Hope you guys like the Derek chapter. LA AngelxZV, you are totally right. Derek is very perfect. He may or may not have a darker side, but hopefully you'll see the biggest comparison with Troy in this chapter. Hope you guys enjoy! Please review! I'll update again tomorrow. After that, it might be a couple of days. If you guys have any suggestions, let me know.

I woke up around 10 the next morning. I slept for so long, but I swear it was much needed. Of course I woke up from a sweet text from Derek saying good morning. I replied, but I knew I wouldn't be talking him too much because he was hanging with his family today. I got up to brush my teeth and put my hair in a messy bun. I looked in the mirror and washed my face. I ate some cereal before deciding to get back in bed and get on the internet. Somebody was knocking on my door though…

"Come in!" Troy peeked his head in and had to make sure I was under the cover. I forgot that I ended up only sleeping in a t-shirt and panties.

"Still in bed? What am I gonna do with you?"

"The real question is why you are here so early?" He ignored my question and decided to sit at the chair by my desk.

"I heard you were still sleeping because you had a late night with your boyfriend. How was your date?"

"Again, he's not my boyfriend. It was good and answer my question."

"You're feisty Montez. I'm here because it's 11:30 and to me that is not early. I wake up early to work out, so I'm used to being up by this time." I didn't realize an hour and a half had passed.

All of a sudden, my door swung open and Chad rushed in.

"Gabster!" He literally attacked me by flopping on my bed.

"Chad! Please get up." When he rolled to the other side, I looked up to see Troy smirking.

"Gabs, your bed is so comfortable. Do you have a special mattress?"

"It's called a pillow top Chad. You get them at Walmart." Taylor said while walking in my room.

"McKessie I swear you are too uptight. You need to have some fun." They started to argue and I really didn't feel like listening to them this early.

"Hey!" Everyone looked at me. "I get you and Chad need to get your daily dose of arguing in, but please take it to the living room. My room is not big enough for all of this."

As they walked out arguing, I noticed Troy was still staring at me. "What is it Bolton?"

"One, I like that we all use last names. Two, you need to get dressed because we are all hanging out today, but I must admit something." He walked closer with a smirk on his face and I couldn't help but feel like I was drowning in his blue eyes.

"What is that?" I said barely above a whisper. I don't even know if he heard me. He was leaning closer and I couldn't move. As soon as it seemed like he would kiss me, he moved his direction and headed towards my ear. I had to admit he looked again and he was just dressed in a white shirt and blue jeans.

"I like your choice of clothes." As soon as he said that in my ear, he bolted out of the room closing the door. I immediately looked down and was embarrassed to see my blankets had moved enough where you could see all I had on down below was my underwear.

"Bolton! I'm going to hurt you!"

I rolled my eyes and decided to take a shower. Afterwards, I put on a white shirt with NYU in blue with my matching blue shorts. I chose to wear my white converse, since I'm sure we would be doing a lot of walking. I kept my hair in a messy bun and grabbed my sunglasses and purse. When I walked outside I wasn't surprised to see Chad and Taylor arguing. At least they stopped long enough for her to get dressed. Troy was watching basketball. He must've been tuned out because he didn't even hear me come in. I walked over and sat on the couch next to him.

"I see you changed. I must admit I liked the other outfit better."

"Shut it Bolton. Anyway, what are we doing today?"

"We were going to chill around campus, but those two won't stop arguing enough to make plans. I don't feel like listening to that today."

"Soooo, how about we ditch them? Obviously they won't notice. They didn't even notice me walk out here." Troy seemed to think about it while looking over at them and then he looked at me.

"Montez, I like your thinking." We slowly walked over to the door and eased out. After it was shut, we ran down to the elevator laughing.

"They are going to be so mad when they figure it out."

"I know, but maybe they'll realize they'll like each other and stop with all this arguing."

When we got to the bottom, I realized we didn't have any plan. "So where are we going?"

"Montez, it is New York. You go wherever the city leads you." For some reason, I just decided to silently agree and let him lead the way.

We ended up walking around the city for about two hours, mostly going in circles, just talking and sightseeing. Troy ended up telling me he chose education as a major because his dad was a coach. He chose English because it was the one subject he enjoyed. Besides all the rules that comes with essays, he enjoyed expressing himself and analyzing different ideas. He wants to teach basketball too though. He had a younger sister, Alex. She was 16. She was into basketball too. His mom had a bakery at him. He misses her cooking the most. The way he described her reminded me of my mom. I told him about her amazing brownies. I promised him I would save him some when she sends me some. That is if Chad doesn't eat them first.

"So I keep hearing you're this amazing basketball player. You don't have any big plans for the NBA?"

"That all sounds good, but I don't think it's realistic. I mean, if it happens, it happens. But that's not my first plan. I'm just not putting my all into basketball because that could end at any time."

"Well, I have to determine if you're good. I'll have to play you someday."

"You play basketball?"

"Yes. You asked me if I watched sports. I do, but I also used to play. I just didn't enjoy it as much as my work, but I was good enough to be voted team co-captain. I just don't bring it up because it was never anything serious to me."

"Mm, well we'll have to see if what you are saying is true Montez." Troy stopped all of a sudden and I turned around and it looked like he was staring into space.

"What is it?" He looked at me and smiled.

"How good are you at go karts?"

"What?" I looked across the street and saw a go karting place. I smiled. "I say get ready to lose Bolton."

We walked across the street and trash talked while we stood in line. When we got to the front, the lady said it was $5 for 3 laps. That's when I realized something.

"Crap! Troy, I forgot my purse when we sneaked out. I must've left it on the couch. We need to go back to campus." Troy shook his head and handed the lady a $10 bill saying it was for me and him.

"Troy, I can't let you pay for me. We're college kids. We're broke!"

"Obviously not Gabi if I paid. Seriously, it's $5. Don't worry about it. We all have a year for me to lose my wallet and then you'll have to pay for me."

"Thanks Troy. I'll definitely pay you back."

We were waiting in line for the group ahead of us to get finished. I looked around and saw we were playing against a couple that seemed to be in their 20s and a group of teenage girls. They kept smiling and pointing at Troy and I had to tease him.

"Looks like you have a fan club." Troy looked over and started laughing. Then he placed his arm on my shoulders and pulled me close where I was leaning into his chest. He leaned down and whispered against my hair.

"My fan club makes them your enemies because now they are going to think we are together." He walked away when the gate unlocked and I looked back to see the group of the girls glaring at me. You've got to be kidding me. Know I have to worry about them and Bolton during this race. I got in the car across from Troy.

"As soon as I think you're a good person, you do something like that."

"What are friends for Gabi? I have to get on your nerves sometimes." I decided to just keep my mouth shut and focus on this race. We were behind everybody else starting off, but I didn't care about that. As long as I beat Troy, I would be just fine.

As soon as the cars in front of us moved, we were off. Troy was in the front because the girl in front of me kept slowing down and braking. I'm pretty sure it was on purpose. I ended up swerving in front of her just as she hit the brakes again, and sped up as fast I could. The other two girls weren't much of a problem. They were too busy trying to keep up with Troy that they didn't notice me. The couple was going back and forth teasing each other, but the guy was clearly winning. The girl was laughing though, so they were having a good time.

"Montez, you need to keep up! I thought you would be better competition than this." Boy, does he know how to get under my skin.

I ended up speeding and I was right on the side of Troy as we started the third lap. I realized that the girl that was braking in front of me earlier had caught up too. She ended up right in front of me and Troy.

"Let's see what you got Bolton!" I knew how this was going to play out and I knew that I was going to win.

"Last chance to speed up Montez! We're almost there." Troy was a little bit in front of me, but I knew exactly what I was doing. The girl looked back at me quickly and smirked. As soon as she turned back around, she hit her brake. She must've forgot Troy was behind her because he slammed right into her, while I swerved and went around. I crossed the finish line screaming with my hands in the air. After I parked, I looked back and saw Troy crossing in front of the girl. He looked pissed.

"Oh, don't look too sad Bolton. For an English major though, you should've analyzed her next move." I pushed Troy a little bit and he smiled.

"I guess that's what I get for trying to sabotage you and I ended up messing myself up. I have to say that girl was relentless though."

When we were walking out the couple in front of us were laughing. They turned around when they saw us.

"Hey man, I got to say I usually beat my wife when we race, but she finally beat me this time. Guess it was all girl power today." He walked off smiling and his wife stayed behind and glanced back.

She turned back to us saying, "He doesn't know that I know he let me win, but your girl is clearly good. Keep her around. It's fun being a little competitive in a relationship. Good job girl!"

Before we could even deny being together, she walked off. I was about to say something, but Troy beat me to it.

"So you hungry?" I decided to just forget about what the lady said and avoid the awkwardness.

"Yeah, let's go back to campus and we can eat there."

"No way. I'm tired of eating on campus. There's a burger joint down the street."

"I don't have any money Troy and you're not paying for me again."

"Yes, I am Montez. You just beat me in a game and destroyed my pride. Allow me to get a little bit of that back by eating at a good place." He pouted and I couldn't resist.

"Fine, but I'm still paying you back." He held the door open for me as we walked out. We walked to this burger joint down the street. It had a 50s vibe with a modern twist. It was called, 'Stardust'. There were a lot of college kids here. Troy knew a few and I waved at my lab partner from Chemistry lab. We were seated toward the back of the restaurant. After a while, a lady skated over to us and asked for our orders. I had no idea what I wanted so I let Troy order first.

"I'll have a bacon cheeseburger with fries. For the drink, I'll have a chocolate milkshake."

"Ok baby doll, what will you have?"

"I'll have the same thing. No whip cream or cherry though."

"Alright lovebirds, I'll put that right in." I swear if one more person says we are together, I'm going to scream. She grabbed the menus and went to put the orders in. I decided to ignore what she said this time.

"So how did you hear about this place?" Troy looked grateful that I didn't say anything about the comment.

"Chad and I found it a couple days ago. I like the atmosphere and the people are nice."

"It's cool. Very retro. Closest thing we have to this is Sonic back in Alabama."

"I have to agree. I love the 50s theme though. Takes you back in time." The waitress came back with our chocolate shakes and I loved it. It wasn't too thick. It was just right, but you could tell it was made with real ice cream and didn't just come out of some machine. The food came next and everything was so fresh. I will definitely be back. I looked up and laughed at Troy.

"Bolton, I don't know how but somehow you have ketchup on your face." He started to wipe it off, but he kept missing. I took a napkin and wiped the ketchup off and he blushed.

"Thanks." I kept eating and glanced around watching everybody dancing and enjoying the food. When I looked back, Troy was staring at me.

"What? Do I have ketchup face?" He shook his head and laughed.

"No. Sorry, nothing like that. I guess I was just in a daze." We seemed to get finished eating around the same time. Troy paid and we started walking back to campus. We pretty much were quiet on the way back. I guess we were too full to talk. We got back to the building. When we got on the elevator, Troy turned to me.

"I had fun today Gabi. It was good to be away from all the arguing with Chad and Taylor. It's good to get away. I'm glad we met."

"Me too Troy. You should let me kick your butt more often." As soon as I said that, the elevator opened and I started running. Of course, Troy caught up with me and he picked me up spinning me around. He was tickling me and I couldn't stop laughing.

"Where have you two been? It's late and I can't believe you left us." Troy put me down and it took everything in me not to laugh at how serious Chad looked. I just couldn't take him seriously.

"Chad, it is 6 o'clock and we wanted to have a day without the two of you arguing. It was Gabi's idea." I can't believe him.

"Hey!" I hit him in his shoulder. "Don't put this on me. You agreed to the idea."

"Ouch! Don't hit me. I was just joking." He was laughing. I could tell he was enjoying this. Taylor was looking back and forth between us and was smiling. What was up with her? Shouldn't she be mad too?

"Anyway, Troy, some of the guys text me a few minutes ago asking if we wanted to play basketball. You down?"

"Yeah man, let's go. You want to come kick some butt Montez? You can be on my team."

"I'll pass Bolton. I'm going to hang with Tay a little bit."

"Suit yourself. We'll see you guys later." We all hugged each other, even Tay and Chad. I guess they had a good day after all. I walked in while Taylor closed the door. I had a message from my mom and a few from Derek. I replied back to both explaining that I had left my phone while I was with friends. Of course, my mom replied back giving me a mini lecture. Derek said he would call me in a little bit.

"I'm trying to decide between two options Gabi, I need your help." I looked up at her and was excited to help.

"What's up Taylor?"

"Do you think Deriella or Troyella sounds better?"

"Wait, what? Troy and I are just friends."

"You might see it that way, but it looks totally different from my point of view. There is something there. I'm just trying to decide if I'm Team Troy or Team Derek."

"Well, you might as well be Team Derek because I don't see anything with Troy."

"The question is Gabi, does he see anything with you or does he really just see you as a friend."

"If something happens with me and Troy, then I bet there will be a Chaylor pretty soon."

"Maybe Gabi, you never know." I was shocked at her response, but I couldn't reply because my phone started vibrating. I looked down to see Derek calling me.

"We are talking about this later Taylor. I will be in your room after this call."

Taylor laughed while walking off. I shook my head and answered the phone.

"What's up stranger? I thought I would have to put out a search party for you." I started laughing and walked in my room and laid on my bed. Troyella seemed silly to me. Deriella was more real. Right?

Hope you guys enjoyed! This was my longest chapter. Next chapter, you'll see all the gang together even Derek's friends. It'll be up tomorrow. By the way, sorry if I have any grammar problems. I try not to go back and read through the chapter because I'll end up changing something. Please review!