Happy New Year! Hope you all brought in the New Year in a great way! Here is another chapter for you guys!

CHAPTER 14: REVEALING TRUTH

Life has been good for the past couple of months. I have my wonderful girlfriend, a quiet gossip, and a loving and supporting family. It's been almost 3 months since those non-rumor rumors about me and my girlfriend. It is the end of the summer and we are all now officially seniors. We have decided to meet up for one last time during the summer before school starts back up and we are crazy busy. Gabi and I have still yet to tell the rest of the group about us; well, we told Kelsi and she was completely fine with it. The guys have no idea, but they are going to learn soon enough.

"Get up sleepy head! We have to meet them in an hour! You're not even dressed! Let's go! Get moving!"

I get up and walk over to a frantic Gabriella. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Calm down babe." I grab her hands and bring them around my waist as I hold her face. "Sweetie. Can you being the worry train to a halt?" I kiss her until she melts into my body. "Or do you need some help?"

Heavily breathing, she looks up at me. "I think I may need some help calming down."

"Well, sorry about that. I can't help you today. That's all you get. As you said, we only have an hour! You know how long it takes me to make my hair perfect!" I give her a peck on the lips and make my escape into the bathroom. Just as I turn to close the door, I get a shirt thrown at me.

"You suck! You are sooo getting it when we get back!"

Cracking up in the bathroom, I reply, "Oh, I can't wait!" I finally calm down and get ready. We are both finally ready with 15 minutes to spare.

"Let's go already! We got 15 minutes!"

"Calm down Gabi, it's not like anything's gonna happen without us. Besides, I just got a text from Taylor saying she and Chad are gonna be a little late."

"Ugh. Okay. Just can we at least be on the road please?"

"We will, we will. Is everything in the car?" She pointedly looks at me. "Okay, I get it. You were waiting for me. I didn't know I was so important." She punches my arm. "Ouch. Okay, I'm not royalty. But a girl can dream, can't she?" I yell out to whoever is home, "Gabi and I are leaving. Call us if you need us! Bye!"

We head out towards my parents' country club to meet up with our friends. Because it's my family's business, we had the place shut down and open only to the seven of us. Driving to the gate I type in my code and we go to the back and park. We get our stuff out and walk to the outdoor pool to find we're the first people there.

"Look, we got here with 5 minutes left. You happy?"

"Yes, because we can put our sunscreen on as sexual as we want to."

"Ooh, come on. Let's go." We spend the next five minutes applying sunscreen to each other's bodies very sexually; our only restraint is that our friends could walk in any minute. Gabi jumps in the pool and I soak up the sun while we wait for the rest of our friends. Kelsi is the first to arrive, followed by Troy and Ryan who are fresh out of work, and then Chad and Taylor finally arrive half an hour later.

"So what took you two so long?" I jokingly ask the two when they join the party.

Two hours later, we decide to eat a little lunch. Gabi sits on my left and Taylor is on my right. Chad is on Taylor's right and Kelsi is on his right. Troy is on Gabi's left and Ryan rounds the group out sitting between Troy and Kelsi.

I stand, deciding now is the time to speak. "Excuse me everyone, but Gabi and I would like to make an announcement." All eyes are watching us as Gabi stands up beside me and looks me in the eyes. "Ready?" I whisper and she nods. I look at all of our friends and they are on waiting foot to hear the announcement. I look back at my loving girlfriend and place my hand on her cheek. Looking into the depths of her eyes and seeing nothing but love and encouragement, I lean in to kiss her. We begin to get a little too into it and I have to pull myself away before we get carried away. Keeping our foreheads pressed together, we smile and relish in the moment. We turn to face our friends, whom we almost forgot were there. Ryan and the girls are smiling, but Troy and Chad are shell shocked.

"What the HELL?" Troy bursts out and storms off to the parking lot.

"Whoa, do that again; that was fucking hot."

"Umm, no Chad. No more shows for you, you perv." Gabi informs him, joining us in our laughter at Chad's reaction.

"Gab," I lean in to whisper in her ear, "I'm gonna go talk to Troy and see what's up with him." I kiss her forehead as she sits back down and I head off towards the parking lot.

Halfway there, I hear my name being called. I turn around to find Taylor running after me.

"What's up, Tay?"

"I have to tell you something about Troy."

"Okay, what is it?"

"Troy has had this thing for Gabi for a while. She hasn't showed interest in him and he's been trying to figure out a way to get her to notice him. You just kinda majorly cock blocked him."

"Wow, I didn't know that. That does explain his lingering glances and some other stuff. Thanks Tay."

She leaves to rejoin our friends and I continue my way to the parking lot. Since the club was open to only us, it was easy to find Troy sitting in his car.

"Troy?" I tap on his window and he looks at me in disgust.

"What the hell do you want?"

"I wanted to talk to you. Can I sit with you?"

Keeping his gaze on the landscape in front of him, he unlocks the door and I sit in the passenger's seat. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Why did you leave?"

"No reason."

"Really? Don't bullshit me Troy. We all have been friends way too long for you to react like that over nothing. Tell me why you left."

He finally looks at me. I can see his eyes are a little red and his face is flushed. "You wanna know why I left? I'll tell you why I left. I left because I've been tryna get your fucking girlfriend's attention for the past fucking year and a half with no fucking luck and you… you… Fuck! I don't know."

"Okay. I see. I'm sorry that Gabi hasn't shown any interest in you. I didn't know you wanted her. I'm sorry. I really don't know what else to say."

"Forget it. I don't want to hear it. You can't help it. Whatever. I do want to ask you some questions though."

"Okay, what do you want to know?"

"How long?"

"Have we been together? Almost three months."

"Do you love her?"

"Oh yes. With all of my heart. I've loved her since we were in middle school."

"Wow, you definitely beat me on that. I've only liked her since I first saw her in my sophomore Chemistry class. So what are you two gonna do after you graduate? I mean, do you two have a future set?"

"Well, yes and no. We know the future is constantly changing and we don't want to set anything in stone to see it change, but we do have some plans as to how we would like things to turn out."

"Are you gonna get… married?"

"Yes. We obviously aren't engaged yet, but I will be asking her."

"Wow. Wait, what do your parents think? Did you tell them? Are they okay with it?"

"Oh well, we told them first. My mom was really calm and apparently knew we were gonna end up together. My dad said if I'm happy, then he is. He's been really great with accepting us and Ryan was cool. Gabi's mom on the other hand, well, let's say she was a little harsh, to say the least."

"Wow, I heard that she was really conservative. How harsh was she?"

"Let's say she disowned her and almost brought down my house."

"Whoa. You said you've been together for three months, has Gabi had to endure that torture for that long?"

"Well, Gabi actually moved in with me. Her mom has gotten a little better, she is willing to talk with her on the phone, but still won't see her in person. She still hates me and my family. She is reluctantly a little nicer to me, but that's only because she can sense how happy Gabi truly is. I'm not too fond of her either, but she's Gabi's mom and I will treat her better than my own mother if Gabi wants it."

"Wow, you really do love her. I'll leave her alone. Congratulations."

"Thanks. Are you ready to rejoin the party? Can't be the best pool party without the whole gang."

"I'll be back in a minute. I have to make a call. You go ahead and reassure your girlfriend and the rest of our friends. Thanks for the talk. I feel a bit better."

"You're welcome. See you in a minute."

Watching Sharpay run back into her family's country club, Troy picks up his phone.

"Operator, how may I help you?"

"Yes. I would like the number to personal residence."

"Name, please?"

"Montez."

Oooohhhhhh! Suspenseful! What happens next? I don't even know yet! I've got a couple things goin through my mind of what could happen! -sammy :)