Chapter 54
Disclaimer: I do not own High School Musical or any of it's characters.
They walked to the party hand in hand content to take their time. The evening was mild for the time of the year and they could hear the noise of the party from almost a block away. "It sounds like most people are outside" Troy said.
"Will the noise cause problems with the police?" Gabriella asked nervously.
"It shouldn't the music isn't too loud, it is just the noise of a lot of people and most of them will move inside as the night cools down. We still have a couple of hours before noise curfew takes place. If it's still really noisy then we'll leave" Troy said reassuringly.
They arrived at the party and roamed around greeting friends. They hung out with Chad and the guys for a while until they decided to play basketball. Gabriella saw Kelsi sitting on a blanket with friends and encouraged Troy to play pointing out where she'd be sitting.
Troy kept an eye on Gabriella as he played, stripping off his shirt and giving it to her to mind as he got too hot.
"Having fun?" Gabriella asked him.
"Yeah" Troy said. "Are you?"
"Yeah I am. We're talking about ideas for the musical next year" Gabriella said smiling.
Troy smiled and went back to his game.
"Whipped" Jason teased.
"Yeah and where's your girlfriend?" Tory teased back.
"Out of town with her family" Jason said frowning.
"That's too bad man. I'm looking forward to meeting her" Troy replied clapping his team mate in the shoulder.
"Seriously" Jason asked suspiciously.
"Sure, she's not a cheerleader. Why wouldn't we want to meet her?" Troy asked.
"You need to get over the hate you have for cheerleaders Bro" Chad said. "They've been pretty good laying off Gabriella haven t they?"
"Only because I threatened them" Troy replied. "They're not exactly nice to her and they still keep hitting on me in front of her. I wouldn't trust them alone."
They went back to playing for a while before the game broke up as everyone else wanted more beer. Troy grabbed a couple of cans of coke and ignoring Melissa who tried to run her hands over his bare chest, returned to Gabriella and threw himself on the ground beside her.
"Do you want your shirt back?" Gabriella asked accepting the coke.
"In a minute. I need to cool down a little first" Troy replied.
Troy finished his coke, put his shirt and jacket back on then lay down with his head in Gabriella's lap joining in the conversation occasionally and just enjoying lying on the grass. Gabriella absentmindedly played with his hair as she spoke to the other girls. Eventually the others moved off to get more drinks or join the dancing inside leaving Troy and Gabriella alone.
"Are you falling asleep?" Gabriella asked.
"No" Troy replied. "I'm just enjoying lying here watching the moon. I like you playing with my hair. It feels nice. Do you want to go in and dance?"
"No I'd rather stay out here" Gabriella replied.
The party became noisier again as a group of people decided to brave the pool and hot tub encouraged by the cheerleaders in their skimpy bikinis.
"I hope you never expect me to wear a swim suit like that in public" Gabriella said faintly.
Troy glanced over quickly to see what she was talking about and immediately turned back and smiled at Gabriella.
"Remember what you were wearing when we first kissed?" he asked.
"Jeans and a blue jumper and a coat and scarf" Gabriella said confused.
"Yeah and you still looked sexier than any of them do now" Troy said sitting up to kiss her.
"You're being ridiculous" Gabriella protested laughing.
"I'm serious Gabriella. I was harder for longer standing out there in the snow all rugged up kissing you than I'd ever been before" Troy said earnestly.
Some people jumped or were pushed into the pool fully dressed while others had thought ahead and of the more confident guys stripped off naked to go skinny dipping in the pool. It got a little loud with people yelling an screeching as they were thrown in the pool so Troy and Gabriella decided to leave. They were getting to their feet when Liana, Breanna and Zeke came over intent on throwing their captain into the water.
"No guys I'm with Gabriella. I'm not going swimming" Troy said. The three of them were drunk and slightly unsteady on their feet so Troy was easily ably to evade their grip knocking them down onto the soft ground.
"I said no" Troy said firmly. "don't mess with me and Gabriella, Liana" he warned her.
Troy caught Gabriella looking at Zeke lying naked on his back at her feet with interest when he turned to protect her from being thrown in the pool by his friend. He pulled her around and kissed her heatedly before dragging her out of the house.
Once they were away from the party he let her go and shoved both hands in his pockets, striding towards Gabriella's house angrily making her jog to keep up.
"Troy I'm sorry" Gabriella said.
"I don't want to talk about it tonight Gabriella. I'll call you tomorrow" Troy said bluntly. He turned his face away when she tried t kiss him. "Go inside Gabriella" he ordered.
Gabriella turned and unlicked the door. "I'm sorry Troy. I love you."
Troy didn't say anything, he just waited until she was safely in the house before walking away.
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The next afternoon Gabriella came over to Troy's and let herself in his window after he refused to answer his phone. Troy was sitting at his desk doing his homework. "Sorry Chad, I don't feel like playing" he said without looking up.
"I don't want to play either" Gabriella replied.
Troy spun his chair around but did not say anything.
"You said you'd talk to me today but you're not answering your phone" Gabriella said.
"You said you would stop staring at my friends dicks" Troy replied hurt and angry. He walked across to his bedroom door and locked it before walking past her to the window and locking it too. He closed the curtain and turned on the lights.
"What are you doing?" Gabriella asked.
"The only thing I can do if you want us to have a future. Satisfying your curiosity" Troy said bluntly. "You asked me to give up sex and I did without regrets. I haven't even looked at another girl since we started dating. But if you keep doing this then how can I trust that you want to be with me?" he asked sadly. "So if you are just curious I thought I can fix that. You can stare at me as long as you like. But after this if I catch you looking lustfully at someone else again then we're done." He started taking off his clothes.
"Troy you promised not to do this" Gabriella protested. Troy paused in unbuttoning his shirt.
"What?" Tory asked bitterly. "I promised not to push you into anything you're not ready for and I'm not. You're clearly ready to look at nude guys. You've been doing it at every opportunity for weeks." He finished taking of his shirt and started to lift his undershirt.
"You don't have to do this" Gabriella interrupted again.
Troy sighed it's this or buy you a dirty magazine and I'm sorry Gabriella but I'm not willing to risk being caught buying a magazine full of photo's of nude men for anyone" he said wearily, taking off his undershirt.
"We could look online" Gabriella suggested anxiously.
"Yeah you could have but clearly either you didn't or it wasn't enough to satisfy your curiosity" Troy said kicking off his shoes and unbuckling his belt. He dropped his pants and pushed down his boxers stepping out of them and kicking them away.
He leant against his desk his casual pose belied by the fact he was gripping the edges of the desk so hard his fingers were turning white and he refused to look up at Gabriella.
Troy generally had next to no bodily modesty, he worked out a lot as part of his basketball training and most of the many girls who'd seen him naked had told him how good he looked. He knew that statistically he was of only slightly above average size for his age and that Paul Brad and Zeke were all larger than he was even when he was fully erect which he wasn't. He was too nervous to be. He'd never really cared what any girl thought of his body before but he desperately hoped Gabriella wouldn't be disappointed.
Gabriella froze as Troy dropped his pants, part of her (the same part that told her it was wrong to stare at the others) wanted to look away but she couldn't. It wasn't just curiosity this time. She was nervous about the fact she was alone with Troy. It wasn't him she didn't trust but herself. She wanted to reach out and touch him to know what it felt like.
Gabriella noticed that he wasn't even slightly aroused and was scared that she'd done something wrong. She eventually realised how uncomfortable Troy looked.
"What's the matter Troy? Are you okay?" She asked.
Troy laughed nervously but didn't answer, still not looking at her.
Gabriella walked over and lifted his chin gently with her hand. "Are you okay? We don't have to do this" she said. "Talk to me."
"It's stupid" Troy said.
"No if you're feeling it then it's real. What is stupid is to believe you can decide how to feel as if it's a choice to control" Gabriella refuted. "Tell me what you're feeling."
"I'm fucking terrified. I'm scared you won't like what you see" Troy admitted hesitantly. "I never felt like this before."
"Welcome to the real world. Girls feel like this about their bodies all the time" Gabriella told him.
Troy laughed mirthlessly. "You feel like this with me?" he asked horrified. "How can you not realise I think you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen."
"When I'm with you, I believe you think that" Gabriella admitted. "But I'm a geek not an athlete, my stomach isn't flat and firm like the cheerleaders' and my thighs are too big and my arms have no definition..."
Troy stopped Gabriella's list of faults with a finger against her lips. "You are absolutely perfect to me" he said softly.
"You don't have to do this now. I'll look on the internet I promise. You can even look with me and answer my questions" Gabriella said.
"No I have to do this Gabriella. I need to know..." Troy trailed off. He needed to know Gabriella found him as attractive as she found his friends. "I'm worried that I'm pushing you too far and you won't want to be with me anymore. But I'm more worried that if I don't do this then we're gonna break up because I can't stand what's been happening."
Gabriella went to give him a quick hug and Troy wrapped his arms around her tightly.
Gabriella felt slightly awkward at first wondering what she should do with her hands but she soon relaxed into the hug and fisted her hands on his back.
Troy had the opposite problem. At first he'd been concentrating on the feelings of affection and support he was receiving but it didn't take long for the normal biological reaction to having Gabriella's body pressed up against his to occur and without clothes on to hide the effects he was worried Gabriella would freak out.
Gabriella felt his erection pressing up against her. She'd become used to the feeling somewhat over the last few months and as time passed and Troy kept his word not to pressure her into taking things farther than she was comfortable with had started to feel flattered and slightly aroused herself at the knowledge she was causing this reaction.
"I can feel that you're feeling better" she commented blushing.
Troy blushed. "Sorry Gabriella" he said moving to turn away.
"It's okay Troy" Gabriella said continuing to hold him tightly.
"You need to let me go" Troy said urgently as he reached the point his arousal peaked. He didn't want to risk staining her clothing with pre-cum. Her m other would likely ban her from ever seeing him again if she came home smelling of sex.
Gabriella stepped back blushing when she realised he was still naked. She sat back down on the bed struggling to keep her eyes on his face while they talked.
"Are you feeling alright now?" Gabriella asked.
Troy shrugged "I'm still a little nervous. I'm afraid I'm pushing you too far" he admitted.
"No. I pushed you into this the other night looking at Zeke" Gabriella said.
"Yeah" Troy agreed. "But..."
Gabriella quickly stepped forward and put her finger on his lips. "No buts" she said. "You were hurt by my behaviour last night and you're right curiosity got the better of me again. I don't feel threatened by you standing there Troy. Are you ready to for me to look again?"
"Yeah" Troy said looking away from her as she sat back down.
"Troy" Gabriella called softly waiting until he looked at her.
"Why are you avoiding looking at me? Don't you want to see my reactions?" She asked.
"Do I?" He asked uncertainly.
"Yes you do" Gabriella said firmly, surprised by his lack of confidence. She was finally starting to realise how much she had hurt Troy by looking at Zeke last night and his other team mates the other times. She couldn't believe she'd been so stupid as to do it again after that horrible day thinking Troy was going to break up with her last time.
She slowly moved her eyes down his body. "You could model" she teased trying to relax him again. "I've seen abs like that on billboards" her eyes moved down a little further and she stared. He was hard and the tip of his penis was glistening. She'd always thought penises were slightly funny looking in photographs but they were strangely compelling in person. Objectively she knew Troy was smaller than his teammates that she'd seen but it seemed perfect to her.
Troy laughed. "I don't think I'd want to be up on a billboard or a magazine where Mom and your Mom and Ms Darbus and everybody could see me" he said shuddering.
Gabriella giggled. "Yeah it would be awkward" she agreed. She wanted to reach out and touch him. She looked up catching his eyes.
"Hey" Troy said softly seeing the desire in her face.
"Hey" Gabriella replied. "How're you doing?" Her eyes drifted back down and she watched fascinated as he moved slightly.
"Okay" he said huskily. His confidence had returned under Gabriella's open admiration and he had to restrain himself from stepping closer.
Gabriella leaned forward. "Can I touch it?" She asked softly.
"If you want to" Troy agreed equally softly, slowly stepping forward until his knees touched hers.
Gabriella reached out slowly and wrapped her hand gently around his shaft. She glanced up to see his reaction.
Troy was watching her carefully. He smiled briefly when he noticed her looking up at his face.
"It's fine. Do whatever you want. I'll stop you if I don't like it" he said reassuringly.
Gabriella nodded and looked back down bringing her other hand up to touch his balls gently lifting them and rubbing her fingers over them. She let them go and moved up to run her fingers around the head. "You were circumcised" she said almost questioningly.
Troy nodded. "Yeah I'm not sure why. My parents don't follow many of the other Jewish beliefs or traditions" he said.
"I like it. It looks good" Gabriella said. She ran her finger over the slit and Troy shuddered.
Gabriella looked up at him questioningly. "Um is that okay?" She asked.
"Yeah it feels good" Troy said.
Gabriella continued exploring gently. She ran her hand up and down his shaft tracing the veins and Troy bit his lips to stop himself from begging for more. He started trying to run through his lines from the show to distract himself but couldn't concentrate. Gabriella wrapped her hand back around him and squeezed gently.
"You can a little tighter" Troy said.
Gabriella tightened her grip. "Like this?" She asked.
"Yeah" Troy almost groaned.
"What do I do next?" she asked.
"Move your hand up and down" Troy instructed.
"Like this?" Gabriella asked moving her hand hesitantly.
"Yeah a little more firmly and quicker Troy replied closing his eyes. "Relax, you're supposed to enjoy it too" he said encouragingly.
She slowly gained confidence watching Troy's face and seeing him enjoy her ministrations.
Troy opened his eyes and watched Gabriella, she looked so hot with her small hand wrapped around him and her face set in concentration.
She looked back up to his face and caught him watching her. "Hi" she said shyly as she met his eyes.
Troy smiled "hi" he said.
"Am I doing it right?" She asked uncertainly.
"Yeah it's great. Are you okay with this?" He asked.
"Yeah, I am" she said surprised.
Troy grinned at her reaction. "And are you enjoying it?" He asked hopefully.
Gabriella thought about it for a moment. "My wrist's a little tired but other than that I am" she said. "But I still think I must be doing something wrong. From what I've heard and read this shouldn't take anywhere near this long" she added worriedly.
"If you're in a hurry to finish then go a little quicker and harder" he instructed.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Gabriella asked following his instructions.
"I was enjoying it too much to want to hurry you. Who knows when you'll feel like doing this again" Troy admitted.
"Troy" Gabriella huffed embarrassed.
Troy groaned and exploded in Gabriella's hand.
"Umm..." Gabriella said looking around anxiously.
"Tissues are on my desk and the bin's under it" Troy said.
"Okay" Gabriella replied running over and grabbing the box.
Troy cleaned himself up while Gabriella scrubbed her hand.
"Are you okay?" Troy asked sitting beside her.
"Yeah. Can you put your clothes on?" She asked.
Troy got up and quickly pulled on his pants before sitting beside Gabriella on the bed and wrapping her in a loose hug. She turned and hugged him tightly.
"Talk to me Gabriella" he said gently.
A/N: Thank you to Pumpkinking5, stordec23, Ceciliaa93, LaueeeCarter, fishing, brianna4797, Winter Alais and pinkdancer45 for your support.
A/N2: I only have about 250 word of the next chapter written and I hate every one of them so it may take a couple of extra days to get the next chapter out.
