CHAPTER 3

Hey everybody….I no nobodys really on at this time of day so I have to make up all this stuff its good for me lol I love high school musical I read that they're making a sequel but im not sure if its true I hope it is so here it is chapter 3 please R&R

XOXO, Christine

Drunken Decisions

"Troy?" asked Ms. Montez concerned. "What happened? Who did this?"

"Ohh, umm," Troy thought of a good story to cover for himself. "These gang people were out on the street and they saw me and started to beat me up. Not a big deal."

"Not a big deal?" asked Ms. Montez hysterically. "Troy they could have killed you!"

Gabriella stared at Troy. She couldn't believe that Troy was lying to her mom. She didn't know what to do. She was about to cry.

"Troy," said Ms. Montez. "You need to go to the hospital. You might have broken something."

"Oh no, Ms. Montez," said Troy, "it's not as bad as it looks. I'll be fine."

"Troy…" began Ms. Montez.

"Really, Ms. Montez, "I'm fine. Honestly."

"Are you sure?" asked Ms. Montez.

"Absolutely," replied Troy.

"Fine," said Ms. Montez, "do you want anything? Water? Food?"

"No, thank you," replied Troy.

"It's okay, mom," said Gabriella, "I can take it from here."

"Okay, honey," said Ms. Montez. "Gabby, I'm going to go to bed. If you need me, don't hesitate to wake me up."

"Okay, mom," said Gabby. "I will."

Ms. Montez left the room. Once her door closed, Gabriella slapped Troy.

"Hey," whined Troy, "what was that for?"

"Lying," cried Gabriella. "Oh, Troy, how could you?"

"I couldn't tell her," Troy was crying now, "I just couldn't. You wouldn't have if it was my parents."

"I dunno," replied Gabriella. "Maybe I would have."

"Come on Gabby," said Troy. "Get real. You wouldn't have."

"Fine," replied Gabby poutedly. "I'm sorry, Troy. I'm just so worried about you. I'm afraid something is gonna happen to you."

"Nothing is gonna happen to me," whispered Troy, "I'm not going anywhere. I promise." Gabriella wrapped him in a huge hug. "Ow, ow, ow," Winced Troy, "that hurts."

"I'm sorry," said Gabby. "Here, I'll wrap you up."

She wrapped up his bruises, gave him a kiss, and laid down beside him. "I love you," said Troy.

"Me too," replied Gabriella.

"You love yourself?" asked Troy.

"No, I meant that I love you too," said Gabriella. Troy tickled her in the stomach. She laughed. "Stop it," said Gabby, laughing. She lightly hit his chest.

"Ughh," moaned Troy. "Not fair. You have an advantage." He turned to face Gabriella, grabbed her, and pulled her close to him. She hit his chest again. "aaaahhh." He grabbed her and kissed her. She stopped playing and kissed him back. They kissed for a little while.

A short while later, Gabriella pulled away. "It's getting late, Troy, I better get off to bed."

"Okay, Gabby," he replied. He kissed her again.

"I'll sleep in the guest room," said Gabriella. "The bathroom connects so I won't be far away. If you need anything just call."

"Wait, Gabby," he said. "I'll sleep in the guest room so you can sleep in your bed."

"No, Troy, it's okay," she said. "You, stay there."

"No, Gabby," he said sitting up. "It's the least I can do."

"No, Troy," said Gabby. "If you wanna help me out, then sleep here."

"Fine," said Troy. He kissed Gabriella then got under the covers.

Before he knew it, the sun was shining through Gabriella's window. Her bed was really comfortable. He heard a commotion in the bathroom and sat up. "Gabby," he called. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she said, "I'm about to take a shower." She peered out in her robe, smiled, and shut the door. Troy laid back down and peered around Gabby's room. He had never really taken the time to look at it. There were pictures all around him of Gabriella in her different stages of growing up. He smiled when he saw a picture of her as a baby. She was pretty, even as a baby. He heard the shower stop, and he heard Gabriella get out. She quickly put on her clothes, and then went into Troy's room to find Taylor and Chad staring at him, mouths open in disbelief.

"Oh my God, Troy," squeaked Taylor.

"What the hell happened?" asked Chad.

"Got into a fight," said Troy. Gabriella opened her mouth to speak, but closed it again. "Really, I'm fine. What do you guys want to do today?"

"Go to the mall?" asked Taylor.

"Let's go," said Troy. "I'd probably better call my parents first."

"Yeah you probably should," said Gabriella.

Troy grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket. He dialed his number. 723-1998. (number made up) He sat on the phone for a while. No answer. He left a message for his mom telling her his plans for the day. He said he'd call later.

Troy grabbed his shirt and started to put it on.

"No, Troy," said Gabriella. "Don't wear a bloody shirt."

"Well I have to wear something," replied Troy.

"You can wear one of my brother's old shirts. He moved out a few years ago. I'll go get them. They're in a box in the hall closet." She went and grabbed him a blue shirt, and she helped him put it on. "Are you sure your okay, Troy?" she asked him as he winced with pain when she attempted to put his shirt on.

"Yeah," replied Troy. "I'm fine. Just a little stiff."

"You lied to Taylor and Chad to, Troy," said Gabriella. "Chad is your best friend. If you told me, you probably should have told him."

"I love you, Gabby, a lot," replied Troy. "That's why I told you and not him." He gave her a kiss on the cheek and they went out and joined Chad and Taylor. The four of them went to the mall and met up with Sharpay, Zeke, Ryan, Kelsi, and Jason.

"Troy!" Sharpay squeaked as she ran up and hugged him. Troy had to resist shouting in pain. Kelsi hugged him, too, while Gabby and Taylor hugged all the other people. "Where do you guys wanna go?"

"Food court!" yelled Ryan. All the girls rolled their eyes. "What? I missed breakfast because of Sharpay. I'm hungry."

"Of course you are," snapped Sharpay, "you're always hungry."

Kelsey yawned. "I need coffee. Lots of coffee. My brother kept me up ALL NIGHT last night."

Jason put his arm around her. "Okay," he said, "First stop coffee. Where should we go after that?"

"Food Court!" called out Ryan.

"No!" everyone replied in unison. Ryan frowned.

"Let's go to Victoria's Secret!" called Taylor.

"Yeah!" yelled Chad jokingly. "Let's go now."

"Oh you've gotta be kidding me," laughed Gabriella.

Troy put his arm around her and whispered in her ear, "of course he's no kidding. It's Chad. His dream is too walk into Victoria's Secret and not get kicked out."

Gabriella smiled at that. "Let's all just go into American Eagle and go from there like we usually do."

Everyone agreed so they headed towards American Eagle making a short stop at Starbucks to grab some coffee. They spent about 3 hours at the mall before deciding to go see a movie. "What should we see?" asked Gabriella.

"Brokeback Mountain!" exclaimed Chad.

"Is there something you wanna tell me, Chad?" asked Taylor.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Tay," replied Chad innocently.

"How about When A Stranger Calls?" asked Troy.

"Oohh," squeaked Gabriella. "I've wanted to see that so badly."

"Me too," commented Troy.

The guys gave him a nice pat on the bruise. It was, after all, a brilliant idea. See, what the girls didn't really know was that when people go to horror movies, the girls have a tendency to be screaming and grabbing onto the guys in fear.

The movie started fifteen minutes late and the sound was unnaturally loud which made it even freakier. Troy was put through a lot of pain as Gabby kept jumping on top of him. He definitely enjoyed it though.

That night he went home to find a note that said his parents were leaving town and that he had to stay at Chad's house all weekend. Mr. Bolton's handwriting had been added at the bottom threatening him with a little chat if he stays at Gabriella's house. He grabbed his cell phone to find a dead battery. That explained a lot. They had probably tried to call. He grabbed some clothes, put them in his basketball bag, and headed over to Chad's house to drop them off.

"Hey," said Chad when he got there. "We're having a party tonight, right here."

"Oh, great," replied Troy.

"Guess who's coming," said Chad.

"Who?" asked Troy.

"Our girls," replied Chad.

Troy was happy to hear that. If Gabby wasn't gonna be there, then neither was he. "Great," said Troy, "what time?"

"8," replied Chad.

"Okay," said Troy. He put his phone on the charger and called Gabriella.

He hung up and said, "I'm going to go to Gabby's house."

"I'm going to Taylor's," replied Chad.

"See ya," said Troy.

He arrived at Gabby's and sat with her basement watching T.V.

"My dad threatened me again," Troy said casually.

"What did he say?"

"He said that if I stayed over here, he'd beat me up again."

"Oh, Troy," said Gabriella. She hugged him.

At 7 Gabby went upstairs to get ready for the party. At 730, she came back downstairs in a pink tank top, a ruffly black miniskirt, and platform sandals.

"Let's go," she said. "Taylor called and said she wanted us to go over early."

"Alright," said Troy. He drove Gabby to Chad's house. Chad was setting out punch that he and Tay had made. He called it his "special punch" which made Troy a little bit nervous after what happened at the after party. He had always suspected Chad, but never had any proof.

8:00 came and went and the party was crazy. Troy and Gabriella had forgotten about their misgivings with the punch and drank a lot. It was like déjà vu except this time they stayed at the party and were completely wild. They was grinding and making out everywhere. Chad's parents weren't really being great chaperones. They hadn't looked in on the party at all, and they didn't know or care that there was alcohol.

"Come on," a drunken Gabriella said to Troy. She led him into an open closet and shut the door. The alcohol completely hijacked the two of them and they made a couple of choices that night that they wouldn't have made if they weren't drinking in the first place.

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/howdja like it everyone? Please review.. I should have the next chapter up later today.. im not giving any clues. .if anyone has any suggestions, id love to hear them. .once again if anyone knows ms montez's first name, please tell me otherwise I am gonna call her Karen hope everyone likes the story more to come really really soon.. XOXO,Christine