Hey guys, first I wanted to say Happy Belated Valentines Day!!! I hope you all had a fantastic time with your loved ones!!! Next, Thanks again to all you who reviewed, you're the bomb!!! Lol And then on to the story…. Sorry it took me soo long to get it up, but it is a little longer then the other chapters. Hope you enjoy this chapter; it's mostly Troy and Gabriella getting to know each other a lot better. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW!!! It can totally be your Valentine's present to me!!!! Happy reading.

The next day Troy could tell Gabriella was still a bit worried about Pete, so instead of chancing a run in with him again he decided they were going to spend the day inside the house, and lucky for him it was raining cats and dogs outside.

The first thing he did to cheer her up was to make her favorite breakfast, french toast. After that they both showered and put on comfy sweats since they weren't going anywhere. Then they were ready for more activities.

Since they were both still a bit tired they decided to watch a movie. They decided on August Rush, but ended up talking through most of it. They talked about whatever. They were just laughing and joking around, nothing very serious. That was until they started to actually pay attention and Troy realized what the movie was about. It was about an orphan boy who got reunited with his mom and dad at the end of the movie. This was a touchy topic for Troy, so he made up am excuse saying he had to go to the bathroom and left the room.

After a while Gabriella started to get worried and decided to go see what happened to Troy. She found him wondering around her room closely examining everything. "You know, if you wanted to see my room all you had to do was ask. You didn't need to make up some silly excuse about needing to go to the bathroom to sneak in here." She said, causing Troy to jump considering he didn't hear her come in.

"I didn't just sneak off because I wanted to see your room, I just didn't want to watch the movie and this is what I decided to do instead." He explained while examining a baby picture of her.

"Well you could have turned it off."

"It's not that I didn't like it, it was a good movie; it's just…it's a touchy topic for me Gabs."

"Wait, what is?"

"Orphans." He replied.

"Why?"

"Gabi, when I was nine years old my parents were murdered. They went out to dinner on night to celebrate their anniversary and while walking back to their car from the restaurant they were shot. Supposedly a guy just wanted to take my moms purse for drug money and my dad wouldn't let him, so he pulled out a gun and shot them both."

"Oh my gosh Troy, that's awful. I am so sorry." She replied feeling terrible for picking that movie. She wished Troy never had to experience that.

"It's not your fault. Actually that's the reason I decided to become a cop, to get those off the street who don't belong. Hopefully I saved a few innocent people." He explained.

"Troy I'm sure you saved many, I mean you're saving me as we speak." She explained looking him in the eyes.

Troy smiled back at her. She really knew how to make him feel better, and he loved that about her.

"If you don't mind me asking, who raised you since both your parents were dead?"

"My mom's best friend, Kathy Danforth. She has a son my age, Chad. My family was always so close with the Danforth family. My mom and Kathy met in High School and had been friends since. Also my dad became best friends with Brian Danforth the moment they met. My mom and Kathy introduced them about a year before my parents wedding. So Chad and I have been friends since birth, literally. So the Danforths were already family when they took me in, that made it a lot easier, but I still missed my parents. Hell, I still do at times. But the only reason I got through it was because of Chad, he helped me so much." Troy told her.

"Wow Troy, that's quite a story."

"Yeah I know. I don't really know why I told you my life story though. Not many people know that story, mainly just the Danforths, so I don't know why I just told you. That's usually something I like to keep to myself." He said, not sure why he told her, but the funny thing was he didn't regret it.

"Maybe you told me because you know you can trust me."

"Maybe." He replied. "But enough about me and my dreary past, we are supposed to be having fun, lets get back to it."

"Okay." She replied laughing. "What should we do Mr. Fun and Games?"

Troy thought about it for a minute until he decided on his favorite game. "Let's play Twister." He replied.

"Haha. Troy that is such a kiddy game. Besides there are only two of us, who is going to spin?"

"I'll be the spinner and still stay in my position, it wont be the first time." He answered. "Unless you're scared because you know you'll loose."

"Yeah right, when I kick your ass you are so scooping me ice cream." She replied.

"Fine, but if I win the same goes for you."

"Bring it." She dared, putting on her game face.

After an intense 45 minutes of the game Gabriella finally won. Troy should have won, but he was below Gabriella, so when she fell he fell with her. So she claimed that since he hit the mat first she won. Troy would have argued but he was having too much fun with Gabriella to start a fight over something so small, so he just let her win. Also, having Gabriella on top of him was a great prize in itself. After eating both their favorite ice cream, mint chocolate chip, they decided to go get ready for bed since it was already 10 P.M.

After Troy got his pj's on, red basketball shorts with a black stripe and a black beater; he snuck into Gabriella's room and waited outside her bathroom door with a pillow in hand. About 2 minutes later an unexpecting Gabriella exited the bathroom in a teal cami and black booty shorts only to be hit with a pillow. It took her a few seconds to figure out what it was, but when she did she half yelled half laughed "Hey!" and ran over to her bed to grab a pillow of her own. After she had her weapon she casually started walking over to Troy saying,"You are so going to get it Troy Bolton." Then a full blown pillow fight ensued.

After 10 minutes the exhausted pair plopped down on the bed laughing while trying to catch their breath. Once Gabriella caught her breath enough she turned to Troy gloating. "Once again I kicked your ass."

"What are you talking about I whipped you, and I started it, so I should win this one." Troy said.

"Oh yeah," Gabriella said while grabbing a pillow and smacking Troy with it in between saying, "Well I'm going to finish it."

With that Troy pushed Gabriella to the side so she was now lying on her back and hit her with a pillow right in the face, and before she could grab one to fight back with he got on top of her. He was hovering over her trapping her in while she fought to try to get out from under him so he wouldn't win. After about 30 seconds she realized it was no use, she wasn't going anywhere, and just gave up.

Smiling Troy moved so he was just inches from her face and said in a low, sexy voice "I win." With that he lowered himself the two more inches and kissed her. The kiss was slow and gentle and as it progressed she wrapped her arms around his neck and started playing with his hair.

Finally Troy pulled back and they looked into each others eyes while smiling. Then a look of horror crossed Troy's features as he hurriedly got off her.

"What's the matter?" Gabriella asked sitting up.

"I'm so sorry about that Gabs."

"I'm not."

"I just, I was caught up in the heat of the moment and… wait your not?"

"No, I'm glad you kissed me. Besides, it was am amazing kiss Troy."

"Yeah." He responded. "Umm, I guess I'll let you get to bed. Night Gabs." He said before walking out of her room.

"Night." She called.

So they both went to bed unsure of where they stood. But one thing was certain, they both had a great time together today.