My internet is gone so I had to write soo many chappies. Buh that's good, right? Lemme tell you now, this chappie was written on 8/4/09 let's see how long it took me to actually upload it…
"Seriously! How long does it take you to talk to someone?" Taylor shrugged and carried on walking.
"Depends on what the topic is." Troy tossed his hair to the side in a manner in which Taylor found extremely sexy. Troy caught her staring and laughed to himself.
"What was the topic anyway?"
"Nosy much?" Taylor stated tucking a piece of her hair behind her ear. "If it's any of your business, which it isn't, he asked me out."
"And you turned him down?" A sly smile crept upon Taylor's face.
"Let's just say all will be revealed at Meagan's…" Taylor was cut short by her phone ringing. She smiled when she saw who it was and walked a few paces in front of Troy. "I'm sorry but Miss Mckessie is busy at the moment. May I take a message?" she joked.
"She's too busy for her own boyfriend?" he replied in a mock-disappointed voice. Taylor was trying her best to contain her laughter.
"Hold on. Let me see what I can do. But as I said – she's extremely busy." Taylor put her hand on the phone and ran back to Troy. "Say something." She mouthed. Troy smiled and took the phone out of her hands.
"Tay, baby who is it?" Troy finished and smiled back at her, giving her the phone.
"Taylor, who was that?" Jermaine questioned sternly. Taylor glared at Troy and cleared her throat.
"Don't worry; it's just an idiot joking around."
"Okay. Anyway, I called to ask you how your first day was." Taylor continued to move a few paces in front and sighed.
"I nearly got busted."
"What happened?"
"I got into a fight with a total a-hole." She said, turning back around to Troy who just waved.
"What did they do? Did they diss you?" Taylor nodded and continued to walk.
"Yeah. First, he has the nerve to basically call me ugly. Then, he accuses you of cheating on me! He doesn't even know you!" Jermaine suddenly went quiet after she mentioned the cheating part. "Baby?"
"Sorry. Well, you tell that bastard to stay the hell away from you." Taylor smiled sneakily and abruptly stopped walking and turned to Troy.
"You wanna tell him right now?" Taylor didn't wait for an answer and pushed the phone towards Troy. Troy had a confused look on his face but he still answered.
"Hello?"
"Is this the bastard that nearly got my baby busted?"
"Yeah, that's me. Troy Bolton."
"Wait. You're Troy Bolton?"
"The one and only." Troy stopped now and leaned against a nearby tree. Jermaine laughed happily, forgetting that he was supposed to be angry.
"So did my girl beat you?" now Troy was laughing at this point.
"She tried. But no one can keep Troy Bolton down." Taylor looked at Troy, wondering exactly what was happening between the 2.
"Alright, man. Well tell Tay that I love her 'aight."
"'Aight. See you in the finals man." Troy answered. He didn't think that Jermaine's team would reach the finals but he had to be nice. Troy hung up the phone and handed it back to Taylor.
"Did he say anything? Directed to me, I mean."
"No. Just said talk to you later." Taylor was quite hurt. Why hadn't Jermaine said I love you? He always said that at the end of their conversations.
"Troy, how do you know that this is my way home?" Troy shrugged his shoulders and slipped his hands into his pockets.
"'Cos this is my way home." Taylor brushed off the feeling that maybe she was his new neighbour. When they reached Troy's street, he stopped and looked down at Taylor. "Do you live here?" He asked, pointing down the street. Taylor nodded and continued to walk down her street. Troy noticed the situation and grabbed Taylor's arm. "Do you live at 751?" Taylor nodded and her eyes widened when she realised that she indeed was his new neighbour.
"Like I haven't dealt with you enough!" Taylor whined, stopping directly at her porch. "Now I have to have dinner with you!"
"Don't you act like the victim here? Who said I wanted to have dinner with the Mckessies?" Taylor narrowed her eyes at Troy.
"And that's meant to mean…" Troy raised his hand in mock surrender and backed away to go to his house.
"All I'm saying is you and your brother likes to attack me. A lot." He stated before retreating into his own house. Taylor shook her head and marched towards her house.
"Taylor baby, go wear something nice. Were going over to the Bolton's house for dinner." Debbie Mckessie looked just like Taylor, except for the few greys in her hair, and she was a medium height, thin woman. Trey stood behind her, texting away, not making eye contact. Trey looked up and stared at Taylor who hadn't changed her expression from when Troy had accused them both.
"I tried to reason with her but she said that we need to get to know them better."
"I do not understand why you're not fond of the Bolton's? Lucille and Jack are nice. And they say their son is nice too. He's about your age Taylor." She replied winking. Taylor's mom wasn't very fond of Jermaine, because she knew for a fact that he cheated on Taylor and she wanted the best for her Tay bear. She also knew damn well that Troy was about Trey's age not Taylor's. Taylor noticed her wink and looked at her in shock.
"Troy Bolton – nice?" She laughed bitterly as her father descended the stairs and put on his jacket. "I'd like to see the day that that happened!" she stated, reaching for an apple and taking a bite.
"Now, what has that boy ever done to you?" Taylor's father, Robert, asked wrapping an arm around Debbie. Trey and Taylor glanced at each other before laughing.
"He dissed me in gym, causing me to attack him, but it wasn't just a one sided match, he threw some in there. So he pretty much did everything except for putting his move on me…"
"I swear he already did that, Tay." Trey added, posing in a sarcastic thinking mode. Taylor nodded in the same mock-thinking mode and took another bite. Debbie and Robert laughed at their children and looked towards each other. Sighing heavily, Debbie rubbed her fore head and headed to the door.
"They really wanted to see you, Tay. Lucille was very excited."
"Wait. Trey, you're going? I thought you were with me on this one." Trey slid his phone into his pocket and shrugged his shoulders.
"The man has a basketball court in his back garden and it's basically free food. You know me, Tay." Taylor opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. She sighed in frustration and stomped upstairs muttering...
"Let me get changed."
"Thank you, honey."
Taylor ran down the stairs wearing white shorts, a plain white tee, a blue and white hoodie and blue hi tops. She ruffled up the sleeves and put on her hood only to have it pulled back down by her mother.
"Taylor Ann Mckessie! Get your butt back upstairs and wear some formal clothes! And hurry up, were nearly late!" Taylor blew up her hair in anger and jogged back upstairs and searched through her closet. She ended up coming down with a cute, sunny yellow strapless dress and a grey open cardigan on top, with matching yellow baby doll shoes. They all smiled towards Taylor and walked out of the house to the next door neighbours.
Robert anxiously knocked on the door and stepped back. Troy opened the door and he seemed to be wearing casual clothes. He had a white t-shirt, dark jeans and black and white vans. Taylor had to admit- for a boy who aggravated her so much, he was so damn sexy.
"Troy! Nice to meet you. My name's Debbie, this is my husband Robert and I think you know my kids." Troy smiled warmly and stepped aside so that they could walk through the house that seemed to resemble theirs except for the much more expensive decor.
"Let me take your coats. My mom and dad are in the kitchen, umm, it's right there." He said, pointing to where they needed to go.
"Thank you, Troy." Debbie thanked him and she and Robert made their way to Lucille and Jack leaving Trey, Troy and Taylor. Trey was the first to talk and he cleared his throat.
"Sorry we got off to a bad start. No hard feelings?"
"No hard feelings." They shook hands and Trey looked at Taylor, urging her to apologize. She rolled her eyes and took a step towards Troy.
"Where's your bathroom?" she asked. Trey nudged her arm and Taylor sighed. "Sorry for… attacking you in gym."
"I'm sorry for calling you ugly, saying you want me, accusing your boyfriend and calling you an uptight nanny." Troy whispered, rubbing his neck. Taylor stepped back and folded her arms across her chest, accidentally raising her breasts a little, which unfortunately caught Troy's eye.
"You called me a… uptight nanny?" Troy smiled sheepishly and playfully hit her arm.
"Hey, but I'm sure you called me worse, right?" Taylor shook her head rapidly.
"No! I'm not that horrible."
"But you have to admit, you are a bit uptight." Taylor gasped and pushed him back.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME, TROY BOLTON!" she screamed before storming into the kitchen. Trey sucked his teeth and rocked back and forth on his heels.
"Wanna play ball? First to 15?" Troy snapped out of his daze and nodded his head.
The rest of the dinner went fine because Troy did exactly what Taylor told him to do- stay away.
"Thank you for having us! Bye Lucille, Goodbye Jack. Troy." Debbie waved goodbye and her kids followed. Robert stayed behind, talking about their son's abilities to play basketball.
"Well, Trey, let's see what you've got tomorrow. See you folks later."
They exited the house and Lucille and Jack sighed.
"They are really nice people!" Lucille exclaimed, pulling into Jack's embrace. Troy however, ran a hand through his hair in frustration and ran upstairs, wondering where he had gone wrong with Taylor. Oh yeah. Uptight nanny.
The rest of the week also went fine. Troy avoided Taylor as much as possible and she did the same, only speaking to him when necessary. He mostly stuck with Trey and Ryan or when he was called; Meagan and Gabriella. Taylor and Chad seemed to be getting closer and closer each day and she, Sharpay and he were like a gang now. Meagan's party was also creeping nearer and almost the entire population of East High seemed to know about it. On Saturday, Taylor was patiently waiting in her room, wondering what she was going to wear. She ended up wearing her white summer dress and her black bikini underneath. Whilst she was tying her hair up and letting a few lay loose, she thought about how fun or horrible the day might end up to be. She grabbed her black bag and her black pumps and raced down the stairs. To her surprise Trey was still at home and it seemed as if he was waiting on her. When he looked up to see her, he moved towards the door and grabbed the car keys.
"Umm, where are you going?" Taylor asked, setting herself on the last step and putting on her shoes. Trey rotated and stared at her.
"We are going to Meagan's party, let's go!" Trey stood at the door, leaning against the door frame, ready for his sister.
"Trey, didn't I tell you that Chad is taking me?"
"Yeah, but the way you put it, it seemed like a date."
"And your point…?" Taylor questioned, slightly getting annoyed. Along with Debbie, Trey also knew about Jermaine's ways and he didn't want Taylor to swoop down that low of a level. As if he had heard the argument, Chad appeared right behind Trey. When Taylor saw him, she walked right past Trey and left with Chad.
Chad drove them towards a local pizza palace and watched as Taylor's eyes lit up.
"I was expecting more of a, surprised look." Chad confessed, leading her inside.
"Dude! I would've been shocked and surprised if you had taken me to a fancy restaurant for lunch." Taylor stated, clasping her hands together in front of her. Chad laughed to himself; laughing at how Taylor was reacting over a pizza palace. Chad didn't realise that he had stopped to laugh when Taylor came rushing over, nearly falling in her heels, and grabbing his arm to steer him to the counter.
"1 large pepperoni please!" Taylor looked back at Chad, still smiling. "What are you ordering?" She joked. Chad stared at her in disbelief but finally caught on when Taylor began to laugh, bending over clutching her waist. Noticing Chad's seriousness Taylor stopped laughing and bit her bottom lip to control herself.
"But seriously, you eat pepperoni, right?" she asked, when they had sat down and the pizza had arrived.
"I'm a vegetarian." Taylor stopped eating and looked at Chad.
"Oh my gosh, Chad! I'm sorry, if I had known I wouldn't have ordered this pizza and…" She stopped blabbing when Chad covered his mouth with his hand so his laughing wouldn't be obvious. Taylor had to admit, it was pretty funny and she cracked up as well, drawing in some unwanted attention from other customers. They soon resumed their eating but they kept talking.
Noticing the amount of slices Taylor had taken, Chad grabbed her hand to stop her taking another bite.
"You have got to stop eating, were going swimming soon and going swimming with a full stomach is not a good idea." Taylor dropped her pizza, as that was the only thing she could do with her left hand, only to have it stolen by Chad.
"And where did you learn that from?" Chad took a rather large bite of the pizza that Taylor had already bitten out of and swallowed.
"Scouts." Chad stated, huffing and making his chest bigger to make his point. Taylor giggled to herself and set down her napkin after wiping her mouth with it. Chad took this gesture as a sign to say that she had finished and he scooted out from of his chair to walk over to Taylor. He extended his hand and Taylor gladly accepted, squealing when he yanked her up to her feet and almost falling. He pulled her close by grabbing her wrist and thrusting her towards him. Taylor, thinking that he was about to attempt the one thing that had been on her mind ever since she met him, leaned in closer.
"Ready to make an entrance?" Chad whispered, a small smile creeping onto his face. Realizing her mistake, Taylor leaned back and smiled as well, nodding furiously.
"Let's do it, Danforth." They collected their belongings and ran back to Chad's car, ready to make their entrance. Unluckily for her, Chad had noticed what she was going to do and decided not to bring it up for now. After about half an hour of driving, Chad came to a stop in front of a mansion that had loud noises coming from it. "Why'd you stop?" Taylor asked unbuckling herself and bending down to reach her bag. Chad stuttered for a moment, staring at her, until Taylor came back up, when he soon replied.
"Um, we're here." He ran out of his car and jogged to Taylor's side, opening the door for her. Taylor kept looking up at the life size doll house in awe.
"This is Meagan's house? Her parents sure have done well for themselves." She muttered under her breath while she and Chad made their way towards the $1.2million Parker home. He knocked on the door loudly and stood back with Taylor, who was patiently rocking on her heels. The door swung open and Meagan herself stood there, with a cami bikini and army green flip flops. She pushed herself towards Taylor and hugged her. When she got to Chad she hugged him for what seemed like an eternity and kissed him lightly. Once they had pulled back, she smiled at the look of horror that was plastered on Taylor's face and grabbed her hand reassuringly.
"We went out once. But that's over and he's like my little brother now."
"But you don't kiss your little brothers. Unless you're a super perv." She retorted, whispering the last part to Chad who just laughed and stepped inside with them. Taylor was too busy making conversation with Chad whilst walking inside that she didn't have enough time to say goodbye when she was dragged outside by Meagan.
"Tay! You made it!" Sharpay squealed when she caught Taylor. Noticing who was still clinging onto her arm, she laced her arm around Taylor's right arm and pulled a little.
"Let's go. You can tell me what happened with you and Chad as well. Oh, hi Meagan. Bye Meagan." Meagan, realising she had been defeated, waved bye to Taylor and walked off towards Gabriella. Sharpay led them over to a spot filled with cushions and had a little table, with drinks, in the middle of the spaces although some of the spots had already been filled by other East Highers who immediately vacated when they saw Sharpay's scold. Taylor jumped to the cushions and laughed a little at Sharpay's previous actions. "So…"
"So what…" she replied, shrugging and taking a long sip of her drink. Setting it down on the table, she smiled when she looked over at Chad and he waved back at her.
"You are looking at my 'so' right now. How'd it go?" Taylor sighed and twiddled her fingers.
"It was the best! But I can't help but feel guilty to what I'm doing. To Jermaine, I mean." Sharpay let out her hand and softly touched Taylor's shoulder.
"If you're really into Chad, then you'll know what to do. But I'm sure you don't at the moment, because you've only been on one date."
"And how do you know that?" she fought back in a defensive tone.
"Whatevs, Tay. Come on, let's go swim!" Taylor reluctantly agreed and pulled herself off the chair and walked towards the poolside which was filled by older East High students, including Troy. When Taylor padded towards the pool, Troy couldn't help but notice how good she looked in that bikini, he never did realise just how gorgeous she was. She had left her dress, bag and shoes at the cushions that were now filled with some friends Sharpay had made, so she was ready to jump in. Sharpay rushed in and waited for Taylor, who had dipped a toe in the water and decided against the idea of jumping in. Troy noticed her struggling and swam towards them.
"You gonna stand there, or are you gonna jump?" he asked, folding his arms across his chest.
"It's cold!" Sharpay sighed and ran a hand over her face.
"Tay, just jump! It's not like your gonna drown, the pool is only about 6ft deep." Taylor let out a nervous laugh and took a tiny step back. She was only 5" 6.
"I wasn't thinking about that, but thanks Shar." By now, everyone in the pool was watching the scene as if it were a movie.
"Taylor, jump!" Troy commanded.
"And what if I drown, or hit my head open?"
"I'll catch you, okay? Just jump and I will catch you!" Taylor wasn't exactly sure whether he was doing this for her or for his own pleasures. Taylor nodded slowly and jumped, shutting her eyes tight. She opened her eyes when she felt a pair of strong arms holding her close. When she did open her eyes, however, her face was pretty much buried in Troy's muscled chest. "Taylor."
"Am I alive?" Troy chuckled slightly and set Taylor down. Taylor could swim and she seemed to be doing a pretty good job of keeping herself up. Unfortunately, Meagan had witnessed the whole thing and stormed off inside. They seemed quite cosy with each other for people who suggested that they hated each other. Troy winked at her smiling and swam away, back to the rest of his friends. Sharpay grabbed Taylor's arms and shook her.
"Are you crazy? How can you 3-time? And you said nobody liked you. Try three people, Tay. Already!"
"Sharpay, shut up! I am not 3-timing! 2-timing- maybe! 3-timing – no!"
"Well then how do you explain what just happened?"
"I would explain it as; me being too scared to jump in and Troy catching me. Now drop it." Sharpay sighed and nodded her head.
"Fine. I'll grill you some more later." Taylor opened her mouth to say something but just laughed instead. "Come on, I think I miss my cushion empire." Taylor rolled her eyes and they swam out of the pool towards their seats. They were too busy talking that they almost didn't hear Gabriella running towards them, crying. Taylor was the first to envelope her in a hug.
"Gabriella! What happened?"
"I...She…" Taylor rubbed her back, soothing her and whispered.
"Gabi, calm down and tell us what happened." Gabriella pulled away from Taylor and squished into the small space that Taylor had left and wiped her tears. She took a deep breath and began.
"Well, after what happened with you and Troy, Meagan was really pissed and ran to her room, I followed her to try and calm her down." She sniffled a little and continued. "When I found her, she was cursing about you, Tay. Saying how you think you can just come up into people's life and ruin their relationships."
"That little good-for-nothing, Jimmy-Choo wearing--"Taylor stopped when Sharpay eyed her and asked Gabriella to carry on.
"So then I tried to comfort her. You know, saying good stuff about her and saying bad stuff about you…" she mumbled. "That I didn't mean! So then when she stopped crying, I hugged her and…" Taylor and Sharpay looked at her as if to say 'And…' "I kissed her. She pushed me back after a while and said horrible stuff about me and she stormed back out again, saying that she never wanted to see me again. But guys, I could've sworn that for one second- she kissed me back."
So Gabi is a lesbian? Not really, I'm thinking of making her bi, but in this story only going out with girls. I also want to sey- look at the stars, I totally agree with what you say in your profile about Gabriella. Mine's not just Gabriella, its Vanessa. I just despise her, she gets too much airtime and she's just… ERGH! Maybe im jealous or maybe I reeli hate her (which is the option im goin 4 now) Thanx for your reviews people. Make sure you check out the new story. Love you..
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