Chapter 13
Recap
"Well, we better start packing up Gabi since the flight is tonight. I'm gonna go home now and I'll just meet you guys here after an hour ok?" Taylor told them.
"I'll drive you home." Chad offered but Taylor shook her head.
"You can't because I came here alone remember? There's no body guards who saw you come in the mansion so its gonna be obvious that you sneaked." Taylor explained and they all nodded their heads.
"That's smart." Sharpay said.
End of Recap
The six of them were now in the plane looking for their seats. When they found the right place, they just sat there and quickly closed their eyes. They were so tired because when they arrived at the airport, people recognised them and quickly mobbed them.
"I can't believe I'm finally going to a real school. I can't wait!" Gabriella suddenly said. Troy was sitting right next to the window and Gabriella was sitting next to him. The others were sleeping right behind them.
"Trust me, its not that great." Troy chuckled but still had his eyes closed. He didn't noticed that Gabriella leaned to the window which means that her cheek were just about 2 centimetres away from his face. He slowly opened his eyes and came face to face with her cheek.
"But I can't help to be excited. Its my first time!" Gabriella replied still not moving in that position.
"Ohh umm…" Troy couldn't get words out of his mouth. He wanted to kiss her badly right there and then.
There was a complete pause between the two of them. Suddenly, Chad kicked Troy's chair causing him to fall forwards. His lips ended up on Gabriella's cheek.
"Did he just… kiss me on the cheek?" Gabriella thought.
"Crap! I'm dead! She's gonna think I'm a pervert or something. I'm gonna kill Chad!" Troy yelled in his mind. Gabriella finally sat back on her seat feeling SO awkward and blushing furiously.
"I--I'm so-- so-- I'm sorry." Troy managed to say. His cheeks were as red as tomato.
"Its fine." Gabriella whispered and tried to avoid eye contact with anyone. Troy did the same but he turned around to found Chad smirking at him.
"I'm gonna kill you!" Troy mouthed to him.
"You can thank me later." Chad continued smirking because he didn't seem to get what Troy just said.
After a few hours of flying, they finally arrived at Albuquerque Airport. (I don't know if there's such thing)
"Finally!" Everyone exclaimed exactly the same time.
"So Taylor, where do you live exactly?" Chad asked wanting so bad to know where she was staying.
"35 Zapple Street. (Totally made that up)" Taylor replied as she read a piece of paper.
"Are you serious?!" Chad exclaimed happily.
"Umm yeah.. Why?" Taylor asked confused by Chad's sudden reaction.
"We all live in the same street. Wait, who's your cousin?" Troy asked curiously because he knows practically everyone living in their street.
"James and Jennilyn?" Taylor said.
"Ohh their the opposite twins." Zeke chuckled.
"What do you mean opposite?" Gabriella asked in confusion. She obviously don't know the story.
"Well, because James is a football captain and totally don't have brains, and Jennilyn is his twin sister who got all the brains. They never talk at school. It felt they don't know each other but they look so much a like." Troy explained and Gabriella nodded her head in understanding.
"I think Jen sucked up all of James brain when they were still in my auntie's stomach!" Taylor said and everyone burst out laughing.
All of them finally arrived at their own houses where they're staying in. They put their stuff in the house and went to Chad's place. All of them were so tired except for Troy, Gabriella, Taylor and Chad.
"The rest went home. Now, what are we gonna do?" Chad asked the other three as they all gathered in Chad's house.
"Let's go for a walk in the park." Troy suggested and everyone stared at him as if he was demented.
"What?" He asked very confused.
"Do you know what time it is?" Taylor said and Troy glanced at his watch and bowed his head down in embarrassment.
"Sorry. I didn't know its that late already." Troy said sheepishly.
"Why? Do you go to the park at night?" Gabriella asked curiously.
"Maybe." He answered innocently.
"If you want to go. I wouldn't mind going for a walk at 2am." Gabriella giggled.
"Are you sure?" Troy asked and Gabriella nodded.
"Cool then. What are you guys going to do?" Troy said pointing at Chad and Taylor.
"We probably just gonna watch a movie or something." Chad said.
Gabriella and Troy walked out of the house. It was so silent outside since everybody in the neighborhood were already sleeping.
"Where's the park?" Gabriella asked and looked around the unfamiliar place.
"Just around the corner." Troy looked down at Gabriella and found her looking around with an unsure face.
"Don't worry. Nothing bad will happen to you Gabi." Troy said and Gabriella looked up at him.
"Its late at night and what if there's some crazy person who attack us or something. How would you know nothing bad is gonna happen?" Gabriella questioned.
"Because I will never let anything hurt you." Troy said as he nervously put his arm around Gabriella's shoulder.
"Ohh." Gabriella couldn't help but blush.
They finally arrived at the beautiful empty park.
"So this is where you actually go at night?" Gabriella said as she ran to the swing.
"Yeah." Troy chuckled at Gabriella's childish reaction to the swing.
"Cool. Its so peaceful here but what do you do here alone at night?" She asked and Troy joined her in the swing.
"Nothing just think." He replied softly.
"Think about what?" She asked with interest.
"Everything. The fame, basketball, my dad. I just want to get out of those." He confessed and she just stared at him in disbelief.
"So basketball hottie don't exactly like his life?" She questioned and both of them suddenly froze.
"Did I just call him hottie?" Gabriella thought nervously.
"Did she just call me hottie?" Troy asked his self and suddenly smile.
"Yeah I don't like being pressured. I hate it." Troy said.
"Same here." She said and they just stayed quiet for a while.
"Come, I'll show you something." Troy stood up and lead Gabriella somewhere behind the huge trees in the park.
"Where are we going?" Gabriella asked and gasped when she saw the beautiful view in front of her.
"Like it?" Troy said as he sat in front of the glistening lake.
"Are you kidding me? I love it!" Gabriella exclaimed and sat next to Troy. She still couldn't take her eyes off the lake while Troy couldn't take his eyes off her.
"Its beautiful." Gabriella said softly.
"Its nothing compare to you." Troy whispered, almost inaudible but Gabriella heard it perfectly. She smiled but didn't comment of what he said.
After a few minutes of just sitting down and staring at the lake, a cold breeze suddenly hit their bodies causing Troy to shiver but not as much as Gabriella.
"Here." Troy took off his jacket and handed it to Gabriella.
"I can't take that Troy. You're gonna be cold too and don't you say you're not cold because you are shaking too." Gabriella scolded.
"Then let's share. My jacket is pretty big." Troy chuckled and Gabriella nodded her head. She moved closer to Troy and he wrapped the jacket around both of them.
"I like it here." Gabriella said and closed her eyes feeling the moment.
"Me too." Troy replied with a smile.
Gabriella slowly put her head down on Troy's shoulder. Troy couldn't help but blush. His heart was beating really fast he was starting to sweat a little. They stayed in that position for a very long time and Troy was wishing that, that moment could last forever.
"Gabi I think we should go now." Troy said but didn't get any response. He looked down and found a sleeping Gabriella on his shoulder.
"She fell asleep." Troy sighed and slowly picked her. He knows that he had to carry her all the way back to Chad's place. He wrapped the jacket around her leaving him with only a t shirt.
"She is so beautiful!" Troy thought while staring at Gabriella. His feet seemed to be walking by itself. He didn't really know where he was going because he was too busy staring at Gabriella. He stopped when his feet stopped walking.
"We're finally here." He whispered and looked up. It wasn't Chad's house at all. He was standing right in front of his mansion's gate.
"Oh crap! I don't want to walk back again. I'm tired. Maybe she can just stay at the guest room in the mansion." Troy said in his mind and slowly went inside the mansion. The guards noticed him but didn't see that he was carrying a girl.
Troy lay Gabriella down on the bed. The room was gigantic even though it was only a guest room. Troy yawned and sat on the bed.
"I'm just gonna lie down for a minute." Troy thought and closed his eyes. He lied down right next to Gabriella. After an hour, Troy was full asleep. His arms were around Gabriella and Gabriella's head was resting on top of his chest. Both of them had huge smiles on their faces dreaming about each other.
The next morning, Gabriella and Troy were still sleeping. Because they slept late, they didn't wake up early.
"Gabriella didn't come home last night." Taylor said to Chad with concern.
"Maybe Troy decided to bring her to the mansion. Let's go and check it out." Chad said and Taylor nodded.
"Let's call the whole gang too so we can hang out today." Taylor suggested.
After 30 minutes, the whole gang entered the mansion. Since the guards know them, they didn't asked questions.
"Hey Mrs Bolton. Is Troy here?" Chad asked politely.
"Yes he is, and I think he brought a girl with him last night." Mrs Bolton said eyeing the whole gang.
"Umm…." Jason mumbled knowing who Mrs Bolton was talking about.
"Do you guys have any idea who that person might be?" Mrs Bolton asked curiously and all of them nodded their heads.
"Anyway, I think they're upstairs. We just need to find them." Mrs Bolton chuckled.
"Did they sleep in the same room?" Taylor asked worriedly.
"I don't know. Wait-- I haven't seen you before." Mrs Bolton said pointing at Taylor.
"Oh right. I'm sorry. I'm Taylor Mckessie." Taylor said politely while shaking Mrs Bolton's hand.
"I'm Jenna Bolton. Troy's mom." Mrs Bolton greeted with a smile.
"Taylor's going with me to prom." Chad said proud that he finally have a date.
"That's very nice Chad. I think Taylor is a great girl for you." Mrs Bolton said and Taylor blushed a little.
"Let's go upstairs and check what room Troy lead the girl." Mrs Bolton said while walking up the stairs. Everyone followed and murmured about Troy and Gabriella.
After the fifth room the gang and Mrs Bolton had been in, they somehow started to loose hope.
"Ok guys. We've been in the fifth room of this mansion and we still didn't find them. There are like a million rooms in here! What are we gonna do?" Chad exclaimed.
"Fine. This is the last one ok." Mrs Bolton said and opened the 6th room. The whole gang entered and to their relief, they saw Troy. They walked over to him and noticed another figure right beside him. They were sleeping so close to each other.
"Is that--" Taylor started shocked. All of them totally got the wrong idea.
"Gabriella?" All of them said exactly the same time except Mrs Bolton who didn't know Gabriella's name at first.
"They slept together?" Sharpay said shocked.
"I can't believe it!" Jason exclaimed.
"What are we gonna do?" Kelsi asked.
"I don't know. But they look comfortable." Mrs Bolton chuckled and everyone stared at her because she seemed to be so nice to everyone including Gabriella. They expected her to scream and drag Gabriella out of the mansion.
"I don't think they did something because Gabriella is full covered with Troy's jacket." Zeke said examining the two people on the bed under the sheets.
"Yeah but Troy don't have any shirt on. But at least he has his pants on." Sharpay laughed. Suddenly, Gabriella started to stir. The whole gang including Mrs Bolton just watched them quietly with interest.
Troy slowly opened his eyes.
"It feels so great sleeping on my bed with--" Troy suddenly froze as he felt warm breaths on his chest. He looked down to find a sleeping Gabriella.
"My sleeping beauty." Troy whispered to her ear. He had no idea that there was other people in the room watching his every move.
"Troy?" Gabriella opened her eyes and met Troy's electric blue eyes.
"Morning." Troy greeted.
"Morning." Gabriella replied and suddenly realised their position. She froze when she saw a top less Troy.
"Oh my gosh!" Gabriella quickly sat up. She panicked thinking that they did something wrong. Her panicking caused Troy to panic too so he also sat up.
"We didn't… did we?" Gabriella asked nervously and scared. Both of them were face-to-face with alarmed expressions on their faces.
"No. I-- I don't think so." Troy replied nervously. The two of them still didn't noticed the other people in the room.
"Morning lovebirds!" Mrs Bolton said and smiled at the two. Gabriella and Troy snapped their heads to find a bunch of their friends smirking at them. The two of them quickly looked away blushing like crazy.
"Had a good sleep Troy?" Chad said while chuckling.
"Shut up!" Troy said and quickly scanned the room for his shirt.
"Where the hell is my shirt?" Troy said quickly thinking that his mom will kill him for sleeping there with a girl.
"I don't know." Gabriella said also looking around the room.
"Ohh there it is!" Troy exclaimed pointing at his shirt that was lying on the ground behind Gabriella.
"I'll get it." Troy and Gabriella said exactly the same time and reach for it exactly the same time too. Gabriella lost her balance when Troy leaned down to grab the shirt causing her to fall.
"Crap!!" She exclaimed and quickly grabbed Troy's shoulder to cling on but Troy was caught off guard and fell with her.
Their position on the ground was now more awkward than before. Troy was right on top of her with his left hand behind her head because he didn't want Gabriella to bump her head and the other hand was around her waist. Gabriella's hand were crossed around Troy's neck and their faces were just centimetres away.
"I'm sorry." Gabriella apologised.
"No problem." Troy said but still wasn't moving. They stayed like that for a few seconds, staring at each other's eyes until the gang started coughing causing them to jump apart.
"That was a good scenario." Mrs Bolton said and watched as Gabriella bowed her head down in embarrassment.
"Such a way to meet Troy's mom!!" Gabriella thought sarcastically.
"Mom. Its not what you think." Troy started while quickly putting his shirt on.
"I know Troy. Calm down." Mrs Bolton laughed.
"So, you're Gabriella right?" Mrs Bolton asked.
"Ohh right. I'm sorry. Yeah my name is Gabriella. Nice meeting you Mrs Bolton." Gabriella said politely and shook Mrs Bolton's hand.
"Nice meeting you too. Are you the girl that Troy's going to prom with?" Mrs Bolton asked curiously.
"Umm yeah." Gabriella replied softly and felt herself blushing.
"I don't blame him. You're a gorgeous girl!" Mrs Bolton complimented which made Gabriella blushed more.
"Thank you Mrs Bolton." Gabriella said.
"Oh please call me Jenna. I wouldn't mind you calling me mom in the future." Mrs Bolton joked and winked at Troy and Gabriella.
"Mom!!!!" Troy pleaded her mom to stop. The rest of the gang laughed and head out of the room.
"So what time did you guys get back home?" Jason asked as soon as they reached the lounge room.
"I think around 3am." Troy replied.
"Wait-- I don't remember me going here. How did I get here?" Gabriella asked directly to Troy.
"I carried you." Troy simply said.
"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry. You should've just left me there and you should've just took your jacket with you." Gabriella said concerned.
"Don't worry Gabi. It wasn't that hard. You're a petite girl. You don't weigh that much." Troy chuckled.
"Right. Umm thanks I guess." Gabriella said slightly blushing.
"Tomorrow, all of you are going to school. Troy have you done your homework?" Mrs Bolton asked curiously and Troy suddenly froze.
"Oooppss." Troy gulped when his mother raised an eyebrow at him.
"How about you guys? Have you finish your homework?" Mrs Bolton said and everyone shook their heads excluding Taylor and Gabriella. That's the disadvantage of having Mrs Bolton as the principal of their school.
"Well I guess everyone will be stuck here doing their homework except for Taylor and Gabriella." Mrs Bolton said and everyone groaned while the two girls giggled.
"We wouldn't mind teaching you guys if you don't know something." Gabriella offered and Troy's face snapped up with a grin.
"Yeah. Gabriella is a real genius." Taylor said.
"No I'm not." Gabriella said nudging Taylor.
"Oh yeah. Tell me when is the last time you got lower than 98 in your grades huh?" Taylor challenged and Gabriella just bowed her head down.
"I might've got something lower than that. I just forgot when." Gabriella replied but she knows that she never got lower than 98.
"You're THAT smart? Heck, my highest grade in my whole life was only 90!" Troy exclaimed.
"Then you should work hard if you're going to be with someone as smart as Gabriella." Mrs Bolton said then walked off.
The whole gang did exactly what Mrs Bolton told them. They did their homework upstairs and surprisingly, all of them were really quiet and were paying attention.
"Gabriella you are such a genius. Dang you explain it better than my teacher." Troy complimented that made Gabriella laugh.
"I can be your private tutor if you want." Gabriella joked but Troy didn't seem to realised that it was a only joke.
"Really? Cool!" Troy said happily and Gabriella had no choice because she figured that Troy took that seriously.
"Finally! We finished our homework!" Chad said and everyone started jumping around.
"Its 3:30pm. What do we do now?" Taylor asked.
"How about we go swimming. I'm really up for a swim." Chad suggested and everyone nodded their heads happily.
"Cool! But me and Taylor have to go back and get our swim suits." Gabriella said and they nodded.
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