Troy raised his eyebrow when she asked him. He never expected her to ask him to stay with her. He thought that she was still mad and upset with him. He couldn't help but smile though; then he realized that school was still a problem for him. He couldn't miss another day at school. "Gabi, I wish I could but-…" he sighed, "I can't."
"Please?" She asked him, putting a puppy face on.
He rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand and sighed, Oh how much he wishes he could stay with her for the day. School was a priority though.
She frowned, not knowing what to say or do to make him stay. "I really don't want to be alone in your house right now."
He thought for a moment then threw his backpack on the floor and sat down on the chair, "Fine." He said to her.
She clapped her hands together, "yay!" She smiled, and then snuggled back into bed, trying to close her eyes to fall back asleep.
"Uh…Gabi, what are you doing?" He asked her.
Gabriella opened one of her eyes and looked at him, "going back to sleep? What else does it look like I'm doing?"
"Well if you make me stay home, you might as well stay up and keep me company." He shrugged. He grabbed a ball off the floor and tossed it up in the air and caught it…repeating that motion for a while.
Gabriella muttered something under her breath and sat up. "Happy?" She smirked, folding her arms.
"Getting there." He smiled, leaning back in his chair.
Then it was an awkward silence. Gabriella was scanning through the room so she wouldn't have to keep her eye son him and Troy was looking down at the ball. Finally Gabriella broke the silence.
"How bad was I last night?" She asked him, making…or trying to make eye contact with him.
Troy glanced up at her and sighed, "Pretty bad…you were extremely drunk." He leaned forward, "Really Gabriella, who gets drunk on a school night?"
"…Apparently me." She said to him, frowning. She placed her hand on her forehead to feel her head but she was still having a big hang over. "I was just upset." She shrugged, "I didn't intentionally mean to drink." She looked down at her fingers.
Troy rubbed the back of his neck then lifted his leg onto the coffee table. "You should've known not to drink no matter what the circumstances were."
Gabriella's eyebrow narrowed, "Okay first of all I was upset with you that I didn't know what to do…I was hurt Troy."
"You think I wasn't? You went out with Anthony and we just broke up."
"I didn't agree on going with him until I saw you agreeing to go with those girls." She said to him, frowning.
Troy sighed, "I didn't know…" He said quietly.
Gabriella leaned back down to lay back in bed, not saying anything.
Troy sat back on the couch and looked at her, "Besides you called it off for good." He said to her, and then closed his eyes.
"That doesn't mean you should date every girl that comes your way!" She said, not looking at him but she was speaking loudly.
"I DIDN'T!" Troy shouted back, but he didn't mean to shout.
Gabriella let out a loud sigh, "There's not one day that goes by without us arguing, whether or not we're dating." She muttered.
"We're impossible." Troy muttered. He then stood up and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" She asked him, sitting half way up.
Troy turned back to look at her, "To get breakfast, you want some?"
Gabriella shook her head, "No, but Tylenol would help and water." She said to him.
He nodded, "I'm on it." He then left to get her some medicine and bottled water and he grabbed himself a bagel. He headed back in and handed her the medicine and the bottled water. "Here." He said to her.
"Thanks." She said then took the drink and drank her medicine. "Why did you take care of me last night?" She asked out of the blue.
Troy sat back down and shrugged, "I couldn't let Anthony take advantage of you," He told her.
Gabriella nodded, "Oh…right." She said. "Why not?" She asked him.
He shrugged, "I don't know, because." He said, and then he changed the subject. "So I'm getting my cast off." He told her.
She smiled, "That's great. I'm glad to get my off too." She laughed, "That was a hand full." She told him. It was getting hot so she took off her shirt of her first layer and set it aside. Now she was wearing a tank top.
Troy watched her for a moment, turning away so she wouldn't catch him staring. When he looked back after she did so he saw the place where she was shot. He felt bad again and then brought it back up, "You should've never taken that bullet." He said to her.
"Well when you care for someone you gotta do what you gotta do." She shrugged, covering up the area.
Troy nodded slowly, "Oh…" He said to her.
She bit her lower lip and glanced around the room quickly. She looked down at her hands and began playing with her fingers, not saying anything. "So um…" She finally tried saying something.
Troy looked up at her, waiting for her to say something else. He just wished they were still dating and together again. He didn't know how long he was going to have to wait for her. He knew this was a time to express his feelings towards her. It was the only time he had alone time with her without any of them bitching at each other. "I'm willing to wait forever…"
"Excuse me?" She asked, not really hearing what he said. She turned to face him, pushing the hair on her face out of the way.
He sighed, "I don't know how long you'll need to think about everything, I know you said it was over…and I know you don't mean for sure; final." He shrugged.
Gabriella blinked, unsure why Troy was bringing this up again. "Can we not talk about this please?" She asked him.
"Why not?" Troy asked her, shrugging.
"Because, Troy. I don't want to." She shook her head.
Troy leaned forward, looking at her. "I know you still love me. Even if you deny it, I know it." He told her, ignoring everything she was saying.
"Troy please, not now." She said again but this time louder. "I told you it was over…"
Troy stood up and walked over and sat on the bed. "Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't love me, and then I'll stop." He gazed in her soft eyes.
Gabriella found it hard to look at him in the eyes. She looked away, "I don't love you."
"Look me in the eyes and tell me." He said to her again, placing his hand on her chin and lifted her face so she was facing him.
She shook out of his grip and looked down at her hands, she couldn't do it. She couldn't look him in the eyes and tell him she doesn't love him. "I'm sorry…" She said, looking up at his eyes.
Troy cringed a bit, wondering where she was leading to.
"I can't look you in the eyes and tell you I don't love you." She said to her, crossing her arms a bit. "I just…Can't be with you." She told him.
His heart fluttered and he sat back, nodding. "I understand." He said, "At least I tried." He shrugged, "But know one thing, people who are meant to be together always find their way in the end." (Heh. Got that quote from OTH.)
That caught Gabriella's attention, she looked up at him but she didn't say anything. "What are you trying to say?"
"That we're meant to be together." He said to her.
Gabriella ran her hand through her hair.
"You keep pushing me away but just to let you know you're bringing me closer to you because I'm never going to quit." He informed her.
Gabriella sat up again.
Troy went to go sit next to Gabriella and surprisingly she let him sit.
She looked over at him, "I'm trying here Troy, I'm not ready to get hurt again and I'm scared you're going to hurt me again." She said to him.
"You know I didn't mean to." He said to her, "if I could go back I wished I was the only one who was hurt, the one who got shot…the one to make you happy Gabi, but so far I'm the one that's making things worse for you."
Gabriella sighed, she turned to him. "The guy I fell in love with is the guy who put me before everything except his family. The guy who always climbs my balcony at midnight and pisses me off but then in the end falls asleep with me." She told him, "Not the guy who does things just to get back at me, not the guy who wants to make me jealous."
"Again…I'm the one making things worse." He told her. "I know you want to be with me again Gabi, you're just scared to let me in your life again because you think I'll do something bad and hurt you again. I might do stupid stuff and all…make stupid decisions and such. But one thing I'm sure about is you. If I wasn't in love with you Gabi then I wouldn't be trying this hard."
"What do you want Troy? Who do you want to be? The popular party boy or the sweet and sensitive guy?" she asked him.
"I want to be your boyfriend." With that, Troy leaned forward and kissed her on the lips just softly.
At first Gabriella was reluctant about kissing him but her heart overcomes her mind. She placed her hand on his face and kissed him back.
He placed his hand on the back of her head and laid her down on the bed kissing her still.
Gabriella lay under him and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him. She really missed this, them together.
Troy kissed her lips, moving his tongue against her lip until she finally opened. They played tongue hockey for a good five minutes. Troy ran his hand up her shirt, running up her back and down. He felt her shiver. Troy smiled against her lips and lifted her shirt over her head and threw it aside.
Gabriella had her hands in his hair and after her shirt was removed, she took his shirt off so he was shirtless and so was she. Gabriella ran her hand up and down his stomach, arching her neck to the side so he was now kissing her neck. She bit her lower lip and ran her hand through his hair.
Troy was now, ready to take her jeans off and he waited for her permission. As she let him, he slipped it down and off her ankles. Troy helped Gabriella take his pants off and he threw it aside, they kissed deeply for another two minutes before Troy began placing his hand on the clamp of her bra. Right when he unhooked it his door opens.
"Troy why aren't you at sch-. OH my god." Mrs. Bolton said.
Troy quickly rolled off Gabriella and Gabriella grabbed the blanket and covered up.
"MOM!" Troy said to her.
Mrs. Bolton looked from Troy to Gabriella, not saying anything. She covered her eyes and walked out the door. "Troy please come out here." She said, "Gabriella get dressed." She demanded then walked out the door.
Gabriella's face was fuming red. She was embarrassed and madly blushing. She looked at Troy then grabbed her clothes and slipped it back on, "Why didn't you say your mom was home?" Gabriella snapped, throwing her shirt back on.
Troy grabbed his jeans, "I didn't think she was home." He slipped it on, "I thought she was at work."
"God this is so embarrassing." She said to him. She lay back in bed and closed her eyes, "my headache is coming back." She groaned.
Troy slipped his shirt on and sighed, "Well…here goes my mom." He said and looked at her. That little moment left things un-answered. He walked out the room and closed the door behind him. He saw his mom in the kitchen, sitting on the stool waiting for him.
Mrs. Bolton looked at Troy, shaking his head. "What are you thinking? Skipping school for sex Troy?" She whispered.
Troy sat down on the stool, "Mom it wasn't like that…"
"Well tell me like how it is then."
"Last night, Gabriella was getting taken advantage of by Anthony…so I stopped him and took her home and her door was locked…no key." He began, "I took her here, and the next morning she was very angry with me until she knew what I did and she asked me to stay back with her." He told her, "And then we began talking about us…and this happened."
Mrs. Bolton shook her head, "So this is Gabriella's fault then?" She asked, narrowing her eyes.
"No…No." He answered quickly. "She just needed a friend."
"Why did she not want to go school this morning anyways?" She asked, suspicious that she was drinking.
"Well um, she wasn't feeling good this morning." He said to her.
She sighed, "Well I'm taking you to school right now young man."
"What about Gabriella?"
"I'll take care of her."
Troy smirked, unsure if he should leave her home with his mom. "Please don't do or say anything to her…just let her rest." Troy went to grab his backpack.
Gabriella looked over at him, "Where are you going?" she asked him, sitting up a little.
"School." He answered simply. "My mom is making me."
"Oh…so I'm staying here alone?" She asked him, frowning a bit.
"No my mom is gonna take care of you." He answered, then watched Gabriella's expression.
"WHAT!" Gabriella asked.
"Don't worry, I told my mom not to bother you because you were sleeping." He said to her, then smiled gently, "I'll see you later…I'll be home at exactly 1. I'm not gonna go basketball practice." He told her.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and sighed, "Get my homework for me please."
"Sure sure." He said to her then left the room to go into the car. His mom drove him to school and he left the car before she could say anything else. He grabbed his slip and headed into chemistry where a lot of people looked at him and wondered where he was.
Chad walked over to Troy, "Hey man, where were you?" He asked, sitting next to him.
"At home, I slept in." He answered quickly.
"Oh…we were beginning to think you were with Gabi because she's not at school anymore…I wonder what happened at that party with Anthony…Anthony said he couldn't remember what happened last night." Chad began to say.
"Oh…well I don't know where she is." He shrugged, and then began paying attention in class.
Chad looked at him weirdly then walked back to his seat. He looked around the class then back forward at the teacher.
After the bell rang, Troy rushed to his next class…wanting the day to be over with. Chad and Taylor were wondering what was up with him.
"Have you tried calling Gabs?" Chad asked.
"Yeah like 25 times." She told Chad, "I think I'm going to swing by after school and see if she's okay. You want to come?"
"I can't. I have basketball but go with Sharpay." He told her then they walked hand in hand to go to the next class.
Troy tapped his foot impatiently. A girl came up to him and wanted to ask him to the movies but he ignored and pretended he never saw her.
Finally it was the end of the day and Troy was at his locker when Chad and Zeke approached him. "Hey man." Zeke said.
"You ready to go practice?" Chad asked. They usually headed over to practice together.
"I'm not going." He told them without looking at them.
Chad smirked, "Dude what's the matter with you? You've been acting weird all day." He said, standing in front of him.
Troy sighed, "It's nothing man, I just gotta go home okay." He closed his locker and walked away.
Chad looked at Zeke, "There's something wrong." He told him, "Let's head over there after school and see what's up."
Troy waited for his ride before heading home to his house. "How's she?" He asked his mom.
"She's good, sleeping like usual." Mrs. Bolton said. "Your dad is going to be mad that you're not going to practice."
Troy cleared his throat, "Mom…are you gonna tell dad on what happened today?" Troy asked her.
She shrugged, "I don't know." She said then pulled into their driveway.
He got out of the car and looked at his mom, "I promise there's no funny business under your roof." He said to her then walked into the house and into the room. He saw Gabriella sleeping. He smiled and sat down on the bed, "Gabriella." He said gently.
Gabriella instantly woke up and looked at Troy, "Oh I thought you were your mom so I pretended to be asleep." She laughed, "Today was so boring!" She rolled her eyes.
He laughed gently, "Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, and Zeke were wondering about me today…" He said to her, "Where does this leave us?"
Gabriella shrugged, "I don't know…" She shrugged, sitting up in her bed.
Troy sighed, "Are we together?" He asked, hopeful.
"Promise me this." She said to him, taking his hand.
He nodded, "Anything."
"If I let you in my life again, you promise to be that Troy that I fell in love with." She told him.
"Of course," he answered quickly. He kissed her hand and smiled.
Gabriella smiled, "Last time Troy, I swear."
Troy nodded, "I promise this will be the last time, and I'm gonna make this work." He told her. "Do you think we should tell the others?"
"Not quite yet…I'm not ready for them to start lecturing me or you." She laughed.
Troy heard a doorbell and his mom answering it. "TROY! CHAD AND ZEKE ARE HERE!" She yelled.
Troy looked at Gabriella, "Well…speaking of."
Gabriella sighed, "Great."
"Don't worry I got this." He kissed her cheek and walked out the door to see the two. "What's up?" he asked them.
"Dude…we think Gabriella's missing."
Troy wanted to laugh but he didn't, "What?"
"Taylor went to Gabriella's and there was no answer…" He said to him.
Troy rubbed the back of his head.
"WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!" Chad panicked.
Troy looked at the floor, "Uhm,"
Zeke sighed, "We have to go to Anthony's and see if he could remember anything."
Troy shrugged, "I'll be back." He headed into his room and closed the door then burst out laughing.
Gabriella looked at Troy, "What's so funny?"
"They think you're missing!" He laughed.
Gabriella smirked, "Are you serious?"
Chad knocked on Troy's door, "Troy? Who's in the room with you?"