Gabriella
"Exactly, what are we looking for?" My best friend Sharpay asked me, I was out shopping with my girls, they still didn't know about my relationship so I wanted to tell them, besides I had my first date tonight with Troy...according to him we were going to this famous restaurant, a lot of celebrities were gonna be there and with them a lot of paparazzi too, so that means tomorrow morning we would be in the news as a couple.
"I need a dress" I said as I walked inside a store.
"Why would you need a new dress?" Taylor asked. She was looking around.
"Because I have a date tonight?" I replied...there was a small silence before they started asking for details.
"Really?" Sharpay grabbed my arm excited.
"Who's the lucky guy?" Kelsi asked. "Do we know him?"
"Is he cute?" Taylor grabbed my other arm and pulled me.
"Yes...you guys know him...it's Troy" I said looking at the price of a really cute red dress. Sharpay gasped while Taylor and Kelsi looked at each other shocked. I knew these were gonna be their reactions, they knew Troy and I were friends but they never thought we were gonna become more than that...and they weren't mistaken either. Sharpay ran a hand through her blonde curls giving me a really intense look.
"Are you sure about that?" she asked "I mean you have been friends for so long..."
"yeah, you guys might be taking it to another level" Taylor added.
"Well..." I couldn't tell em about our plan, since Troy told me not to. 'Don't tell your friends about our plan...this is just between you and me' were his exact words. "I think we realized we couldn't be just friends anymore" The girls just kept looking at me until Kelsi spoke up "well I'm happy for you guys" she smiled at me, this is why I love Kels, she always seemed to care about other's people happiness more than anything else. When we were done shopping we decided to go eat something, we sat down and put the bags to the side.
"So...where are you guys going?" Kelsi asked.
"To this restaurant...I forgot its name" I waved it off while deciding what to eat, I was seriously hungry.
"And when did he ask you out" Taylor always wanted to know the smallest detail ever.
"Yesterday, I went to his basketball practice" I said. I noticed Alex very quiet, and that was very weird. " Are you ok Shar?"
"huh...yeah" she said going out of her thoughts and coming back to earth.
"Are you sure?" She was acting very weirdly.
"Yes I am!" she snapped. "You know what, I need to go now see ya'll later" she stoop up, grabbed her bags and left...What the hell was that? Why was she so angry? What did I miss? I looked at the other two, they just kept looking down.
"What's up with her?" I asked them, Taylor looked away and Kelsi opened her mouth like she was gonna say something but closed it right away, they knew something.
"Maybe she's on her period" Taylor finally said "I'll call her later" I decided to let it go for now because I had other stuff to think about, but I was gonna find out what the hell was happening to her sooner or later. More sooner than later...

Troy
I was with Chad at my house, fixing my clothes because it was almost time to go pick Gabby up, he just stood there staring at me for a good minute.
"You sure 'bout this bro?" he finally asked me, he sat down on my bed while I finished putting my shoes on.
"of course, wouldn't be doing it if I wasn't" I told him, besides I called my mom to tell her and she was dying to see her, maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all.
"Do you really like her...cause if something goes wrong you might lose her as a friend too" he stated. What the fuck was wrong with this dude, looking all negative and shit?
"yeah I do, don't worry, it will be fine" I waved him off since we weren't in a real relationship, nothing could actually go wrong.
"ok then" He finally gave up, I made a mental note to myself, find out what was bothering him.
"I gotta go now...wish me luck" I told him, I was surprised to find out I was actually a bit nervous. When the hell have I been nervous to go out with Gabs? That felt seriously weird, I pushed that strange feeling to the back of my mind and got out of the house.

Gabriella
I was sitting on a stool in the kitchen when I got a text from Troy. 'I'm outside' I smiled and grabbed my purse before going out. I was wearing that really cute and tight red dress that I saw earlier at the mall, my hair was something else; I couldn't manage to make it look decent so I just let it down on its natural curls. I opened the door and he was casually standing there with his hands inside his pockets, he looked down at me, I had to admit he looked fine as hell, I felt a strange feeling between my legs as I looked at him up and down, damn I knew he was cute but right now he looked seriously sexy!
"You look...gorgeous!" he said and just then I noticed he was checking me out too.
"You look amazing too!" I told him, he was staring at my dress while biting his bottom lip. I closed the door behind me and I followed him up to his car, he opened the door for me.
"Thank you" I said, getting inside the car and he smiled at me...
When we got there just as he said the entrance was full of paparazzi, he gave the keys to the valet and grabbed my hand, we walked to the front entrance of the restaurant, Troy pulled me behind him I guess to protect me from the flashes of the paparazzi, he was very serious as we walked inside the beautiful restaurant, I recognized some very important faces having dinner.
"Reservation under Bolton" I heard he said, I was amazed by the beauty and how perfect everything seemed to be. Troy was playing with my fingers while we walked to our table. He helped me to sit down and sat down across from me.
"This is so beautiful" I told him, still looking around. The restaurant had a very modern decoration in black and white.
"I'm glad you liked it" he smiled for the first time since we left my house and I smiled back at him. "and I'm very sure we'll be on the news tomorrow"
"you're a genius" I laughed.
"Thank you"
I had a really good time, I just loved these kind of moments with Troy, where we could just talk about everything and anything, he really knew how to pull up a date, maybe that's why every girl was totally crazy about him. We were drinking wine and laughing at a story he was making about Jason when I saw a very familiar face walking inside the restaurant. I was petrified in my seat and he noticed.
"Are you ok Gabs?" he asked and grabbed my hand for support. I knew I had to tell him, but I didn't want his mood to go down after we were having such a good time. Because she was there and I noticed she wasn't alone.
"Uhh..." shit I thought when I saw her looking our way, she said something into the guy's ear and they walked over to us. This wasn't gonna be pretty. "Troy...umm, Jessica its coming over" He was petrified, I knew it was gonna have a bad effect on him, I was the only person who knew why they really broke up and even when he tried to hide the hurt you could still see it in his eyes. He finished his glass of wine and ordered another bottle before they got there.
"hey Troy" her soft voice greeted "Gabriella" she looked at me with hate in her eyes.
"Hey Jessica... and who's this?" I asked looking at the really tall guy next to her.
"This is Michael, my boyfriend" she replied and I looked down at Troy. "What a surprise to find you guys here" she added.
"Yeah, we came to have a nice dinner" I told her with a fake smile, Troy wouldn't take his eyes off me the entire time, I grabbed his other hand.
"that's so..." she looked down at Troy again, who was totally ignoring her presence.
"Let's go to our table babe, I'm hungry" The guy spoke for the first time.
"Sure...nice to see you guys" she said as they walked away.
"You too" How dare she do this to Troy, I looked into his eyes to find any emotion...nothing! "We can leave if you want" He slowly shook his head and took a sip of his glass of wine...This was gonna be a very long night. A few hours and several bottles of wine later, Troy was totally wasted, I knew seeing her again was gonna have this effect on him, and he refused to leave this stupid restaurant. Thank God he wasn't a loud drunk or else we would be fucked up. I took a deep breath and I grabbed our stuff.
"Let's go Troy" I told him. He shook his head and finished his glass. I took the glass from his hand, he just stared at me. "let's go" I said again, he finally gave in and stood up, I didn't know how I was gonna take him out without the paparazzi seeing him like this, and I didn't think he was in condition to drive. I grabbed his hand more to offer him support than anything else. We walked out of the restaurant and the valet brought his car.
"gimme the keys" I told him.
"No...I'm gonna drive my car!" he exclaimed.
"You can't drive like this so gimme the fucking keys Troy Alexander" this dude was seriously getting on my nerves. He handed me the keys and got inside the Lamborghini.
"You can't keep doing this to yourself whenever you see her Troy...don't you know that's what she wants?"He was looking out the window, was he even listening to me? I sighed and waved it off, he would have his punishment in the morning, I bet he was gonna have the worst hangover ever. I parked the car in front of his house and dragged him to the front door; he could barely walk on his own. I opened the door just to close it behind me and I walked him up to his room. He threw himself on the bed and closed his eyes.
"You're such a mess" I whispered as I took his shoes and his clothes off. I kissed his forehead "I'm leaving now" I added before grabbing the keys, I started to walk out but he grabbed my arm.
"Stay with me..." he pleaded. "Please..."
"Fine" I said, I couldn't leave him like that, so I grabbed an old t-shirt, took off my dress and my shoes. He was asleep when I walked back inside the bedroom; I sat next to him looking how peaceful he seemed to be. He would be on a bad mood tomorrow so I guess it was alright. He wrapped his arms around my waist and hid his face on my neck.
"Thanks" was all I heard coming out of his mouth, I hugged him and closed my eyes.
Tomorrow was gonna be a hard day...