Chapter 10

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Troy arrived at Kayla's party more than fashionably late. Most people were well on the way to drunk and he could smell marijuana outside on the deck. Troy was tempted to go hang out out there to see how his father would react to him coming home smelling like he'd spent the night smoking pot. 'He'd probably be upset because it's bad for my lungs and might affect my game' Troy thought cynically.

Liana had latched on to him as soon as he walked through the door. "Why didn't you come to my party yesterday?" she demanded.

Biting back the reply he would like to give her he said. "I had to babysit my nephew. My Aunt was out of town and my uncle had gone hunting with Dad."

"But that's the reason you didn't come last time too" Liana whinged. "You could have come after."

"My aunt and uncle were away. I had him all night" Troy replied trying to be patient.

"Well you're here now, let's dance" she said dragging him into the lounge where there were a few couples dancing.

"I need a drink first" he said trying to excuse himself.

Troy got himself a beer from the laundry trough and seeing his friends down in the yard mucking about playing ball with the dog headed out to join them.

"Hey Troy. We were beginning to think you weren't going to make it" Chad said slapping him on the shoulder.

"Dad and Steve didn't get back til late" Troy replied. "Who's the dog?"

"Liana" Chad murmured so only Troy would hear him.

"Rufus" Jason said. "He belongs to Kayla's little brother. I think he's been feeling a bit lonely with the kid away."

Troy leant down and patted the dog. "This party is no place for a good dog like you" he said grabbing the ball and throwing it. He was enjoying himself until Liana came back.

"Troy you promised to dance with me" she complained. "Now you smell of filthy dog" she added giving the dog a disgusted look.

"No I didn't I'm not drunk enough to dance. Maybe later Liana"

The boys laughed. "Get the man another drink" Jason suggested.

"He can come with me and get his own drink and we can find somewhere to have some fun" Liana said taking his arm and pulling him away.

Liana took him into the kitchen where there was a tray of pink jello shots on the bench. Troy picked up an handful and quickly threw them down feeling a little light headed after the fourth or fifth, they were stronger than he'd expected. Feeling oddly like he was betraying Gabriella though he had told her about the party he allowed Liana to drag him off to look for a private place. The bedrooms were already taken and Troy refused to use the upstairs bathroom because the toilet was in there and it wasn't fair to the other guests.

"We could use your car?" Liana suggested.

"I walked over" Troy replied not really caring whether they found a place Liana was happy with or not.

"Well what about the garage?" Liana asked.

Troy shrugged and they found themselves alone on an old couch in the garage. Liana kissed him eagerly seeming not to notice Troy's lack of enthusiasm. He grabbed her breasts not at all gently and she moaned as if it felt great. "Be careful of my dress, it's new" she said.

"Take it off then" Troy said casually.

Liana stood and turned her back "Will you undo the zipper?" she asked in what she thought was a sexy voice.

Troy rolled his eyes and unzipped the dress undoing her bra as he came to it as well to hurry up the whole procedure.

"No panties?" he asked unsurprised as she lifted the dress over her head and laid it carefully over the back of the couch. "You really are a slut tonight."

Liana frowned upset with the comment but then decided Troy meant it as a compliment (he didn't). She straddled his lap and pulled off his shirt pressing her breasts against his chest as she kissed him.

She unbuttoned his trousers and Troy lifted his hips to allow her to work them off his hips. "Suck me" he demanded. Liana grinned and grabbed the spare cushion to protect her knees from the concrete. She freed his shaft from his boxers and went to work. Troy let out an appreciative moan, Liana enjoyed doing this and she was truly gifted at it as she should be with the amount of practice she had. She'd had her tongue pierced about a month ago and Troy hadn't experienced the difference it made before tonight though Chad had told him about how great it felt. "Oh Wow" he moaned trying to hold himself back and prolong the experience. "I'm gonna..." he warned erupting down her throat.

Liana swallowed all he had to offer and sucked him gently back to hardness before moving back up to straddle him. "Hang on a minute" Troy said pulling a condom out of his pocket and rolling it in to place.

Liana grinned as she sank down on him bouncing enthusiastically. Troy sucked on her neck giving her a rather large hickie while she was distracted to keep his mouth busy so he didn't accidentally moan the wrong name. He used one hand to pinch her nipple while the other fingered her clit to ensure he didn't embarrass himself by coming before she did. She collapsed on him as he let go and finished inside her pushing her off to sprawl on the couch so he could remove the condom safely. Cleaning himself up he rebuttoned his jeans and pulled his shirt back on. "Thanks Liana" he said to the now sleeping cheerleader before throwing her dress across her to cover her naked body before walking away.

Troy roamed back into the kitchen and helped himself to another handful of pink jello shots and moved on looking for his friends.

"How'd it go with Liana?" Chad asked as they met up again later.

"Rufus was better company" Troy replied dryly.

Chad laughed but realised Troy was telling the truth. "She didn't suck you off?" he asked surprised.

Troy shrugged "Of course she did. Why else would I bother with the bitch."

"That's harsh Troy" Zeke said as he walked up with another tray of jello shots.

"Tell me when was the last time you hear her say anything worth hearing that wasn't a nasty comment about someone else" Troy replied helping himself to the tray.

"So tell me what did you think of the new accessory?" Chad asked.

"Oh Man that piercings something else. It felt fucking fantastic" Troy raved.

"Oh yeah totally worth it" Zeke added.

"They should make those piercing part of the cheerleader's uniform" Jason suggested.

"Yeah" Chad agreed.

Troy laughed "Dad and the other teachers won't go for it but I think with a few well timed comments we could convince some of the others to get one" he suggested.

"Who do you think would?" Zeke asked.

"Jess and maybe Breanna might consider it" Troy replied thoughtfully. "Emily too if she were drunk but I think they have to be professionally done and they wouldn't do it if she wasn't sober. I wouldn't let someone put a hole in my tongue without anaesthetic."

"Breanna gives lousy head, a piercing would be a weapon in that mouth" Chad said shuddering which made the others laugh.

"She's not that bad" Jason protested surprised.

"Just because she hasn't bitten you yet" Chad retorted.

"She really isn't that bad when she's sober if she doesn't get distracted" Troy said. "I wouldn't let her blow me when she's been drinking though."

Zeke laughed "she's hopeless Troy, great fuck though" he said.

"Liana's a great fuck" Jason said.

"She's okay I think Emily's the best drunk fuck" Chad suggested.

"No definitely Jess is the best drunk" Troy argued.

"That's because you can talk her into anything if she's drunk enough. I heard she let two guys double her over the summer but I can't get anyone willing to say who the guys were" Zeke said.

"Don't look at me. The only threesome I'm interested in is me and two smoking hot babes" Chad laughed.

"Threesomes are overrated" Troy put in. "It's a lot of work to keep two girls satisfied."

"Whoo hoo Troy" Jason cheered.

"When and who?" Chad asked.

"Liana and Jess a couple of months ago after a bad training session with Dad" Troy replied.

"At school? In the gym?" Chad asked shocked. "Troy if your old man was already pissed with you that would be..."

"I'm not suicidal" Troy protested. "Liana took me to Jess' place because her parents were home and Jess' were away, it was a Friday and she'd already had some drinks so she decided to join in. It's a bit like 69ing. It can be great but most of the time it's easier just to enjoy being blown" Troy explained. "I'd only do it again if the two girls were actually into each other as well. That would be hot."

"Yeah" the others agreed with glazed eyes as they pictured two hot girls naked having sex with each other.

They were interrupted by Jess Emily and Melissa. "We're bored" Melissa said. "Wanna play a game?"

"Sure what?" Chad said as the others shrugged and nodded their agreement.

"I found a bottle of tequila. We could do body shots" Melissa said.

"Or we could play rainbow" Jess suggested.

"I think I'm too drunk for rainbow" Zeke protested.

"Yeah maybe ask us a little earlier next party" Jason agreed.

"We could play 'I never'" Chad suggested.

Troy shuddered Chad knew him too well for this the last time they played he nearly got alcohol poisoning.

"Truth or Dare" Jason suggested.

"What about Freeze" Emily suggested.

"Yeah that could be fun" and relatively safe Troy agreed.

They headed inside. "What's the forfeit?" Chad asked.

"You have to take a shot of tequila or take off an item of clothing" Jess suggested.

"Okay" they agreed.

Melissa commandeered the stereo and explained the game. She put the music on and everybody danced.

As the evening went on the game got harder to call. Troy chose to take of his shoes, socks and shirt before he had more to drink which seemed to be a wise decision as the night went on. Chad and Jason chose to drink each time and eventually ended up passed out still fully dressed.

Jess happily stripped, Liana woke from her nap and rejoined them already naked and tried to drape herself over Troy. The other girls passed out mostly still in their underwear.

Troy's phone alarm woke him at five and he carefully extracted himself from the naked Liana and semi naked Emily, wondering how he'd got into such a situation. Once he was out Emily fell over on top of Liana. He thought about photographing them all but decided that it wasn't worth the trouble it might cause. On second thoughts blackmail material against Liana might come in useful someday. Carefully lining up the camera he could show that Liana was naked and Emily was topless with her face nestled between Liana's breastsand her naked breasts pressed into Liana's stomach. Jess was also sprawled naked over Jason so Troy took a photo of them too.

He helped himself to water from the tap, hunted down the rest of his clothes and walked out the door.

Troy walked home, helped himself to headache medication and a Berocca and went to bed. His father came in to check on him.

"You're not going to run this morning?" He asked.

"I'd throw up" Troy protested.

"Good party?" Jack asked.

"The usual" Troy replied tiredly.

"How much did you drink?" Jack asked.

Troy shrugged "I don't even know. Breanna made jello shots and then we played freeze at the end of the night. I didn't pass out or lose my pants. I have a bit of a headache but mostly I just want some more sleep."

"I'll leave you to it. Did you finish the garage yesterday?" Jack asked.

"Yeah" Troy said pulling the covers over his head to stop his father asking more questions.

He slept until about ten and then came down and made himself some toast and more Berocca and panadol. His mother was gone as usual but remembering that Gabriella was travelling to her new home that day he rang to see if she was available to talk.

"Hi Troy How are you this morning?" Gabriella asked cheerfully.

"I'm not feeling the greatest but I only have myself to blame for that. I just got up and am waiting for the toast to cook" he admitted sheepishly.

Gabriella laughed softly "I refuse to feel sorry for you. How was the party?"

"About what I expected. Too much alcohol, it was just the team and the cheerleaders and it got a bit out of hand" Troy said. "I played with a nice dog, a golden retriever."

Gabriella laughed. "A dog?"

"Well she was the nicest bitch there" Troy said cheekily. "I hung out with Chad, Zeke and Jason for a while too which was fun. What are you doing?"

"I've finished my packing and am waiting for the car to come to take up to the airport" Gabriella said smiling.

"Are you looking forward to knowing where you'll be living? It must be odd not to know" Troy asked curiously.

Gabriella sighed "I really shot myself in the foot with this one. Normally I Google the area and my new school and get some maps and stuff so I'm not completely lost. But I can't bring myself to admit to Mom that I do care about where we are moving to. I'll find out tomorrow so I guess I can research it all tomorrow night. I can't even decide what I want to wear I don't know whether we're moving to Southern California or Alaska" she said despondently.

Troy laughed "We can look stuff up together" he offered. "Where would you choose to move to if it was up to you? Would you go back somewhere you've been before?"

Gabriella thought about it. "Part of me would like to live near my father's grave in Denver but I definitely don't want to go back to school with the same people who knew me then. I'd like to be near the beach, somewhere it doesn't snow all the time or rain all summer I hate the cold. I want to go to Stanford so maybe somewhere near there so I don't have to move too far to go to college. Back to Granby High in Norfolk would also be good seeing Chelsea's back there. Or it might be nice to move somewhere near you so I'd already have a friend."

Troy smiled. "I'd like it if you moved near here so I could visit" he said cheerfully not adding that he would prefer her to attend one of the neighbouring schools so his reputation wouldn't stop her from continuing to be his friend.

"Do you really think we could be friends if we went to the same school?" Gabriella asked.

"I would want you to be my friend but it would be difficult to be friends at school. It doesn't sound like we'd hang out with the same people" Troy replied thinking 'Lots of people would probably warn you to stay away from me'.

"What do you mean?" Gabriella asked.

"Well I generally hang out with the basketball team. It's easier that way, they understand the pressure and it keeps Dad happy. You don't sound like the type of girl to hang around with the jocks" Troy explained.

"I'm not cheerleader material you mean?" Gabriella asked only slightly hurt.

"Gabriella if you wanted to be a cheerleader I'm sure you could be. You're certainly pretty enough and you said you're a dancer but to be honest you don't talk like a cheerleader. You seem a lot more serious, it'd probably bore you silly to hang out with them all the time" Troy said laughing.

Gabriella blushed at the compliments glad he couldn't see her. "You sound like you don't like cheerleaders very much" she said perceptively. "Why do you hang out with them if you don't like them?"

"They hang around the team I couldn't get rid of them if I wanted to without quitting playing basketball and Dad'd kill me if I did. They're okay I guess but they tend to scare off girls like you who might actually have something interesting to say but never talk to me because I'm always surrounded by the cheerleaders" he explained not mentioning that he hung around them for the sex.

Gabriella thought back to the sports stars on her various schools. Troy was right she did tend to avoid them because upsetting the cheerleaders was one way to make the whole school see you as an enemy or someone to avoid like the plague. She'd always thought the sport stars preferred the company of the slutty airheads but from what Troy was saying he definitely didn't.

"Surely some of them must have some level of intelligence" Gabriella remarked.

Troy shrugged though Gabriella couldn't see it. "If they do they're really good at hiding it" he retorted. "Some of them get reasonable grades but they don't seem interested in anything but fashion, makeup, boyfriends and gossip."

Gabriella laughed at Troy's disgruntled tone "And what do the boys on the team talk about?" she asked.

"Well Basketball, sports, girls, video games, school" Troy admitted.

"So not so much different then?"

"Well Chad and I talk about family stuff, and college plans and stuff as well"

"Well I can't talk gossip with you because we don't know any of the same people and I'm not much interested in fashion and make-up so you're pretty safe" Gabriella said smiling.

"Do you think that's why we talk about all this other stuff, because we can't talk about anyone but ourselves?" Troy asked sounding worried.

"Partly but if we didn't want to talk about ourselves and things we'd just stop calling each other" Gabriella reassured him. I sometimes think we do talk about more personal stuff because we don't see each other though. The anonymity allows us to be more honest than we would have been if you'd spent the week here at Breckenridge with me or if we'd met next week at my new school."

"Yeah particularly if we'd met at school or I knew you'd be coming to East High" Troy agreed. "It almost makes it worth having to leave early and become friends over the phone instead of in person."

"Yes it does" Gabriella said surprised.

'I miss the kissing though. It was nice to have someone actually attracted to the real me' they both thought.

A/N: Thank you to Pumpkinking5, LaueeeCarter, Siobhan, stordec23, kelsey, iminlove13 and Bookworm452 for your support.