Dreams or Desire

"I gotta tell you down by 15, can't make a shot, one look at those Laker Girls, it's like it's all okay," Jordan said in a dreamy tone as the guys got dressed in the locker room after a game. They had been down by a lot and had come back to win, so they were all in a pretty good mood. They all laughed.

"I hope when you say Laker Girls, you don't mean my girl," Troy replied and the guys chuckled once again.

"No Troy. Even if Gabs wasn't like my sister, I wouldn't look at 'your girl' for moral support."

"Good."

"Too bad we can't thank them," Trevor added.

"That would go over well, 'Hey Kelly we just want to tell the girls that we are thankful that they are gorgeous and if it wasn't for their skimpy outfits we'd lose every game,'" Luke replied sarcastically, leading all the guys to laugh.

"We can get them something." The guys looked at each other, all realizing that Jordan had pretty good idea.

I'm spendin my money

I'm out of control

Somebody help me

She's takin my bank roll.

But I'm king of the club

And I'm wearin the crown

Poppin these bottles

Touchin these models

Watchin they asses go down down

You spin my head right round, right round

When you go down, when you go down down

Maria Montez pressed the pause button on the iPod that was playing the rap song through the speakers, leading the twenty girls, all clad in matching sports bras and bootie shorts, to stop dancing.

"That was better. Not good but better. You guys are still dancing the way you would dance to a song by Miley Cyrus," Maria said seriously and the girls just nodded. "Okay…" Just then the door to the studio opened, and everyone turned their heads to see Troy hesitantly walk in, followed by Jordan and Luke. All the girls eyes widened, many of them giggled, Sharpay smirked, and Gabriella just smiled in surprise. Maria raised her eyebrows, amused at the fact that her daughter's boyfriend had just walked into the room, as Kelly narrowed her eyes at the boys.

"Can I help you gentleman," Kelly asked, clearly unhappy with the surprise visit.

"Hi, sorry to interrupt Ms. Finglass," Troy started. "We're here on behalf of the entire team. We know we're not supposed to talk to the girls…"

"So we wanted to ask you if you would tell the girls that we are very appreciative of their support," Jordan continued and the girls smiled and giggled.

"And that we look forward to their support in the post-season," Luke added.

"And to show our gratitude, the team has something for the girls, so if you could just pass it on to them, that would be great." Troy placed the shopping bag that he had been holding right in front of the mirror.

"I'll be sure to do that," she replied deadpan and the guys smiled.

"Thanks!" Jordan and Luke exclaimed in unison as they began to leave the room. Troy glanced at the girls, locking eyes with his girlfriend for a split second. She just smiled as he made his way out the door.

"Oh, Ms. Finglass?" Jordan asked, right before leaving and Luke and Troy looked at him confused.

"Yes, Mr. Farmar?" she asked back, now even more annoyed.

"Is there any way you would consider abolishing the rule that says we can't talk or date the girls?" All the girls giggled and blushed, Maria even couldn't help but shaking her head and laughing, while Luke and Troy just rolled their eyes.

"No Mr. Farmar."

"Well it was worth a try," he replied playfully and she glared at him, as Troy and Luke just grabbed him, before shoving him out the door. As soon as the door closed the girls made their way to the bag, extremely giddy.

"After rehearsal!" Kelly exclaimed forcefully and the girls froze in place. She raised her eyebrows at them, and the girls did everything they could to not let out a disappointed sigh as they returned to their positions.

"Troy!!!" Gabriella walked into the house, with a smile that had been on her face for the last half an hour. He walked into the foyer, with the same smile. She immediately ran up to him and jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist.

"You like it?"

"I love it. It makes me feel so…special," she replied sincerely.

"Well you are." She smiled before giving him a soft, chaste kiss. After she pulled away, she removed her left arm from around his neck and placed her hand on his chest. He smiled at the sight of the ring on her finger, as did she.

"Ok girls that's it for the night," Kelly said and the girls cheered, happy to be done, but they didn't waste anytime before running over to the shopping bag. They all tried to see what was in it, and the few girls who could, automatically gasped. In the bag were 20 little Tiffany bags, with a name on each one. The girls squealed excited, as a few girls started handing the bags to the girls. The squeals then got louder when they opened up the famous blue box. In it rested a silver ring, with a solid oval. (pic in profile) The oval was engraved with the team name in cursive and 2008-2009 on the perimeter. Each girl's name was engraved on the band. All the girls excitedly put on the rings, as Kelly just looked on, still a little annoyed, but couldn't help but find the boys action relatively sweet. Gabriella took the ring out of the box, and was about to put it on, but then noticed something engraved on the inside of the band. As soon as she read it she gasped. On one side it read 'I love you' and '14' on the other.

"What?" Sharpay asked off of her best friend's reaction. Gabriella just smiled and handed her the ring.

"Look on the inside." Sharpay looked at her confused, but did so anyway.

"Oh my god," she gushed. Gabriella smiled widely.

"I know."

"So whose idea was this?" Gabriella asked flirtatiously.

"Well I wish I could say it was mine, but it was Jordan's, and the ring selection was a collaboration between me Jordy and Luke. However, the engraving was all me."

"I would hope so," she giggled, which led him to laugh.

"So am I going to get a special thank you?" he asked suggestively and she rolled her eyes.

"Oh so that's how it is. You got it for me because you thought you would get something in return?" She asked back with her eyebrows raised.

"Well…" She gasped hit his chest. "Ow!!" She just narrowed her eyes at him. "Come on baby, you know I'm kidding. I don't need anything in return. Just seeing you wear it is good enough for me." She smiled widely before kissing him softly. "Now come on, I made us dinner." He placed her down and they made their way to the kitchen. After putting the chicken and vegetables he made on two plates, they sat down at the kitchen table.

"So I've been thinking…" Gabriella started.

"Yeah?"

"Maybe when the season is over we could go up to Albuquerque for a little bit. The next few months are going to be so crazy and stressful, I thought it might be a good place to go and relax. Plus, we will be able to actually be in the same vicinity as each other in a public place." He smiled widely.

"Sounds perfect."

"Good. We'd obviously have to wait to book tickets because we don't know for sure when the season will end," she replied and immediately regretted it, when he gave her a look. "Sorry…I just meant…"

"That we might lose?"

"Well…umm there's no guarantees…"

"Do you think we are going to lose?" he asked, even more offended.

"No Troy! I was just saying…of course I have faith that you guys will win."

"Doesn't sound like it," he mumbled.

"Are you serious Troy? You really think I'm sitting here thinking, oh they are definitely going to lose, but I don't know when, which is why I we shouldn't book plane tickets yet? Even you know there is not a 100% chance of you guys winning."

"Of course I know that, but you are a cheerleader, you are my cheerleader, you are supposed to make me feel like we can win."

"And I will. I was just stating a fact! Of course I am going to support you 100% not only as a cheerleader but as a girlfriend too."

"Good," he replied deadpan and she sighed. "You think this is why we aren't supposed to date?"

"Because it is hard to separate your job from your personal life when you practically work together? We can't get distracted, and mixing business with pleasure can definitely get distracting. And if there are two jobs where you can't distracted it is ours. So yeah."

"Well then we are pretty much screwed, huh?"

"If you focus on winning and I focus on helping you do so, I think we'll be fine." Troy couldn't help but smile.

"Ok." He placed his hand on hers and squeezed it gently, making her smile. "Damn that was scary. I almost has to admit that Kelly is right." Gabriella just giggled.

"Kelly is right about a lot of things, but she's definitely not right about this."

Please Review!! Hope you liked it! Next chapter will be Gabriella and Troy in Albuquerque. Find out how the Lakers did in the playoffs, what is going on between Taylor and Gabriella, and what Gabriella is going to do about next season. What do you think she is going to pick? Her Dreams or her Desire?

P.S. Make sure to check out the new chapter of I Know What It's Like!!