Here's the next chapter of my most popular story on here!

I am SO sorry for not updating in so long. My computer got a virus and I couldn't go on for so long because I was afraid I'd lose all of my work. :( So again, I'm so sorry.

Dedicated to: SerenityStarz - I loved your ideas! Would you mind if I used the soccer ball one in an upcoming chapter?

"So x equals thirteen?" Troy asked, looking down at the page in front of him.

Gabriella shook her head, "no, x equals five, y equals thirteen," she said, pointing her pencil to the page. Troy sighed. They'd been working on the schoolwork for about two hours now, and Troy still couldn't grasp the concept of variables.

"So then you have to...multiply x times y...?" he questioned. Gabriella's face lit up.

"Yes! That's exactly what you do!" she said happily. Troy's entire face broke out into a huge grin.

"Really? You mean I actually got it?"

"Yes! I never thought it'd take two hours for someone to grasp the simple concept of variables," Gabriella joked. Troy mock glared.

"You're going to pay for that," he said. Gabriella screamed with delight and ran out the front door and around to the back of the house, Troy on her tail. Gabriella giggled and lost track of her feet. She crashed to the ground just as Troy grabbed onto her waist, pulling him down with her. Gabriella giggled nervously at their current position. She was laying on her back, and he was on top of her, suspending most of his body weight on his hands so he didn't crush her.

"Gotcha," he whispered. Gabriella giggled, but soon stopped as she realized his face was inching closer to hers. She gasped inwardly, but didn't let it show. Instead, she let her emotions take over and closer her eyes and leaned in as well.

"Troy, Chad's on the..." Lucille trailed off as she opened the sliding door. Troy jumped off of her and helped her up.

"We were just um," Troy said, scratching the back of his neck.

"Studying," Gabriella finished, her face becoming hot. Lucille looked at them sideways.

"Yeah, okay, anyway, Chad's on the phone, Troy," Lucille said, holding out a white cordless phone. Troy took the reciever and held it to his ear.

"Talk to me...yeah...about that, why the hell are you calling me on my house phone?...oh...I don't know, hold on...no I don't have to ask my mother...yeah I have a guest...my tutor...Gabriella...yeah her...shut up and hold on..." Troy said. He covered the hole at the bottom of the phone.

"Would you want to come hang out with the gang? Sharpay and Taylor will be there," Troy asked. Gabriella shrugged.

"Okay," she replied. Troy smiled brightly.

"Cool," he held the reciever back to his ear, "yes Chad...yes she's coming...where?...what the hell...ew, Chad!...I can't believe you called me in the middle of sex!...okay bye," Troy pressed the off button and shuddered. Gabriella giggled at him.

"What?" she asked, laughing.

"Sometimes I question my friendship with that guy," Troy said, placing the phone on the table on the patio.

"Well, Chad's got a pool, so we can swing by your house and pick up a suit if you want," Troy said, leading Gabriella into the house.

"Mom, we're going to Chad's," Troy called. He grabbed a white pair of swim trunks with the scrawled word 'Billabong' across the side. They walked outside to Troy's red Prius. They got in, and Troy turned it on and drove them to Gabriella's. Gabriella ran inside and grabbed her red and white striped string bikini.

"I'm going out!" she called. Ms. Montez entered the kitchen.

"Out with Troy?" she asked, a small smile etching across her face.

"Troy, and Sharpay, and Taylor, Chad, Kelsi, Jason, Zeke," Gabriella replied, walking out the door. She made her way back to the Prius, and they drove off to Chad's.

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"You forgave him? Aw, that's so sweet!" Sharpay gushed as she folded up her clothes. They were in the guest room at Chad's each changing into their bathing suit.

"Just as a friend," Gabriella reassured. The girls rolled their eyes as they went out to the pool. The boys were already outside, chucking water balls at Jason. Gabriella couldn't help but stare at Troy's washboard abs. He had the most luscious six pack she had ever seen. Sharpay nudged her in the side as the blond teen noticed the pair of blue eyes eyeing her best friend. Gabriella reluctantly tore her eyes away from Troy.

"What?" Gabriella whispered, annoyed with Sharpay.

"Troy is so checking you out," Sharpay exclaimed in a whispered. Gabriella's eyes widened and she blushed, looking away from Sharpay.

"And you liiiiike it," she added. They reached the side of the pool where the guys were collecting the water balls, getting ready to chuck them at Jason again.

"Jasey," Kelsi cooed, walking over to where Jason was cowering near a plant. He relaxed as she walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She turned her head to the boys, raising their arms to throw the balls at them and sent them death glares.

"Don't even think about it," she said menacingly. Then she turned back to Jason and they started making out.

"Okaaay, then," Troy said, looking back at Sharpay and Gabriella.

"So," Sharpay said, crossing her arms over her chest, "I saw you checking Gabi out." Gabriella gasped and hit her in the arm, trying to hide her blush. Troy scratched his neck nervously, trying to figure out a legitimate lie; for in fact, he had been checking Gabriella out.

"I wasn't uh, checking her out," Troy said, his face turning a deep scarlet color. Sharpay raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah? Then what were you doing?" she asked.

"Uh," Troy began.

"Troy boy!" Chad called.

"Gotta go!" Troy said, jogging over to where Chad and Zeke were standing.

"He was so checking you out," Sharpay concluding with a nod of her head. Gabriella shook her head in denial. Even though deep down, Troy was checking her out.

The boys jogged over to where Sharpay and Gabi were standing, minus Jason, who was still making out with Kelsi, and Chad, who was cuddling with Taylor on a lounge chair.

"Hello, girls," Zeke said, wrapping an arm around Sharpay's waist.

"Now!" Chad yelled from next to Taylor. Chad scooped up Taylor bridal style, Zeke scooped up Sharpay, and Troy scooped up Gabriella, and they carried them to the side of the pool.

"Don't you dare," Gabriella scolded at Troy, pointing her finger. Troy shrugged, as all three boys dumped the girls into the pool.

"You!" Sharpay said loudly. Gabriella smiled sweetly.

"Troy, will you help me out?" Gabriella asked, holding out her hand. Troy nodded and took her hand. Gabriella gripped his hand tightly as she pulled him into the pool. Chad and Zeke burst into laughter, not noticing Sharpay and Taylor get out of the pool and push them into the heated water.

"Hey!" Troy exclaimed after coming up from under water. Gabriella shrugged.

"Oops," she said with fake innocence. He rolled his eyes and took hold of her waist from behind and spun her around.

"Troy! Put me down!" Gabriella squealed. He shook his head.

"You pulled me in," he pointed out.

"You dropped me in first," Gabriella retorted. Troy nodded and put her down.

"Good point," he commented as Sharpay and Taylor got back in the pool.

"What do we do now?" Chad asked, his wet hair sticking to his face.

"Let's have a chicken fight," Zeke suggested. Sharpay squealed and swam to her boyfriend.

"Yeah! I'm with Zekey!" she exclaimed, climbing onto his back.

"I'm with Chaddie!" Taylor said, jumping on Chad's back and covering his eyes.

"Hey, I can't see!" he said, flailing his arms around. Taylor giggled and removed her hands, kissing his cheek.

"Then I guess I'm with...um...Troysie...?" Gabriella said, swimming over to Troy. He chuckled and hoisted her onto his shoulders.

"Don't drop me," she said, holding her arms out to the side for balance. He gripped onto her thighs tightly, balancing her on his shoulders.

"I won't, you're light, don't worry," he reassured.

"Okay, ready, set, go!" Sharpay exclaimed. Sharpay reached out and tried to push Gabriella off Troy's shoulders, only losing her losing her balance and falling off Zeke's shoulders with a splash.

"Ahk!" Sharpay said, pouting. Zeke patted her back sympathetically and they got out of the pool. Chad brought Taylor over to Troy and Gabi and the girls clasped hands, and started shoving each other. Gabi gave Taylor a last hard shove and she fell backwards off of Chad's shoulders.

"Woo Gabi!" Troy said, as she climbed off of his back. They high fived as Taylor came out from under the water.

"Good game," she said, trying to sound like a good sport.

"You guys cheated," Chad said, pouting.

"Don't pout," Troy said, hurrying Chad out of the water before he had a tantrum.

"But you did!" he whined. Gabriella rolled her eyes.

"Chad, why are you acting like a ten year old?" she asked, running a towel over her body.

"Because I always win chicken fights," Chad said, shaking his hair, sending drips of water everywhere.

"Well maybe Troy and Gabi are just a good team," Taylor said. Gabriella nodded and sat down on a lounge chair.

"Hey," Sharpay said, sitting down next to Gabi.

"Hi," Gabriella replied, sprawling out on the chair, letting the sun wash over her body.

"I think Troy's gonna ask you out soon," Sharpay said. Gabriella shook her head.

"No, he's so over me, I think he likes Stella Martin from P.E.," Gabriella replied, closing her eyes.

"Well, she does have a big ass, and she'd probably be an easy lay for him," Sharpay joked.

Gabriella opened her eyes and looked at her friend. "You don't think he really does like her, do you?" she asked.

"I don't know, but you just said..." Sharpay trailed off, fully processing Gabriella's comment. She squealed.

"You like him! You really like him!" she exclaimed. Gabriella glanced over at Troy, making sure he wasn't listening; he was over with Chad and Zeke, making fun of Jason and Kelsi for missing out on the entire chicken fight.

"No, I don't!" Gabriella hissed. Sharpay raised her eyebrows, not buying it.

"Yeah, okay, whatever you say; and you were so not checking Troy out earlier," she added the last part sarcastically. Gabriella rolled her eyes in defeat.

"Whatever."

"Uh, Sharpay..." Chad called in a scared voice. Sharpay snapped her head up, her huge white sunglasses falling down in her face.

"Where's Boi?" he asked, looking around. Sharpay stood up and flounced over to where her bags were sitting near the porch steps.

"He's in his..." she trailed off as she looked into the empty dog carrier.

"CHAD DANFORTH!" she screamed, furious. Chad ran around to the other side of the pool, opposite of where Sharpay was standing.

"How do you know it was me?!" he exclaimed as a fuming Sharpay stared at him with daggers in her eyes.

"Because you're the one running away from me, you're the one who asked where he was , and you're the one I'm about to strangle in about three seconds if you don't find him!" Sharpay screeched. Chad took this outburst as a signal to run. He ran out the gate and out of sight with Sharpay at his heels, her hot pink beach robe (A/N: I don't know what they're called...think' Fabulous') flowing behind her.

"Gee, I hope she finds him," Taylor said.

"Who, Chad or Boi?" Troy asked, laughing. Taylor rolled her eyes and changed the subject.

"So Troy, you got a prom date yet?"she asked, twirling her hair. He raised his eyebrows.

"You aren't asking me to be your date, are you?" Troy asked, nervous. Taylor shook her head and made a face.

"No, no, of course not! I was just wondering."

"Well, I don't really have a date yet," he said, scratching the back of his neck and glancing at Gabriella.

"What about you, Gab?"

"I don't know if I'm going, I mean, a lot of guys just want to go with me to boost their popularity image," Gabriella shrugged.

"Aw, come on, you have to go," Troy whined. Gabriella rolled her eyes.

"Maybe if I can get a date in time," she said, shrugging again.

"I know! You and Troy can go together! Troy doesn't need to boost his image, because he's already as popular as it gets!" Taylor exclaimed. Gabriella's eyes widened and she turned beet red.

"Um..." Troy said, scratching the back of his neck.

"Of course, it wouldn't work if you don't ask her formerly," Taylor commented, putting her hands on her hips.

"Well, uh, Gabi, do you want to, um, go to the p-prom with m-me?" Troy stuttered nervously. Gabriella blushed and giggled.

"Sure, I'd love to," she replied, smiling up at him. Taylor squealed and bounced away.

"Did Taylor just set us up to go to the prom?" Gabriella asked, her face turning red.

"Yeah, I think she did. I mean, you don't have to go with me if you don't want to..." Troy rambled. Gabriella put her finger on his lips to silence him.

"Did I not just say I'd love to go to the prom with you? Now shut up. You talk to much," she said, walking away from Troy. He gazed at her from behind. He loved everything about her. Her perfect body, the way she left him speechless when she talked to him, the way her smile lit up a room - everything.

That's it! I hope you liked it!

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