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The next two weeks were good fro Troy and Gabriella because it brought them closer together and Jack had placed Troy and Gabriella's permanant back up, Taylor had Chad and Sharpay had Ryan so it only made sence for Gabriella to have Troy. They spent pretty much everyday together and every night Troy would stay in Gabriella's room and then sneak back into his room at 9am the next morning in time to be woken by his dad at 9:15am.

Gabriella's feelings for Troy had grown more ever since she told him about her horrible past and he had kept his promise of not telling anyone and he kept her secret, whenever they went on a job Troy would park as close as he could which he didn't used to do, he used to just park around the corner but he felt protective of Gabriella, like it was his job to look after her and make sure she was OK.

Jack had given Troy and Gabriella the day off so Troy wanted to do something for Gabriella to show how much he cared about her but he couldn't think of anything, it was true that he knew her better then anybody else in the 'family' but he didn't know what would make her see how much he cared about it unless...

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"Where are we going Troy?" Gabriella giggled blindfolded as Troy led her into a room "Seriously Troy where are we going?" he stopped them both and took her blindfold off. Gabriella looked around, they were in an abondaned warehouse that had a table in the middle with a candle on and room was lightly lite by candles, there was dinner on the table that had smoke still coming off it so it was just cooked. Gabriella turned around in disbelief and looked at Troy "You did all this for me?" he nodded and she hugged him tight "Thank you" he whispered a soft "Your welcome into her ear and they made their way over to the table to eat.

The dinner conversation was mainly Gabriella telling Troy how wounderful it is and asking how he did it but he didn't want to answer her questions until after dinner when he would explain his feelings to her and just hope that she feels the same way.

After dinner they went outside, layed on the floor and looked at the stars just in a comfortable silence "Why did you do this for me?" he turned to face her so he was leaning on his elbow looking into her eyes. "Because the truth is... I like you Gabriella. Alot. Your everything that I have ever wanted in a girl. Your sweet, funny, clever, georgus and that's just the beginning of the list. I didn't know how to tell so I thought maybe dinner might soften you up a bit" he laughed nervously for a second before continuing his speech. "My dad told me to never fall for someone who works for the family because it could end bad for both parties involved but I can't help it Gabriella. I feel for when I first layed eyes on you in college on the first day when you dropped your books and I helped you pick them up... I don't care if my dad doesn't like it because I need you more"

Gabriella had no idea what to say to that, how can anything compare to that speech? She did the one thing that would prove to Troy what her feeling were for him. She grabbed the sides of his faces softly with her hands and pulled him closer until their lips met and they kissed and it felt like the first time, there were sparks running through their bodies when their lips first touched. When they pulled back for air Troy spoke first "I was hoping you'd say that" they both laughed a little bit and Gabriella looked into his eyes as deep as she could "I like you too Troy. Ever since I've been here you've been like my oxygen I really need you and I have feel like I have to hold close to me every night because you might just be a dream and I don't want you to go away Troy" he pulled her close to him and kissed the top of her head. "I'm not going any were... I promise"

Troy did eventually ask Gabriella to be his girlfriend and of course she said yes but they were going to need to keep it a secret from everyone because if people find out it could be dangerous for Gabriella and Troy wasn't willing to take that risk, he would do anything to keep her safe. He would die for her if it came down to it.

They eventually started driving on their way home when Troy noticed that a car had been following them since they've been on the road. "Do me a favour and get the gun from under your chair" Gabriella nodded in confusion and got the gun, she handed it to Troy who was just waiting for them to shot at him, he knew it was one of the gang members from the De Costa's because they have done this many times before. He just kept hoping that he was wrong. He didn't want Gabriella in this kind of danger.

He started speeding up and pulled into a side road that was next to a field, her seen that the other car parked slighlty up from them and Troy was ready to fire. "Call my dad and tell him the De Costa's are following us and we need the others here, don't forget to tell him where we are. Get the ther gun ou of the glove compartment and keep close to me at all times"

When they got everyting and called for the other they got out of the car and Troy walked into the field. He heard a three car doors slam shut and made sure Gabriella was standing closely behind him "Troy. What's going on?" Troy seen five men walking towards them with various weapons. "These guy's killed Sophia and they hate our family. They would do anything to have us dead... get ready to shot if you need to OK?" she nodded and watched their movements closely.

Jared De Costa was the head honcho of the sons of Derek De Costa. Jared had four men Troy didn't recognise and all of them were walking towards them and Troy kept stepping back he didn't want to get seperated from Gabriella. "So... Who's the chick? Sophia's replacement in the 'family' and your bed?" Gabriella got angry and just shot the gun at least three times. Troy grabbed Gabriella's arm and looked at her angrily, he realised that one of the men he didn't recognise was on the ground... unmoving. "You've started another battle" he whispered angrily at her, she looked at Troy scared of him. She shot him because it made her angry and she lost control, everyone does it.

Jared started shooting and he heard Gabriella scream out, he didn't know if it was because of the shots or if because she was hurt. He couldn't turn around because if he took his eyes of Jared he could easily kill him easier "Troy! My side... it hurts" he heard a thump and seen Gabriella's feet laying. He didn't know what to do but then he saw Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, Ryan, Jack and three people his dad knew standing behind Jared and the other guys... all holding guns pointing at them "I suggest you get out of here Jared" Jared realised he wouldn't be able to fight them all off with three other people so he got the others attention and they left.

Troy instantly went to the ground next to Gabriella's side "Gabs... you OK?" she was holding her side and there was blood everywhere. "Troy it hurts... so bad" Troy moved her hands and put his hands there making more pressure "Dad call an ambulance!" he heard everyone running over and they all started crowding round her and Troy didn't like it, he didn't want anybody to get to close to her "Move!" he shouted at them and they instantly moved back "Troy" Gabriella called out in merley a whisper "It's OK Gabs... I'm here, Keep your eyes open and talk to me" he had tears in his eyes he was just trying not to let them fall, nobody could know about them cause something like this or worse would happen. "I can't" she whispered and her eyes closed.

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This one was a bit emotional...

What will happen next? Will Troy get revenge? Will Gabriella be OK? Find out next chapter :)

Love M xxxx