Here's the next chapter. Just remember, Gabi and Troy haven't kissed yet:
Gabriella sat with the rest of the gang at lunch. Troy had told them all what had happened, and no one mentioned anything. Gabriella was glad. She wasn't ready to talk about it with anyone at the moment, and her friends seemed to understand that. It felt good to be back with Jason and Zeke Baylor who were always trying to outdo each other with horrible concoctions of food and then eat them.
"We're gonna go and do some basketball practise," Chad said as he finished and stood up. Troy frowned at them as they walked off without him. It seemed to be Taylor and Kelsi's signal, because they stood up and mumbled something about the library before walking off. Troy and Gabriella were left together in uncomfortable silence.
"You, uh, want to go…up?" Troy asked, indicating a spot on the roof where he always went to think. Gabriella nodded, and they both stood up and began running up the stairs. Sharpay glared after them before going back to her drama club group. Ryan Evans noticed the angry look on his twin sister's face and realized something was up, but said nothing. As they reached the roof and sat down on the seat, Troy began blabbering. "I am sooo sorry, Gabriella…I didn't mean to ignore you…I was wrong I never should have--"
"Sh," Gabriella put her hand over his mouth and gave him a smile. "I get it. I'm good. I'd rather not talk about it though--at least, not at the moment." Gabriella lowered her hand from his mouth slowly and looked away. Troy stared at her, thinking how much he wanted to kiss her, but never had.
"Gabi, I…There's something I want to give you," Troy began. Gabriella looked at him expectantly. He reached over and awkwardly held one of her hands. "If you don't like it, you can just forget it," Troy continued. Gabriella looked confused, but nodded. Troy moved closer and then quickly ducked down and put his lips on hers. Gabriella was stunned at first, but slipped her arms around him his waist. Her lips moved over his and Gabriella felt his hands entwine themselves in her long hair. After a few moments, they slowly pulled apart.
"I ain't forgetting that," Gabriella whispered. "About time." Troy glanced at her in surprise, and then his face relaxed into a smile. They sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes before Troy took a deep breath and asked,
"What exactly happened?" Gabriella glanced at him, and then down at her feet.
"Okay…."
I'm an expert at cliffie's, aren't I? He he.