Troy had his arms wrapped tightly around Gabriella, as they laid in bed. The red numbers on the digital clock flashing 1:10 am. The starry night hadn't seemed to set them to sleep, as they were both tossing and turning. Troy kept placing soft kisses on the back of her neck and readjusting his arms around her waist.

"Troy." Gabriella said softly as he kissed her skin again. "Stop it, your keeping me up." She muttered and he pushed his lips to her neck blowing out a gust of air making a loud noise slip his lips and a tingle hit her skin. She threw her foot back kicking him in the shin.

"Ow." He muttered and she kept her eyes closed letting out a breath preparing herself for sleep once again. She got herself comfortable snuggling in his arms when the phone rang loudly through out the apartment. Both of there eyebrows scrunched, wondering who would be calling so late. "Ella.." He groaned.

"I'm comfy you get it."

"Just let it go to the answering machine." He mumbled sleepily into her hair, his eyes still refusing to open.

"It could be important."

"Then answer it." He mumbled like it was obvious.

"I don't want to, you get it."

"I don't want to get it. Besides, my arm hurts." He lied using the excuse he's been using a lot lately, making Gabriella groan and roll out of bed.

"I can't wait until that stupid thing comes off." She muttered walking over to the dresser taking the phone off of the charger. "Hello?" She answered her tired state obvious in her voice.

"Gab! It's Chad!" He said excitedly and Gabriella walked over to the bed shoving the phone in Troy's face climbing back into bed.

"Hello?" Troy asked confused.

"Thank you!" Chad said gratefully, his smile ear to ear, although Troy couldn't see.

"Who is this?"

"It's Chad. Your best friend."

"My best friend doesn't call me at.." He looked over a comfortable but also irritated Gabriella to the black alarm clock. " 1:30 in the morning."

"Were you asleep?"

"What do you want Chad?" He asked impatiently. His eyes closed again and he laid back down cuddling into his girlfriend while holding the phone to his ear.

"I got a date!" Chad yelled and Troy winced slightly at the loud voice booming through the receiver. "What ever you say worked. Thank you! Both me and Taylor are on call and I walked by the desk, laying down my moves-"

"Of course." Troy said. It was Chad's routine, of course he did.

"And she said yes! She said yes and I'm taking her out Friday. Now of course she's taking her own car and is allowed to leave at anytime but it's still a date."

"That's great." He mumbled tiredly. "But Chad, couldn't this have waited until tomorrow? When the suns up?"

"No! It's because of you were even going out. I had to thank you as soon as it happened."

"Okay, well I have to get up in about 5 hours and I have a cranky girlfriend so-" Gabriella reached over slapping him against his chest. "Ow! Why do you keep hurting me tonight?" He asked rubbing his chest.

"Don't call me cranky."

"Right hunny, 'cause you're a ray of sunshine right now." He muttered making her slap him again.

"Troy?" Chad question hearing the two lovers bicker. "Troy!"

"Chad I got to go." Troy moped saying one last goodbye. "There, are you happy?" He asked hanging up the phone and throwing it at the end of the bed.

"Sweetie, don't put the phone on the bed. One of us will kick it and it will fall and break and then it'll wake us up." She listed. " Put it on the charger."

"I can't. My arm hurts." He mumbled snuggling into her back. She groaned getting up again.

"What did Chad want?" She asked putting the phone on the charger.

"Him and Taylor have a date." He mumbled tiredly in the pillow. She opened her mouth to say something as her eyebrows scrunched. She was about to question it before she just shook her head figuring she'd ask questions at a reasonable hour. "Ella, come back to bed. I can't sleep without you." He mumbled and her shoulders slumped unbelievingly, before she rolled her eyes. He's the one whose been keeping her up. She did as he said anyway crawling in next to him, feeling his arms drape over her waist again. "Kiss." Was all he mumbled his eyes shut peacefully. As the words left his mouth she looked over her shoulder pressing a quick goodnight kiss to his lips. His eyes opened again as he felt her turn back positioning herself comfortably in his arms, pressing her back to his chest. "Since..your up, and I'm up.."

"Go to sleep Troy."

"Oh thank god." Gabriella said teasingly watching Troy come out of the bedroom in his normal navy blue scrubs.

"What, you didn't like the pink?" He asked playfully. It was his third day as a murse and he was kind of missing being in action. Slicing and dicing, and showing off for Gabriella. Only a couple more days and he would get that stupid sling off of his arm, and be the sexy surgeon again.

"I'm not the biggest fan." She said smiling softly at him before he leant down and kissed her.

"Hey, you okay?" He asked worried as he watched her rub her temples.

"Yeah, just a head ache."

"You know, I am a doctor…in four days." He said making her laugh slightly.

"Oh really. So your saying you can just cure my head ache?" She asked amused and he nodded.

"Yup." He said sitting in the chair beside her. He pressed a long kiss to her head and she laughed. "Better?"

"Not really." She said muffling a laugh as his eyebrows scrunched like what she said was ridiculous. He brought his lips to her forehead again pressing another kiss.

"How about now?"

"Nope."

"Well your obviously prone to my kissing powers."

"Doesn't mean I still don't want them." She giggled leaning into him and pressing a kiss to his lips.

"Well good. Because all day I'm gunna be trying to make it work. I'll get rid of that head ache if it kills me. You'll be walking and I'll just side tackle yeah, and give yeah a big sloppy one." He joked and she laughed again.

"Looking forward to it." She mumbled kissing him again.

"It's nice to see your in a better mood then last night." He teased and she glared at him.

"You mean this morning. Why was your stupid friend calling at one in the morning anyway?" She asked in a slight whimper.

"Hey, he's your stupid friend to. And it's Chad. He was excited and wanted us to know."

"He couldn't have waited until work?"

"Doesn't look like it." He said and she sighed.

"Speaking of work.."

"A few more minutes?" He pleaded. He didn't want to go to work yet. Because once they step into the hospital he's stuck behind the nurses desk and unable to see his girlfriend until the end of the day.

"Were going to be late." She said standing up and putting her empty bowl in the sink. He followed her and wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"So? We can call in sick. You have a headache."

"Were not skipping work Troy." She giggled and he stuck out his bottom lip, craning his neck so he could look at the side of her face, and she could see his pout. She giggled again placing a haste kiss on his pouting lips. Troy smiled widely kissing her one more time before letting her go. He had to get as much as he could knowing she wouldn't let him near her once they get to the hospital.

They walked into the brown brick hospital hand in hand. The early morning crew of doctors and nurses bustling around while the ones on call were fighting to stay awake. Gabriella placed her hand that wasn't in Troy's to her mouth covering a yawn. She sighed slightly wishing more then anything

she could crawl back into her and Troy's warm bed.

"Are you gunna hang out with me for a little while at the nurses desk?" He asked playfully and she smiled.

"I can't. I have to go and save lives."

"That's why I love yeah." He mumbled placing a quick kiss on her lips.

"I want to talk to Taylor though, so I'll walk you there, how about that?"

"Fine by me." He said kissing the back of her hand quickly and walking towards the teal countertop.

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"Hey guys." Taylor greeted walking behind the counter and putting a file in one of the baskets. "I'm exhausted I can't wait to get out of here."

"You know who else is exhausted?" Troy asked walking around the counter and throwing his backpack under it. "Us." He said pointing to him and Gabriella making Gabriella smile and shake her head. "Your stupid boyfriend called in the middle of the night."

"What?"

"Chad." Gabriella giggled shaking her head at Troy. "He told us you have a date." She added leaning on the counter rubbing her temples again feeling another sharp pain.

"Oh." Taylor mumbled sheepishly. "I guess. It's nothing major, he just kept bugging me so I said yes."

"What a story to tell the grandchildren." Troy joked earning a glare from Taylor and a laugh from Gabriella.

"Are you okay?" Taylor asked worried.

"I'm fine." Gabriella said honestly. "Just a small headache and a bad sleep." She said eyeing Troy and he raised his arms in defence.

"That last part was Chad's fault." He said and she smiled.

"I got to go." Gabriella said. "I'll see yeah later." She mumbled and Troy leaned over giving her a quick kiss.

"Bye baby."

"Bye Gab." Taylor said with a wave before turning to Troy, looking at him cautiously as he smiled at her. "What?"

"You want to do Chad!" He laughed as if he was thirteen and she rolled her eyes. "You think he's sexy."

"Four days." Taylor muttered to herself. She had no idea how Gabriella put up with him.

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