Chapter 54
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Troy was despondent when he arrived home late Thursday night. Ms Darbus had kept them late rehearsing and the production still wasn't going the way he wanted it to. He knew all his lines and the dance moves. The scenes with him and the boys were great but the scenes between he and Sharpay still felt stiff and awkward. She'd become more subtle since the reaming out she got from MsD about following the director's and choreographer's orders but she was still making small changes to the stage directions to make sure she was always facing the audience forcing him to attempt to try to balance between looking like he was facing Sharpay while he was speaking to her and having his profile towards the audience enough for them to see his facial expressions. Thankfully MsD had noticed and had lectured Sharpay that her antics weren't making her look better but harming the total performance and while her friends might appreciate being able to see her face the judges from the Juilliard School would likely be more discerning. The last run through was better but because Troy had been expecting her to manoeuvre him the stage positions still took a lot of last minute adjustments. They'd been given the day off from classes to run through the whole show twice tomorrow so hopefully that would help.
The problem was Troy didn't trust her to follow the directions on the night so he had to constantly watch what she was doing and react which made him feel like he was half a beat behind the whole time. In fact what Troy didn't realise was the fact he had to watch and react to Sharpay's behaviour made his acting seem more realistic than scripted.
Troy said hello to his parents who were sitting in the living room together watching a movie and walked through into the kitchen looking for something to eat.
"Hi "Troy" Jack answered absentmindedly.
"Hi Troy. Your dinner's in the microwave" Lucille called to him.
"Thanks Mom" Troy said sighing. He hadn't eaten with his parents all week and was sick and tired of eating alone but felt too tired to go in and make conversation at the moment. He heated up his meal and carried it upstairs to his room. Putting it on his desk he quickly turned on his computer and sent a Skype request through to Gabriella before starting to eat.
Gabriella answered the request smiling as the new window showed Troy shovelling food into his mouth. "Hi gorgeous that's really not a very sexy look" she teased.
Troy looked up and smiled wiping his mouth on the back of his hand. "Troy use a napkin" Gabriella scolded.
"Hey Gabriella" he said smiling lovingly once his mouth was empty.
"Hi Troy. Did you just get home from rehearsals?" Gabriella asked.
"Yes MsD is about to explode from stress trying to get everything perfect for the Juilliard representatives. She didn't even let us stop for dinner tonight" Troy said.
"Well you finish eating while I tell you about my day" Gabriella said generously. She chattered away about her teachers classes and classmates. Not all of the anecdotes she related actually happened that day but were minor things she hadn't bothered to bring up earlier.
Troy was entertained by her stories as he finished his meal and began to ask questions to keep her talking.
Gabriella smiled and kept talking about the minutia of her day not wanting to risk bringing the tension back to his face by asking him about rehearsals. "How are Jack and Lucille?" she asked.
Troy shrugged "Dad's good we ran this morning" he said. "I haven't seen much of Mom this week."
"How are Chad and Taylor getting along? Is it awkward being around them both?" Gabriella asked. She'd asked similar questions every night and Troy had reassured her that everything was fine but she was still worried.
"It's okay. They were talking in homeroom this morning. They seem to be getting along quite well I don't think most of the school has even realised they're no longer a couple" Troy said trying to reassure her.
"Could they have got back together?" Gabriella asked.
"I don't think so Gabi. I know you want them to be happy but I think they're getting along better because they're not going out. Taylor seems to be more tolerant of Chad's goofing off and he's enjoying the fact that she's not nagging him anymore" Troy said gently.
Gabriella sighed. "You might be right: she agreed. "It's just they're getting along now but it won't take much to make things awkward between them and then we'll be caught in the middle."
"Gabriella I won't let them put us in the middle. Chad understands that I'm going to stay out of any conflict to avoid letting it affect our relationship" Troy reassured.
"I can't wait to get home tomorrow and be part of your life again rather than just hearing about it" Gabriella said.
"I can't wait for you to come home either" Troy said. "I have missed you so much this week."
Gabriella noticed he was moving around uncomfortably in his seat. She looked at him closely and saw that even though he had cheered up while talking to her he still looked tense and exhausted.
"Did you overdo the exercise again?" she asked. "Do you need to massage in some Voltaren or something? I'm sure your Mom or Dad would help if you needed them to."
"No I'm fine. I've tried to pick up my morning routine a bit but my muscles all felt pretty good today" Troy replied.
"You don't look comfortable. You're sitting very stiffly. Did you hurt your back at rehearsals?" Gabriella said worriedly.
Troy stretched "No it feels fine I guess I still feel a bit stressed" Troy replied.
Gabriella frowned wishing she was there to massage the tension out of his shoulders so he could sleep. She thought for a moment then said hesitantly "I might be able to help with that if you want me to".
"How?" Troy asked surprised.
"Go and get ready for bed and come back" Gabriella said. "The room is still arranged so you can talk to me from there isn't it?"
"Yeah it is. I'll be about ten minutes I want a quick shower" Troy answered.
"Okay take your time and call me back when you're ready" Gabriella said blowing him a kiss.
"Bye Gabriella love you"
"I love you too Troy. Talk to you soon" Gabriella said picking up her pen as if she was going to return to work.
As soon as Troy had disconnected she got up and locked her bedroom door. She hurried over to her drawers and rifled through looking for a sexier bra and knickers set than the one she was wearing. Quickly putting them on she brushed her hair and applied some light eye makeup and lip gloss before putting her dressing gown on to hide what she was wearing when Troy came back in.
She was finishing up her reading for the next day when Troy got back wrapped in a towel. She looked up and smiled "Okay Troy before you get into bed I want you to lock your door" she said.
Troy raised his eyebrows questioningly but disappeared from the screen for a moment. "Okay it's locked" he said preparing to pull on a clean pair of boxers.
"You won't need those for the moment. Turn the computer so you can lie on the bed" Gabriella ordered.
"Okay, look away for a minute while I move it" Troy said quickly moving his computer and folding the quilt away so he could lay on the bed with his naked body fully on display to the webcam.
Gabriella waited until he was lying watching her before standing up and taking off her dressing gown moving so she was sitting Indian style on the bed facing the camera.
"Wow Gabriella" Troy said appreciatively knowing how difficult this must be for his extremely modest wife. "You look amazingly hot."
Gabriella blushed scarlet and bit her lower lip. "It seemed like a great idea ten minutes ago" she admitted shakily.
"It still is a great idea Gabriella but you don't have to do this if you feel uncomfortable. Put my T-shirt on you look hot in that too. I love to see you wearing my shirts" Troy said encouragingly.
Gabriella reached forward to pick up the T-shirt that had fallen on the floor unintentionally giving Troy a close up view of her cleavage.
Troy dropped his hand down to stroke his hardening manhood.
Gabriella sat up with Troy's wildcats practice singlet in her hand and put it on the bed. Troy watched avidly as she arched her back thrusting her breasts forward unnecessarily as she reached behind her back to unfasten the clasp of her bra. She looked up and smiled to see Troy already pleasuring himself and slowly pushed the bra straps off her shoulders letting it fall forward.
Finding her courage she cupped one breast and started circling the nipple with her thumb. She moaned quietly more faking it than truly aroused but it had the desired effect making Troy twitch with increased arousal.
"God you're beautiful" Troy said groaning and speeding up his hand movements.
"You look so good lying there" Gabriella said huskily. "Play with your nipples too for me" she ordered.
"Troy brought his free hand up to tweak his nipple finding he liked it a bit rougher than Gabriella did.
Gabriella noticed and said "Pinch it tight, imagine me biting your nipple. I'm going to leave it all bruised and red until you'll feel it rubbing against your clothes as you move tomorrow and remember me promising to bite it."
Troy pinched it harder groaning in desire at the feeling he was close. "Gabriella" he panted.
"Come for me Troy" Gabriella ordered him. "Come all over your stomach and chest."
Troy bit his lip to stop from shouting as he obeyed spurting all over his chest hitting the abused nipple. He grabbed a handful of tissues and made a half-hearted attempt to sleepily clean himself up before pulling the quilt over him.
"Goodnight Troy. Sleep well" Gabriella said quietly watching him for a moment before getting herself dressed for bed. She left the Skype connection open hoping to hear Troy if he started to wake as she finished her reading and settled down to try to sleep.
A/N: Thankyou to Pumpkinking5, Wildcats2016, speedsONEandONLY and CimorelliMIA for your support.
