soooooooo sorry it took so long for me to get this chapter up but i dont really like it and well i hope you do

Chapter 11:- The Woods

"Gabriella"

"Troy" They had been saying each others names for the past 5 minutes. They didn't know what else to say to each other, Gabriella couldn't belive what she had said and Troy couldn't believe she had said it.

"Troy, this is stupid. Did you hear what I said or not?" Gabriella finally gave in.

"No, but I read your lips" Troy retorted.

"Well you could've been wrong" Troy shook his head he knew what she said and he knew she meant it.

"You tell me what you said, and I'll tell you if that's what I saw"

"Fine! I said that ... I love you" Gabriella said once again, she always thought the boys said it first but it just came out of her mouth earlier. Troy was nodding his head with a goofy grin on his face.

"What's with the nod and grin?" Gabriella asked her voice shaking a little. She was scared aobut what Troy would do or say and he could sense it. Their hands were still together but Troy made their fingers lace together to let her know that he wasn't angry.

"I love you too Gabsicles" He finally said after what seemed like forever nodding his head. Gabriella's sad face soon turned into a massive grin. She dived onto Troy wrapping her arms around his neck. his arms were around her waist and his lips soon met hers. It wasn't a make-out just a simple kiss full of love and everything else they were feeling. It was intertupted by Gabriella's phone ringing in her pocket. She pulled away even though she didn't want to.

"WHAT!?"

"Whoa, sorry Gabs. Just called to tell you were on our way now. Why are you so snappy?" It was Chad, he had never really been on the end of a Gabriella tantrum and didn't want to experince being there either. He saw what she was like with her brother ... madness!

"Nothing, sorry. I just told Troy that I love him and you have to interupt" The line went silent, no-one spoke for a few seconds until Taylor shouted

"You what!? Gimme the phone! Gabriella what did he say?" Taylor snatched the phone of Chad so she could talk to her best friend.

"Ask him yourself" Gabriella handed Troy the phone.

"What did you say? It must be good because you haven't run away" Taylor began babbaling and didn't shut-up until she heard a part of what Troy said.

"...I love you too"

"Sorry hunny, I'm with Chad. Plus your not my type"

"No! That's what I said to Gabriella. Plus your not my type either"

"SHE BETTER NOT BE!" Chad could be heard shouting, making whoever was in the car laugh. Gabriella just rolled her eyes, typical Chad.

"Listen we gotta talk so we'll see you at the house" Troy said before he put the phone down. He gave the phone back to Gabriella and their hands brushed. He felt it again, the electric shock, he had gotten used to it but it felt stronger now he knew that she loved him too.

"So... You go first" Gabriella said.

"Well, you love me and I love you so ... what are we?"

"Hoping you ask that" Gabriella answered grinning.

"Well, when people normally love each other more than friends their not normally friends. Their more ... if that makes sense?" Troy just looked at her, it made no sense at all at least not in his head.

"Basically, what I was trying to say is ... Will you be my girlfriend?" Troy asked his eyes full of hope and love. Gabriella' smile grew as she nodded her head. Their lips once again found each others, this time it was deepened letting their tounges explore each others mouths. They pulled away when a car horn beeped outside. They ignored it and just looked into each others eyes.

Taylor and Chad had been waiting for Troy and Gabriella for 25 minutes before they came. When they went past Gabriella's house they honked the horn but they must have ignored it. When Gabriella finally came into view Taylor rushed over to her and hugged her. It had only been a week since they last saw each other but it was too long for them, they were like sisters. Taylor whispered in her ear before moving over to hug Troy.

"Who said it first? You?" Taylor could feel Gabriella's head nodding against her ear. Taylor started laughing, it was not like Gabriella to be this comfortable around anyone so soon. When she hugged Troy she whispered in his ear too.

"You should've said it first! Don't hurt her" Troy also started nodding to let Taylor know he would'nt hurt her. Chad was hugging Gabriella when Taylor's parent's arrived.

"Go pick your room Tay-Tay" Her mom said, Taylor rolled her eyes at her mom.

"Mom don't call me that!" Only Chad could call her Tay-Tay, he was the one who started it in middle school. Troy and Gabriella followed them into the house. Taylor had also picked the room with the balconly with the help from Chad. Gabriella and Taylor's houses where the same layout so Gabriella knew her way around pretty much.

"Tay, we're gonna go now. Leave you to get settled in" Gabriella said as she headed for the door, Troy holding her hand. Chad waved and carried on unpacking Taylor shouted Bye but it came out muffled because her head was in her duvet cover.

Gabriella and Troy walked along the empty street, hand in hand. Gabriella know where she was going but trusted Troy. When they reached a park Troy started to run dragging Gabriella along with him.

"Troy! Stop! Where are we going!?"

"You'll see!" He headed for the nature reserve part, it was like a mini wood. Still holding her hand tight he oulled her into a little cave type thing. Gabriella didn't like cave's or wood's or anything, she felt alone when she around them. Troy could tell something was wrong because she tightened her grip on his hand.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked clearly concerned. She shook her head but he knew she was trying to make him not worry about her.

"Gab, tell me. Please" He did his pout again which he was really rubbish at.

"Okay When I was about 6 or 7 something happened.

Flashback

"Daddy! Daddy! Where are we?" A young Gabriella Montez shouted out. Her dad had taken her out for a walk and brought her to a wood. The tree's were massive, towering over her. She didn't like it. She hated being small, she was the smallest in her class at school and the bigger kids teased her about it.

"Daddy!! I don't like it" She started to run trying to find her dad, but she couldn't see him anywhere. She ran faster and faster until she fell over a loose root. She scraped all her knee and it was bleeding. She cried louder and louder hoping someone would hear her but no-one came. Not even her father.

"Daddy" She whispered. She climbed up back onto her feet and tried to walk but it was no use. She decided to hop instead. She soon got tierd so she leant against a tree, she could see the park ahead. It was far away but she hated this wood thing, so she started to hop again.

It took her nearly 30 minutes to get out of the wood hopping. She could see her dad laughing sitting on the hear-by swing. When she saw him she wanted to go over to him but instead she just hopped home. He found it funny that she was only 7 years old, left in a big wood all alone and scared to death. He was her father he should care about her but from that moment she realised something. He couldn't really care about her, if he did he wouldn't have done that to her

End Flashback

I was so scared. I hopped all the way home and ran up to my room. I couldn't move my leg it hurt so much, no-one even noticed I was home, that's how much they care. I was 7 years old" Gabriella told Troy the whole story, she was now crying silently. Troy moved over and hugged her, he tightened his grip on her hand and got up.

"Come on. I wouldn't have brought you here if I knew" Troy apologized to her.

"It's okay Troy I just got scared you'd leave me here. Like my dad did" He pulled her up and wiped her tears with his thumb.

"I would never leave you, not unless you wanted me too. Actually I wouldn't leave you then either" He reassured her. If she was sick or upset he wouldn't leave her side, he wouldn't even leave her side if she was perfectly fine.

Hope you liked that chapter so sorry its taken so long for me to put up i've been tryin 2 write the story and do coursework but thats comes first unfortuanatly lol

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