Fluff chappie sorry!

CHAPTER 15

Panting heavily, burning with their exertion, Troy lifted Gabi from her final pose and waited for the crowd to applaud their routine at the competition.

He smiled as the cheering began and Gabi felt a rush run up her body from the excitement of it all.

She turned to Troy, jumping up and linking her arms at his neck as he caught her and supported her weight against him.

"You were amazing!" She said and kissed him.

"I couldn't have done it without you." He replied, letting her down and they skated off hand in hand.

A slow clapping came from ahead of them and Troy took a breath as Chad appeared before them, a smirk across his face, knowing exactly what Troy would do.

"You bastard!" Troy yelled and went for him, grappling him to the floor, punching him in the face.

"Oh shit…" Gabi panicked, trying to grab Troy or Chad and stop the fight before anyone saw, but it was too late, security were wading in and they pulled Troy away from Chad.

He was lying, bloodied, staring at his old friend.

Gabi flicked her gaze between them, seeing Troy's tense body and afraid to touch him.

"You're going to have to leave." The security guard said to Troy and Chad, lifting his chin toward the exit, escorting them out.

Troy shook his head at Chad, throwing his arms out.

"You just had to cross the line didn't you?" Troy shouted. "Why did you do it, Chad? Why did you go for my girl?" He asked, dumbfounded.

"She's hot." He shrugged and Troy flew for him again, tackling him down, pinning him to the floor.

"What ever happened to blood brothers?" Troy demanded and Chad screwed up his face.

"That all went out the window the day you chose her over your team- over your friends." He added.

"No-one else has a problem with us- apart from you." Troy argued.

"She was gonna be mine, Bolton. You just had to get in my way." Chad snarled.

"You make me sick! Just get outta here before I really rip you apart." He threatened.

"But I haven't said hi to your girlfriend yet…" Chad riled, receiving another fist in the face from Troy.

"You even get within thirty yards of her; I swear to God, you won't know what's hit you." Troy promised, his eyes glinting dangerously.

"I guess you won, then." Chad said, pushing Troy off him, allowing them both to rise from the ground.

"I didn't 'win' anything." Troy said, his glittering eyes squinting in the fading sunlight, the orange glow highlighting his hair. "All I ever did was love her." He beseeched.

Chad brushed himself down and walked away, turning to smile over his shoulder.

"Look after your girl." He said and disappeared, leaving Troy confused and angry at his appearance.

"Troy?" Gabi asked from behind him, her fingers clinging onto the 6foot high chain link fence that separated them.

He walked over, sighing heavily, placing his hands over hers and linking them through the fence.

"It's okay, he's gone." He said quietly.

"I don't care about him, are you ok?" She asked, eyeing his face, checking for damage.

"Do you know how much I love you?" He asked.

She nodded, feeling it all the way to her toes.

"You lost your best friend for me- you fought for me." She began.

"You're wearing my ring. That means I'd fight every day if I had to." He promised.

She pressed her forehead against the chain link, smiling as he did the same.

"I'm coming round." She said of the fence, meeting him at the exit, encompassed in his strong arms.

"Did your sexy butt win us the competition?" He asked.

Her eyes flicked down, dropping her dark lashes to her cheeks.

His hands rested on her hips, clad in her black shorts which she had teamed with a sparkly vest for the routine.

"We got disqualified because of the fight." She said shyly, her mouth hitched one side as she looked at him.

Even the feel of her curves couldn't abate his shock, his disappointment.

"Fuck!" He swore, letting her go, turning and thrashing his arms around. "Fuck, fuck, fuck!"

"But you know what, I had an idea…You don't need money for dance school…" She began, rubbing her hands together.

"I cannot fucking believe he did that to me!" He yelled.

"Troy, you're kinda scaring me." She frowned.

His blue eyes dashed to hers.

"I'm a fucking idiot." He punished himself as he paced angrily.

"No, listen…" She began again.

"Jesus fucking Christ!" He yelled. This time, she walked up to him and grabbed his forearms, forcing him to lower them as she stared into his angry eyes.

"You're kinda sexy like that." She said to distract him, hoping it would work. His body relaxing against her touch told her it did.

"Yeah?" He questioned, his infectious grin spreading across his face.

"Kinda. In a kinda caveman kinda way…" She tilted her head, catching her lower lip between her teeth.

"Don't suppose cave lady wants to go make-out? Cave man sure has got a lot of energy to work off." He mused.

"Well," she didn't get to finish because he bent his head and buried his lips in her neck, playfully biting her.

"Oh, okay…" She said, pushing at him slightly. "Now?" She asked.

"I could take you right here, the way I'm feeling. That damn look on your face…" He growled, making her giggle.

"Ok, but not here…" She took his hand, not surprised when he dropped it, instead pulling her by the hips into his chest.

"I don't know how long I can wait." He murmured into her ear.

"Quit slowing us down, then." She threw back at him, leading him back to the truck.

"Here?" He asked as she began to undress in his back seat.

"Sure, you're a cave man or whatever, use your imagination…" She teased.

"Wait, Gabi, I…." He was cut off by her kiss.

"I'm not gonna make love with you in the back of my truck." He argued, resisting her even though her hands had pulled off his t-shirt and she was sitting in her bra, about to pepper kisses down his torso.

"Fine I'll just…pleasure you another way." She said as her lips neared his waist band.

"Whoa…" He stopped her intended path, cuddling her to him, covering her back with his discarded tee.

"What? A minute ago you wanted me." She blinked, wide eyed.

"And I still do, just not here- not like this." He re-iterated, tugging his top over her head and climbing into the front of his truck still topless, driving them to his house, helping her down, kissing her while his hand framed her face.

"To the tree house." She guessed with a cute smile and he followed, completely smitten.

They lay together, Gabi tucked into Troy as their breathing regulated, their bodies flashing and buzzing in the aftermath of their urgent joining.

"Are you still doing the Cheer-thingy?" Troy asked lazily, playing with her curls.

She nodded against his chest.

"Yeah. West High can still enter the Cheer-Off even though we didn't get through for the semi's." She explained.

"That's cool." He commented. "So you're packing up to come with us this weekend then?"

"Yeah but my mom is coming too- as chaperone." She rolled her eyes.

"Oh that sucks." He joked and she swiped him.

"I get to watch you be all…basketball captainy." She said.

"Basketball captainy? What is that?" He wondered.

"Sexy." She defined.

He nodded, his chin touching her hair. "Okay, I'm good with that."

"You know, I can teach you how to dance, Troy. All those dances you would have learnt on the course?" She asked, hitching herself up so she could look into his face.

"Rumba and Tango and god knows what…" He mused.

"I know them. I can show you. So it's ok that we didn't win." She explained.

His face suddenly took on realisation.

"That's what you tried to tell me, back there…" He clicked.

She nodded, giggling.

"Only I was too stubborn to hear you- too angry." He added. "Hey, I'm sorry if I scared you." He said then, remembering her words.

"It's ok; I calmed you down in the end." She smiled happily.

"Gabriella Montez, did you use me for sex?" He wondered.

"No!" She objected. "I just used it to distract you, is all." She added cheekily.

"Oh my god, you did. You totally did." He said, shocked.

"I'm not gonna be sorry." She warned.

"I have the most amazing girl." He slowly grinned.

She shrugged. "That may be true."

"Well she definitely has the most amazing…" He began.

"Troy!" she interrupted him.

He smiled into her face. "…brown eyes I ever saw." He finished softly, nuzzling her nose before he kissed her sweetly.

"I love you, Troy Bolton." She declared, rolling out of his embrace to stand, covering her body with her arms as he appreciated her nakedness in the dusky light seeping through the tree house window.

"Well in that case, I gotta love you too or I'm a dead man…" He teased and she threw him a smiling squint, coming back over to straddle him and pin his wrists down.

"Don't get on the wrong side of a Montez girl." She warned lightly.

"Oh I know, or I might end up losing my balls or something…" He said knowingly and she widened her eyes.

"You found out?" She gasped.

He nodded, chuckling. Chad may have turned up out of the blue to have one last try at splitting them up, but Troy had found out that Gabi had injured him far more permanently.

"You better be nice to me then…" She suggested, wriggling on his lap.

"Nice? Oh I'm always nice.." He teased back, capturing her mouth for a kiss as they continued to play in his tree house.