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What You Mean To Me

A story about Troy and Gabriella and what I think should happen!

Chapter 3: A New Day

Gabriella's POV

I woke up in the middle of the night to a treacherous thunderstorm. I've always hated thunderstorms. I lay there in bed and a sudden lightening flash and a loud crash brought me to my feet. I didn't want to wake my mom, especially since she has to work early tomorrow on a Saturday. I was really scared by now so without thinking twice, I tiptoed through the bathroom and into the guest room.

"Gabby is that you?" Troy asked and I was glad he was already awake.

"Yeah it's me." I whispered and I walked closer to his bed.

"Are you scared of the storm?" He asked.

"Yes." I said. I was close to tears which made me extremely embarrassed. Troy patted the spot on the bed next to him.

"Come here." Troy whispered and I crawled into the bed next to him. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close and I slowly fell asleep in his arms.

Bright sunlight shone through the window and I stirred in my sleep. Opening my eyes slowly, I could feel Troy paying with my hair. I turned over to face him.

"Good morning." Troy whispered in my ear. I smiled.

"Good morning to you too." I replied. We climbed out of bed and we both blushed fiercely. I was wearing a small tank top and shorts while Troy was only wearing boxers. I quickly slipped into the bath room and into my room. We both got dressed and met in the bathroom where we brushed our teeth and went downstairs. We walked into the kitchen and I found a note from my mom.

Gabby & Troy, I went to work. There's pancake stuff and cereal. Make your self some breakfast. I'll be home around two. Gabby, we need to talk later. Have fun. Love mom.

"So do you want pancakes for breakfast?" I asked Troy.

"Sure, it'll be fun to make them together." Troy answered. I turned on the radio and we started pulling ingredients off of shelves and turning the stove on. I was pulling the flour off a shelf and accidentally sprinkled some in Troy's hair. I started laughing at how ridiculous he looked.

"What's up?" He asked and I pulled him to a mirror. "Oh you're dead Montez." He laughed and grabbed a handful of flour. Before I realized what was coming my dark curls were specked with white, as was the rest of my outfit. I laughed and Troy laughed.

"Let's finish up." I suggested and Troy nodded, we finished the pancakes and cleaned up the kitchen. We were about to go upstairs and change out of our flour covered clothes when the doorbell rang.

"We should get that." I turned to the door.

"What if it's my dad?" Troy questioned.

"What if it's not?" I responded. Troy sighed and we opened the door together,

"He guys. Do you want to do something today?" Taylor asked. She and Chad were both standing in my doorway.

Troy's POV

'What a relief.' I thought. I didn't want to talk to my father yet. I'd deal with him tonight.

"Are we doing anything today Gabs?" I asked.

"Not that I know of." She smiled at me.

"What were you guys thinking of doing?" I questioned.

"Do you want to go bowling?" Taylor suggested.

"Why not?" Gabriella said. The rest of us nodded.

"Ok but before we go, why are you and Gabriella covered in flour?" Chad wondered. I laughed.

"We were making pancakes and I guess things got a little out of control." I explained. Gabby laughed.

"Why don't we change and meet you back down here." Gabriella suggested.

"That works, but Gabby I want to tell you something." Taylor and Gabriella ran up the stairs.

"Let's talk in the guest room." Chad dragged me up after him. Once we were safely in the guest room, Chad started questioning.

"Are you guys like living together now?" Chad looked at me.

"No, I didn't want to see my dad so they let me stay here tonight." I explained.

"Something else is going on man because you're acting different. What did she do to you?" Chad was curious.

"She didn't do anything. Last night we watched a movie, went to bed, and listened to the thunderstorm. In the morning we had breakfast." I told him. A sly grin crossed Chad's face.

"She came in your room in the middle of the night right?" Chad said knowingly. I smiled.

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Gabriella's POV

Taylor shut the door behind me and started squealing.

"What happened last night?" She shrieked.

"Nothing happened. We watched a movie, went to bed and listened to the thunderstorm. In the morning we had breakfast." I told her. A happy look crossed over her face.

"You woke him in the middle of the night didn't you?" She asked. I couldn't help but smile.

"I knew it!" She screamed. The strange thing though was that I heard those words not just from Taylor but from

"Chad!" I exclaimed. I looked towards the bathroom door. It was wide open and I was staring straight into the yes of Troy.

"Questioning?" Troy asked simply.

"Yep, you?" I returned.

"Of course." He smiled. We shut the bathroom doors and returned to getting dressed. I sat in my desk chair. Taylor stood behind me. She was brushing the flour out of my hair with a spray bottle of water and a brush. Once we were finished I changed clothes and we met up outside of Troy's room.

"Hold on a second. I think they're talking about us." Taylor stopped me before I knocked on the door. We listened and they really were talking about us.

"For the last time, nothing happened. She was only scared of the storm." I heard Troy saying. I smiled.

"Yeah, uh huh, sure. And you let her stay without doing anything with her." Chad said sarcastically.

"I held her. Otherwise nothing else." Troy repeated himself.

"Come on we should knock." I said. I knocked on the door and it opened immediately. Chad and Troy stepped into the hall.

"Gabby, please tell Chad here that we didn't do anything last night." Troy looked at me with these puppy dog eyes I just can't resist.

"We didn't do anything Chad. For goodness sakes my mother lives here." I pointed out.

"Are you implying that you would've done something if your mom wasn't there?" Chad grinned stupidly. I sighed and Troy groaned.

"Ah hah!" Chad shouted triumphantly.

"She didn't say yes." Troy defended me.

"She didn't say no either." Chad shot back.

"Let's just drop what I did or did not say." So Taylor and the guys followed me downstairs and out the front door.

"Should we take one or two cars?" Taylor wondered.

"Let's take two in case one of u s has to leave early." Troy suggested. With that said Troy and I got into his car and Chad took Taylor in his car.

Troy's POV

We buckled our seatbelts and got ready.

"Well that was weird." Gabby turned to me.

"It sure was. What did Taylor ask you?" I asked. She smiled.

"First she asked me what happened. She said that I looked too happy to her." Gabriella blushed as she said this. "Then when I told her that nothing happened she guessed.

"Yeah that's pretty much what happened with me and Chad." I laughed. "We have nosy friends." Gabby laughed at that and I started the car.

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