A/N: new chapter, and let's just say… you will be shocked. Now, I know that gave away a lot on its own probably. So, yeah.. (:
Chapter 4 : Kissing
Troy kissed her, making her giggle. "What are our plans tomorrow, my love?"
"Well, I have to move my stuff in."
"Yes you do. And I would love to help."
"good… I think I should leave tonight and start packing, so all we have to do tomorrow is unpack."
"I'll come too. After all, its only six."
"thank you so much, cutie. Let's go then."
"Not without a kiss." Gabriella giggled as she leaned in. "I'll drive." Troy said as he helped Gabriella off the counter.
"I'm going to go out to lunch with Taylor." Gabriella said grabbing her keys. Troy looked at her, "Where?"
"That new vegetarian place downtown."
"Okay, Lacto-Ovo" she hated that nickname. (and just incase you don't know, or don't remember, Lacto means dairy, and Ovo means egg products. it's a type of vegetarian, the type that Gabriella is in this story.) "What are you going to be doing while I'm gone?"
"Basketball, and probably fix Kim's window."
"Uhm…okay. Do you want me to bring you something back?"
"No…and don't forget about our plans for tonight."
"I won't." she said walking out the door.
"Thank you so much for helping with my window Troy. I really appreciate it." Kim said as Troy finished up. "Well, its no problem. I figured why waste money hiring a professional when you have a neighbor that knows what he's doing." she giggled and Troy thought he picked up a little bit of…seductiveness? She came closer and Troy just stood and watched. Kim now stood directly in front of him. "Uhm…" Troy began. "Troy, just relax… Gabriella doesn't have to know." before Troy could show any sign of reaction, she kissed him, hard. Troy could feel the tension melting off of her. He felt bad that he enjoyed the kiss and even kissed back. He had to end it though, so he pulled away. "I have to go."
Gabriella walked through their townhouse door. "Troy… I'm home." She looked around, when she heard the shower running. Oh, I see. He must be getting ready. Gabriella smiled as she finished unpacking the little things she had to unpack.
Troy came out of the bathroom. He noticed Gabriella looking at something she had in her hands. "What's that?" he asked, walking up to her. "Oh, its an old picture of us, kissing. Taylor took it." he observed the picture. "That's the day you girls protested against animal abuse."
"Yeah, that was a good day. Speaking of days. How was fixing the window?"
"It was...interesting."
"Why?"
"I got a text from a friend. And he asked for advice, but I didn't know how to answer it."
"Well, maybe I can. You wanna share?"
"Well, he was doing a job for an older woman. She's around…29 or 30, and well after doing the job for her, she kissed him, and he kind of kissed back. And now he feels really guilty, and doesn't know if he should tell his girlfriend, or just keep it to himself."
"He should definitely tell his girlfriend."
"Why?"
"Well, so she can remain confident that he really does care, since he was being honest. Even if he did kiss someone else. I mean, as long as it was just a kiss, she shouldn't go extremely ballistic on him."
"What would you do?"
"I'd talk to you about it, and see if you would do it again. If you PLAN on doing it again. If you liked it. We'd just talk."
"Would you be really mad? And possibly break up with me?"
"I wouldn't be mad, I'd be sad. And I wouldn't break up with you. Not after three years together. I wouldn't just through it all away. I love you too much."
"I love you.. I really do."
"Then why did you kiss Kim?"
"I guess I kind of gave it away, huh?" Gabriella nodded, Troy then continued "It just happened.. I don't know how, it just did."
"How do you feel about it?" Gabriella asked sitting down on the bed. Troy sat next to her. "I hate myself for letting it happen. I didn't think much of it in the five seconds while we were kissing, but now I realize, it wasn't worth it. Hurting you never is worth it."
"If you could… would you take it back?"
"Yes, in a heartbeat."
"Do you plan on doing it again?"
"No."
"Do you want to do it again?"
"No."
"So…you liked it?"
"At the time.. Yeah."
"Am I going to be able to trust you again?"
"I hope so."
"Thank you for being honest with me." she said hugging him tightly. "So, that's it? That's all the talking we're going to do?"
"Yes. I kind of felt it was bound to happen."
"How?"
"She's practically in love with you." Troy let out a deep breath as he laid back on the bed. She looked at him. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. You should go take a shower, its almost time for us to go." Gabriella nodded, she kissed him on the cheek, before getting up and heading to the shower. Troy pulled out his cell phone, dialing a very familiar number.
A/N: woot woot. Another cliffhanger. (:
