Her feet were dangling off the back of the red truck as she leans her head up against his soft chest. The moon shone onto her faces since there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Crickets were chirping softly in the distance but Gabriella couldn't hear them. All she could hear was the soft beating of his heart with her own in sync with his. His strong, muscular arm pulls her closer to his chest as his fingers danced across her bare arm. Her dark chocolate colored eyes connect up with his gray as he gives her his world famous smile. "You comfortable?"
Gabriella reflexively adjusts herself under the blanket as she nods. Her eyes look out over the landscape. The bright lights of the city could be seen off in the distance, but other then that the only light that was illuminating was the moon and the stars. They were sitting on top of a hill, parked so they could get away from all the troubles and everything. "Yea. Thanks."
"You looked incredible. Defiantly danced the best of all them." He says while pressing a kiss to her forehead. Gabriella feels herself blush.
"Yea right." She says and shakes her head. "There's no need to flatter me Deitz, you already have me."
Collin Deitz smirks as he shrugs. "Well… it always helps if I ever get into trouble." He says and leans back a little on the truck. Gabriella feels him pull her back as her feet leave the spot they scoot backwards onto his pick-up truck.
"Thanks… but I'm not the best in the company. Lynn is so much better." She says, remembering they had just gotten done with a performance and was now on a date with the guy of her dreams. The only one she ever wanted to be with. Her soul mate.
"No way." He mumbles while beginning to let his lips dance across her neck. Gabriella moans to his touch as they back up and she feels his heavy body slip on top of hers. Sparks were shooting everywhere it seemed and his hands made their way up under her shirt and she suddenly gasps as he begins to massage her breast.
"Collin…" She moans as he continues to give her pleasure as he makes his spot on her neck. His hand leaves that one and moves to the other one while Gabriella's nails were dancing across his abs. She feels him tremble above her as she smiles and he disconnects their lips and sits up, straddling her.
He slowly takes off his shirt and smiles down at her. "Gabi." He says her name before connecting their lips together again. Somehow, the vision of them first meeting freshman year during gym class enters her mind, remembering how she had a crush on him since the moment she saw him. Now, two years later and dating him for one, it seemed that she would never be able to look at a guy again, since Collin was the only on for her.
His hands rub up and down her sides as she feels her body tremble to his touch. Their lips mold together as their tongues tango together. Gabriella's flexible legs wrap around his waist as his hand brushes the front of her jeans gently and pulls on the zipper. He sits up full ways again and reaches behind him. Gabriella watches as he pulls out his wallet and grabs a bright green wrapper. Her stomach does four back flips as panic spreads through out her body. "Collin… we talked about this."
Collin looks down at her and raises his eyebrows. "A month ago. Things change." He says as his hands play with the green wrapper in them. "Come on Gab, don't tell me you don't want this."
Gabriella tries to sit up but finds it difficult since he was straddling her body. "I just don't want to do it now ok? It's not the right time." She says while staring up into his gray eyes, begging with them.
Collin shakes his head frustrated. "Come on! Joey and Lynn have been going out for six months and they've done it!"
Gabriella glares up at him angrily. "Well good for them." She says as he groans. "I just don't think tonight's the right time alright?"
Collin glares at her for a moment and then gets off her. He knew she was a virgin, but lately all he had been doing was pushing for sex. It wasn't that Gabriella didn't want to do it, but she just didn't want to do it now. Sure, Collin was the one for her, but if he really cared about her, he'd wait until she was ready… right? "You're such a tease."
Gabriella's body shoots up and she glares at him angrily. "We've done everything but that Collin! I'm sorry but I'm not ready yet damn it!" She screams and swears she almost hears the crickets stop chirping.
Collin narrows his eyes at her for a moment then shakes his head. "Whatever." He says and runs a hand through his hair. "Do you love me?"
Gabriella responds without a moment's hesitation. "Of course."
He nods and sighs. "Then why don't you trust me with this?"
Her mind freezes for a moment. The answer was simple; it was because the hardest thing for her to do was trust people. She could thank Jose Montez for that one. But she closes her eyes and tries to come up with a lie, but finds herself unsuccessful. "I just can't do it now ok?" She says and grabs his muscular arm. She kisses his bare shoulder and sighs. "If you love me… you'll wait."
Collin doesn't respond but stares off into the horizon instead. "Whatever." He says with a hint of anger in his voice. An anger that never truly went away.
The light from the sun beams down onto her face and she groans. Gabriella bends her back a little as she stretches, feeling the blood rush though her ears but continues to keep her eyes closed. Her head had a small throb to it, but it wasn't awful since she didn't drink THAT much last night. Reluctantly, her eyes squint open in time to see Taylor's sleeping body on the bed. She sits up and glances at the clock to see that it was 8:23 AM. She rubs her eyes and sighs, memories of last night flooding around her.
She and Troy had gotten to a different level last night and she knew it. Sure, they were friends and they weren't dating, but she knew that they just went up another level after last night. She sighs as she closes her eyes and imagines Troy's hands on her body in ways that would make her kill for him to do it again.
Gabriella had only been in love once, and that was with Collin Deitz. They were best friends when they met freshman year, but Gabriella had always wanted more. They started dating sophomore year but broke up right after prom, for reasons that she didn't want to think about, they hurt to bad. She still thought about him, she couldn't deny that. Thought about the way his hair stuck up perfectly, or the way his gray eyes used to pour into hers. But that was a part of her past… on that she wasn't going to revisit any time soon.
But with Troy… it was starting to scare her a little how bad she wanted him. How can you fall this hard for someone in two weeks? But with Troy, it was possible. Very possible in Gabriella's eyes. She feels her body sigh as she rips off her covers and walks towards the window for a moment, staring off into the Gulf of Cortez. The sun was shining brightly onto the ocean as she could see a few people already walking out to get some sun.
She suddenly hears a noise behind her and turns around to see a blob starting to move on the opposite bed. Taylor sits up and stares at Gabriella for a moment, blinking a couple of times before actually realizing that she was there. She sits up and rubs her forehead tiredly as Gabriella tries not to giggle. "Morning sunshine!" She says with energy.
Taylor groans as she rubs her temples and looks back at Gabriella. "Would you stop with the peppiness?" She asks tiredly as Gabriella walks over to her bed and jumps on it, her high ponytail almost bouncing with excitement. "It's kinda annoying at…" She pauses as she glances at the clock and then looks back to Gabriella. "8:45 AM."
Gabriella shrugs. "Well some of us didn't drink our weight." She says as Taylor stretches and yawns.
"We were celebrating." She says while putting her arms down and grabbing her pillow to pull it to her chest.
Gabriella smiles. "I know. But come on. We should wake up the guys and Sharpay and hit the beach. I wanna get tan."
Taylor rolls her eyes. "You're already tan. And why are so eager to go anyways?" She asks and Gabriella tires to hide the smile that was playing on her lips thinking about her new favorite basketball captain. Realization shoots across Taylor's face as she smiles. "You wanna get to Troy don't cha?"
Gabriella blushes and opens a drawer to pull out her white and green stripped suit with gold straps (one of the ones Vanessa wore when she and Zac went to Hawaii). "I just want to enjoy Mexico." She says with a smile as she rips off her purple cami to reveal a black sports bra. "And if that means being around hot Albuquerque basketball captains, then that's how I'm going to enjoy it."
After letting Taylor change and grabbing a bagel for breakfast, Gabriella and Taylor arrive at 414 in the hotel next door. Taylor knocks on the door gently and Gabriella turns to her, waiting for the door to open impatiently. She leans her body up against the wall as her white swim suit cover up dress was hanging down with her white sandals. She smiles to see that Taylor was now awake.
The door opens and Gabriella watches as the dark guy with a gigantic afro that was sticking up everywhere stand in the doorway while rubbing his eyes. She tries her best not to giggle as he looks through his bags at them and softly closes the door behind him, but leaves it open ajar to make sure they weren't locked out. "What the hell are you doing here at 9:15 AM?"
Taylor pouts. "Oh, so that's how you're going to greet your new girlfriend?"
Chad rolls his eyes and kisses her cheek gently. "Sorry." He mumbles as he wraps his arms around her body and she returns the hug. Gabriella looks away awkwardly as she hears a quick smack and figures that they kissed on the lips. "So how are you?"
"Fine." Taylor responds as she unwraps her arms from his neck and laces their hands together.
"Good. Now… what the hell are you doing here?" She asks as Gabriella smiles at him.
"The beach. Shar and Zeke are already down there saving us chairs. SOME people are actually useful." Gabriella jokes as Chad rolls his eyes.
"Some people also don't have hangovers." He says as he rubs his face again. "At least I'm not like sleeping beauty in there. He wasn't even wasted last night and he won't move."
Gabriella smiles at the reference to Troy. "I'll wake him up." She says as she grabs the door handle and Chad's eyes grow wide, grabbing her hand.
"Not a good idea." He says as Gabriella looks up at him with curiosity in her eyes. "You don't fuck with Troy when he's sleeping. It's kinda scary."
Gabriella smiles and shakes her head. "I guess I gotta take that chance huh?" She says while she pushes open the door and walks inside the room. Lying in the mix of what looked like a million sheets, was a bump that seemed to have no form. But Gabriella could see the tan skin that was his bare shoulders and the light chestnut colored hair with his nose pressed against the white pillow. She giggles a little as she walks towards the bed and sets her bag down. Her light, flexible body crawls up onto the bed, not making a sound as she leans up into Troy's ear and let's go of a hot breath. "Wake up Bolton."
She could hear a groan erupt from the form as it moves a little and his head goes further into the pillow. "Get the fuck away Chad… it's Sunday."
Gabriella giggles as she leans down more and leans up to his ear. "It's also time to get up." She says and hears Troy groan again.
"Fuck off…" He says and flips over so his body was facing up. She could see his hair was showing off the bed head and she tries her best not to let her mouth drop, thinking it looked incredibly sexy. His blue eyes flicker open for a moment. He stares up at her blankly, but then his eyes suddenly grow wide as he springs up. "What the hell…" Gabriella hears a thud as his head hits the headboard and he groans, rubbing the impact spot. "Ow…"
Gabriella giggles. "Time to get up." She says and tries not to stare at his visible pecks that were showing since he was sitting and wasn't wearing a shirt.
"What the hell are you doing here?" He asks while still rubbing the back of his head painfully.
"We're going to the beach." She says and smiles. "And you've gotta get up."
Troy looks up at her and shakes his head. "Hell no."
"Hell yes." She responds. "Come on… Chad's already up." She says while glancing back to see that Chad and Taylor were in the hallway, probably flirting like there was no tomorrow.
"Good for him." He says as he leans his head back again. "I'm staying here."
Gabriella rolls her eyes. "No your not."
Troy nods and slips down so he was in a lying position again. "Yea I am. Give me three reasons why I should get up."
Gabriella sighs. "One… It's already nine-thirty, two, you wanna get tan, and three…" She lets a seductive smirk play on her lips as she looks down at him. "You'll get to see me in a bikini."
Troy's eyes light up and he suddenly rips the covers off his body and stands up. "Give me five minutes." He says while Gabriella rolls her eyes and watches as he grabs a black suit that had faint white and orange plaid stripes on them as he slams the bathroom door.
Gabriella could feel the sun beat down onto her thin body as she opens her eyes gently to become blinded by the light. About three hours ago, the four of them had made their way down to the pool area on the El Mexicano Sueños property, meeting Sharpay and Zeke since Jason was hanging out with some of the other basketball guys. Gabriella had to admit, she felt a little awkward from the fact that Chad and Taylor were holding hands while laying next to her and Zeke and Sharpay were holding theirs next to them. Gabriella glances to see that Troy's body was lying face down on the other side of her. He really was gorgeous, there was absolutely no denying that.
His hand reaches down under the white lawn chair as he grabs something and then turns to her. "Since you're staring at me… I think you should do me."
Gabriella's eyes grow wide. What the hell did he just say? "What?!" She exclaims and Troy laughs a little while holding up a brown bottle and tossing it to her.
"Do my back." He says while Gabriella looks down to see that he had tossed her sun tan lotion. She rolls her eyes and sits up. "Thinking dirty about me huh?"
Gabriella rolls her eyes and leans down over him while placing the white lotion into her hands and then rubbing them together. "Sorry… I'll try to refrain from it." She jokes as he chuckles a little and she places her hands onto his burning back and begins to rub over his skin.
Troy glances back at her and smirks. "I didn't tell you to stop." He states and Gabriella feels her cheeks blush. She rubs her hands over his shoulder muscles and does her best not to tremble at the fact that she was touching him this way. It could have been her imagination, but she swears she hears a moan erupt from his body softly.
When she's finished, she places the bottle down and then walks back over to where her own chair was. Troy gets up and grabs the bottle, squirting it into his hands. "I gotta return the favor."
Gabriella smiles as she suddenly feels his soft hands connect with her shoulders. He massages the substance into her skin and she feels her body tremble softly at his touch. She could hear Troy laugh slightly above her as his hands drop down to her lower back and she feels a familiar throb form in between her legs. When he's finished, he sits on the edge of her chair and Gabriella flips over so she's looking up at him. "What?"
Troy shakes his head for a moment while still looking down at her, smirking. "Nothing." He responds and then grabs her hand, sending sparks straight to her heart. "Come on… I wanna hit the ocean." He pulls her up gently, still keeping their hands connected and she suddenly feels his fingers slip in between her own. Her heart skips about twelve beats as he turns to the rest of the gang. "We're going down there." He points with the hand that wasn't connected with Gabriella's as the four lying on the chairs open their eyes and look at him.
"We're coming too." Sharpay exclaims in a small, bright pink swimsuit with sparkles on it. She grabs Zeke's hand and pulls him up, with the four of them walking to the beach. Gabriella and Sharpay let go of the guy's hands and run to the water, feeling the warm salt connect with their skins, feeling better than a massage.
"I love this!" Gabriella exclaims while feeling a wave crash against her back. Sharpay laughs as she looks back to see the guys walking towards them slowly.
"I'd love this more if they'd hurry their asses up." She says. "Hey slow pokes! Get your asses over here!"
Gabriella looks to see that a couple women with small children glance in Sharpay's direction and give her an evil look. She rolls her eyes and looks back to find that Troy was now standing in front of her with a smirk on his face. Zeke immediately wraps his arms around Sharpay, but Troy and Gabriella both don't seem to notice. "What?" She asks as Troy shakes his head and smirks again.
"Nothing. Just enjoying the view." He says while taking a couple steps forward with Gabriella's face blushing.
The four of them hang out in the ocean for while before Sharpay gets tired and Zeke takes her back to where Chad and Taylor were probably exchanging kisses. Gabriella found herself walking in sync with Troy along the side of the ocean once again, with the sun still high in the sky so she had to squint to see. She could still feel the tingle in her hand as it was laced with Troy's.
"God I love Mexico." He randomly exclaims as they begin to make their way back along the beach to where his hotel was.
Gabriella giggles. "Well I'm glad. See… wouldn't you have been bored if you slept all day in your room?"
Troy chuckles a little and shakes his head, sneaking a glace at her. "No…" He says at first and Gabriella gives him a look. "But this beat it."
A smile falls onto her face as she could start to see the pale yellow building come into view. She sighs, not wanting to go back to the other four. Sure… they were her best friends now, but she wanted to enjoy as much of these moments with Troy as she possibly could. "Good." She says and feels his hand squeeze hers a little.
"So… you doing anything tomorrow?" He asks casually as Gabriella feels her stomach flip a little. She hoped she knew where he was going with this.
"Just camp." She says as he seems to relax a little but still remains tense. "Why?"
His body stops as he turns to her. "I gotta ask you something." He says and Gabriella's eyebrows rise slowly. He seemed to have a nervous look on his face about something, but she couldn't quite grasp what it was.
"Ok…" She says slowly and looks up into his crystal blue eyes that matched the ocean.
He takes a deep breath and then looks down at her. "You wanna… um…" He trails off and takes another deep breath. "I know this really good Mexican place a couple miles from here..." He says and Gabriella tries not to laugh. Basically every restaurant in Mexico was Mexican. "Do you wanna go? Tomorrow night?"
A smile breaks out onto Gabriella's face. Did he just ask her out? Did this just happen? Was she dreaming this? But the look on Troy's face told her otherwise. He just asked her out. "Yea. Um… Yes!" She says with excitement as Troy's face suddenly becomes relaxed and a smile breaks out onto it.
"Great!" He exclaims and Gabriella feels her heart soar. He wraps his muscular arms around her and she smiles into his touch, smelling the crook of his neck finding it her new favorite smell in the world. They hold on for a moment longer then a usual hug would last and then pull apart to look at each other. "What time?"
They both start walking again, their hands laced once again as Gabriella shrugs. "I don't know… seven?" She says as he nods and smirks down at her.
"Ok… I'll pick you up at seven then." He says smirking as Gabriella could feel her heart beat against her chest quickly. She was going on a date with Troy Bolton. This defiantly couldn't get much better than this.
"Sounds good to me." She says with a smile on her face that wouldn't go away any time soon.
A/N: Sorry for not updating as frequently as on Time Changes Everything, but now that spring's rolled around I don't have as much time on my hands. Also, I'll be out of town starting on Saturday and not sure if I'm going to be able to update until next week Friday. But anyways, thanks so much for reading! It means so much!