Chapter 9

"So where do we start?" Gabriella asked as they jumped on Troy's bed with books around them. Troy flipped through his books lazily.

"Umm.. Pythagoras Theorem." Troy answered.

"You mean you don't know that??? Gosh Troy, I didn't know you'd be this stupid for a senior student." Gabriella joked and Troy just stick his tongue out at her and she did the same.

"Ok, so what do you know about Pythagoras Theorem?" Gabriella's first serious question came up.
"That you have to get the hypotenuse of the triangle and stuff." Troy answered smartly with a smug grin on his face.

"What's the formula to get the hypotenuse?" Gabriella asked taking the book off Troy so he wouldn't cheat.

"C squared a squared + b squared" Troy answered lazily. Gabriella started to have suspicions because she could see that Troy already studied for it.

Their tutoring continues and Troy never knew that studying could be fun sometimes until now.

"Troy are you sure that you still need help for your test? I mean, you answered every question already." Gabriella chuckled but narrowing her eyes on him.

"I still need help." Troy laughed and suddenly, a pillow hit his face.

"What was that for?" Troy asked shocked by her sudden reaction.

"You weren't paying attention, mister." Gabriella laughed and a small pillow hit her hand. Gabriella turned to look at Troy with a shock face. Troy was whistling and looking at the ceiling as if he didn't threw the pillow.

"That's it!!" Gabriella grabbed a pillow and started smacking him on the head, lightly. The pillow fight began. Both of them were laughing their heads off.

"Your cornered Troy. No where else to run." Gabriella laughed as she trapped the pillow less Troy in a corner.

"Gabriella, I surrender." Troy held up his two hands like he was getting arrested or something.

"Final hit." Gabriella lifted the pillow ready to hit him. Just as the pillow was about to hit Troy on the chest, he suddenly spoke up.

"I have heart problems. Can't hit me there!!" Troy responded quickly with a huge grin on his face. He knows that Gabriella wouldn't hit him after he said this reasons. As he predicted, Gabriella put the pillow down and playfully glared at him.

"I'll get you for that one day!!!" Gabriella locked her eyes on Troy's who was now started laughing.

"That day is not today Gabriella." Troy laughed with a victory smile playing on his lips.

"I never knew that studying could be fun." Troy said as they sat on the bed.

"Because you have a great tutor. Duh??" Gabriella giggled jokingly.

"Yeah. An amazing tutor." Troy tilted his head to look at Gabriella. She was surprised that he actually said that. She expected him to say 'you wish' or 'in your dreams' but he didn't.

"Since you tutor me today, let's go grab something to eat. My treat!" Troy offered, wiggling his eyebrows. Gabriella just laughed.

"Yeah! You totally have to by me something to eat." Gabriella smiled and they both head outside. They didn't need to drive because their favourite café was just around the corner.

"Ask you something Troy." Gabriella started as the food was placed on their table.

"What is it?" Troy grabbed his fries and stuffed them in his mouth.

"Did you really needed help for your test? Or do you really have a test?" Gabriella asked challengingly, raising her eyebrow. Troy on the other hand, almost choked with his fries.

"Damn she's smart!" Troy thought as he grab a drink.

"What are you talking about?" Troy tried to sound innocent but he sucked at it.

"Oh please Troy. You're such a bad liar. Come on, tell me the truth." Gabriella insisted while giggling.

"I just want you to eat dinner with me." Troy said feeling a little bit embarrass and he knows that he was blushing too.

"Oh ok." Gabriella was pretty surprised that Troy will actually do that just to have dinner with him. She found that really cute.

"You should've just asked me, you know." Gabriella took a sip on her drink.

"You might not come, that's why." He answered and continued eating.

"Why did you think that?" Gabriella asked.

"Well, I don't know." Troy answered and shrugged.

"What you did was really cute." Gabriella complimented.

"Really?" He asked feeling proud.

"Yup." She nodded her head and continued eating.

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"Where were you last night?" Taylor asked Gabriella as they walked towards their classroom.

"I was with Troy. I was sort of, tutoring him and then we ate dinner afterwards. I guess I left my phone at home that time." Gabriella answered and saw Troy sitting at the back of Mrs Darbus classroom.

"Oh ok." Taylor had a smile on her face and immediately head to Chad.

"Hello." Troy whispered.

"Hi." Gabriella whispered back at him. They were trying their best not to get caught because Mrs Darbus will totally put them on detention.
"Winter Musical is coming up and people who are interested, please audition for it." Mrs Darbus announced. A lot of murmuring filled the whole room which annoyed Mrs Darbus so much. Everyone was talking including Troy and Gabriella.

"The next person who talk will have to go to the audition and sing." Mrs Darbus said and the whole class went quiet except for Gabriella and Troy. Everyone paused and looked at the back to see Troy and Gabriella still chatting. They finally realised that they were being watched by all the students and their teacher.

"Thanks for volunteering Mr Bolton and Ms Montez. I'll see you guys in the audition this afternoon." Mrs Darbus announced and the bell suddenly rang. All the students hurried outside the door leaving the shocked and speechless Gabriella and Troy.

"Oh no. I can't stand people staring at me. I'm gonna faint." Gabriella said worriedly.

"Look at me. I've only sung once and I swore that, that was my first and last. And what will my friends think?" Troy was also worried.

The afternoon had came and Troy and Gabriella both head to the theatre.

"Luckily, there's not much people auditioning for it." Gabriella sighed in relief.

"As if students will actually stay with Mrs Darbus for an hour or so. Except for Ryan and Sharpay of course." Troy laughed and they both entered the theatre.

"But Sharpay and Ryan are on a vacation with their parents." Gabriella smiled and sat on the back row.

"Ms Montez and Mr Bolton. Glad you came. Its your turn to sing." Mrs Darbus actually spotted them no matter how hard they tried to hide and duck down.

"Crap. She saw us!" Troy groaned and Gabriella giggled nervously. She never like getting attention from people.

"Go on. You have to sing What I've been looking for. Start!" Mrs Darbus commanded and Kelsi quickly played the intro of the song. Troy inhaled nervously and was planning to just ruin the song purposely so they wouldn't get in. Gabriella was planning to do the same thing too. But when Troy started singing, the song was amazing and was actually telling his feelings for her. He couldn't help but look at her and sing his best. Gabriella was feeling the same thing too.

After they finished the song, they didn't expect the whole people in the theatre to actually clap their hand. Everyone was just quiet and was staring at them. They quickly bowed and when they were about to go down the stage, the whole crowd exploded in applause. Some were also screaming. They both looked at them in confusion.

"Ms Montez, Mr Bolton, you got the role!!" Mrs Darbus exclaimed happily and Troy and Gabriella exchanged looks.

"NO way!" They both said exactly the same time.

"Practice is today afternoon. See you then!" Mrs Darbus smiled and head to the door.

"Congratulations man!" A random guy came up and shook Troy's and Gabriella's hands.

"Thanks." Gabriella smiled nervously. The crowd, then started walking towards them. The couple stared at them and started running down the exit.

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