A/N: You guys are great with the feedback. Here's the next chapter and once again, I OWN NOTHING! Just a warning, I'm sorry if the language offends anyone!
I opened the door expecting Troy but I got the surprise of my life. There was a girl there with a duffle bag and looking like the world's biggest bitch.
"Can I help you?" I asked her as she pushed her way in.
"Are you Gabriella Montez?" the girl asked as I finished putting my earrings in my ears.
"Yes and you are?" I asked her as she smiled sweetly.
"Elizabeth Montgomery. I'm your new roommate." She told me as she laid on the other bed in the room.
"I'm sorry to leave you high and dry but I have a date with my boyfriend. I will be home later." I told her as she opened her mouth to speak.
"It's ok. I'll be ok here by myself. And I promise I won't go through any of your stuff." She told me as I smiled.
"Then we've got that understood. So where are you from?" I asked her as I sat down.
"Um . . . Atlanta, Georgia. What about you?" She asked me smiling.
"Albuquerque, New Mexico. I moved here and my boyfriend transferred here this semester." I told her as someone knocked on my door.
I went to answer the door and saw Troy standing there with yellow roses. I smiled as opened the door a little wider.
"Troy this is my new roommate Elizabeth Montgomery. Elizabeth this is my boyfriend Troy Bolton." I introduced the two as I got my coat on.
They exchanged hellos and Troy asked me if I was ready to go. I smiled and we took off.
"Wow! So you finally have a roommate?" Troy asked me as I smiled.
"Oh yeah and to tell the truth, I'm not thrilled." I told him as he laughed.
"She seems nice enough. Give her a chance Gabi." He told me as I grinned.
"I will do my best. Moving on, what do you have planned for us tonight?" I asked him as we linked fingers.
"That's for me to know and you to find out later!" He told me as we walked down my hall to the elevator.
We gently swung hands as we waited for the elevator. I laughed as he gave me a strange look. We stepped into the elevator and I saw one of my classmates who wished me a good night. We walked outside and I pulled my coat tighter around me.
"It's a little chilly tonight." He told me as way of apology.
"Its fine and it's so pretty out here with the snow blowing around." I told him as we walked outside.
Troy led me to his car and opened the door for me. Once I was inside, he gently shut the door and got in himself. He drove a few minutes before I broke the silence.
"So where are you taking me?" I asked him as he grinned.
"I was wondering how long it would take you to ask that question again. And the answer is still the same. I'm not telling you." He told me as we pulled up The Capital Grille, one for Rhode Island's most expensive restaurants.
"Troy this is way to expensive for the two of us." I told him as he smiled.
"Nothing is too expensive for my baby. Shall we?" He asked as he offered his arm.
I took his arm and he guided me into the restaurant. He told the hostess our name and the hostess lead us to a table.
"Don't worry about the price tonight, Gabi. It's on me." He told me as I smiled.
I looked at the menu too overwhelmed to decide what to have. Troy noticed this and told me he would pick my dinner for me.
"I don't know if I trust to you pick my dinner." I told him as he smiled.
"Trust me. You will love what I pick." He told me as I smiled.
The waiter came and we both ordered. Troy took my hand in his after the waiter left.
"How are your classes going?" Troy asked me as I smiled.
"Great. I've got a professor who is in his mid 80s and you have to almost yell when you're talking to him. It's hilarious." I told him as he smiled.
"I love how your face lights up when you're talking about something you love or found funny." He told me as I blushed.
"Well I just love everything about you." I told him as he blushed.
"Look at the two of us. Both sitting here just enjoying each other's company." Troy told me as we held hands.
"Did I tell you who called me the other day?" I asked him as he looked at me.
"No. Who called you?" Troy asked me as something caught my eye.
"Taylor. She wanted to catch up and find out how Brown was treating me. I asked her about USC and she said that she tried to call you and mysteriously you're phone was disconnect." I told him as he grinned.
"Yeah I kind of forgot to tell Chad and Taylor I wasn't going to USC anymore. Did you tell her?" Troy asked as I grinned.
"I told her that I haven't talked to you since you left for USC. She said she would try a little later. I had to hang up before I started laughing." I told him.
"Oh. Chad called my cell phone and asked me where I was. I just told him I had some stuff I had to deal with and I would call him later." Troy told me as I shook my head.
"You know we are going to have to tell them sooner or later." I told him as our food came.
"I vote for later, like during the summer later." He told me grinning.
"Well we are going to have to warn the mothers because those two will open their mouths before we have time to tell them the plan." I told him.
"We'll call them later on tonight and tell them. They can't let our secret get out. I want you to myself for a little while longer." Troy told me as I giggled.
"Well you have me and I'm not going anywhere." I told him as he cleared his throat.
"What do you want to do for Spring Break?" Troy asked me as I smiled.
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea. That's the first week of March isn't it?" I asked him as he continued to eat.
"Yeah I think so. Do you want to go back to Albuquerque?" He asked me as I thought about it.
"Not really. How about we invite the parents up here for our Spring Break?" I asked him.
"That won't work because dad's got school. East high is still in school." Troy told me as the check came.
"Ok. How about you and I go somewhere? I don't really care where but we could get away from here." I told him.
"Can I surprise you?" He asked as a grin crept onto his face.
"Sure go ahead any make all the arrangements." I told him as he grinned.
"I'm going to surprise you and you're never going to forget it." He told me as I smiled.
"You ready to go to our next stop?" Troy asked me as I took his hand.
We walked out of the restaurant and back out to Troy's car. He was the perfect gentleman and opened my door for me.
"So now where are we going?" I asked him grinning.
"Stop it Gabriella. You will find out when we get there." He told me as I pouted.
"But I don't like being in a secret." I told him as he smiled.
"You will find out soon enough. Just be patient." He told me as I smiled and looked out the window.
Before I knew it we had arrived at a park of some sort. Troy got out and came around and opened my door.
"Come along babe. Wouldn't want to keep that secret a secret any longer than we have to" He told me as he offered his hand. I gently grabbed it and got out.
He led me to a park bench that had a candle burning and a picnic basket. We sat down and he opened the picnic basket up and pulled out a Tupperware container full of cookies. My eyes went wide when I saw this. He leaned down and grabbed a container.
"What's in the container?" I asked him helping myself to a chocolate chip cookie.
"Well someone famous once told me that you can't have a cookie without the milk. So in here we have milk." He told me as I thought back to our conversation about milk and cookies.
"Gabriella, what are you looking for?" Troy asked as I opened the refrigerator. I found the milk and poured myself a glass full of it.
"You can't have a cookie without having the milk." I told him as he laughed.
"You can eat cookies without the milk. Watch." He told me as he ate a cookie without milk.
"But it doesn't taste the same! With milk it makes it less crunchy and soggier." I told him as I dunked my cookie in the milk.
"Whatever you say o' wise one!" Troy told me as I laughed.
"Go ahead and try it. You'll be convinced for life." I told him as he dunked his cookie in my milk. He took a bite and I waited for his reaction.
"Hm . . . you're finally right about something. This is good." He told me as I leaned in and we kissed.
"Well I was right about something else. I was right about dating you." I told him as we laughed.
"You were right about that." He told me as he pulled me closer and we kissed again.
"Gabriella? I bring out the milk and I loose you." Troy told me as his voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"I was here all along. I was thinking back to our conversation about milk and cookies." I told him.
"Now I can't eat cookies without having milk. Look what you've done to me." Troy told me as I grinned.
"Good. I've got some influence on you." I told him as he leaned in and we kissed.
"You've got more influence on me than you know." Troy told me as I took another cookie.
"Wow! These cookies are really good. Did you make them?" I asked him as I broke off a piece and threw it into my mouth.
"Oh yeah I spent 2 hours slaving over a hot stove just for you babe." Troy told me grinning.
"Are you lying to me or are you telling the truth?" I asked him as he smiled.
"I guess you'll never know." He told me as his grin gave him away.
"So prince of my heart, where did you get the cookies?" I asked him as he kissed my cheek.
"You know that bakery on Broad Street?" He asked me as I smiled.
"Ada's Creations? Is that what's it's called?" I asked him.
"Yea that's it. Well I was walking by there earlier and the cookies looked really good so I got us a baker's dozen." He told me as I smiled.
"Well you're in luck. That's my new favorite bakery here in Providence." I told him as he smiled.
"Well I'm glad. Are you ready to go?" He asked me as he grabbed the picnic basket.
"Sure. Now where?" I asked him as he grinned.
"Back to my apartment for a movie. I'll even let you pick out which one you want to watch." Troy told me as I grabbed the cookies.
"That sounds great. I don't want to go back to my dorm quite yet." I told him as we walked back to the car.
We went back to his apartment and got comfortable on the couch. I picked out "The Notebook" to watch. Troy groaned a little but let me put it in anyways. We laid side by side as we watched the movie. He took me home after it was done. I kissed him good night before I walked into my room to find . . .
Another cliff hanger I know. I'm sorry. I had to do it. I'm thinking next chapter I'm going to skip a couple of months so that it will be spring. Please reply and give me some ideas on where you think I should take the story. I love to hear from my readers!
