Maybe Moving On

After a long night of tossing and turning, Troy woke up around 8:30 in the morning. He laid in bed, stretching his muscles, thinking about what he was going to do when he saw Gabriella. Hug? No. Kiss? No. Stutter? Probably. Troy smacked himself for saying that. He tumbled out of bed and did his morning routine. He went into his bathroom, brushed his teeth, put his workout clothes on, drank a protein shake, and got into his car, heading to the gym to run basketball drills with Zeke.

When he got to the gym, he accidentally bumped into this girl listening to her Ipod.

"Oh, excuse me," Troy said, not being able to take his eyes off of her. She was wearing a light pink tank top and black Spandex-like pants. Troy thought she looked amazing, and her clothes hugged her in all the right places!

"It's my fault. I just got this and I can't seem to turn it off," she explained, holding up her Ipod. "It's cool."

Troy shrugged his shoulders. He held up his. "I'm the same way.

I'm Troy, by the way." He held out his hand. The girl shook it and said,

"I'm Haley."

"Haley," Troy repeated, "Nice name."

Haley blushed. "Thanks. You too. Listen, I have to go, but it was a pleasure bumping into you."

Troy chuckled. "Okay. See you later...hopefully." Troy watched Haley walk out the door and get into her car.

He walked onto the basketball court, smiling ever so big. Zeke asked, "Hey man, why do you have that dorky smile on your face?"

Troy hesitated, then replied, "No reason, man. Let's do some free throws."

After practicing for what seemed like two hours, Troy and Zeke sat on the side bench, gulping down their Gatorade and breathing heavily. When Zeke could finally talk, he managed to mumble, "So are you coming over tonight for my annual barbeque?"

Troy gave Zeke a puzzled look.

"Since when do you have an annual barbeque?" Zeke grinned and said, "Okay, so it's not annual, but it's going to be really fun!"

Troy looked at his sneakers. "I guess Chad didn't tell you what happened, huh?"

Zeke thought for a moment, then replied, "No, he didn't say anything."

Troy had to explain. "Long story short, I'm going to see Gabriella and Chad is all butt-hurt about it."

Zeke's eyes got wide. "Congrats, dude! I knew you two were meant for eachother!" Troy grabbed his duffel bag and stood up.

"Thanks, bro." Troy walked out of the gym, shaking his head.

After a half an hour drive back home, Troy decided it was time to get ready. He took a steaming hot shower and put a sweatsuit on. He pulled out his travel suitcase and filled it with clothes, hair products, and some cologne. He called the airlines to make sure his flight to L.A. was on time. Troy grabbed his keys, shoving them into his pocket and turning out the lights in his apartment. He locked the door behind him and caught a cab, heading to the airport.

After he had checked his bags in and gone through crazy security, Troy sat quietly in the terminal, bobbing his head to his Ipod. "Now boarding Flight 197 to L.A," the announcement said.

"That's me," Troy said, a little too loud, he assumed, from all the puzzled looks around him.

After boarding the plane and storing his carry-on in the compartment above his head, Troy sat down in his seat and put his seatbelt on. On the tv, the screen was showing a preview of the movie that would be available to watch. Troy was too anxious to watch it. Instead, he decided to look at all the papers infront of him. As he was doing so, the plane took off. He flipped through safety manuals and travel magazines, finally coming across an OK! magazine. He turned it over and on the cover was a picture of Gabriella and Cameron outside the restaurant. In big letters the text read,

"CAMERELLA OUTSIDE BESO SATURDAY NIGHT!"

Troy threw the magazine back in the pocket and was silent the rest of the flight.

After exiting the plane, Troy went to the bathroom and waited at baggage claim. He grabbed his bag and turned around, knocking a pretty brunette over.

"I'm so sorry," Troy said apologetically. The girl turned around.

"Haley?" Troy asked.

"Troy!" she exclaimed, "What are you doing here? You never said you were coming to L.A."

Troy answered, "Just visiting is all. What about you?"

Haley said, "Same thing as you. Hey, I know we just met a few hours ago, but I want to take my picture in that photo booth. Can you join me?"

Troy grinned. "Sure."

They walked to the photo booth and got in, pulling the curtain closed.

"Um, is it okay if I sit on your lap? There isn't enough room," Haley asked.

"Yeah, that is totally fine," Troy answered, pulling her down on his lap.

She smiled as the booth took the first picture. She pressed her face against Troy's as the next one clicked. She turned to him, her arms wrapped around his neck.

"Thanks, Troy," she said.

"No problem," Troy smiled.

Haley bit her lip as she leaned her head down, looking at Troy's lips. Troy leaned his head up, kissing her soft, then harder as their picture was taken. Haley slipped her tongue in. He suddenly stopped.

"I'm sorry," he said, walking out of the booth. He walked away, turning back and looking at Haley. Then the picture of Gabriella and Cameron flashed back in his head. Troy turned around and walked back. Haley looked up at him.

"Screw it," he said, tilting her head up and kissing her hard, pushing her up against the wall.

Haley wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered, "I knew you couldn't resist me."

Sorry for taking soo long to update! School started again and that means lots of homework and soo busy! I tried to write a lot to make up for it! Let me know what ya think and if ya have ANY ideas! Trust me, no idea is stupid!! C ya!