Some Like It Hot

trumpetrulez101

I got so many reviews for chapter 11! I'm so happy! My goal is 300-350 by chapter 13. This is chapter 12, so please help me! I get so inspired to write when I see my review number jump up 50! You guys are awesome!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical. If I did, my cell phone debt would be gone by now.

Troy was in the gym, burying his head in his hands. What had he done? He had lost the girl he loved.

Despite what Gabriella said, he had been drunk. Ridiculously drunk. He was completely wasted, and it was her fault.

Pam had told him she had seen Gabriella and Zeke in the kitchen kissing fervently. Angry, he had several drinks, and before he knew it, Pam was leading him upstairs to the guest room.

He had always thought she was a total nerd- and she was. She had asked him out several times, only to walk away sniffling because he had said no.

"I mean, really, did she actually think I would go out with her?" Troy wondered aloud. "She was so...ick. A real...sorry Pam...loser."

But he remembered that it was Pam, the school nerd, who he ended up losing his virginity to, so maybe that made him the loser.

He suddenly went into a flashback.

"Troy...can I talk to you?" A nervous Pam asked as she walked up to Troy at his locker.

"Oh...hey Pam. Um, now isn't really a great time, I'm waiting for Gabriella, sorry." Troy said casually, looking down at her.

"Look Troy, it's important!" She protested, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Oh geez, don't cry, OK, what's up?" He asked gently, taking her aside.

"I'm pregnant." She murmured, wiping her tears.

"I'm...so sorry?" Troy said questionably, obviously confused.

"Troy...it's your baby." She said as though this were obvious.

"There's no way. I mean we didn't even...oh my God." Troy suddenly remembered the party.

Pam sniffed, and nodded.

"Are you sure it's mine?" Troy asked her seriously, staring intently.

"Positive. I don't go to parties anymore, and I don't have a boyfriend." She murmured.

"Oh Pam...I'm so sorry." Troy whispered, hugging her in a completely friendly manner.

"I should go. I don't think I'll be coming back to school Troy. Please don't tell anyone." She pleaded, tears trickling down her cheek.

"Alright, whatever you want." Troy promised as she walked away.

"Troy where are you!" Gabriella called, looking for her boyfriend.

"Right here!" He answered, and took her hand.

"What's wrong? Is someone sick?" She asked, getting worried.

"Gabriella...remember the party where Pam and I..." Gabriella nodded, not wanting him to finish the sentence.

"She's pregnant." Troy confessed, and Gabriella stared at him, before bursting into tears.

"Baby what's wrong?" Troy asked taking her hand.

"You're leaving me so you and Pam can have your baby aren't you?" Gabriella whispered, looking away.

"No! I would never leave you. Yes, Pam and I made a mistake. I'm going to support her, if she tells me where she's going...she said she was dropping out of school. But I would never leave you! Do you understand?" Troy said firmly, taking Gabriella's hands in his.

She nodded, wiped her tears, and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm sorry for the crying jag."

"It's fine...I'm still in shock. Pam Thompson is having my...baby." Troy said in shock.

"It's a shock for me too Troy." Gabriella assured him, grinning weakly.

"I will always love you." Troy murmured, rubbing her hand with his thumb.

"I will never ever not love you." Gabriella replied quietly as they walked down the hall together.

Troy's eyes had watered up now at the memory.

The gym door slammed open, and the sound of heels clicking across the floor filled the room.

"Oh. You're still here." Gabriella muttered and turned.

"Gabs, wait." Troy sprang down from the bleachers and took her arm.

"Let me go." She said dully.

"I will if you listen to me." Troy stated.

"Fine." She mumbled.

"I know you never actually saw me drinking, but I was very drunk. Pam told me that you and Zeke were in the kitchen making out. I got so angry that I went and got wasted very quickly. I don't know what happened, but the next thing I knew, Pam and I were going upstairs." Troy said in a rush.

"She...told you I was cheating on you?" Gabriella said in shock.

"I promise." Troy looked at her, his eyes pleading her to forgive him.

"I can't forgive you. Yet." Gabriella added, seeing his face fall.

"Gabriella I'd do anything to get you to forgive me!"

"I know. And I appreciate that. But I just need some...time." She said with a sigh.

"And I'll give you time baby." Troy assured her with a weak grin.

"I'd kind of prefer you didn't call me baby while we're just friends." Gabriella said softly.

"Just...friends?" Troy said, his mind reeling.

"I think I made it perfectly clear that we were breaking up earlier..."

"I didn't think you were serious!"

"I was dead serious. I need time to think things through. Just...be my friend. Please." She added gently.

"Alright, but I'm not going to date other girls." Troy stated. She smiled softly.

"You're not committed to me Troy. You can date other girls." Gabriella murmured.

"I don't want to date another girl. She wouldn't compare to you in the slightest. Besides, she'd get mad, because my thoughts were of you all the time." Troy said honestly.

"You're such a flirt." Gabriella commented with a slight smile.

"I know...sorry." Troy pouted. "Forgive me yet?"

"Not yet Troy!" She exclaimed laughing softly.

Several weeks had passed. Gabriella and Troy were still friends, to Troy's dismay. They had grown closer than ever as friends,when they were alone, but to the students' eyes, the bitter feud went on.

Troy slammed his locker shut, and the blonde girl leaning next to it smirked.

He glanced over and started suddenly. "Can I help you?" He asked uncertainly.

"Hi Troy...looking hot." She murmured, trailing a finger along his chest.

"Who are you again?" He asked in shock from her touch. 'Gabriella used to do that...' he thought sadly.

"I'm hurt that you don't even recognize the mother of your first child!" The girl exclaimed.

"PAM?" His jaw dropped.

"Hey baby." She murmured and kissed him desperately.

"You're not Pam...Pam was fattish, flat, had big coke-bottle glasses, and her hair was limp, stringy and brown. You're not Pam." He insisted.

"People change." Pam said with a shrug.

"You've definitely changed..." Troy noted with approval. She had lost weight- a lot of weight. She was tall and slim, and she had the body of a developed woman, he noted appreciatively, her hair was golden blonde, thick and shiny. Her glasses had been swapped for baby-blue colored contacts. Much better than before, he thought with a smirk, all thoughts of Gabriella gone from his mind.

"What are you staring at Troy?" She asked with a small grin.

"You. Where's the baby?" He asked, looking around, eager to see his child.

"I thought my parents told you...Angel died- well, drowned- in the womb." Pam's eyes moistened at the thought of her perfect little girl. Perfect except for the blue tinge to her skin.

Troy's eyes widened. "She...died?" He grasped for the words.

Pam nodded, and a lone tear fell down her cheek. Troy wiped it away with his thumb gently.

"Pam...Gabriella and I aren't together anymore." He decided to tell her.

"I wasn't wondering. I was planning on hooking up with you even if you were still together." She said seriously.

"Pam...will you go out with me?" Troy asked nervously before she kissed him tenderly. He remembered kissing Gabriella like that.

Troy remembered that Gabriella said he could date other girls...so what was stopping him?

Pam let out a long moan and wrapped her legs around Troy's waist, not breaking the kiss as he pressed her harder into the lockers.

When they broke the kiss, Troy shook hair out of his eyes, and stared at her.

"As fun as that was, I've got a class to go to. I'm back at East High Troy...for good." She added, walking off.

Word spread fast, and it wasn't long before Gabriella approached Troy.

"So what's this about you hooking up with Pam Thompson?" She asked, partially happy for her friend, but mostly pissed off at Pam for stealing her ex-boyfriend.

"Yeah...she's back. And we're going out...the baby died." Troy said softly.

"So now would be a bad time to tell you my news..." Gabriella muttered.

"No, tell me, please." Troy begged, taking her hand.

"You have a girlfriend Troy. I can't do this to her." Gabriella removed her hand gently.

"What were you going to say?"

"I was going to say that I forgave you, and I wanted to get back together." Gabriella confessed, tears welling up.

"Gabs..." Troy didn't know what to say, so he just hugged her.

"I won't be the other woman Troy. So...go be with Pam."

"No Gabriella, if you and I both feel that way then we should just be together!"

"No Troy. I'm not going to take Pam's boyfriend. I'm sorry." Gabriella sighed and shook her head as she walked off.

"Gabriella?" Troy called after the girl.

She didn't turn, but instead started to cry and ran down the hallway, into the cafeteria and up the stairs to the roof-top garden. Once there, she broke down crying.

She didn't hear the footsteps until a shadow fell across her.

Looking up, she saw Zach, a team mate of Troy's, standing in front of her.

"Are you alright? I mean, I haven't seen much of you since you quit cheer leading and dancing, but still, are you okay?" He asked concerned.

"I'm...no. I'm not okay." She admitted, and started to cry again.

"Do you...want to talk about it?" He asked, sitting down next to her.

She shook her head, wiped her eyes, and smiled up at him.

"Thanks for coming and checking on me."

"Hey, I do it for all the beautiful girls that run by me crying." Zach joked, nervously taking her hand.

She looked up at him. "Zach, I..." She trailed off.

"I know we hardly know each other, but I think you're beautiful, smart, funny, kind...and I just want to get to know you better Gabriella. Will you...go out with me?" He asked, his voice shaking.

Gabriella smiled. "I think you're so sweet." She murmured, kissing his cheek and standing up. "But there's this guy I like right now, and it wouldn't be fair to you." She admitted.

"Can we be friends?" Zach asked.

"I'd like that." Gabriella said softly and they walked downstairs together, talking about anything that came to their minds.

"So who is it you like?" Zach asked.

"Promise you won't tell?"

Zach nodded.

"Troy Bolton."

His eyes widened.

"We should so totally mess with his mind. He likes me too. But he's going out with this blonde girl, Pam or something." Gabriella said bitterly.

"Mess with his mind? How?"

"Like, pretend that you're my boyfriend and make him jealous." Gabriella said as the idea came to her.

"Great idea! Plus, I'll get to be your boyfriend whenever we're near Troy." Zach said with a grin.

"Ah, this is going to be a wonderful friendship." Gabriella said with a laugh.

"What grade are you in anyway?" She asked suddenly.

"I'm a junior." Zach admitted.

Troy was standing at his locker with his arm around Pam's waist when Gabriella and Zach walked down the hall.

Zach, seeing Troy, glanced down at Gabriella, who grinned up at him. "Ready?" She mouthed, trying not to laugh. He merely nodded.

Gabriella pulled Zach down and kissed him fervently, backing him against a wall and pressing herself against him.

Troy's eyes widened, and his jaw dropped open slightly.

Gabriella, moaning gently now, took Zach's hand and slowly guided it towards the hem of her shirt.

Zach took this hint as his hand crept up higher.

Troy was fuming, but kept himself calm.

"Slut." Pam coughed in Gabriella's general direction.

"Excuse me?" Gabriella whirled around, a smile plastered on her face.

"I called you a slut." Pam said slowly, as if Gabriella didn't quite comprehend.

"Who's the one who got pregnant?" Gabriella asked icily as she and Zach walked off, holding in their laughter.

"Troy!" Pam shrieked, clawing at his arm.

"Yeah?" Troy shook his head, trying to clear the sexual display he had just witnessed from his mind.

"Did you hear what she said to me?" Pam cried, staring at him, her perfectly glossed mouth pouting angrily. (There's a picture of Pam in my profile, well a link to a picture anyway.)

"She called you a slut?" Troy asked not quite sure.

"Yes! What are you going to do?" Pam demanded.

"I don't know..."

"Well go talk to her!" Pam shrieked and shoved him off after her.

Troy stumbled, but regained his footing and went off to find Gabriella.

She and Zach were talking about something when he jerked her arm and pulled her down a hallway.

She stared at him, but didn't complain when Troy interlocked his fingers with her and began to pull her down the hallway as he ran.

As he slowed down and turned into a darkened class room, Gabriella stumbled and fell into him.

"I think we're alone now." Troy panted, staring at her.

"I realize that Troy. Now what are we doing here?" She asked calmly.

"We need to talk."

"So talk."

"I like Pam."

"Well that's just great!" Gabriella exclaimed, the same fake smile painted on her face.

"But not as much as I like...love you." Troy added, taking her hand in his.

"Troy what are you trying to say?" She asked, her eyes filling with tears.

"I love you. And I can't be without you." Troy confessed, locking eyes with her.

"What about Pam?" Gabriella asked, worry crossing her face.

"Pam is...nothing to me. What about Zach? I mean he got under your shirt!" Troy exclaimed, jealousy etched across his face.

"He got under the bra too." Gabriella muttered, looking down. "That's what we were arguing about. We're using each other. He's using me to satisfy his...urges...and I was using him to make you jealous. Did it work?" She asked hopefully, looking up.

"It did work. You don't know how hard I was trying to switch places with Zach at that moment." Troy murmured, his arms snaking around her waist.

"Mr. Bolton...I get the vibe that your intentions are less than honorable." Gabriella whispered, grinning at him.

"No more dishonorable than Mr. Zach's own intentions." Troy declared, kissing her with urgency, one hand still around her waist, the other moving slowly up her fitted "East High Cheer" shirt.

"Mr. Bolton, I think we should stop before..." Gabriella sighed, and closed her eyes.

"How do they make these shirts so tight? How did Zach get his hand up the shirt and her bra?" Troy thought to himself as he carefully laid Gabriella down on the cleared off table, only to lay beside her and continue his previous exploration of her body. (Don't worry,there's no sex.)

Gabriella sighed again as Troy's hand went down the curve of her body, resting there, and as his other hand tried to pry up her Lycra "East High Cheer" shirt.

Finally, she decided it would be easier if she just took the shirt off. Peeling it off, she threw it down on the ground and went back to kissing Troy, who took kindly to her shirt being missing. (Still no sex.)

There was a screech as the lights flickered on. Pam was standing in the doorway of the classroom, light switch still in hand, her mouth open in a scream of anger, horror, and disgust.

Troy sat up quickly, removed his hands from Gabriella's body, and stood up to approach her.

"It's not what it-" He was cut off by a sharp slap.

"It's over." Pam hissed and stalked out of the room.

Gabriella started cracking up with hysterical laughter.

Troy flipped the lights off again, and walked over to the lab table, smirking down at Gabriella, who merely stretched and smiled up at him.

"Well Ms. Montez...I've got you half-naked...what am I going to do with you?" Troy tapped his chin thoughtfully as he sat on the table. (Still no sex.)

Gabriella grinned and sat up to face him.

"You really are gorgeous." Troy commented, hands roving her body, as she laid down and pulled him down with her.

"How far are we going to let this go?" She breathed, getting a bit nervous.

"Not much farther." Troy assured her, looking into her eyes.

"It doesn't seem quite fair...I'm shirtless, but still with my bra, and you're completely clothed." Gabriella looked thoughtful.

"What clothing article would you like me to remove?" Troy asked, his eyes twinkling.

"Actually, I'd prefer you two didn't remove any more pieces of clothing." A voice declared as the lights switched on suddenly.

Oooooh who is it? You can go ahead and guess, but I already know, and I already have the next chapter written! Yay! I'm just waiting for a few reviews on this chapter. Please tell me what you thought!