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Hold on Tight

Time to Party

"Hey! Guys come on in!" Gabriella greeted Chad and Taylor as she opened her front door exuberantly.

"Hey Gabs, we brought chips." Chad said hungrily. Him and his food.

"And dip." Taylor added smiling. They walked in and joined Gabriella in the kitchen.

It was Friday night and the wedding was tomorrow evening. Taylor had the fabulous idea of having a wildcat reunion. They had planned the whole thing as a sleepover party, wanting to relive their high school moments of late night hang outs, and to act immature for a night.

"This was such a great idea Gabriella, I've missed everyone so much!"

Gabriella smiled and poured the bag of chips Chad had brought into a bowl.

"I planned the whole night out." Taylor smiled giddily. Taylor being the over achiever she is couldn't help but organize the get together. Chad rolled his eyes and shook his head at his over ecstatic girlfriend. "Spin the bottle, truth or dare, charades, guess the celebrity. Oh man it's gonna be a fun night." Chad kissed Taylor's cheek lovingly before grabbing a handful of chips and stuffing them in his mouth.

Gabriella giggled excitedly as well. "So did you invite Sharpay and Ryan?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah, Sharpay surprisingly seemed nice on the phone. She said she would try her best to make it, and Ryan was very happy to be invited; he said he will definitely be here." After graduating college Sharpay had took over the drama department at East High, as Ryan went off to choreograph Broadway plays in New York, but being on break he had decided to come down here to visit his family and friends.

Just then a doorbell was heard and Gabriella munched on a chip whilst walking to the door. She opened it with a smile that eventually turned into a grin as Troy Bolton stood in the door way wearing the usual, jeans, and a white t-shirt. He held to his side a box of popcorn. "Hey." He greeted with a cheeky grin. Gabriella couldn't help but giggle.

"Hi, come on in, Chad and Tay are already here." The other night at dinner, when it was just Troy and Gabriella, they had a rather enjoyed evening. After tending to Gabriella's burnt finger, and getting over the awkward moment that resulted in Gabriella placing a kiss on Troy's cheek they had retired to a peaceful dinner of chatting and laughs as they reminisced of old times. They both realized the friendship between them never faded throughout the years.

"I brought popcorn." Troy smirked knowing it was one of Gabriella's favorite snacks.

"Buttered?" She asked challenging him.

He scoffed and held the box out for her to read.

"Extra butter…oh Mr. Bolton you know me so well." They laughed and entered the kitchen.

"Dude, Troy!" Chad bellowed walking up to Troy and giving him a man hug, and slap on the back. Troy returned the gesture and walked up to Taylor.

"Taylor, looking beautiful as ever." She smiled and hugged him lightly.

"You always know what to say, Troy." They pulled back and Troy took a seat on a stool next to Chad.

"So guys…what's planned for tonight, I feel like we haven't done this in forever." Troy grabbed a chip and stuffed it in his mouth.

"Oh gosh, don't get Taylor started man." Chad instantly widened his eyes at what he had said, and looked to Taylor innocently. "Because I don't want her angel voice running out on anyone but me." Taylor did not approve of negative comments towards herself, especially from Chad, he was trained better. She lowered her death glare and scoffed before smiling again and turning to Troy.

"You'll see, tonight is going to be so much fun, oh! And…by the way, you all have to act like your 17 again-(LOL 17 again…get it?)-because this is supposed to be fun, we can't act like mature 22 year olds." At the time Taylor hadn't remembered that the two guys sitting in front of her, that were supposed to be over twenty, actually already still acted like teenagers, so telling them wasn't really necessary.

Gabriella, Troy, and then Chad nodded one at a time obediently.

Chad spun his head around causing his afro to turn with him. Gabriella giggled at how alive his hair was. "Someone's at the door." Chad stated turning back around.

"How di-" Troy was cut off by the doorbell ringing. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion as did Gabriella.

Taylor shrugged knowingly. "Chad has his moments. It freaks me out too." Chad frowned and looked down at the table playfully. Taylor smirked and pecked his cheek. "It's cute though." She added. He instantly perked up and grinned at her.

Gabriella made her way to the door, knowing it was either Sharpay or Ryan. She opened the door and smiled as both of them stood in the doorway. "Hi!" Ryan grinned and hugged Gabriella. He hadn't changed at all, still the same life loving Ryan she knew in High School.

"Ryan long time, no see, how's the big stage?" She asked sweetly, returning the hug.

"It's very hectic but I love it. I've missed home."

"Well tonight we get to act like old times so go on in the kitchen." As Ryan walked past Gabriella, Sharpay was left at the door.

"Hey Sharpay, how are you?" She asked politely letting her in and closing the door.

"I'm fabulous, as usual." Nope, she hadn't changed. "And yourself? Nice place you got here." Maybe she changed a little. Sharpay took her pink sweater off and threw it to Gabriella who shook her head and placed it in the hall closet.

"I'm good, thank you. How's East High?"

Sharpay rolled her eyes and put her hand on her hip. "It's fun to whip the little brats into shape. I swear all the talent left when I graduated." She strutted into the kitchen, Gabriella following behind. "My overnight bag is in my car, someone will need to get it later on."

"Hey Sharpay, nice to see you too." Taylor said sarcastically.

"Hey Mckessie, still stuck on Chad I see." She smiled jokingly.

"Who isn't?" Chad said trying to act macho; running his hands through his bush of hair.

Taylor rolled her eyes as did Sharpay. "Ryan, how's Broadway? I hear you're quite the director." Taylor asked.

Ryan laughed timidly. "It's amazing, a real dream come true." He said bashfully.

"I bet. We all knew you'd make it someday." Taylor said nudging Ryan on the arm.

"So anyone up for some video games?" Chad asked, getting up from his seat and walking into the living room. Gabriella's home was many things, but mostly very clean and spacious.

Taylor and Ryan followed Chad, leaving Gabriella, Troy, and Sharpay left in the kitchen. Gabriella walked to the microwave while Troy and Sharpay sat beside each other on stools.

"So Bolton? You and Montez still dating?" Sharpay asked, causing Gabriella and Troy to glance at each other awkwardly.

"Uh…nope, not anymore." Troy said, scratching the back of his head uncomfortably.

"Eh, sucks. I heard you're playing for the Lakers? I don't understand why though, I mean basketball is soooo boring."

"Troy…you wanna help me make the popcorn?" Gabriella asked from across the kitchen.

Troy stood up and made his way to Gabriella. "Sure, I did bring it…extra butter and all." Gabriella giggled as Sharpay rolled her eyes and strutted to the living room.

"Thank you." Troy whispered unaware Sharpay had left the room.

"No problem, it looked like you could use a savior by the way your hand kept playing with the end of your shirt." She said smiling.

"Yeah, you always said I do that when I'm uncomfortable, I'm surprised you remembered."

"I remember everything, Troy." She said taking the un-popped corn out of its box. She placed the flat bag in the microwave and watched as it inflated as the corn popped.

Troy chuckled and dipped a chip in some dip. "Me too." They both made their way into the living room, popcorn in Gabriella's hand and the bowl of chips in Troy's.

"Troy, you wanna play Halo?" Chad asked eagerly sitting on the carpet in front of the television.

"Sure, just like we used to." Troy set the chips on the table and sat beside Chad as they both grabbed their controllers. Taylor sat on the couch with Sharpay beside her. Ryan was sitting on the opposite couch and Gabriella sat next to him smiling. She couldn't contain her amusement as Troy and Chad made sound effects to go along with their video game, they looked like teenagers again, so happy and involved in the game.

After an hour of laughing, and video games, it was eight at night and they had just decided to watch a movie. The girls were rooting for a romance while the guys wanted action.

"No! I don't do guns and karate chops!" Sharpay shrieked at Chad who was demanding they watch Terminator.

"Well too bad, I don't do lovey dovey crap about a ship that sinks. Boo hoo!" Chad retorted.

"Oh come on Chad, don't be so shallow." Taylor said folding her arms.

"He's not shallow, just because he doesn't like kissy bull shit." Troy said defending his best friend.

"Uh excuse me? Kissy bull shit? If I don't remember correctly you almost cried when we watched Titanic at my house when we were seventeen." Gabriella smirked defending her best friend.

"You swore you'd never tell." Troy said narrowing his eyes at her.

Gabriella stuck her tongue out at him and he turned his back on her and crossed his arms stubbornly. It really was a night of immaturity.

"Alright, alright! I have a solution." Ryan said breaking the tension. Everyone looked at him to continue. "We don't watch a romantic movie OR an action movie, how about that?"

"I guess…that's only fair." Gabriella said.

"Oh come on woman! It's your house! Just say we get to watch The Notebook and then make the guys watch it." Sharpay suggested.

"No, no, it's only fair if we go with Ryan's idea."

"Agreed, how about a scary movie?" Chad suggested. Gabriella shuddered at the idea. She absolutely hated horror movies.

"Okay, fine." Taylor said placing herself onto the couch. Chad sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder casually.

"The door." Chad said randomly causing everyone to look at him with confusion.

The door bell rang answering everyone's questions. "Weird…" Sharpay said watching Chad with confusion.

Gabriella walked down the hall wondering who would be at the door at this hour. She opened the door slowly and smiled excitedly. "Zeke? No way!" She gave him a warm hug and he returned it smiling. "Come on in." She said closing the door behind him.

"Sorry I'm late. Chad told me to come, is that okay?"

"Of course! I'm sorry I didn't remember to invite you, it's been so long I didn't even know if you still lived in Albuquerque."

"It's totally fine, thanks though. I brought my homemade cookies." He nodded towards the container in his hand.

"Yum, I can smell them already." She waved her hand gesturing him to follow her.

They walked into the living room and the first to notice was Sharpay. "Zeke?" She said a grin emitting on her features.

"H-hi Sharpay." He smiled timidly. He obviously still harbored the feelings he had towards her in high school.

Sharpay shot up and sprinted towards him. He backed up in fear. "Cooookieess!" She leapt up and tackled him to the floor grabbing the plastic container and hopping to her feet. Everyone watched her wide eyed, as she simply started munching on the cookies.

"Zeke, dude! You made it." Chad said helping Zeke up.

"Yeah, I almost wish I hadn't." He replied still shocked at what Sharpay had just done. That would scar him for life.

Chad chuckled and moved aside so Troy could give Zeke a man hug. "Zeke, what's good?" Troy asked.

"Nothing much, what have you guys been doing without me?"

"Well we were about to choose a scary movie…care to join?" Troy asked.

"Sure." Zeke greeted everyone before sitting on the floor against the table. Sharpay got out of her seat and sat beside him. Zeke was shocked at first, but then felt rather joyous inside. Sharpay beamed at the guy sitting beside her and she continued eating her cookies.

"Let's watch The Strangers." Troy suggested. Everyone agreed except Gabriella who stayed silent. Ryan put the movie in and took a seat next to Chad and Taylor on the couch. Troy sat on the opposite sofa and eyed Gabriella who was biting her nails in the corner. "Gabby, come here." He said patting the spot next to him. She slowly made her way over and sat down not tearing her eyes away from her hands. "I know you hate scary movies Gabriella, but don't worry, I'm right here." He said placing an arm around Gabriella's shoulder for comfort. "It's just a movie, it's not real." Just then the movie started.

'Based off of true events…' The surround sound echoed. Gabriella winced and glared at Troy.

"You had to pick this movie?" She said giving him a death glare. He smiled innocently.

Gabriella smirked and jumped at the sounds coming from the movie. She edged closer to Troy and he pulled her close.

"What's going to happen?...Shit! Who the hell is Tamara? No don't open the door. Idiot, don't open it. Oh fuck…." Gabriella dug her head into Troy's neck and clenched her eyes shut waiting for the scary scene to be over.

Troy laughed lightly at how Gabriella was acting and rubbed her arm soothingly. "Nothing bad is happening. You can lift your head up now." He whispered to her with an amusing smirk.

Gabriella hesitantly lifted her head and glanced at the television. She sighed in relief and pried her hands off of Troy's shirt. "I hate you." She muttered. He laughed in amusement and she hit him across the chest. "Oh god not again…holy-oh my god-how did he…?-ahhhhhh!" She clutched his shirt and dug her head into his chest, again clenching her eyes shut. Everyone laughed at Gabriella's behavior and continued to watch the movie.

The movie ended and Gabriella's eyes were permanently wide eyed. She sat staring at the television in horror. She was never, and she meant it, never, watching a scary movie again. She was trembling and her fingers were digging into Troy's ribs making him fidget in pain. "Gabriella, Gabby?"

She slowly turned her head to face him and blinked a couple times to get back to normal.

"You can let go of my...skin now." Troy said.

She looked down at her hand not realizing she was holding onto him so tight. She released her grip and looked up with an apologetic smile. "Sorry." She whispered.

He smiled and brushed some hair out of her face with his hand. "It's okay." They were interrupted by Sharpay.

"Truth or dare!" She shrieked. "Everyone gather around me and Zeke." She said placing the empty cookie container to the side. Everyone did as they were told and sat in a circle on the floor. "We'll go in a circle. Who's first?" She asked excitedly.

"I'll go." Ryan said turning to Taylor. "Truth or dare Taylor?" He asked an amused smile gracing his face.

Taylor put a finger to her chin in thought. "Dare." She said surprising everyone. Taylor was never the one to pick dare when the option of truth was clearly available.

"I dare you to…" Ryan smirked. "Prank call Ms. Darbus." Taylor's eyes widened in shock.

"I don't even know her number."

"I do." Sharpay said pulling her phone out and handing it to Taylor. "Block my number though." Taylor sighed in defeat and dialed the number after blocking it.

It rang and everyone watched anxiously. "Speaker." Troy whispered. Taylor groaned and put the phone on speaker.

"Hello?" The familiar voice said through the phone.

What Taylor did next was rather entertaining. She altered her voice to resemble a woman with serious nasal issues, the squeakiest voice you'd ever heard. "Hello, this is Gertrude." She said holding in her laughter. Gabriella held her mouth to suppress the giggles.

"I don't think I know a Gertrude." Darbus replied.

"I just wanted to confirm an order you made for…" Taylor bit her lip in thought. "…a dozen maxi condoms." Everyone burst out in laughter causing Taylor to hold the phones speaker so they couldn't be heard. "Shhhh!" She said clenching her teeth causing everyone to quiet up.

Miss. Darbus sounded flabbergasted. "I-I didn't order a dozen condoms! What is-wait what type are they again?" With this Taylor's eyes widened and she clutched her free hand to her mouth. Everyone's faces were disgusted, the guys just looked grossed out and the girls looked like they were about to pop, with the amount of giggles they had in them.

"Uh, never mind…I think I got the order mixed up. Thank you for your time." Taylor quickly replied.

"Wait I still want th-" Before their former homeroom teacher could reply Taylor ended the call. Once she flipped the phone shut everyone burst out into laughter.

"D-d-did y-you h-hear th-that?" Chad said whilst holding his stomach as he laughed, he was on the verge of tears.

Everyone had fallen on their backs in laughter except Taylor who was giggling uncontrollably as she sat up. "I am never doing that again." She said taking in deep breaths to control herself.

After everyone had calmed down it was Sharpay's turn to go. "Zeke…truth or dare?" She asked smirking deviously.

"Dare." He said shrugging.

"I dare you to kiss me." She said facing him. Everyone raised their eyebrows waiting to see what happened next.

Zeke's eyes widened and he swallowed the lump in his throat. He moved towards Sharpay eyeing her nervously. He pecked her on the lips quickly and as he pulled away she grabbed his face and kept him there. When she finally released Zeke sat frozen, as everyone had their mouths gaped open.

"Alright, Chad why don't you go, I think Zeke is a little shocked at the moment." Sharpay said as if nothing happened.

Chad shook his head in disbelief. "Well...that was awkward. Troy. Truth or dare?" He asked as everyone's eyes sat on Troy.

"Truth."

"Alright…" Chad smirked. "Who'd you lose your virginity to?"

Troy looked at Chad with annoyance."What?" He glanced at Gabriella nervously.

"Who'd you lose your virginity to?" Chad asked again grinning devilishly. Gabriella suddenly stiffened up.

Taylor smacked Chad on the arm. "You are so immature." She hissed.

Chad looked at her with disbelief. "Tay, that's the whole point of the night!"

Taylor rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest, everyone staring at Troy waiting for an answer.

"Uh…Courtney Murdock." Troy said looking down not daring to look at Gabriella.

Gabriella couldn't figure out what came over her. Suddenly she felt hot tears gathering on her tear ducks. She got up quickly and headed towards the stairs. "Where are you going?" Taylor asked.

"Bathroom." Gabriella said quickly hiding her face. Taylor instantly saw the glimmer of a tear on her best friend's cheek and she sat up in worry. She followed Gabriella upstairs to her room where she went and sat on the bed.

"I'm so sorry man, I thought Gabriella was your first-" Chad regretted ever asking the question.

"It's alright Chad." Troy interrupted him.

Taylor put an arm around Gabriella soothingly. "What's wrong honey?" She asked concern taking over.

"It's nothing." She muttered looking down at her hands, hating herself for being so weak.

"It was Troy's answer wasn't it?" Taylor asked quietly not wanting to upset her even more.

"He was my first Tay." Gabriella whispered looking up to Taylor to uncover her dampened cheeks.

"Oh hon, I know."

"I knew I wasn't his first, but I never dared to ask who was, and to find out that it was Courtney Murdock. That mean bitch harassed me all through high school only because I was dating Troy. She thought I stole him away, and to think he lost his virginity to her…it just hurts."

"They dated before you guys met Gabriella, and knowing her she probably seduced him." Taylor said rolling her eyes and smirking.

"I know your right…but still, it's just weird. Even though we haven't been together in a while I still feel like he belongs to me, and even then I knew he was practically wanted by the whole schools female population, I never knew why he chose me when he could have…one of them." She admitted sniffling and wiping her tears with the back of her hand.

"He chose you because of that very reason. That you weren't one of them." Taylor said smiling and hugging her.

"Thanks, Tay." Gabriella pulled away and stood up, Taylor following after.

"Anytime."

Gabriella smiled. "I'm gonna go and wash my face, I'll be back down in a minute…and Tay could you please just tell everyone my stomach hurt or something?"

Taylor smiled understandingly and nodded making her way downstairs to the others.

"Where's Gabriella?" Troy asked looking up with distress clearly in his eyes.

"Stomach ache." Taylor said sitting down next to Chad. "You know Troy…" Taylor continued making Troy look up at her with sad eyes. "Courtney harassed Gabriella while you guys were dating." She said raising an eyebrow giving Troy the hint to do something.

"What?" Troy asked, confusion written on his features.

"You were too dumb to see it, but practically all the girls at school hated Gabriella for dating you." Taylor said shaking her head in disgust.

Troy closed his eyes in realization and stood up. "I'm gonna go check on her." He said making his way upstairs.

Just as he was about to knock on her bedroom door it swung open revealing Gabriella. "Hey." She said with a half smile.

"Hi, I'm sorry I just threw that at you. I swear Gabriella, it was only once…right before winter break when we met. You were my second, and I didn't even really like Courtney, she just kinda attacked me and it was rather discomforting and I know she was mean to you and that makes me mad and sorry because you shouldn't of paid the price for dating me and I'm just really sorry." Troy put his hands on his knees taking a deep breath.

Gabriella giggled at his rambling. "It's okay Troy. I know it was before we met and dating you was worth the evil glares. I didn't really pay attention to them anyway; I had my friends and you. That's all I needed." She smiled and brushed past him to the stairs.

Troy stood in place completely dazed at how quickly she got over it. He followed her down the stairs and stopped when she stood in front of the doorway to the living room. "Are you sure you're okay?" Troy asked.

She ignored his question and sighed. "You wanna know who my first was?" She asked looking down.

Troy furrowed his eyebrows not expecting what she had just asked. He thought that he was her first, but evidently he was wrong? "Uh…sure." He muttered knowing he wouldn't like the answer. He couldn't imagine anyone else touching Gabriella except for him.

"You." She whispered meeting his eyes. "But you already knew that." She said, quickly turning and entering the living room with a smile. Troy entered after her, his forehead creased in thought. "Taylor it's your turn." Gabriella stated.

"Right, uhm…" Taylor suddenly smiled knowing exactly what to say. "Gabriella, truth or dare?"

"Dare." She said, having enough of truth for the day.

Taylor grinned enthusiastically. "I was hoping you would say that…well I would tell Troy to do it but he just went…" Troy and Gabriella looked at each other then to Taylor with confusion. "Gabriella, I dare you to kiss Troy, just for old time's sake...Oh and for over 5 seconds." Both Gabriella and Troy's eyes widened, not knowing what to do next. Gabriella narrowed her eyes at Taylor and gave her a death glare.

"Uh…" Gabriella bit her bottom lip and turned to Troy. Troy turned his head slowly and swallowed loudly. "Well I guess it's just a game, right? For old times sake?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

Troy leaned over as did Gabriella. They both felt butterflies as their faces got closer. Their lips met and Gabriella took a deep intake of breathe from the sudden contact. She slowly cupped his cheek with her right hand and relaxed into the kiss, feeling that pleasurable sensation she remembered from High School. His lips were still so soft and tasted amazing. Troy put his hand on her waist and smiled. He missed her sweet embrace.

Taylor coughed causing them to pull away. "It's been way over 5 seconds, you guys can stop." Gabriella looked down and blushed deeply. Troy's cheeks turned a light crimson color as well and scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"Okay…who's next?" Taylor asked smirking in accomplishment.

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