Author's Note: I guess many of you have come on the same term. You all hate Lexi. *Laughs. I didn't post because I was sick, but I checked my e-mail this morning and...you guys make me feel so bad! You're all so nice; I have to update! Enjoy this chapter (Ha….the name of this chapter is Enjoy!) Always, schoolgirl 101
Chapter 11- Enjoy
Gabriella sat on the soft carpet, and she laughed as she leaned onto Troy. She finally had gotten some time to be with him again without Lexi breathing all over her. It felt really nice. She was going to appreciate it.
"You can't be serious?" she grinned as she looked at the bushy-haired boy across from her.
Sharpay's sleepovers were always the best in her eyes. Gabriella could spend a little time with her friends. And a little time with Troy. She was away from Lexi---she was away from the difficulties of life.
"Of course I was serious!" the boy retorted. "I was five and naive."
"How can you swallow a fish, and then get your head stuck in the fishbowl?"
"I told you! I wanted to pet the poor thing. So I poured out the water to grab it. Then the thing started jumping and before you know it, that thing was in my mouth."
Troy looked at his best friend and smirked.
"I screamed!" the boy shouted loudly. "And then I swallowed the guppy," he shuddered.
"Stupid little boy," Sharpay replied. "Chad, seriously. I can see you doing something like swallowing a guppy, but how did you get your head stuck in the bowl?"
Chad groaned. "I panicked and freaked out. I thought if I spit back up the fish, it would go back in the bowl. So I stuck my head in---"
Gabriella burst into a fit of giggles and clutched her stomach. "Chad, you're so stupid!"
"Not stupid!" he defended. "Naive! Not stupid!"
Gabriella took in some shallow breaths as she began to calm down. "If you say so," she grinned.
She grinned. She was glad Sharpay invited everyone for a sleepover. She needed some way to cool off and relax. Being without Troy was stressful; she needed a good long nap. And something to drink.
Gabriella reached over Troy's lap to grab his can of soda.
"Hey that's mine!" Troy bellowed.
"I know," Gabriella shrugged as she took a gulp of his soda and set it back down. "Okay who's next?"
Gabriella looked around the room and looked at her friends. They're once again playing the famous game: Truth and Dare. It was practically the only thing you could do at a sleepover. Well, there were other things. Not that Gabriella wanted to do any of them.
"I get to choose who goes next, right?" Chad asked happily.
"No!" Sharpay yelled. "My turn Chad!"
"But Sharpay---"
"No!"
Chad sighed. "Fine."
"Don't whine Chad," Taylor added. "It was Sharpay's turn anyway."
Sharpay shot Chad a glare and turned towards Troy. "Okay. Bolton. Truth or Dare."
Troy looked at Sharpay and raised his eyebrows. "Um, truth," Troy shrugged.
"You're a chicken like Chad, or what? Too afraid to choose dare?" Sharpay brushed her hair away from her face.
Troy rolled his eyes. "Fine. Dare."
Sharpay squealed and grinned happily.
"I dare you to make-out with Gabs."
Gabriella, who was taking another sip of Troy's drink at the time, was no longer taking another sip.
"EWWWW…Gabs," Sharpay crinkled her nose. "The point of drinking soda is to swallow it! Not spray it all over the white carpet!"
Gabriella wiped her mouth and started to go in a coughing fit. She wasn't sure she heard that sentence right. She pressed her hand over and over towards her ear. Nope, she was hearing things right. So that must have been what Sharpay had been so excited about…"Sharpay!" she screamed.
Sharpay looked at Gabriella and smiled innocently. "Awww, come on Gabs. You'll enjoy it. After all, I know you're so into Troy," she teased.
"That is wrong on so many levels!" Gabriella cringed. "And besides, Troy has a girlfriend now," Gabriella cringed at the word.
"I think Gabs is right on this one. I'm not going to cheat on my girlfriend."
"Don't be a wuss Troy," Sharpay rolled her eyes. "It's just a game. We all know that. Right guys?"
Sharpay turned around to face her friends. They were all silent. Sharpay guessed they hadn't seen that one coming. She had planned that dare for weeks.
Silence.
"Sharpay, please don't do this to me. I think I'd puke if I kissed Gabs."
Gabriella hit Troy's arm. "Shut up Troy," her face flushed and she looked down hoping no one would notice.
Silence.
"Wait!" Sharpay gasped before squealing. "Don't tell me you guys have never kissed before!"
Troy and Gabriella looked at each other quickly before looking away.
"OMG! For real? Not even a little peck when you guys were small?" she asked surprised.
Gabriella looked at her friends around her. Their mouths were slightly ajar which showed that they also were clearly surprised. Gabriella bit her lip. "We never felt that way about each other. Why? You guys thought we made out before?"
"I did," Sharpay announced. "I mean---the whole cliché best friend loving each other thing. How could you not?" she declared. "Shut up! Are you guys for real?"
Troy looked embarrassed. "Yes Shar. We have never kissed before. Why is that so hard to believe?"
"You two are like the hottest juniors in our grade!" Sharpay yelled. "How could you not even fall for each other for even a moment?"
Silence.
"Um, Shar, maybe you should calm down a bit. You're getting Troy and Gabs embarrassed," Taylor whispered quietly.
Sharpay hushed Taylor. "It's just a tiny little make-out session," Sharpay pointed out. "With tongue," she added.
"Shar...excuse me while a puke now," Troy said getting up.
"Troy!" Sharpay yelled as she pulled him back down. "Are you a big chicken or what?"
"I'm not!" Troy said. "But Gabs! Not Gabs! And I have Lexi to think about!"
Gabriella cringed. "And what about me?" Gabriella asked. "Don't I get any say in this?"
"No!" Sharpay laughed. "Just do it Troy."
The gang watched as Sharpay pushed Troy onto Gabriella.
"I so need to get this on camera," Sharpay muttered as she pulled out her camera phone and aimed it at the two.
"Put that thing down," Taylor hissed as she peered at her two close friends.
Gabriella looked at Troy. Were they going to do it? In front of all their friends? Gabriella's stomach churned. She had a crazy feeling inside. Maybe she was nervous. Maybe she was excited.
Troy frowned and looked at Gabriella. "Guys---" he paused. "I can't do this."
"What do you mean you can't do this?" Sharpay asked incredulously. "You've kissed dozens of girls before."
Troy looked away from Gabriella and Shar and traced circles around the carpet floor. "I can't kiss Gabs."
Gabriella bit her lip and her eyes flickered.
Silence.
"Look Sharpay," Gabriella claimed. "Give Troy any other dare and he will be fine with it. Just don't let him do this one. He can't."
"Hey," Troy said as he turned to look at Gabriella. "You know, I'm doing this for you, right?"
She nodded, and in an instant, he shut his eyes tightly as he pushed his lips onto Gabriella. He expected his first thought to be on Lexi, but strangely, it wasn't. He thought about circles.
Whispers shot through the room. Troy groaned and pulled away. Something inside of him erupted.
The best things can happen in an instant. I know that something has changed, never felt this way, and right here tonight, this could be the start of something new.
"That was for you Gabs," he groaned. "That was for all of you---please tell me I just didn't do that," he said wiping his lips.
Gabriella shuddered and glanced at Troy. "Ewww, Troy. I didn't think you're going to do that. I thought you wouldn't do it because you didn't want too. Because…we didn't want to."
I can't get hurt; I can't bring myself to tell you. Just Walk Away! Ooh, and don't look back. Cause if my heart breaks, It's gonna hurt so bad. You know I'm strong, but I can't take that before It's too late.
Silence.
Sharpay broke the silence and rolled her eyes. "Make-out sessison guys. You look like you just kissed your grandmother Troy."
Troy winced. "It feels like I just did."
I can picture ourselves growing old together, you're the grandmother, and I'm the grandfather. I'll be eighty-seven; you'll be eighty-nine, I'll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky, oh my my my...
"Shut up Troy!" Gabriella said slightly annoyed as she too wiped her mouth. There went that moment. Not only did she feel stupid for actually thinking she might have felt something in that kiss, but she now had the guilt of knowing Troy already had a girlfriend on her shoulders, and him hating the kiss.
"C'mon guys, let's see some tongue!" Sharpay said getting suddenly excited, and she began clapping her hands together. "I need a picture to send out for Christmas!"
"You don't know how perverted that sounds…"
Troy shot Sharpay a glare. "If you even dare to do that..."
Chad looked away disgusted. "No one wants to see that except for you Sharpay. They're like brother and sister," he trailed off. "And Troy kind of has a girlfriend to be loyal to."
Gabriella bit her lip and looked away. She just wanted to disappear.
Ryan nodded. "Chad's kind of right. It's not like Troy and Gabriella will ever hook up."
Sharpay shrugged. "Yeah. I know. It's just a dare. I just wanted to see if Troy was man enough."
"I am man enough!" Troy argued.
"Uh huh," Sharpay said.
Troy groaned as he turned back towards Gabriella quickly. He pressed his lips against hers once again. For once, he decided to just forget what his friends were doing. He decided to forget for just that moment he had a girlfriend. He wanted to prove a point. He was man enough.
But was that really his point, or was he proving himself one?
Gabriella squirmed when her lips touched Troy's. He felt so…she couldn't describe it. Disgusting? That seemed like a suitable word. Gabriella couldn't get it out of her mind. Maybe it was the way his moist and soft lips had a trace of coke, or the way he forced his mouth against hers. Gabriella hated it. But a very tiny part inside of her told her she loved it.
Troy's tongue gently rolled against her lips and she reluctantly opened her mouth.
"Ewwww!" Chad screamed. "That's like incest!"
"I can't even watch anymore!" Chad yelled as his hands rapidly covered his eyes.
Taylor looked at Chad and laughed. "I guess Chad's scarred for life," she commented.
After a couple of minutes and an infinite supply of torture went by before Troy pulled away. "There. Your dare Sharpay."
Sharpay nodded in approval. She had gotten some pretty hot pictures. She'd show them to Gabs later. She frowned when she saw Troy get up. "Where are you going Bolton?"
"Bathroom. To puke," he said.
The gang started laughing as they watched Troy run out to the bathroom.
Within seconds Gabriella jumped up. "Me too," she muttered as she ran in the direction Troy went.
Their friends were in hysterics.
"What did I just do," Troy muttered as he wiped his mouth over and over again.
"What did I just do," Gabriella whispered.
"And did I enjoy that?"
