Maddie and Troy walked up the stairs of the Bolton household, aiming for Troy's room.
The blonde carelessly tossed herself onto the basketball star's couch as he rummaged through his room thinking of things to do.
"Are you in the mood for a movie?" Troy asked his friend for lack of a better idea.
"Can we watch some later tonight? It's too pretty outside to be cooped up in the house." Maddie replied as she eyed the Bolton's pool through the window. Luckily, she had grabbed a bag of clothes that she had by the door right before they made their escape from the Ice Queen.
"Oh, I know what you're talking about. You want to go swimming. Well, the only way that's going to happen is if we do something I've been wanting to do to you for a very long time." He replied with a smirk.
A lump formed in Maddie's throat as she looked up at Troy. The things he could be insinuating floated through her mind at rapid speeds.
'Okay Maddie. Just play it cool. Yeah, that's it! Play it cool…' she thought, trying to calm herself down.
"And what might that be?" she countered with a smirk all her own. Apparently she had the Evans gene of acting skills since she seemed to be pulling off the whole 'play it cool' card.
"I want to verse you in Halo!" Troy replied excitedly as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Oh. Yeah…sure! That's what I thought you were talking about."
Her surprise and disappointment was a little more than evident in her voice. She had hoped he was going to make a gesture. You know, the romantic type. Like pulling her onto her feet and taking her in his strong arms and kiss her like there was no tomorrow.
'I guess I'll leave love to fairy tales and romance novels.' Maddie thought as she followed Troy down into the living room and starting playing the game.
To her surprise she was actually kind of good at Halo. She wasn't one to play many video games, but she came close to winning a couple of times.
"Hey! You just shot me again!" the blonde said as she hit Troy playfully on the arm.
"Well, that does happen to be the point of the game Fitzpatrick." Troy replied nudging her on the shoulder in return.
"Oh so that's how you're going to play Bolton. Just you wait; I'm totally going to win the next game! Then you'll be the one who's complaining."
"We'll see about that, Blondie!"
"Hey! Don't use my hair color against me! What if I start calling you Brownie? How does that make you feel?"
"Well Dr. Maddie, it makes me feel…like-like…like I'm going to beat again!"
"Ha ha! Aren't you just the funniest person ever?" Maddie said sarcastically.
The two continued to tease each other for next hour and a half until Maddie finally won. Jumping up and down on the couch, she celebrated her victory.
"I won! Go me! It's my birthday, it's my birthday…" she sang happily as she danced around Troy.
"Okay…are you done gloating now? Because I hear the pool calling our names." Troy stated, still in awe that someone had actually beat him at Halo.
"Yes! Okay I'll go change and meet you out back!" Maddie cheered as she ran off to go put on her swimsuit.
Troy went to his room and changed into his Hawaiian swim shorts, his mind on Maddie.
'Man, I've never had this much fun hanging out with someone before. I feel like I can be myself with Maddie. There's just something about her…'
Maddie was done changing in the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. Her plain black bikini fit perfectly, showing off the things she want it to, and hiding nicely the things that she preferred High School guys with tons of hormones not to see. She pulled her hair out of the ponytail it was in, letting her blonde locks frame her face.
'Hair…check! Cute swimsuit…check! Breath…hmm, that may need a little work.' Maddie listed as she grabbed some mouthwash from the counter and gargled. After double-checking her breath, she hastily made her way to the back yard to meet up with Troy.
As soon as he saw Maddie Troy's jaw hit the floor. It was like he couldn't take his eyes off her.
'The way the sun is hitting her and her hair makes her look like amazing. Plus, it doesn't hurt she looks HOT in a bikini. I must be the luckiest guy alive right now.'
"Looks like someone's been working out!" Maddie complimented when she saw Troy's abs.
"Why thank you. You have my dad's killer basketball practices to thank for your viewing pleasure. You're not looking to bad yourself! Looks like someone's been…umm…eating their vegetables." Troy replied not knowing how to make himself look smooth.
'Looks like someone's been eating their vegetables? My god Troy! You could've said something a little better than that!' he thought, mentally kicking himself.
"Um, yeah. I love my vegetables…Well, I think I'm gonna lay out for a while." Maddie answered as she laid her towel out on the ground.
"No your not." The brown haired boy replied simply.
"And why not?"
"Because you're coming in with me!"
"Wha-" Maddie started, but by that time Troy had scooped her up and jumped into the pool with her.
When she finally came up for air, Maddie was ready to sock him in the arm.
"TROY!"
"Uh oh!" he responded cowardly as he swam away as fast as possible. Sadly, Maddie was an extremely fast swimmer and caught up with him in seconds. Before he knew it he was being dunked underwater.
Maddie smiled triumphantly until he surfaced. Soon the smile was washed off her face when Troy splashed water directly at her.
"It's war!" the blonde screamed as she returned the splash, nailing the teen with more water.
Splash after splash was traded, until suddenly Maddie stopped returning water. Her hands covered her face as she started to sniffle. Troy rushed to her side and put one hand on her back, gently rubbing circles in hopes to comfort the crying blonde.
"Maddie? What happened? Are you okay?" he questioned her as she continued to cry.
He moved so he could be face to face with her and slowly tried to remove her hands. Soon he saw the smile that covered her face.
"GOT YA!"
With that, water was promptly pelted at his head.
"Hey! I thought you were actually hurt. Well, I guess it's time for payback…" Troy replied as he grabbed her around the waist and slowly pulled her towards him. She tried to swim away, but her efforts were to no avail.
Soon, she was securely locked in his arms with no way out. Looking up their eyes met. The crystal blue eyes she had seen so many times before now captivated her completely. She just wanted to stay like that forever, caught in his eyes, wrapped in his arms. The two slowly started to move closer, lips just inches apart.
They both decided to cut off the distance at the same time, consequently bumping noses.
"Ouch!" The two cried in surprise as they held their noses.
"Oh, um…sorry." Troy apologized feeling like a dork.
"No, really. It was my fault." Maddie retorted as a blush crept across her cheeks.
An awkward silence followed. Neither one knew what to say or do now that the moment had been ruined. Finally, Troy decided to speak up.
"So…how's living with the Dramatized Twins of East High?"
"Sharpay is evil, as I'm sure you've noticed. Ryan is pretty nice; he's the most understanding of the two. And as much as Sharpay hates to admit it, he's the one with the most style. I mean, those hats scream fashion!" Maddie answered doing an impression of an overpaid designer at the end.
This got a small chuckle out of Troy, and definitely cleared the air of all the tension that was floating around them before.
"Are you in the mood for a movie marathon yet? I'll even let your choose which movies to watch." Troy asked.
"Sure!"
Maddie quickly put on a white skirt and red tank top over her swimsuit, while Troy threw on a shirt and the two made their way into living room. Looking through the large assortment of movies Maddie found her favorite, Pride and Prejudice. It was the newest one that stared Kiera Knightly and Matthew McFadden.
"Yes! I can't believe you guys have Pride and Prejudice! We have to watch it." She squealed as Troy's smile fell to a frown. That look was more than enough to squelch Maddie's happy demeanor.
"Oh come on Troy! You'll love it, trust me. Please…" The blonde pleaded giving her signature pout.
"Okay…but the next movie, I get to pick."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you! Wait, something's missing here…SWEETARTS AND MOUNTAIN DEW!"
"Sweetarts and Mountain Dew? If I'm mistaken most normal people prefer to eat popcorn during movies." Troy stated incredulously.
"Don't knock it till you try it!" Maddie replied sternly.
"But seriously, that is the craziest combination I have ever heard."
"No it isn't, it's really good. All you have to do is grind up the sweetarts with your teeth until they turn into powder. Then, you take a drink of Mountain Dew and feel the fizz in your mouth." Maddie explained step by step.
Following the steps, Troy did as he was told. The expression on his face was priceless when the fizzing started. Maddie burst into hysteric giggles at the sight of it.
"Wow! That is good!" Troy exclaimed as he grabbed more candy and put it in his mouth.
"I told you so!"
"Where did you even learn this from anyway?"
"Zack and Cody…" Maddie said as her mind faded to memories of their annual movie night they would have when Maddie had to baby-sit.
"Well next time you see them tell them thanks for me!" Troy said with a goofy smile on his face.
"I'll send them the message. Now how about we start up that movie?" Maddie said as she flopped down onto the couch beside Troy.
"If with have to…" Troy said forlornly.
"Aw, is Troy scared about a little competition from the smoking hot Mr. Darcy?" Maddie replied knowing how competitive boys were.
"No! Now lets just watch the movie!" Troy said grabbing the remote from the blonde and hitting play.
"Wow, thank God my mom isn't that crazy!" Troy exclaimed as he watched Mrs. Bennet try to marry off her daughter Jane.
"Where are your parents anyway? I haven't seen them here yet." Maddie questioned as the thought hit her.
"Oh, they went with my little brother on the monthly family camping trip. I was going to go, but then you called and…well, I decided to go save you from Sharpay instead." Troy replied with a lop-sided grin.
"Troy! I can't believe you ditched hanging out with your family for me!" Maddie screeched as she knocked him hard in the arm.
"Chill! I'd rather hang out with you more than my family anyday."
"At least you have a real family…" Maddie muttered under her breath.
"What?"
"Oh nothing…I just remembered that I left my science book in my locker." She lied quickly.
"Please, I don't buy that for a second. Tell me the truth Mads." The brunette commanded, giving her the I-know-your-lying-so-tell-me-the-truth-right-now look.
"And what are you going to do if I don't?" Maddie inquired playfully.
"This." Troy said as he pulled her close as their lips crashed into each other.
Maddie was startled at first, not expecting Troy to pull her into an unbelievable, earth-shattering kiss. When she finally got a grip on what was happening she began to kiss back with equal fervor. Before either one knew it, their small kiss had turned into a full-blown make-out session.
Did you like it, love it, hate it? I wanted to get more of Maddie and Troy together in this chapter so I hope you like it. By the way, Sweetarts and Mountain Dew is an AMAZING combination. Next chap. will be up in a bit! Toodles!