"Troy!" I exclaimed trying real hard not to laugh "Give me my controller back" We had being playing Mortal Combat for over an hour and I was winning so he was acting like a child. He was running around the fraternity house with both his controller and mine.

"No!" He simply said and ran into the kitchen.

"You're such a crybaby" I told him "Just because I won 9 rounds in a row" He glared at me for a while. I chased him into the living room and he quickly ran around big Jimmy. He was doomed.

"What's going on?" Chad who was standing next to big Jimmy with a huge potato chips bowl covered in chocolate syrup in his hands asked. "Stop running around kids, you're going to hurt yourselves."

"Chad tell him to give me my controller back" I put my hands on my waist and tapped my foot on the floor.

"No she's a cheater" Troy stuck out his tongue and made silly faces at me.

"It's not my fault that you suck at Mortal Combat" I replied.

"To be fair dude you do suck at Mortal Combat" Chad said filling his mouth with potato chips. Big Jimmy then pinched Troy's ear.

"Give it back" He simply said and Troy just threw it at me. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Was that so difficult?" I asked.

"Shut up" Troy said and walked back upstairs looking like a five year old. We sat down on his dorm room floor and I connected my controller again.

"Wanna play another round?" I asked just to bother him.

"No" He said as he turned everything off.

"So what do you wanna do now?" I asked.

"Nothing" He said and turned his back on me, that was typical Troy, he would try to ignore the world when something didn't go as he wanted "Let's make out" He then said as he got closer to me. In another time that would make me wanna punch his face, but I just laughed.

"I'd rather sit with Chad and eat some of those disgusting potato chips covered in chocolate" I pushed him making him fall on his back, he laughed as well.

"They're not so bad" He defended "You should try them sometime"

"That's ok" there was no way I was going to do that "I had enough with big Jimmy's steak covered in BBQ sauce and hot chocolate." These dudes had some really weird and random tastes. It seemed like after that night I went to Troy's game I got even closer and closer to him and the other basketball players, they treated each other like family and I somehow felt like I was also part of that.

I know what you're thinking right now…what about Ryan?

We still hang out and it was still fun, but the longer I hung out with Troy the more attached I felt towards him and the less attached I felt towards Ryan. It was very weird but it was true. You won't hear me admit it to anyone but maybe I was wrong about Troy.

Maybe not all basketball players were bad.

"What are you doing tonight?" Troy asked me all of a sudden. I frowned.

"Why do you want to know?" I asked.

"Just answer the question" He replied "Why is everything so hard with you"

"Because I'm hard to get" I said and crossed my arms over my chest.

"No matter what you do I'm gonna steal your heart" He said and winked at me. In any other guy it would look extremely ridiculous but Troy made it work somehow. He makes all the corny and cheesy things in this world work perfectly.

"I may have zero plans for tonight" I said. He smiled.

"Then" Troy stood up and pulled me up as well. He stared at me intently with his wild and deep blue eyes. "Would you do me the honor of having dinner with me?"

"Dinner?" Was that it? "We have dinner together almost every night Troy" I rolled my eyes at how silly this dude was.

"Not the way I'm planning it" He smirked making me suspicious.

"What are you planning Troy?" If there was something I knew about Troy was that you couldn't completely trust him when he gives you that smirk.

"It's a surprise" He shrugged his shoulders "Just dress nice and I'll pick you up around 7:30" I saw a naughty spark behind his blue eyes, he was definitely up to something.

"To a fancy place?" I asked "Like a date?"

"Not like a date…a real date" He smiled "Just you and me"

Could I really go to a real date with Troy? The only reason I could handle this relationship with him was because it never got any deeper, it was easy and fun and for once I didn't have to think everything too much. He stood there just staring at me, waiting for an answer; I guess it was only fair because I've been out alone with Ryan.

"Ok" I found myself saying. He looked surprised I agreed so quickly and trust me I was too.

"Really?" He had the biggest smile I've ever seen, it was annoying "I thought I would have to beg you and then sedate you just so I could get you ready"

"I'm not that hard to get" I crossed my arms over my chest again.

"Cool then in that case you need to go now" He said "There are a few things I need to get ready before tonight"

"Ugh fine" I rolled my eyes and gathered my things. Troy grabbed my shoulders and kissed my cheek. It was the cutest thing ever.

"You won't regret it I promise" I smiled back at him.

"Sure" I then punched him and walked out.

I was really hoping I didn't regret it.

….

I was on my way to my apartment, talking to Sharpay on the phone and slightly freaking out. Don't ask questions I don't even understand myself, it was like one moment I was telling myself it was ok because it was just Troy and I knew him and the next I was nearly having a panic attack because a date would definitely change everything. Then there was Ryan who obviously had feelings for me and was fighting so hard.

And losing so miserably, A small voice said at the back of my head, I told it to shut the fuck up.

Sharpay was also freaking out at the other end of the line but in a whole different way. She couldn't stop saying this was the moment she was waiting her entire life. We only knew Troy for a couple of months so that made no sense at all.

"Sharpay please you're not helping me at all" I said as I searched for my key inside my purse and opened the door.

"I cannot chill, I'm sorry" She said "It's just so amazing, I totally ship you guys, I will be your maid of honor when you marry him"

"Please grab that time machine and come back to the present please" I dropped everything on my couch and went to fill my tub with warm water, I needed a proper bath or else I was going to jump from the third floor.

"Listen to me carefully…forget about everything else and just enjoy for once in your life Gabriella Marie Montez, just stop thinking about what could happen or what does everything means in your life" She took a deep breath "Just enjoy Gabs"

That didn't sound so bad.

"Will you come over and help me get ready?" I asked her. There was no way I could fix myself for a date.

"I'm already on a cab on my way there" She was just the best.

"Ok see you when you get here" I said and then hung up. I went to take that relaxing bath so I could handle what was about to happen next.

Two hours later I was already dressed up, had a whole bunch of makeup on my face and my hair looked very different from the messy bun it always was. Sharpay even did my nails, I had to admit the girl was amazing when it came to makeovers, I couldn't believe my reflection when I finally decided to look at the final result in the mirror.

"Sharpay Oh my God" I said touching my face just to see if it was real "You're amazing"

"I know" She smiled proud of her work "You're very easy to work with too"

"Well if medicine doesn't work out I'm pretty sure you have a future as a personal stylist" I was wearing a beautiful short but not very short gray dress with a black belt around my waist, some black high heels, and my hair was falling down in waves over my back. Don't even get me started on the makeup.

I even looked…beautiful.

"Troy won't be able to resist you" She said clapping and jumping around.

There was a knock on the door.

"There's your prince charming" She said and smiled at me "You'll be fine"

"I know" I said hugging her "Thanks"

"Have fun" She simply said.

I walked over to the door and opened it to find a very attractive Troy dressed in a gray suit with a blue tie, he was leaning against the door so when I opened it he almost fell, he looked at me and opened his mouth to say something smart I'm sure but nothing really came out.

"Hey Troy" I waved at him awkwardly and he just snapped out of his daze.

"Hey" He shook his head "You look beautiful"

"Thank you" I looked down at my dress "You look very good yourself" His confident half smile made its way back to his lips.

"We match" He stated, that's when I noticed we actually did match. I laughed.

"Gray is my favorite color" I said.

"It is mine too" He gave me the full smile, teeth and everything. "Let's go" He offered his arm and I grabbed it. We walked over to his car, Troy then opened the door for me.

"Thank you" I said. He winked and walked around to get inside "So where are we going?"

"It's a surprise" He said "I'm sure you will love it" he grabbed my hand with his free hand as he drove downtown. Somehow I didn't panic when he did.

We drove in a comfortable silence and soon he parked in front of a small restaurant called the library I've never heard of. He helped me out once again and held my hand all the way to the entrance of the restaurant. Troy told his name to the host and he walked us inside the place, and let me tell you it was the most beautiful place I've ever seen, there were tons of bookshelves and tables around them, the only lights in the place came from the millions of candles, I wondered if the books on those shelves were real. The host walked us to this small section called romance were you could only see tables for two. We sat down and a waiter soon gave us a couple of menus.

"That's fine" Troy immediately said "We will have the Jane Austen" The waiter wrote it down.

"Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy sir?" The waiter whose nametag said Heathcliff asked.

"Yes thank you" Troy answered. He smiled at me.

"Ok" Heathcliff said before leaving.

"Troy what is this place?" I asked. I was still in shock.

"I found this place two weeks ago, it has some kind of book theme and since you like books so much I figured you would like it, I did my research" He looked around and I did the same, it wasn't too dark, the candles gave it the perfect atmosphere. "You can even read the books on the shelves while you wait for your food"

"Really?" Ok that was definitely amazing.

"Yeah" He then stood up and grabbed a book, it was a Spanish version of pride and prejudice "I can't really read this but I'm sure there is an English version somewhere" I grabbed the book and flipped through the pages.

"This is so awesome Troy"

"I knew you would like it" He smiled.

"Are you kidding this is the perfect place" I looked at the other couples around me; some were reading together, others were sharing wine and laughing, it was so peaceful and beautiful. "How did you find this place?"

"Well…" He shrugged "I was looking for a nice place to take you and…"

"Wait you said you found this place two weeks ago, you spent all that time looking for a place to take me on a date?" I couldn't believe it.

"Well…yeah" He looked clueless "You don't seem the type of girl to settle just for anything"

I had to smile to that.

"Thank you" He smiled back.

"It's my pleasure"

This was definitely very easy. Turns out Mr. Darcy was Chicken with smashed potatoes and onions, it was delicious. We spent the rest of the night talking and I translated some lines from the book to Troy since I could speak Spanish, he said Mr. Darcy was a cool dude and I agreed. There was also a fantasy section were you could find all kinds of Harry Potter references, and a contemporary section, I even cried when I saw The fault in our stars in a bookshelf. Troy bought the Spanish version of pride and prejudice and gave it to me. We then walked to his car and he took me back to my apartment. Troy was very silent on our way to the door.

"Thanks for an amazing night Troy" I said holding my book very close to my heart "I won't be able to forget this ever" He smiled.

"I'm glad you liked it" He shrugged then he just stayed there staring at me for a moment "I really want to kiss you right now but I won't because I don't want to ruin it" He then kissed my cheek.

"Since when are you such a gentleman" I lifted an eyebrow.

"It's all part of my plan to steal your heart" He said and then walked back to his car. He looked at me one last time before driving away.

"You just did" I whispered even though he couldn't hear me.

Trust me you just did