Troy stirred awake when the sunlight hit his sleeping body. He sat up rubbing his eyes. Troy pushed himself out of bed and bent over to pick up a shirt lying on the floor of his room. He pulled it up to his nose to smell it. This will do. He quickly changed and ran down the stairs to his kitchen.
"Troy, where are you going?" His mother asked sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee.
"Uh. Chad's." He slammed the door behind him.
Troy ran across the street to his best friend Chad Danforth's house. He knocked on the door. A teenage girl answered the door with her cell phone glued to her ear and a lollipop stuck in her mouth.
"Chad!" She yelled through the house and left the doorway.
A boy with a fro bounced to the door. "Hey. Sup?"
"Nothing. Wanna go play some ball?"
"Sure." Chad walked out of his house and to his garage to get the basketball.
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The two boys started walking down the street towards the park in their neighborhood. Chad kept dribbling the ball as he walked.
"So how was last night?" Chad spoke with a smirk.
"What do you mean?" Troy asked him.
"You and Gabs. Kissing."
"We didn't."
Chad started laughing and stopped dribbling the basketball then tucked it under his arm. "I knew she wouldn't wanna kiss someone like you. Taylor owes me ten bucks."
"You had a bet?!" Troy spat.
"Well, yeah. Taylor said she would kiss you though." Chad explained.
"You're such a loser."
"Dude, it's not that hard. Just walk up to her and kiss her. That's what I did with Tay-" Chad stopped regretting what he just said.
"You and Taylor?" Troy asked laughing.
"Yeah." Chad looked down turning red.
"When?"
"Last night." Chad scratched the back of his head.
"Wow. Dude." Troy was still laughing.
"Shut up." Chad ordered, whipping the basketball at Troy.
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"Oh, Gabriella, look it's your boyfriend." Mr. Montez teased his oldest daughter.
"Dad!" She groaned.
Mr. Montez laughed and kissed her forehead walking back inside leaving a solo Gabriella on the front porch. Boyfriend? I wish. She picked her book up and swung her legs onto her swing so she was lying down on it. Gabriella opened up to the chapter she set her bookmark on.
"Hey, Montez! Put the book down and come with us!" Chad yelled from across the street.
Gabriella looked up staring at them. She closed her book and put it on the porch swing and ran over to Troy and Chad.
"What are guys doing?"
"We were gonna go play some basketball. You in?" Chad said.
"Sure. Can we get Taylor?" Gabriella asked.
"Yeah. Me and Taylor against you and Troy." Chad replied.
"Okay." She agreed.
All three of them walked down the street towards Taylor's house and Gabriella rang the doorbell. An older man answered the door and smiled at all three children. "I'll go get Taylor." He said before walking back into the house. Moments later Taylor appeared.
"Hey guys."
"Wanna come play basketball with us?" Chad asked grinning at her.
"No. I have to go to my grandparent's house today."
"Oh. Okay."
"My mom said I could bring a friend. Chad?" Taylor said with a smile.
"Sure!" Chad said dropping the basketball at his feet and walking into Taylor's house. She closed the door right in Troy and Gabriella's faces.
"Am I missing something?" Gabriella asked to Troy.
"Who knows? But now maybe you can give me that kiss." He leaned forward with his eyes closed.
"Yeah right." Gabriella retorted pushing him away.
"You promised." He whined.
"So? Maybe, I'm a promise breaker."
"Well, I don't like promise breakers."
"Then, maybe you'll stop trying to kiss me." She turned around and walked down the familiar street to her house.
"Don't count on that." Troy ran towards her and walked next to her.
"You're so annoying." Gabriella scoffed.
"Maybe, I'm only annoying 'cause I drive you nuts, since you like me so much." A grin stretched across his tan face
"I don't think." She rolled her eyes.
"Well, I do think." Troy argued.
Gabriella gave him one more look before running across the street. When her foot hit the sidewalk, she slipped and fell back. Her head flew back in laughter.
"You okay?" Troy asked rushing over.
"Yup." She laughed, getting off the road brushing her palms off.
"Klutz." He whispered.
"Am not." She shoved him.
"Yeah, anyone can just fall off the sidewalk." Troy said sarcastically.
"You can when you're running from some maniac who's only goal in life is to kiss you."
"Oh, so I'm a manic?"
"Pretty much." She giggled softly.
"Was that a laugh from Gabriella Montez?" Troy said in fake shock.
"Freak."
"Oh well-" Troy got cut off from his comeback by a car driving by.
"Troy, come on." His mom ordered from inside the vehicle.
"What?"
"We have to go to your aunt's house for her birthday."
"Can Gabby come?"
"I'm sorry, but not today. We're going out to dinner after."
"Ugh." Troy sighed frustrated. "I'll see ya later, Gabs." He stepped off the sidewalk and climbed into the mini-van.
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Gabriella lied on her trampoline staring up at the night time sky. Each star twinkled as she looked at them.
"Miss me?" She heard a voice, looking up she saw it was only Troy.
"Oh, so much."
"I know." He pulled himself up onto the trampoline and put his head next to Gabriella's. "What have you been doing since you've been away from me?"
"Oh. Nothing, just waiting for your return."
"Hmm." He chuckled. "How about that kiss?"
"Will you ever shut up about that?" She asked sitting up.
"No."
"Why? It's not gonna happen."
"You wanna bet?"
"No! Ugh, you're so obnoxious."
"You're cute when you're frustrated." He said poking her sides, which made her shriek.
"And stop that."
"I like when you jump too." He grinned playfully.
"Ew." She put her head back down and sighed.
"Awe. Little Gabby upset?" Troy asked in his best baby voice.
She didn't answer, just rolled her eyes, keeping them stuck on the stars.
Since this bugged Troy, he was sure to get a reaction out of her. He sat up, bent his head down to hers. He brushed her hair away from her face and leaned in closer, connecting their lips, for the first time.
Gabriella was taken back from this sudden action. She pulled back, with huge eyes. "I told you not to kiss me." She whispered.
"Too late." Troy grinned leaning in again.
"Don't." She pushed him away lightly.
"Why?" Troy had a confused look on his face.
"Because, now I won't want to stop." She said slowly.
"I'm not arguing." He leaned in once more, their lips making contact, both enjoying it. Finally, the two of them had their first kiss with one another.
Troy pulled away. "Gabs?" He had a sly smile on his fresh kissed lips.
"Yeah?"
"Did you lose your gum?"
"Oh." She blushed.
"Gotta get it from me." He blew a bubble in her face and jumped of the trampoline.
"Hey!" Gabriella yelled running after him.
She finally caught him and got her gum back, effortlessly.
This is the final chapter of this story. Ending was kinda weird, but I thought it was funny. Anyway, review please and let me know what you thought of this little story type thing. Haha.