"Does 'Taylor's going to be back in fifteen minutes' mean anything to you?" He could hear her voice yell as he angrily pulls his boxers back up and then his jeans. Troy practically shoves the zipper up his crotch as Gabriella angrily stares at him. He glares at her back while feeling his throbbing member through his jeans as he runs a hand through his hair. "Troy… I said that we couldn't do this now!" She exclaims as Troy stands up from the bed and glances back at her with his piercing blue eyes turning darker.
It was all they seemed to be doing now. For the past three days that passed since their first argument, it seemed to set off a trigger. Now… it was almost a routine at the overplayed circus. They would make out, and then something would happen to cause them to stop, so they'd get distracted. One of them would piss the other off, so they would be sent into an argument. One of them would storm away; usually it was Troy although Gabriella did it once as well, then two or three hours later, they would find themselves back on one of their beds, which usually led to Troy getting a hand or blow job from Gabriella or him fingering her. Then, about twelve hours later, the same vicious cycle would start again.
"I'm sorry I wanna be with my girlfriend right now." Troy exclaims while feeling Gabriella's deep brown eyes burn wholes into his back. "I'm sorry my girlfriend called me to come over, since her roommate was out." Troy says while her eyes narrow a little.
"I told you we could just hang out and she wouldn't be gone that long! But can you last five minutes without being horny?" She asks while standing up and Troy rolls his eyes.
"I'm sorry! I'll try to stop being a guy." He says angrily while watching Gabriella pace back and forth.
"It's all you can think about lately!" She yells as Troy leans up against the wall, trying to calm his anger. "You know, we've been dating a month and a week Troy! I didn't first get fingered by Collin until nine months!"
This makes Troy's nerves run on end. It was almost an unwritten rule. Never, EVER compare your current boyfriend to your ex boyfriend in bed. That was a one way ticket to getting the guy extremely pissed off. "I'm sorry I'm not a pansy and wanna wait that long. I'm sorry I want my girlfriend. I'm sorry I'm not Collin!" Troy says while pushing himself off the wall and walking over to her, getting straight up in her face. She doesn't back down, which almost makes Troy anger bubble over even more. "I'm sorry you WANT me to be him!"
"I never said that!" She screams as him so hard that Troy actually has to take a step back to get out of her blow. "I don't want you to be anyone else but I'm so sick of this shit!" She exclaims while throwing her hands up in the air to add to the dramatic effect.
He could feel fire running through his veins with every word that she spoke. He angrily shakes his head. "So sick of what shit?" He yells as Gabriella throws her arms up in the air again.
"This! Us fighting!" She exclaims while sitting down on the bed. Her voice wasn't screaming anymore which gave Troy a chance to just breathe in. She places her head in her hands and Troy suddenly feels a little guilty for yelling before. She had tears glazed over in her eyes as he sighs and walks over to her. "Everything was perfect until that stupid argument."
Troy sighs again and bends down to see that the tears were starting to fall. He was still angry, but seeing her like this made him soften so much. At least this might end up better then every other argument, seeing as one of them didn't storm off this time. He kneels down in front of her and looks up to see that her eyes were red from the tears. "Everyone fights." He says in a soft voice as she looks down into his piercing blue eyes.
"But it's all we do nowadays Troy!" She says as Troy lifts up the pad of his thumb and wipes the stray tear that was coming down now. "I'm sick of it." She says softly as Troy grabs her hand that was lying limply in her lap and laces their fingers.
"Maybe… we're both just stressed or something." He says trying to figure out the reason for their behavior. Troy knew he wasn't that stressed out, but he was just trying to come up with this new thing they were going through. He hated every minute of it, but couples fight right?
Gabriella looks away from him at that moment and Troy places his hand on the side to her cheek to make her look at him. "I don't know." She says while Troy gently kisses her forehead, no longer mad at what they were yelling about a mere four minutes ago. "And I don't compare you to Collin ok?" She says as he sighs and nods.
"I know… I was just pissed." He says while leaning his forehead towards her. "And I don't think you're prude."
Gabriella nods. "I know." She whispers and looks up into his piercing blue eyes, making Troy's heart melt. "I'm sorry." She says while he gives her a small smile.
"Me too." He says while leaning down and capturing her lips. He places a hand on her cheek and does his best to fight the temptation to lean back and kiss her deeper. She pulls away and look at him.
"Maybe… we should just take a breather." She says as Troy's heart flips. No, she couldn't mean a break could she? But she giggles a little while seeing the panic that erupts on his face. "Not like that." She assures him and he lets out a sigh with relief. "I mean, we've been seeing each other for practically every day in the past two weeks. Why don't we just do our own thing tomorrow? No calls, no texts, nothing."
Troy hated this idea. He wanted to be with her, not apart from her. But was what she was saying true? Were they really spending too much time together? It was a possibility, since they were joined at the hip ever since she first came here, but would one day of not being together really solve three days of fighting? "Gabi… I don't know."
Gabriella sighs as she looks at him. "I think it's best for both of us." She says while he sighs as well and looks at their laced hands.
"If that's what you want." He says while nodding his head that still was against her forehead. It shouldn't have been that big of a deal. A day without your girlfriend? Most people could get by. But he and Gabriella had seen each other basically everyday since the start of the summer, and when he didn't see her he had at least called her, or texted her. This might be torture.
"You should go." Gabriella says softly while biting her bottom lip in the cute way that he loved. She looks up into his eyes, and he captures that moment by leaning in and connecting their lips together. Gabriella wraps her arms around his neck while he pulls her into his lap, her straddling his waist. He licks her bottom lip, begging for entrance as she opens her mouth to him.
After another moment, Gabriella pulls away as Troy closes his eyes, never wanting to leave this moment but knew that Gabriela wouldn't be satisfied until they stopped fighting. They stare into each other's eyes for a moment, with Gabriella playing with the hairs on the back of his neck, before Troy pulls away from her and leans down to kiss her on the forehead.
"I'll see ya." He says while their hands managed to find their way connected again. He reaches down and gently kisses her on the lips. He knew they were over exaggerating things a little bit. Ok, a lot a bit, but it was hard when they had seen each other everyday.
"Bye Troy." She whispers in her sweet, angelic voice as he walks towards the door and opens it.
Once stepping outside, he hears the white door shut behind him and he lets out a breath. Why was this so difficult? How could he get this attached to a girl this fast? He starts walking down the open hallway, letting his mind wander. Why was he feeling like he couldn't live tomorrow? He walks down the single flight of stairs and then out the back door of her hotel. He places his hands in his pockets as the setting sun was in the background. It also sucked that the one day Gabriella picked for them not to have contact with each other happened to be Sunday. He couldn't even have basketball to take it off his mind.
"Hey Troy!" He distantly hears a voice echo in his head, but it wasn't processing who it was. He randomly looks up at waves at something, then looks back down at the sand and places his hand back into his pocket. "Who died?"
Troy finally realizes that he was standing in front of Brittany and Amber, with Angie and Melissa walking behind them, looking extremely bored. It took a moment for him to realize that Angie had just asked the question, while the other three girls were looking at him hungrily. "What? Oh, no one." He says, looking at the girls and suddenly found himself comparing them to Gabriella. How Amber's shirt was way to low on her, something that Gabriella could pull off way better then her. How Brittany's hair looked fake compared to Gabriella's beautiful long dark hair. How Angie's smile was nothing to the sweet one of Gabriella. And how Melissa's voice wasn't as perfect as his girlfriend's was.
"You sure look like it." Brittany says while taking a step forward towards him, looking up and down. "Did Gabriella do something?"
Troy looks at her strangely. "No… she didn't." He technically lies, but he suddenly hated the thought of someone else saying something bad about his girlfriend. "She didn't do anything." He says while feeling something click in his heart. He couldn't stop thinking about her, all he wanted to do was be with her, he would never let anyone say anything bad about her. His heart rose just hearing her name. He never wanted to look at another girl besides her again. These were the symptoms. He looks up at the girls who were looking at him strangely.
"Troy… honey… you're scaring me." Amber says while placing a hand on his arm. He suddenly breaks out into a grin as he nods.
"Yeah… I'm great." He says as he nods at all the girls. "I'm amazing actually." He says while shaking his head. "Thanks!" He says while running through the four of them, not caring how stupid he looked right now. The girls turn around all with shocked looks on their faces as he runs in the other direction. His eyes look up to the hotel where she was in right now. He takes out his phone and flips it open, immediately starting to dial the number he was so familiar with now.
Wait. She said they needed a break from each other. His phone closes as he sighs angrily, cursing his horny self for getting into a fight with her a few minutes before. He looks up at the hotel again and sighs angrily. He would have to wait to tell her. But he couldn't wait! He had to tell her now!
Another sigh erupts from his mouth as he turns the other way and walks towards his own hotel. He walks inside and goes up to his floor. Even though he was mad he couldn't tell her now, he still had a goofy grin on his face that couldn't be wiped off. When he gets to his hotel room, he slides the room key in and walks into his room, which was hotter then what it usually was. Troy throws his key on the counter and continues to smile as he sits on his double size bed.
"Hey… how's Brie?" Chad asks while walking out of the bathroom with his hair semi-wet and steam was coming out as well, showing Troy the source of the heat. Troy looks at him with a smile beaming on his face.
"She's great. We got into a fight." He says while still smiling. Chad looks at him like he was crazy as he sits down on his own bed.
"Again? What is that, the twentieth one this week?" He asks while grabbing the remote and turning the TV on. Troy nods, still with his goofy grin on his face.
"Yeah… something like that. But she said we should give each other space just for tomorrow. You know, no calls, texts, seeing each other, nothing." He says, still grinning like a little kid on Christmas.
"What? That sucks!" Chad says while shaking his head. "I'd be pissed!" He says while Troy nods.
"I am." He says between his smile and Chad looks at him like he was on drugs.
"Then why the hell do you look like you just got laid?" He asks while Troy looks at him, still beaming like a little kid.
"Because…" He says while looking at his best friend. "I love her."
Chad's eyes grow wide. "You what?" He yells while his mouth was hanging open five feet.
Troy smiles back at him. "I love her." He repeats as Chad still looks at him like he was insane, crazy, on crack, or maybe even all three. But Troy didn't care. He knew he loved her. Yeah, they had only been together for a month and a week, but he had never felt this way about someone else before. The time they had spent together was probably as much time as a normal couple would spend in three of four months. He loved her, he truly loved her and there was nothing anyone else could say to change his mind.
"You've only been dating for like a month!" Chad exclaims while throwing his hands up in the air for the dramatic effect. "Dude, you didn't even know she existed three months ago!"
Troy shakes his head. "I don't care. I love her. I can't even describe it." He says while still smiling. "I love her." He says, knowing it sounded sweeter then anything he had ever said before.
Chad sighs as he looks at the TV. "Whatever man, if that's how you feel." He says while Troy continues to smile, knowing that the second it turned midnight tomorrow night, he was running over to Gabriella's to tell her.
Gabriella was sitting in Sharpay's room, playing with the phone in her hands. One more hour, that's all it was. One more hours and she could see him again. It was now almost a game to her, see how long she could go without breaking. But she had to do this, because if she did then them seeing each other would be so much sweeter. Taylor and Sharpay had offered to take breaks from their own boyfriends to have a girl's day with her, so she wouldn't be driven crazy. After a day of laying out in the sun and getting tan, they were now in Sharpay's room, watching some sappy movie on TV while Sharpay was doing her nails. Amber was out with Marcus, so they didn't have to worry about her making stupid comments to the girls.
"Brie, can you throw the clear stuff?" Sharpay asks while Gabriella suddenly shakes her head out of her trance and looks down to see that nail polish was sitting in front of her on the bed. She smiles and nods and then tosses the stuff to Sharpay. This was getting harder by each second that went by.
"So… have you gone through Troy withdrawals yet?" Taylor asks who was sitting on the same bed as Gabriella. She smiles as she looks down at her phone again.
"Yeah, I'm dying over here." She says while Sharpay laughs a little and glances at her.
"Welcome to the world of love." She says while Gabriella smiles. "I don't think I'd have to will power to do that." She says while Gabriella shrugs.
"I don't think I'm gonna last much longer." She says while looking down at the clock again, praying that it would move faster.
"Well, try not to think about it." Taylor says while glancing away from the TV and at the darker girl. "What do you think about the routine Camilla wants us to perform for the final showcase?"
Gabriella glances at her and Sharpay. They had just learned a new routine yesterday, that Gabriella had fallen in love with itself. But a thought crosses her mind as that one passes. What else did she love besides dancing now? A better question, WHO else did she love? "It's gonna be a bitch to learn." Sharpay exclaims as she closes the nail polish and Gabriella shrugs.
"It's not gonna be that bad." She says while running a hand through her hair. Did she love Troy? She certainly found it hard to live without him right now, but she didn't fall in love with Collin until later in their relationship. She had only known Troy for about two months now! Was it even possible to fall in love with someone that fast?
Sharpay rolls her eyes. "Coming from Miss Perfect." She says while Gabriella shakes her head.
"I'm not perfect." She says while Taylor rolls her eyes.
"Honey, you are." She exclaims. "You're the best one on the team, even Amber has to admit that."
Sharpay shivers at the sound of her roommate's name. "She sure as hell better not expect to take that solo. If she does I swear I'm pushing her out the window." She says while shaking her head. "Uh… the bitch!"
Almost as if on cue, the door suddenly clicks and Gabriella hears giggling. She looks up at the door and suddenly finds herself wanting to throw up. One of the guy's hand was on the girl's butt while the other was up her shirt. Her hand was pulling him into the room by his shirt as Gabriella couldn't help but stare at the two. "Marcus… you're so bad…"
"Hello!" Sharpay says and suddenly Amber's head pulls away from Marcus'. Gabriella was pretty sure that this was the first time the two girls had said anything to each other since their fight last week. Amber stares at them for a moment, while Marcus' head was in her neck, sucking dangerously.
"Oh… you're here." She says while looking Sharpay up and down, then turning towards Gabriella and Taylor. "Do you mind?" She asks in a what sounded like trying to be sweet voice, but it didn't match her body language. Even Gabriella was getting pissed off by Amber's behavior towards Sharpay.
"What? No!" She says in reference to Amber asking them to leave. "You get out!" She says while Marcus finally lets go of Amber's mouth.
"You had the room, now it's my turn. My needs are more… necessary." Amber says while Gabriella suddenly feels a pair of eyes on her. She looks up to see that Marcus was smirking at her, in his weird way that made her skin crawl.
"Come on Shar." Gabriella says, not wanting to be in the same room as this guy anymore. "Let's just go." She gets up from the bed as Sharpay glances at her, then shakes her head.
"No!" Sharpay uses her rich spoiled side as she stands up and faces Amber. "No… you can go to Marcus'."
Amber rolls her eyes. "Listen to Gabriella." She says while Marcus was still staring at Gabriella creepily. Gabriella tries to look away but couldn't when she say him lick his lips slightly, almost as if telling her he wanted a taste of her. That was it, she wanted out.
"Sharpay, Let's go!" She exclaims while Taylor stands up as well.
"Shar come on." Taylor says, glancing at the look Marcus was giving Gabriella and then back at her friend.
"NO!" Sharpay bellows as she finally turns to Amber. This was it, this was what ever fight was leading up to and Gabriella knew it. Tensions were running high and it was a replay of what happened last week. This was not going to turn out pretty. "I'm sick of you thinking your better then everyone else! I'm sick of you bossing everyone around! I'm sick of your sex, I'm sick of the way you dress, I'm sick of you!" She exclaims as Amber's face turns twisted in anger.
"Here we go again. When are you gonna get it? You can't keep bringing up the same arguments over and over again. It makes you sound stupid." She says while looking Sharpay up and down for a moment. "Well… more so then usual."
Sharpay's brown eyes cloud over as she takes a step forward towards the brunette, while Gabriella and Taylor suddenly realize they had to do something. They both grab one of Sharpay's arms and hold her back. "Come on Shar, she's not worth it!" Gabriella says, not even realizing that slipped out of her mouth until it was out.
Amber's anger suddenly turns to Gabriella. "What was that Montez?" She asks and Gabriella narrows her eyes, but she doesn't say anything. In the distance, her ring tone goes off, but she wasn't concerned about it right now. She didn't even realize it was midnight. "That's what I thought." She says when Gabriella doesn't respond.
"Come on Shar." Taylor says while starting to drag Sharpay out, but somehow, Sharpay manages to wiggle loose. Taking the extra weight off, Gabriella suddenly feels herself being thrown to the floor as Sharpay rips out of her gasp and jumps on the unexpected brunette. Her cell phone goes off again, but she still couldn't hear it. All she was worried about right now was getting Sharpay off of Amber.
"You bitch!" Sharpay screams as Gabriella could see her hand connect with Amber's face. Marcus was standing off to the side, smirking slightly while Gabriella narrows her eyes, and thinking about what a pig he was. But she quickly shakes her head and tries to grab her friend's arm. She couldn't believe how immature and stupid they were both acting, but it must have been a year of hate built up coming out right now.
"Sharpay, stop it!" Gabriella says while she and Taylor manage to get the blonde off. Gabriella runs over to the other side to grab Amber, since she was suddenly lunging towards the blonde. Gabriella had her elbows as she struggled in front of her.
"It was one guy!" Taylor yells as Sharpay continues to struggle. "One guy neither of you two like since you both have boyfriends and he has a fucking girlfriend!" She screams.
"But it wasn't just any guy!" Sharpay screams.
Amber laughs sarcastically. "He came to me Evans! It's not my fault he was wasted and came to me!"
"You were sober!" Sharpay screams as Amber laughs sarcastically again.
"It was Troy Bolton! You can't say no to Troy Bolton!"