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Chapter 4

There was an insistent throbbing pain coming from her ankle, and it wouldn't go away. As hard as she tried, no matter what she did, it kept getting stronger and stronger. She had thought about rearranging her position many times, but that was impossible because a certain someone had one hell of a hold on her body. She really didn't want to wake him up because of her stupid ankle, he had already done more than enough for her.

To think that just a few days ago she was a single girl looking for love. Well, as the saying goes, she was looking for love in all the wrong places. The last person that she expected to be with, who she expected to fall for her, would have been her neighbor.

But there they were, tangled not only in one another's arms, but one another's hands, feet, legs, hair, everything. It was as if their bodies just wanted to melt together to become one.

Gabriella let out a frustrated sigh when the throbbing continued to piss her off, aggravating the hell out of her. Not only was it pissing her off, it was killing; the pain was enormous and almost unbearable.

'Ughh,' moaned Gabriella to herself quietly. Surprisingly though, she felt Troy's body beginning to move beneath her. Within seconds his eyes shot open, and then his body shot up. 'What's wrong? Are you hurting? Is it your ankle still?' Worry was stretched far across his face.

Troy instantly removed the blankets that had been covering them, the fact that only seconds ago he was in a deep slumber not seeming to register with his body. It was as if he had been awake the entire time.

His strong hands found her ankle that was covered in an ace bandage and he let his hands roam all over her foot, ankle and leg. The gentle massaging that Troy was doing to Gabriella's body was causing sparks to shoot through her. Feeling his hands on her body again stirred feelings inside of her that she had never felt before, and all she wanted was to feel more of it; feel it more often; feel it all the time.

'Is it hurting you?' asked Troy as his crystal blue eyes looked up for the first time to meet her chocolate ones. She simply nodded her head slightly as she shut her eyes and bit her lip to help conceal the pain.

'It's okay, you can let it out. You don't have to put up some strong front in front of me. Being weak or in pain isn't a bad thing you know.'

Instead of responding to his really sweet words, she grabbed the pillow that was laying next to her and put it to her mouth as she screamed bloody murder into it. All Troy could do was chuckle at how cute she was acting, but then he stepped up his massaging actions in an attempt to help cease the pain.

'I'm going to go get you some ice okay? I'll be right back.' The pillow was still to her face although her screaming had stopped. She was bitting down so hard on her tongue that she assumed it would start to bleed soon. He gently placed her aching foot down before he stood up from the bed, came over to her side, placed a sweet kiss on her forehead, and went downstairs to fetch some ice.

With his hands gone from her body, a sense of coldness washed over her as she pulled some sheets on top of her in a hurry. She grabbed the pillow once again and threw it over her face as she began to scream into it once more. The pain in her ankle was driving her insane.

Only seconds later she felt his hands on her body again as a freezing cold bag of pees were gently dropped on her ankle. She couldn't help but screech at the initial shock, but with his soothing words, she was able to push past it.

After Troy was satisfied with the ice on her ankle, he moved the sheets around on the bed so that they would cover Gabriella's body and go over her ankle. Once he was finished, he moved his body under the sheets as well and brought her to him.

'Do you think you'll be able to go to sleep again?'

She looked next to her at the alarm clock that read 4:37am before returning her face to Troy's chest. She murmured a 'hopefully' as she snuggled deeper into his body.

A cheeky smile graced Troy's face as his hands wound around her small waist and he rubbed her back repeatedly. Soon enough, Troy heard her even breathing and he then allowed his eyes to flutter shut and he fell asleep too.

It was hours later when Troy started to stir because his foot had started to feel really cold and wet. He had tried to ignore it, but eventually it go the best of him and he lifted up his foot to find that it was only the bag of pees; it had fallen off of Gabriella's foot and onto his.

Troy carefully repositioned the bag on her foot while being careful not to disturb her. Unfortunately he felt her body stir next to him and when he looked back at her her eyes were open and staring at him.

'What are you doing?'

'Fixing the ice pack, it fell off your ankle.'

A smile graced her lips at his kindness and she stretched her arms out to him indicating she wanted him to come down to her. Of course he obeyed and they snuggled into one another comfortably.

The sound of Gabriella's stomach growling brought both of them back to reality and a small blush formed on her cheeks. 'Sorry' she muttered. 'It's okay, I'm sorry I didn't feed you sooner, I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere!'

Gabriella cringed as she felt Troy's warm body leave heres and she grew disappointed. When Troy got to his door he turned back around to stare at her beautiful figure. 'You're adorable when you blush.' That was all he said before he gave her a wink and ran downstairs.

A while later Troy returned with a tray of breakfast treats in his arms, consisting of French toast, cereal, fruit and juice. 'Wow, aren't you the cook!' Gabriella was amazed at everything that he had done.

'You aren't surprised are you? I mean come on now, who made you your amazing PB&J sandwiches all throughout elementary school?'

Troy had a point there. Back when they were little, Gabriella always found herself sleeping over Troy's house a lot because her mom was always away on business, and the next day when she was getting her things together for school, she would always find Troy in the kitchen making their lunches. And to think that he was only nine at the time.

'I could never forget those days. They were the best ones of my life,' said Gabriella softly.

'We'll right now would have to be the best days of my life. Deep down I knew that my life would never be complete unless I had at least attempted to become something more with you. And now that I have, I'm never letting you go.'

'Good, I don't want you to.'

They both spent the entire day in bed being silly little teenagers. Troy fed Gabriella her breakfast, they talked for what seemed like eternity, had make-out session after make-out session, and at the very end of it all, had decided to pop in Panic Room. Troy had watched it a million times, and it had been years since Gabi had last seen it, but she was up to anything. Another thing that Troy loved about Gabriella; she was such a cool girl, very outgoing, up for anything, anytime.

All of the creepiness and the sneaking up on other people were getting to Gabriella and she turned her head into Troy's chest in an attempt to shield her eyes from the fear she was seeing. Troy couldn't help but chuckle at how incredibly cute she was acting, his heart warmed immensely at her every move.

Feeling Gabriella's hands curl around his t-shirt when ever something frightening would occur in the movie made Troy tighten his hold on her body.

Gabriella was quite proud of herself; the movie was almost over and she was able to sit through most of it without complaining that she was scared, and best of all, the pain in her ankle wasn't there any more.

'How about we turn it off now and just cuddle?' asked Troy looking down at Gabriella.

'That sounds like a brilliant idea.'

A few minutes later they were both settled and in each others arms. Not only were they cuddling, but they were back to making-out once more.

Troy had turned Gabriella over onto her back and was gently leaning over her body, making sure to support himself up so he didn't crush her. His right hand was running up and down her leg, bringing his pants that she was wearing with them. Once again his soft and incredible hands caused intense feelings to stir inside Gabriella's body, even resulting in slight moans to escape her mouth and be swallowed by Troy.

For Troy, kissing Gabriella was like heaven on earth, it was when he was happiest, although he was also happiest whenever she was in his presence.

They had only been this close for a few days, but to them it felt like a lifetime.

Gabriella hands were tangled in Troy's hair, bringing him closer to her then he already was, if that was even possible. Troy brought his mouth down to her neck, searching for just the right spot that would drive her crazy. His lips didn't leave her neck the entire time, and when he heard her scream out his name in pleasure, he knew that he had found it. Sucking harder and keeping his focus on that one spot, he was able to drive her crazy, which in turn drove him crazy.

She needed his mouth on hers again, so she pulled his face back to meet hers and slammed their lips together heatedly.

Her body was going insane, she was completely turned on and she could even feel herself becoming wet from his actions. Her hands couldn't keep still; they traveled over his entire body and stopped in certain areas to tease him a little longer. Eventually they found themselves under Troy's shirt and massaging his stomach and shoulders, causing Troy to erupt in pleasure.

Hormones were exploding right then and there between them. Troy took Gabriella's lower lip between his teeth and gently nibbled on it while sucking on it at the same time, resulting in Gabriella arching her back up into Troy's chest and some other things too. Her nails were digging into his back as pure bliss shot through her body.

Gabriella's head tilted to the side as she dug her face into the crook of his neck. Troy took this opportunity to move his mouth over to her ear and sucked on her ear lobe. Thank god no one else was home, because if there was they would know exactly what was going on at that moment.

Sweat was glistening off of both of their foreheads, their heartbeats were through the roof, their mind wasn't even existing. All they could think about was how incredible the other person made them feel, and how much they loved to be in their presence.

They both pulled away from one another reluctantly, as the need for air was overwhelming.

Troy rested his forehead on Gabriella's and starred deeply into her eyes with an immense amount of seriousness and admiration.

'You're beautiful,' whispered Troy huskily.

Gabriella simply smiled shyly and brought her lips up to his for another quick kiss before Troy collapsed beside her and held her tightly in his arms. They fell asleep together again, holding onto each other with as much love as they ever could.


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