We discovered Waffle Warehouse on our first Valentines Day. We weren't dating then. It was freshman year and he dumped Sharpay 3 weeks before and we were just hanging out. We were hungry so we unashamedly went on a joy ride in his mothers car. We ended up at Waffle Warehouse and we've been coming here every Valentine's day ever since. It was the most un-romantic place in the world but we both had a weakness for waffles.

We pulled up to Waffle Warehouse and I stared out the window of Troy's car. We never went here on any other day, just valentines day. It was one of our many special places. Troy's palm was warm against mine, I felt him squeeze my hand as he shut off the car. I looked over at him.

"Home sweet home." He said with a goofy smile on my face. I leaned over to him and kissed his lips gently. "Our booth is empty, let's get it before somebody else does."

I nodded and hopped out of the car. We walked into the little dive and sat in our booth. I tangled my legs in between his under the table. "You know, if you hadn't talked to me today then I wouldn't have came here. I would have stayed home, in bed." I admitted quietly.

He gave me a soft smile. "I needed to do something for you. I couldn't think of anything for the longest time then my mom was watching the bachlorette." I gave him a smile.

"You totally watched it with her, didn't you?" I interrupted him with a small smirk on my face.

He chuckled and nodded. "I did, I admit it. Mom kept asking where's Gabi? And I told her what happened and she just said 'Valentines day is coming up.' And I formulated my plan, my mom called me in sick for today." He said smiling.

I just looked at him. "How were you capable of doing all that if you were supposed to be sick at home?" I asked.

"I'm not telling you my secrets." He said, playing footsie with me under the table. The waitress came up to us to take our order. We ordered our food and drinks. Troy was sitting at the table, playing on his phone. I just stared at him. His blue eyes were focused on the screen, his tongue was sticking out. I smiled to myself and he glanced up at me. "Why are you staring at me, Gab?"

I shrugged. "Because you're handsome." I licked my lips and rubbed my leg against Troy's. "Did I tell you I quit smoking?" Troy's head shot up at me, he shook his head. "I haven't had a cigarette in two months."

"That explains a lot actually. I'd wait for you in the parking lot, but I'd never find you." He reached over for my hand and he squeezed it. "Where were you?"

"The library mostly, catching up on my homework, doing some extra credit. I made peace with a couple of people who I wasn't very nice to before. Oh, and I helped Coach with his taxes." Troy started chuckling. "I saved him 3 thousand dollars." I smirked.

Troy kissed my fingers gently. "You are a miracle worker, aren't you?"

I smiled widely and shrugged. "All in a days work." I brushed my thumb against the palm of his hand. "I missed you."

"I missed you too baby." He leaned over and kissed my lips. It apparently was his turn to stare at me. I was looking at my nails, I had painted them yesterday to keep my mind occupied. "Can you stay tonight?" He asked, looking up at me.

"I guess I can ask my dad." I said, pulling out my phone. I tapped on it then put it back in my pocket. "Actually, he and my mom are busy so I'll just come over. Like old times." I winked at him.

He smiled at me and lifted my fingers to his mouth. He kissed each one of my fingertips gently. I smiled at him, I always loved when he did that. "I'm sure my mom will be on the phone with my dad when we get back to my house." Troy looked at me and sighed. "He hasn't been home in a while."

I frowned and rubbed his hand with mine. "I hope he comes back soon. You know he misses you guys a lot." I laid my head on his hand and I saw the waitress coming with our waffles. I released his hand and sat up.

We ate our waffles talking about random things. After we were finished we took a little ride before heading back to Troy's house. His mom was locked away in her room and we went straight up to Troy's room. Troy handed me some of his clothes to get changed into. Once we were settled I crawled into his bed, his familiar smell surrounded me and made me feel at ease.

I felt a weight flop down next to me, followed by two arms wrapping around my waist. He pulled me against him and I turned around to face him. I wrapped my arms around his neck. I covered his lips with mine, kissing his lips firmly. His firm lips probed mine, I felt his tongue parting my lips. My tongue attacked his and my fingers roamed his bare chest.

Troy rolled on top of me, laying in between my legs. His body pressed against mine. My hands traveled down his bare back into his boxers. I squeezed his firm butt, pressing his groin against mine. His lips parted from mine and trailed down to my neck. I closed my eyes as his wet mouth suckled on my neck. I started tugging down his boxers slowly.

He froze and mumbled against my neck. "Are you sure you want to do this? Because if we keep going I don't think I can stop." He pushed himself up, holding himself above me. He pressed his erection against my thigh. I flicked my eyes open and pulled him back down to me.

I kissed his lips firmly and nodded. "It's been like three months babe, I'm dying here." He smirked, pulling my shirt over my head. I arched my back and he pulled unhooked my bra. He threw my bra somewhere and covered my chest with his lips.


Troy dropped me off at 6 in the morning at my house. I was caught by my dad who pretended to ground me until my mother left. I went upstairs to go shower and change into school clothes. I grabbed my bag and made some breakfast. I checked the time before hopping into the car.

I parked in my usual spot and saw Troy waiting for me. I slipped out of my car, putting my bag on my shoulder. Troy walked over to me and kissed my lips gently, leaning me against the car. "Good Morning." He said quietly as he pulled away from my lips.

"Good Morning again, to you." I kissed his lips quickly and leaned my head against his chest. "How'd you sleep?" I asked, smirking.

He chuckled and wrapped his arm around me. "I slept like a baby." Troy walked with me to my locker. He stood behind me, looking at the mirror in my locker as I got the books I needed. "You kept our picture up?" I looked over to see his finger running along a picture of us together.

"You're my best friend, of course I have our picture up." I leaned over to kiss his cheek. I closed the locker door and we headed toward first period. He pecked my lips before we sat down. I crossed my legs under my desk. I looked around the room and I saw Sharpay walking in quickly and sitting down.

Her twin Ryan followed her and sat down in his usual spot. He leaned over and whispered in her ear. She whispered something back and he made a face of disgust. Sharpay smacked him upside his head. I looked down and laughed quietly to myself. They were so entertaining. They were like the three stooges except there were only two of them.

I flicked my head back up to see Ryan approach me. "Excuse me Gabriella. God, this is awkward. Do you have any…. Feminine products?"

"Ryan! Don't ask her!" Sharpay hissed from behind him.

I was torn. I could either keep disliking Sharpay or finally suck it up and get along. If I did get along would she be grateful or would she still be a bitch to me too? I sighed to myself, I had to take a chance. "Does she use tampons or pads?"

Ryan looked up at me, surprised. I bet he thought I would have just told him to fuck off. "I… don't know. I don't know why she's making me do this."

"I'm sorry." I giggled sympathetically. I got up. "Sharpay, come on." Sharpay looked up at me confused. Ms. Darbus just walked in. I walked closer to her. "No tricks, let me help you. You have to talk to Darbus though."

She looked up at me for a second then got up. I followed her to Ms. Darbus' desk. "Excuse me Ms. Darbus. I have a feminine problem and Gabriella is going to help me."

Ms. Darbus looked at us with a mixture of astonishment and confusion. "Ah, of course. Just hurry back."

Sharpay shuffled out the room and I looked over to see Troy looking at me confused. I gave him a reassuring smile. I walked out to Sharpay and we headed to my locker. She was quiet for a moment. I started to open the lock on my locker. She finally spoke up. "Why are you doing this?"

"Because you need help and periods suck and if something like this happened to me then I would want someone to help me." I explained quietly, pulling off the lock. I opened the locker.

She let out a soft breath. "I was on my way to school today and it just happened. I took all of my spare bottoms home yesterday and now I'm stuck with Ryan's hideous pink sweater that he insists I burn when we get home." She said, frustrated.

"Do you use tampons or pads?" I asked . She just looked at me. "Tampies or Paddies?"

"Either, or Both, just in case." She said rubbing her arms. "This is like the worst day ever."

I dug through my locker and pulled out a pair of jeans. "These are my back up pants, they should fit you. They might be a little big but I have a belt…" I pulled out the belt and handed both of the items to her. I pulled out my period emergency bag. It was equipped with pads, tampons, a granola bar and a couple of Midol travel packets. "Here. This is the best thing a girl could have. You can keep it, I'll pack a new one tomorrow."

Sharpay held all the items quietly as we walked in the bathroom. "You know you can go back to class." She said, looking at me before she went into the stall.

"Actually I can't, Ms. Darbus would shit herself if I came back with out you. She would think I'd of left your dead body somewhere." I joked. "It's no problem anyway. I'm tired of listening to her drone on about the pro's and con's of reading Shakespearian screenplays… and how she thinks Twilight was poorly written."

Sharpay actually laughed quietly. "She does hate Twilight… You know she's not as bad as everybody makes her out to be."

I looked at myself in the mirror. I fixed a curl in my hair, pushing it behind my ear. "I know but freshman year I hated everybody and didn't care about anything so she hated me back." I pulled lipstick from my back pocket and smudged it on my lips. "It's funny how so many things can change within four years."

"It's pretty crazy. When I started high school, I thought everything was going to be perfect. I had the perfect house, the perfect boyfriend, the perfect parents. It just went all wrong. I knew Troy would never fall in love with me. My house is still pretty amazing but it's not the same since my parents split. Daddy moved out and now were stuck living with our depressed mother." She rambled, the toilet flushed and she emerged from the bathroom in my jeans. "Now I'm spilling my guts out to you of all people, wearing your jeans."

"Well the jeans look good on you... and I'm sorry about your parents." I said quietly as I watched her wash her hands. "My dad was out of work for a long time. It really took a toll on us. My mom hasn't stopped working double time. I haven't actually had a conversation with her since October. My life was never perfect. No matter how hard my parents tried to make me perfect I'm never going to be." I looked at her and she nodded, as if she understood. "I smoked and I drank. But I only had sex with the guy I loved and I had a pregnancy scare. I still have straight A's. I have an awesome job."

"Your boyfriend cheated on you at a party and everybody knew but you." Sharpay added.

I nodded, laughing a little bit. "We broke up for 12 hours then got back together then I punched the bitch and broke her nose and my hand. Then we went on a 3 month break and now we're back together." I glanced at my reflection then back over at her. "We're very similar whether we like it or not."

She fixed her hair and checked her butt in the mirror. "I know. Thank you for all this Gabriella, really. And I'm sorry for being such a bitch, we were both going through a lot." She held her dirty clothes in her hands.

"I'm sorry too." I walked over to the door and I held the door open for her. She thanked me with a smile. She threw away her clothes and we walked back to class.

Ms. Darbus watched us walk in and take our seats. Apparently we were having silent study time. She had a worried expression on her face and I saw Sharpay give her a small smile, pulling out the granola bar that was in the emergency period pack. I pulled out my book from my bag and started to read. After 10 minutes silent study time turned into everybody-talk-because-the-teacher-isn't-paying-attention time. I felt eyes on me.

"Yes Troy?" I asked without even looking up from my book. He didn't answer. "I know you're staring at me Bolton." I looked up and he was smiling at me. "Creep."

He chuckled. "How do you do that? How do you know I'm staring at you?" Troy asked me.

"Because I feel it." I answered. I closed my book and put it back in my bag. I knew I wouldn't even bother trying to read it now. "I feel a little self-conscious and frisky at the same time." I watched as a smirk grew on his face.

Troy raised his eyebrows. "I should stare at you more often then." He reached over and held my hand. "What happened with Sharpay?" I knew he was dying to ask me that.

"I'll tell you at break, I promise." I leaned over and pecked his lips quickly. Darbus was out for me and I didn't want to get in trouble for making out. "I have to work today." I said, leaning my head against my shoulder. "I'm training to be an assistant manager today."

Troy smiled at me, squeezing my hand. "Look at you baby, being all managerial." I rolled my eyes at him. "What? I think it's cute." He smirked and kissed my fingers gently. "I might have to come in and take your picture."

I pulled my hand away from him and scoffed. "If you come in and take a picture of me then I will punch you in the butt cheek."

"Kinky." He said smiling. I groaned to myself and pulled out my book again. "Come on, baby." I crossed my legs and sat back, reading my book. The bell rang and I put the book in my bag. I got up and Troy wrapped his arms around me. "Let me walk you to your locker." He kissed behind my ear.

I gave him a small smile. "Okay." He walked me to my locker, holding me close against him. "Meet me at the library at break okay? We can hang out in there."

He nodded as he opened my locker for me. "I will meet you there, I promise." I switched out my books and closed my locker. I leaned over to kiss my boyfriends lips. "I love you Gabriella." He said quietly, putting a piece of hair in it's place.

I bit my bottom lip and smiled up at him. I feel like I hadn't heard him say that in three months. I felt the butterflies start to subside. "I love you too, Troy." He smiled widely back at me before he covered my lips with his. I pulled away from him, placing my palms on his chest. "I'll see you in the library." I turned to walk away from him and down the hallway. I looked back at him and he winked at me.

During break I stood by the library, waiting for Troy at the door. I saw him down the hall and he walked quicker toward me. I grabbed his hands as he approached me and I walked down one of the aisles of books. Once I got deep into the library in the section that nobody came in, I turned to face Troy. I kissed his lips briefly before sliding down the wall, sitting against it. Troy did the same, wrapping his arms around me.

"So this is where you were the whole time?" He asked me quietly.

I shrugged. "Sometimes I'd sit here, other times I would actually do work." He kissed my chin. "I couldn't go up to the garden because you, Tay, and Chad knew about it." I snuggled my head against his shoulder.

"So what happened with Sharpay earlier?" He asked as I covered his lap with my legs. He rubbed my jean covered kneecap gently.

"She got her period on her way to school and was unprepared. Ryan came over and asked me if I had any feminine products." Troy looked at me, amused. "So I told him I would help her. So we walked to my locker, I gave her my pair of just in case jeans and my period emergency pack. We went to the bathroom and talked, making peace." I brushed a finger along his chest slowly.

He leaned his forehead against mine and kissed my lips gently. "That was nice of you baby. I'm happy everything is alright with you now." I ran my fingers through his hair. "You seem much happier now."

I smiled at him. "I really am baby. I really am." I closed my eyes and leaned my head against his chest.

He hugged my waist and kissed my neck gently. "You deserve all the happiness in the world." He whispered against my neck as his fingers tightly locked around my waist.


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