"He kissed you?!" Taylor said as we sat down at one of the empty tables at Freedom, the night is young so not many people are here yet.
"Yeah" I said, blushing. I wasn't used to having these conversations, about boys and stuff, not even with the girls. I suppose being with a group of boys over the summer has brought out our inner manliness, I'll be growing a mustache soon.
"What was it like? Short or long? Dry lipped or...slobbery?" asked Kelsi, we all giggled at the though of Troy slobbering all over me.
"Sorry to disappoint you but it was merely a normal kiss, lasting about...two seconds I think, and no tongues!" I replied.
"Shame, then again, I wouldn't expect Troy to have much experience, you are his first girlfriend after all..." Martha said.
"Really?! I am?" I asked, puzzled. Troy had never told me this, then again I wasn't exactly an expert on him yet.
"Nope, I used to talk to him a lot and I was saying how I really wanted a boyfriend and he said the same, with a girlfriend instead, of course" Martha said, I suddenly flushed with pride at the thought of being Troy's first girlfriend.
"Well I hope I don't fuck it up then, or I'll give women a bad reputation and he'll never go near them again"
"Ah well, I'm sure he'd make a fine gay gentleman" Kelsi says, and we all burst out laughing.
It feels so nice to be able to talk about Troy as my boyfriend, I've never felt so lucky. He didn't even stop me from going out tonight, despite the fact that girls have quite a bad reputation here when it comes to cheating, although I'd never cheat on him anyway, I'd only just got him for gods sake!
Didn't stop me from having a dance though, we finished our drinks and walked out onto the dance floor.
Freedom wasn't so bad once you got into it, with disco lighting, a DJ stand and a small bar, offering plastic cups of fruit juice cocktails and water. It was a bit like a children's disco but with adult music and 16 year old girls dressed like whores.
After we'd danced our way through a few songs (with boys offering to buy Martha a drink every now and again, she was wearing quite a revealing dress after all) we crashed back onto a table and refreshed ourselves. I suddenly felt the need to go to the toilet so Taylor came with me, guarding the cubicle so that people wouldn't try and take pictures of me on the toilet (a very childish but common game at Freedom). I made sure my dress was smoothed down (so as not to grab the attention of any picture takers) and made my way out of the cubicle to wash my hands.
As I was doing so I heard the door open and Taylor gasp. I turned around to see what the fuss was about, only to find Sharpay standing there. She was surrounded by a few of the bitchy cheerleaders from our school, Stacy and Rebecca, at least she'd found a crowd she could relate to. As soon as she saw me, her face turned into a scowl and I knew I was in shit. No, I wasn't , I had Taylor here, who seemed to be giving Sharpay a similar look to the one she was giving me, I didn't have to be scared.
"Gabriella, fancy seeing you here" Sharpay said, walking up to me with her bitchy clan.
"Nice dress" she said, one eyebrow raised, while her followers giggled. It was a nice dress actually, a soft little wrap around made by my mother, who makes clothes for a living. I knew Sharpay was just trying to stir trouble. I decided I might as well fight back a bit.
"Heard from Troy recently?" I asked, feeling satisfaction as Sharpay's face turned pink.
"I have actually, just this afternoon" she boasted. Oops, wrong time to lie about Sharpay.
"Really? Because actually Troy was at mine this afternoon. That's where he asked me out" I said, giving her a small smirk. There was no doubt, I had won this one, I knew this as I watched Sharpay turn an alarming shade of red, her friends looking awkward, like they wanted to be somewhere else. Whatever, she deserved it, how dare she, keeping Troy and I apart for so long.
Just as I started to walk away, Taylor following behind, Sharpay piped up with something that stung me to the core.
"Enjoying my sloppy seconds, are you? I don't suppose Troy told you what happened that night after you ran home crying like a baby"
I quickly turned around to see her smiling again, obviously having something up her sleeve, I should have left at that point, but I didn't.
"What are you talking about?"
"Let me put it this way, because it would take waaaay too long to go through all the details" Sharpay leaned in closer, so she was practically whispering in my ear.
"I wasn't the only one who lost my virginity that night"
Suddenly I couldn't stand it, all the hurt and suffering and memories and Sharpay's smirking, challenging face right up close to mine, I just couldn't help it.
And that's why I slapped Sharpay clean across the face, so hard that she fell to the ground with a thump.
Looks like Gabby has finally given Sharpay a piece of her mind. But there's still some unfinished business with Troy, thanks for reading! :)
