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Hey guys. Sorry it's been a while since I last updated. School work finally caught up with me…friggin' GCSe preparation – argh!!

Thanks soooo much for all of your lovely reviews!! I cannot believe I am already on chapter 7!! As you can see, Troy and Gabriella are getting a lot closer and so, in this chapter, there is gonna be a kiss, so enjoy!!

DISCLAIMER: Sadly, I own nothing but this plot x x

Just follow my lead…

Troy's POV

Gabi and I sat out in my garden, going over our notes for our history project. We had both decided to come out here after we were interrupted from our morning cuddle. And guess who interrupted us…my mom…with a camera! We were not impressed. So now, we are sitting in my garden, after twenty minutes of trying to convince my mom that me and Gabi are not a real couple, but to be honest, I wasn't really all that convinced myself. I mean, last night, me and Gabi were flirting with each other, we were cuddling while we watched that movie, and this morning, we fell asleep in each others arms. Does that sound like something that would happen to two people who weren't dating? No, but still, I'm not complaining. To me, it all felt so right.

We have been outside for about an hour now, and let me tell you, this history thing is as boring as hell. I leant back in my chair, sighing loudly, trying to emphasize to Gabriella how bored I am. Gabi looked over at me and rolled her eyes.

"I swear Troy, you have the concentration span of a five year old." She giggled as I dropped my jaw in mock horror.

"But, I don't blame you. This project is so boring…" Gabi dropped her pencil and leant back in her chair. I smirked at her.

"Well, in order to save ourselves, how about we go to the mall for a bit?" I asked as Gabi's eyes lit up.

"Yeah!" She squealed and jumped out of her chair, heading for the back door. I immediately followed, laughing at her cuteness.

My mom and dad were sitting in the living room watching the telly.

"Mom, Dad; me and Gabi are going to the mall." I said, poking my head around the door.

"Ok love. You need some money?" Mom asked.

"Sure. Why?" I asked, confused. My mom never offers me money.

"Well, you may as well grab some lunch while you're there Troy."

"Oh, right." I said, taking a twenty from my mom. "Thanks. See you guys later." I grabbed Gabi's hand and walked out of the door.

The mall was only a ten minute walk from where I lived, and it was a pleasant walk. As we walked through the park, towards the mall, Gabi slipped her arm through mine and walked a little closer to me. There was something about the way she held on to me, that sort of gave me this feeling that she was possibly into me, in the same way that I was into her. And I liked that feeling. A lot.

We walked through the doors of the mall and into the heaving crowd of people.

"So Gabi, were do you wanna go?" I looked down at Gabi who was looking around at all of the shops, spoilt for choice. She looked up at me, beaming and looking completely gorgeous. I swear, at that point, I could have kissed her.

"Well, my mom's birthday is next week, and I think that this would be the prefect opportunity to buy her a gift. There is a clothes shop she really likes, can we go there?" Gabi asked hopefully. I'd go anywhere with you I thought to myself. Corny, but true.

"Sure. Lead the way, Montez!" I said and Gabi rushed off in front, heading towards the shop.

Gabriella's POV

How amazing was this? After spending my entire Friday night with Troy, I was spending my Saturday afternoon with his as well. And, I was also staying at his house again tonight. My mind cast back to what had happened last night, to how close we got, and the two times that Troy had kissed my forehead. As I then thought about today, I couldn't help but hope that something more would happen between us. I mean, I had been crushing on Troy for nearly three years now, and I sort of got the feeling that he likes me as well. I mean, why else would he have offered for me to stay? Why else would Troy have kissed me…twice? Why else would he have cuddled me for an hour in his bed this morning? The more I thought about it, the more I was convinced that maybe Troy did actually like me. But, I wanted something to happen, to convince me fully that he wanted to be with me. I wanted Troy to kiss me, properly. I know that sounds weird, but after all, he did say that he would kiss me, if I wasn't kissed soon. I felt my mouth split into a wide smile, and I couldn't help but think what it would be like to kiss Troy…

My thoughts were interrupted as Troy's arm suddenly went around my shoulder, gripping me tightly. I looked up at his face, and saw that he wasn't smiling. His eyes were cold and were focused on something in the distance. I followed his gaze, and immediately felt my stomach drop. There, standing by an ice-cream stall, was Jasmine, and of course, her three followers.

"Oh shit…" I said, as Jasmine's eyes locked with my own. I wrapped my arm around Troy's waist, seeking protection, and Troy bent down to whisper in my ear.

"Don't worry Gab's. I'm here. Just follow my lead, ok?" he said, winking. I nodded my head and then watched as Jasmine approached us, scowling at me.

"Well, well, well. Look who it is…" Jasmine glared at me as she stood in front of us. She noticed Troy's arm around me and glared even more. "What brings you guys here? Montez, I didn't think you had a life that wasn't centred around school?" Jasmine said, smirking as her followers sniggered behind her. Troy was quick to respond.

"Well, I promised my girlfriend that I would get her an ice-cream, so that's what I'm doing." Troy said before turning to me. "So baby, what ice-cream do you want?"

I felt my heart soar. Troy just called me baby. Wow.

"Um…vanilla?" I asked hopefully, quickly catching on to Troy's game. Troy grinned and kissed the side of my head, before walking over the stall. Jasmine was still glaring at me.

"How the hell does someone like you get someone like him?" she asked incredulously, jerking her head towards Troy who was now paying for my ice-cream. Before I could, answer, I felt a familiar arm wrap around my shoulder, and an ice-cream appeared in front of my face. Grinning, I took the ice-cream from Troy's hand, and turned to him.

"Thanks Troy." I stood up on my tip-toes and planted a soft kiss of his cheek. Troy blushed slightly and I heard Jasmine groan in frustration and watched as she stormed off, with her followers behind her. I swear, those three girls are literally attached to Jasmine's side. Jasmine didn't walk that far, she walked over to a bench that was still in view of me and Troy. I could tell that she wanted to keep an eye on us.

"So girlfriend, how's your ice-cream?" Troy asked. I giggled and turned to Troy.

"It's yummy, thank you boyfriend."

"Can I have some?" Troy asked, smiling sweetly. I considered his question rather reluctantly. I never usually share ice-cream, I love it too much.

"I suppose…but only a tiny bit!" I warned. Troy nodded his head innocently as I held my ice-cream up to him. Troy grinned and took a huge lick. I squealed and slapped his chest.

"Troy! I said a tiny bit!" I whined and Troy laughed, eyes twinkling with mischievousness.

"I'm sorry…it's just too nice!" He whined as I slapped his chest again. As I took a look at him, I saw a little bit of ice-cream on the corner of his mouth. I giggled, causing Troy to look at me in confusion.

"What?"

"You've got a bit of ice-cream riiight…here." I said, pointing to the corner of his mouth. Troy rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, so – I like it there." Troy said before licking his lips. "Is it gone?" he asked as I giggled even more. "You think that's funny Montez?" He asked, raising his eyebrows at me. I nodded my head and laughed even more. Before I could stop him, Troy grabbed my ice-cream and wiped some of it onto my cheek. I shrieked and slapped his arm.

"Hey Gabi, you've got something on your cheek…" Troy said, as innocently as possible, trying to hide a smirk.

"Yeah well, since you like it so much, which don't you LICK it off…"I said sarcastically before reaching for a napkin. Just as I reached it, I noticed Troy lean down and I suddenly felt something wet on my cheek, and I squealed as I realised that Troy had just licked the ice-cream off.

"Eeew! Troy!" I whined, wiping my cheek.

"What? You told me to!" Troy said, grinning sheepishly.

"Yeah, but I didn't think you would actually lick me!" I exclaimed as he started laughing. While Troy was laughing, I decided to get him back. I was just gonna wait until he wasn't looking, and then I would lick him back, give him a taste of his own medicine. Just then, Troy looked away. Perfect. I stood up on my tip-toes, and just as I was about to reach is cheek, Troy suddenly turned his face back to look at me, but by doing so, his cheek had moved and his lips were in it's place. Before I aware of the change, my lips touched Troy's in the briefest of touches. Out of instinct, I immediately pulled back, my eyes wide with shock. Troy looked just as shocked as I did.

"Um…Troy, I swear that was an accide-" I began to apologise and say that I didn't mean to kiss him but Troy cut me off.

"Gabi, don't apologise. I've been waiting for something that to happen since yesterday." Troy said, smiling softly. What? He had wanted to kiss me? Oh my god.

"Seriously? You're not mad?" I asked, blushing slightly. Troy laughed softly, shaking his head.

"No, of course not. In fact…" he replied, before suddenly leaning down to capture my lips with his. My eyes fluttered closed, and I melted into the kiss. His soft lips moved gently against mine, in a slow adoring worship. Oh my god! He's kissing me! Troy is actually kissing me!!

Troy's POV

Oh my god. I'm kissing Gabi, and she's actually kissing back! I know she hadn't meant to kiss me the first time, but the feeling of her lips on mine, was just so…amazing, that I needed to kiss her again…

Her lips were so soft and gentle. They moved slowly against mine, almost as if she was nervous. Then I remembered, that Gabi hadn't kissed anyone before me. I felt my heart soar when I realised that I was the first person to have kissed her. Although Gabi hadn't kissed anyone before, she was pretty damn good at it. Scratch that, she was amazing.

I reluctantly pulled away from Gabi, completely aware that we were in a public place, and that I didn't want to push her into more, and make her feel uncomfortable. Also I was pretty sure that Jasmine and her cronies were still watching us. Surely enough, when I turned around to look at her, I saw that Jasmine was standing there, frozen to the spot, her jaw hanging open in horror. Shaking this off, I turned back to Gabi who was looking at her feet silently.

"Gabi…are you ok?" I asked gently, reaching for her arm. She looked up at me, blushing furiously.

"I, um…always hoped that you would be my first kiss…" I raised my eyebrows as Gabi continued. "I know that sounds…pathetic, but I – uh oh…" Gabi suddenly stopped talking, and looked over my shoulder, her eyes wide.

"What's wrong?" I asked before turning around to see what had caused Gabi to look so worried. Oh crap…Chad, Zeke and Jason were marching over to where Gabi and I were standing, Chad looking particularly mad. Once they reached us, I stared at them, completely shocked.

"What are you guys doing he-?" I began to ask but Chad just cut me off.

"Captain, we need a quick chat…like, now!" Chad said, before grabbing my arm and quickly pulling me away from Gabriella slightly. I shot Gabi an apologetic smile before I rounded on Chad.

"What the hell are you guys doing?!" I asked, as Zeke and Jason all looked at Chad.

"Well, we went to your house, but your dad said you were here…with Montez." Chad replied, adding the last bit bitterly.

"Ok, first of all, her name is GABRIELLA, and second, who gives a shit if I'm here with Gabi? It's not illegal." I said, very aware that anger is stating to rise with in me. I looked over to where Gabi was, and saw that she was now sitting on a bench, looking rather nervous.

"Er, Troy?" I heard Zeke ask, and I turned to him. "Gabriella looks kinda scared. I think me and Jason should go and sit with her, other wise, she might get too scared and leave…and besides, we don't have a problem with her." Zeke said, adding the last bit with a small glare that was aimed in Chad's direction.

"Yeah…thanks guys." I smiled gratefully as I watched Zeke and Jason walk over to Gabi. I sighed; at least they weren't being asses like Chad.

"Look Chad…I know you don't like Gabi…but I really like her, and it would mean a lot to me if you could at least try to get along with her. I don't need you messing anything up." I said harshly. The very last thing I wanted was for Chad to come along and scare Gabi off, especially after things between me and her are finally starting to pick up. I heard Chad sigh, silently admitting defeat.

"Whatever dude. I'll try. I guess I'm gonna have to get used to her, I mean, after watching you two kiss, something tells me she's gonna be around, a lot." Chad said, turning his head to watch Gabi, Zeke and Jason all talking. I was relieved to see Gabi looking a lot more relaxed and less scared – but that relaxed feeling didn't last long when Chad's words finally sank in.

"What?! You saw us kissing?!" My eyes grew wide with horror and Chad smirked at me.

"Yep…well, you weren't exactly subtle where you? You were kissing by an ice-cream stand!" He said, rolling his eyes. I blushed and Chad nudged me, wiggling his eyebrows.

"Getting a bit friendly with Mont- I mean Gabriella, are we?" he asked, smirking even more.

"Shut it. And don't even think about mentioning this to my dad! If he finds out, I'll endure months of teasing…" I threatened, watching as Chad rolled his eyes again.

"Whatever dude. I'm going home now. I don't really feel like watching you drool over Gabriella." He smirked before patting me on the back and turned away, nodding at Gabriella as he went. Zeke and Jason quickly waved at me before following Chad. I was glad they were going with him, it meant more alone time with Gabi. I walked back over to Gabi, who stood up from the bench, smiling nervously.

"Hey. Um…what did Chad say?" Gabi asked, pretty sure she already knew the answer.

"Oh, he just wanted to know why wasn't at home…and why I was here -" I began to speak but Gabi cut me off.

"With me…" she finished my sentence for me, sounding a little hurt. My heart sank.

"Listen, Gabi," I started, reaching for her hand. "Don't let Chad get to you. If he doesn't like the fact that I'm gonna be…hanging around with you a lot more, he can piss off, ok? You don't need to worry about him." I finished, giving her hand a tight squeeze. Gabi looked a lot happier and gave me her gorgeous smile before wrapping her arms tightly around my torso.

"Thank you." She whispered before standing on her tip-toes and placing a small kiss on my lips. That was something I hadn't expected, but, it was something I could get used to, a lot!!

Well, there you have it…three kisses in one, well the first one didn't really count…but still, they kissed! Woop! Keep checking for chapter 8, and PLEASE REVIEW! The reviews dropped a tiny bit in the last, lol.