"You kissed him?" Was all Gabriella heard her sister say. It was the morning after the party.
"Yes." Gabriella replied. "Now why the hell are you yelling?"
"Well I'm shocked." Lola said, defensively. "Are you hung over?" Gabriella nodded. "But you had like one drink at the party."
Gabriella shut her eyes, "Add on the four shots I had when I got home."
Lola got into her sister's bed, "Well was it like a quick peck or a full on French kiss?" She asked, raising her eyebrows.
Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Neither. It was more towards the French side. But no tongue."
"Oh." Lola said.
"Now Troy is ignoring all my calls, texts, and e-mails." Gabriella said, glumly.
Lola rolled her eyes, "Duh. You just had you're tongue shoved down his throat a few hours ago. I'd be weirded out too."
"I was a harmless kiss." Gabriella protested. "If I wanted it to be something more, it would have been something more."
"Well what happens if he tells Michelle?" Lola questioned.
Gabriella shrugged, "I don't care. Michelle doesn't scare me." She said, truthfully. She decided to send Troy one more text.
Gabriella: can we talk please?
"Why don't you give him time?" Lola asked.
"Because giving him time will give him time to get angry over the situation." Gabriella answered. She smiled as she felt her phone vibrate.
Troy: ok
Gabriella: can I come over? We should talk in person
Troy: fine w/ me
Gabriella: I will b over in a few minutes.
~At Troy's House~
"Hi." Gabriella said to Troy as she stepped into his house.
"Hey." Troy replied. They both sat down.
Gabriella took a deep breath, "I'm really sorry about last night."
Troy chuckled, "I'm actually pretty cool about it."
"I don't know what came over me. I usually have great control over myself when I'm around guys." Gabriella continued. She didn't realize she was rambling.
Troy put his hand over her mouth to keep her from talking, "Apology accepted."
Gabriella smiled, "So can we go back to being best friends again."
"Duh Montez." Troy said, giving her a hug. "But I have to tell Michelle."
Gabriella snorted, "No you don't."
Troy looked at her with confusion, "Keeping secrets is something you must do in Manhattan, but Albuquerque is a small town with big mouths. And she's my girlfriend."
Gabriella laughed, "You act like we fucked each other or something. It was a simple kiss. No harm done."
"I feel like I cheated on her, Brie." Troy told her with a guilty look in his eyes.
"Do whatever you got to do but don't lie and say I only kissed you. Because you kissed me back." Gabriella said. That caught Troy off guard.
Troy shook his head, "No I didn't Gabriella."
Gabriella nodded, "Bolton, you kissed me back. But you can deny all you want, though. You wanted to kiss me and that's alright. Its natural that you're attracted to other girls while in a relationship with someone else."
Troy laughed, "But I didn't kiss you." He protested.
"Ok Troy. You should have pulled back then. Your eyes were closed and you liked it." Gabriella said conceitedly. She got up and grabbed her coat, "I'll see you Monday." She leaves. Once she leaves, Troy dials Michelle's number.
"Hey babe." Michelle greeted as soon as she answered.
"Can you come over? We need to talk." Troy asked.
"Of course. I'll be there in a few." Michelle says as she hangs up.
~10 Minutes Later~
"So what's up?" Michelle asked as she sat in Troy's kitchen.
"Last night after the party, I dropped Gabriella off at her house." Troy started.
Michelle shrugged, "So what?"
Troy took a deep breath, "And she kissed me."
Michelle's jaw clenched, "Really?"
"I didn't kiss her though." Troy lied.
"Are you sure?" Michelle asked.
Troy nodded, "Positive."
"Ok." Michelle said, shaking it off. On the inside she was shaking and wanted to kill Gabriella slowly and painfully.
Troy had a shocked look on his face, "You're ok?"
"Yeah. It was just a kiss." Michelle said. "I gotta go." She gives Troy a kiss on the cheek and walks out of his house.
~The Next Morning~
Everybody was waiting outside the gates of the school since no one was allowed onto campus yet. Michelle thought it would be the perfect opportunity to have a "talk" with Gabriella. She walked over to Gabriella and pulled her aside. "Look bitch, I know."
Gabriella looked at her as if she was speaking Japanese, "Know what?"
"That your slut ass kissed my boyfriend." Michelle answered.
Gabriella laughed and shrugged, "So what?"
Michelle was getting pissed "Why can't you have your own stuff?"
"Ask Troy. He kissed me back." Gabriella replied. "What was the purpose of this bullshit, Michelle? You just wasted like three minutes of my time." The bell rang.
"This isn't over bitch." Michelle spat as she walked off.
~After P.E.~
"Guess what I did?" Michelle asked her best friends.
"You cussed someone out?" One of Michelle's friends, Paige guessed.
Michelle shook her head and dug something out of her bag, "I stole Gabriella's clothes. She has nothing but her underwear and shoes." She dangled Gabriella's clothes in the air.
Kelly, another one of Michelle's friends, gasped. "Oh wow. Good one. Look her she comes." Kelly pointed to Gabriella and Michelle's jaw dropped.
Gabriella walked down the hall in her red Burberry trench coat and red Christian Louboutin heels. She acted as if Michelle hadn't done anything to her. She stopped at Michelle's locker. "Nice try Michelle. My mom is a designer. I picked up a few things. If a war is what you want, then a war is what you get. Bring it on, bitch." She took her clothes out of Michelle's hands and walked into the bathroom.
Kelly laughed nervously, "This is going to be a very long year."