What? Sex is an exercise! You burn up to two hundred calories, or something like that, during sex. He thought.

He felt his pants tighten a little as he imagined her moaning his name, her nails digging into his back as her legs wrapped around his waist, pulling him in deeper.

"Troy!" Gabriella yelled, pulling him out of his little dream. "Did you hear me?"

"Whoa, don't yell Brie." He chuckled. "Sorry, I was just thinking."

She laughed, moving to straddle his waist, poking his side. "What about, Bolton?" She laughed. "What was so important it refrained you from listening to me?" She laughed, as she kept poking his sides.

"Don't!" He chuckled, trying to stop her hands. He grabbed her small hands in his, rolling them over so he was leaning above her. He laughed, sliding her hands above her head. "What are you gunna do now, Montez?" He chuckled.

She laughed, trying to pull her hands from his. "I-I'll get you." She giggled. "Argh! Let me go, Bolton!"

He laughed and shook his head. "Nope," He chuckled. "I'm gunna tease you for tickling me." He laughed. He leant down, gently grabbing the material of her shirt between his teeth, pulling on it lightly, causing one of the buttons to gently pull out of its button hole.

To Troy, he was starting to fulfill his dream of being with Gabriella. Maybe if he done an amazing job of teasing her now she'd want more, then they'd eventually sleep together and become a couple. Only, he didn't know that Gabriella wanted the same thing and all he needed to do was ask her out and she'd be his. Not to say that she minded where he was going with his current actions.

He ran his tongue lightly along her skin, kissing along her collarbone, nipping lightly at her skin as he worked his way up to her neck. He smiled against her tanned skin as a light moan escaped her lips. Her legs wrapped around his waist, like in his dream, and she pulled him down closer to her.

"That's unfair." She whispered.

He smiled, pulling away from her skin, looking into her deep, chocolate brown eyes. "What's unfair?" He whispered back, nudging his nose against hers.

"I didn't tease you like that," She smiled, still whispering.

He smiled, brushing his lips against hers softly, smiling when she reacted, trying to kiss him back. He ran his tongue slowly along her bottom lip, his smile widening when she moaned lightly, trying to kiss him. When he was satisfied that she wanted him he kissed her properly, Gabriella kissing him back straight away.

Gabriella slightly pulled her butt off the bedspread, rubbing herself against his slightly tented pants. They both moaned at the contact, Troy running his tongue along her bottom lip again, slipping his tongue in her mouth when she allowed him access. His hand traveled down her side slowly, slipping under her shirt. He slid it up her toned stomach slowly, gently squeezing her left breast through her bra, causing another moan to escape Gabriella's lips.

"Troy!" Lucille called.

Gabriella quickly pushed Troy off her, sitting up quickly as she pulled her shirt down, fixing her hair. Troy groaned, falling back against the bedspread, running a hand through his hair. "Yeah, Mum?" He called back.

She smiled, poking her head in his doorway. "I'm taking Mitch out now, don't get up to too much trouble you two." She laughed.

Gabriella laughed a little, turning slightly to look at her. "We wont, Lucille." She smiled.

"Bye, kids. Love you." She smiled, before she disappeared.

"Love you, too." Gabriella smiled.

"Bye, Mum! Love you, too." Troy called after her.

Gabriella sighed a little, turning around to face Troy. "We need to talk about what just happened."

"What are you talking about?"

"We cant pretend like nothing happened, Troy." She sighed, running a hand through her hair. "I just kissed my best friend!"

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