AN:
I bet you all thought this story was gone forever! Well, truth be told, I wrote a little back then continuing the story and then got SUPER busy and completely forgot about it. UNTIL candycanes18ify left me a review and I got the notification in my email! SO everyone can thank her/him for bringing me back from obscurity! And I too say THANK YOU so much to candycanes.
To make up for it being...what? 3 years since my last post and leaving you all completely hanging (SO SO Sorry about that) I wrote an EXTRA long and EXTRA juicy chapter. It's almost 10,000 words! So I hope you enjoy!
-MJ
Troy couldn't take it anymore and he sat up so that he was straddling her lap and promptly took off his shirt.
As soon as he leaned down to reclaim her lips with his own his pocket started buzzing and then released a ring.
"Damnit…." He knew that ring, it was his house calling, probably his mom. Gabriella knew the ring too, but secretly was glad for the interruption. Not that she didn't WANT to continue, but with Troy's phone ringing Gabriella was suddenly brought back to the reality that they were guests in a house full of Troy's teammates and "afternoon delight" wasn't exactly appropriate.
The thought of his mom on the phone killed much of Troy's arousal, nothing like thinking about your mother to kill the mood. Troy closed his eyes and sighed as he rolled off Gabriella to sit beside her and dig in his pocket for the noisy intruder.
"Hello?" Troy gave Gabriella an apologetic look and Gabriella returned a small smile of understanding as she too sat up.
"Oh good! I caught you!" It was his mom and the sound of her voice further removed him from the sexual desires which had consumed him not moments ago, "I feel like I haven't spoken to you in so long Troy, how are you honey?"
"Hey mama…" Troy watched as Gabriella got up and went into the bathroom, which meant they would not be continuing their fun after his conversation. CRAP. "I'm doing good, workin' hard with basketball…class on Monday. How are you and dad?"
"Oh, we're well…just missing you!"
"I miss you guys too, mom." In truth Troy did feel a little guilty since he hadn't really called his parents all that much since moving to California. Come to think of it, he hadn't spoken to hardly anyone from back home including his best friend Chad. He had been so busy with basketball things that during all his free time he was sleeping, hanging out with his team, with Gabriella, or talking on the phone to Gabriella.
"You sound tired sweetie…" Troy heard the worry seep into his mother's voice.
"Yeah, a little I guess."
"Well Troy, you need to keep well rested honey or you'll get sick. Have you been taking your vitamins?"
Troy sighed, she was in full mom mode now. "Yeah….Mom don't worry, I'm fine. I just was up early this morning that's all."
"Did you have an early practice?"
"No, I drove to Gabriella's last night and then this morning we drove to Santa Cruz. Scott invited the team to his family beach house here this weekend since we don't have practice. Gabriella and I just got here a little bit ago."
"Oooh! How nice of Scott to invite you guys!"
"Yeah." Troy laid back on the plush carpet with one arm behind his head.
"That'll be a lot of fun! Is Gabriella there with you?"
"Uh yeah, yeah she is…" Troy glanced towards the bathroom door where he heard the faucet running, "She is freshening up in the bathroom."
"Well I'm sure you two will have a good time…and will be responsible." Troy didn't miss his mom's warning. Troy talks to his parents about most things in his life, but his sex life wasn't one of them. While he had never mentioned that he and Gabriella were sleeping together he figured his parents might have guessed, or at least gathered they were headed in that direction.
"Of course mom."
"Oh! Have you gone to visit your aunt and uncle yet?" Troy made a guilty face his mom couldn't see. His dad's younger brother had moved to California near Berkley and had met his wife, Samantha; together they had Troy's younger cousins: Emma and Ross.
"Uhh…I've been really busy…" Troy knew this excuse was a weak one, especially when his mom knew full well that he had spent many weekends with Gabriella.
"Troy Michael Bolton! Your uncle Andrew was so excited when you went to California that he might get to see you more…especially your cousins!"
Feeling the full force of his mother's scolding even a thousand miles away Troy immediately went into apology mode, "I know mom…I'm really sorry…there's just a lot going on and a lot to get used to here being on my own without you," he knew this comment would hit her soft spot, "and I guess I just forgot…sorry mama." He heard his mother sigh on the other end of the line,
"I know it's been tough for you sweetie…please just promise me you will try to go visit them for a day in the near future…for dinner or something…"
"I promise." Troy smiled when he realized he was no longer in trouble.
"You better" She answered with feigned sternness, "Anyway, I know you are kind of busy right now with your friends so I won't keep you, but I did call to ask you about basketball tickets."
"Oooohhhh…yeah…I forgot to ask about that…" Troy admitted slowly.
"Troy…" her tone was reprimanding
"Sorry…" Troy yet again felt guilty, he had told his parents he would ask about how many tickets he is allotted each game for family and friends and he hadn't. "Well…" he continued, "I am pretty sure we get 3, and then I could probably use other guys' on the team if they aren't using theirs and I needed more…but I am not positive on that."
His mother sighed on the other end of the line, meanwhile Gabriella came out of the bathroom looking, to Troy's disappointment, refreshed and completely un-ravished. She smiled at Troy, and then strode over to the bed and sat cross legged upon it. "Alright…well can you ask Scott or someone else when you get the chance and get back to me as soon as possible?"
"Yeah, I can do that…no problem. Sorry I forgot."
"Uh huh…" Troy could almost see his mother rolling her eyes at his forgetfulness. "Okay, well I guess have fun this weekend and get that information about the tickets to me SOON okay?"
"Okay I will."
"Be safe."
"I will mom."
"Make sure you take your vitamins." Troy chuckled to himself at his mother's worry,
"I will."
"And if you go out on the water wear a life-"
"-Mom."
"Sorry sweetie. Okay well I miss you honey, have a good time."
"I miss you too mama, love you."
"Love you too Troy. Say 'Hi' to Gabriella from me. Bye honey."
"Okay I will, Bye." Troy hung up the phone and took in a deep breath, held it for a second and then let it out. He craned his neck to look up at Gabriella on the bed who stared back down at him,
"How's your mom?"
"She's good, she says 'Hi.'"
"That's good, she and your dad coming for your first game?"
"Not sure, I think they want to though." Troy sighed as he stood up, picked up his shirt and slipped it back over his head. Then he sat beside Gabriella on the bed before falling backwards and closing his eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Gabriella poked his side. Troy opened his eyes and glanced up at her,
"What?"
"You said you were going to introduce me to your teammates…" She gave him her shy eyes triggering Troy to let out an exasperated groan,
"You took the last bit of energy of my second wind when you decided to fall-"
"Hey!" Gabriella playfully smacked his shoulder, "Stop makin stuff up."
Troy raised an eyebrow at her, "Who's makin' stuff up?"
Gabriella glared at him, and upon receiving "the look" Troy backpedaled, "Okay, okay…sorry." He smiled at her and she couldn't help but smile back. Troy reached for her hand on her lap, he really wished he could just fall asleep right now holding his girl. He fiddled with her fingers while mulling over his decision. Of course he knew what he would do: he would be the good boyfriend and accompany Gabriella downstairs to introduce her, but he wanted to pretend he had the choice to stay and take a nap because that's what his body wanted him to do. Gabriella took the hand he was holding and caressed his face with it, inviting his face to look back up at her,
"Babe if you're really that tired…"
Troy smiled at her and made an attempt to perk up, "Me? Tired? Nah…I'm like the energizer bunny."
"Uh huh." Gabriella saw through his façade. Troy sat up and reclaimed her hand from his face and kissed her palm,
"I'm good. Third wind I guess."
Gabriella eyed him, letting him know she wasn't falling for it.
Troy laughed and pulled her head in towards him so he could kiss her forehead, "Come on, introductions await!" He slid off the bed and offered his hand to her, beckoning her to come along. She took his invitation even though she felt bad making him come with her.
By the time Troy and Gabriella made it back downstairs several more people had shown up and some of the guys were already outside in the pool. When the couple appeared hand in hand at the foot of the stairs Lucas noticed them and came over to greet them.
"Hey bro, glad you decided to come." He slapped hands with Troy and then nodded towards Gabriella, "Gabs…good to see you again…Thanks for LETTING him come." He indicated towards Troy with his thumb.
Gabriella smiled, "Yeah…I didn't have the heart to not let him have his play time." She turned her face up towards Troy and nudged his side.
"Thanks a lot mom." Troy teased back. "Who is all here?" He asked Lucas.
"Uhhh..well Scott and Em of course. Jake, K, Day-Day, me, and Trav all got here before you. Then Nate and Drew got here about 10 minutes ago. And apparently Sam called and he is on his way with-"
"Yo Bolton!" A voice interrupted and Troy and Gabriella looked away to see who called. Gabriella saw a tall, muscular guy with dark skin dressed in a bathing suit bounding towards them. She quickly tried to discern which one of Troy's teammates this could be, but her efforts amounted to nothing. Troy smiled and put his hand out for his teammate to slap, "Day-Day! What's goin' on man?"
"It's good, it's good. Maaaan would you check this place out?!"
"Right?! Geez…"
"Scotty be holdin' out on us!" He laughed and then noticed Gabriella standing next to Troy. Troy shifted his attention and put his arm around Gabriella's waist,
"As you probably guessed: this is Gabriella. Gabriella Montez meet Drake Tucker. He is a junior forward on the team."
"Pleasure." Drake extended his massive hand to Gabriella and her hand disappeared in his as she shook it,
"Mine too."
"You can call me Drake or the guys call me Day-Day if you like." Gabriella smiled up at him, he was so much taller than Troy, but not as tall as Lucas. He seemed nice, she tried to recall what she had heard from Troy about "Day-Day" or "Drake" and she seemed to remember him saying that he was fun to hang out with because he was always in a good mood. She didn't feel comfortable using the team's nickname for him though.
"Where are you from Drake?"
"Yo Troy, y'all want something to drink?" Scott called from the kitchen. Troy looked over to Scott and then back to Gabriella,
"Want anything?"
"What are you getting?"
"Not sure…"
"Just pick something, you know what I like."
"Okay." Troy squeezed her to his side and whispered in her ear, "You okay here?" She nodded and Troy kissed her temple before walking away to the kitchen. Gabriella watched him go and then turned back to Drake who smiled before answering her question,
"Denver."
"Oh I lived there for a little while!"
"Really? Huh…"
Troy approached Scott in the kitchen who gave him the choices, "Basically we got everything: coke products, water, milk, coffee, orange juice, grape juice, cranberry juice…as for alcohol…if you want to start drinkin' this early…we got beer, pretty much anything you need for mixed drinks, and upon the request of Emily we also have wine coolers." Troy was surprised at the huge selection, and immediately eliminated the alcohol for both him and Gabriella: they both weren't big drinkers and it was much too early.
"Wow…uhhh…" He thought for a moment and decided he needed caffeine, "I'll take a coke and give me a…." He almost said grape juice, but he thought Gabriella would want something in a bottle instead of a cup, "water for the lady." Scott handed him the drinks and as Troy said thanks and was about to leave Scott stopped him,
"By the way…any drinking is going to have to be in moderation because…I don't know if anyone told you but Sam is coming and he is bringing-" Suddenly there was a loud roar of cheers and the two guys looked to the doorway to see Sam and a little boy walk in. Scott smiled and walked to greet them,
"Heeeeey, who let you riff-raff in here?" He rubbed the little boy's head.
"Jake buzzed us in and said to come on in." Sam answered.
"Glad you guys could make it." He turned to the boy and greeted him in a low voice, " !" Troy went back to Gabriella's side and handed her the water,
"That's Sam and Michael…Remember I told you one of the seniors had a kid? He's 5." Gabriella watched as the other players came in and greeted the small boy with light-brown skin, dark hair, and his father's blue eyes. They all seemed so taken with him and the little boy smiled wide as he high fived the giants.
"Yeah I remember."
"Come on…I'll introduce you." He took her hand and led her over to the crowd that had surrounded the new comers.
"Yo guys…guys!" He got the attention of everyone and then continued, "This is as you would guess, my girlfriend Gabriella. Gabriella this is Nathan Dean," he pointed to a guy taller than him with dark brown hair and cocoa skin who nodded his head in recognition, "Drew Cousins," the guy to Nathan's left was the tallest person Gabriella had ever seen: even taller than Lucas! He had a short buzz cut, tanned-skin and was much more muscular than Luke, "Then that's Kalin Schultz," to the left of Drew was a skinny, dark-skinned guy about the same height as Troy. Gabriella thought he looked like he was fast and recalled Troy saying that his main competition for point guard was against this guy. "You know Luke and Travis," Gabriella smiled at the 2nd tallest white guy in the room and his chocolate-skinned roommate, "Then there's Jake Jackson," the brown haired guy about the same height as Drake extended his hand to Gabriella and she smiled at him as she shook it, "Then you met Day-Day and Scott already…oh and your only female companion for the weekend: Scott's girlfriend Emily Summers…" Emily smiled at Gabriella,
"Thank you for coming Gabriella…I don't think I could handle all these boys by myself." She laughed, the guys smirked and Gabriella giggled in response,
"No problem."
"Then this is Sam Jenson" he indicated the blonde man standing next to the child, "…and the coolest person here: Sam's son Michael." Troy extended his fist to Michael who pounded it with his own, "How ya doin little man? Beatin' your daddy at hoops yet?" Michael smiled and looked from Troy up to his dad, who put a hand on his shoulder. Michael looked back to Troy and the rest of the crowd,
"Yup! Whooped his butt!" Everyone laughed. Troy mussed Michael's hair. Troy was really taken with the 5-year-old, he had always gotten along well with kids, probably because he acted somewhat like a big kid himself at times.
"Alright all star how about you try and beat me this weekend huh?"
"Easy!" Michael declared and everyone snickered.
"Better watch it Bolton, this kid's gonna take your spot son!" Nathan shouted and everyone laughed.
"You wanna be a ball playa like your daddy little man?" Day-Day asked him. Michael nodded, "Yeah! AND a singer like mama!"
"Uh-oh…watch out y'all he's a double threat!" Jake declared and everyone laughed again. The players started to disperse and the boy looked up at his dad, "Daddy?"
"Yes, Michael?"
"I'm hungry."
"Well maybe you could ask Scott if you could have a snack…"
Michael smiled, "Can I?"
"Yes you may…" Michael ran off after Scott, "NICELY!" Sam added. He glanced back at his dad and smiled.
"He's grown since I saw him last." Troy said watching Michael tug on the bottom of Scott's shirt to get his attention.
"Yeah…he's sproutin' up…"
"Glad you guys could come, he will have a lot of fun hangin with the guys this weekend." Troy said. Gabriella looked over at the boy again, who now was the proud owner of a Chewy Granola Bar.
"Yeah…too bad his mom is coming to get him tonight."
"Whaaaat? Why?" Troy's face fell in disappointment.
"I dunno man, she didn't want him to come at all but Michael begged her."
Gabriella smiled as she watched him say something to Scott before running back towards them only to be intercepted by Nathan sweeping him off his feet into the air. The boy laughed and screamed. Sam and Troy both diverted their attention to Michael before turning back to the conversation.
"I don't get it…Brittany knows how much we love Michael…"
"Bro…I don't attempt to understand that girl…" He glanced over again at a giggling Michael who was now dangling upside down, held from the ankles by Nathan.
"Yo Nate…don't let all the blood rush to his head man." Sam side-stepped Troy and Gabriella as he approached Nathan and Michael. Troy and Gabriella watched as Sam grabbed both Michael's hands and swung him back up onto his feet as Nate let go. Michael continued to giggle and then begged for more, "DO IT AGAIN!"
"He is so adorable!" Gabriella remarked.
Troy chuckled, "He's the coolest kid ever." Troy clutched Gabriella's hand and guided her over to the couches. He sat down and pulled her down next to him putting his arm around her. He took a long swig out of his coke and then leaned back and sighed.
"Beat?"
"Nah…just relaxin with my girl." He winked at her and smiled.
"Gabriella you get on the tramp and Troy and I will push the boat out." Scott instructed from the water, holding onto the sailboat as the small waves crashed into it.
"Okay…" Gabriella entered the water and treaded over beside the boat, the water up to her knees. She wasn't exactly sure how to get on…the boat came up to her ribs. Troy was helping Scott hold the boat and watched as Gabriella put her hands on the edge of the tramp to hoist herself up, as she put weight on it however the boat tipped towards her and she let go.
"Here babe…" Troy made his way over to her through the water, "Try again" Gabriella again put her hands up on the tramp and this time when she hoisted herself up Troy lifted her up onto the tramp.
"Thank you." She smiled at him and he smiled back, "My pleasure madam."
"Okay Troy let's take her out a little ways then you hop on k?"
"Sounds good." After they took the boat out to the point that the water was up to the boys' waist Scott told Troy to get on and Troy effortlessly hoisted himself up. Scott followed suit and joined the couple on the tramp of the sailboat. The wind whipped through their hair as Scott bellowed out instruction, "Okay Troy, Gabriella come over on this side of the tramp" he said as he used the ropes to adjust the sails and used a long pole to put the rudders down and steer. "Now, this is the…?" he said looking at Troy and Gabriella and pointing to the smaller sail of the two. "Jib." Troy answered, "And that's the main sail." He continued pointing to the giant blue sail.
"Right." Scott sailed the way out, past the wave breaks, and turned the boat into the wind so they would keep relatively still. "Okay…now…we're going to put one of you on the trapeze." The couple, sitting there holding hands, looked at one another. Scott explained further, "This" he held up a harness and pointed to a wire line, "will take you out on the side of the boat so you can lean out over the water."
"Awesome!" Troy exclaimed.
"We have to be going fast enough before you lean out though so whoever goes out make sure you listen for my okay. So who's going first?" Troy was bursting with excitement to try it but he looked at Gabriella,
"You can go first if you want babe." Gabriella smiled at him in appreciation of his courtesy, "Troy don't be silly...of course you are going first! Besides…I want to see it first…" She eyed the contraption nervously. Troy laughed and kissed Gabriella on the cheek. "Alright, what do I gotta do captain?"
Scott handed him the harness, "Put this on." Troy took the harness and stood up to put it on, but the boat rocked and he immediately lost his balance. He laughed, "Whoops!...I guess I better try to do this sitting down…" He put his legs into the holes and pulled up the harness lifting his hips to get it up around his waist. He fastened and then tightened the straps before tugging on the bottom of his swimming trunks to try and put them right after they had been snagged upwards by the harness.
"Okay…I'm going to get her goin' and when I say, you are going to attach this buckle here, " he pointed to the metal hook and plastic piece on the harness, "to this." He grabbed the end of the wire line which had a metal oval piece attached to it and then demonstrated how it went together. "And then you are going to slowly stand up on this side of the boat, put your feet on this edge piece of the tramp, and then slowly lean backwards out over the water. Now…you'll have to pay attention to this front pontoon...if it starts to go under water shift your feet and your weight towards the back of the boat and if it is coming way out of the water shift yourself forward. Got it?" Troy gave an apprehensive stare for a moment before smiling,
"Yeah I think so…"
"You'll be fine…it's not as hard it seems." Scott smiled, "Alright, here we go." He turned the boat so the wind would catch the sails and they gained momentum. Once they had a good speed going he motioned for Troy to get hooked up on the line.
"Alright Troy…ease on out!" He yelled over the wind. Troy slowly leaned backwards with his feet anchoring him to the boat. He smiled broadly as they picked up speed and he leaned farther out so he could be parallel with the water. He half laughed as he caught, out of the corner of his eyes, the blue water rushing past his face below him. He spread his arms wide, "WOOOOOO! YEAH!" He exclaimed, "This is AMAZING!" Gabriella watched him in awe and smiled.
"Whew! That's an ab work out!" Troy said patting his stomach as he unattached himself from the harness. They were at a standstill again and Troy and Gabriella were switching.
"Alright Gabriella, do you need me to explain it to you again?" Scott asked.
"Umm.." Gabriella looked apprehensively at the harness Troy was taking off, "I don't think-"
Troy cut her off, "Oh no no no no….Gabriella you are DOING this! It's wild!"
"I dunno Troy…it looks kind of…daunting…" She said glancing at the side of the boat where Troy had been dangling out. Troy handed her the harness,
"Baby…you'll be fine…I promise…you'll have a blast." He coaxed gently and smiled. She sighed and took the harness from him, "Okay…"
"That's my girl." Troy smiled.
Once they were up to speed Troy helped Gabriella attach the line and on Scott's instruction Gabriella slowly, very slowly, leaned backwards over the water. She was barely 45 degrees when she got scared, bent her knees and pulled herself back in.
"Troy…I feel like I'm going to fall!"
"That's part of the rush babe! Don't worry! Go on…take a deep breath and try again." Gabriella did as she was told and eased her way back out. Unlike Troy she held onto the wire line, she got out past 45 degrees and glanced down at the buckle. She noticed in horror the metal piece had slipped from the hook on her harness, it was now attached to the small plastic piece which is designed to merely hold the line in place. Everything moved in slow motion: Gabriella knew this plastic piece would break so she bent her knees and began to pull herself back in. She called out for Troy in fear, "TROY!—" But she had hardly moved and barely got out her plea before the plastic piece gave way sending her into the ocean.
Troy watched as his girlfriend disappeared from the side of the boat and plunged into the water, "GABRIELLA!" He exclaimed in panic. The sudden loss of weight made the boat start to lean over, pulling one pontoon completely out of the water.
"Hooooly shit!" Scott yelled as he let the rope lines loose and turned into the wind, desperately trying to keep the boat from capsizing. "TROY! Move, move, move!" Troy, who had been watching back at where Gabriella was in the water, suddenly realized they were flipping over and jumped on the side of the boat that was out of the water. In what seemed like minutes, but was mere seconds, they had righted the boat.
"Whew." Scott said as Troy screamed out for Gabriella, "Gabriella!" He could just barely see her floating in the distance. He started to panic: what if she was hurt? His heart dropped in his chest at that thought, "Gabriella! Are you okay?!"
"Troy, she has a life vest, I am sure she is okay. Just help me situate the lines and we will get the boat turned around so we can go get her okay?" Troy sprang into action helping Scott and in no time they were headed back to pick up a drifting Gabriella. As they neared her Troy called out to her again, worry thick on his voice, "Baby are you okay?" Gabriella nodded, coughing. Scott pulled up along side her.
"Baby give me your hands." Troy reached down for her and pulled her up into his arms. He hugged her to him, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Troy was still kind of panicky. Gabriella shook her head, still coughing, "No…I just…swallowed…a lot of…salt water." She managed to communicate between coughs. Troy held her tightly, or as tightly as he could between their two life vests, and sighed in relief.
"Well hold on okay, we'll get you back to the house in no time alright honey?" She nodded.
"Gabriella what happened? Do you know?" Scott questioned her now that her coughing had subsided somewhat. Gabriella nodded, "Yeah…I looked down at my harness right before…" she coughed a few times and Troy rubbed her back, "before I fell in and this, " she pulled away from Troy and showed the broken plastic piece on her harness, "was connected to the wire." Scott's mouth fell open as he nodded in recognition,
"Ohhh….man….I bet it got un-hooked somehow when you pulled yourself in the first time. Dang…I'm really sorry Gabriella…"
"It's okay…it's not your fault." Gabriella smiled at him and then coughed, "But…I would like to get back to-"
"Oh! Of course!" Scott sprang into action setting them on their way. As they picked up speed the intense wind caused Gabriella to start shivering. Troy held her as tight as he could and ran his hands up and down her arms creating friction, "Almost there babe!" He shouted over the wind. He wished he could do more, he was tempted to take off their life jackets so he could use his body heat to warm her. They finally reached the shore, Troy and Scott hopped off to pull the boat to the beach. Once on dry land Troy lifted Gabriella from the boat and took off her life jacket as Scott ran to the pile of towels they had on the beach. He gave one to Troy who wrapped it around a still-shivering Gabriella, rubbing her back and arms.
"Are you sure you're okay babe?" Troy asked as he took off his own life vest. Gabriella nodded as Troy cocooned her in his arms trying to warm her up.
"Let's get you into some dry clothes." Troy suggested after Gabriella stopped shivering. He opened up her towel so he could take off the harness. His fingers fiddled with the straps below her abdomen.
"Dang!" He said in frustration. He bent down to get a better look at it and tried to detach the strap again, he pulled with all his strength but it didn't budge. "Damnit, it's stuck or somethin…"
Scott walked over to them from the boat, "Here, let me see." He knelt down in front of Gabriella and tugged on the strap to no avail. "Alright…" He said as he began to better position his hand for more leverage, but hesitated, "Umm…hey Troy…why don't…" he cleared his throat, "can you hold this part of the harness for me while I tug on the strap?" He pointed to the seam that kept giving away when they tugged. Troy immediately knew why Scott asked for his help and was very appreciative that Scott didn't do it himself. Troy applied pressure to the seam located dangerously close to an area in which no man besides Troy should be touching and this time when Scott tugged the strap pulled free.
"Whew! You're free! I haven't ever had that happen, maybe this thing has seen better days…" Scott said after Gabriella stepped out of the harness and he picked it up.
"Thanks a lot Scott. Let's get you dry." Troy said as he put an arm around Gabriella and led her to the stairs to take them back up to the house, but then stopped in his tracks, "Saracen are you okay here by yourself?" He motioned towards the boat with his head.
"Yeah man, fine, get that girl in the house." Troy didn't argue and continued to lead Gabriella back to the house.
"I'm so sorry baby…" Troy said once they got into their room and past everyone downstairs.
"Troy it's not your fault…"
"I know…" Troy got her bag for her and she dropped the towel she had around her shoulders. Her blue string bikini was nearly dry, but she wanted to change anyway. She bent over to open her bag and grabbed her head in pain, "Ow!"
"Gabriella?!" Troy put his hand on her shoulder and inquired further, "What's wrong?"
Gabriella winced a little and then sat down on the floor next to her bag, Troy kneeled down beside her, his hands on her shoulders. "I think I must have hit my head somehow when I fell into the water…maybe just the impact of hitting the water and the rush of water going past my head…I dunno…"
"Maybe we should take you to see a doctor…." Troy's voice revealed his concern.
"No…no…it's just a headache…I'm fine Troy." She looked up at him and he gave her a look of extreme apprehension. "Troy…I promise…I'll just take an aspirin and I'll be fine."
Troy sighed, "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"Okay…" Troy kissed her forehead gently and she smiled at him.
"I love you." She told him.
"I love you more." He replied and kissed her tenderly on the lips, "Now I'll go get you some aspirin and you get changed."
"K." She replied as she took out a tank top, shorts, and under garments. Troy made to leave but as he put his hand on the doorknob Gabriella stopped him, "Oh wait!"
"Yeah?" Troy turned around.
"I need your help."
Troy strode back over to her, "What ya need babe?"
"The clasp," she turned her back to him, "it takes me forever to get it undone…could you real quick?"
Troy cleared his throat as he looked at the clasp on the back of her bathing suit top, "Yeah, sure." He forced himself not to think about his girlfriend's perfect supple breasts as he undid the clasp. He felt terrible: Gabriella was in pain and his horny mind kept diverting back to her body. Girls never would understand how much guys think about sex Troy thought, especially when having been away from it for so long. He obviously was not going to act on his impulses, and the foremost concern in his mind of course was Gabriella, but he couldn't control how much his body wanted her. Gabriella let the top hang from her neck as she turned around, Troy groaned inside as he noticed the suit now did not properly cover her front. He averted his eyes immediately.
"Thank you."
"No problem." Troy focused very intently on her eyes; she gave him a quizzical look but took a step towards him into his personal space. She turned her face up towards his for a kiss; he obliged but did not dare touch her body with his hands. She smiled up at him, completely unaware of how uncomfortable this simple situation was for him.
"Aspirin." He said and turned to leave. "Be back in a jiff." He exited the door quickly, but carefully so he didn't open the door anymore than necessary.
When Troy returned with the aspirin and opened the door to their bedroom he found his girlfriend curled up in the middle of the bed, sleeping, wearing one of his shirts. He smiled at her adorableness before walking to the side of the bed and putting down the bottle of water and pills. He started to put his weight on the bed before he had a thought, he paused and then walked across the room to the closet and quietly opened the door. He found a blanket on the top shelf and draped it over Gabriella's still form. He carefully crawled in the bed beside her, curling up next to her and draping his arm around her. Troy smiled contently as he too drifted off to sleep.
That's how the pair woke up, a few hours later, with Gabriella stirring beneath a deep-in-sleep Troy. She craned her neck to see Troy, but couldn't, so she decided to very slowly, and very carefully try to slide out from under him. She was almost home free when Troy groaned and then almost unintelligibly whispered,
"Feeling better babe?" His hand ran up and down her side soothingly.
Gabriella nodded, but then realized he wouldn't have seen it with his eyes closed, "Yeah, much."
Troy sighed and scooted closer to her, closing any gap Gabriella had previously made,
"Good." He nuzzled into her before placing a kiss at the nape of her neck, he'd missed this: just cuddling with his girl, feeling her in his arms. Gabriella smiled before speaking up again,
"We should get up…we could sleep the day away in here." Troy's arm tensed around her,
"And that's a bad thing why?"
"We're only here for the weekend."
"You're injured," Troy tried.
"I'm fine," Gabriella rolled her eyes at his lame attempt.
"I miss you," He tried again.
"We'll be together here, or down there."
"I love you."
This made her smile, he was TOO adorable, "I love you more…but-"
"No 'buts'!" Troy's suddenly full, non-whispering, non-sleepy voice startled her and she sat up quickly, disturbing Troy who groaned,
"Whhhhyyyy"
"Well you scared me!" She lightly pushed his bare shoulder causing him to fall from his side onto his back. Troy sighed in response, and Gabriella leaned over him and kissed his lips, which elicited a smile and moan from the boy. She moved the blonde-ish brown hair away from his eyes and forehead, beckoning him to open his bright blue eyes, but he did not oblige. Instead his hand found his way to the back of her head and pulled her to him for another kiss, this one much longer and deeper than the first. As Troy's lips lingered on hers she felt his other hand wander up her thigh, over her underwear, and then underneath the old t-shirt of his that she was wearing. His hand found the bare skin of her lower back and pulled her so she was on top of him, never breaking the kiss. His touches charged Gabriella's skin, she moaned in pleasure as his hand found its way to her bottom and gripped it, straining her closer. Their lips finally broke apart and Troy rested his forehead against hers as he not-so-subtlety grinded his hips upwards into hers, his intentions couldn't be misconstrued. He finally opened his eyes and stared down into her brown ones, his hurried breath hot upon her skin as his hands ran from her bottom up under the shirt tracing patterns on her bare back, and he let out a steadying breath as he discovered Gabriella was already wearing no bra.
Without warning, Gabriella was whipped around, Troy had flipped their positions so that he was on top and he wasted no time in connecting his hand to her bare breast as his mouth attacked hers. She moaned, and without asking for permission Troy's tongue was inside her mouth – his need for her was too strong. All the "almost" moments leading up to his one had made him so horny for her that it was painful. As his tongue penetrated deep into her mouth she ran her hands up and down his bare chest, and realized for the first time he was still in his swim suit. As her hands teased lower a shiver ran up Troy's spine and he shuddered, breaking away from the kiss,
"Ffffffuuuck," he groaned, barely holding it together. Gabriella smiled at her affect on him, and before she could elicit more teasing upon him he evaded her touch and attached his lips to her abdomen. He made fast kisses up the smooth skin her stomach, inching the shirt up as he went, and when he exposed her breasts his eyes closed for a moment, his breathing heavy with want. He hungrily devoured her hardened nipple with his mouth as he hastily and without care ripped the t-shirt over her head so that she now lay before him only in her panties. He sat up for a moment, taking in her body and groaned as once again his hand roughly cupped her breast and his tongue traced around the nipple of her other. Gabriella's hands found their way to his hair, holding him to her chest as she bit her lip, relishing in the pleasure he was giving her. Troy's lips worked their way up her neck, taking no care as they usually did. He roughly sucked and bit in all her sweet spots – her skin burned with desire so much that she didn't care about the hickeys and marks he undoubtedly was leaving. She knew his desire, and if she was honest, she LOVED when Troy was this way: rough and taken over with his need for her.
Finally his lips found his way back to hers and as she once again opened her mouth to his she felt his hardened sex grind into hers and his hand clench down hard on her breast. Her breath caught as she tore her mouth away from Troy's. He was now breathing heavily as he continued his rhythmic gyrating into her, exhaling a partial moan each time he thrust. She couldn't wait any longer: she needed him in her now. Her hands wasted no time in undoing the strings and velcro of his swimming trunks and as soon as Troy's brain came-to long enough to realize her actions he quickly assisted her in taking his trunks all the way off, exposing his large and throbbing penis. He hissed as her hand clasped around it,
"Ahhhh…babe-" Before he could finish Gabriella knew exactly what he was going to say: any more teasing and he wasn't going to make it inside of her. Gabriella hastily, and perhaps even clumsily scooted so that his head was right at her entrance, her legs wrapped around his hips – she suddenly realized she was still wearing her panties…this never happens, she is always naked before Troy. In a matter of seconds, and without skipping a beat, Gabriella made an executive decision: she reached between them and moved the piece of underwear covering her entrance aside and as she did she bucked her hips and pulled his so that in one movement both of them moaned as his pulsating sex slide all the way into hers. Troy groaned: feeling her wetness and insides around him with no condom felt AMAZING. They usually wore a condom as extra precaution even though Gabriella was on birth control, but he couldn't deny how absolutely fantastic it felt without it. He could feel everything, as he pulled out he glanced down to see his bare penis coated, and glistening with her juices,
"Fuck." He moaned, before looking back up at Gabriella whose eyes were closed in her own ecstasy. She too was feeling every single inch and every little ridge of his penis massage her insides as he slowly thrust it back in until towards the end his hips quickly bucked forward of their own accord: his control already slipping. It didn't matter, they both knew what this was – she hadn't even taken off her underwear – it was hungry sex, it was complete desire, it was not meant to drag out. Troy groaned with each push as he began to quickly thrust in and out of her, picking up the pace as he went. Each thrust was harder than the last, straining himself closer and deeper into her.
"Wait!" Gabriella's voice called out into the heated breathy silence surprising Troy,
"What? Did I hurt you?" he managed to say quickly between breaths as sweat glistened on his muscles - he was fighting for control as his length positively THROBBED inside her, no longer thrusting.
"No! It feels…waaaay too good." Gabriella answered. Troy let out a frustrated breath and his face wore a pained expression,
"Baby, you're KILLING me right now!"
"Sorry, but…when you were getting SO deep…I just want you to pause there for a minute." Troy shook his head, did she not realize how INCREDIBLY difficult that was for him? I bet it DOES feel good for her, he thought, but my whole dick is literally going to explode if I do that.
"Gabs…" Troy started
"Just try…it'll feel amazing I promise."
That's kind of the problem, he thought. But he sighed and slowly pushed further into her, trying VERY hard not to think about how her walls were pulsating against him. When he was completely inside her he strained further, arching his hips into hers, and by the grace of God…held it there. Closing his eyes, fighting for control, Don't think about how good she feels, or how right now she is circling her hips and her walls are rubbing against your – she's going to kill me, she really is trying to kill me right now! What happened to the urgency! GOD! He opened his eyes and was going to complain, but he saw his girlfriend lying there, eyes closed, and biting her lip in the most unbelievably sexy—
He couldn't hold it, he started thrusting with such an urgency and let out a moan as he quickened his pace. Then it happened: Gabriella moaned out a high-pitched sound and her insides latched onto his, her juices flooded creating even more wetness and warmth around him, and Troy's breath quickened as he had a release of his own: shooting his own liquid deep into her as his whole body started to shiver and convulse from the magnitude of his orgasm. His head fell next to hers, his sweaty hair tickling her cheek as he continued to thrust in and out very weakly – riding out his high and quietly moaning/quivering with each subsidiary release of juice from his sex. Both of them gasped for air now, chests heaving, her hands ran up and down his back before running through his damp hair. They lay there, still connected for another minute before Troy broke the silence,
"Holy shit," he let out as his breath slowed. Sex with Gabriella was always great, but THIS time…this time was ridiculous. Maybe it was the anticipation, or not wearing a condom, or something else, but this time he thought maybe his whole insides exploded and not just below the belt.
"Mmmmm." Gabriella agreed as she turned her head and kissed his ear. She also secretly relished in having him still in her, she didn't know what it was exactly but she loved when their bodies were connected in this way: a part of him literally inside of her. No longer thrusting, or reaching for the climax, just resting with one another joined by their love and their most intimate parts. She was a little embarrassed to admit just how much she loved laying there with his penis extending into her through her entrance. Troy's voice broke through her thoughts,
"Damn I missed you."
"I missed you more," she said as she again ran her hands down his back, which made him shudder.
"Not possible." He weakly kissed her neck, once, twice, three times before lightly sucking on it and inhaling deeply through his nose as he did, "You are so sexy." He engaged a muscle which triggered his sex to move inside her.
"Seriously?" she chuckled. He smiled and brought his lips to her ear, "I can't help it if you turn me on this much." But he did finally retreat from her and inwardly groaned as he felt his penis slide out from her insides, he glanced down and was startled,
"You're still wearing underwear?!" His mind was so foggy before he must not have noticed. Gabriella laughed,
"Yeah… how did you not know that?"
"My mind was a liiiittle pre-occupied" He smiled, running his hand up her stomach and tracing around her breast, driving her wild. "I can fix that." He ran his hand down and immediately under the waist of her panties, running his finger over her clit and into her folds before gripping the cloth wet with all the liquids from their act, with both his hands and pulling it off her as she lifted her hips. Gabriella for her part was inwardly groaning at how much he was driving her crazy – again.
Troy felt himself start to harden again as he looked down at her now exposed sex. He groaned, "Damn," shaking his head to himself and licking his lips sub-consciously, "You…are so…hot." He couldn't help himself, he moved himself so his head was between her legs and he immediately began sucking on her clit, how could he still WANT her this badly after what he would describe as the greatest sex of his life. Gabriella groaned, already feeling the knot in her abdomen wind tighter and tighter,
"Troy wait," she said pulling at his hair. Troy moaned, sucking harder and shook his head. "Babe…we have plenty of time for this later tonight" Her thoughts had unfortunately strayed to the mass of people downstairs and suddenly she felt really embarrassed about being upstairs in their little sex den. She sat up and slid away from Troy whose face showed shock at the sudden disappearance from the body to which he was attending.
"Baaaaabe…I need you," He groaned as he moved closer to her, but she stopped him,
"Later – I promise." She got off the bed, grabbed underwear, another sundress, and disappeared in the bathroom before Troy knew what happened. Why…WHY must his girlfriend be so concerned with politeness when he was so hot for her. He got up and went to the bathroom door,
"Babe, can I at least take a shower?" But it was too late, she was already in the shower. He opened the door, hoping to hop in with her only to find the shower was behind yet another door, which he tried and cursed to himself when he found it locked. He went back into the room and checked his phone, it was 5pm. He sat impatiently waiting for Gabriella, before he decided to just wash off at the sink – he'd probably be in the pool later anyway.
He'd washed off all over, ran his head under the sink, got dressed, and was brushing his teeth by the time Gabriella emerged from behind the locked door. To both Troy's pleasure and regret she was wet and naked. He stopped mid-brush to turn and stare at her figure.
"Babe, can I use the bathroom when you're done with brushing?" she asked innocently. She didn't know it but Troy had been fighting this whole time to ease his arousal and now it was up again. He didn't know why exactly but he was so incredibly horny still, maybe because they were on break from practice and he wasn't getting as much exercise. He broke his trance and spit in the sink, rinsed his mouth, spit again and wordlessly walked out – he couldn't take it.
Gabriella emerged shortly after to find Troy sitting in the chair, knee bouncing, and staring out the window. She noticed a bulge in his plaid shorts and immediately felt really guilty. She wasn't trying to tease him, but it seemed to be much more difficult for him today than it has in the past. She strode over to him and put her hands on either side of his face and coaxed him to look at her. When he did she leaned down to kiss him, which he returned but very reserved. That made Gabriella feel even worse, so she sat down in his lap: an idea came to her.
"Babe…please, not right now," Troy protested and gripped her waist to lift her back up, but as he did Gabriella swung her leg around so that she was now straddling him.
"Gabriella, I know you don't realize it, but this is kill-" He was interrupted with a passionate kiss, which he reluctantly got lost in as his hands, with a mind of their own, found their way to her face and held her there. Gabriella broke his hold and moved to his neck, placing hot kisses all over. Troy's head fell back, forgetting everything but the wonderful feeling it brought. Gabriella was determined to feed his increased sexual appetite.
"Oh baby…" Troy started, "Ohhh…you have no idea how good this feels." Gabriella smiled as her hands made their way to his shorts, finding a very big bulge straining. She unzipped his zipper and reached in, alerting Troy who popped his head up,
"What are you doing?" he looked down at her hand as it found it's way through the hole of his boxers.
"Shhh…you'll see," Gabriella kissed his lips as she freed his sex from the confines of his shorts and boxers so that it now stood erect between them. Gabriella bit her lip, she'd never done this before – Troy and her had only ever had sex horizontally and with Troy taking charge. She suddenly felt nervous, but then Troy's voice cut into her thoughts, as if he was reading them,
"Oh my God babe, this is so hot." Those words gave Gabriella the confidence she needed: she unbent her knees so that she rose above him, and as she bent down to kiss Troy she reached underneath her and again moved her underwear aside. She continued to kiss him slowly, distracting him so that when she suddenly lined up his head to her entrance and sat back down taking him completely within her it was a surprise which caused him to gasp and moan so loud she worried it might carry 2 floors down to his team. So here they sat: Gabriella straddling him, both fully clothed – if anyone walked in they might just think they caught the couple making out – but what no one could see or know but Troy and Gabriella was that Troy's penis was now complete submerged inside of her. Gabriella rocked her hips and made circling motions as Troy's eyelids fluttered and he let out a breath of pleasure,
"Ohhhhhh….." Troy thrust his hips upward lifting them both off the chair for a moment and somehow managing to push deeper inside making them both moan. Gabriella could have strip teased him, or brought him back to the bed and carried on their usual way of getting busy, but somehow this: making love on a chair fully clothed seemed more exciting. Gabriella sitting on Troy's lap was something they'd done a thousand times, and somehow the fact that the only difference in this case was their connected organs made it sexy: it was like a secret they both hid together…him inside her with her dress draped over them concealing it from even them. But this concealment didn't satisfy Troy because it was then that he lifted the front part of her dress so he could see where her entrance stretched out over his thick member which disappeared in her depths. This different vantage point from which he was used to had him visualizing his penis going up into her as he scanned her abdomen on its outside. He found himself lifting Gabriella up with his hands, and she aided in unbending her knees – he saw his member reemerge inch by inch from within her until finally the head popped out, once again coated in her liquids. Then Troy guided Gabriella slowly so he could see as his tip gradually widened her entrance making himself bit by bit go within her – visualizing his length's reach on her outside. Gabriella in her part was going a little crazy with anticipation, she couldn't see anything and wondered what he was doing,
"Troy…" Her voice broke his trance.
"Sorry…I've just never seen us together this way before…"
"And?"
"And…I like it…a lot." He said with a smile before attacking her lips with his and then with his hands coaxed her by lifting her slightly up. She got the hint and began riding him: up and down, in and out. Troy grunted as he aided her in thrusting his hips upwards as she sat back down on him each time. Troy was making a noise she never heard him make before…usually it's just moans, breaths, and groans, but this was something different and it drove her wild. She threw her head back and her hair fell down her back as she continued to move up and down along his length. Soon she felt Troy shudder below her, his hips gyrating into her as he did, she slowed down and let his gyrating bring her to her own high. As she felt the knot unwind within her she collapsed on Troy's chest: all of her energy expelled. Troy rubbed her back and lifted her head to kiss her forehead before allowing her to once again nuzzle her face in his neck and relax. She suddenly felt grateful that Troy normally did "all the work" because as fun as this was, it was tiring. The pair sat there, breathing together for what seemed like minutes. Troy used his hand to move the hair off Gabriella's neck so he could turn his head and lay feather-light kisses there. He continued to kiss her, thanking her really, until she sighed,
"I promised 'later'."
Troy chuckled and then gave her cheek a kiss, "You didn't disappoint." He kissed her neck again, "I don't know what it is, but this whole day I've been struggling to keep myself in check. You're driving me wild Gabriella."
She smiled, "Probably all that pent up energy from no practice, not to mention all that anticipation."
Troy nibbled on her ear gently before whispering, "And of course being around my hot…sexy girlfriend." Gabriella giggled before finally sitting back, Troy winced slightly,
"Babe, I'm still…"
"Oh!" Gabriella unbent her knees, releasing Troy from her insides as he held her hands helping her get off him and stand up. Troy looked down at his lap,
"Great." There was a big wet spot….gravity, "Guess I'm not wearing these shorts this weekend."
"Well I've gone through 2 underwear in the last couple hours…at this rate I'll have to go commando," she joked. Troy inwardly groaned and outwardly sighed,
"Please…if you want to leave this room at any point today, or this weekend, do not joke about your panty-less vagina due to how much great sex we've had."
Gabriella giggled, "Come on Wildcat, cold shower for you and then we HAVE to go back down there." Troy stood up, taking off his shorts as he did and walked over to Gabriella in his boxers, took her face between his hands and placed a tender kiss on her lips,
"I love you…so much." Gabriella kissed him again and was fiddling with something further down as she replied, "I love you too." Troy glanced down and saw her wet panties hit the floor and he groaned looking back up and closing his eyes,
"Ugggh. Baaaaabe…..now I REALLY need that cold shower."
"What?" Gabriella was confused for a moment.
"You…panty-less…we discussed this."
"Oh – right! Sorrrryyyy…." Boy…how many times would they need to have sex before his drive went down, because apparently it was still up. She shook her head at her adorable boyfriend and went on her tippy toes to give him a peck on the cheek, "Shower up!" She watched as Troy stripped his shirt and then his boxers walking into the bathroom, he did indeed have a slight boner. Poor, under-exercised boyfriend, she thought. But she had to admit, she liked how much he wanted her and her slight hold over him – not that she would ever use it to be mean to him – but it was nice to know he was a little at her mercy…her loving, sensitive, yet big-shot basketball star boyfriend.
Hopefully it wasn't TOO crazy for you guys! Let me know if it is and I'll dial it back... :)
