MONDAY
Gabriella smiled as she saw Troy waiting outside his house for her. She said that she would meet him there and they would walk to school together.
"Hey baby…" Troy smiled down to her as he gave a quick peck on the lips before lacing their hands together.
Gabriella giggled at Troy's affection.
"Hey Troy… ready for school?" she smiled up at him.
"With you by my side how can I not be ready?" Troy smirked slinging his arm casually around her shoulders.
"Cheesy Troy… but cute" Gabriella smiled as she saw Troy's face brightened. They started to walk at a slow pace in the direction of East High
"So, my beautiful girlfriend… are you ready for school?"
"Yea… except the fact that I am a little bit nervous…" Gabriella said.
"Nervous… about what?" Troy said stopping to look at Gabriella
"Well… I mean I've only been here for about a week and I've already got Troy Bolton – the East High God and basketball captain, the most popular guy in the school, the guy all the cheerleaders want to date, and the guy every guy wants to be…"
"I think I get it Gabs!" Troy said rolling his eyes at Gabriella's description of him
"Yea, so anyway I've only been here around a weak and you're already my boyfriend…"
"Oh… don't worry about it! Look… it doesn't matter how long you've been here for. I remember Kerri or Kelly… anyway the head cheerleader was only here for a few days before she got onto the team… and a month later she was head…"
"Oh right…" Gabriella said feeling a bit better about herself
"So anything else my lady?"
"No…thanks Troy…" Gabriella giggled.
"Good…"
The gang sat in homeroom together. They had to say that the school did do double takes when they saw them all together. There were various murmurs of
"The basketball team with them…"
"The top players with the top drama freaks…"
"What are Troy and Chad doing with those geeks…"
"Is that the new girl…"
"How did that slut get with Troy before me?"
"No fair! I wanted Troy. How the hell did she get to be his girlfriend…?"
"Maybe he's just using her…"
Comments were whispered unsubtly throughout the halls of East High as the outrage of seeing the star players and popular Gods of the school were with people who were deemed to be 'lower' than the cheerleaders. After all – what jock does not fall for the cheerleader?
Gabriella had to admit that the comments had upset her a bit… for a few seconds. They didn't matter and she wasn't going to let those insecure followers who had no lives ruin her happiness!
Gabriella was sitting on Troy's lap whilst he had his arm around her waist. Homeroom hadn't started yet so they were alright. Chad was in front of them sitting on Taylors desk. Sharpay was sitting on Zeke's desk which was on the other side of Troy's has Chad's was on one side. Jason was sitting on Sharpay's desk, which was next to Taylor's and in front of Zeke's as she wasn't using it and had his arms around Kelsi who was standing. And Ryan was sitting on the other side of the room, looking like he was having a heated discussion with Martha.
"Those two are going to break up…" Sharpay pointed out, her eyes resting on her brother's frustrated face.
"All they ever seem to do now is argue…" Taylor added, both girls watching the heated argument take place
"I never really took a liking to her anyway…" Sharpay pointed out
"They don't really actually have a lot of chemistry do they?" Gabriella asked
"Ha! Martha and Ryan… chemistry! I think he's only going out with her to prove to us that he's not gay!" Sharpay said offhand
"Sharpay… that's so mean!" Gabriella exclaimed
"So? He's my brother… and come on! No guy who is straight wears that much of pink…"
"He does wear a lot of pink…" Taylor added
"So? It just means that he's not afraid of what others think. It takes confidence and maturity to do that! I think its cool how he can be this really sensitive guy who wears pink and is not scared to show that off to people…"
"Gabi… are you like in love with him?" Sharpay asked curiously
"Yes Shar… I'm really in love with him. And that's why I'm sitting on Troy's lap with him as my boyfriend…" Gabriella said sarcasm evident in her voice.
"Hey… you never know… I mean you could just be stringing Troy along trying to work your way through to Ryan…"
Troy's grip on Gabriella tightened as he heard Sharpay's words
"And why the hell would I do that?" Gabriella asked
"I don't know… But Ryan does like his girlfriends to be friends first… maybe you know that and you're trying to be his friend first. And in the meantime you thought you might as well get together with East High's God!"
"Yes Shar… cause I really knew that Ryan likes his girlfriends to be friends first…" Gabriella said sarcastically. She was aware that Troy was starting to get worried and the last thing she needed after they had just solved everything out was for Sharpay to ruin everything
"I'm just…"
"Sharpay drop it…" Kelsi surprised everyone by saying. Kelsi clamped a hand over her mouth as she realised what had just slipped out of her mouth. She hadn't meant to say that…
"What did you say?" Sharpay asked, astounded that Kelsi had told her to stop
"Sharpay… Kelsi's right. You need to know when to drop the damn topic!" Taylor said. She could see that Gabriella was starting to get mad at Sharpay and she had seen the insecurities across Troy's face. And this couple did not need something else to ruin their happiness.
Sharpay glared at Taylor before turning to talk to Zeke. Gabriella had gotten to know Sharpay in the two weeks she'd been at the school. She knew she had a history of being called the 'ice princess'. And she also knew that she had a thing for Troy. And that kind of made her annoyed at what she was saying right now. Deliberately trying to make Gabriella seem like she didn't really like Troy.
"Don't sweat it out man. You know, I think that ice princess still has a little thing for you…" Chad said to Troy.
The bell rang and everyone immediately jumped into their correct seats as Ms Darbus came through the door dressed as usual in her over the top outfits.
Gabriella looked over at Troy and saw the insecurity in his eyes.
Troy
Don't listen to Sharpay…
Just because I was defending Ryan's sexuality does not mean that I am in love with the guy… he's a mate…
I know your feeling insecure… it's evident in your eyes
Just want to tell you that you have nothing to worry about
Your mine and I'm yours… (Cheesy I know but hopefully it will bring out that smile I love so much)
Gabi
Gabriella passed the note to Troy and turned a bit so that she could see his reaction. She smiled as she saw his face light up at her comment. He looked up and met her eyes.
"Mr Bolton, Miss Montez… if you plan on gazing at each other might I suggest you do it in you own time…" Ms Darbus said
The two blushed whilst the class broke out into hushed giggles.
"Hey… Troy!"
Troy broke away from Gabriella. He was just starting to get into the kiss too! He looked up to see familiar bush of hair.
"Chad… what do you want?"
"Are you coming during free period for basketball practice…?"
"Um, I don't know… I think I've already got plans…"
"What plans?"
"Oh you know… plans…"
"Yea because I really know which plans you're talking about…"
"I don't want to go into detail…"
"Ok… but if you change your mind about spending the whole of free period making out with Gabi then just let us know… we'll be in the gym as usual…" Chad smirked as he saw the couple in front of him blush.
"Whatever Chad…"
"Got to go… have fun you two… and remember that we are still at school and you don't want to give anyone nightmares…" Chad walked off smirking as he saw the blushing faces go even redder.
"So Gabi… you want to go up on the roof?"
"Sure…" Gabriella smiled up at him.
Troy and Gabriella were up on the roof, making the most of their free time. Gabriella smiled into the kiss. She was never that type of girl who always wanted to go around making out with guys. But she would love to make out with Troy constantly. He kissed amazingly. And the fact that she felt something for him helped. After all, she didn't feel anything for the guys that threw themselves at her at the few parties she had to show up to in her neighbourhood.
Breaking away Troy asked,
"So, are you all going to come back to my place after school?"
"Yea… unless you don't want us to…"
"I want you to… the others I'm not so sure about. I mean… you and me… on our own!" Troy smirked
"Ha ha… and exactly where are your parents?"
"Dad is always at some basketball event… mum attends them with him… or is out with her friends. Their hardly ever at home during the day… which I guess is good because I'm sure they won't like the amount of time the guys spend at my place. I swear they have no families of their own. They practically live at mine!"
Gabriella laughed at this… and it was then that Troy noticed how beautiful her laugh was. He smiled wondering how the hell… he - Troy Bolton… could have ended up with someone as amazing as her!
Gabriella noticed his smile and leaned in for another kiss. She couldn't get enough of them…
The school day was out and the gang had headed over to Troy's place.
Finding a comfortable spot, they settled in and turned the TV on… flicking through the channels until a familiar programme came up.
"OOH! Look the O.C! Leave this on!" Taylor called out from her position next to Chad on the sofa.
"Why?" Chad moaned, his arms around Taylor's shoulder
"Because it's like the best…" Taylor said in a 'duh' tone
"How? All it is is a whole load of unrealistic drama. I mean come on. Yeah like a bad boy from the wrong neighbourhood is going to suddenly fit in with a bunch of rich kids… They have different backgrounds. They are used too different things and different lifestyles. I think that it's stupid!" Sharpay said
"Why?" Ryan asked. Everyone turned to look at him. They had forgotten about him. He seemed to be a bit left out.
"Because I just told you… I mean this Ryan Atwood is used to getting into fights, living in pretty crap conditions… and then he's coming into a part of town where it's all mansions and that stuff… Look at the kids from West High! They come from a completely different neighbourhood to us and that shows. You know that part of town where its like both West and East. Quite posh for West and quite poor for East? Whenever you go there, we have to make sure that we blend in because those West High kids like to pick a fight with anyone…" Sharpay said
"And you know what?" Sharpay added after seeing everyone's confused faces at her outburst. "Some of them don't even go to school. They just bunk off. Probably out getting drunk or stoned. Or maybe they try coming round here and see what they can get their hands on. I think it's ridiculous having a rich and poor parts so damn close together. There should at least be some difference. I mean it's probably about a half hour- forty five minute walk from round here to West."
"It's because we live on the edge of the East, and the edge of the West is the bad neighbourhood…" Taylor explained
"Whatever…"
"Sharpay, shut up! You don't know everything, so stop acting like a complete snob…" Ryan surprised everyone by saying.
"What?"
Ryan glanced over at Gabriella whose head was bowed. He still remembered that she was from the West part and knew that this conversation could be upsetting her.
"I just think that the way you are talking makes you sound like a rich snob…"
"Well there's nothing wrong in expressing my opinion. And I don't care if you think of me as a snob. It's the truth…" Sharpay said
"Well it's not…" Gabriella surprised everyone by saying forcefully. Truth was she was angry at how they could talk like that. And she was now starting to get scared about how everything would turn out when she told them… if she told them.
"I guess I'll just have to keep the secret a bit longer…"
Everyone had forgotten about their previous conversation as they settled to watch the O.C. Everyone that is except Gabriella. She was pondering over the conversation. Gabriella hated hearing Sharpay's opinion on things and what if everyone else did? What if everyone else was just like Sharpay? And what if everyone found out about her? And what would that mean? That she would lose her first girlfriends? That she would lose her first boyfriend? Her first relationship? Why did this have to happen to her? Hadn't she been through enough shit already?
Gabriella leaned back into Troy's chest. She immediately felt his grip around her tightened. She smiled. Whatever she thought… she knew that she was falling for Troy. And she would just have to postpone telling everyone.
After all… she did want to live out this fantasy for as long as possible…
A/N So I'm sorry that this chapter was short – it's kind of a filler though. Drama is soon going to come...
Also I just want to say that I won't be able to update this week - I've got exams and I really need to revise and concentrate on them. I will most likely update Friday evening...
XxxNicolexxX