In The Cabin
Disclaimer – Oh shit, they've breached the doors, and there are a i lot /i of them. The remaining few of us that got away from the hordes of zombies have holed up towards the back, with guns and axes and stuff, but I really don't know how long we'll last, it's only a matter of time..
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Troy and Gabriella spent the rest of the evening listening to Chad and Taylor regale the story of what happened to them.
"So, what happened to the shopping then?" Troy asked, earning a roll of the eye's from Gabriella.
"Its in the trunk of the rental we got. I'll go get it in the morning, cause I'm heading off to bed." He announced, climbing up from the chair, along with Taylor.
"Yeah, I'm gonna turn in, too." She added, as the two of them headed off down the hall, towards the bedrooms.
Troy and Gabriella sat in comfortable silence, Troy toying lightly with the ring on Gabriella's middle finger, while she smiled and watched him, listening to the now not-so-heavy rain.
"You going to be okay sleeping on your own tonight?" Troy asked with a smirk, looking up at her.
"I should be, as long as it doesn't start thundering again." She replied, her attention turning to him. "Speaking of which, I should probably get to bed, too.." She said, not moving.
"Yeah, me too.." He said, checking the clock on the VCR. When neither of them made to move, a grin crept across Gabriella's face, before she slowly begun to stand up.
"Nooooo." Troy said, keeping his hold on her hand, and tugging her back onto the couch, eliciting a loud giggle, and earning himself a peck on the lips.
"Night, Troy." She said, smiling, and standing up, heading towards the bedroom.
"Night…" He replied, his gaze following her, and once again, dropping below her waist.
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Troy ambled into the living area, absently listening to the sound of the now light rain.
He looked around the room slowly, searching for any signs of life. He knew Chad was up, as he wasn't in his bed, and he was sure he'd heard snoring coming from the girls room…
He started towards the kitchen, where he could hear the clatter of.. Something.
"Hey, man." Chad said, looking up at Troy as he entered the kitchen. "You want some coffee?" He asked, gesturing to the mug he was holding in his hand.
"Yeah, sure.." Troy replied. He sat down at the kitchen table as Chad got another mug from the cupboard, and topped up the kettle, before putting it on.
"So, you and Gabriella, eh?" Chad said with a smirk as he sat down across from Troy, who immediately broke into a smile.
"Heh, yeah." He replied, looking down at his hands, that were resting on the table.
"She's cute." Chad commented, before rising from his chair as the kettle boiled.
"Hahah, no need to tell me.." Troy said with a chuckle, gazing absently at the table, as Chad made the coffee.
Chad smiled to himself, before handing one of the mugs to Troy, as he sat down once again. "I didn't even know you liked her.." Chad said, somewhat sarcastically.
"Really..?" Troy replied, raising a brow at him as he took his mug.
"No, of course not. I think you and Gabriella were the last two people at school to realise that you liked eachother." Chad said with a roll of the eyes, eliciting a blush from Troy.
"Well, I didn't know.." He said sheepishly, before taking a long sip from his mug.
"So, what made you make your move on Thursday?"
"I don't know. It was the perfect situation, and I heard her and Taylor talking in the car on the way up here.." He explained, before taking another long drink.
"I see.." Chad said, nodding slowly, as he too took a sip of his coffee.
The pair sat in silence for another few minutes, the only sound being the occasional sip of coffee, or the light patter of rain against the cabin.
Troy slowly got to his feet, smiling briefly at Chad, and taking his empty mug. Chad uttered a thanks, and too got to his feet, heading towards the door, as Troy placed the mugs in the sink.
Chad returned a few moments later, while Troy was washing the mugs, carrying about five shopping bags. He dumped them on the counter. He spoke when Troy raised his eyebrows at him.
"The shopping, from yesterday." He explained.
"Oh, right.." Troy replied with a nod, before turning off the tap, and drying his hands.
He turned, and headed out of the kitchen and towards the bathroom, singing to himself. "Ocean man, take me by the hand, lead me to the land that you understand. Ocean man, the voyage to the corner of the globe is a real trip…"
He stopped singing as he saw Gabriella coming out of the girls room, humming quietly to herself.
They smiled at eachother, and remained silent. Troy continued walking, until he was right infront of her. Their lips met, and his arms made their way around her waist, as hers wrapped around his neck.
They remained attached at the lips for afew moments, until they broke apart, both breathing a little heavily. They grinned at eachother, before continuing on their way.
Gabriella walked into the kitchen a wide smile plastered on her face.
"Morning." Chad said as he was unpacking the groceries.
"Hey there." She replied, turning the kettle on, and watching Chad. "You want a hand?" She asked.
"Nah, I got it." He answered with a small smile, before continuing to unpack.
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The four were sat in silence the living room, Troy sitting in the armchair, with Gabriella on his lap, and Chad and Taylor curled up on the sofa.
Suddenly though, music rang out quietly, and Chad leaned forward to the coffee table, reaching for his cell phone.
As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mou-. He cut the ringtone off, and answered it.
"Hellooo.." He said, as the other three watched him intently.
"Hey man… Yeah… Yeah, that'd be cool, no problem.. You know where it is..? Awesome. You bringing the others? Yeah, we should have room for you guys.. Yeah, no problem. Alrighty. Okay then, see you later. Bye."
Everyone was looking at Chad, and he raised his eyebrow at them all.
"Oh.." He said, nodding slowly as he realised. "That was Jason…"
"And…" Taylor said, rolling her eyes.
"What did he want?" Gabriella asked.
"Oh, he was just seeing if him, Kelsi, Zeke and Sharpay could come stay for the weekend." Chad explained, setting his phone back down on the coffee table.
"Cool. When are they coming up?" Troy asked, his fingers tracing soft figure 8's on Gabriella's stomach, earning an ever so light giggle, accompanied by a smile.
"They're setting off this afternoon, they should be here tonight."
"Great, we can all go out to dinner." Taylor suggested. Chad shrugged, before replying.
"What about Ryan?" Troy asked suddenly.
"Oh, I think Jase said something about him having a date tonight." Chad said with an amused chuckle.
Troy grinned. "Right…"
"Leave the poor boy alone.." Taylor scolded, although Gabriella couldn't help but giggle.
A/N – Waa waa wee wah. Its been ages since I last updated. I wish I could tell you that I've been really busy doing something interesting or other, but, well, that'd be a lie. In all honesty, I just haven't been arsed. And I'm afraid I wont be able to update again for about three to four weeks. Sucks, I know, so I'm going to try and update The Midas Touch aswell, either today, or tomorrow.
I have another story in my brain that I want to try and start this week, too, a series of Zekepay(One of the most underrated 'ships, imo) oneshots. So look out for that, if you want.. Or not. You can just sit there, and not.. Y'know.. Anyway, this is getting too long for my liking, so I'm just going to straight up stop… Okay that didn't work. Anyway, have a good one, and enjoy your holidays. As always, Vanessa Anne Hudgens is damn fit. You stay classy, San Diego. (Too much Anchorman P)
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a completely unrelated note, I want my fucking Wii. Oh yes, the songs used in this chaptola are, Ocean Man, by Ween, and Whiskey in the Jar, by alot of people, but Metallica did it best.
