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Chapter 4 - Feelings

Gabriella left the house where the party was being held once she managed to make herself look a little presentable. She slowly and hesitantly walked down the stairs, praying to God she didn't see Justin or any of his friends. She felt totally humiliated. How could he do this to her? She thought he liked her, maybe Troy did her a favour scaring him off, but then she got angry, knowing she wouldn't have done what she did if Troy hadn't have left her.

As she reached the bottom step she bumped into a very drunk Taylor.

"Gabi!" She squealed and hugged her.

"Hey Tay, look I am leaving" Taylor nodded as her 'boyfriend', James, wrapped his arm around her waist.

"Hey Gabs" he smiled.

"James, make sure she gets home ok?" He nodded. "Bye" she hugged Taylor and quickly left the room.

When she got outside she took a breath and looked up at the sky. It was clear, the stars were so bright, if she was feeling any other way maybe she would appreciate that more, but right now, after being treated the way she has, she just wanted to cry. She started to walk up the sidewalk and heard familiar voices, Troy and Kyle. Shit, she forgot Jason lived near here. They were probably in his Garden drinking or something. She put her head down and walked quicker, then someone called her name, it wasn't either of them but the one person she hated.

"Leave me alone!" She snapped when Justin grabbed her arm.

"Look, I am sorry ok?" She harshly whipped her arm from his grasp.

"For what? Betting on me? How much did they pay you huh? Do you realise how dirty and humiliated I feel right now Justin?!" She shouted.

"Please, I didn't mean it to hurt you, you can't seriously say you did that tonight because you have feelings for me Gabriella?" She shook her head.

"I'll admit, it was an attraction thing, but how do you know that nothing would have come from it huh? How do you know that I couldn't have started to fall for you?" He looked down.

"I didn't think..." she laughed.

"Guys never do!" She slapped him again and ran off.

When she reached her house she was glad to see no one home, all the lights were off meaning her mother was at her boyfriends house tonight. She threw her shoes down by the door once she was inside and shut the door. She leant her forehead against the cool wood and cried. She felt so stupid, the one thing she could never get back and she just threw it away, like it wasn't important. She wanted Troy, he was the one she should be with, he is the one she loves, she knew she should hate him for dumping her like that but she couldn't, she could see where he was coming from, Kyle would kill them both if he knew.

Gabriella managed to drag herself to her bedroom and once there, in the safety of her space, her room, she let her emotions out. She lay on her bed, still in her party dress and she sobbed. Heart wrenching sobs that showed this poor, young teenage girl had been used. Had been humiliated. Had been hurt. But most of all... her heart had been broken and only one person could fix it, and that one person wouldn't, she knew it. Deep down, she knew Troy wouldn't apologize, say he didn't care what happened as long as they were together, his friendship with her brother meant more to him than that.

Gabriella didn't know how long she had been laying there for, but at some point she heard voices downstairs, male voices. It was Kyle, Troy and Zeke. Zeke, she could go down there and strangle him. She sighed and tried to hold in her emotions, not wanting her tears to fall when they had finally stopped. She got off her bed and looked in her mirror. She looked a mess. That was the only word to describe her. A big mess.

She picked up a make-up wipe and went to remove her smudged make-up just as a knock sounded in the room.

"Who is it?" She asked.

"Troy" she frowned.

"Fuck off" she then turned to the mirror and he walked in anyway. "What part of fuck off don't you get?" She snapped, facing him. His face dropped and he shut the door before rushing over to her.

"What the hell happened to you?" He asked in a panicked voice, hugging her.

"You dumped me, now get away from me" she pushed him away and turned away from him.

"What are you talking about?" He frowned.

"I was upset, I wanted to hurt you, and at the party..." she trailed off, tears in her eyes at the thought of her humiliation.

"What happened Gabriella?" He turned her to him.

"I... Justin... we..." she closed her eyes.

"What?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"We slept together" she whispered.

"What?!" He shouted.

"I wanted you to find out, to prove you still loved me, but then after we had done the deed..." she shook her head.

"What?"

"He laughed and when I asked what was funny he told me he had bet with his mates that he could 'bed me'" Troy looked seriously pissed off.

"He did what?!" He shouted again and walked out of her door.

"Where are you going?!" She ran after him.

"To fucking kill him!" Troy shouted. Gabriella chased after him, Kyle and Zeke were at the bottom of the stairs watching confused.

"Troy don't!" She grabbed his arm and he spun around to face her.

"What the fuck were you thinking!" He shouted. Gabriella cowered back, feeling terrified of him.

"Dude, calm down" Kyle warned, hugging his sister. "What's going on?"

"Ask your sister" Troy told him.

"Gabi?"

"I made a huge mistake at the party" she muttered.

"She shagged Justin" Troy said bluntly.

"You did what?" Kyle asked through gritted teeth.

"It was a mistake! I was upset! And angry!" She screamed before walking out of the house. She slipped on some flats before walking down the sidewalk.

She heard footsteps following her and turned to see the guys following. She rolled her eyes and wrapped her arms around herself to keep warm.

"Gabriella come inside" Kyle said as they reached her. She turned to them.

"Why should I?"

"Because, it is freezing" he stated.

"Fine, but you have to promise to leave Justin alone" she warned, looking at Troy.

"Why? After what he did to you..." Troy trailed off.

"Shut up Troy, your telling me you have never done it? Huh? Bet with your friends that you could sleep with someone?" He didn't answer. "Exactly"

"That is different" he muttered.

"How is it?"

"Because this is you" he murmured before turning and walking back to the house. Everyone followed and when they got inside Gabriella went to her room. She got in the shower and let the water sooth her, she didn't realise before but in between her legs was aching so much. She washed herself thoroughly then wrapped herself tightly in a towel. When she got into her room she jumped.

"Jesus Troy" she breathed.

"Sorry" he said quietly.

"It's ok, where is everyone?" She asked.

"They have gone to bed, it's pretty late" she nodded.

"Why are you here?" She asked softly.

"I don't know, I just needed to see you, I am so sorry Gabriella" he stood up and looked at her properly. "I'll leave, let you get dressed" she nodded. He went outside her room and once she had clean underwear and pajamas on she let him back in. They both sat on her bed and neither spoke for a long time. Gabriella broke it.

"Troy?" He looked at her.

"Yeah?"

"What did you mean before? When you said it was different because it's me?"

"I just meant, people shouldn't treat you like that, not when you are so lovely and sweet and funny, you should be treated like a princess, not a whore" she smiled slightly.

"But, the girls that you bet on, they will be like to other people, someone is going to think of them as all those things, so it is the same" he sighed.

"I guess" he put his head in his hands. "I don't know what to do anymore" Gabriella touched his shoulder and he looked at her.

"About what?"

"You" she frowned.

"What about me?" She asked softly.

"I love you, I really do, I can't believe you did this to see that, I just wish we could be together" Gabriella smiled and slowly maneuvered herself so she was straddling his hips.

"Why can't we?" She whispered against his lips before kissing him softly. Troy grip her hips in his hands and she moaned into his mouth when he stroked her hip.

"No, we shouldn't be doing this, what about Kyle?"

"What about him? He is my brother, he has no say on who I choose to date, and I choose you" she smiled.

"He does have a say on wether I keep my dick though Ella" she giggled.

"Hey, it's mine if I date you, he touches this..." she placed her hand on the crotch of his jeans. "And he doesn't get to keep his" Troy groaned when she gave his member a gentle squeeze.

"Oh god" he groaned and closed his eyes, burying his face in her shoulder.

"I know you want me Troy" she whispered into his ear. "I know you want us to be together" she nipped his ear lobe with her teeth and he groaned again. He flipped them over and hovered above her as she lay on the bed.

"You are going to be the death of me Gabriella" she giggled. "I really do love you" he said seriously.

"I know, I love you too, please take me Troy, you know you won't hurt me now" he tensed up at that comment.

"I don't think I can" he mumbled and Gabriella looked hurt.

"Wh-what?"

"I don't think I can do this, not yet anyway, not knowing a few hours ago some bastard took the one thing from you that I wanted" he explained.

"Troy I'm so..." he stopped her by kissing her.

"Please don't apologize, I don't want an apology, I just want you" Gabriella's eyes filled with tears. "Baby what is it?" He stroked her cheek softly.

"I feel so bad and humiliated Troy, I regret what I did so much, I did as soon as it was over" she cried.

"I know baby, but what's done is done" she sobbed and nodded. "Shhh, please don't cry" he kissed her forehead and wiped her tears. When she calmed down a little Troy got off her and helped her get into bed properly.

"Stay with me? Please?" She asked him.

"Ok" he got under the covers and she snuggled up to him.

"I love you Troy, thank you for not being angry with me" he smiled and kissed her head.

"I love you too babe, I am not angry at you, I am mad at him for taking advantage of you" she looked at him and smiled.

"My hero, I am so glad you are here with me again" Troy nodded. "Are we back together now Troy?"

"Yeah, I'll talk to Zeke" Gabriella smiled.

"WE will talk to Zeke" Troy smiled and they shared a passionate and loving kiss.

"Ok, now let's get some sleep" she nodded and placed her head on his chest.

The two settled down together and fell asleep in contentment. Happy to be back with the one person who meant the most to them. Ok they had only been broken up for half a day but it was half a day too much. That half a day led to Gabriella having a huge regret, they were just glad that was over now.

Or was it?

What did you think? I was a little unsure about this chapter so got some advice off my friend Lola - a.k.a Lexie'sMummy and she liked it but I was still a little nervous about it hehe

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xxx Paige xxx