The room was black. The only light that was being admitted was the moon through the windows. The only thing that could be heard was the rocking of the bed and the moans erupting from it. The room felt about fifty degrees normal then it usually would. She could feel sweat breaking out onto her forehead as she could feel a trail of fire stretch down her stomach. The source of the fire retraces the line it had just drawn back up, skipping over the black sports bra that was on her chest. She takes a deep breath to try to gain air but it was as though it was sucking it out of her. Her hands were running through the chestnut brown hair as she suddenly feels his lips leave her chest and connect with her own, muffling the moan that had been produced in her mouth from the sensation of his hand drawing a circle on her exposed stomach.

"Troy…" She moans as he grins down with the piercing blue eyes that had returned to him about an hour ago. Her small hand traces down his bare chest, making him shiver to his touch as he connects their lips again.

"Promise… never… to fight… again…" He says in between kisses while then moving down to her neck.

Gabriella smiles a little and her hand drops lower and teases the bulge that was exposed through his black basketball shorts as she could hear him moan. "If we never fought, then you'd never get a make up."

She could feel Troy smile against her neck. "Then let's just skip the fighting and just do make ups all the time." He whispers huskily as he nibbles on her ear a little. The events that had happened in the past hour were circling around her head as Troy's lips continue to kiss her neck…

The room was black and silent. Gabriella's head was in her pillows, as she was trying to let sleep take over, but it wasn't working. Her mind was swimming with too many other things right now to sleep. She probably hadn't gotten more then four hours of sleep since she and Troy had their fight. She wanted to, so desperately she wanted to, but she couldn't. It wasn't working because she couldn't get her mind off of Troy Bolton, what a surprise.

Taylor was out for the night with Chad, so the room was completely silent with the only sounds being heard was her breathing. Her body was curled up underneath the covers, almost as if trying to hide from reality. The war was still going on in her mind and neither side seemed like they wanted to back down anytime soon. Both wanted control, both wanted to win, but only one side wanted Troy, and the other didn't.

A sigh erupts from Gabriella's throat as she suddenly hears a small tap echo in the silent, dead room. Her mind thinks nothing of it, since noises erupted from the hotel room all the time, until she hears it again. Her heavy eyes open up as her body turns over to the side with the window, trying to ignore the noise. But another tap and she realizes that it was coming from the window.

She slowly throws the covers off of her and swings her feet around, hearing another tap against the window. She was only wearing a black sports bra and grey booty shorts, with her long hair draping over her back. Her feet carry her towards the window that was admitting the light from the full moon as she draws the curtains and opens up the door to the balcony, looking for the animal that was causing all this noise.

There was nothing to be seen. She steps out onto the balcony more, searching for the source of the noise, but there was nothing. She sighs and grabs the door to walk back into the balcony, when suddenly her heart skips five beats and her body was put into shock. "Gabi!"

Her body was frozen. She knew whose voice that belonged to, but she couldn't believe he was here. Her heart raises for a moment, thinking of him below her, but then like normal, the other side of her tells her that there was no reason he should be here. She turns around and walks over to the edge of the balcony to see a familiar guy standing down there. "Troy! What the hell are you doing?"

He looked different then last night. The shine in his hair had returned along with the color in his face. From where she was, it looked like he had shaved the stubble that was on his chin before so he looked completely smooth. "Come down here." He coxes her as Gabriella's eyes narrow a little.

"No Troy. Go back to your hotel." She says and was hoping no one would wake up since they were both talking in their normal voices.

"Not until I know we're fine." He says while taking a step forward. Gabriella could see the determination in his eyes, but she wasn't going to back down like that. He lied to her, he let her down, this wasn't going to be over just like that.

"I told you I had to think about it!" She says with anger laced in her voice.

"What's there to think about Gabi?" He asks desperately.

That just gets Gabriella even angrier. There was a lot to think about. Like whether or not she wanted to be with someone who lied to her face. "You fucking lied to me Troy, you flat out lied to my face. I don't know if I want to be with someone he lies to me."

"I'm sorry ok? I know it doesn't make up for anything, but I am…" Troy says while Gabriella stares down at him from her balcony. She could tell he was trying to be as persuasive as possible. "I've never felt this way about anyone before."

Gabriella does her best not to roll her eyes. "Don't give me that shit Troy." She says with poison laced in her voice.

"It's not shit!" Troy exclaims desperately. "Gabriella, this summer has been the best of my life. I can't… I can't even describe it. You mean more to me then anyone else has. I'm sorry I lied. It was stupid, but I didn't want to hurt you. I care about you too damn much to see you in pain."

Gabriella grips the side of the balcony harder as she could feel her eyes cloud over a little. "If you care about me so damn much, then why the hell am I hurting? Huh? I can't do this anymore Troy." She says while turning around to grab the door to her balcony.

"What if I told you I loved you?" He yells desperately as Gabriella's body freezes before she could grab the door handle. Her eyes grow wide as her heart flips about four thousand times. What? Did he just say what she thought he said? She immediately turns around and looks down to see the lust in his eyes.

"What?" She says in a whisper barely audible. Her hands were shaking as she could see him take a step further below her.

"You heard me." He says while his eyes were radiating the blue she had almost forgotten. "I love you Gab, I know it hasn't been that long, but God… I love you."

Gabriella's heart was fluttering at the sound of his words. She opens her mouth to say something but found that she didn't know what to say. He loved her? But she was supposed to be angry at him! For some reason, it seemed that after those words, all the anger seemed to be lost. "I…" She starts to say but then closes her eyes and shakes her head, feeling tears burning in her eyes. "Don't move ok?"

She turns around on her heels and swings the balcony door open. Her long dance legs carry her towards the door as she quickly grabs a key and then opens it. Her head turns left to right as she starts to run towards the door to the stairs, but finds that it opens before she could even get to it.

His eyes were filled with love as he stares at her. The wind was playing with her hair softly in the open hallway as she could see he wasn't going to go anywhere. They just stare at each other for a moment, not being able to think of what to say, but Gabriella finally feels her tongue again. Tears were built up in her eyes as she stared at him like she was staring at the world.

"Dancing is my life… it has been since I could walk. And here you show up... and you make me feel like there's something just as important." Gabriella explains with a tear in her eye. She could see Troy was shaking as well.

"What?" Troy asks while his voice was cracking.

"Love." She says and that's all it took. Troy runs over to her and she could barely register what was happening before she felt his lips crash onto hers. Her arms wrap around his neck as she feels him push her against the nearest wall and slips his tongue into her mouth. He was passionately playing tag with her as she could feel a tear slip down her cheek.

"I'm sorry." He whispers as their lips come apart for a moment before he attacks her mouth again. Gabriella closes her eyes to the sensation and then pulls back for a breath again.

"Me too…" She says while feeling him pick her legs up and carry her to her room.

Gabriella could feel her body being put into shock as Troy pushes his fingers further, deeping inside her again. Her back arches to him as she moans and suddenly sees stars burst in her vision as an orgasm rips through her body. "Troy!" She lets out and then feels herself be suspended for a moment, before collapsing while panting heavily. He was breathing hard above her as she feels his lips trail back up her neck to her lips and connects them together in a perfect kiss.

As soon as he pulls away, Gabriella looks up into his crystal blue eyes that she had no idea how she ever could have lived with out them and smiles. "I love you." She whispers while feeling he was still slightly hard above her, but neither of them was ready to have sex yet, so there was nothing that was going to be done about it.

"I love you more." He whispers against her lips even though there was no sense in whispering. Gabriella giggles as Troy kisses her again, feeling the small throb forming between her legs once again.

Troy gets up off of her, against Gabriella's wishes and grabs his boxers that were sitting on the side of the bed from when Gabriella ripped them off of him and pulls them on. He then throws her bra and underwear from the other side of the bed and Gabriella smiles as she watches the bulge on Troy start to flatten, since he was probably trying to do it on purpose. Gabriella pulls on her sport's bra and underwear, while grabbing her shorts that were lying on the floor and crawls over to him, planting kisses on his clammy shoulders.

"Gab, stop, you're going to cause a problem again." He says with a small smirk as Gabriella glances down to see his crotch stiffen a little again.

She smiles innocently. "Sorry, and sorry I'm not helping with that." She says somewhat shyly as Troy rolls his eyes and turns around to wrap his arms around her.

"I don't even care, just so I can be with you." He whispers as it was Gabriella's turn to roll her eyes.

She laces their fingers together and looks up into his eyes. "I missed you so much." She says as he smiles, obviously that was exactly what he wanted to hear.

"Good… cuz I couldn't function." Troy says whiel placing another longing kiss on her lips. Gabriella sighs as she then breaks apart and looks him in the eye.

"But you have to promise me, PROMISE me that you're never going to lie again." She says while watching his movements. Troy's body slightly stiffens as he sighs and stares back into her deep brown eyes.

"I will, but there's something else." He says while looking at her. Gabriella could feel her heart drop. Oh no, why did he seem so tense right now? What was going on? "The whole Amber thing… wasn't the first time I lied to you."

Gabriella's mouth drops. Wait, they had just gotten better, and now he was dropping another bomb that he lied to her? Gabriella could feel her eyes narrow. Did he cheat on her or something? "What?" She says with attitude in her voice.

"Just… before you say anything just listen alright?" He begs while his piercing blue eyes were boring into her deep brown. She sighs and nods. "Ok… I have to tell you something. I uh… I'm not an only child."

Gabriella's eyebrows rise as she could actually feel her stomach lessen in butterflies. She was so afraid that it was going to be bad like he cheated on her, but this wasn't what she was expecting. It was really weird, why would he lie about that? "You have a sibling?" She asks while Troy nods slowly.

Troy sighs as she immediately saw sadness draw on his face. There was something more to the story here, Gabriella could tell. It was obvious that there was something else that he wasn't telling her. "His name's Aaron. He was a year older then me." He says while Gabriella could tell his eyes were starting to become slightly red.

"Wait… was?" She asks while Troy squeezes her hand a little.

"I… I um… I really didn't lie to you." He says while Gabriella could see a single tear fall from his face. Her mouth basically drops. How could he go from being ecstatic moments ago to now crying. Her hand gives his a small squeeze to tell him to continue. "He died when I was twelve."

Gabriella hand that wasn't holding onto Troy's immediately went to her mouth. What did she say to that? Finding out that her boyfriend had a brother who died when he was twelve? What could anyone do in that situation? But Gabriella thinks of the only thing she could do, so she grabs Troy's back and pulls him into a hug. "God, I'm so sorry." She whispers. "Why didn't you tell me?"

She could feel him shrug. "I didn't think it was important. And I didn't want you to feel sorry for me." He says while Gabriella continues to hold onto him like her own life depended on it.

"What happened?" She asks while pulling away from him and lacing their hands again.

Troy looks down, probably embarrassed that tears had fallen down from his eyes, though Gabriella could have cared less. "Aaron was better at me at everything. He was smarter, funnier, better at basketball, everything. I lived in his shadow everyday." Troy explains as Gabriella caresses his hand with her thumb. "My dad got him tickets for his birthday to a U of A Redhawks game. The two of them were going to go. I was so pissed. I worked harder, I thought I deserved them." He continues while looking up at Gabriella's face. "It stormed that day. The roads were wet, and while they were going through an intersection, a truck hydroplaned and slid into them, passenger side first."

"Oh my God." Gabriella says while keeping her mouth covered again.

"The car flipped three times, and on the third it landed upside down…" He says with his voice shaking. "There was so much blood. Too much blood lost…" He says while another tear slips down his face. "Aaron died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital."

Gabriella couldn't stop staring at him. How could she be mad at him over an hour ago? Her arms wrap around his neck again and she pulls him into a hug, thinking that was the only thing that would actually make her feel better. She rubs his back a little while he clings to her, not crying, but just wanting her warmth. "I'm so… so sorry."

"I just…" He says while Gabriella's head falls into the crook of his neck. "He was the better Bolton. And he was taken away."

Gabriella shakes her head as she brings herself around again and wipes a single tear off his face. "He wasn't a better Bolton ok?" She says while Troy chuckles a little.

"You didn't even know him." He says but Gabriella shakes her head again.

"It doesn't matter. You can't say that alright?" She says while he gives her a small smile.

"You have to say that. You're my girlfriend." He says while Gabriella shakes her head one more time.

"I've never had a sibling, but you can't compare yourself to someone else Troy. You are unbelievable, and I love you for that." She says while placing a hand on his cheek and watches as he leans into her touch.

"I wish you could have met him." He says while grabbing her hand and lacing it with his again.

"I'm sure if he was anything like you… he was amazing." She says.

Troy smiles a little again and nods. "He was." He says while then sighing. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you." He says while leaning his forehead against hers, recovering from his pain quickly, or hiding it, Gabriella wasn't quite sure which one it was.

"Don't worry about it." She whispers back as their lips connect for a moment. "But is that it? No more secrets?" She asks while Troy shakes his head gently.

"No more secrets. I promise." He says while kissing her gently on the lips again.

"Good." Gabriella says while moving back on the bed. Troy still had a distant, somewhat sad look on his face, but Gabriella figures that it was just because he had been talking about his brother. It must have been an extremely hard thing to talk about, but she was happy he did it.

Troy sighs and shakes his head slightly while standing up. "I should probably head back." He says but Gabriella shakes her head.

"Let Taylor and Chad have their room." She says with a small, tempting smile on her face. "Sleep here."

Troy's smile breaks out onto his face again. "You sure?"

Her head nods as she stares into his eyes like she was looking at the world. "More then sure."

Troy beams as he walks over and Gabriella slips under the covers while Troy climbs in after her. She closes her eyes and suddenly feels a protective arm slip around her waist. She smiles as Troy's body closes the gap between them. She turns around in his arms and smiles at him, seeing the love in his piercing blue eyes. "I love you." He whispers while Gabriella smiles back at him.

"I love you too." She says back while then feeling Troy's lips connect with hers. She sighs into the kiss, thanking God for Troy's determination, since there was no where else she would rather be but in his arms right now.