Chapter 10: Girl Fight

Gabriella is putting her books and binder in her locker. When she closes her locker, she feels warm hands covering her eyes.

"Taylor?" No answer.

"Chad?" No answer.

"My awesomely, cute, and even delicious boyfriend, Troy Bolton?" She then sees light and turns around.

"Hi awesomely cute and even delicious boyfriend," Gabriella says. She giggles at her own joke.

"Hello my beautiful lady." Troy replies, giving her a sweet kiss on the lips. Gabriella blushes.

"What are we doing today on a pretty Friday night?"

"Well, I was thinking that we could go to my friend, Jordan's party tonight."

"I don't know. My mom doesn't trust those parties. There are always drugs and alcohol and sex."

"Not this one. Jordan's uncle is 21 and he's a Marine. He's gonna make sure there's no drugs, alcohol, and sex going on. And he's a pretty cool guy and knows what kind of songs we listen to."

"Sure. He acts hip, but he is an adult." Troy grabs Gabriella's hand, holding it. Gabriella blushes. Every time Troy does something romantic or boyfriend-like stuff, she blushes.

"You can ask your mom and I'll pick and bring you back to your house by your curfew hour."

"Okay, maybe. I'll ask my mom. She knows I don't get into those kinds of troubles anyways, so she can trust me."

"Okay, I'll call you later to ask if you can come. If you are, dress casually. It doesn't matter, because you'll always be beautiful to me." Troy kisses her on the cheek. Gabriella blushes (third time).

"Alright, I'll be waiting for your voice."

"Bye, baby."

"Bye, honey." Troy walks to his car. Gabriella was planning to walk with Taylor to her own house. Taylor suddenly appears and they start to walk to Gabriella's house.

"So Troy told me that there's a party at his friend's house."

"Yeah. Chad invited me for some reason."

"Well, are you going?"

"I don't want to be alone, so if you're not going, then I'm not."

"I just have to ask my mom."

"Okay." Taylor changes the subject. "Did you know Sharpay's going too?"

"What?"

"She always goes to the parties. She never misses one. Sometimes Ryan doesn't go with her."

"Ugh. I bet she's gonna do something to make me and Troy break up."

"I don't doubt that. What if she does?"

"You don't even want to know. Last time I got really mad, I slapped that girl's face."

"Are you really that violent?"

"No, I just become really physical when I'm really mad."

"Oh. Well, I hope you don't. It'll be scary."

"It is."

They keep talking until they got to Gabriella's house. They asked Ms. Montez if Gabriella can go to the party and Ms. Montez said she could go as long as she brings her cell phone. They go upstairs and pick an outfit that's casual but will knock Troy off his feet. They finally decided on a navy blue Hollister shirt with a big eagle on it and a denim Hollister skirt. She puts her dark pink Razr into her skirt pocket. She puts up her hair into a loose high ponytail. Taylor goes back to her house to pick out her outfit while Gabriella waits for Troy to pick her up. She hears the doorbell ring.

"I'll get it." Gabriella runs to the door and finds Troy in his East High t-shirt, Hollister jeans, and Abercrombie navy green flip flops.

"Hey. Let's go." Gabriella puts on her white Aeropostale flip flops and walks out of her house.

"You look cute today." Troy kisses her cheek and as usual, Gabriella blushes. They get into Troy's car and drives to a house she never seen before.

"Let's go in. And don't worry if you've never been to this house before, you'll find your regular friends in here. It's only sophomores." Gabriella nods and walks out of the car. They go in to find tons of their friends. Troy didn't need to worry Gabriella not finding her friends because she immediately found Taylor and Kelsi. Troy went to find Chad, Zeke, and Jason.

"So I saw Sharpay here," Kelsi said.

"The usual," Taylor said.

"Well, let's go get some drinks." Gabriella brought Kelsi and Taylor to the drinks table where they had a cup of punch.

"So how's you and Troy?" Taylor asked.

"We're cool right now," Gabriella replied.

"Isn't that Troy with Sharpay over there?" Kelsi pointed out. Taylor and Gabriella see Sharpay grabbing Troy's hand and pulling him upstairs.

"I'll be right back," Gabriella said, going through the crowd and heading Troy and Sharpay's way. Taylor follows while Kelsi goes to find Jason.

The time Troy and Gabriella goes in the house

Troy goes to find Chad, Zeke, and Jason. He finds them sitting near the DJ table.

"What's up guys?" Troy asked.

"Nothing, just sitting here talking. This party isn't going so well with the girls talking on the other side," Chad said.

"Yeah, all the girls just want to talk before going to dance," Zeke answered.

"Well, we can just sit here and chat for a while and then ask the girls to dance later," Jason said.

"Hi Troy." They all see Sharpay standing at the end of the couch next to Chad.

"Hey Sharpay," Troy replied.

"I have something for you upstairs. Can you come with me?"

"Why can't you just bring it down?"

"It's kind of heavy. That's why I want you to come upstairs and I'll help you carry it downstairs."

"Fine." Sharpay grabs Troy's hand, which felt something wrong to Troy, and dragged him upstairs. When Sharpay takes Troy to a dark room, she closed the door behind her.

"So where's the stuff?" Troy asked.

"She's right here." Sharpay crashes her lips onto Troy's. Troy pulls back.

"What are you doing?"

"I know you're still interested in me. You still like me; you're only getting that slut to help you make me jealous."

"No I'm not. I actually like Gabriella."

"C'mon, everybody knows you want me." Sharpay leans in and roughly puts her lips onto Troy's forcefully. Troy tries to pull back, but Sharpay was holding on too hard. Then they both hear a door opening really loud.

Gabriella sees Troy and Sharpay making out near the closet doors. "I can't believe you, Troy Bolton!" Gabriella leaves, going downstairs and leaving the house.

"Gabriella, wait!" Troy finally pulls back and runs after Gabriella. He grabs her arm and puts his hand over her waist.

"Let go of me!" Gabriella tries to pull her wrist, but Troy just pulls her into a hug. Gabriella pulls back and runs out of the house. When she is in the front yard, Troy just sits next to her.

"Why would you cheat on me?"

"I didn't. Sharpay kissed me first. She said I was still interested in her when I'm not."

"But you didn't pull back."

"I couldn't. She was pushing too hard."

"You don't understand a girl's feelings huh, Troy? You just don't get that when we see our only boyfriend making out with another girl, it hurts us."

"I know. I'm sorry." He pulls her into a hug, this time she doesn't pull away. "I do love you. I really love you." Troy's eyes were open; he couldn't believe he just said that. Gabriella pulls back. "You what?"

"I um… I la... la... laove... I love… you. I love you. I love you!" Troy stood up and punched his fist in the air. "I love Gabriella Montez!" Gabriella giggled.

"I love you too, Troy Bolton." Troy smiled and leaned in. Gabriella lightly pushes her lips onto his; giving him a deep and compassionate kiss. Thirty two seconds later, Gabriella pulls back.

"Now I have one more thing to do."

"What's that?" Troy asked.

"To give an evil bitch a piece of my mind." Gabriella said, going back into the house.

"Gabriella, wait!" Troy follows her, trying to catch up. He was too late when he saw Gabriella walking up to Sharpay, who was at the bar drinking a coke.

"Hey Gabriella!"

"Don't hey Gabriella me. You know you did something."

"What did I do?"

"Act all innocent huh? Let me remind you what you did. You pulled my boyfriend into an empty room and then tried to kiss him so he could be reminded that he was missing out on a cool relationship. But it didn't work. In fact, you made it all better."

"What?!"

"Yeah, because of you, Troy had the courage to tell me he loves me. For the first time."

"You did what?" Chad said, appearing out of nowhere.

"You heard what she said," Troy said.

"Well, he told me he loved me too. We lost our virginity together too." Gabriella was so pissed, she just blew up in her face and slapped her in the face.

"Ooo. Dude, two girls are fighting over you. One's the ex and the other's the current." Chad said. Then all of a sudden, Sharpay and Gabriella were pulling each other's hair and trying to slap or kick each other. Troy and Chad tries to pull them apart, but they got hurt themselves. Jordan's uncle was coming up, but then he thought the teenagers can handle this themselves.

"Bitch!"

"Slut!"

"Whore!"

"Dick sucker!"

"PROSTITUTE!!!" Gabriella yelled.

"YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!" Sharpay snapped back.

"I JUST DID!" Sharpay charged towards Gabriella, but Gabriella kicked her in the leg, which lost Sharpay's balance.

"UGH!!!!!!" Sharpay ran outside.

The whole crowd went back to the dancing, but this time there was whispers everywhere.

"Woah, Gabriella. You just beat Sharpay in a fight," Chad said. Gabriella didn't answer, she just ran upstairs to the empty room that Sharpay and Troy were kissing in. She silently cried her guts out when she hears the door open a little.

"Gabriella…"

"Go away, Troy. If you're going to break up with me, just do it now and leave me alone."

"I'm not going to break up with you. I just think you have some anger issues."

"I was never like this before my dad died."

"How come?"

"I was just too shy before, but then when my dad died in a car accident, I just used violence to solve my problems."

"Well, we can go through it together. Without violence."

"I don't want the best thing that ever happened to me be taken away from me."

"And what's that?"

Gabriella looks up and looks at Troy. "You."

Troy puts his hands around her waist. "You were the best thing that ever happened to me too. Ever since five years old."

"You saw me when I was five years old. I was all quiet and shy. But now, I'm just a girl who use violence as a way to protect herself."

"Well, now you don't need violence to protect yourself. You have me to protect you. Isn't me better than violence?" Gabriella giggled.

"Yeah, it's way better." Troy looked at her and kissed her forehead.

"We'll go through life together. Hand in hand. When you feel like you're going through it by yourself, think again."

"Troy, you're the best thing that ever happened to me. I'm not going to let you go because of the challenges." Gabriella kissed him tenderly. Troy kisses back, deepening it. They moved onto the bed without breaking the kiss. Troy's hand was rubbing the side of her waist. Gabriella's hands were in Troy's shirt, rubbing his back. Troy's mouth went down from her mouth to her neck. Troy was sucking it when Gabriella moaned a little, still rubbing Troy's back. Troy pulls back and laid on the side of the bed, next to Gabriella.

"Hey, look, you got a hickey," Troy pointed out. Gabriella shot up and looked in the mirror.

"Troy Bolton! I didn't want a hickey."

"Well, you didn't pull away, telling me to stop."

"I didn't know that I was gonna get a hickey if I didn't pull back." Troy got up and puts his arms around her waist, kissing her neck again.

"Troy, I'm thirsty. Your mouth wasn't enough for me to drink. I'm going to go downstairs."

"Not till you give me a kiss." Troy puckered his lips. Gabriella leaned in towards the mouth, but then kissed him on the cheek. "Bye, lover boy." Gabriella laughed and opened the door. Troy followed her, but went a separate way when they got downstairs. Gabriella grabbed a cup and poured punch into it. She took a sip in it when she saw Sharpay sitting near the pool through the window. She went outside to the pool. She sits next to Sharpay, who was swishing her legs in the water.

"Gabriella, I want to say I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't use violence to tell you back off."

"I was just so jealous. You had the guy I wanted just because I ruined it with him. You also had the better voice. That's why you won the contest during lunch that day."

"You had a good voice too."

"But not as good as you."

"We could of ended up as friends if we didn't judged each other from the beginning."

"Yeah, so friends?" Sharpay opened her arms.

"Yeah." Gabriella pulled Sharpay into a hug.

"Oh my god! Another girlfight!" They both hear Chad yelled. Chad and Troy were walking up to the girls.

"No, we're friends now." Sharpay smiled at Gabriella, who smiled back.

"So we're cool, Sharpay?" Troy asked.

"Yeah. I'm sorry for taking advantage of you."

"It's alright, as long as you don't do it again." He puts his arm around Gabriella's waist. Gabriella put her head on Troy's shoulder.

"Well, me and Gabriella better go. It's getting late." He grabs Gabriella's hand and dragged her to the car.

"Did you have fun?" Troy asked.

"Yes I did. I have another friend and I got my first hickey with my boyfriend." Troy raised his eyebrows.

"What if your mom finds out?"

"I'll just tell her the truth. I mean, she does know we're going out."

"Yeah, but if she tries to kill me, you have to protect me. Just like I'll protect you."

"Of course, but if my mom tries to kill you, I'll be at the couch laughing my ass off."

"Oh, how rude." Gabriella laughed. She didn't know she was already at her house when Troy finished his sentence.

"I'll call you tomorrow."

"Okay." Gabriella kissed him on the lips and walked out of the car. She walked into the house, closing the door behind her. She blushes when she thought of Troy giving her first hickey. Then she went up to her room.

A/N: This is the longest chapter I've ever written. It took me till 4:00 a.m. to write this. So better appreciate it and R&R. I want lots of reviews on this one.