A/N: I'm SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY I haven't updated in almost TWO WEEKS! I had too many tests in school and my friend went into hospital cause of a car accident and I had a important dancing competition and home work and my family visited our friends and everything was between me and my computer! But I'm back again! And trying to update more often. So here's the next chap! Enjoy! n_n

Troy stared at his phone intensively. He didn't know should he call her or not. The number was ready, her name screaming on the screen.

Montez.

His head was filled with questions.

What should I say? What if she never saw the note? What if her maid got it? What if she doesn't know what it meant? What if she didn't realize it was from me? What if she DID realize it was from me? How will she react if I call her? Will she laugh? Will she scream at me? Will she be mad? Happy? Sad?

Troy had no idea what he should do, his brain was screaming with emptiness. So he decided to do what his heart told him.

Troy picked the phone up and placed his finger on the call button. He was just about to push it when the phone started ringing.

"HOLY SHIT!!"

Troy screamed out loud and fell from the chair. He accidentally tossed the phone in the air and it landed softly on his bed.

Troy jumped up from the floor and ran to his phone. Who in heavens was calling him at so crucial moment?

He glanced the caller ID and his breath hitched in his throat. It was Montez.

Troy picked the phone up with shaking hands and lifted it to his ear, pressing the answer button.

"H-Hello?" He said out of breath.

"Hi Troy!" He could hear her sweet voice answering. It calmed his nerves a little.

"Sooo… What's up?" He asked, trying to sound normal.

At the other phone, Gabriella grinned sweetly. She could hear the nervousness in his voice.

"Oh I'm just fine! A little sick, that's all. But I think I'm getting healthier by the second!" She said smiling evilly.

"Oh..! Okay!" Troy answered. Gabriella smiled at the cuteness of the boy.

"I was here wondering, Troy, if you own a black Lamborghini?" She asked.

He gulped. "FUCK! She must have seen me speeding off her driveway!" He cursed in his mind. He opened his mouth to answer.

"Ye-Yeah..! I-I own one." He said, almost mumbling. Gabriella muffled a giggle with her hand.

"Fabulous!" She almost screamed. "I found this weird note from my door mat a hour ago, and I just wondered if you knew something about it?" She said cutely.

"And the weirdest part of it was, that just when I opened my door, I saw a black Lamborghini speeding off from in front my house!" She finished grinning devilishly. Troy gulped so loud that even Gabriella heard it.

"Yeahileftthatnote" He mumbled fast. Gabriella felt like laughing. She had heard clearly what he said, even when he had mumbled it. But she wanted to hear it again.

"Sorry, didn't quite catch that!" She said cheerfully. Troy sighed.

"Yeah I left that note." He said, this time clearly. Gabriella giggled. Troy blushed and hid his face with his free hand.

"And could you explain why you left that note?" She asked, still giggling. Troy groaned.

"I think you know why, Gabriella! You just like torturing me!" He answered. Gabriella smiled.

"How DARE you assume something like that!" she said with a fake angry voice. "And I really don't know what it meant! Care to explain?" She grinned. Troy sighed.

"It kinda... Meant... That I… Or that I don't... Kinda... Hate… You… Or… Something… Like that… You know…?" He finished. Gabriella giggled again.

"And can I have the same in English, please?" She answered. Troy blushed even harder.

"It meant that I like you… In some… Strange… Level…" He mumbled. Gabriella felt like dancing a victory dance.

"Aaaww Bolton! If it helps, I like you too! Even if it's only in some strange level." She giggled. Troy sighed happily.

"Yeah it helps…!" He said, this time smiling.

"Glad to hear!" Gabriella answered grinning. Neither of them said anything in a minute or so, but it was a comfortable silence. Then Troy spoke.

"So, what does this mean?" He asked, unsure of the answer. Gabriella thought it for a moment.

"I guess we could be friends? Like friends friends, not boyfriend girlfriend friends…!" She suggested. Troy smiled.

"That would be great!" He answered. Gabriella let out a little giggle again and Troy laughed to her.

"Well I guess we'll see on Monday, friend?" She asked. Troy smiled.

"Yeah. I guess we will!" He answered. "See you then, Bella!" He said and closed the phone. Gabriella froze with the phone on her ear.

"Bella?" She thought smiling. This time it felt natural to be called that, when she heard it from Troy's mouth. When Oliver had called her Ella, sounded it just… Wrong.

But oh boy did it feel this time right.

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The weekend went fast by. No one did anything interesting, Troy played basketball with Chad and Zeke, and Sharpay and Gabriella shopped.

Neither Gabriella nor Troy had told about their new friendship to their friends. Both were a little anxious how they would react if they heard the information, and they decided to let them see it in school, not hear.

When Monday arrived, were they both waiting the upcoming day with anticipation and fear. What they two did affected not just them and their friends, but the whole East High.

Gabriella was leaning against her locker, talking with Sharpay. She was wearing black skinny jeans, a white top with a pair of white Gucci shoes and a black leatherjacket, which ended half way to her hips. Her hair was hanging loosely on her back and on her neck she had a long, golden chain and on her arm she was carrying a white Chanel back. She looked stunning as always.

Troy walked toward the lockers. She was thinking about what to say to Gabriella. Chad and Zeke were following him, as always. None of them talked, all three boys were deep in thought.

Then they arrived at the lockers. Troy gulped when he passed his own locker and walked towards Gabriella's beautiful back. He tapped her on the shoulder.

She turned around, her hair flipped from the right side to the left with her movement. She beamed when she saw him.

"Hey, you!" She said and lifted her arms over his shoulders and hugged Troy tightly. First he was a little taken back with the warm gesture, but after a second wrapped he his arms around her waist and gladly returned the hug. Troy smelled Gabriella's sweet smelling hair and took a deep breath. He loved the position they were in.

When they broke apart opened Troy his mouth.

"Hey Bella!" He said and smiled. She giggled at the name.

"What's up, friend?" He asked with a goofy grin. Gabriella felt her heart melt.

"Nothing special! The same old crap as always. You?" She answered winking. Troy felt a warm sensation in his lower stomach.

"The same here." He said almost laughing. They both smiled heartedly, staring each other into the eyes.

It seemed that the whole EHS student body had stuffed themselves into the narrow hallway. Every single person was staring at the scene in disbelief, mouths hanging wide open, eyes not believing the situation.

Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez as FRIENDS but not dating? Not happening.

The bell rang. Troy and Gabriella turned around to walk to their first class together, which was drama, but they were stopped by every single person watching them in disbelief, there was even a couple of teachers in the crowd. Gabriella looked at Troy, pleading for help. Troy looked at the crowd.

"YOOO! Shouldn't you all be learning??" he shouted. Then he saw Mrs. Hirsbrunner (their English teacher) among the students. "Or teaching!!!" He yelled again. The whole situation changed in a second, everybody started moving again and they were pushing each other to get to the classes.

Gabriella mouthed Troy a thank you and they started walking again, their thunderstruck friends following.

The rumors started to spread like a disease. When it was lunchtime, there were at least 200 different versions about what was now called "The-Bolton-Montez-situation"

When Troy walked to his usual table, heard he everybody talking about the incident in the morning.

"I've heard that The Bootys and The Players want to gain all the power in the school and they are doing it with uniting the groups!"

"Well I heard that they are secretly dating!"

"I heard they are married!"

"I heard they were forced to be friends 'cause of their parents!"

"And I heard that they are twins and found out about it just yesterday!"

"I heard that Montez is pregnant!"

"I heard that BOLTON is pregnant!"

Troy shivered at the last one.

He walked to his usual table and sat between Chad and Zeke. They were looking him curiously. Troy let out a long whine of frustration.

"OH COME OOOOON GUYS! We talked this through! We are just friends cause we realized that it's better to be friends than to fight and tease each other without any reasons!" He almost yelled. Chad threw his hands up in the air defensively.

"We know! We know! I'm just wondering still what made you two decide that so suddenly!" He said.

"We just did, okay!" Troy said angrily and started stuffing the food in his mouth.

A few tables away were Gabriella and Sharpay having the same conversation.

"Shaaaa-aaaaar!" Gabriella whined. "I've already told you that we just thought that we are too old for that kind of behavior!" She said. Sharpay looked Gabriella in the eyes.

"You like him, don't you?" She said so quietly that only Gabriella heard She had an evil grin on her face. Gabriella lifted her other eyebrow.

"Of course I like him! Why would we be friends if I didn't?" she answered amused.

"No that's not what I meant! You like him like him! Like LIKE him!" Sharpay said pointing Gabriella's face. The brunettes eyes shot wide open.

"I DO NOT!" she whisper yelled. Sharpay smiled winningly.

"You do! If you didn't, you would have just laughed! But you denied it! AAAHAA! YOU'RE SO BUSTED!" she whispered and still pointed the other girl. Gabriella gulped.

"That's SOOOOOO not true!" She said, but her voice shook too much that Sharpay would have believed. Gabriella saw no escape off the situation so she decided to confess. A part at least.

"Well maybe a little!" she whispered. Sharpay opened her mouth but Gabriella continued talking. "But just a little! And you WON'T tell ANYBODY! And I mean it! Especially him!" She said with a puppy dog face. Sharpay covered her eyes with her hands whining.

"Ellaaa-aaa! Not the puppy dog! You know no one can resist your puppy dog look!" she said. Gabriella giggled. Sharpay peeked through her fingers and started giggling as well.

"You know I won't tell anybody!" She said. Gabriella hugged her friend. Then Sharpay continued.

"But if you ask me, you should tell Troy about your feelings! 'Cause I think he feels it too!" She said. Gabriella froze.

"He does?" She whispered with a tiny smile. Sharpay smiled. Suddenly Gabriella shook her head and started almost yelling.

"No no no no he doesn't! He can't!" She said hopelessly. Sharpay giggled again. Gabriella looked her with confusion written all over her pretty little face.

"You should test him! Hang out with him! See how he acts!" She said smiling. Gabriella's expression changed slowly from lost to evil.

"I should…!" She said and stood up very fast. She started walking towards the Players table and sat down next to Troy.

Suddenly everybody sitting in cafeteria fell quiet. They all turned around to stare at the Players table. Gabriella and Troy ignored the stares and smiled at each other heartedly.

"What brings you here, Mrs. Montez?" Troy said with a British accent. He was surprised by Gabriella coming to their table, but hid it well. She giggled.

"Oh nothing too special, Mr. Bolton!" She smiled seductively. Troy felt his heart skip a beat or two. "I just wondered what were you doing today, after school?" She continued. Troy felt his heart skip again a couple of beats.

"Nothing, really!" He answered. Chad opened his mouth.

"You said that we three would play basketb..OUCH!" He started insulted, but was stopped by Troy kicking him under the table. Troy looked him warningly and turned back to Gabriella smiling again.

"As I said, nothing really! Why?" He answered. Gabriella beamed.

"Great! I just wondered if you wanted to hang out with me?" She said with the puppy dog expression. Troy almost melted to his seat and smiled hypnotized.

"I-I-I would lo-love to!" He said stuttering. Gabriella giggled again.

"Fabulous! We'll meet at 4:PM in front of the downtown Starbucks! Is that okay?" She said.

"Of course!" He said smiling. Gabriella squealed and hugged Troy. When she let go off him and backed off, kissed she his cheek. Troy could feel the place where Gabriella's lips had touched his skin tickling. Gabriella had the exact same sensation on her lips.

"I'll see you there Bella!" He said still smiling. Gabriella smiled back.

"You will!" She winked and walked back to Sharpay. She was standing in front of their table and together they walked out of the cafeteria. The second they disappeared through the doors, started the new gossip spreading.

That was it! :) Hope you liked it! Leave a review and I'll know your opinion! And a million thanks for all the reviewers! You make my days!

XOXO, wimma.