Troy started to slowly pull away from their hug, knowing that everyone in the car had curfew, but the minute he moved Gabriella just pulled him closer. She had no intention of letting him go anytime soon. She felt safe with him; she wanted to keep that feeling.

After a few more minutes, Gabriella felt like it might be ok to let go. They both pulled away from their embrace, but still kept their hands on each other's body. Gabriella looked up at Troy.

"I'm sorry I freaked out on you like that. It was just too much to handle." Gabriella said, staring into his bright blue eyes. "It's just that I've never done anything to make Dean mad. Throughout our entire lives together, we've never had a fight and he's never spoken to me like that until…"

"Until me, right?" Troy said as he looked at his feet, but still keeping his hands on her waist.

"Well… yeah. But there's nothing to be jealous about right? I mean we both have significant others, we're just friends." Gabriella said as she looked into his eyes and realized her hands were still lingering on his body. She quickly pulled them away, realizing that what she was saying was contradicting what she was doing.

"Yeah of course, you have Dean and I have Lindsay. Nothing to be jealous of." Troy said.

"Exactly, friends?" Gabriella said holding out her hand for him to shake.

"Friends." said Troy as he ignored her hand and went in to give her a hug.

Gabriella gave into the hug again, but then quickly pulled away, "Should we go?"

"Yup, we need to get you home Miss Montez!" said Troy.

Troy and Gabriella got back into the van. When they were both buckled, Troy started the engine and continued driving down the road. After 10 very silent minutes, he pulled into her driveway. Gabriella slid open her door and was about ready to get out, but hesitated for a minute.

"I'll walk you to your door." Troy said before stopping "If that's ok?"

"Yeah I was actually waiting to see if you'd say anything!" Gabriella said laughing "Sorry I'm kind of a wuss, but I'm always too scared to walk anywhere in the dark by myself, even if it is only 10 feet."

"Yeah, no problem." Troy said as he got out of the van and slammed the door. He looked through the window to see if he woke Sharpay or Erin, who was passed out too. He saw Erin move a little, and look at him through the window. He motioned for her to go back to sleep. She smiled and turned her head to follow his instructions.

"I like them." Gabriella said as she giggled at the scene she just witnessed "They're both so funny! How long have you known them?"

"Sharpay I've known since diapers, and Erin is actually an interesting story." Troy said laughing, trying to avoid the subject.

"Well I'd like to hear the story." Gabriella said laughing as she pushed Troy's shoulder so he would turn and look at her. "If I remember right it's my turn in Truth so my question is, what's the story with you and Erin?"

"Oh this girl knows how to play the game!" Troy said laughing as he threw his head back, looking at the sky.

"Damn right I do! You obviously never had to survive a life or death slumber party!" Gabriella said as she moved closer to Troy subconsciously.

"Can't say that I have really. Unless you count those few times with the cheerleading squad…oh man those were good times." Troy said as he glanced over to see Gabriella expression. He noticed her turn and stare at him with her mouth wide open.

"I'm kidding!!" he yelled as he threw his hands in the air. "I'm not really into the whole cheerleader type."

"Good! I was about ready to punch you!" Gabriella said as she smacked his arm.

"Why, were you a cheerleader Montez?" Troy said as he rubbed his arm, pretending it hurt.

"No Bolton, actually I was a track runner! I used to love running. I would run 5 miles every morning." Gabriella said with a proud look on her face.

"So why'd you stop then?" Troy asked.

"Um I think you're avoiding your question. What happened with you and Erin?" said Gabriella, not wanting to tell him the reason. It was too much to bring back right now.

"Oo you remembered that huh? I thought for sure I'd talk you into a different subject." Troy said laughing nervously. "It's not really that big of a deal. I've known Erin almost as long as I've known Sharpay, but in 5th grade we started dating. I thought she was the love of my life actually."

"Whoa! I did not see that one coming? So why'd you break up?" Gabriella said, genuinely amused at how badly Troy was fidgeting.

"Well I was getting to that, if you would have let me finish" Troy said as he glared at Gabriella jokingly. Gabriella zipped her mouth shut and stood with her arms crossed, ready to listen.

"Anyways. So we started dating, and were actually together until 7th grade. If I remember right I wanted to propose to her, but she told me that if I did she'd say no because she wasn't ready to have my "hot babies" yet. She wanted to wait until she was at LEAST in 9th grade." Troy said as him and Gabriella both started laughing.

"Well, that was the year that my little sister was hit by a drunk driver, so when that happened I pulled away from everyone. I didn't feel like I could face anyone anymore so I stopped going to school and kind of turned into a bad kid. I was sent to the juvenile detention center a few counties away. Erin stuck by me through everything, even when I told her that I never wanted to see her again. We broke up, but we stayed best friends through everything. She was the only one who ever came to visit me; my own mother didn't even come to see me. Ever since then we've just been best friends. I honestly don't think I would be here without her." Troy said as he looked down at his feet. He'd never told anyone that story before. The only person who knew the whole truth was Erin, and now Gabriella.

"Wow." Gabriella said, stunned "She sounds like an amazing friend. I wish I had friends like that."

"You do." Troy said plainly, as he lifted his head to look her in the eyes.

"Thanks" Gabriella said as she locked eyes with him. "I've never really had good friends before. It's always just been me and Dean. Not that I resent that or anything! I'm glad he's in my life, it's just that sometimes you need friends, you know?"

"Yeah I do." Troy said as he smiled at Gabriella "Well look no more because you have made 4 new friends tonight, and they're some pretty great ones if I do say so myself." Troy said as he gave her a wink.

"I'd say they're pretty great too." Gabriella said as she gave him an over exaggerated wink causing Troy to laugh out loud.

"Nice, Brie, real nice." said Troy before his expression dropped. "Sorry I didn't mean to call you Brie."

"I was just upset in the car. My dad really was the only one who ever called me Brie. Normally I would never let anyone else call me that, but for some reason when you say it, it sounds right." Gabriella said before her eyes got big "Wow I didn't mean to say that out loud."

"Don't worry about it. I don't think I could ever call you Gabriella or Ella Bella for that matter. It just seems weird to me. Brie seems perfect. If you don't mind?" Troy asked, so he didn't seem too forward.

"Nope, go for it Sparky!" Gabriella laughed.

"Alright, good. Well I better get those drunkards to bed. I'll see you later?" Troy said expectantly.

"You got it Sparky!" Gabriella said as she locked eyes with him again. They started moving closer, never breaking eye contact. They're hands started heading for each other's body when…

I'M NOT GUNNA WRITE YOU A LOVE SONG. CAUSE YOU ASKED FOR IT. CAUSE YOU NEED ONE…

Gabriella's ringtone went off and scared both of them enough to make them jump 3 feet apart. Gabriella glanced down at the caller ID and saw Dean's name.

Ok God is telling me something here she thought.

"It's Dean." She said as she avoided Troy's gaze. "I better take this. I'll see you later." Gabriella started walking away.

"Hey Baby. How are you?" Gabriella said as she glanced back to see Troy still standing in the same spot staring at her. She waved one last time before turning around and walking inside.