The next day, Troy and Gabriella walked into East High hand and hand. Since not everyone new the deal about Gabriella not visiting Troy, they all just smiled, or some just carried on with what they were doing. But when the pair reached Troy's locker, the whole gang was crowded around and they all stopped talking when they saw how affectionate Troy and Gabriella were when Troy bent down to kiss her on the cheek.
"Looks like they made peace I guess?" Chad said.
"Looks like it" Zeke replied.
"Hey guys" Troy said slapping hands with them all. Gabriella was a still a little bit shy so half her body was behind Troy's while clinging to his arm.
"Hey Gabriella" Chad said smiling, followed by a whole greeting from Troy's friends, making him smile.
"Hey everybody" Gabriella replied like a mouse giving a small wave.
"Hey Troy, you hear about the carnival?" Chad asked.
"Yeah Gabriella told me, what's the deal?" Troy asked.
"It's just a fundraiser, like family and friends can come, its on the oval…going to be pretty big I think" Zeke told him.
"Ms. Darbus is announcing the roles of what we are going to do in homeroom this morning" Gabriella chimed in.
"Is she?" Chad asked.
"I think you were asleep when she told us that" Gabriella said smiling.
"Sounds like me" Chad replied smiling back at her. Troy was very much liking the interaction with Gabriella and his friends.
"It's just our homeroom class that is working there, the only other ones are the teachers and parents who have volunteered"
"Well we better go to Darbus then" Troy said as they all headed off to homeroom.
"Troy I have to go to my locker, and I'll meet up with Taylor on the way" Gabriella said quietly.
"You sure?"
"Yeah I am, I'll see you there ok?" She said smiling sweetly.
"Okey dokey" Troy replied as he bent down to give her a peck on the lips.
"See you" Gabriella said and walked off to her locker.
"Gabi!" Taylor yelled, "how are you?"
"I'm great, Taylor I only saw you yesterday!" Gabriella said giggling.
"I know, but Chad told me you and Troy made peace and you are all happy again!" Taylor said excitedly, clapping her hands together.
"Already?" Gabriella asked, gosh Chad was fast.
"You know how fast news gets around if Chad knows something" Taylor said.
"I guess I do now"
"So Darbus is giving us the carnival roles this morning?" Taylor asked, double checking.
"She is" Gabriella replied, and soon enough they were off to homeroom.
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"Alright young thespians! As I call your name, please take heed of what your carnival responsibility will be. Including you Chad Danforth!" Ms. Darbus called out dramatically. "Zeke Baylor, you will be in charge of the jungle gym, along with Sharpay Evans. Chad Danforth, you will be in charge of the balloons. Chad! Mr. Danforth!!" Ms. Darbus screeched.
"Uh, yeah. Sorry?"
"What will you be in charge of?" Ms. Darbus asked expectantly.
"Uhhh…in charge of, um. Cartoons. Yeah…" Chad answered, extremely uncertain.
"You have no idea do you?"
"No, I don't" Chad replied almost immediately and everyone laughed, even Ms. Darbus tried to stifle some giggles.
"You are to take care of the balloons. You have to fill them with helium and tie them in bundles, are you quite capable of doing this?"
"Yes your honour" he replied and again the class laughed.
"Right then. Good. Kelsie, you will be the ticket collected for the teacup rides, the cha cha and the mini mouse." She said, and Kelsi nodded, scribbling down the information in her diary. "Troy Bolton, you will be in charge of the cotton candy kart" and Troy nodded, free fairy floss! He thought. "No free cotton candy Mr. Bolton" Ms. Darbus added, and Troy slouched in his seat. "And finally, Ms. Montez you will be at the kissing booth" she said, immediately Gabriella and Troy shot up in their seats.
"What?!" they both chorused.
"Now Ms. Montez, everyone has a responsibility. Sit down Mr. Bolton!" Ms. Darbus yelled as Troy went to stand up.
"But Ms. Darbus, they might be sick, it's really unhygienic" Gabriella pleaded.
"No one will be sick, if they are, they will be smart enough not to want to go to the kissing booth" Ms. Darbus responded.
Not only was Gabriella worried about the germs and such, she was also worried that no one would even line up to kiss her, after all, she has been a nerd ever since she started at East High 5 years ago. Who would want to kiss her? She looked over at Troy with desperate eyes. Troy didn't want people kissing his girlfriend! She was his, his only. Even if the kisses didn't mean anything, kissing is a very intimate thing, and Troy was the only one who wanted to share that intimacy with her!
Gabriella turned around and covered her eyes with her hands; she was just as unpleased with this as Troy was. Why do I have to do it?! Gabriella thought to herself.
When the end of homeroom came, Troy and Gabriella immediately started talking outside of the classroom. "Troy! I don't want to be at the kissing booth! I only like kissing you!" She said frantically.
"Its ok, just relax, maybe-maybe we can get Sharpay to switch with you?" Troy said half heartedly, knowing it was probably a pointless idea.
"There will be no switching" Ms. Darbus said, obviously over hearing the conversation Troy and Gabriella were having with each other. "I will be making sure you are at the kissing booth Gabriella Montez and I will definitely be making sure you will be at the cotton candy kart Troy Bolton. Do you both understand?" Ms. Darbus asked. In fact, she was more demanding that they understand, even if they didn't.
"Yes. Ms. Darbus" they both chorused.
"Great. I was looking forward to such a great carnival, now I have to kiss totally strangers. Kissing booths are the stupidest ideas ever" Gabriella sulked.
"Especially when they have my girlfriend hosting them" Troy said, sulking as well. Gabriella flopped against Troy's chest and he joined his hands around her. "Maybe I will have to buy all the tickets" Troy said and they both managed a small laugh.
The carnival
So Gabriella was sitting up at the kissing booth, the carnival hadn't actually started yet, she was just waiting. Along with the rest of Darbus' home room class. Luckily for Troy, he could see the kissing booth from the cotton candy kart. He saw Gabriella leaning against the stand with her head in her hands and he smiled. When he looked straight ahead again, he saw Max Perry (go back to Chapter 4 to find out who he is, unless you remember) walk in his direction.
"I see your girlfriend is working the kissing booth" Max said.
"Yeah" Troy replied bluntly.
"Mind if I buy a ticket?" Max asked.
"Yeah. I do mind. If you go anywhere near her I'll kick your ass" Troy said, keeping his cool.
"Psshhh, you have to stay right here. Near the cotton candy kart" Max said in a childish voice.
"That won't stop me Perry. You belong somewhere else, like the jungle gym" Troy replied.
"Bolton. What's one little kiss going to do?" Max asked, holing his fore finger up.
"I don't give a fuck Perry! I don't care what circumstance it is. DON'T TOUCH HER!" He bellowed, getting the attention of parents and unfortunately, Ms. Darbus.
"Mr. Bolton!! What on earth is going on here?!" Ms. Darbus asked as she marched over to the two boys.
"I was just letting Troy know I was going to buy a ticket to the kissing booth and was warning him it would be one quick peck. Then he blew up at me" Max said, grinning at Troy.
"Troy. If you move from this kart, there will be consequences. And they will not be pretty ones!" Ms. Darbus bellowed back, getting the attention of the parents and some students again.
"Sucks to be you Bolton" Max said, pointing right at him as he backed off. Troy just stood there fuming, he looked over at Gabriella who was just playing with her hands. He had to warn her. He knew there was about 5 or 10 minutes until the people started pouring in, so he had some time to quickly go and tell her about Max. But he only managed to take about 5 steps before he bumped into Ms. Darbus.
"What did I tell you Bolton??" she said. Troy just rolled his eyes.
"To stay at the kart…" he said, and walked back to the cotton candy stand. "This sucks" he said under his breath, shoving his hands deep in his pockets. Max Perry would be kissing his girlfriend. And he knew it would be awful for Gabriella. And he couldn't message her either, his phone was broken, and Gabriella's was out of battery. "This really sucks" but Troy just realized, there was a ticket booth right next to him which was in the hands of Kelsi and she was handing out tickets for the jungle gym, the kissing booth and the mini mouse. He looked in all directions to see if Ms. Darbus was anywhere in sight, but she wasn't. So he quickly whizzed out and bought a ticket.
"Gonna have fun Bolton?" Kelsi said.
"Sure am Kelsi. Thanks" he said smiling at her and quickly ran back to his place.
It had been about 15 minutes and the whole oval was already packed with people. He noticed a few younger boys had lined up at the kissing booth. Like much younger, about the age of 12. He noticed Gabriella try and not laugh when she saw them, he couldn't even watch! 12 year old boys?? They thought a condom was wearing a glove over your hand when you hold hands with another girl.
About 40 minutes had passed and Troy finally had a spare second to look over at Gabriella. Oh my god! The line to the kissing booth was huge! Longer than any rides. Probably because Gabriella looked amazing. But the thing is, lots and lots of the boys in the same grade wanted to get a taste of Gabriella, and see what it was like for Troy to kiss her. Troy blinked when he noticed a piece of paper flop in front of him, then a guy went down to pick it up.
"Sorry Bolton. I dropped my ticket" Max Perry said, holding the ticket up, just so troy could ready Kissing Booth on it. "Wish me luck" Max said, and before Troy could say anything, he was already in the line. Troy noticed there was a little bit of fairy floss left to serve about 5 people, then he could line up in the queue. And much to his luck, a whole family came up and got there cotton candy, and Troy made sure they were extra big so he could get rid of every last bit. Then at once, he but the be back in 30 minutes sign above the stall and raced over to the kissing booth.
"Troy! Come here!" a familiar voice said.
"CHAD?! What the hell are you doing?!" Troy said. What the hell was Chad thinking? Kissing Troy's girlfriend!
"Relax! My little brother wants to kiss her, and I have to keep a watch eye over him. He's only 10. I tried to talk him out of it, but he persisted."
"Ugh. Alright." Troy replied and stood in with Chad.
"Wanna get in first ay Bolton?" a not so friendly voice said from behind him.
"You've got to be kidding me" Troy said. He finally turned around to see the one and only Max standing there. "Matter of fact, yeah. I really do" Troy said and turned back around.
"You think you got it all wrapped up huh?" Max said unfolding his arms. Chad noticed Troy's knuckles went white and he was about to turn around but Chad stopped him. Troy tried to release himself from his grip but Chad wouldn't let him.
"Take it easy man. Just leave it" Chad said. Troy just remained silent and turned around once again and just waited. After about 12 minutes of waiting, Troy took 3 steps towards Gabriella who was just looking up to see who the next person was. Immediately, her eyes lit up and a big smile grew on her face.
"I got my ticket, and I waited in line. I guess I should kiss you now" Troy said.
"Go right ahead" Gabriella said. So Troy smiled as he leaned over the counter, and put his hand on her neck and softly pressed his lips against hers. Gabriella also put her hand around his neck and deepened the kiss.
"What the hell?" One of the guys said from the crowd.
"That's her boyfriend" the other one replied.
Troy couldn't get enough of her, he couldn't resist her. He wanted to kiss her more and feel her whole body against his…
"That is quite enough you two" a teacher said. And they both pulled apart. "Troy I think you should go back on duty" she said. Although, she told them to stop, she was much nicer about it than Darbus was. They both sighed.
"I will be seeing you later" Troy whispered and winked at her as he walked off. But just remembered, it was now Max's turn. When he turned around, he saw Max quickly leaning forward to Gabriella and plastered his disgusting mouth to hers. Anger raged inside him like a boiling kettle.
Okay guys!! Haha I finally updated! 20 more reviews and I'll write another one! Took me lots of motivation to write this one…thank you sooo much for waiting!
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