I hadn't been deliberately avoiding Sharpay after our dinner disaster. I just spent most of my time with Troy and his friends. Sometimes Sharpay was with Zeke and sometimes Zeke went up and sat with Sharpay. As far as Chad told me Taylor was still on the fence about going out with him again. I think she is just playing him, that poor guy. Troy and I were as great as ever. We hadn't had much alone time together but when we did we were always out and about doing something.

We went back to laser tag and go-karts. We even went to mini golf. I let myself take a little boxing break because I had redeemed myself in LA. I almost knocked out the guy I was boxing. Shane was really proud of me. It was Friday before the second weekend of March, two weeks until Aarons birthday.

I closed my locker after I grabbed everything I needed for the day. "Gabriella!" Sharpay bellowed from the other side of the hall way. It made me jump. I turned to see her come stalking toward me.

I looked at her confused. "Are you alright?" I asked.

"No, I need girl time. Can we talk?" She begged.

"Yeah, sure. Do you want to come to my house?" I offered, she nodded. "I'll meet you there okay?"

Shar nodded and walked off. I walked to my car and drove home. Troy saw me pull up and ran over to me. He opened the door for me. "Hey baby." I got out of my car and he kissed my lips slowly. "What are we doing today?"

"Actually Sharpay's coming over, so you can go hang out with Chad." I leaned against the car. "You guys were talking about playing basketball the other day."

Troy nodded. "Yeah, I'll go call him. Have fun with Sharpay." He smirked. I rolled my eyes at him and kissed his lips slowly. "I'll see you later."

"I love you." I mumbled against his lips.

"I love you too." He gave me one last kiss before he walked away.

Sharpay pulled up and he waved to her. She got out of her car and we walked inside my house. My mom wasn't home for the weekend. I lead her to my room and she sat down on my bed. "What's up." I asked her, putting my school stuff on my desk.

"How did you know you were ready to have sex?" She asked, looking up at me.

"The first time, or with Troy?"

"Uh… both?" She looked nervous, uncomfortable. It wasn't like Sharpay to be so… insecure.

"Well, the first time was just the worst experience I've ever had. I mean, the guy was an asshole. He tired to be 'gentle' with me. It still hurt like a bitch. I would say I wasn't ready to have sex because the guy only went out with me because he was dared to." I rolled my eyes at all of this. "But with Troy, it just kind of happened. We were in Arizona, we were eating ice cream on the balcony of the hotel room we were staying in. He had ice cream on his face and I licked it off. I guess that made him horny? I don't know and we just did it."

She thought about this for a moment. "Do you think I should wait?"

"I'm not an expert at all of this. I remember Troy telling me that Zeke was going to France after school is over. Do you really want to give it up and then not know when you're going to see him again?" I suggested. "But I mean if it feels right then…" I shrugged.

"That's why I'm so confused! We've only going out for a couple of weeks. He hasn't been pressuring me to have sex or anything but I kind of just want my first time to be over with." She said.

"Well just let it all play out. If it happens, it happens. If not then that's okay too." I crossed my legs.

She looked around my room. "What is it like?"

I laughed. "I don't know, I can't explain it." I thought for a minute. "Do you masturbate?"

"What?" She yelled, her cheeks turning red.

"Do you touch yourself? Stick a finger in there… rub your-"

"I get it!" She said cutting me off. She huffed out a breath. "I think I did once… but I probably did it wrong."

I tried not to laugh. "Did you orgasm?" She stared at me blankly. "I guess I'm ruling out oral for you and Zeke."

"We haven't done anything… sexual." She said.

"Well each experience is different than the last. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's amazing. Like you get so horny just thinking about it." I laughed. This was so awkward. She looked at me skeptically. "Really, sometimes I get really wet just thinking about-"

"Okay, alright." She cut me off again. "As much as I love you. I don't need to hear about you and Troy's sex-capades."

"You asked." I said shrugging.

"On second thought, I kind of do… Where have you done it?" She asked, smirking.

"My bed." She made a face. "Shut up, I wash the sheets. His bed. In his Truck. Flagstaff. In Vegas… we had a lot of sex in Vegas. He tried to finger me under the table at dinner."

Sharpay gasped. "You little slut! Where else?"

"We did it at school…. On the roof." I licked my lips. "I don't know how but Troy had a key. He set up dinner on the roof. It's kind of our little spot. Let's just say we didn't eat much dinner."

"When was this?" She asked, smirking.

I laughed. "Last Sunday… I think I still have a bite mark on my ass." I got up and pulled down my yoga pants to show her.

"Oh my god! You do! I don't know if I can ever look at Troy the same way again." I sat back down on the chair. She looked like her brain just blew up. "I think I'm on sex overload right now."

"You're on sex-talk overload. If you were on sex overload, you wouldn't be complaining." I smirked, crossing my legs.

"Your poor vagina…." Sharpay trailed off and we looked at each other for a moment before bursting out laughing.

"Shut the fuck up." I jumped on the bed next to her.

"So do you and Troy do naked Skype dates?" I looked at her confused. "Like go on the computer… naked."

"He lives four doors down from me. I'd rather go over there and have a quickie." I looked over at my TV. "What are you doing tomorrow?"

"I don't know why?"

"I'm going to have a party. Not like a big party. Just us, the guys, maybe Taylor. We can play strip Mario Kart." I suggested, getting up to grab my phone.

"Strip Mario Kart?" She asked, confused.

"Fuck yes. Do you have a Wii?" She nodded. "Bring controllers, we can play four at a time." I picked up my phone and called Troy.

"Hello?" He answered.

"Call your friends. We are having a strip Mario Kart Tournament at my house tomorrow. Love you bye." I hung up on him before I sat back down on the bed. I looked over at Sharpay, she was staring at me. "What?"

Sharpay smiled widely at me. "You love him."

"Oh god, not you too." I put a pillow over my face.

Sharpay left later and I was finishing up my homework. There was a knock on my balcony window. "Come in." I yelled. I heard the doors open then close. "What's up?" I asked, my back turned to who I assumed was Troy.

"We're having a Strip Mario Kart tournament tomorrow?" Troy asked, putting his hands on my shoulders.

"Yes, it will be fun." I said, tilting my head back to look at him. He gave me a Spiderman kiss and I turned back to my homework. "Did you call your friends?"

"Yeah. Chad's coming. I don't know about Taylor. Zeke and Sharpay are a yes. Jason is bringing his new mystery girl." Troy said. "It's supposed to be a low key party, right?"

I nodded. "Right. Fucking Taylor better come. She needs to loosen up." I finished the last of my homework and turned around in my chair. "How was your day?"

"Good, I beat Chad at basketball." He grinned. "But what else is new."

He pulled me up before walking over to my iPod. "Are we going to make a 'dance to Mayday Parade date' one day out of the month?" I asked, watching him.

"I don't know about Mayday Parade, but I like dancing with you." He said, still searching through my music player. "Even if it's the corniest song ever. Hell, there doesn't even have to be music." He started a song and plugged it in.

Troy made his way back to me. I smiled when I recognized the song. "How are we supposed to dance to this?" I asked, wrapping my arms around his neck.

"Like this." He said, putting his hands on my waist. We danced slowly to Yellowcard's 'Only One'. The song changed to the next and we danced through a Switchfoot song. Troy pulled away from me slowly and picked up the iPod, disconnecting it from the speakers. "I want you to pick a song."

I took it. "Okay." I started searching through the device.

"I've never heard you sing." He said, watching me.

"And you're never going to." I said, smirking.

"Come on, I know there's a song bird in there." I looked at him and he smirked right back at me. "Sing me a song."

"We'll see." I said, turning my attention back to my iPod.

Troy chuckled. "You know what. Instead, let's play a game."

I sat next to him. "What kind of game?"

"Surprise me and pick a song you think I wouldn't think you would have in your iPod." Troy suggested.

"Easy." I flicked through my iPod and picked a song. I walked over to the dock and I put the device on the speakers. I started dancing to the music.

"She said I'm going out with my girlfriends.
Margaritas at the Holiday Inn.
Lord have Mercy.
My only thought was Tequila makes her clothes fall off.
I told her put an extra layer on.
I know what happens when she drinks Patron.
Her closets missing half the things she bought
Yeah, Tequila makes her clothes fall off."

I turned it off because Troy was laughing at me. "What? I shake my ass to this song."

Troy smiled, calming himself down. "I see that." He let out a short chuckle.

"Why are you laughing at me?" I asked, my hands on my hips.

"Because you're hilarious. Come on, sing me a song." He said, looking at me.

"Why don't you sing me a song?" I asked smirking.

He popped up. "Okay, I have no shame." I crawled back on my bed, watching him. "Let's search. Okay." He cleared his throat and put the iPod back on the dock. The song started playing and I watched him intently.

"He woke up from dreaming and put on his shoes,
Started making his way past two in the morning
He hasn't been sober for days.
Leaning now into the breeze
Remembering Sunday, he falls to his knees."

I giggled at him and he stopped singing. "What? Why are you laughing?"

I shook my head, trying to hide my smile. "No reason. Keep going."

"No I'm done."

I pouted. "Come on, baby. Please?"

"No. It's your turn." He said, sitting back down.

I sighed. "Fine." I got up and picked a song quickly. I started playing it and turned to face Troy. I took a deep breath.

"I am outside and I've been waiting for the sun
With my wide eyes, I've seen worlds that don't belong
My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize
Tell me why we live like this.
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers, tower over me.
Cause we are broken.
What must we do to restore
Our innocence and all the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just want to be whole."

I stopped and Troy was just staring at me. I blinked at him. "What? Do I have something on my face?"

He chuckled. "No, come here." I turned off the music and crawled in bed with him. "You never stop surprising me Gabriella Montez." He wrapped his arms around me.

"That's me. Full of surprises." I said sarcastically.

"Seriously baby. You have an amazing voice. Wait until Sharpay hears it." He said, kissing the top of my head. I turned to kiss his lips.

"Why?" I asked, laying my head in his lap.

"She's all into the acting and the singing and the drama." He said. "I'm sure she'd go into dramatics about your voice."

I laughed. "That sounds like Sharpay but she's never going to hear it because I don't sing in front of people."

"You sang in front of me." He argued.

"You're not people."

Troy chuckled. "What am I then? A goose?"

"Sometimes." I said, smiling.

He chuckled and shook his head. "Gabi, Gabi, Gabi."

"Troy, Troy, Troy." I mimicked. I smacked him with a pillow and he pushed me off the bed. I scoffed and popped back up. I tackled Troy, wrestling with him on the bed.

Everybody was coming today around noon. We were just going to chill at my house. I was cleaning up down stairs before everybody came over. I looked through cabinets for food. I didn't know what to take out, I've never had a party before. I sighed. I guess I'll just let them raid my fridge. I heard somebody knock at my door. I walked over to my door and Troy was standing there with a big grin on his face.

"You look creepy." I said, letting him in.

"Hello to you too." He kissed my lips firmly. "I love you."

"I love you too. Why are you in such a good mood?" I asked, smirking.

"I get to see your boobs today when I kick your ass at Mario Kart." He said, pulling me against him.

"You get to see my boobs all the time." I said, pushing him away. "I've never had like a party before. Does everything look okay?" I asked.

He nodded. "The more important question is what do you have to eat. You invited Chad. I hope you stocked up."

I laughed. "I have a whole bunch of food I don't eat, so you guys can eat it."

"Are we going to take the Wii down here?" He asked, looking at me.

I shrugged. "I don't know, should we?"

"Probably there'd be more room." He said. "I'll go get it."

My doorbell rang. "Thank you baby." I said as I walked to the door. "Hey Shar, Zeke. Welcome." I let them in.

"Hey Gabs." Zeke said. I gave him a quick hug.

"Troy's upstairs but he'll be down in a minute. Seriously, make yourself at home. You can eat anything, I promise I won't flip a shit." I said.

Zeke laughed. "Alright, thanks." He sat down on the couch.

Sharpay stood with me. "Are we seriously going to play strip video games?"

"Fuck yeah, why not? Is Zeke down to play?" I asked.

She laughed. "He's more excited than I am."

"Good." I walked back over to the door and let Chad and Taylor in. I welcomed them. Jason came a couple minutes after holding the hand of Kelsi, Sharpay's friend. I kind of choked when I saw her. "Kelsi?"

"Hey Gabi." She said shyly, following Jason in.

"Well come in, everybody is in the living room." I said, closing the door behind them. Sharpay was going to flip out.

I followed them into the living room where everybody sat comfortably. Everybody went quiet when Jason and Kelsi walked in. I walked over to Troy and sat in his lap. "Kelsi?!" Sharpay spoke up. "I thought you and Ryan were dating!"

Kelsi shook her head. "No, we're just friends."

I looked at Troy. "What should I say?"

"Do you guys wanna play strip Mario Kart?" He blurted out.

"What?" Somebody said, I think it was Taylor.

"Strip Mario Kart… It's like Strip Poker, but more fun. OH We can have us girls play against each other and whoever gets down to their underwear first loses. Then the guys can play and the final two girls and two guys can play until they get to their underwear." I said.

"Fuck, I'm down." Chad said. "Let's do it."

"Me too!" Jason said.

"I'll do it." Kelsi said, surprising us all.

"Sweet, Taylor?" I looked at her.

She had a nervous look on her face. "Okay, sure."

I looked over at Troy. "Sharpay and Zeke?" They nodded. "Guys, we're up first." Troy turned on the TV and Sharpay handed me the extra remotes.

"Do you guys want a drink?" I asked the girls. "Let's go into the kitchen for a minute."

The girls followed me to the kitchen. "This is such a cute house Gabi." Taylor said.

"Thank you. My mom is good at picking houses. She's really picky about it so it works." I opened the fridge. "You can have anything you'd like."

They each took something and we sat down at the table. "So when did you and Jason become a thing?" Sharpay asked.

"A couple months ago. We just talked until recently. I mean we were scared about our cliques and stuff but now that we are connecting, I shouldn't be a problem anymore." She explained.

"That's cool, but what about Ryan?" I asked, curiously.

She bit her lip. "I'm surprised Sharpay doesn't know and I didn't want to say this in front of the guys but Ryan is gay."

Sharpay gasped dramatically. "No! and he didn't tell me?! I'm his TWIN!"

"He didn't want you to flip out about it." She said, awkwardly.

Sharpay shut her mouth instantly. "I'm not freaking out. I'm fine."

"We should go check on the boys." I said.

They followed me to the living room again and I sat down on the couch. Zeke already had his shirt off. They were starting round two. "We decided we would do it two races at a time, to keep things interesting." Troy said.

"Alright." We watched the second race and Jason lost, he kicked off his shoes.

The girls got up and we just kept the same characters. We played our two races and Sharpay lost both. We sat back down on the couch. "I suck at this game!" She said, pouting.

"You have to focus on your screen." I said, nudging her. She was in a bra and her jeans. Her heels were long gone. Obviously Sharpay was going to be gone soon, I wondered who was going to be next.

After about an hour, Sharpay was out but Taylor and Kelsi switched off for losing. I was still fully clothed. For the boys Jason was gone and Chad was about to loose. They did have more clothes then we did so they started doing three at a time.

The guys were so competitive it was pretty even unlike us girls. I was kicking all of their asses. The boy's were finished and Kelsi, Taylor and I got up. We played one game and Taylor finally lost. "Are we ready for the championships?" I asked Troy and Chad.

"Can we put our clothes back on?" Taylor said.

I laughed. "Yeah, go ahead." I stood at the end of the line. I was player one. "Let me whoop all of your asses." I said smirking at them. "Oh, wait let me get my water." I said, running into the kitchen. I came back and everybody was quiet. "What?"

"Nothing." Troy said from next to me.

"Alright, you ready?" I asked. We started the game. Kelsi was the first out. The guys tag teamed me and I took off my shoes and my shirt. I still had socks and pants. Troy got kicked out next. Chad and I were fighting to the finish. He beat me and I took my pants off and sighed.

Once we were all clothed again, We moved into the kitchen where Zeke was making something out of whatever I had in my cabinets. I was sitting in Troy's lap. He was talking to Kelsi about something and I was watching all of my friends talk to each other. It was nice to actually have all of these people I could call friends. I never thought I would open up to people like this. Having friends was so much better than being alone anyway.

I smiled to myself and I felt Troy's lips on my neck. "Why are you smiling like that?" He mumbled.

I looked over at him. "I'm just happy." I said, smiling at him.

"Good." He ginned at me, kissing my lips slowly.

"Gross. Go upstairs to do that." Somebody shouted throwing something at us. Troy and I pulled away laughing.

Another rousing game of strip mario kart. lol. Lemme know what you think. Love you all. Don't forget to review.

Tequila makes her clothes fall off- Joe nichols
Remembering Sunday- All Time Low
We are Broken- Paramore