First Date

Part Four: Confessions and Problems

A shadow stepped much closer to Troy, and the girl came into view. It was definitely Gabriella.

"I'm sorry that I said yes to Sharpay!" Troy blurted.

"I'm sorry I said yes to Brian," Gabriella said sitting down next to him. "Troy…?"

"Yeah?" Troy asked looking into Gabriella's eyes.

"I love you, Troy," Gabriella confessed.

"…." Troy didn't know what to say, he tried to speak but, words couldn't come out of his mouth.

"Troy….even if you don't love me…it's ok because I just don't---."

"Stop!" Troy was able to say in an almost scream. "Don't play dumb Gabriella!" Gabriella had tears brimming towards her eyes. "I love you, Gabriella!" Gabriella took this out burst by mid shock. She looked at Troy. The two teenagers stood up. Troy put his arms around Gabriella and buried his hands into her hair.

Troy hugged her tightly and said, "I'm so sorry…"

"No Troy," she said in-between tears. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said yes to Brian."

"Gabriella…I…." stuttered Troy. "I really do love you."

"Troy…I love you so much too," Gabriella cried into his shoulder. "Troy?"

"Hmm?" Troy asked both teens had there eyes squinted shut.

"What are we going to do about out dates?" Gabriella asked totally ruining the moment they were sharing.

"I…I don't know, it would be rude to now say we can't go with them," Troy stammered.

"Ye-yeah," stuttered Gabriella, she pulled away from Troy and looked into his crystal clear, blue eyes Troy returned the glance by looking into her brown ones. "We can't just do that to them."

"We'll be worse than we are now," Troy agreed.

"I…I think we should just go along with our dates," Gabriella said firmly.

"Me too…maybe we can go on a real date some other time?" Troy suggested.

"Yes! Yes, let's do that," Gabriella said she was able to make out a half smile. Troy grinned back and said, "I'll see you later then. We're still friends, right?"

"Yeah, definitely," Gabriella gleamed. "See you tomorrow."

"Ok, bye," Troy waved and the two of them parted and went to their houses.

----East High----

Everyone got off the bus Wednesday morning, the friendships between Troy and Gabriella was now, fixed. And, everything seemed at peace for one. Gabriella blinked in and took a breath of the cool fresh air.

"Morning Guys!" Troy greeted to everyone on the nice day.

"Hey Troy!" Chad said. "Ready for today's game?"

"Yeah, I am. I can't wait!" Troy said and he smiled.

"You and Gab finally make up?" Chad asked.

"Yup, everything's all good!" Troy said.

"I see you're not ignoring Troy anymore," Taylor said to Gabriella.

"Yeah," Gabriella giggled. "We talked and made up."

"That's great!" Taylor cheered. "We should head to homeroom now."

"Yeah, I'll meet you there, ok?" Gabriella asked picking her backpack off from the seat.

"Sure, see ya in a bit," Taylor waved departing the bus. Gabriella walked off the bus by herself and walked to her locker. When she got there Sharpay walked up to her, "Morning Gabby!" Whoa, this act was way too friendly…there had to be a catch.

"Ummm…morning Sharpay," stammered Gabriella fumbling to open her locker and stash her books away.

"We need to talk…now," Sharpay said urgently.

"Sure," Gabriella said taking out her Spanish books. "What about?"

"Come with me first," Sharpay told Gabriella and then took her by the hand and the two walked into the girl's bathroom.

"Yeah? What do you need?" Gabriella said with a grin, she knew Sharpay was never nice just because she wanted to be. Gabriella folded her arms across her chest.

"Back off from Troy," Sharpay said simply.

"What? He's my best friend. You don't have a right to say such a thing," Gabriella said defensively.

"Oh yeah? I don't have a right," Sharpay said her glare hardening. "Listen Gabby."

"Fine," Gabriella sighed. "What else must you threaten?"

"Listen here Gabriella Montez; I have the school's wire, just like Troy. And, if you don't back off from Troy…I can spill whatever I want about you. Rumors, Lies, Gossip, all that, you name it! If you want to protect what the school body thinks about you, you won't hang with Troy anymore. You'll know better than to cross me, understood?" Sharpay said sharply eying Gabriella and glaring. Gabriella looked back sharply at Sharpay, "You have no right to do such a thing."

"Yes," Sharpay said grinning. "I do. I love Troy Bolton and us girls, we fight dirty. So, if you want to cause no drama or chaos with Troy, I swear you will BACK OFF!"

"You're wrong, Sharpay. Even if you do love Troy…he doesn't love you---."

"Shut up bitch!" Sharpay snarled. "Don't dare say that. If he doesn't 'love me' why is he taking me to the Spring Fling, huh? How can you answer that one little miss smart ass?"

"Sharpay…stop acting bitchy. You're not good at it anyways. And, I won't back off just so you know. Now go bitch someone else you drama skank!" Gabriella said. Wow, who knew Gabby could be so mean when she's fired up to fight Sharpay.

"Don't dare call me a drama skank, whore!" Sharpay lifted her hand and slapped Gabriella hard on the cheek.

"You didn't," hissed Gabriella.

"Heh, I did," Sharpay muttered lifting her hand, showing off her red palm. Gabriella stared in awe. "I'll ruin your life, Montez. There's no one stopping me, and if you tell Troy of my plans I'm going to ruin your life more than ever!"

"Fine, I won't tell Troy," Gabriella lied and then she said, "Just one thing."

"What Montez?" Sharpay hissed. Gabriella rose up her hand and slapped Sharpay's white flesh on her cheek.

"That's all," Gabriella smirked leaving the bathroom. Gabriella walked into homeroom.

"Hey Taylor?" Gabriella whispered when she took her seat.

"Yeah?" Taylor asked.

"Is my cheek---."

"Oh my gosh! Your CHEEK!" shrieked Taylor. "It's RED!"

"Shhh…Shhh…Sharpay bitch slapped me. We were fighting in the girl's room," Gabriella muttered quietly. "She threatened me, Taylor."

"What the hell? I will slap that girl so hard that it'll knock out all her so called 'drama skills'!" Taylor said angrily.

"Sharpay said that if I told Troy of her plans she'd ruin my life. Well, she already is since I won't stop being Troy's friend. For some reason…I'm kind of scared," Gabriella said biting her lower lip. "Should I tell Troy?"

"I…I'm not sure," Taylor said confused. Gabriella sighed.

"Don't worry," Taylor reassured. "Everything will be ok."

"You sure?" Gabriella asked.

"Definitely! Sharpay isn't capable of that much!" Taylor said as Mrs.Darbus walked in. From across the row of desks, Sharpay nastily grinned at Gabriella.

"The fighting and bitching has just begun. You're going to be in for one hell of a ride, Montez," Sharpay sneered quietly to herself.

End Part Four.

Preview for Part Five:

"She what?" He asked urgently acting as if he didn't hear.

"I said," Sharpay muttered in his ear. "She slept with half the guys in the whole damn school. She's a fucking slut! I'm only telling you because I know you'll get hurt like most of the guys she bitched on." His eyes widened, should he believe what Sharpay was saying or just pretend like it's not real?