Chapter 3 – Campfire Performance

Chapter 3 – Campfire Performance

AN: Thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter. I'm glad people are taking an interest to my story (and my other, "I'll Never Leave You".) This is dedicated to anybody who reviewed last time; I loved hearing what you had to say! The official HSM3 website is up, and it's cool. We can see pictures of the entire main cast beside a red carpet. Check it out if you haven't seen it! Anyway, here's the next chapter…

Disclaimer – I don't own High School Musical, but Zac Efron will one day be mine! (lol)

Gabriella's P.O.V

"Troy, I know you love lasagna, but this is a bit extreme." Troy had come back to our dinner table with a large pile of lasagna on his plate. I was munching on a breadstick.

"Well, it's not as good as yours, but it's good enough!" He replied.

"I just love how you manage to throw a complement in when talking to Gabi, especially so smoothly." Taylor commented. At that I blushed. "What? It's true. You're lucky that you found someone like him, Gabi."

"I know." Troy sat down and I kissed him on the lips lightly. He kissed back, and then dug into his food. It was amusing to watch how guys would do anything for food. That's how I got Troy to help me. Whenever I have to build something, or need help with studying, or just want him to come over, I make him my "famous" (he calls it) lasagna and breadsticks. I continued to munch on my breadstick. I then turned to Taylor.

"Where are Kelsi and Ryan?"

"Oh, they finished eating, so they are taking a walk." She responded.

"UUUH, my feet hurt so much! Why did we have to walk so much today!" Sharpay complained.

"You should have not worn your heals." Zeke responded.

"But hello, I have to look fashionable.

"Yeah, I'm sure the bunnies loved your designer high-heeled boots" Chad commented. He ducked his head down to avoid the smack, but it never came.

"What? No smack today?" he asked Taylor.

"Nope, I agree." Sharpay glared at her. "What? It's true. You should have worn hiking boots, like me and Gabs. And we still managed to look good. Don't you agree Troy?"

"Yeah, Gabi looked good." I blushed again. I could see tomato sauce on his left cheek.

"Thank you Troy. Oh and Troy, wipe your face, there is sauce oh your cheek." Troy purposely missed wiping his cheek.

"Where? I can't seem to get it?" He said with a smile on his face. Taylor, Zeke and Sharpay began laughing, and Chad just looked confused.

"Fine, I'll get it." I wiped the sauce off with my fingers, leaving just a little bit on his face.

"I think you missed a spot."

"Really?"

"Yup." I laughed. I leaned over and kissed his cheek where the sauce was, getting rid of the last bit on his face.

"Happy?" I asked him.

"Very. Thank you."

"Welcome." I turned to face the gang, seeing a still laughing Zeke, Taylor, and Sharpay. Chad still looked confused.

"I don't get it. Troy didn't even try to get the sauce off." Chad said rubbing his head.

"That's the point dude." Troy replied. "I just love the feeling of her lips on me." I blushed.

"TROY!" We all turned around to see Coach running towards us.

"Yeah dad?"

"You need to get something ready to perform for the campfire. Somebody backed out of their song, so now you need to."

"But dad, I can't."

"Sure you can. Do something with Gabriella, you're amazing together." I blushed again. Boy was it becoming a habit. Oh I also failed to mention that Coach totally accepted our relationship, and the whole singing thing.

"C'mon Troy. It's my first campfire, and it would be so cool to do something with you!" I gave him the puppy dog eyes.

"Gabi, you know I can't say no to the puppy dog eyes. Fine dad, we'll do something." With that, Troy and I got up and ran to the cabin, to rehearse.

Unknown P.O.V

I had been spying on Troy and his mystery girl, and figured out that they are incredibly close. He calls her Gabi, which I assume is for Gabriella, so I looked up her name on the East High website (yes I did bring my laptop with me where I'm staying.) Turns out that her full name is Gabriella Montez, and her and Troy did a show together. They were also voted "couple of the year" on the yearbook elections (they had the winners posted on the website.) I researched her even more, and figured out she's a brainiac. Why she's hanging out with Troy I don't know, but I do know that they are "in love", as I heard a weird boy in a pink hat say to a mousey kind of girl. Suddenly my partner walked into the room.

"So, what did you find out?" he asked me.

"Girl's a brainiac. Her name is Gabriella Montez. Won tons of scholastic decathlon competitions. Moves around constantly with her mother. Was in a musical with Bolton, ad apparently has been dating him ever since. What did you hear?" My partner has been listening around the campgrounds while everyone was having dinner.

"Apparently Bolton and this Gabriella girl are going to be performing a song tonight together, and everyone is hyped up to hear it. They supposedly sing beautifully, which confirms the musical thing. It seems everyone knows that they are together, and are not going to get in between their relationship. Even the cheerleaders gave up last year when he wouldn't dump her. I heard that the only time he ever left her was in their first summer together, when he became obsessed with her future. They were back together a week later, and have remained together stronger than ever, ever since." My partner explained. He got a lot of information for an hour and a half.

"Well, seems we have a super couple here. Inseparable. Perfect."

"Oh, and Bolton's dad is at the camp as well. He approves of the Gabriella girl."

"Again, it just makes our plan more perfect. Let's go. We have a performance to attend tonight." And we headed out the door to hear Bolton and the girl sing.

Gabriella's P.O.V

Troy and I had been preparing for an hour and a half now. We were ready. Kelsi wrote the song we are singing. She said that it was going to be used in the musical, until she wrote breaking free. I love the song, and Troy does as well. It was now dark outside and the East High students were gathering around the large bonfire that was surrounded by many logs. Troy was sitting on the ground, leaning against a log, and I was in between his legs with my head resting against his chest. Occasionally I would get a kiss on the head.

"And now, we have a presentation by our very own Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez. They're going to be singing for us." I got up, and pulled Troy up with me. We walked to the center of the circle, around the fire. And became singing. AN: Gabriella – italics, Troy – italics bold, both – underlined italic; the song is This is Me by Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas from their new movie, Camp Rock. I think it represents how Gabriella has had to struggle, and yeah. And the movie is Camp Rock, and this is a Campfire. lol

I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I have this dream
Right inside of me
I'm gonna let it show
It's time to let you know
to let you know

I turned to face Troy.


This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me

Do you know what it's like
To feel so in the dark
To dream about a life
Where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
They it's too far away
I've got to believe in myself
It's the only way

This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me

You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you
I gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
I need to find you
I gotta find you

This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me

You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me

This is me

You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing

Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me

After we had finished singing, everyone clapped. Troy and I bowed, and then went back to our seats. The campfire continued and was a memorable experience. After we were all walking back to our cabins. Troy led me to my cabin before going to his.

"So, was the campfire as good as you expected?" He asked me.

"More. It was perfect. And us singing together just completed the night."

"Well, missy. Go to sleep, and I'll come to your room at 4 o'clock just like last night to talk, when everyone is officially asleep." I smiled. He remembered we planned to meet again.

"Alright, make sure to set your alarm so you wake up." I reminded him.

"Will do. Now get to sleep!" He kissed me lightly on the lips, and I walked into my cabin. Sharpay, Kelsi and Taylor suddenly ambushed me.

"OMG you were amazing at the campfire!" Taylor screamed hugging me.

"I can't believe you still remember that song! It wrote it for you ages ago!" Kelsi screamed.

"Guys, c'mon, I want to go to sleep." I said. They reluctantly let me go. "I promise I'll tell you about it more tomorrow." With that their faces lit up. We walked to our separate rooms. I went into mine, and sat down on the bed. My room was perfect. I had a backdoor, just like Taylor. Sharpay got a good view from her window, so she didn't complain. The backdoor locked from the inside, and I made sure it was locked every night. I also had the secret door, which you couldn't find unless you knew it was there. There was a small drawer for my clothing, and my suitcase was piled against the wall. There was a blanket that my mom had knitted for me on my bed, and pictures adorned my walls. Most were of Troy and me, the gang, but there were some posters of Zac Efron, because he was my celebrity crush. I explained to Troy the reason was because he looked like his twin, but he was reluctant to believe that. It still amused him I had posters among my pictures of the gang. I walked up to the wall and looked at my favorite picture. It was of Troy and me in winter. We were both spinning around with snowflakes fluttering around us (the picture was taken at the ski lodge, which we visited for the second year in a row together in December). My mother had taken the picture, and had caught the perfect angle. Troy and I were looking at each other, our hands spread out wide at our sides. It was a perfect picture.

Drawing my mind away from my thoughts, I changed into my pajamas. I lay on the bed underneath my covers. I drifted off to sleep thinking of the fantastic evening I had with Troy.

Unknown P.O.V

"Wasn't that the sweetest performance you have ever seen?" my partner asked me sarcastically.

"Yeah. A perfect memory for Troy."

"So, he cares for this girl?" My partner could be incredibly stupid sometimes.

"More than cares for her. This girl is his life, which makes our plan so much more brilliant. Speaking of which, I think we should start putting out plan into action." I smirked. Together we walked through the woods, minds set on fulfilling our plans.

AN: Well, what did you think? The song I used was from Camp Rock, which is a Disney Channel Original Movie coming out June 20th. When it premiered on Friday, and I heard it, I just had to use it in my Story. Tell me what you think.

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