Chapter 10: Not So Quiet Night Alone

A couple week had passed since Troy and Gabriella had handing in their project. Gabriella had been friendlier towards him, well, sort of. She would acknowledge him if he spoke to her; however she still hadn't forgiven him. She still hated him, but she was grateful that he had done the entire project just so she wouldn't fail. Usually Gabriella was a very forgiving person, but for some reason she couldn't bring herself to forgive Troy Bolton. He'd hurt her too much over the years and she couldn't bring herself to forget that. She didn't want to be friends with someone like that. Other than the Troy factor, everything was going great in Gabriella's life. She was finally in a place where she was happy, or rather happier than she used to be. There were still things in her life that she would love to be different, but they were things she couldn't change.

Gabriella opened her locker and pulled her books out. Just one more period, she thought. Gabriella sighed; she couldn't wait for the day to be over. She was looking forward to a nice relaxing evening at home. Her mom was going to be out all night, which meant she had the house all to herself. She was planning on spending her night curled up on her bed in a pair of sweat pants and a baggy shirt and watching a movie. It would be the prefect evening alone.

She closed her locker and was about to leave for her last class, when she felt someone come up behind her and wrap their arms around her waist. She was about to speak when the person lifted her into the air and started to swing her around. Gabriella giggled.

"Matt, put me down!" she squealed between laughter. Matt continued to spin her around. "Please," she begged, giggles continuing to escape her lips. "Put me down." Matt listened and slowly lowered her onto the ground, but he kept his arms around her waist. He rested his head on her shoulder, his lips brushing up against her ear.

"Hey beautiful," he whisper. Gabriella shivered when his hot breath made contact with her neck. She slowly turned around so she was facing him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked into his gorgeous green eyes, smiling.

"Hey sexy," she said flirtatiously.

"Sexy, eh?" he replied with a smile. Gabriella nodded.

"Uh-huh," she whispered, as she lifted herself onto her tippy toes and gently brushed her lips against his. She pulled away and smiled at him.

"I should get to class," she mentioned. Matt frowned.

"Aw, do you have to?" he whined, tightening his grip on her.

"Matt," she sighed. "I really have to go," she said as she tried to wiggle out of his grasp.

"What are you doing tonight?" he asked, just as she released herself from his grip.

"I'm spending a quiet evening at home watching movies," she explained quickly as the warning bell rang.

"Do you mind if I crash your quiet evening?" he asked hopefully.

"Yeah, sure," she said with panic in her voice. She couldn't get a detention she needed to get to class. "I've got to go see you later," she quickly kissed him on the cheek then ran off down the hall.

"Bye!" she heard Matt call after her.

Troy walked down the hall towards his locker. He kept his eye pealed for Chad. He was rounding the corner when he felt someone come up beside him. He looked over and saw Chad.

"Hey man, what's up?" Chad asked twirling his basketball on his finger.

"I've just got to get my books and then we ca head off to class."

"Cool. So what are you up to tonight?"

"I'm just going to take it easy. You know maybe shoot some hoops, watch the game," he replied. "What about you?"

"I've got a date with Tay," he explained as they drew closer to Troy locker.

"You really like her, huh?"

"Yeah, I do, but not as much as you like Gabs." Troy glared at Chad, his eyes moving in the directions of their lockers where Gabriella stood, with Matt. Chad followed his gaze.

"Do you mind not saying that so loud?" Troy hissed. Chad nodded as Troy walked over towards his locker and opened it. Matt, who had been swing Gabriella around put her down, but kept his arms around her none the less. Troy sighed. He'd give anything to hold her in his arms.

"Hey beautiful," Troy heard Matt say.

"Ugh," Troy grimaced, as he slammed his locker and walked over towards Chad. He looked back over at Gabriella and Matt and groaned. "Doesn't it just make you sick," he complained. Chad followed Troy's gazed and sighed.

"Well, what did you expect? You would finish one assignment and everything would go back to the way it used to be?" he asked rhetorically. "If that's what you thought, then think again."

"Shut up man," Troy replied. "What kind of friend are you anyways? Aren't you supposed to try and cheer me up or something?" Troy started making his way down the hall and Chad followed.

"It's called being honest."

"Why him?" Troy asked curiously. "The guy's such a jack ass, not to mention a player." Chad laughed.

"Yeah, coming from the king of players himself," he teased, receiving a punch in the arm from Troy. "Look, as far as I'm concerned he makes Gabs happy and that's all that matter." Troy sighed.

"I guess you're right. It's just; she deserves someone better than him, way better."

"Someone like you?" Chad guessed. Troy looked down at the ground and didn't reply. They had almost reached the class when he finally spoke again.

"Have you talked to Tay yet?"

"About?"

"You know ,about what I can do?" Chad shook his head.

"No, but I will tonight," he promised.

"Thanks man."

***

Later that night Troy was outside playing basketball when he heard a car door slam. He knew it wouldn't be his parents, so he walked round the house to the front to see who it was. When he reached the front yard he saw Tiffany walking up the path towards his front door.

"Tiff?" he called. Her head swung around until she laid her eyes on Troy. "What are you doing here?" She smirked and walked over to him, making sure to sway her hips. Troy moved his eyes up and down her body; she was wearing a very tight, low cut shirt and a very short skirt. The two items paired together left little to the imagination.

"Hey Troy, baby," she said flirtatiously. "I'm here to see you of course."

"I figured that much," he said in an obvious tone. "What I meant is why you are here?"

"Well," she began, placing her hand on his shoulder and stroking his arms with her fingers. "I was sitting at home and I realized that we haven't spent a lot of time together lately," she replied simply. "Then I started to feel lonely, very lonely," she said as she leaned into him so that her lips gently brushed up against his ear. "Not to mention, very horny," she whispered seductively. Troy felt his pants tighten. Betrayed by my hormones…again, he thought.

"Look Tiffany, I don't really want to," he sentence was interrupted by a groan that escaped his own lips as she began to suck on his ear lobe. Troy's mind was telling him to pull away, but his body wouldn't let him. She brought her hand up to his hair and started to run her fingers threw it. She quickly came up for air then captured his lips in a kiss. To Troy's surprise he started kissing her back. They continued to kiss making it deeper until Troy needed some air; he pulled away just in time to see a car making its way down the road.

"So, are your parents' homes?" Tiffany asked running a finger down his chest. Troy shook his head.

"Nah, there at some event for my mom's work," he replied his eyes never leaving the car.

"Are we going to take this inside then?" she questioned hopefully/

"Look, I don't really think," he began, but stopped when he saw the car pull into Gabriella's driveway. That wasn't her mom's car, he thought. His eyes were locked on the car; he held his breath as the car door opened. When the person stepped out of the car, Troy gaze turned into a scowl. It was Matt, going up to Gabriella's house, when her mom wasn't home. Troy felt jealousy rip through his veins.

"Troy?" he heard Tiffany say breaking him out of his trance.

"What?" he snapped, then immediately regretting it.

"Sorry," she frowned. "You just never finished answering, you don't really think, what?"

"Nothing, never mind, let's go." He grabbed her by the hand and led her towards the house.

Gabriella and Matt were cuddled up in Gabriella's room watching a movie. Gabriella looked up at Matt and smiled. He, sensing her eyes on him looked down at her and returned the smiled.

"You are so beautiful," he whispered to her. She smiled and leaned towards him and gently brushed their lips. Gabriella felt Matt's hand cup her face and pulled her closed. She smiled into the kiss. She felt his tongue peak out and lick her bottom lip begging for entrance. She granted him access and their tongue began to dance together.

They continued to make-out, completely forgetting about the movie. Matt was lying on his back and Gabriella was on top of him. The make-out session became very heated, very quickly. Gabriella wasn't bothered, that is until Matt started pulling her top off. She tried to ignore it, but she couldn't. She quickly pulled away and got off of him.

"What's wrong?" Matt asked a hint of frustration in his voice.

"I'm not ready Matt," she sighed. Matt punched his fist into the bed.

"Dammit Gabriella!" he exclaimed. Gabriella looked at him shocked; she'd never seen him act this way. "We've been dating almost three months."

"I don't care, I'm not ready to have sex," she said standing up and walking over to the window and looking out.

"What, am I not good enough for you?" he cried, Gabriella wiped her head around shocked.

"Where is this all coming from?" she asked curiously, slightly scared. Matt stood up and walked over to Gabriella, she could see the anger in his eyes. "Look, maybe you should go. We can talk about this later," she said gently touching his arm. Matt shrugged her hand off.

"You don't like me anymore?" he hissed.

"Of course I still like you!" she exclaimed. "What just because I won't have sex with you, you think I don't like you anymore? And why the hell are you acting like this?"

"You're a fucking bitch, do you know that," he screamed. Gabriella looked at him hurt, her eyes filling with tears.

"Get out," she said her voice quivering.

"No," he replied firmly walking towards her so she backed into the wall.

"Matt, you're really scaring me right now. I want you to leave." Her whole body was shaking. Matt quickly brought his hand up and slapped her across the face. Gabriella's hand shot up to her face immediately, her jaw dropped. Who was this guy and what had he done with Matt. She looked at him with dark eyes.

"Get the fuck out of my house!" she screamed, tears streaming down her face. Matt's face softened, having realized what he'd done.

"Gabs, I'm so sorry," he said softly. Gabriella walked passed him and over to her bedroom door, opening it.

"Get out!" she screamed once more. Matt hung his head and walked towards the door.

"I really am sorry," he mumbled, leaning down to kiss her forehead, but she pulled away before he could. Matt walked out of her room and down the stairs; Gabriella stood at the top of the stairs and watched him walk out of the house. Once he was out she ran down and locked the door. She leaned her back on the door and slid down until she was sitting on the floor. She buried her head in her knees and began to cry.

A/N: I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I hope you liked chapter 10. I know you guys aren't fans of Gabriella and Matt together, but it's all part of the story. I promise you though that there is some Troyella moments coming up very soon! Anyways, please review and let me know how you liked the chapter. I'll try and have the next one up soon!