EEEK. Sorry for the late update!

You know how I said that Troy and the rest of the guys, but Zeke played for LA lakers? Yeah, im changing that to Red Hawks. Hah. I know I make it sound like they don't even play but im not sure if that will come into the story later.

They don't have to 'work' as much because they were pretty much rich from earlier seasons before. I don't know what else, because I wanted them to be rich, and not have to work as much either.

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"Sure" he said trying not to sound so happy. After a couple of silences and kisses Troy spoke up. "I love you" he said softly.

"I love you too. I really do" she said, half lying. Troy leaned down and gave her a soft, tender kiss. He pulled back seeing her smile. He smiled. Her smile, her laugh, anything; to him, it was all contagious. He loved her. He knew he did. He didn't deny it. But one thing he knew.

She didn't feel the same.

The two adults lay in bed, still nude from their previous activities, listening to each others breathing and making small talk. Troy kissed Gabriella forehead down to the side of her lips and finally made his way to her soft pink lips. The kiss turned into a make out until they were interrupted.

The blond walked in yelling."Gabi!!...holy shit" Sharpay exclaimed,stunned once she saw Troy and Gabriella.

"Fuck, I should of called." Taylor muttered. Gabriella blushed and Taylor smirked. "Hello Gabi..Troy" she laughed.

"Taylor...why are you here?" Troy asked as Chad walked into the room.

"Damn" Chad said as Troy pulled Gabriella closer to him instinctively. Chad slapped his hands over his eyes chuckling.

"What the hell is happening here?" Sharpay asked. Gabriella bit her lower lip. After no response Sharpay got irritated. "Someone want to explain?" No answer again.

"Get out" Troy demanded. "We need to get changed."

"Gabs, its 5:30 and you have a date at 6 with Jake, remember?" Taylor reminded her.

"Crap, I almost forgot" she muttered. "Get out, im gonna jump in the shower." She said as Taylor nodded and walked out shoving Chad out on her way. Sharpay eying them suspiciously as she walked out the door slowly.

"Mind if I jump in with you?" Troy asked half jokingly once they were out.

"Sure, but no funny business alright? I don't want to be late"

"Your not going to be late anyways, he's coming to pick you up here." Troy told her.

Gabriella sighed. "Same difference. Come on" she said as she wrapped the sheets around her, walking to the bathroom. Troy pulled his boxers on and followed Gabriella.

Troy walked into her shower and wrapped his arms around Gabriella. "Hello Beautiful"

Gabriella giggled. "Hey handsome" Troy kissed her neck going up to her jawline kissing each part. "Troooy"

"hmm?" he mumbled.

"Stop. I have a half hour before Jake gets here." Troy pulled back frowning.

"Fine." he replied reaching for a towel outside of the shower cubicle and wrapped it around his stomach and walked out. Gabriella sighed and finished showering.

After she finished showering Gabriella let Sharpay and Taylor into her room to help her get ready for the date. "What the hell is happening between you and Troy and no one told me"

Gabriella took in a deep breath and let it out a couple of seconds later. "He's helping me have a baby.." She trailed off as Sharpay's eyes went wide.

"What!?" Gabriella shrugged as Taylor played with her hair. "As friends?"

"Yeaaah. Why not?" Gabriella asked as if it was no big deal.

"Gabs. He's your best friend. That has a girlfriend." that definitely stung her. "and your going on a date. I know you want to be a mother and all that but why with Troy?" Sharpay asked.

"Well, I trust him enough and well yeah" she shrugged.

Sharpay frowned. "What about Jake and Meredith?" she asked shuddering at the thought of defending Meredith.

"I'll still be dating Jake...or whatever me and him are and we won't tell Meredith" Gabriella explained.

"And if you and Jake get married and you're pregnant?What about Meredith then?" The blond kept questioning.

"Please Sharpay, im just going on my first date with Jake, may I remind you? And Meredith... I don't know."

Sharpay sighed, fearfully. "Why did you have to ask Troy though? Maybe Jake can help with this.." she tried to reason, not wanting the blue eyed boy to be getting hurt.

"I didn't ask Troy.. he offered." Gabriella sighed. "I don't think I would want Jake to be helping out with this either.."

"Are you encouraging to this too?" Sharpay asked directly to Taylor.

"What?! No! I just found out this morning!" She defended herself. What a long day this has been.

Gabriella sighed, stressed. "Can we just please drop this? And so I can get ready."

"Fine, but one thing Gabi, don't let Troy think that your in love with him or something. Don't get him in too deep with this." Sharpay said as she knew she was already wrong along with Taylor.

Gabriella frowned. "I don't want to hurt Troy..." she said quietly. Sharpay and Taylor sighed, looking at each other and debating whether or not to tell her Troy already loves her. "It's not like he really likes me right? He's my best friend. I'm his best friend. That's kinda all we'll ever be" she tried to convince them, although more to herself for some reason. The two knowing friends bit their bottom lip, trying not to let anything out.

"Right" Taylor said not sounding so confident. "Let's get you ready." They all agreed and did it in silence, too deep in their thoughts to talk.

The three women were a lot more chattier near the end of getting Gabriella ready than when it started. Troy and Gabriella's friends all went home after getting her ready. Her hair was up in a loose bun, curled. Light make-up and wearing a pale blue, knee length dress. She walked down the stairs gracefully seeing Troy sitting on the couch watching tv by himself. His head shot towards the heel clicking and he smiled seeing her. "Aren't you beautiful." he chuckled.

Gabriella blushed. "Thanks.." she said as she walked towards him.

"Excited for the date?" he asked trying to sound enthusiastic.

"Yep" she giggled making Troy smile.

"What do you think will happen after this...date?" he asked reluctantly.

"Who knows" she shrugged. "I do like him..kinda a lot but im not sure. Hope its something good though" she pondered. Troy struggled to hold back a frown, being successful he forced a smile, trying to make it as real as possible. With no luck, Gabriella noticed and frowned. "Don't worry okay? I won't leave you. You'll always be my best friend" she smiled as he was stung by those words. Even she felt saying that was wrong. She leaned over and gave him a small peck on the lips. "Don't worry" her lips lingered on his.

Troy let a small smile play on his lips and kissed her again. "I love you" he murmured against her lips.

Gabriella let out an unintentional smile. "I love you too" he pecked her lips again. The bell rang making the two move apart from each other. Troy jumped up to get the door only to meet his girlfriend.

"Hey Troysie!" Meredith shouted gleefully. Gabriella heard her best friends girlfriend from where she was sitting and frowned. Troy let her in and they walked to where Gabriella was.

"Hey Meredith" Gabriella greeted.

"Gabriella" she answered bitterly.

"Soo, what are you doing here?" Troy asked, curious.

"Since little Gabi here is going on a date, I think we should have some time to ourselves." Meredith replied, perky.

Gabriella rolled her eyes annoyed as the bell rang right on cue, making her jump up and go to the door. "Well hello beautiful" Jake greeted/complimented her as she opened the door.

Gabriella blushed and giggled. "Hey"

"Ready to go?" he asked.

"Uhm," she looked back at Troy for a second. "i need to go get my purse really quick." Jake nodded. "Wait here" she said as she signaled Troy to go upstairs.

"Gotta use the restroom" Troy chuckled awkwardly as he ran up the stairs. Gabriella rolled her eyes and went upstairs to retrieve her purse. "Have fun" Troy mumbled when she walked into her room, to actually find her purse.

"Thanks. Have fun with Meredith" she laughed.

Troy chuckled. "Right, well if you need anything call me." he said as he wrapped her into a hug.

Gabriella returned the hug and they leaned back from each other and gave a small kiss. "I think we've had enough today" Gabriella winked and walked out, a little to seductively. Troy groaned and went after her, wrapping his strong arms around her petite waist and dragged her to her room. "Troy I have to go" she whined.

"This is what you get when you do that" he replied, and they went into a short make-out.

"Okay, I have to go" she said after a few minutes. "Bye" she giggled.

Troy rolled his eyes pulling her back and gave her another small kiss. "I love you"

"I Love you too" she smiled and kissed him once more and walked out the door, Troy following later.

"Wow, this place is amazing" Gabriella said once they pulled up to a restaurant.

"Yep, I hope you like Italian" he winked getting out of the car. Jake ran to the other side and opened the door for her.

"Thanks" she grinned as she took his hand and came out of the car.

They went into the restaurant and were seated once they were called. "So Ms. Montez, tell me about yourself?"

Gabriella giggled. "Hmmm, well I don't know. I'm just an ordinary person I guess?"

"Yeah, right. I highly doubt the beautiful, intelligent Gabriella Montez is an ordinary person" he winked. Gabriella blushed and looked down. "So what's your middle name?"

"Estella" (not sure if I mentioned her middle name before but I changed it to Estella if I did)

"Awh" he chuckled. "So Gabriella Estella Montez" Gabriella nodded a little embarrassed. "I like that, did your parents do that on purpose? GEM?"

"I'm not really sure actually"

"Alright, so instead of Brielle, im going to call you GEM, since it's special"

Gabriella looked at him hesitantly. "Actually...Troy, he calls me that, and he only calls me that.."

"Oh" his face fell. "That's alright then."

"Sorry" she bit her bottom lip.

Jake chuckled lightheartedly. " Don't be."

Gabriella smiled. "Okay, so tell me, any brothers or sisters?"

"Nah, only child, how bout you?"

"Yep, same here, Troy's just been there with me my whole life" she smiled about talking about him.

"Have you guys ever...dated?" he asked a little anxious to know the answer. Secretly hoping they never did.

"No, we haven't dated."

He let out a sigh of relief, mentally "Oh, thats...cool I guess."

Gabriella giggled. "Yeah, I have to go to the restroom, be right back"

"Okay, I'll just order food."

Gabriella nodded as she scooted back her chair with a small squeak and walked to the bathroom to fix up.

5 minutes later, Gabriella walks out and made her way to her table with Jake. She takes a couple of steps to see Jake kissing another girl? Her mouth goes ajar as tears pricked her eyes. How could Jake be kissing another girl when her was on a date with her?! A tear escaped her chocolate orbs as she went to the back entrance while taking out her cell phone.

She dialed the number she knew by heart for years. "Ella?"

"Troy?" she let out a sob.

"What's wrong?!"

"Can you just please pick me up?" she asked into the phone as she walked to the park.

"Yeah, where are you at?" he asked worriedly.

"Im at the park near the new Italian restaurant. Can you please hurry because I'm freezing and alone"

"I'll be there in a couple of minutes." He hung up as Gabriella pulled her knees to her chest and sat there, tear stained cheeks and left in her thoughts.

True to his words, Troy arrived about 3 minutes later, pulling her into a big, tight embrace once he got out of his car. "Come on Ella, Let's go home" he said carrying her up and putting her in his SUV.

Five minutes later Troy carried Gabriella up to her room and set her on her bed. She leaned against her headboard and brought her knees up. Sobs filled the air as Troy climbed into her bed, right next to her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry for whatever happened" he said kissing her head.

15 minutes later, Gabriella's crying has come to an end. Troy, still kissing her head continuously and stroking her hair. "Do you wanna tell me what happened?"

"Jake.." she replied, her head still on his shoulder.

Troy tensed up as his hand on his lap curled into a fist. "What did he do?" he asked through his clenched teeth.

One of Gabriella's hands stroked his hand that was on his lap. "Just kissed some girl when I came back from the bathroom."

Troy let out a noisily breathe. "I'm gonna fucking hur-"

"Don't Troy...please, just let it go" she said interlacing her fingers with his. Of course, he calmed down.

He sighed. "I wish I could do something.."

Gabriella let out a small smile. He was always so caring to her, he'd always be there for her, she loved that. "Don't worry about it..do you wanna know what I thought?"

"Hmmm?"

"I really thought he was the one... I liked him so much and" she sighed. "I don't know, I just thought I'd be with him for a long time.." she vented to him.

His stomached dropped. His faced dropped. His eyes dropped to a light gray. Tears stung his eyes. He was frozen.

His heart, was broken.

Ooooooooooh myyyyyyyyyy gooooooooooooooood.

I am soooooooooooooooo sorry for not updating sooner ): so so so sorry.

I've been busy with high school, it's so overwhelming!

Aaaah, I hope I didn't lose a lot of readers.

By the way, IM CO WRITING A STORY WITH MY FRIEND!

It's on my profile, it's called The Hardest Thing. It's gonna get good so pleaaase read and review it! We'd be sooo grateful. Not that I already am, i'd just be even more grateful. :D

Where she said Troy calls her GEM, he does it rarely, when he's serious practically. Just watch out for it and I hope your not confused. If you are, tell me :D

ANY IDEAS? Tell meee for the next chapter!

I hope you liked this chapter. Took forever to do ha ha.

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