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Chapter 25 - Mine

As Troy and Gabriella went hand in hand back till Troy's house smiling widely at each other , Lucille and Maria were watching them with amused smiles on their faces.

When they finally reached in ,

" Aaah! I love the rain " Troy said stretching his arms.

Gabriella settled the umbrella in the stack and smirked " You are not alone."

Troy grinned and wrapped an arm around Gabriella's waist pulling her closer , she smiled matching his own grin.

" Now let's behave appropriately kids " Lucille said interrupting them.

" Yup ! We don't want any PDA's " Maria said.

Troy reluctantly let go of Gabriella's waist and she smiled sweetly at his pitied condition making Troy frown.

" What do you think you are smiling at ?" Troy said with a quirked eyebrow.

She shrugged innocently " Nothing , I am just happy being away from 'drenched' Bolton ." she said followed by her giggle.

" That's harsh Montez." Troy said narrowing his eyebrows .

" And what are you gonna do about it ?" Gabriella asked with wide eyes mocking him.

Troy smirked " I will tell you that." he said and soon lunged at her but she being quicker dodged him and climbed up the staircase.

" Catch me if you can." she said before climbing the stairs hurriedly.

" That I will " he said following her with equal speed , his laugh matching with her giggles as they ran around the stairway.

" They really are adorable " Lucille said watching the two.

" And in love " Maria added completing the sentence.

Meanwhile with the duo-

Gabriella ran hurriedly around the corridor giggling all the way , finally the corridor ended and she entered a door , she could hear the thumps of footsteps indicating Troy was close behind , she hurriedly ran in the room and soon Troy came crashing through the door.

" Troy " she said soon she tripped and landed straight on the bed , laughing while doing so.

Troy was still running and due to motion he came crashing down on Gabriella , both of them started laughing uncontrollably.

As they saw each other's eyes their laughing stopped abruptly and they drowned in each other's eyes , Troy rolled off her and stared at the ceiling probably trying to bask in the days events.

Gabi gently lifted herself up to face him , she gently caressed her cheek , he smiled back at her ,

" Hey what are you thinking about ?" Gabriella said still caressing the smooth skin of his cheek gently.

Troy looked at her , her brown curls tumbling slightly over his face , he gently played with her hair " I never want to lose you again Gabi " he said in a serious voice.

She gently sat and he followed by sitting up leaning against the headboard.

She looked back at him with a smile tugging on her lips and love glistening in her brown orbs.

" Don't worry " she said scooting closer to him , her hand resuming the place on his cheek " You won't lose me now."

Troy smiled and gently held her hand and saw the ring , his ring , shining on it now even more brightly than usual , he gently kissed the ring and she smiled at his gesture.

" You kept it safe all these years , huh ?" Troy asked gently nuzzling her hair.

She giggled " Ofcourse I did " she said and then slapped his chest.

He held back and kept a hand on his chest dramatically " Hey what was that for?" he asked rubbing his chest.

She bolted up sitting straighter " Cause you are an idiot ." she stated.

Troy sat up straighter too keeping each of his han's on two sides matching her position " And why is that ?"

" Because you don't even remember your ring ." she said coolly.

" Ha ! Look who's talking " he said playfully nudging her from the side " You had a photograph , point no 1 he had dirty blonde hair " Troy said pulling out one finger to emphasise his point " Point no 2 . he had blue eyes " he continued " Pt no.3 he was holding a basketball." Troy finished victoriously and smirked.

But Gabriella was frowning with each and every point he pointed out , she crossed her arms and mumbled something incoherent.

" What was that ?" Troy asked an an amused voice thinking how cute her crinkled nose looked at that precise moment.

" I said you didn't even remember my name ." she basically yelled using her arms for dramatic effect.

" I uh oh that " Troy looked sheepish for a second but then his face lit up " But you remembered my name , and still you are too ignorant- "

She cut him off with a scowl on her face which in Troy's opinion , made her look all the more cuter " Listen Troy " she hissed " I just thought you were some other Troy ." she said in her defense.

Troy snorted ungracefully and muttered a " Yeah right."

Gabriella got up from the bed in frustration " Aaargh! Fine you are right , You win ! " she said turning away but could not take a step forward as Troy grabbed her wrist gently and firmly.

She turned her head sharply ready for an angry retort but before she could react , Troy pulled her onto his lap and kissed her fully on the mouth , her eyes's widened at the sudden movement but she soon relaxed into the kiss , Troy smiled against her lips , the sensation running through their bodies was beautiful and Troy pulled her closer through her waist so now she was sitting fully on his lap.

He slowly bit on her lower lip succumping it with pleasure , she nipped and sucked on his own lip making waves of pleasure pass through their bodies at the tingling sensation.

They pulled back breathless , " I..hate you " Gabriella said with wide eyes still composing her breath.

Troy smirked and wandered his features over his face " I love you two babe." he said kissing on her nose.

Her face broke out into a smile at hearing the words " Troy you are such a ...Achooo" she sneezed.

She sniffled her nose , Troy smiled gently tugging her nose with her finger " You are bound to get a cold Missy "

" I need to find something to change into " She said getting off his lap.

Suddenly Lucille came through the door -

" Hey Mrs...Achooo " Gabriella said unable to complete her sentence.

" Oh my , you will catch a cold , you need to change immediately ." Lucille exclaimed.

Gabriella nodded her head and Troy just sat there smiling at her.

" Troy you need to change too , go in your dad's room and change." Lucille said rummaging through his drawer and throwing him a fresh pair of clothes.

Troy caught his clothes and got up from his bed " Jeez! A guy can't have his own room to himself." Troy said rolling his eyes , Gabriella giggled causing Troy to smile.

" Troy Bolton , Out ! Right now." his mom ordered pointing a finger at the door.

" Yes Mom " Troy saluted before marching out of the door.

As Troy performed his little antic , he could hear a giggle from his room and he smiled joyously knowing that he could be a reason to make her smile.

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After changing into dry attire Troy sat in front of the television , keeping a watch on the stairway , he sighed impatiently running a hand through his hair.

Troy turned his head back to look at their mothers were in the kitchen talking and cooking excitedly.

Suddenly he felt two soft hands on his eyes and he breathed in Gabriella's unusual tropical scent, " Guess who ?" she asked.

Troy smiled " Um let me guess" he pretended to think " I know " he said in a bright voice.

" Well?" she asked urging him to continue.

" You are Vanessa Hudgens " he exclaimed in a victorious manner.

Gabriella scrunched up her face and sat down on the couch haughtily , it was then when Troy saw her and his eyes nearly popped at seeing how beautiful she looked , she was wearing his white shirt which was too big for her and his red basketball shorts and her brown curls cascaded elegantly in soft ringlets down her shoulders.

" Oh I am sorry baby." he cooed wrapping an arm around her.

She shrugged it off and it caused the loose shirt to cascade down her shoulder from the side exposing her sun kissed skin , this obviously caught Troy's eye and he gently moved towards her.

Gabriella didn' notice his shirt slide down a bit and she still sat crossing her arms gazing fixedly upon the television.

Troy couldn't control himself , he went towards and gently kissed her shoulder , she gasped as she felt his lips against her skin , she whipped her head to look at him , all traces of her face replaced with love and happiness.

" Troy" she whimpered in a weak voice.

He pulled her sleeve down a bit and genly kissed more and more on her exposed skin , his one hand stroking her neck , he pulled back curiously as he saw something down her navel.

" Whats that ?" he inquired trying to pull her shirt down.

" N - Nothing " she said pulling her shirt up over her shoulder,

" Show me Gabi " he said in a calm voice his blue eyes demanding answers.

Gabriella gulped , " Fine" she said taking his hand , he followed her curiously .

Once inside she locked Troy's bedroom and ordered him to sit which he did obediently.

She then came and sat beside him biting her lip nervously.

" What is it babe ?" Troy asked caressing her hair.

" You love me right ?" she asked with her brown eyes brimming with emotions.

" Yup with all my heart." Troy said and placed a soft kiss on her lips.

She grinned back and layed down on the bed " Ok then " she said as brown curls spread everywhere , she gently lifted the hem of his shirt exposing her stomach .

Troy's eyes widened at seeing his name tatooed at the side of her well toned stomach , he gasped.

She still lay on the bed biting her lip " Well , what do you think of it ?" she asked nervously.

" Woww" Troy uttered " I mean ..wow." he said dazed.

She sat up smirking , as she did so the shirt covered her exposed stomach again much to Troy's dissapointment.

" So you like it ?" she asked grinning.

" Did it pain ?" Troy asked in a caring voice.

She smiled at his dumb question " Of course it did , but I am happy with the outcome." she said proudly.

" You are not alone ." Troy repeated her sentence which she spoke earlier.

Suddenly his hand travelled down beneath his shirt , Gabriella gasped as she felt his touch tracing his own name " I am so glad you are mine " he said still tracing his finger over the tatoo which adorned his name.

She nodded and bit her lip and nodded still feeling his touch at her abdomen.

" Don't do that " he said in a whisper , which looked almost pleadingly.

" I..uh " she found it unable to speak under his strong ultramarine gaze.

He gently squeezed her lips and stroked them with his finger , she closed her eyes at the sensation and he gently captured her lips in a passionate lingering kiss , her hands travelled at the back of his neck playing with the hair at the nape of his neck.

As they drew back each dazed from the kiss they uttered the 3 magical words.

" I love you " Troy said gazing in her choclate orbs.

" I love you too." Gabriella said smiling before wrapping her arms around his torso and sighing contendedly.

end of chappie

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