Gabriella woke up from her 8 hour slumber and saw a pair of blue eyes boring into her. "Um, hi."

"Hello." Troy greeted back.

"It's not very comfortable waking up to a pair of eyes just staring at you." Gabriella told him. "I sleep with a taser under my pillow. If we were at my house, there would be electricity running through your body as we speak."

Troy laughed, "Good thing we're at my place, then. Wouldn't want you to kill me out of fright."

"A very good thing." Gabriella reached down on the floor and picked up the first article of clothing she saw. One of Troy's blue oxford shirts. She pulled it over her arms.

"You wear that so much better than I do." Troy complimented. "When I wear it, I actually have to button it. Can't just walk around in my underwear and button down shirts."

"You don't have to button it, you know."

Troy smiled, "You'd let all the ladies of Los Angeles see me with my shirt unbuttoned."

"Well I change my mind. I'd be very jealous." Gabriella joked. She rolled out of Troy's bed. "Want coffee?"

"Yeah." Troy said. "Do you want me to show you where everything is?"

"Nah. I can figure a kitchen out." Gabriella replied, sarcastically. She walked out of Troy's bedroom and into his kitchen.

"Morning." Marcus greeted.

Gabriella screamed and jumped slightly, "Marcus! Hi."

"I didn't know you spent the night." Marcus said.

"I didn't know you lived here."

"He doesn't." Troy replied. "Marcus why are you here?"

"Well I ran out of cereal." Marcus answered. "So I came here. And you are out of milk and sugar and now cereal."

Gabriella buttoned up Troy's shirt and turned to Marcus, "I apologize for my half-nakedness."

Marcus shrugged, "I'm not complaining. You're a lingerie model. I've seen you in less than what you're wearing right now."

Gabriella nodded, "Right. Troy I'm going to go while there are no paparazzi in the front yard. I have a Victoria's Secret opening that I have to go to. I'll call you later."

"Alright."

Gabriella walked back into Troy's room to grab her clothes. Troy sat down on a bar stool. "Ok, can you tell me when your going to drop by my apartment."

"Well I came in at like six in the morning after I left the gym and that's pretty early, so I assumed you were asleep. Didn't mean to interrupt your "sexytime" with Gabriella. Why don't you tell me when you here having sex with herr?"

"Because you don't live here. I don't have to tell you anything. And I wasn't having sex with her."

"Why not?"

Gabriella walked back into the kitchen, "I'm going to go. I'll see you guys later."

Marcus waved, "Bye Gabriella. It was nice seeing you."

Gabriella smiled, "You too, Marcus." She gave Troy a kiss before leaving.

"I should get going to." Marcus agreed. "And get dressed."

"Why?"

"Well there's a Victoria's Secret opening, Gabriella and her model friends are attending, and I want to be there." Marcus winked and walked out behind Gabriella.

"Aw, they have my picture up." Gabriella's friend, Adriana, cooed. "It's a good one."

Gabriella smiled, "Great."

"What are we supposed to do anyway?" Adriana asked. "Just hang around and browse at the stuff?"

"Well they have reporters. They might want to ask us some questions."

"You mean about your boyfriend?"

Gabriella blushed, "Maybe."

Adriana poked Gabriella's side, "Aw you're blushing. Why haven't you guys gone public, yet?"

Gabriella shrugged, "I don't know. Troy told me he didn't care. But maybe we could be like Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and never actually admit we're dating, but make out a lot in public and go on vacation together."

Adriana shook her head, "Don't do that. It's so tacky.

"Yeah, you're right." Gabriella agreed. "I always hated when couples did that when I was in high school."

"You guys should be like Jay-Z and Beyoncé and be super private."

"That's..."

"Hi Gabriella." Gabriella was cut off by Michael Yo, that super annoying E! reporter/crappy comedian.

"Hi."

"How are you doing?" Michael asked.

Gabriella smiled, "Great."

"Congratulations on being the new face of Betsey Johnson."

"Thank you."

"So I have a few questions I would like to ask you." Michael said. "There are some rumors going around about you and Troy Bolton. Are you guys dating?"

Gabriella nodded, "Yes I am dating Troy Bolton."

"Wow. How did that happen?"

"We were introduced and instantly hit it off. We've been dating officially for three weeks now."

"Well congratulations. I wish you two the best."

Gabriella smiled, "Thank you." Gabriella turned and walked away. "Now the entire world will know about us by the time E News comes on."

"Now you guys don't have to hide anymore."

"We never were hiding. We were spotted together a bunch of times, but we just never confirmed we were dating."

"Now you guys can do interviews together, and you can be his date to red carpet events."

Gabriella put her hand up to silence Adriana, "Ok. I get it."

"Good luck getting privacy, now. I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted."

Gabriella frowned. "Thanks for reminding me."

Gabriella sat down on her couch, and let out a long yawn. Today had been a super long day and she just wanted to take a nap.

"So how was your day, Gabs?" Lola asked, plopping down on the couch next to her sister.

"Long."

"I saw your little interview on E News today." Lola said.

"Wow they wasted no time at all."

"News spreads fast in Hollywood." Lola said. "It's all over the place."

Gabriella groaned, "Great." Her phone buzzed in her pocket. She clicked the call button on her Bluetooth. "Hello."

"Hey, Gabriella." Troy greeted.

"Hi, Troy."

"So everyone knows we're dating now." Troy stated, smoothly.

"Are you mad?" Gabriella asked.

"No. Why would I be?"

"Because I didn't consult you about it." Gabriella answered.

Troy chuckled, "I already told you I didn't care if you told people."

"Are you telling the truth."

"Yes."

"Because now we have no more privacy."

"When did we have any privacy?" Troy questioned.

Gabriella sighed, "You have a very good point."

"Just relax." Troy said. "I have to go."

"Bye." Gabriella hung up.

Lola smiled, "See, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. I told you that you worry about everything."

Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Your sarcastic know-it-all attitude is not needed."

Lola shrugged, "Sorry." She grabbed the remote and started flipping through the channels, but stopped when she saw a picture of Gabriella. "They're talking about you on Wendy Williams."

Gabriella groaned again, "Gross. I hate her."

"So Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton announced that they are dating today." Wendy said. "I honestly think that this relationship is fake."

"What?"

"Hush." Lola ordered.

"Troy's new movie is coming out in a few weeks and his publicists probably thought it would be a good idea to pair them up until talk about his movie calms down." Wendy continued to speculate. "This just seems faker than a 3 bill to me."

"She's such a stupid, fat, lazy, overeating, shit talking..."

"Slow down tiger." Lola teased.

"I just don't like her at all." Gabriella said. "I hate bullies like her. What the fuck does she know about my relationship? She knows absolutely nothing, that's what. She makes me sick."

"I'm going to make you a margarita and give you half of my sleeping pill before you go crazy."

"No thank you."

"Mom just called me." Marcus said.

"What did she want?" Troy asked.

"She just wanted to know what we were doing and if we were home." Marcus told him. "Nothing new."

Troy heard a knock on the door. He went to open in and saw his parents and sister standing in the doorway. "What are you guys doing here?"

Lucille stepped inside, "We wanted to see you guys." She pulled Troy into a hug. "I missed you so much."

Yasmine rolled her eyes, "Yeah, don't sugarcoat it mom. She was going crazy not meeting Gabriella."

"Mom, you just dropped by unannounced?"

"Yeah." Lucille answered.

Troy sighed, "I wish I would have known you guys were coming."

"Good thing they didn't come this morning, right Troy?" Marcus teased.

"Marcus shut up." Hey heard his phone ring. He grabbed it off the counter and answered it. "Hello?"

"Troy its me." Troy's publicist, Erica said.

"Hi Erica."

"Ellen Degeneres would like you and Gabriella to do a joint interview." Erica said.

"Why?" Troy asked. "We aren't working on anything together."

"She would like to sit down with Hollywood's newest couple." Erica answered.

"No. Erica, I have to go. I'll talk to you later." Troy hung up. He turned back to his parents. "Are you guys going to stay at Marcus' apartment or here or a hotel?"

"We already checked into a hotel down the street." Yasmine told him. "Mom just wanted to come here and say hello."

"Oh."

"Well its late. We should get going." Lucille said. "Tomorrow we are going out to dinner and Troy, you are inviting Gabriella. I am dying to meet her."

Troy nodded, "Yeah. I can tell."

~To Be Continued~

Hi. I'm in a super good mood right now so I decided to update faster than I originally planned to. Anyway, enjoy. xD