Troy got to school on Monday and was already sick of people apologizing for leaving the other day. He'd only been there five minutes.

'Hey dude, what's cooking?' Chad asked him.

'Nothing, I'm just sick of everyone saying sorry, somehow I have to beat her at something' Troy whined, scuffing his shoe on the floor.

'I have the perfect way!' Chad exclaimed before whispering in his ear.

A grin formed on Troy's face and he nodded, agreeing to the plan.

With Gabriella

Gabriella had once again dressed to impress if she was to carry out the next part of 'the plan'.

She had put on a black tunic, tight black trousers and silver heels, her hair was allowed freedom and cascaded down her back. (picture in profile) A thick silver bangle was fitted on her upper arm and she had diamond earrings decorating her ears.

'So, are we ready to kick some Bolton ass?' Sharpay asked, as Taylor and Kelsi joined them.

'Sure am, lets do this!' Gabriella replied laughing and walked into school.

They walked into home-room to find Troy stood in a corner with what looked like a cheerleader. Gabriella rolled her eyes along with the other girls but inside she could feel herself heating up. Why was she so mad?

Suddenly, Troy swooped down and captured the cheerleader's lips in a quick kiss, causing Gabriella to glare, which didn't go unnoticed by Chad. Troy drew away and walked out of the room, never once glancing at Gabriella.

Sharpay nudged Gabriella who turned around.

'What?' she asked.

'Go after him, the plan remember!' Taylor urged, pushing her in the direction of the door.

'Oh right, yeah' Gabriella murmured, stalking out in the direction Troy went, moments before.

She spotted him rummaging in his locker and strutted over to him.

'Hey Troy' she said breathlessly.

Without turning, Troy smiled, just as they'd planned.

'Hey' he grunted, not facing her.

'I just wanted to say sorry for the party, it was horrible of me, am I forgiven?' she asked, putting a hand on either side of his waist.

Troy shivered inside at her touch but remembered the plan; he spun around and rested his arms on her shoulders.

'You could be' he whispered.

'Really?' she whispered back, this was going exactly as they'd wanted it to.

'Oh yeah' he said, brushing his lips against her cheek as he said it in her ear.

Gabriella shivered and moved her hands further down his back, slipping her hands into his back pockets.

He grinned, and licked his lips, watching her eyes follow his tongue. She smiled and looked up at him through her eyelashes.

'What can I do to prove to you that I'm truly sorry, 'cause I don't think you know exactly how much I am' she murmured, pressing her body up against his.

'Well, there is one thing' he said, running a hand down her arm and letting them rest on her bum, pulling her even closer.

'And that would be?' she questioned, acting innocent.

'Being my girlfriend' he said, nuzzling her neck.

She grinned, it was easy, she hadn't even has to persuade him that much, he fell right into it.

'That could be arranged' she said, biting on his ear.

He smiled, out of her view; she'd gone along with the plan perfectly. She wouldn't know what was coming.

He swooped down onto her lips and squeezed her, before gently biting her lip, and walking her back to homeroom, saying before he got to his desk, on the other side of the room,

'Bye beautiful'

Chad looked over to him and Troy winked, part one had been executed.

The girls looked questioningly at Gabriella as she sat down.

'Say hello to the future Mrs. Bolton ladies' she said quietly, making them laugh.

Troy looked over to her, to see what the noise was all about, she just smiled sweetly and waved. He grinned and waved back, before returning to his conversation.

'Phase one complete' she said to the girls.

'Does this mean we have to be nice to his side-kicks?' Taylor asked, a pained look on her face.

'I'm afraid so' Sharpay told her, looking disgusted as Zeke winked at her.

Kelsi spoke up, making them giggle,

'I thought you had to go to a zoo to visit apes'

They cracked up laughing, earning themselves looks from everyone around them. Troy stood up and walked over to her.

'Is everything alright?' he asked, putting his hands on her shoulders.

'Of course, why wouldn't it be?' Gabriella asked, smiling at Sharpay.

'Cool, just checking' he said, before kissing her neck and leaving them.

'He's into you' Sharpay sang, smiling.

'That's the plan, he's supposed to be' Gabriella said, not understanding what Sharpay meant.

'No, we mean he's really into you. You can tell Gabi, are you sure you wanna go through with this, there's no going back' Taylor asked her.

After a pause Gabriella turned to face them, a look of determination in her eyes,

'I've already crossed the line, the chance to go back disappeared a long time ago' before turning to face Miss Darbus, who had just entered.

Sharpay and Taylor exchanged worried glances. Kelsi just hummed happily.

Troy caught himself looking at Gabriella. She wasn't really paying attention, no-one was, he could see her nodding her head to the music inside her mind. Watched her drumming her fingers on the desk, tapping her feet. He smiled, even for the short while she was to be his girl, he'd be proud to have her, even if he was going to break her heart.

A/N

So this didn't really go as I planned, don't know if it turned out as well as I thought. What do you think? Help is always appreciated! Also I'm sorry about not updating this or my other fic, Waiter Dude, but there are 'things' going on at home, and it's not always easy to get to a computer. Sorry, just bear with me!

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