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Chapter 12 - The Fight
Gabriella woke up the next morning quite early and saw Troy fast asleep, arms wrapped tightly around her with a smile on his face. She smiled at how cute he looked before yawning. She didn't wanna wake him so she carefully tried to pull herself from his arms. Just as she got to the edge of the bed and sat on it to tie her hair up she felt two arms snake around her waist. She smiled and looked to her right shoulder where his chin rested.
"Hey you" he mumbled, placing a gentle kiss in her neck.
"Hey, sorry if I woke you, go back to sleep for a bit it's early"
"Why don't you come back to bed for a bit?" he suggested rolling onto his back and pulling her with him. She giggled then turned so she was laying on her stomach.
"I seriously will not be able to get back to sleep sweetie, but I know for a fact you will" she said touching his nose before kissing him softly.
"Not without you" he pouted.
"We both know that is total bull Troy Bolton" He chuckled at her face.
"Before probably but now I have shared a bed with you I can't sleep without you"
"Awww you are so cute, but still going to sleep on your own" she giggled getting up quickly and walking to the door.
"Brie..." he groaned. She blew him a kiss and walked out, closing the door behind her.
Gabriella walked into the kitchen and saw Michelle sitting at the counter reading the newspaper with a coffee.
"Good morning Miche"
"Morning Gabs, there's fresh coffee in the machine"
"Thanks" Gabriella made herself a cup then sat across from Michelle who put the paper down and smiled.
"So..."
"What?" Gabriella smiled.
"You know what lady, give me details now" Gabriella giggled. "Where did he take you?"
"He drove us about half an hour away to this cliff were he had a couple of the guys set up a romantic meal for two" Gabriella smiled at the memory. "It was so beautiful Miche, there were candles and it was so peaceful, so unlike LA" she giggled as Michelle laughed. "You could just hear the sea down below crashing on the rocks and the view was... Oh my gosh" She smiled.
"What did you do after eating?"
"I asked him to dance so we did and I sang for him, we swayed to the waves and the wind and it was just perfect" she explained a huge smile on both their faces. "After that he got a blanket and we lay on the ground and just talked whilst cuddling up together and it was just the most beyond perfect date ever, he is such a romantic"
"My nephew? Troy? We are talking about the right guy right?" Michelle teased.
"Behave, after laying together for ages I suggested a walk so we went down to the beach and he chased me, obviously he caught me you know how slow I am" Michelle nodded laughing. "Then we had a romantic kiss, it was like off a movie, we leant against one of the cliffs and just held each other close, kissing and hugging and it was just..." she trailed off.
"Wow" Michelle gasped.
"What?"
"Something you can't find a word for, that never happens"
"I know right? That's how he makes me feel, speechless"
"Awww sweetheart, I am so happy for you, come here" They both stood up and hugged.
"What is going on in here?" They looked at the door and saw Troy.
"I thought you were going back to sleep?" Gabriella asked, smirking.
"Nah, morning Aunt Michelle" he kissed her cheek and she smiled.
"Morning Troy, would you like some coffee?"
"Please" he said whilst sitting down and pulling Gabriella on his lap. He kissed her shoulder and she turned to wrap her arms around his neck. She kissed him softly then pulled away as Michelle placed his coffee in front of him.
"So, my darling nephew, I never knew you were such a hopeless romantic" she smirked as he frowned.
"Huh?"
"Gabriella has filled me in on the date, sounds very sweet"
"You told her? Like everything?" She nodded.
"Oh yeah, I know all about the cliff kiss, but don't worry I won't tell mommy" she teased.
"Shut up, it isn't mom I'm worried about, it's just embarrassing"
"Why?"
"Your my aunt, I do not need you knowing everything I do with my girl ok?"
"Well you should have thought about that before you picked Gabriella to be your 'girl' shouldn't you?"
"I never knew you were so close, otherwise I would have considered someone else" he muttered earning a slap from Gabriella. "Babe, I am kidding" he smirked as she huffed and turned away from him.
"Oh dear, not good" Michelle laughed.
"You can't stay mad at me, remember?" She sighed and looked at him.
"Damn you Troy Bolton" she smirked and then got off his lap.
Michelle shook her head and laughed. Gabriella placed her cup in the sink before walking towards the door.
"Where you off too sexy?" Troy shouted, Gabriella blushed and Michelle laughed again.
"Going to get dressed"
"Can I come?" He asked cheekily as she giggled.
"No" she stuck her tongue out at him then walked off.
Troy finished his coffee and washed his and Gabriella's cups up. When he turned Michelle was looking at him.
"What?"
"It's good to see you smiling Troy" she walked over and hugged him. "I know how close you were, I am just glad you are happy"
"Yeah, well I do miss him heaps but Gabriella makes me not wanna be sad, I mean being upset won't bring him back so I should just move on right?"
"Troy, you won't ever 'move on'"
"I just meant live as normal as I can, he would hate to see me upset, if he is watching now he'd be happy that I was happy wouldn't he?"
"Course he would, you are his baby"
"Was" he corrected.
"You still are, just because he isn't here doesn't mean your no longer his little boy Troy"
"Thanks" he hugged her and she nodded.
"Now go get dressed lazy bum" he chuckled and walked to the stairs.
An hour later Troy and Gabriella walked downstairs, hand in hand, to find Michelle in the kitchen getting ready to go out. She turned and smiled at them.
"Now don't you to look better" she teased as they laughed.
Gabriella had some black skinny jeans on with a red shirt tucked in a little. She had some black heels on her feet. Her hair was in it's natural curls and her make up was light and natural looking.
Troy was wearing dark denim jeans with a black T-Shirt and a grey beanie. On his feet he wore some white tennis shoes. His hair was tucked into his hat apart from some loose bits that were hanging out.
"What are you guys doing today?"
"Umm, nothing really" Gabriella answered Michelle.
"Well I am going to do the grocery shopping, is there anything you guys need?"
"Umm... nope I'm good thanks Aunt Michelle" she nodded and looked at Gabriella.
"Just the usual" she gave her a look and he nodded smiling.
"Yep, got it sweetie, well have fun whatever you decide to do, see you guys later" she walked past the two and exited the front door.
"What's the usual?" Troy asked.
"Girl stuff Troy" she giggled and he nodded, knowing what she meant.
"So what are we doing today?"
"Do you wanna go for a walk in the park?"
"Sure, let's go" Troy took her hand and led her out the door.
They walked at a steady pace, hands wound around each others, and talked casually. When they arrived at the park they noticed a few people from the school there and Gabriella noticed Jay and his friends were playing basketball.
"Great" she muttered.
"What?"
"Jay is over there, shall we leave?"
"No, we can be here to, just ignore him, let's walk over there" he pulled her along and they sat on the grass. Gabriella sat in between Troy's legs and rested her head on his chest. He held her around the waist and kissed the top of her head.
They were just sitting there quietly, Troy whispering nonsense in her ear as she giggled. he kissed behind her ear and her neck softly biting it and she squirmed, being extremely ticklish. Troy noticed this and smirked.
"Is someone ticklish Miss Montez?"
"No, Troy don't even think about it" she gasped quickly standing and started to run. He got up and chased her as she giggled. He picked her up from behind and spun her around. Neither realised what direction they ran in until they heard a voice behind them.
"Well, well, well, look who we have here boys?" They turned and saw Jay and his three friends walking over.
"Jay just go away" Gabriella sighed, grabbing Troy's hand and starting to leave.
"Wait a sec, why don't me and lover boy get to know each other a little, you know swap notes on what kind of stuff you like" he smirked. Troy turned to face him and Gabriella panicked.
"Troy, just leave it, please" she begged, he looked down and unclenched his jaw at the look on her face. He nodded and she smiled. They were about to leave when Jay spoke again but this time to his friends.
"Did you hear why they left a few weeks ago?"
"No why?"
"His dad turned into a useless piece of shit that couldn't even speak, then he died, which is probably a good thing seen as he was no use to anyone" Troy quickly walked over and punched Jay in the face.
"Shut the fuck up ass hole!" He shouted. "You know shit about my dad so just shut the fuck up!" Gabriella gasped at what Jay said.
Jay got up and wiped his lip. He swung his fist back but Troy grabbed it and knee'd him in his man parts.
"Troy, stop it, please, come on just leave him!" Gabriella screamed as he got on top of Jay and started hitting him. "Oh god, Scott do something!" She shouted to one of Jay's friends. He just shook his head then someone came running past Gabriella.
"Troy, dude chill it" Ben shouted, as he and Cal pulled him off. Jay's friends got him up and he went to lunge at Troy. Gabriella ran between them.
"Jay stop it!!!" She shouted in his face. "Just go away before he kills you" Jay and his friends walked off but not before he added a comment.
"You better watch your back Bolton" he threatened. Gabriella turned to Troy and saw his bloody face, Jay gave as good as he got.
"Oh god, Troy look at your face" she gasped, gently touching it as he winced.
"I'm fine!" He snapped and shoved the guys off him. He walked off and sat under a tree.
"What happened?" Cal asked Gabriella.
"They said some harsh stuff about his dad"
"For real? That is crossing a line" Ben added as Gabriella knelt in front of Troy.
"Baby? Look at me" Gabriella insisted.
"Can we leave?"
"Sure, let's go" she took his hand and told the guys she call them.
Troy was quiet the whole way home and when they got in they saw Michelle was back. Gabriella quickly told Troy to go to her room and she went to get the first aid box from the kitchen cabinet.
"What's that for?"
"Oh umm..." Gabriella stuttered. "Nothing"
"Gabriella..."
"I'll tell you later ok?" Michelle nodded and Gabriella ran up to Troy's room.
She entered without knocking and saw him sat on the edge of the bed. She knelt in front of him and got some anti septic lotion on a cotton pad. She gently wiped his cuts, Troy winced and gripped the sheets on his bed, his knuckles turning white. After a few minutes he was all cleaned up and Gabriella held his hands.
"Troy? Look at me" he looked up and he was crying.
"How could anyone say that? What have I ever done to him?"
"I don't know baby, what he said was wrong but you can't flip like that, I was terrified" she hugged him. "I thought you were going to kill him"
"I wanted to" he whispered.
"Oh Troy please just leave it, I need you, I don't want you going out and getting yourself arrested"
"I know, I just flipped, it won't happen again"
"Good," she looked at him. "Oh god come here you idiot" she embraced him and kissed his neck softly. "I love you, I love you so much" she whispered in his ear.
"I love you too" they kissed but Troy pulled away and winced, touching his lip.
"Awww you poor thing, we need to go tell Michelle"
"Ok" they walked downstairs and when Michelle saw Troy's face she gasped.
"Troy! What happened?" She ran over and fussed over him.
"I'm fine, you think this is bad you should see the other guy" he tried to joke but she looked anything but amused.
"Troy Bolton what the hell happened to you?"
"Michelle, it wasn't his fault, Jay said some stuff about Jack"
"Jay?" As in Jay Thompson?"
"Yeah"
"What did he say?" Gabriella looked at Troy who nodded for her to tell Michelle.
"He said 'His dad turned into a useless piece of shit that couldn't even speak, then he died, which is probably a good thing seen as he was no use to anyone'" Troy's fist clenched and his eyes closed.
"Oh my god, Troy you know that is not true"
"I know but it didn't stop it hurting"
"Of course, come here sweetie" she hugged him and rocked him slowly.
"Thanks" Troy muttered. "Can I go lie down? My head is killing"
"Is that a good idea?" Michelle asked.
"I'll stay with him, come on babe" Gabriella walked upstairs and lay next to Troy on his bed.
"You don't have to stay"
"I want to" he smiled and cuddled her close to him. Troy drifted into a dreamless sleep whilst Gabriella held him.
A few hours later Troy woke up and saw Gabriella on her laptop at his desk. He leant up on his elbows and watched her from behind for a while. He cleared his throat and she turned.
"Hey sleepy head" she walked over and kissed his forehead.
"Hey, you really didn't have to stay"
"I had stuff to do for school anyway so it's ok" he nodded and pulled her on top of him.
"Babe, can I ask you something serious?"
"Of course Troy"
"When do you think you will, we will, be ready for you know..."
"I don't know, I kind of feel ready now but it's cool if your not"
"I have been for ages Brie"
"How come you never mentioned it?"
"I didn't wanna pressure you"
"Well, when it's the right time, it will happen, just don't push it, let it happen when it happens" he nodded and kissed her head softly.
They lay there holding each other, both in their own thoughts. Gabriella was totally ready to give her everything to Troy, she knew it. She told him everything, knew she could tell him everything, this was a special thing that people did when they were in love so why not? Some people may think it is soon but to her, and hopefully to Troy to she thought, what others thought meant nothing. As long as they were ready and in love why shouldn't they?
So here it is, the next portion of my story=] I really don't know if I like this chapter but I thought you deserved your daily installment so decided against deleting and re-writing it, so please review and let me know what you guys think=]
xxx Paige xxx
