AN: Heyy Guys! Sorry this is later than promised! Thank you for my review it really helped me cause I lack confidence in my writing so I really appriciate it! Anyway this chapter seems longer in my handwriting 7 pages to be exact lol I guess I need to make my handwriting a lot smaller lol! Anyway hope you all like it! R&R Please! Love Lucy x x x

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Troy POV

21st July 2007

Saturday Morning, 8.30am

"Morning beautiful" a bleary eyed Troy Bolton mumbled groggily in a low husk tone. I love waking up with Gabriella in my arms; I love every single thing about her, flaws and all. The fact that her hair always smells like strawberries and her body always smells sells of her raspberry and watermelon body wash. I love the dimples which appear in her cheeks each time she giggles at me, Not to mention the way my knees would go weak when she smiles at me and when she cries I just want to die. Troy knew Gabriella was awake already because her eyelashes were fluttering like butterflies in the springtime like they only do when she is lost in thought. Another tell tale sign is the fact that her extremely cold toes are fidgeting around my legs causing me to gasp each time she brushed my shin.

"Hey you! I thought you were never going to wake up and grace me with your presence" Gabriella smiled.

"Oi Cheeky! I resent that remark" I replied with an evil grin on his face and a wicked look in his eyes as he began tickling her in the ribs.

"Troy Stop!" She yelled in hysterical laughter.

"Troyyyy!" She whinged "My stomach hurts now"

She fluttered her lashes and shot me a Gabriella Montez charm smile knowing full well it would make me melt and was the only thing that would stop me.

"Oh I know your game Miss Montez and I will not crumble this time"

"Dammit! How about this then?" She said leaning in to kiss me passionately running her hands through my shaggy, bed hair. When we breathlessly broke apart I replied

"Sure that could work" grinning madly at her.

"So watcha wanna do today then Bolton?"

"Hmmm… how about we go for a walk in the park Montez, play a little basketball and maybe later get some ice cream?"

"Sounds good! I am sooo gonna kick your cute little booty, Bolton!"

"Yeah Gabs keep telling yourself that! No one and I repeat no one has ever beaten me at a basketball one on one!" I replied cockily.

"Wow sounds like Mr Bolton is very sure of himself"

"I Sure am! That's why you find me irresistible" I winked and flashed my cheekiest grin at her.

She returned my smile and leaned in to kiss me again but pulled away at the last second.

"Yeah right!" she whispered in my ear giving me goosebumps as her hot breath hit my cheek.

"Arghhh! Tease!" I yelled dragging myself out of her bed and stumbled over to her bathroom to take a shower.

As the water trickled over my body I began to think about the night I asked Gabi out and how these fantastic past 2 weeks have been the best of my life.

"Hey man! Good to see you, so you asked her yet?" a curious Chad asked.

"No not yet… I've tried a few times but I kinda chickened out every time"

"Well if I were you I would get you skates on dude 'cause other guys are waiting to pounce if the know what I mean" Chad stated with a wink.

"I think I am going to ask her tonight" I said thinking how painful it would be if some other guy got there first n she said yes.

"Alright dude let me know how it goes, s'later"

"Yeah later Chad"

After he went back to Taylor I was thinking how and where I could ask Gabi, I wanted it to be special for her.

"Dude what do you think of the garden? With all the fairy lights and the swing" I asked Chad.

"Err… yeah its good" a confused Chad replied.

"Chad I mean that's where I'm going to ask Gabi"

"Oh yeah I get you now! Very smooth Troy anyway good luck man even if you don't need it Taylor is like positive she feels the same way about you as you do about her"

"What? Has she told Taylor that?" I asked.

"No but Tay says she knows from girl instincts apparently its obvious by the way you look at each other"

"I hope shes right" I replied

"Hope whose right?" a familiar voice asked behind me.

"Erm… Nothing Gabs, would you err... like to come outside with me?" I asked.

"Sure Troy are you ok?" she asked.

"Yeah I'm fine don't worry about me"

"Troyyyy!" Gabriella whined "Please can you push me again? the swing isn't going as high as before"

"Erm… yeah listen Gabs can I ask you something?"

"Sure whats up?" answered Gabriella.

"You know Gabi ever since I met you my life hasn't been the same" Gabriella looked at him worriedly "I now feel like you complete me in a way no one else has been able to do for me in the past. If I'm having the worst day ever you just have to smile at me and everything that's happened just melts away and doesn't matter anymore. I love everything about you Gabriella, the way your eyes sparkle when your happy, the way you always look gorgeous no matter what and best of all you always see the best in me and choose not to see Troy Bolton lunkhead basketball boy" Gabriella laughed but had tears running down her cheeks. I reached to wipe them away and said

"I guess what I'm trying to say is…" I took a deep breath "Gabriella Montez I Love you, will you be my girlfriend?"

She nodded shyly, tears still streaming down her face as she pulled me towards and kissed me. It was the gentle at first but grew more passionate with every second, her hands made their way up my chest and round my neck where her thumbs played with the ends of my hair, sending delightful shivers down my spine. As she pulled away breathlessly she whispered;

"I love you too Troy and I would love to be your girlfriend"

"Troyyyy!" Gabriella yelled and banged on the bathroom door shaking out of his thoughts.

"We are going to have a water shortage at this rate! You have been in there over 20 minutes and besides I need to shower too!"

"Yeah, sorry I'm done now anyway"

I opened the bathroom door making Gabi fall into me.

"Oooh! Somebodies an eager beaver!" I smirked and winked at her.

"Yeah right, you wish!" she replied laughing whilst kicking me out the bathroom and slamming the door.

"haha! Feisty" I chuckled

… Another reason why I love Gabriella Montez.