Chapter 9

The rest of the day at the beach was casual, they laid the beach then they all went for a swim before they packed up there things. Jason and Cindy had reappeared a little while after Troy and Gabriella had come back up the beach and lain down in the sun together. At about four o'clock they had got out of the water and packed their things up and loaded up the cars. As Troy drove back everyone was quietly watching out the window, they had all had a good day.

When they pulled into the driveway of the beach house they all got out and unpacked their beach gear, heading inside to go freshen up for the dinner. The said hi to the aunties in the kitchen before heading upstairs to their rooms. Troy and Gabriella got to their room and headed straight for the shower.

Troy turned the shower on and they both stripped off their beach clothes and both stepped into the shower. The nice hot water sprayed over them and their beach ridden bodies. Gabriella stood in the front of Troy who stood close behind her getting the water to fall over them both. Troy ran his hands up the sides of her waist as the water cascaded down her skin and over his hands, his fingers reached her shoulder blades and he picked up her wet hair moving it over the front of her shoulder so he could lay a wet kiss to the back off her shoulder. She leaned into his touch as his lips continued to roam her back and shoulders, she didn't like the fact she couldn't touch him so as his lips left her skin she turned her body around to face him. She brought her hands to his neck now that she was able to touch, and he lent his forehead against hers looking into her eyes while he brought his hands to lightly rest on her hips. They both stood under the water staring so intently at each other, the way their eyes could speak to each other was endless.

After a few light kisses to her lips he began to wash her, shampooing her hair and lathering her body with her vanilla soap that he loved the smell of on her. In turn she washed him, it was so easy to wash so little hair and she figured males had it easy. After they were all clean from the day at the beach he kissed her a few more times before he shut the shower off and they stepped out to dry off.

As he dressed in his nice dark jeans and a crisp white button up shirt Gabriella stood in the bathroom in her soft white summer dress as she dried her hair into curls. He doesn't know why but he always loved hair when it was curly and how it cascaded down her back and over her shoulders, it just made him want to touch her hair. He loved her hair, how it looked, how it bounced as she walked, all the different ways she had it, and he especially loved the feel. As she exited the bathroom all done up she looked beautiful, she walked up to him to where he was standing just out the door watching her. She lightly fluffed his hair until she smiled and looked in his eyes

"You look handsome tonight Wildcat" she thought the white really highlighted his green eyes

"Thank you, you look gorgeous as always" he put his hand on her neck and lightly ran his fingers through the bottom of her hair

"Thank you" she lent in and softly pressed her lips to his. She had forgotten before this weekend what his lips felt like and to her satisfaction they were a lot softer to kiss than she had remembered, they way he kissed was different from that time they played truth or dare. As they pulled apart he offered his hand to her and she took it and laced their fingers together. The headed downstairs and they could smell the dinner though the house, they headed hand in hand to the dinning room where only a few people were ready for dinner, the table sat just Lisa and Jacob and they smiled at Troy and Gabriella when they came in. Just as Troy opened his mouth to say something to them as he and Gabriella entered the room he was addressed from behind by a familiar new voice to the house, this voice he knew well but was distanced from him

"Son!" he turned with Gabriella still in his hand to face his father. He hadn't seen his father since he had left to move to New York a year ago.

"Dad" Troy was happy that his dad was here but he could see the way his dad looked confused at Gabriella who was in his hand

"Hello Gabriella what are you doing here?" Troy pulled Gabriella closer and she leaned into him

"I am here with Troy" his dad looked at him

"Yeah dad Gabriella and I are together" his dad smiled

"I would have never of guessed that, oh and Troy this is your new stepmom" a blond woman that could just be a few years older than Gabriella walked up next to his dad. He sighed and thought 'great!'. Gabriella's hand in his squeezed giving him the reassurance he needed that she was by his side. Troy nodded at the woman

"Hi I'm Troy and this is my girlfriend Gabriella" the blond woman looked Tony up and down, he was pretty sure she was checking him out, and then she gave Gabriella a bitchy look

"Hi I'm Kathy"

They whole family had came in and sat at the table, the dinner was huge, pastas, spaghetti, pizzas, anything you could think of and they would surly have it. It was very fun at dinner everyone was having fun and celebrating the family all being at the reunion. Troy found his fathers gaze annoying though, he sort of wished he hadn't showed up and brought his new 'stepmom' here. Troy wasn't going to let that wreck his fun with the rest of the family and Gabriella though. Everyone had eaten until they couldn't move, well except for Kathy who hardly touched anything. The had cleared the table and then headed outside down onto the beach where Troy's uncles had set up a bomb fire, the whole family sat around it as it was lit and the sun went down and the night sky rose. Gabriella sat in between Troy's legs and rested her back against his chest. Troy wrapped his arms around her waist and she merged her hands in his. They all listened to their aunties and uncles as they told stories of things that happened over the years.

Troy could tell Gabriella was very interested in these stories with how focused she was as she listened, he found it interesting how she was so captivated by his family. The sun was gone now and the only light was the orange glow from the fire. Gabriella relaxed more and lent against Troy even more, he lent down and nuzzled his face into her neck. He couldn't help it when he kissed her neck; the temptation was too much for him not to. When he looked back up to the fire he saw his father watching him, his fathers face looked as though he was mad at Troy like Troy was beating him at some sort of competition, like what? Who has the better woman or something? Troy thought his dad was just plain frustrating sometimes.

He didn't care though he was happy with Gabriella and he didn't care what his dad thought he loved Gabriella and would never let her go. He held her more tightly and she squeezed his hands, she must have spotted what he had seen. Troy's aunties were heading back up to the house as it was getting late, Nina came up to Troy

"Is it ok if we put the air bed up in your room for your dad and Kathy?" his auntie had said Kathy's name like it was poison on her tongue and that made him smile. He thought about what she was asking, he was a gentleman so he couldn't say no

"Ok I guess so" and Nina nodded and headed inside. It was one night and he would die so he got over it. The only people left out by the fire was Jason, Cindy, Lisa, Jacob, Autumn, Luke, Gabriella and himself, the others were to tied or had their kids to deal with.

Troy put his dad out of his mind and focused on the woman in his arms. Everyone was relaxing out by the fire snuggled up to their partner and Troy was doing the same. He brought his lips back to Gabriella's neck where he softly kissed her, and Gabriella lent her neck into his kisses. He really wanted to kiss her lips right now so he brought his hand to her chin and turned her head to face him; he looked in her eyes and then softly took her lips in his. He kissed her again and again, never wanting to stop but he had to before he got too carried away. He pulled back and nuzzled into her neck and hugged her tighter, she only snuggled into him.

After a little longer out by the fire they put it out for the night and headed back up to the house. Troy and Gabriella headed up to their room for the night, and they both sighed in their heads remembering Troy's dad and Kathy were in there. They walked in quietly as they saw Troy's dad and Kathy asleep on the air bed which was about six feet from their bed. Troy and Gabriella quietly got dressed into their sleepwear and slipped under their covers facing each other, Troy scooted closer to Gabriella so his body was pressed up against hers and his face was right in front hers. His dad and Kathy were asleep so he could kiss Gabriella if he did so quietly.

And he did so; he pressed his lips against hers. He couldn't fight the urge when his tongue slid into her mouth; she just kissed so good he was addicted to her. His tongue roamed her mouth, playing with hers, and his body pushed itself against her harder. Her hands found their way up under his shirt, roaming his soft chest hair. Her hips rolled and pushed against him, lucky her mouth muffled his moan. He could tell she wanted this as bad as he did and he ran his hand up the side of her thigh and when he got to the waistband of her boxers he dipped his finger in the waistband and slid it across her abdomen until he reached the front, and then his hand went under the waistband and he rubbed his fingers where she was wanting it.

Their breathing was quickening and Troy's breath hitched as she ran her hand over him through his boxers. Then they both stopped moving, and they stayed dead still as they heard someone move in the other bed. Troy slowly looked over Gabriella's shoulder and he could see his dad looking at them, he mentally slapped himself for even trying to do this with thinking he wouldn't get caught. He didn't expect his dad to say anything but he did

"Don't stop I was enjoying the show" his dad said with a fully sarcastic tone, and that made Troy mad. Gabriella read Troy's unspoken words in his eyes and she began getting out of the bed. Troy followed and gave his dad a evil look

"Why don't you just mind your own business for once, or is that too much to ask?" Troy got up and pulled his jeans on

"Maybe if you did your business elsewhere instead of right in front of me I would" Troy scoffed

"Maybe if I wasn't being nice in letting you stay in my room you wouldn't of, and stop giving me that look like your better than me because honestly I don't give a shit I am happy with Gabriella and I don't care for your opinion" Troy grabbed his keys and stormed out of the room following Gabriella.

Gabriella was at the bottom of the stairs when he got down to her. She took one look at him and pulled him into a hug, he hugged her back not wanting to let go

"I'm sorry Troy" she whispered against his ear

"You did nothing wrong Gabs, he is senile and can never mind his own business" she just held him tighter

"Did you want to go for a drive and get out of here for a while?" he asked her as he pulled his face back to look at her. She just nodded and followed him as he went out the front door and jumped in his car. He drove for about ten minutes when he pulled into a long dirt road, he drove down it until he stopped at a grass clearing, and she could see the beach. He shut the engine off and lent back in his seat. Gabriella could see his father had hit a nerve and she took his hand in hers, he turned and faced her

"He has never been a good father to me, I wish he didn't come tonight with my new 'stepmom', she's almost the same age as us" she ran her fingers over his hand

"I learnt a while ago that even if your father is part of you it does not mean they are good for you, you are a better man then he will ever be Troy" Troy didn't know what he would be without Gabriella. He lent across the seats and brought his lips to hers, he lent back looking at her eyes. They told him exactly what he was thinking, just because his dad had interrupted didn't mean they were over what they had begun.

Troy smiled as he watched Gabriella climb over into the backseat; he climbed over following right behind her.