Chapter 15

Recap

"You two! Detention!" Mrs Darbus said looking straight at Gabriella and Troy.

"What?!" Troy exclaimed while Gabriella's jaw dropped.

"Mrs Darbus, give me detention but you don't have to include Gabriella because she's new and its all totally my fault." Troy said and everyone stared at him shocked. As far as the people know, Troy would never take the blame if it cause him detention.

"I don't care! Both of you will meet me at lunch in the auditorium." Mrs Darbus said and both Gabriella and Troy groaned.

End of Recap

The class ended and everyone head off to their next classed. Troy and Gabriella have math next so they both walked together quietly.

"Hey Gabi, I'm sorry that I put you in detention. It was my fault." Troy said while staring at the ground.

"It wasn't your fault. I was talking too you know." Gabriella said, also staring at the ground. There was an uncomfortable silence between them and both weren't looking where they were going. Suddenly, Gabriella bumped onto something pretty solid. She lost her balance and was waiting for someone to catch her. Luckily, someone did but it wasn't the guy who she expected to catch her. It was some stranger, the one she bumped onto and he doesn't look very nice. He looked like one of those who plays around with girls.

"I'm sorry." Gabriella said softly and tried to get away from the guy who was still holding her by the waist and smirking at her like flirtatiously which she found disgusting.

Gabriella looked around and caught Troy's flaming eyes. It seemed like Troy bumped onto someone too because he was holding some other girl to prevent her from falling. He was totally glaring at the guy who was holding her.

"Hey there pretty lady!" The guy said flirtatiously and his hands was slowly going down Gabriella's back.

"Help me!" Gabriella mouthed to Troy. Troy immediately let go off the girl he was holding and quickly turned to the guy.

"Hey! Get your hands off her." Troy said sounding a little bit angry.

"Its not like she's your girlfriend." The guy said and still didn't remove his hands off Gabriella, instead he kept on rubbing it around her back which Gabriella found disgusting. Luckily, his hands didn't continue to go down her back where she really hated it to be.

"I said get your hands off her!" Troy exclaimed and in one swift move, the guy was already pinned on a locker beside them. Gabriella didn't even had the time to realise what just happened. All she could see was Troy pinning the guy on the locker with his hands tightly holding on to the guy's collar, lifting him a little bit.

"Don't you ever touch Gabriella again! Got it!" Troy yelled but not too loudly.

"Ok ok I'm sorry!" The guy said and Troy finally let go off him. The guy ran for his life and disappeared.

Troy finally calmed down and walked over to Gabriella who was a little bit startled since she have never seen Troy so angry before.

"Are you ok?" Troy asked caringly and Gabriella couldn't believe how he can change from being so angry into being so sweet.

"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks Troy!" Gabriella said happily and launched herself at him.

"You're always welcome Gabs." Troy said gladly.

After a few seconds, they finally broke apart and quickly blushed when they saw that a whole bunch of people were actually watching them.

"Great!" Gabriella thought sarcastically.

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Its now lunch time and Troy and Gabriella had to go to the auditorium.

"WOW! You're auditorium is pretty big!" Gabriella exclaimed.

"Is this your first time to go to an auditorium too?" Troy smirked.

"Funny!" Gabriella said sarcastically.

"But no, this is not my first time." She continued then looked around. It was empty. There was no one there except a piano on the stage.

Gabriella ran to the stage and Troy followed her.

"What are you doing?" Troy asked when Gabriella suddenly sat on the piano chair.

"Can't you see? I'm gonna play the piano." Gabriella giggled.

"Ok. Let's see how good you are." Troy said and sat beside her. Gabriella saw sheet music on top of the piano and decided to play one of them.

"Troy can you sing this song and I'm gonna play it?" Gabriella said.

"No way I'm singing. I suck." Troy said while shaking his head.

"Are you seriously thinking that you suck? You are like the best singer I've ever heard live. Just sing this." Gabriella persuaded.
"Sorry Gabs. I'm not singing that." Troy said.

"If you really love me you'll sing it for me." Gabriella pleaded and didn't realised what she just said.

Troy didn't know what to do. He was frozen!

"Umm.. Ok fine." Troy caved in.

"Thanks." Gabriella said happily and started playing the piano.

Its hard to believe

That I couldn't see

You were always there beside me

Troy started and Gabriella smiled widely and looked over to him. Since it was a girl's part now, Gabriella sang too.

Thought I was alone

With no one to hold

Troy froze and couldn't believe how good Gabriella could really sing.

"She is amazing!" Troy thought.

But you were always right beside me

This feeling's like no other

I want you to know

That I've never had someone

Who knows me like you do

The way you do

Gabriella and Troy were staring right at each other's eyes with smiles on their faces.

And I've never had someone

As good for me as you

No one like you

So lonely before

I finally found

What I've been looking for

The two finished and they slowly leaned to each other without hesitation. When they were MILLIMETRES apart, Mrs Darbus came bursting through the back door with a loud noise that made both of them jump one metre away from each other.

"Damn it!!!! Curse you Mrs Darbus!!! CURSE YOU!" Troy yelled angrily in his mind.

"Man!! Wrong timing!" Gabriella exclaimed in her thoughts.

"You two are marvellous. You are in for the call backs in the Spring Musical. You guys can go now." Mrs Darbus said happily completely ignoring Troy's and Gabriella's glares.

Troy and Gabriella didn't know what to do after Mrs Darbus left. They were a little embarrassed that they almost kissed but they sure enjoyed that moment.

"Oh crap! What am I gonna do now? She probably thinks I'm a perv!" Troy thought feeling alarmed.

"I guess we should go now." Troy started nervously.

"Yeah." Gabriella replied silently.

The two of them walked to the cafeteria and saw the gang. They quickly walked towards them.

"Hey Gabriella! Hey Troy!" Sharpay greeted happily.

"What's up guys? You look a little--" Before Zeke could finish his sentence, Chad cut him off.

"Why are you guys blushing?" Chad said without thinking and it caused Gabriella and Troy to blush even harder.
"Did you guys kiss?" Kelsi blurted out and the two snapped their heads up.

"Ohh man we missed it!" Sharpay exclaimed.

"Guys we didn't kiss. Umm.. We.. Kinda.. Almost.." Troy stuttered.

"Mrs Darbus said we're in for the call backs or something." Gabriella quickly said and the whole gang's mouths dropped.

"Troy sings?" Ryan asked in disbelief.

"Yeah didn't you know? Troy sang in my party." Gabriella said a little confused. It seemed like Troy had never sang before in front of his friends.

"Are you serious? We didn't know that Troy can sing!" Jason exclaimed still in shock.

"That's cool then! Ryan, this year, we are not gonna try out for the Spring Musical. Let Gabriella and Troy get the lead roles!" Sharpay exclaimed happily. This was totally not her. She used to be the ice queen but she changed a lot after she went out with Zeke.

"Anyway, I see you guys are wearing the same bracelet. Is that the one that Troy spent the whole week making for you?" Sharpay said pointing at Gabriella's bracelet.
"Yeah. And I love how Troy looked by the way." Gabriella said winking playfully at Troy. What she didn't know was that Troy melted inside when she winked at him.

"Yeah we did a good job didn't we?" Kelsi said high fiving Sharpay.

"I loved Troy's faux hawk! I wish I can do that to my hair!" Chad said and everyone laughed.

Its time for the afternoon basketball practice and all the Wildcat players including the rest of the gang were all waiting in the gym.

"I can't believe coach asked Uncle Ronnie to coach us." Chad said sadly, shaking his head.

"I know." Jason exclaimed and suddenly, the door burst opened.

"Good afternoon boys! Time for practice!!" Uncle Ronnie announced while the others groaned loudly.

The whole team started to play a game while Gabriella watched in interest. She really liked basketball!

"Troy! Get your head in the game! Stop looking at your girlfriend!!" Uncle Ronnie roared while Troy started blushing.

"Who is Uncle Ronnie talking about? I didn't know Troy has a girlfriend." Gabriella asked confused and sad.

"Gabriella, he was referring to you" Sharpay laughed and Gabriella finally understood.

"Was he really looking at me?" Gabriella thought.

"But I'm not his girlfriend." Gabriella said.

"In Uncle Ronnie's eyes, you are." Kelsi explained and Gabriella blushed.

School ended and Gabriella and Troy needed to catch the bus again.

"Hey see you guys tomorrow!" Troy said tiredly and head off with Gabriella.

"Umm.. Gabs the bus is gonna be really full so yeah.. Just warning you." Troy said nervously.

"It can't be that full." Gabriella laughed and suddenly, a bus packed with people came.

"I could be wrong." Gabriella stared at the bus in disbelief.

"Are you sure we can fit in there?" She asked and Troy just chuckled.

"Don't worry." Troy said while grabbing her hand and walking inside. (By the way guys, the bus is REALLY full ok.)

Troy and Gabriella could barely move. It was totally full.

"Now I know what you mean by full." Gabriella said to Troy and held on to his hand tighter.

"Yeah." Troy said and looked around for a seat even though he knows that there's none since people were already standing in the bus.

"You can sit here Troy." A girl offered and stood up to sit on another guy's lap.

"Gabi, you sit down." Troy offered but then, someone pushed him causing him to sit down.

"You can sit there Troy. I don't think you can stand up anymore. We're like sardines in here already." Gabriella giggled.

"But I want you to sit down." Troy said.

"Don't worry about me." Gabriella said and the bus suddenly moved causing her to fall right on Troy's lap.

"I'm sorry." Gabriella apologised and tried to stand up but other people crowded where she was standing.

"I don't think you can stand up anymore." Troy said happily.

The bus moved so crookedly that Gabriella kept on bumping around. When the bus really moved crazily, Gabriella quickly wrapped her arms around Troy's neck and Troy automatically wrapped his arms around her waist.

"You ok?" Troy asked.

"Yeah I'm fine." Gabriella answered and both of them didn't move or intend to take their hands off. They were enjoying the moment and wouldn't let anything ruin it.

"Gabi, you're voice was amazing! That most angelic voice I have ever heard." Troy confessed and Gabriella blushed.

"Thanks. You have a great voice too you know." Gabriella complimented.

The girls were all looking right at Gabriella, some were glaring a little bit and some were smiling. Finally, its Troy's and Gabriella's stop.

"Excuse me guys." Gabriella said softly trying to get to the bus door.

"Thanks." Gabriella said politely to the driver.

"Gabi do you wanna swing by my place and watch a movie or something." Troy asked nervously.

"Sure I mean I have nothing to do anyway." Gabriella answered happily.

"Cool." Troy said and they both walked in mansion.

"Mom I'm home!" Troy yelled but there was no response.

"Maybe she went somewhere." Gabriella whispered.

"Yeah she did." Troy said looking at the note on the coffee table.

"Anyway, what are we watching?" Gabriella asked.

"I don't know. What do you want to watch?" Troy asked as he lead her to his room.

"What movies do you have?" Gabriella asked.

"How about we watch 'When a stranger calls'?" Troy suggested and Gabriella nodded her head. Troy went off to get some pop corn and sodas while Gabriella settled herself on hisbed.

The movie started and both of them weren't really paying attention since they were talking.

"Troy are you tired? Cause the practice was pretty rough." Gabriella said.

"Its funny cause I'm actually not tired or bruised. That's not really normal when you have a practice with Uncle Ronnie." Troy chuckled.

"Maybe because you were there. That's why I'm not tired." Troy thought with a smile.

"When is the game?" Gabriella asked curiously.

"Tomorrow." Troy answered plainly.

"So Gabs, I don't really know you much. How about we ask each other questions?" Troy asked and Gabriella nodded.

"Ok. You go first. Ask me a question." Gabriella said.

"Ok umm… tell me the names of your ex boyfriends. The ones you can remember." Troy smirk and Gabriella frowned a little.

"Why do you want to know?" She asked before answering.

"I just want to know what type of guys you like. " He told her.

"Ok well, I went out with, Chris Brown, Jesse Mc Cartney and well kinda forgot the rest." Gabriella giggled.

"Next question." She said.

"Umm.. Did you ever think of going out with an athlete since both Chris and Jesse are singers." Troy asked curiously.

"Umm.. Before I didn't, but now… yeah I guess." She answered and a smile formed on Troy's lips.

"So, who are your top two crushes?" Troy asked and Gabriella started to get curious.
"Umm.. Well, let's see. I had a crush on Zac Efron and Channing Tatum." Gabriella answered with dreamy eyes.

"Oh." Troy looked down disappointed. Gabriella glanced at him and saw that he was pretty sad but she didn't know exactly why.

"Will I ever be on your top list?" Troy whispered to his self, barely audible. He was sure that Gabriella couldn't hear him but he was WRONG!

"Yeah." Gabriella simply said while getting up.

"Can I use your bathroom?" Gabriella quickly made an excuse.

"Umm… sure." Troy said still in shock.

"Did she say yes or was I only dreaming?" Troy thought and smiled widely falling back on his bed.

"Crap! I said yes. But wait-- he did asked right?" Gabriella thought while trying to catch her breath in the bathroom.

Gabriella came back a few minutes later.

"So what's your whole name Gabi? I mean do you have a middle name or something?" Troy asked curiously.

"Ohh yeah. I never told anyone though. I think you're the first one who actually asked me. My whole name is Gabriella Anne Montez. How about you?" Gabriella asked.

"This, I never actually told anyone. I think even my parents forgot. My whole name is Troy Alexander Bolton. Even Chad doesn't know that." Troy winked at her and Gabriella had to look down and hide her face because she was blushing.

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The next day, everyone gathered in the gym to watch the game including Gabriella and the rest of the gang.

"Go Wildcats!" Taylor, Gabriella, Sharpay and Kelsi yelled at the same time as the whole Wildcat team came out. Troy glanced around to find Gabriella. He smiled when he finally saw her.

The game started and the Wildcats were obviously winning. The game was heating up! When Troy got the ball from the other team while its only seconds away before the game ended, Gabriella stood up happily.

"GO TROY!" She yelled and everyone seemed to paused and looked her way. She slowly sat back down feeling embarrassed. Troy on the other hand, smiled widely when he saw her.

"THIS IS FOR YOU GABI!" Troy yelled back causing the crowd to stare at them in shock. He then stood right in the middle of the court and shot from there. Everyone held their breaths and didn't let it go till the ball touched the hoop. IT rolled around the hoop and… SWOOSH! The ball went right in!

"YES!" Troy jumped happily as the crowd roared crazily.

The girls ran happily to the boys congratulating them.

"You were great Chad!" Taylor exclaimed happily.

"Thanks." Chad said gleefully.

"Ohh Zeke. You were great. Can you bake me some cookies later?" Sharpay asked sweetly.

"Oh course my little Sweet pie!" Zeke said kissing her on the cheek.

"Jason you nailed it." Kelsi said happily.

"TROY! That was like… AMAZING!" Gabriella exclaimed as she ran in Troy's arms.
"Couldn't have done it without you Gabi." Troy told her and spun her around. The other couples started making out including Chad and Taylor who are now going out.

Troy and Gabriella felt a little uneasy since they can't really kiss or anything because they're not together.

"So umm.. Thanks for cheering me up!" Troy said.

"You're welcome!" Gabriella replied.

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I hope you like that chapter! Merry Christmas everybody! And by the way, the next chapter is the moment you've all been waiting for.. I think.. The Prom and.. A little Troyella…. Or more.. Lol.. Please review.