A Better Kiss, A Hotter Touch

by: LunarEclipse360

Disclaimer: I own nothing but James

Chapter 7

Gabriella walked into school Monday morning, feeling light as a feather. After taking her home Saturday night, Gabriella and James got a little hot and heavy in the front seat. They made out for about ten minutes before James decided that she should get inside and he should get home. Sunday had, at first, been an uneventful day until James came over and they watched a movie together.

She was all smiles today and was determined to let nothing bring her down, that nothing being Troy Bolton. She walked up to her locker and saw Taylor and Kelsi standing beside it.

"Hey guys. What's up?"

"Nothing much. So how was your date with James?" Taylor asked.

"How did you find out about that?"

"Kelsi called your house Saturday night and your mom told her that you were on a date with James. So..how was it?" Gabriella smiled softly and her two friends squealed.

"Guys calm down."

"Oh my God Gabriella. Do you know what this means?" Gabriella shook her head and looked at her friends expectantly.

"It means that Troy can back the fuck off."

"Tay" Gabriella gasped, never hearing her best friend curse like that.

"What do you expect? He gets on my nerves with the way he treats you."

"I was actually gonna say now we can double date but what Taylor said works too." Kelsi said crossing her arms. "Troy can finally leave you alone."

"I wish he would." Gabriella turned to her locker and opened it.

"You mean he's still bothering you?"

"Yep."

"Damn him." Taylor said leaning against the locker next to Gabriella's. "Did you tell James about you and Troy?"

"Nope and I'm not planning too."

"So you're just gonna keep him in the dark like that?" Kelsi asked.

"Well what am I supposed to say? 'Hey James since we're dating there's something you should know...'"

"And what would that be?" Gabriella turned around, coming face to face with James. She looked behind him and saw Taylor and Kelsi standing their with their thumbs up. She looked at them, eyes wide, before turning back to James.

"Um...nothing. Nothing important anyway." his eyebrow rose and he shrugged.

"Okay but when you're ready to talk I'm here." she smiled and nodded.

"Thanks James. Did I ever introduce you to my best friends?"

"No I don't believe you have." he said and turned around to face the two girls behind him.

"James this is Kelsi and Taylor."

"Hi." Kelsi said shyly.

"Hello." Taylor said

"Nice to meet you."

"Same here." Taylor responded and grabbed Kelsi's arm. "Well we have stuff to do so we'll leave you two alone."

"We do?" Kelsi asked and Taylor turned to her.

"Yeah. You remember that thing that we needed to do before History." she said, winking at Kelsi so she would take the hint.

"Oh...yeah. Now I remember. We'll see you around Gabi." Kelsi said and they took off.

"Well that was weird." James commented.

"Yeah. What's weirder is the fact that they're not even in the same History class." he chuckled and she took his hand. "Walk me to homeroom?"

"You know it." she smiled and they walked down the hallway.

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Troy walked into homeroom, not feeling like himself. Maybe it was the fact that he hardly got any sleep last night or maybe it was because of the fact that Gabriella had actually rejected him. He didn't know what it was but he had a feeling it had to do with Gabriella.

"Hey baby." Sharpay said and he just looked at her. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I'm just tired. I didn't sleep much last night."

"Where you thinking about a certain someone?" she asked suggestively.

'Yes but it wasn't you.' "Nah. I just couldn't sleep for some reason."

"Oh." she said disappointedly. "Well I hope you wake up in time for the game today."

'Shit.' he had totally forgotten he had a game today. "Yeah I should be awake by then." she smiled and went to her seat. Troy sat in his own and stared at the wall. His eyes shifted to the door when he saw it open. Jealousy boiled in his veins as he watched James and Gabriella make out for a good two minutes.

"I gotta go but I'll see you at lunch. Okay?" James said and she nodded.

"Kay."

"See you later." he said and gave her one last peck on the lips. Gabriella walked to her seat with a smile on her face. Not even Troy's scowl could kill it.

Troy watched her walk by, hoping that she would look at him but her eyes never even looked his way. Troy turned back to the front of the class, not believing that Gabriella had managed to ignore him. He hated to admit it but he was losing this battle he started.

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Troy waited at the door to the science lab just before the lunch period started. He needed to talk to Gabriella and he knew she was in the science lab. He knew her whole schedule by heart. The bell rung and student after student filed out. Not one of them Gabriella. He peaked into the classroom and saw she was still cleaning up. He waited until the teacher walked out before slipping in and locking the door.

Gabriella heard the lock of the door and looked up. She met with Troy's determined blue eyes and wondered what he wanted.

"What now Troy?"

"You won okay?"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"The war. You won. Now break up with him."

"Troy...this isn't some game. This is my life. James is good to me, can't you see that?"

"No I can't." he moved towards her and she backed against the lab table. "James doesn't deserve you."

"And what you do?"

"Yeah." she laughed softly and looked away from him.

"You really think that?"

"Yeah I do."

"Well I don't."

"What?"

"You don't see it do you?"

"See what?"

"Nevermind." she pushed him away from her and picked up her bag. "When you figure it out come find me." she said as she made her way to the door. He walked behind her and stopped her before she could open the door. He put both arms on the sides of her and looked into her eyes. He searched for something, anything that would give him a clue to what she meant but when he couldn't find anything, he resorted to the only thing he knew. He leaned down and kissed her. When she didn't kiss back, he broke away and looked at her. "I can't anymore Troy. I have a boyfriend." he dropped his arms and she opened the door slightly. She slipped through the crack and closed the door behind her.

Troy stood there staring at the closed door. He had truly lost the battle, Gabriella was no longer his. He sighed and punched the closed door.

'I'll be damned if I lose her to a loser like him.' he said to himself and left the classroom.