"Come on girls! You're slower then my Abuela!" Camilla yells as the music shakes the walls. "Again! Five, six, seven, eight!"
Gabriella leaps and folds down into a position before rolling over and landing in a splits. Camilla was in a particularly bad mood this morning and all it seemed she could do was scream at the girls. Which was unfortunate because most of the girls were exhausted from the dance party last night. Even though dancing, Gabriella could feel a smile form on her face thinking about what had occurred and that she was now no longer single. Her body finally lands with her arms up as Camilla crosses her arms and has a hard lock on her jaw. This wasn't good. "Uh oh." Gabriella swears she hears someone say as Camilla taps her foot onto the hardwood.
"Are you ladies all hung over?" She asks as she takes a step forward and begins to weave her way in and out of the lines that had formed. No one moved, Gabriella was pretty sure that everyone was too terrified to move. "Because you sure as hell look like it." She says with her Hispanic accent coming in fully. Gabriella arches her back a little as she could feel her arms starting to loose the blood in them as Camilla glances over her, then moves on. "Maybe you all should take your minds off the boys who are screwing you and focus on dancing here and now." She says as Gabriella looks out the corner of her eye to see that people were struggling to hold their poses. "You were sent here to wok on dancing. Not party every night. Because you look like shit today." She says and Gabriella realizes that almost every one of the girls there was at the dance party last night. It must have been why everyone was so stiff and slow. "Whitman, Evans, Montez, show these girls how this routine should really go."
Gabriella feels her throat close up as her head immediately whips around to see that Amber was staring back at her. All of the other girls sigh in relief as they walk over to the front of the studio and sit down on the floor. Gabriella finally puts her arms down and feels the blood rush back into them as her throat dries up while walking towards the other two girls, meeting in the middle. "I can't do this." Sharpay whispers to Gabriella who swears she sees Amber smirk a little. Why did they hate each other so much? After Troy didn't know, Gabriella wanted to find out desperately.
"Just don't forget the fan after the ball change." Gabriella whispers in the corner of her mouth as Sharpay's face flashes realization.
"Oh yea." She whispers as Gabriella looks down to see that Taylor was giving them encouraging smiles as Gabriella holds her first pose and stares into the mirror to see her figure bending at an angle. Her mind quickly flashbacks to Troy's beaming face last night as her own smirks plays on her lips.
"Ready? Five, six, seven, eight..." Camilla calls out while clapping and Gabriella suddenly feels her body move. Her feet were moving to Camilla's beat perfectly. She quickly glances to the side to catch Sharpay mess up for a second, before picking it back up and finishing it out. Gabriella lands again with her arms up as she pants slightly and glances at the small Mexican woman. She still had her arms crossed but her face wasn't as hard as the time before. "It's not complete shit. Evans, you have to pick up it." She directs to Sharpay who had a slight pout on her face as Gabriella glances to see Amber smirking slightly.
Another hour goes by of repetition until Gabriella finds herself picking up her purple gym bag with Taylor, Melissa, Sharpay, and Angie at her side. They walk out the studio doors and make their way outside. As soon as the hazy sun hits their faces, Sharpay lets out a high pitched scream that Gabriella has to cover her ears for. "I hate her! I'm sorry we're not all like her who has no fucking life what so ever. I'm sorry it wasn't perfect!" Sharpay yells as Angie tries to put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Shar... just try to calm down ok?" She says but all Sharpay does it let out a huff and Gabriella swears she sees fire shoot out of her ears. They start making their way towards the hotel since it was less then two miles away and they didn't want to pay for a cab everyday. "Camilla's a hard ass. We all know that."
"Did you see Amber too? Strutting her stuff like she's the best. Guess what? Brie could dance fucking circles around her." Gabriella's face flushes at the comment, but finds that this was the perfect time to ask about the question that was on her mind ever since last night when she was with Troy.
"You really hate her don't you?" She leads in as Sharpay raises her eyebrows.
"I don't know what planet you've been living on for the past three weeks, but I can't stand her." She says as Gabriella takes a deep breath in.
"Why?" She asks as Sharpay looks at her. Gabriella doesn't even notice Taylor tense up beside her.
"She fucking s..."
"So you never told me how Troy asked you out last night. Since we were rushed out of the hotel this morning." Taylor says while Gabriella was still staring at Sharpay. The blonde's face pales as she makes eye contact with the brown orbs staring back. Gabriella had told Taylor and Sharpay briefly this morning, on their way to the studio but couldn't talk long.
"Um... he just did." Gabriella says while glancing a curious look at Taylor and bringing her bag up again so it wasn't cutting the circulation in her arm. "So why?"
Sharpay's face quickly recovers from shock as she grabs a pair of white sunglasses that were sitting on her head and puts them on. "Oh... you know, the usual, girls were best friends in elementary and middle school, girls enter high school, and one of them turns into a fucking bitchy slut, so the other can't stand her anymore." She says with a wave of her hand as if it was no big deal. But Gabriella wasn't stupid. Troy said there was an argument, but Gabriella didn't want to push the issue and get on her bad side.
Melissa shrugs. "She can be a pain in the ass... but she's just hard to read. One minute she's a bitch to you, the next she's nice. I swear she's bipolar." She says while they continue to walk down the street. "So... I heard right? Troy Bolton has a girlfriend now?"
Gabriella feels a blush grow on her face as she nods. "Yea." She says somewhat shyly as a smile forms to her face when she sees those perfect blue eyes in her head.
"Wow! Congratulations." Melissa says and Gabriella feels herself smile back.
"Who would've known?" Angie says as Gabriella could pick up the slightly jealous look in her eyes. "It's been since... freshman year?"
Gabriella nods, remembering Troy tell her this a week ago when they were just hanging out by themselves. She had avoided her past when it came to relationships, not really wanting to get into the whole Collin thing with him. Well, at least not yet. "Wow... you must have really some charm or something him." Melissa says as Taylor smiles and shakes her head.
"It's different then the other girls." She says as Gabriella raises an eyebrow.
"How?" She asks as Sharpay finally turns to her.
"Unlike the other girls he fucks around with..." She says with a small smile playing on her lips. "Troy actually likes you." Gabriella feels her own mouth beam suddenly as Sharpay looks forward again. "Hurry up, I'm going to dinner with Zeke tonight and I wanna look fabulous."
"Ok... yes Mom, he's a nice guy." Gabriella says into her cell phone as she looks at Taylor and rolls her eyes while moving her hand in a talking motion. She had just gotten done telling her mother she now had a boyfriend, who was in shock at first, but now she seemed excited for her daughter. "I promise ok? But I have to go, Tay and I have to be somewhere." She lies and then smiles when she hears her mother's goodbye. "I love you too. Bye Mom."
Gabriella hits the end button on her phone and throws it on her bed while falling down onto it, letting her eyes close. It had been two hours since camp had ended and all she was wearing was a pair of white booty shorts and her orange and white swimsuit top. "So... was she happy?" Taylor's voice fills her ears as Gabriella looks to the side and opens her eyes while nodding.
"Yea... but she thinks three weeks is a little fast. Plus she gave me the 'Just because you're in Mexico with no adult supervision, doesn't mean you should let him take advantage of you' speech." She says with a sigh.
Taylor rolls her eyes and smiles. "It's not like you wouldn't want it." She mumbles as Gabriella's mouth drops.
"Tay!" She exclaims as Taylor smiles at her and puts her hands up in defense.
"Kidding! I'm totally kidding." Her best friend says and smiles at her. Gabriella couldn't help but feel the heat rush to her face at the thought of doing anything like that with Troy. She watches as Taylor gets up off her own bed and walks over to stacked boxes in the corner sitting next to a built in mini refrigerator with a microwave sitting on the top. The girls had gone to a local grocery store last week, figuring that eating out every day would probably be really bad for their dancing. "So... what do you want for dinner? Easy Mac... or I think we still have bread..."
"What was the argument between Sharpay and Amber?" Gabriella asks randomly as Taylor's head pops up and looks at her. Her face was slightly pale as she begins to play with the plastic bag holding their food.
"How'd you know there was an argument?" She asks in a defensive way that makes Gabriella look at her curiously.
"Troy told me last night..." She says slowly while Taylor's eyes pop out of their sockets.
"Troy told you? What else did he tell you?" She asks in the same accusing tone and Gabriella looks at her nervously.
"That's it... he said he didn't know what it was about." She says while she swears she sees a flicker of an eye roll for the moment, but then it goes away.
"It was stupid and not important." Taylor says with a wave of her hand, but Gabriella knows she was hiding something. What was this huge secret? "You know Shar, she's just a big drama queen and Amber's not much better. Don't worry about it." She says while holding up a blue and yellow box. "I'm craving Easy Mac."
There was a rap on the door and Gabriella lazily looks over towards it. "You wanna get that?" She asks since her legs were still hanging off the side of the bed while lying down. "It's probably Shar asking what shoes match." She says while feeling her eyes close. Why would no one give her a straight answer when it came to this?
She hears the door open and a sudden "Hey!" come from Taylor. Then she hears a moment of silence and suddenly realizes it had to have been Chad. She waits a couple moments before hearing a "How are you?" Come from her best friend and then suddenly feels a body weight on her. Sparks fly from all of her impact points as she suddenly feels two soft lips connect with her own.
When her eyes open as their lips part, she finds herself staring up into a pair of piercing blue ones. A smile erupts on her face as she looks to see that Troy was leaning over her with his elbows propped up on the bed so he wouldn't crush her. "Hey!" She exclaims as Troy shows his bright white teeth while beaming down at her.
"Hey yourself." He says while places another kiss onto her lips and Gabriella feels sparks shoot through her nerves, giving her tingling sensations everywhere. But she then hears a cough and they both disconnect their lips to see that Chad and Taylor were both smiling at them with amused looks plastered on their faces.
"You guys have been going out for less then twenty-four hours and both of you are hornier then rabbits." Chad says while Troy and Gabriella both sit up and both of them roll their eyes.
"You two are ones to talk." Troy says while draping an arm around Gabriella's shoulders. "It's been a little more than a week and you can't get your tongue out of her mouth."
Taylor's face turns bright red as Gabriella giggles and feels Troy pull her body closer to him. "So how was camp?" Gabriella asks as Troy shrugs and looks at Chad.
"Alright." He says while Chad looks at the two girls.
"How was dancing?" He asks while sitting on the opposite bed and pulling Taylor down onto his lap.
"It sucked. I swear Camilla wanted to kill us today." Taylor says while Gabriella rolls her eyes, but deep down agrees.
"Don't complain. At least she's not out to get you because you could run fucking circles around the rest of the guys." Troy says while Gabriella rolls her eyes again.
"Perez still giving you shit?" She asks while feeling Troy's hand strokes her arm up and down.
"Yea." Troy says while Chad sighs. "Whatever… he can fuck himself."
Chad nods and turns to the girl on his lap. "So… I'm hungry." He says while Gabriella laughs.
"What a surprise." She says.
"Who cares?" Chad says and stands up, making Taylor fall off his lap. "You wanna get something to eat?"
Gabriella looks up at Taylor who sighs. "I guess no Easy Mac then."
Gabriella laughs as she turns to Troy. "You guys go ahead… I really don't wanna go anywhere tonight." She says while Troy scrunches his eyebrows at her. Every teenager would probably live to go out to eat every night, but Gabriella just wanted something simple. And she didn't want to have to wait an hour to actually get it.
"Come on Brie!" Taylor says.
"What? You finally decided to be health conscious or something?" Chad asks while Gabriella could see his hand lace with Taylor's.
"I'm just not in the mood." She says honestly and feels Troy's arm unwrap around her shoulder and lace hands with her.
"I'll stay with her. You guys go." He says while standing up, bringing Gabriella with him.
"You sure?" Chad asks as Troy nods. "Ok man, see ya." He says while doing the guy handshake that everyone seemed to know but girls. Gabriella waves at the two. "Bye Brie!"
They walk out the door and Troy turns towards her. "Finally…" He says while wrapping his arms around her waist and placing his lips onto hers. Gabriella smiles up as her own arms wrap around his neck. He gently squeezes her lips while she could feel his thumbs drawing circles on her lower back, sending her shivers. They finally part and he leans his head up against hers. "I should have never told him I was coming over." He says while Gabriella smiles up at him.
"Well… now we got Taylor out too." She says while feels him place a small kiss onto her jaw.
"Who knew he could be useful." Troy mumbles while Gabriella could see a dirty look was playing in his eyes. It was a look that every guy seemed to have, a look that reminded her so much of the way Collin used to look at her.
"Um… I'm hungry." She says while slipping out of Troy's grasp. It wasn't that she didn't want to do anything with Troy. Actually, it took her and Collin two weeks to actually start kissing. With Troy, it seemed a lot easier. While she walks over to the boxes of food and the microwave, she realizes what was scaring her the most had to be the fact of how fast she was actually falling for Troy.
She feels two arms slip around her waist as she bends down to grab the plastic bag holding food. "What do you have?"
A smile plays on her lips as she feels his lips connect with her neck lightly. "Um… Easy Mac, pop tarts, TV dinners, peanut butter…"
"We're having peanut butter and jelly." He says while he reaches in front of her and grabs the wheat bread and the two jars. Gabriella turns around in his arms and raises her eyebrows.
"Peanut better and jelly?" She asks while he was smiling like a little kid. "I haven't had that since… I was like nine."
Troy continues to beam at her while he stands up. "Well… I make the best. Just ask Chad…" He says cockily as Gabriella rolls her eyes.
"Whatever you say." She says as he grabs a plastic knife and takes out four slices of bread. Gabriella throws on a long grey beater and walks over to the window, watching as the waves crash against the sand while Troy was making their dinner. She found it funny that even though he was hot, cocky, and sexy; he still had this little kid inside him.
Gabriella turns around after a few minutes to see that Troy was beaming at her. "Come on." He says while holding out his free hand that wasn't carrying a plastic bag. "We're going down there."
Gabriella smiles and grabs his hand while making sure she had a room key in the other one. They both walk out the door and down the stairs until the get into the lobby. But Gabriella's stomach turns as she sees a familiar brunette standing down there with what looked like a local guy in a short and low cut red dress. She really didn't want to have to deal with her right now but sighs as she sees the green eyes lock on her brown.
She takes long strides in her red high heels with the guy at her heels. "Troy, Gabriella." She says as a greeting and Gabriella watches as Troy looks at the girl nervously. His body tenses up a little, maybe at the fact that this was probably the first time the three of them had been together with out anyone else. Well, besides this guy that was standing by her.
"Er… hey Amber." He says while Gabriella gives her a small, very small smile. "And you are…"
"This is Marcus." She says while the guy nods and looks Gabriella up and down. But it doesn't go unnoticed by Troy, who protectively wraps an arm around Gabriella's shoulder. "I met him last night. And this is Troy." She says in her smooth voice while tilting her head to the side. "And Gabriella."
"Hey man." Troy says, while nodding his head in that guy way that Gabriella would never understand.
"What's up?" Marcus says in a heavy Hispanic accent, but he was staring at Gabriella the whole time. She feels Troy's arm bring her closer again.
"We should get going." Gabriella says while looking up at Troy, feeling slightly uncomfortable. "It was nice meeting you." She says politely as Troy nods at him.
"You too." He says while giving her one last look up and down.
"Bye Troy." Amber says while giving off her seductive smile that seemed to come natural. Gabriella feels a slightly protective pang hit her as she reaches up and grabs the hand that was draped over her shoulder and laces it with hers. "Gabriella."
"Amber." Gabriella says with a small nod and watches as the two turn away and walk towards the front doors of the lobby. She sighs as she continues to watch them walk out of the hotel and then feels a small tug on her hand that was connected to Troy's.
"So… are you gonna watch them all day?" He asks with a playful smile as she shakes her head and they walk out one of the many back doors leading to the pool. Troy picks a beach chair and straddles it, while pulling Gabriella down in the process so she was straddling it too, but her back was to his chest. "I'm starved."
Troy grabs the plastic bag while Gabriella's mind was wandering. It was so awkward between the four of them back there, but it didn't go unnoticed by Gabriella how tense he was when he first saw Amber. That was weird. She knew they were sorta friends, but it was strange at how tense it was since it was the first time Gabriella was alone with the two of them. Besides Marcus. "That guy was weird." She says as she feels Troy tense up behind her.
"You're not shitting me. The guy couldn't take his eyes off you." He says while giving a small kiss on the back of her neck, sending shivers. "Even I wouldn't check a girl out right in front of my date."
Gabriella turns around and gives him a playful smile. "So you would do other worse things though?"
Troy rolls his eyes and wraps his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him. "No… never with you." He mumbles. "But I don't blame the guy. You look hot."
She feels a blush erupt on her cheeks as he places a small plate in front of her with a sandwich on it. "Thanks." She says as she picks it up and looks at it. "You didn't poison it did you?"
Troy chuckles and shakes his head. "Nah. I figure I'll let you live at least until the third day of us going out."
She smiles again and takes a bite. There was no denying it. It defiantly WAS the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich she had ever had. "Shit Troy!" She says with food in her mouth and turns her head around to see he was smiling at her. "That's incredible."
Her smirks at her and leans up against her ear. "It's not the only thing I'm good at." He mumbles huskily.
She swallows and feels his lips land on hers. Her hand wraps around the back of his neck while he pulls her body closer to his, if that was even possible. They both let go and Gabriella gives him a seductive smile that would even make Amber's look weak. "I'll be the one to determine that."