Troy turned away and started to walk back towards the courtyard to continue his search for Gabriella

Troy turned away and started to walk back towards the courtyard to continue his search for Gabriella.

"Well, Mr. Troy boy we will see about that." Nicole said under her breath and turned to walk the other way.

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Chapter 7

Black Eyed Susan

After feverishly searching for Gabriella for over an hour, Troy gave up and figured he just lost a major chance with this incredible girl that had such a mysterious hold on him.

Realizing he was just about the last person at the park, Troy decided to leave and go home to figure out what his next step would be.

Gabriella walked into her apartment, kicked off her shoes, changed into a pair of soft cotton shorts and a tank top, poured herself a glass of wine. She pulled her hair up in a loose ponytail and went to sit in an Adirondack chair out on the patio. The night was perfect. The air was warm with a slight breeze coming off the ocean. Gabriella sipped her wine and pondered the day's occurrences. She couldn't get what Nicole said out of her mind. "He is mine." Gabriella thought Nicole's comment was so childish, like Troy is some prize. Gabriella laid her head back and stared at the stars trying to get it all out of her mind.

Troy walked over to the table to gather his papers and grab his briefcase to leave when he noticed a small yellow piece of paper that had Taylor and Gabriella's name on it sticking out of the pile. He saw that it had an address typed on it that he knew wasn't the address to the shop. He figured it was the address to their apartment.

"This has got to be sign." He thought. "I should just go over there and straighten this all

out."

Troy stood and thought about whether he should take the risk of Gabriella slamming a

door in his face, but quickly decided he had to try to explain things. He just had this

indescribable feeling about her and knew he couldn't let her go. Troy quickly ran to his

car, threw in his briefcase and grabbed the slip to check the address one more time. He

then pushed on the accelerator and took off.

Gabriella finally started to feel better. She convinced herself to forget about what

Happened at the park, forget about Troy and just enjoy the peace and quiet of the night.

As she walked into the apartment to refill her glass with more wine, she heard a knock on

the door.

Gabriella walked over to the door thinking that Taylor absentmindedly forgot her key

again.

"I swear I'm going to sew your key to your forehead Tay…." Gabriella said as she swung

open the door.

To her surprise it wasn't Taylor she was looking at, it was those familiar electric blue

eyes she was trying to put past her.

"Wow, you sew too?" Troy greeted her trying to be funny.

"Oh hi, Sorry, I thought you were Taylor. How did you know where I lived?"

"I have my ways." Troy said with a smirk. "Here these are for you." Troy handed

Gabriella a bouquet of flowers that he had picked from the garden in front of the

apartment building.

As Gabriella took hold of them and the leaves, the stems started to fall off.

"Oh sorry, I was kind of holding on tight to them. I was afraid you were

going to slam the door in my face." Troy confessed.

"Yeah, like I said I only opened it because I thought you were Taylor."

"Fair enough. Well, I didn't just come here to give you those sunflowers…" Troy started

to explain as Gabriella cut him off.

"Rudbeckia." She said.

"What?"

"Rudbeckia, otherwise known as Black Eyed Susan. Not sunflowers." Gabriella corrected

him.

"Oh, that's kind of a funny name for a flower. I bet tonight you hoped there would be a

black eyed Troy." Troy tried to be funny again.

Gabriella laughed a little laugh, but in the inside said to herself, "Or a black eyed

Nicole."

"So can I please come in Gabs? I really want, no I really need to talk to you."

Gabriella hesitated. She thought she should just tell him to leave and let everything go.

But when she looked into his mesmerizing eyes giving her that puppy dog look, she

figured she should at least hear him out.

"Yeah come on in." Gabriella opened the door wider to let Troy in. "Go ahead out to the

patio and have a seat, while I find a vase for these flowers. Oh and thanks by the way,

that was very nice of you."

"Well I figured it was a good start to my peace offering to you." Troy said as he looked

around the apartment and made his way to the patio door.

Troy stood outside on the patio looking into the apartment where he could see into the

kitchen. He saw Gabriella reaching up to the top of a cabinet for a vase. He

noticed her top lifting up and revealing her smooth toned stomach. An immense

sense of desire filled Troy at that moment. He wanted to touch Gabriella so bad.

Troy saw that Gabriella was having a hard time reaching the vase so he went in to help

her.

Gabriella felt a hot feeling overcome her body as Troy walked up behind her and reached

over her to grab the vase. As he brought the vase down he leaned against Gabriella's

back and whispered in her ear.

"Is this what you want?"

Gabriella's heart skipped a beat and she became almost lightheaded at the feeling and sound of Troy's deep voice against her eardrum.

Troy placed the vase on the counter in front of them and put his hands on Gabriella's waist while he nuzzled her neck.

"Troy, you think just bringing me flowers is going to get you off the hook?" Gabriella said as she removed his hands from her lower torso and continued to put the flowers in the vase and fill it with cold water.

Troy backed away and put his hands in his pocket. "No, I guess not." He said as he smiled. "But is it a good start?"

Gabriella turned around and set the bouquet on the kitchen table, then turned to Troy. "You have a lot of explaining to do."

"Ahhhh where to begin?" Troy said as he ran his hands through his hair.

Gabriella loved when he did that.

"I need to know what's up with you and Nicole first and foremost." Gabriella figured she would get to the nitty gritty right away.

"Oh boy, well, can I have a glass of wine too before I spill out my life to you?" Troy asked as he grabbed the wine bottle and looked around for a glass.

"Sure." Gabriella took out a wine glass from the cabinet and handed it to Troy.

Troy filled his glass and topped off Gabriella's before they walked back outside to talk.

Gabriella sat down again and sipped her wine. Troy stared at her and noticed how the moonlight lit up her soft and smooth perfect skin. He sat down next to her and let out a sigh.

"O.k. about Nicole. She is not my girlfriend. I am not her boyfriend. We have a history and yes, we were once a couple, but not anymore. She hurt me real bad and got into some pretty heavy shit with some people and for that I will never forgive her. But as a friend, I felt I owed it to her to try and help her through things. Basically everyone except Kelsi and I abandoned her. That's just the type of person I am." Troy paused to take a sip of his wine.

"I have been meeting with her a lot lately because her father gave her the decision making duties regarding the park plans. He's Drake Colton. They guy who is naming a park after himself and erecting that God awful sculpture in his honor." Troy said as he watched Gabriella play with the rim of her wine glass.

I have really been trying not to give her mixed signals, but she is still going through some stuff and I'm trying to be supportive as a friend."

"Well, she is definitely getting some kind of signals from you." Gabriella said.

"What do you mean?" Troy asked.

"She just thinks and acts like you are her territory and I am not going to interfere with that. I am new in town and the last thing I want is an enemy like Nicole." Gabriella said as she stood up and leaned on the railing.

Troy got up from his chair and went over to Gabriella. He placed his hand over her hand on the railing.

"Look at me." Troy said as he gently turned touched Gabriella's chin and forced her to look right into his hypnotizing orbs. "I am not her territory. There is nothing between us except a history gone bad. I am sorry for how it looked to you and for whatever it is she said to you."

Gabriella couldn't help but feel a little skeptical.

"I don't know Troy. I don't want any drama right now." Gabriella said as she looked down to the landscape below 3 floors below.

"Gabs, I don't either. I just want you. I haven't been able to get the other day at the flower shop out of my head. I really am sorry." Troy grabbed Gabriella's shoulders and slowly turned her body so she was facing him.

Gabriella tried to fight the intense feeling of lust but couldn't. She took Troy's face in her hands and pulled his lips fully against hers. Troy wrapped his arms around her whole body and kissed her back. Their tongues fought for dominance and their hands explored each other's torsos.

"Let's go inside." Gabriella mumbled to Troy mid kiss.

"Lead the way Montez." Troy said as he took Gabriella's hand and let her lead him into the apartment and into Gabriella's bedroom.

As soon as they entered the threshold of the room, Gabriella unbuttoned Troy's shirt took it off throwing it to the floor. She then continued to kiss his neck and caress his incredible abs.

Troy feverishly removed Gabriella's top happy and excited to see she had no bra to struggle with. His hands found their way to her budding nipples and he gently squeezed and rubbed them as he sucked her neck and earlobes.

Gabriella was full of hot lust and wanted Troy so badly she could hardly breath. The feelings he made her have were almost uncontrollable. She quickly unfastened the button on his trousers and unzipped them to release his hardened member. Troy's trousers and red plaid boxers fell to the floor.

As Troy moved forward to step out of his pants that were bunched at his ankles he slipped his hands down the front of Gabriella's shorts. He gently pressed on her plump mound and caresses the folds between her thighs.

Gabriella let go of Troy's penis to pull her shorts and panties off herself. At the same time their tongues were twirling around each other and their breathing was sporadic and heavy.

Troy guided Gabriella to lie down on the bed. As she proceeded to fall back he lifted her legs on each of his shoulders and kissed her stomach. Slowly Troy kissed Gabriella as he moved south. When he reached his destination, Gabriella moaned with eagerness.

"Troy no one has ever done this to me." Gabriella confessed.

"Just relax Gabs." Troy whispered back as he started to lick and kiss her inner thighs.

Troy began to fondle Gabriella's clit and gently spread her folds for access to her tender spot. He then flicked her clit with his tongue and swirled all around her hot pink flesh.

Gabriella couldn't believe the intense emotions that were running through her body. She reached down and ran her fingers through Troy's hair as she groaned and bit her bottom lip.

Troy continued to make out with Gabriella's vagina as he slipped his tongue in and out of her tasting her juices with pleasure. He then inserted a finger deep inside her opening and penetrated her soft wet skin.

Troy proceeded fingering Gabriella at the same time licking her until she moaned and squirmed beneath him as she was about to cum.

"Oh Troy, I'm at my peak." Gabriella gasped.

Troy wanted her to orgasm, so he could feel her walls tighten and juices spill. He kept licking and gently sucking as he quickened his pace with his fingers.

"Ohhh Troy!" Gabriella yelled as she bucked her hips and felt her entire body tighten and then tremble with an incredible tingly explosion.

Troy slowed his hand and stopped his oral activity so Gabriella could enjoy her orgasm and relax.

"That was amazing." Gabriella took hold of Troy's ears and guided him up to face her.

Gabriella then moved up and pushed Troy down on his back and proceeded to get on him and straddle his throbbing member. She gently took hold of it and guided it into her wet and already satisfied mound.

Troy helped Gabriella by lifting his hips to meet with her insertion. He wanted to be as deep as he could inside of her.

"Wait, shouldn't I get a rubber?" Troy quickly realized.

"No need, I'm on the pill and do not sleep around." Gabriella said.

"Cool."

Gabriella moved her hips up and down so she could take in every inch of Troy. Troy placed his hands on her butt cheeks and squeezed them as he bucked his hips up to meet with every one of Gabriella's thrusts.

Gabriella then leaned down and kissed Troy as she quickened her ride.

Troy felt like he was about to combust.

"Oh Gabs I'm gonna cum." Troy huffed.

"I am too, but help me by rubbing here." Gabriella put Troy's fingers between the top of her folds and on her clit.

Troy began to rub her in a circular motion and thrusted up into Gabriella until both of them entered their satisfaction mode. Troy soon felt his throbbing shaft spit out his hot juices inside of Gabriella.

Gabriella arched her back and held on to Troy's chest while she reached her climax again and moaned with pure delight. The creamy liquid slowly leaked onto both of them.

Troy sat up and hugged Gabriella. Gabriella sat in his lap still straddling his waist and kissed the top of his head.

"That was even better then the flower shop." She said.

"Yep it sure was." Troy sighed as he gently guided Gabriella off of his lap and onto the pillow next to him.

Gabriella sat up and scooted over to the edge of the bed when the phone rang.

"Who the hell would be calling here at this time of night?" she wondered.

"Let the machine pick it up and get back in bed." Troy said as he grabbed Gabriella's arm and pulled her onto him to kiss her.

"You know what to do…" Gabriella heard the clever outgoing message Taylor made.

"Hey Gabs it's Taylor. Wake up! There is a fire at the shop! Hurry get over there! Wake up! Chad and I are on our way over there now! Please wake up!"

So Troy and Gabriella hooked up and cleared the air, but will Nicole accept that? Hmmmmm.

And who could have set the fire?

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