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A/N: Alright it's another weekend and that means it's time for another update. Right now I want to thank my reviewers from last week; baby2ludaris, AyaneC, chaylorfan, Favor1234, look at the stars, beststoriesever95, Sciencefreak2007, Angel, Ani Thompson, cornique chaylor girl, MoMo Taylor Anderson, and Yellow-queen18. I hope everyone likes this new chapter and please remember to Review…it keeps me going.

Baby S

Chapter Ten

They pulled apart and rested their foreheads against one another's. Troy wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tightly as he gave her a gentle smile lifting one hand up he brushed it against her cheek before lifting her chin up and brushed her lips with his, giving her a soft kiss before he whispered. "Wow!" Taylor looked up at him and smiled for a moment before stepping back. Looking around she was glad they were currently outside of Miguel's house, because it would be rather awkward to have this current conversation inside in the middle of a party.

"Troy…what does this mean?" she whispered weakly as she wrapped her arms around herself. Sighing he eyed her for a brief moment before shrugging his shoulders and taking a step towards her. Reaching out he unlocked her arms and grabbed her hands holding them tightly in his. Bending his knees slightly so that he was looking her in the eye he spoke.

"What do you want this to mean?" She continued to quietly look up at him, Troy sighed and looked down at their hands and slowly rubbed the back of her hands with his thumb. "Do you want us together," he whispered lifting her left hand up and kissing the back of it. "Or do you want this kiss to be a one time thing." Taylor looked down at their joined hands and then back up at him again. Slowly she nodded her head before answering.

"I want this…I want us to be together." She whispered. Troy smiled and looked down at her before he spoke again.

"Are you sure you can handle this…you know us being together won't be easy especially with you going to East High." He said as he reached up and brushed a curl out of her face. Taylor reached up and grasped his wrist between her hands.

"I think I can handle it." Troy nodded his head and kissed her on the lips before pulling her into a tight hug. After a few minutes he released her and grabbed onto her hand again and starting leading her towards the party.

"Come on let's enjoy the rest of this party…I promise you're going to have a good time." He said giving her a wink as they headed back inside. Once inside Miguel danced his way over to them with a large smile on his face.

"Hey where did you guys disappear too?"

"We just went outside to talk for a moment." Troy replied with a sigh as he looked at him. Miguel nodded and then motioned towards the dance floor.

"Well how about you guys get out there and dance it up…this party isn't over yet." he said with a smile as he moved on. Troy chuckled at his friend and then looked over at Taylor and motioned towards the dance floor.

"So you wanna go?"

"Yeah let's have a good time." She said as Troy led her out to the dance floor so that they could enjoy the rest of their night out together as a couple.

Later on that night…

"Troy I really had fun tonight thank you for making me go out." She said with a smile as she looked over at him. Troy grinned and leaned over towards her, cupping her cheek in his hand he kissed her softly and smiled.

"Believe me the pleasure was all mine." He whispered breaking off each word with a kiss. Taylor blushed at the gesture and grinned at him. He smiled and moved back into his seat. She slowly touched her lips and looked at him.

"Oh I think I could get use to that." Troy smiled and leaned over kissing her again, as they were pulling apart a knock on the window sounded. Jumping apart both Troy and Taylor looked out the window and Sharpay standing there with a bright grin on her face. Troy leaned his head back against the seat and groaned as Taylor got out of the car. "Shar, what are you doing here?"

"Well I thought I would spend the night, however seeing as how you've been gone all night. I babysat Trevor." She said with a smile on her face, as Troy opened his door and got out of the van. "Hey, Troy…so did you and Taylor have a good time," she asked quickly, before shaking her head. "Oh who am I kidding of course you too had a good time…shoot it's written all over your face."

"Shar!" Taylor exclaimed blushing, Troy just grinned sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck while looking between a smirking Sharpay and an embarrassed Taylor. Sharpay grinned even more at seeing their expressions.

"So, Troy…you don't mind if I call you that do you?" she asked as she crossed her arms over her chest. Troy shrugged and shook his head.

"No…I don't mind."

"Good…so Troy do you mind telling me what you and Taylor were just doing…I know my friend and I know she's going to deny me this precious bit of information as soon as you leave so how about you tell me what was going on…were you two kissing or were you just helping her get something off her lips." Troy choked on air as Sharpay finished her question, while Taylor gasped and called out Sharpay's name again. "What?" Sharpay exclaimed innocently "It was just a question."

"Right," Troy deadpanned as he looked at Sharpay, before he glanced over at Taylor. "But to answer your question…of course we were kissing." He said grinning as Taylor gasped at his answer. Sharpay squealed at the answer and rushed over to her friend and planted herself in between Taylor and Troy. She nudged Taylor with a cheeky grin on her face.

"Was it good?"

"Oh my god, Sharpay please stop." She groaned, Sharpay just giggled and shook her head.

"I'm just kidding…I guess I should probably head back in…see you inside Taylor." She said as she walked back into Taylor's house. Burying her head in his hands, Troy just chuckled and wrapped an arm around her waist as he leaned back against the side of the van. He chuckled as she continued to mumbled to herself about how embarrassed she was.

"Your friend is certainly something else."

"She's crazy…but she's my friend," Taylor replied with a sigh. "I'm sorry she can be a little crazy at times."

"No…she's cool, I like her. She's a little out there but she seems like a cool chick." He replied with a grin. Taylor looked up at him and smiled. "Hey…do you want to go out tomorrow."

"I don't know if we can I have to watch Trevor." Troy nodded his head and looked at her for a moment before sighing.

"Alright then how about I just come and just hang out with you and Trevor…I'm not doing anything tomorrow and I wouldn't mind spending my day with you guys." He said with a smile, Taylor looked up at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you sure?" She asked trying her best to keep the shock out of her voice. She had remembered numerous of times when Chad had told her point blank that there was no way he was going to spend his Saturdays helping her look after her little brother. Troy noticed her look and lifted her chin with his hand and looked her directly in the eyes.

"I'm not him, Taylor…I don't mind spending time with you or your little brother." She smiled at him and slowly nodded her head.

"Alright then I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay then…when should I come by?"

"Um come by at one…I'll cook you lunch." She said as he smiled down at her. Troy rubbed the bottom of his chin and chuckled.

"Wow, I'm starting to feel like a special guy here, alright I'll be there at one." He bent down and kissed her cheek. "See you tomorrow baby." He replied as he opened the door to his van and got inside. Taylor waved as he backed out of the driveway, and then made her to her front door. As she opened the door, she rolled her eyes when she saw Sharpay standing by the window.

"So you were out with Mr. West High…wow, you certainly know how to upgrade." She exclaimed with a laugh. "Look at you in that dress; you certainly were pulling out all the stops tonight weren't you."

"Oh stop it, Shar…and you know you're crazy right. I can't believe you came out there like that."

"You know I love messing with you."

"Yeah I know you've been doing so since we were in kindergarten…it all started when you took my blocks…if only I would have played with Samantha that day I would have never met-."

"Your best friend." Sharpay exclaimed as she pointed at herself. "Now come on let's go into the living room and I want you to tell me all about your date with your new boyfriend." Taylor just rolled her eyes and followed Sharpay into the living room.

Troy couldn't keep the smile off his face as he pulled into his apartment complex. Tonight in his mind couldn't have gone any better, he had finally admitted to Taylor how he really felt about her and she had welcomed his feelings and told him that she felt the same, and that kiss. That kiss had literally made his whole year; it had to be the best kiss he had ever had in all of his seventeen years of existence. Parking his car, he froze as he saw a lone figure leaning up against a car in the small parking lot outside his building. He kept his eye on the figure as he turned off the van. Getting out he headed towards his building hoping that the guy didn't start any trouble. As he passed by the guy pushed himself off the car and called out. "Hey…man are you Bolton…Troy Bolton." Troy stopped and looked over his shoulder at the man; he studied him for a moment and tried to see if he knew the African American guy walking towards him. Turning around he squared his shoulders back and sighed.

"It seems you have me at a disadvantaged I don't know your name." Troy replied coldly. "So who are you?"

"That doesn't matter right now how about you try to answer my question." Troy raised an eyebrow at the guy and the shook his head.

"Then I'm afraid I can't help you." He replied coldly, the guy chuckled and reached out towards him grabbing him by the arm. Troy ripped his arm out of his grasp and looked at the man as if he had lost his mind.

"Don't touch me."

"Yeah, you're that punk Bolton." He spat out as he continued to look at him. "This is a message from my cousin." The man reared back and punched Troy in the face, falling onto his back Troy looked up at him as he wiped the blood that came from the corner of his mouth.

"Oh so you're Danforth's cousin…I should have known he was too much of a punk to come and handle things himself." Troy said as he stood up and spit out the blood that had gathered in his mouth. "You're Darren Danforth aren't you?"

"My cousin said that's payback for hitting him…don't let me have to come here again."

"Shit I'll give you a key to my apartment…come again, I ain't scared of you." Troy shouted, Darren just looked down at him and smiled.

"I'll keep that in mind…see ya around, Bolton." He said as he turned on his heel and walked away headed towards his car. Troy stood watching him as he pulled out and sped off down the street. Lifting a hand to his lip, he winced as he brushed against his bruised cheek. With a roll of his eyes he wondered how he was going to explain this to Taylor tomorrow with her overreacting.

"Taylor…is Mr. Troy really coming by." Trevor asked as he came into the kitchen where Taylor was setting out the ingredients for their lunch. Their mother had just left hours ago along with Sharpay.

"Yeah, he's coming by."

"Are you and him," Trevor paused as if he was searching for the right words. "Are you and Mr. Troy…boyfriend and girlfriend?" Taylor stopped what she was doing and looked over him.

"What do you know about boyfriends and girlfriends?" Taylor asked as she looked down at her brother.

"Well I know that Chad was your boyfriend, but I didn't like him…but I really like Troy and I was hoping that he was your boyfriend, because he's really cool and he's nice to me." Trevor said with a bright smile on his face. Taylor smiled and nodded her head.

"Yes he is my boyfriend."

"Cool." Trevor said as he looked up at his sister. Taylor chuckled at the way he dragged out the word cool. Shaking her head she pointed towards the living room.

"Go watch cartoons…I can't cook lunch with you in here bugging me."

"Fine." He replied with a shrug as he headed towards the living room just as the door bell sounded. Taylor sighed and headed towards the door. It was only twelve thirty so she wondered who could be here.

"Just a moment." She called out as she wiped her hands on a napkin, before heading towards the door, opening it she was surprise to see Troy with his hand poised to knock again. "Troy what are you…," she trailed off as she looked at him. She saw the purple shadow on his left cheek. "Oh my goodness, Troy what happened."

"It was nothing really," he said with a dismissive shrug as he stepped into the house. "It's just a scratch."

"Just a scratch…Troy that still looks a little swollen did you put some ice on it." She exclaimed as she closed the door. "Come on let me put some ice on it." Troy groaned as she grabbed his hand and led him into the kitchen. Pushing Troy down so that he was sitting on a stool, Taylor went over to the freezer and took out an ice pack.

"Tay, you don't have to do all this…I'm fine."

"Yeah, that purple bruise really proves that." She deadpanned as she placed the pack on his cheek; he winced as he ice pressed into his tender cheek. Reaching up he grabbed her hand, causing Taylor to look at him. "You're not going to talk me out of this…you need to bring down the swelling."

"Fine…but can we go into the living room…I hate sitting on stools." He said softly. Taylor nodded and grabbed his hand; they both walked into the living and saw Trevor sprawled out on the floor looking at Spongebob. "Hey what's up little man?" Troy called out as Taylor sat down on the sofa. Trevor turned around and looked at them.

"Hey Mr. Troy."

"Just call me Troy, Trevor."

"Okay." He said before glancing back at the television, while Troy laid down on the sofa with his head in Taylor's lap. "You know you two can watch something if you want." Troy smiled and just shook his head as Taylor held the ice pack to his cheek.

"No thanks buddy…I'm okay with sponge bob." Trevor smiled and turned around and starting watching again. Laughing every once in awhile at something that happened that was funny to him. Troy groaned as he turned over fully so that he was looking up at Taylor. "You know you don't have to press so hard."

"I'm sorry…I was just thinking, I guess I wasn't paying attention." She murmured, Troy noticed the sadness in her voice and sighed.

"This isn't your fault."

"Then how about you tell me who 'scratched' you." She asked raising an eyebrow up at him. Troy sighed and looked over towards the television. Reaching down with her other hand, she grabbed hold of his chin and forced him to look at her. "Troy…tell me."

"It was Darren Danforth." He muttered softly, Taylor gasped as the last name register with her. Shaking her head she looked down at Troy in shock.

"Did he threaten you?"

"It was nothing." Troy muttered as he sat up.

"I knew this was going to happen…I just knew Chad was going to try and get to you. I should have-." Troy shook his head as he looked at her, reached down he grabbed her hands and then glanced over at Trevor, realizing that this wasn't the type of conversation to have in front of her brother he motioned towards the kitchen.

"Come on let's go into the kitchen," Taylor barely nodded as he stood up and led her into the kitchen. Once they were alone Troy spoke up. "First off this isn't your fault…you don't have any control over Chad. If that idiot wants to act like an ass…that isn't your fault. Just like this bruise isn't your fault."

"Yeah, but…"

"Look, I'm not going to listen to you put blame on yourself for something someone else did, Taylor." He firmly stated as he looked at her. "I'm fine…and nothing is going to happen to me. Chad was just upset because of the punch I laid on him earlier this week. That's all."

"Okay fine." She whispered. "I won't blame myself."

"I wanna hear you say it." Taylor looked up at him for a moment before sighing and saying.

"It isn't my fault." Troy smiled at her and then looked over at some of the ingredients that were on the counter.

"So how about I put this ice pack down and help you cook lunch cause baby I am starving." Taylor smiled and shook her head as she stepped away from him. "What!"

"Oh I don't know about that you might be one of those men that like to distract your girlfriends from cooking." Troy smiled down at her and shook his head, while Taylor continued to look up at him with a smile on her face.

"Oh I'm gonna have to correct you on what you just said…cause the truth is I only want distract you."

"Then the food will probably get burned."

"That's a chance I'm willing to take." He said with a chuckle as he wrapped his arms around her waist and bent down to kiss her exposed neck. She giggled in his arms, and sighed.

"Well…I guess I can make sandwiches so nothing will get burned."

"That's a good choice…I like sandwiches." He replied as he turned her around and kissed her again. Taylor sighed and wrapped her arms around his neck as he hugged her to him. He only stopped as his stomach growled out in protest from not being feed. They both stopped and listened as his stomach called out for food. Taylor bowed her head and giggled as Troy sighed and rested his head on her shoulder. "So how about we get started on those sandwiches."

A/N: Alright I hope you liked that update and if so please send me a review. Please go check out the new one shot I just posted today.

Baby S