Chapter 5

A/N- Hey everybody, It's a new month so I decided to post some new chapters for some of my stories. This chapter is kinda long but I think it's alright. By the way I'm thinking that there might only be a few chapters left in this story. But I don't know yet..

Gabriella wiped the tears off her face as she entered her house. The fact that Troy asked her out, all beacause of a dare just broke her heart.

"Mom I'm home," she exclaimed as she started to walk up the stairs to get to her room.

"Gabby, dinner is almost ready," her mother replied.

The instant Gabriella took a step in her pale blue room she fell onto her bed and dialed her phone. She decided to call her best friends Taylor and Kelsi.

"Hey Taylor, is Kelsi still at your house?"

"Yup, we're just watching a movie," Taylor nodded even though Gabriella couldn't see her, "What's wrong Gabs? It sounds like you were just crying."

"Yea I was crying earlier today and I feel like I'm going to start crying now. Taylor, can you guys come over? I really need you guys right now. I'm so confused."

"Sure, we'll be at your house at your house in like an hour cause I have to wait till my parents come back till we can leave."

"Thanks so much Tay."

Gabriella hung up the phone and ran down the stairs to go eat her dinner. During her meal she hardly said a word. She replied to her mom's questions in only short answers. But when there was a knock on the door she excused herself and quickly scurried to the door.

"Hi Kelsi, Hey Taylor. Lets go up to my room, I have to tell you something," Gabriella said.

They all rushed up into Gabriella's room and sat on her bed as Gabriella retold her day's events. She told them every little detail about Troy's dare.

"He got dared! That's the only reason he asked you out?! That JERK! I thought he knew you through a friend?!" Kelsi yelled as she shook her head.

"That's what I thought too, but I guess I was wrong. But do you know what really ticks me off? The fact that Troy wouldn't tell me himself when he asked me to be his girlfriend. Sharpay had to tell me," Gabriella said sadly, "What should I do? Should I confront him, ignore him, or get revenge on him?"

"I think you should just ignore him and if he asks you what's wrong you confront him and hear what he has to say."

"Okay. Can we go to park, I feel like going to the swings. Or to the beach and watch the sun go down. Either one will make me feel better," Gabriella smiled.

"Lets go the park cause we just went to the beach."

The girls grabbed their sweaters as they exited the Montez household. After about five minutes of walking they finally reached their destination. They raced to the playground and starting swinging up and down. Laughter filled the air as each one of them reached higher and higher. Taylor looked out and at the basketball court she saw some familiar guys taking free throws. None other than Jason Cross, Chad Danforth and Troy Bolton.

"GABRIELLA! KELSI! STOP SWINGING RIGHT THIS MOMENT!!" Taylor yelled as she hopped off the swings. The girls quickly mirrored Taylor's actions and stopped swinging.

"No need to scream Taylor, we're right here. What's wrong?" Gabriella asked.

"Take a look to your left and you'll find out!" Taylor pointed towards the boys.

"Oh my gosh! What am I going to do! Am I suppose to confront him? Or ignore him?" Gabriella said as she ran her fingers through her flowing brown curls.

"Gabriella, you're going to walk past them, if Troy notices you; talk to him and then confront him. Just get it over with. So, where do you want us to wait for you?" Kelsi asked.

"Um, well the guys might see you, so why don't you just walk back to my house and I'll meet you there when I'm done."

"Gabi I don't know, is it safe for you to walk home alone during the evening?" Taylor asked nervously.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. He might not even notice me! If that happens then I'll be home in like seven minutes."

"Okay, bye Gabriella," Taylor and Kelsi hugged her, "And good luck."

Gabriella sat on a swing until th,e girls were out of view. She got up and checked herself over. Even though she only wore a short jean skirt, a black tanktop, a thin white sweater and hardly any make-up, she still looked magnificent. She slowly walked towards the basketball court but making sure she wasn't too close otherwise Troy would wonder why she hadn't detected him. She looked straight making sure the guys wouldn't see her looking at them.

Now she was only about six metres away from them so she quickly glanced at them. Gabriella noticed Troy whispering to his friends and start to run towards her so she immediately turned her head back around. He walked up to her and hugged her waist from behind.

"Hey Gabriella," Troy smiled at her, "What are you doing here all alone?"

"I was just taking a walk and decided to go on the swings for awhile," Gabriella said as she looked up into his eyes. When he smiled at her, his eyes were so mesmerizing. It didn't help one bit that all he was wearing was a white wife-beater and shorts. This just made it even harder to confront him.

Thoughts began to fill her head and she started to become very overwhelmed. Tears threatened to roll down her cheeks but she breathed in to prevent it from happening.

"Gabs what's wrong?" Troy asked genuinely as he held both her hands.

"Troy, may I ask you something?"

"Of course, go ahead."

"Why didn't you tell me about the dare," Gabriella whispered, "That you were dared to ask me out."

"Well, honestly when Sharpay dared me, I didn't think the date would go so well. I didn't know that after just one dare I would have such a beautiful, athletic, smart and kind girlfriend. I just thought it wouldn't matter if we really loved each other, that we would think it was just fate that brought us together. I'm really sorry Ella, please forgive me," Troy pouted which caused Gabriella to giggle.

"Okay Troy, I forgive you," Gabriella gave him a peck on the lips, "And by the way, when did you start calling me Ella?"

"Do you not want me to call you that? Because I can stop"

"No I love it, now only you can call me that," she said as he gave her a hug. They continued to stay in that position comfortably as Gabriella rested her head on Troy's chest.

"I'd love to stay here with you Troy, but I better get going. I don't really want to walk home when it gets darker," Gabriella pulled away.

"I'll walk you home. I don't want you to walk home all alone," Troy nodded.

"No Troy it's okay, you don't have to do that. And Jason and Chad are probably waiting for you."

"It's no problem at all, you're my girlfriend I want you to be safe. Anyways we're sleeping over at Chad's house and his house is like one block away from yours. So now you have no choice at all.," Troy grinned, "Now I'm just going to go tell the guys, be right back."

Once Troy told the guys, the couple began to walk to her house, hand in hand. After two minutes of silence Troy asked Gabriella a question that just popped in his mind, "How did you find out about the dare?"

"I went to your house earlier today to return your sweater. Sharpay opened the door and started telling me everything. She said you were really reluctant and unwilling."

"If I knew you would be my date, I would have been so happy and thrilled," Troy smirked, "And remind me to kill Sharpay for telling you about the dare."

"Now Troy, there's no need for violence. Even if she has a really big mouth,"Gabriella laughed, "Oh this is my house, thanks for walking me home."

"No problem, it was my pleasure."

Gabriella was about to walk into her house, when she turned around and kissed Troy on the lips. Troy began to deepen it creating a very passionate and earth-shattering kiss. They started to get out of breath, so very slowly they broke apart as they each quietly muttered a 'wow'.

"Good night Troy."

"Sweet Dreams Gabriella."