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Kisses

Crap. Today's the day of Chad and Taylor's party and I haven't even prepared. What about Gabriella? What will-

Troy stopped. She was still mad at him. He had sent so many IM messages to her and she wouldn't reply back. Troy felt like crying again but a phone call came ringing in.

"Hello?" he answered groggily.

There was a second's silence and then a loud voice came on the end of the line.

"Dude, you gotta help me! Get dressed and come down to our dorm, Tay's driving me nuts over the party!" Chad pleaded and then the line went dead.

Chicks, Troy thought. The stuff they get us guys to do.

He threw on his black Blink 182 shirt and his ripped jeans. Ruffling his hair, he ran down the hall to Chad's.

Gabriella sighed. Her heart was torn up and the best she could do to fix it was to break Troy's.

All she felt like doing now...was going over to Taylor's for sympathy.

Through her tears, she got dressed in a purple strapless top and faded jeans and headed towards Chad's.

"Chad honey, did ya call the pizza company yet?" Taylor asked franctically. She was banging around pots and pans even though Chad and Troy knew she didn't know how to cook.

"No." Troy and Chad replied in unison. Taylor had asked the same question over and over again. The boys were watching a game of the Heat versus the Lakers.

"NO! Throw it to Dwayne Wade, you retards!" they were screaming at the TV.

Then the doorbell rang.

"Come in!" said a tired Taylor.

In stepped...Gabriella.

The boys hardly noticed her. They were arguing to the TV about the "unfair call" the referee made on Shaq.

"Hey, when's your party going to start? 'Cause I can help you-" Gabriella stopped midsentence.

Taylor was grabbing out bags of chips, cans of beer, and a bucket of low-fat ice-cream all at the same time. The kitchen looked like it had exploded. And the TV was blaring on about how good Kobe Bryant still was.

Gabriella shook her head in amusement. "Let me help you with that."

So the girls silently went to work as the guys were still yelling at the TV. When the game was over (the Lakers won), Chad turned around on his couch and asked, "Give me a can of beer, Troy. I'm too...shocked at the game."

Troy rolled his eyes and got up into the kitchen.

Taylor and Gabriella finished cleaning the room up. "I gotta go get some more beer, you don't know how much Chad can drink at once." and with that, Taylor quickly left.

"Hey, Tay, got a beer can I can have? Chad has an urge right now and so-" Troy stopped.

Gabriella looked up.

"I...I..." Troy stuttered. He started to blush.

Gabriella turned away.

Troy sat on the table while Gabriella faced the other direction. None of them spoke.

How do I do this? I don't want to screw this one up! This is my last chance to get her to love me back...because I love her so much. Troy moved his arm in the direction of Gabriella...

He hates me..he HATES me. I've ruined this...I want him to love me...now he thinks I'm just a girl, but I want to be more than that for him...I want to be the ONE. Gabriella scooched closer bit by bit over to Troy.

Troy put his arm around Gabriella the same time Gabriella grabbed Troy's hand.

They looked up at each other for a long moment. Finally, Troy broke the ice.

"I love you. I wouldn't want to be with anyone else. If you can't love me back, I'll die happy knowing that once in my life, you were mine." Troy serenaded.

Gabriella's heart knitted up itself.He still loves me...

"Don't talk like that Troy.", and with a deep breath Gabriella added, "I love you more than you know."

Troy leaned closer. With his famous seductive grin, he gave her a kiss.

It wasn't just any kiss. Once his lips reached Gabriella's, her mind was on fire. She was his, and he was hers.

Gabriella returned the kiss gratefully. Her tears slipped down her cheek. Troy brushed them away.

"I...I'm sorry."

Crying of happiness, Gabriella hugged Troy for several daylights.

It was a happy moment, one that both of them would never forget.

"So...I guess that makes us a couple now?" Troy teased playfully.

Gabriella laughed. "Does this make us a couple?" and she kissed him ever so tenderly, ever so lovingly.

Troy's insides were doing the can-can. He deepened the kiss and bit her lip to ask for permission. With her lip widening, he slipped his tongue in and started to make-out.

"Hey, Troy, help me with this-" Taylor came in with Chad holding bags of beer bottles. Shrieking at the sight, she ushered Chad and herself out of her room.

"Did you do this Chad? Did you hook them up? Oh my God...they are such a cute couple!" Taylor was practically bouncing off the walls.

Chad shook his head. "I didn't do it, but I did do this."

And he swooped down to snog her.