Mini chapter! And I wasn't going to post then I read the reviews and thought aww their so nice in their comments perhaps I will lol.
Ang x
CHAPTER 11
"Hey Taylor!" Gabi greeted her friend as she walked into West High, a wide smile on her face.
"Hey Gabi. Wow that is one big grin you have there. Troy?" Taylor guessed.
Gabi flicked her eyes up.
"Well he is kinda cute." She allowed.
Taylor laughed, eyeing the warm glow that radiated from her friend.
"He's good for you." She decided.
Gabi linked her arm through Taylor's.
"You know, we've entered this skating competition together. I'd really love it if you came." Gabi broached.
Taylor's eyes widened.
"Oh my god, I'd love to!" She squealed, then calmed down.
"But no-one else can know." Gabi added and Taylor nodded.
"Have you got a date for the dance?" Taylor asked and Gabi shook her head.
"No, I can't exactly go with my boyfriend can I?" She said sadly.
"You're not going with someone else?" Taylor checked. "As friends?"
Gabi smiled softly. "I can just see Troy's face now!" She rolled her eyes.
Then she stopped walking to talk to her friend quietly.
"We promised each other, y'know." She explained.
Taylor nodded. "You should ask him. No-one is going to care anymore."
Gabi laughed at that. "Don't bet on it. It's one thing people knowing we're together, it's another if I blatantly shove it in their faces."
Taylor looked at her friend sadly.
"Then I hope you still go- you can hang out with me and Kelsey." Taylor offered.
"Of course I'm going, I have my dress already." Gabi beamed as they filed into school and headed for form room.
"So you gonna be my date or what?" Aidan asked and Gabi just stared at him coolly.
"Yeah, right." She said sarcastically as they packed up and headed out of their last class.
"So you're gonna go alone?" He said disbelievingly.
She shrugged. "My boyfriend doesn't go to this school so yeah, I think I will."
He laughed behind her.
"You don't know anything about Troy Bolton. He already has a date for his end of year dance." Aidan lifted a brow as she flashed him a look over her shoulder.
"You don't know what you're talking about." She relayed confidently.
"Oh sure, I don't know that he already bought two tickets." He continued and Gabi's smile faded.
"I'm sure there's some reason you'd like to split us up, Aidan but it's not going to happen." She assured him, secretly wondering if what he had said was true and if it were, who in the heck was he going to his dance with?
She headed out of school, frowning at Aidan's words as she headed home to change for skate practice.
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Troy noticed Gabi was wearing her sweats with her little racer back vest as she skated toward him, her strong thighs propelling her, her curvy waist drawing his gaze and holding it.
He frowned bemusedly as she did three laps before even getting to him, when he had hoped to be kissing her by now.
"Hey! Beautiful! Wanna come say hi to your boyfriend?" He asked.
She skated over, still deep in thought, resisting him when he bent to kiss her.
"What's wrong?" He wondered, flicking his gaze over her face, worriedly.
"I don't want to sound all possessive and weird…" She began, her brown eyes huge and showing hurt.
He couldn't fathom it. Why was she looking at him like that? He would never hurt her.
"Tell me." He insisted, swallowing.
"Someone told me you bought two tickets for your school dance. Like you were taking a date." She frowned, a little crease appearing on her forehead.
"Oh Jesus…" Troy swore softly, pulling her into his chest. "It was meant to be a surprise…" He sighed, pulling back.
She looked at him confusedly, cocking her head. She inadvertently began to rub the T on his necklace nervously and he smiled gently, taking her hands as he looked right into her eyes.
Even with her hair scraped back, make up smudged and wearing what she considered to be her unsexiest clothes, he still loved her more than any other girl.
"I bought a ticket for you." He said nervously, licking his lips.
Her dark eyes darted to his, her mouth parting in shock.
"Wh…You…I…" She stuttered and he cupped her face.
"I wanted to ask you to be my date…I was going to do it after our last practice…A kind of gesture to show that wasn't the end for us. That I'm prepared to fight for us." He explained, twisting his lips, wondering now if he had done the wrong thing.
"Oh my gosh. I can't believe you did that, Troyby." She smiled her feline smile at him then.
"Did you really think I was gonna take someone else?" He asked, feigning hurt.
She shrugged. "I thought maybe…Maybe there was another girl you might like to go with." She ventured.
"I don't want to dance with anyone except you." He promised, kissing her now, feeling her sweet kiss back as she touched his face.
"Me too." She added shyly, and then skated away from him with a giggle, leaving him to chase her around the court until they settled into practise.
The final move, Gabi's split, they both panted with exertion as he helped her up.
His fingertips ran down her spine as he held her, resting his hands in the curve of her lower back as she planted her hands on his t-shirted chest, his wildcat's emblem sitting proudly.
"Will you go to my dance with me, Gabi?" He asked, brushing back an escaped curl from her bun.
Her fingers ran up his body, twisting at his neck, soon finding his hair and getting lost in the strands.
"If it doesn't cause world war three…" She hedged.
"Will you go to my dance with me?" He asked again, his thumb tracing her cheek.
Gabi looked into his eyes, knowing this was his ultimate question, her ultimate test.
"Yes." She replied certainly, smiling as a slow grin split his face, flashing his teeth and his dimples.
"Yes!" He cheered loudly, picking her up and spinning her around as she squealed.
"Troy!" She protested, feeling dizzy.
"Oh, hey, sorry, beautiful." He apologised, letting her down in his strong arms, kissing her as she came to his level and she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, kissing him back.
"Oh, if it isn't Love's young dream." Chad commented drily and both Gabi and Troy turned to see him leaning on the side of the tennis court, arms folded.
"What do you want, Chad?" Troy asked, letting Gabi down to the ground, taking her hand as they faced his ex-best friend.
"You really think you can take her to the dance and not cause a fight?" He challenged.
Troy nodded, feeling Gabi's other hand wrap around his wrist as she edged closer to him and he could feel her tremble.
Looking down on her, he sighed.
"Yeah I do." He answered.
"You don't think Aidan and his gang are going to want to take back what's theirs and punish you- all of us- for being with her?" Chad lifted his chin to Gabi, the way he said 'her' made Troy's temper rise a little.
"I don't belong to Aidan." Gabi spoke up.
"You think he thinks that?" Chad argued, coming closer.
"Aidan isn't the one telling us not to go." She pointed out.
"I see you round here, skating, doing whatever." He squinted. "You know, Bolton. You sure did get the catch didn't you? I mean, Gabriella Montez. Well known for putting out, her reputation is legendary." He continued to rile.
Troy went to skate forward but Gabi's hand stopped him.
"Let's go, Troy." She commanded.
"Yeah, let's go, Troy. Let's do exactly as the little lady tells you." Chad laughed again.
Troy broke away from Gabi this time and went for Chad, grabbing him by the collar.
"What is your problem, Danforth?" He asked.
Chad merely smiled.
"I don't have one. I just had to get you away from her long enough so I could finally get what I wanted…" He beamed and Troy turned, seeing Gabi being held by Jason, fighting him with all her might.
"Don't fucking touch me!" She warned, struggling against his arms.
Troy looked between Chad and Jason, not sure who to go for first.
"I'm gonna kill you…" Troy said with a menacing smile, reaching back to punch Chad in the face.
Chad stumbled back, smiling as he threw a returning punch, but little known to Troy that he had a metal knuckle duster protecting his hand, knocking him out as the blow hit him, leaving him unconscious in the tennis court, Gabi alone and frightened as the two boys dragged her away, screaming.