I am really sorry about all the delayed updates. I have finals tomorrow and Thursday, but i get home earlier from school so it gives me time to update. Also, christmas break is coming up and i cannot wait cause that means i dont have to wake up at 5:30 in the morning in a longgg time.
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Following My Footsteps
Chapter 11- That Lovey Dovey; That Kiss Kiss
Troy was sitting on the edge of the fountain outside the school with one leg bent and propped up staring in the water at his own reflection. He rubbed his face with his hands as he then heard the doors open and foot steps coming towards him. He looked up and saw a dark haired girl making her way towards him. Troy quickly stood up and went over to hug her as she buried her face into his chest and cried a little more.
"Gabi" Troy whispered as he stroked her hair and buried his own face in her hair.
Gabriella picked up her head and looked at Troy's blue eyes which were filled at the moment with love and concern.
"You must think I'm so pathetic girl who is overly emotional." Gabriella chuckled as she wiped away some tears.
"No…no Gabi, baby. You are nothing like that." Troy replied as he hugged Gabriella even more.
"Baby?" Troy's face was now turning red while Gabriella chuckled.
"Well….I mean…..um."
"Didn't you want to show me something?" Gabriella started to ask as Troy was nervously rubbing the back of his neck.
"Oh yea. Follow me." Troy took Gabi's hand and started leading her back into the school towards a set of stair case hidden in the white walls of East High's halls.
Troy led Gabriella up the stairs as the sun light started seeping onto their skins and the aroma surrounding them was filled with many different exotic flowers.
"Wow…its beautiful." Gabriella stated as she spun around to take in her surroundings. "How did you find this place?"
"I was just wandering around trying to clear my mind during some stressful times and I happen to find this place. I love to come here to think and relax whenever I need to."
"Well it certainly is peaceful and calming." Gabriella replied as she took as seat on the bench and Troy then sat next to her.
"So how are you really." Troy asked as he placed his right hand on Gabriella's left and loosely held it.
"I'm ok. I guess experiencing a near death experience makes what happened this afternoon seem like nothing." Gabriella replied as she stifled a laugh.
"Well its good to see that million dollar smile on your face." Troy replied as he playfully poked her nose.
"You really are a sweet guy Troy." Gabriella started to say as she pulled a strand of hair behind her ear. "Troy…can you hold me?"
"Sure Gabi." Troy pulled Gabriella into a hug and then lifted her onto his lap as she rested her head on his chest. "Is there something wrong?"
"Well…when Michael was holding my hand, and then when he kissed me…in some way it felt like it was Jimmy who was doing all of that." Gabriella said as she also sighed. "I just wanted you to hold me because I love it when you do."
Troy smiled and buried his nose into her hair taking in her scent of a mixture of strawberry shampoo and a light hint of perfume which just captivated him.
"I know that couldn't have been Jimmy, but he just felt like him and it scared me." Gabriella looked at Troy and he looked back into her eyes.
Gabriella was caught up in the moment and suddenly lifted her head and brought her lips up to Troy's and started kissing him. Troy suddenly started kissing back when he quickly broke away.
"Ok I can't do this." Troy said as Gabriella quickly got off his lap and sat back on the bench. Troy stood up and rubbed his face with his hands.
"I'm sorry Troy. I shouldn't have kissed you. You must be really sick of me and want nothing to do with me. I'll just leave. You can forget all about me." Gabriella stood up and was about to walk towards the stairs when Troy grabbed her arm.
"Gabriella. I can't stand the fact that I have to hold back my urges to just kiss you and hold you at times. Gabriella you are the best thing that has happened to my life and I cannot wait till I can spend the rest of it with you." Troy let go of Gabriella's arm and placed his hands on his forehead looking like he was about to go crazy.
"You know what. Screw waiting for the first date. Gabriella, will you honor me by being my girlfriend." He held both of her hands and looked into her eyes which had tears which were threatening to fall.
Gabriella was standing there frozen. She was trying to understand what Troy just asked her. 'Did he just ask me to be his girlfriend?'
"Gabriella..?" Troy was now feeling nervous considering the fact that Gabriella still hasn't answered his question yet.
"Um…I gues-" Troy was suddenly cut off when Gabriella threw her arms around his neck and her lips came crashing down upon his.
Troy was shocked as first, but then he kissed back passionately as he snaked his arms around her waist and picked her up off the floor.
When they broke apart they rested their foreheads against each other with their eyes still closed just enjoying each other's company.
"So does that mean a yes?" Troy asked as Gabriella grinned.
"Yes. Yes. Yes." Gabriella replied as she leaned in to kiss Troy again.
Troy was smiling against Gabriella's lips and could not believe that he finally had Gabriella to himself.
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Gabriella flung herself onto her bed staring at the ceiling smiling as widely as possible. Today had to be the best day of her life. She suddenly squealed one last time just to get it out of her system. Yes indeed she was really happy.
Gabriella looked at her clock on her bedside table and saw that it was only 3:45 PM. She couldn't hang out with Troy after school since he had basketball practice. Since the season was over, they wouldn't have as much practices as they did before, just maybe once or twice a week just so they can make sure their skills are as sharp as they are all year round.
Chad instead gave Gabriella the keys to his car so that she could drive home herself and he would just get a ride later on.
Gabriella quickly pulled out her phone from her bag and pressed button #2 as her phone suddenly speed dialed a number.
'Hello?'
"Amber?!! Are you busy?!!"
'Um…no. Why? Is everything alright Gabs?'
"Everything is just great. Can you call all the girls and come to my house now?!"
'Um yea sure. We'll see you in 10 minutes.'
"GREAT!"
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Gabriella ran downstairs and opened up the door.
"Hey Gabs. What's the emergency?" Sharpay asked as she walked into Gabi's living as Taylor, Amber, and Kelsi walked in after her.
"I have to tell you guys something." Gabriella said as she stood in front of her 4 friends who were seated on different parts of the sofa set.
"Oh Gabs. How are you feeling after today?" Kelsi asked as everyone else around her shifted towards Kelsi.
"What do you mean how was she feeling? What happened today?" Taylor asked as she looked from Kelsi to Gabriella.
"You haven't told them yet Kelsi?" Gabriella asked as she looked at the rest of her friends.
"No. I didn't think it was my place to tell."
"Ok. So I guess now would be a good time to tell us what happened today." Sharpay stated as she got herself comfortable in her seat.
"Ok well…"
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"Then Ms. Darbus and Kelsi came in and I told them what happened and Ms. Darbus dragged Michael off to Mr. Matsui's office."
"Oh Gabriella. We're so glad you are ok though!!" Amber replied as they all got up and gave Gabriella a hug.
"The weird thing is that Michael's touch and presence felt like Jimmy's."
"Well it couldn't have been Jimmy." Sharpay replied as she once again took her seat.
"Yea. I know but it was just really weird."
"Ok well, now that we know about that. I can tell there is something else you want to tell us, cause when you were talking to me on the phone, you sounded really happy." Amber pulled Gabriella towards the sofa and sat her down.
"Oh yea!! Well, I was with Troy afterwards. We were talking, and then he asked me to be his girlfriend."
Suddenly five sets of squeals filled the room.
"Oh my goodness Gabi!! Finally you two are together." Sharpay shouted as she went up to hug Gabriella.
"We are all so happy for you Gabster." Amber replied as they all gave Gabriella hugs.
"How about we celebrate!" Kelsi suggested as we pulled out her phone. "Girls night? Pizza and movies?"
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At 10:00 pm the girls finally went home. Gabriella was tired after her very eventful day that she decided it was time for bed. She walked into her adjoining bathroom, brushed her teeth and then changed into a pair of baggy cotton sweats and a tank top. As Gabriella walked out of her bathroom, she noticed that a shaggy haired blue eyed boy was sitting on her bed patiently waiting for her.
"Finally those girls leave." Troy got up and walked over to Gabi where he snaked his arms around her slim waist.
"Troy. What are you doing here? Not that I don't enjoy your company, but its late."
"I know, but I just wanted to give my girl a good night kiss. Is that so hard to understand?"
Gabriella giggled as she buried her face into his chest.
"Won't your parents get mad at your for coming home so late?"
"Actually, they think I'm already asleep. I plan on crashing here tonight and sneak back home early tomorrow morning." Troy led her over to the bed as he sat down and Gabi then sat on his lap.
"Yay! I have a cuddly wildcat to keep me warm tonight." Gabriella wrapped her arms around Troy's neck as he then smiled back at her.
"Yea and I have a beautiful wildcat here to keep warm."
"Knight turned Wildcat, that's a first." Gabriella hopped off Troy's lap and grabbed a elastic band to tie up her hair into a messy pony tail.
"Well lets keep it that way." Troy pulled Gabriella closed to him and then leaned in as they kissed. Gabriella was smiling against Troy's lips as she now couldn't believe that she could kiss this boy whenever she wanted to.
"As much as I'm enjoying this Troy, I wanna go to bed." Gabriella and Troy broke apart as Troy then took off his shirt.
"You aren't gonna go to sleep in your jeans are you?" Gabriella started to say as he noticed Troy about to get in her bed.
"Well I forgot my sweats at home." Troy replied as he stuck his hands in his pockets.
Gabriella then walked over to a duffle bag that was sitting on her computer chair and pulled out a pair of gray sweats that looked like they would fit Troy.
"I forgot to give you back your gym bag today, and was planning on giving it to you tomorrow." Gabriella handed Troy his sweat pants as he started to take off his pants.
"Hah. So that is where my duffle went. Well at least that was a good then for me then." Troy slipped on his sweats as Gabriella climbed into bed with him following in afterwards.
Troy moved closer to Gabriella as she leaned against his bare chest taking in his wonderful scent.
"Good night Gabi."
"Good night Troy."
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