Chapter 13

T as in Testosterone?

This is where the Rated-M comes in. ;)

It was two weeks after the stair incident. Gabriella was healing fine. Her rib didn't hurt anymore and neither did her head.

"Hey, Sel, come here," Gabriella said. It was Friday after school and the whole gang was hanging out at Rosie's house. Gabriella had gone into the house.

Selena came into the house and to the bathroom where Gabriella was. "What?"

"Wanna paint me purple?" Gabriella asked as she held up a purple paint bucket and brush. Selena's eyes went wide. "What the hell, G? Why do you want to paint yourself purple?"

"Because I'm bored and Cooke and Naomi from Real World: Las Vegas painted themselves blue and I want to see how it feels."

Selena laughed. "I remember that episode. Here, give me the brush." Selena popped open the paint bucket and Gabriella took off the over-sized tee so she was back in her bikini. Selena dipped the brush into the paint and started painting Gabriella. "I'll look so pretty," Gabriella said. "A nice little creation."

Selena laughed and pulled back from painting her torso. Twenty minutes later, she was done both her and Gabriella. "Aw, sis, you look so pretty."

"Aw, so do you. C'mon, let's go show everyone." Gabriella and Selena quickly moved out of the bathroom and out back. Sammy was the first one to see them. He pushed the pool noodle away from him and laughed at them. "Hi! You guys look purple."

"Thanks," they said together. Everyone looked their way. "OMG, this is so Real World," Acelyn said. Charlene nodded.

"What in the world is going on?" Rosie asked. "Why are you two painted purple?"

"You guys are purple…" Troy muttered. "Fucking purple."

"Hey, potty mouth, watch the crass language," Maxine said. "Why are you two purple?"

"Well, it seems you all have questions," Selena said. "It was all Gabriella's idea. We look pretty, anyway."

"No, you guys look ridiculous, actually," Chad piped. "Damn, it's kind of hot."

"What planet are you from?" Ryan said.

"Oh, you people just hate," Gabriella said and plopped down in a chair. Selena sat down next to her. "Troy, I want a kiss," Gabriella whined five minutes later.

"I so cannot take you seriously when you're purple," Troy muttered. "I mean, you're purple."

"Yes, for the tenth time."

"Okay, girls, clean up," Rosie said. "Time for dinner and I don't want paint on my chairs."

"Aw, I like being purple," Selena whined.

"That's nice. Now, go get cleaned up. I'll take everyone home after."

"Wait till I get out the shower!" Gabriella told her. "I want to say goodbye."

"Hurry up."

"We will."

Ten minutes later, Gabriella and Selena came outside. Everyone was lounging around and talking away. Emil was standing on his head and Reva was looking at him impressed. The Twins, Ryan, Kelsi, Taylor, Sharpay and Chad had left already.

"Aw, most of the party is gone," Selena whined.

"Can they stay for dinner?" Gabriella asked Rosie. "Please?"

"If it's alright with their parents."

"Our parents will be glad we'll be gone, I promise," Emil said and snuck a glance at Reva. Reva giggled.

"Well, okay. We're having my famous chicken alffredo with broccoli." Everyone moved quickly inside of the house except for Sammy. He was taking off his water wings while balancing Yoda on his head.

"Moxie!" Sammy exclaimed, moving Yoda away from Moxie. Moxie jumped on her hind legs and pushed at Sammy. Sammy gasped as he fell backwards and into the water. Without his water wings, he was thrashing his feet, trying to stay above the surface. But he couldn't.

"Where's Sammy?" Rosie asked as she came into the dinning room with a big bowl of pasta. Everyone looked around themselves, but Sammy was no where in sight. Reva's eyes moved to the window and she saw Yoda crawling by the edge of the pool and Moxie swimming in the pool. But no Sammy. The worse thought clouded her mind. "Wait, did he even come inside?" Reva and everyone else quickly jumped up and out to the pool. Sammy was turned over and slowly sinking to the bottom of the pool.

"Sammy!" Maxine yelled.

"Troy, do something," Gabriella ordered him, pushing him towards the pool. Troy jumped into the pool and swam down. He grabbed Sammy and pulled him up. When they got out of the water, he laid Sammy down and started pushing on his stomach. He pinched Sammy's nose between his index finger and thumb then bent to give him the CPR.

After a few short breaths, Troy pulled back and Sammy was coughing up water. Maxine quickly grabbed him and hugged him to her chest. "Don't you ever do that again," she ordered. Sammy nodded breathlessly and grabbed Yoda.

Rosie went and helped Sammy change and call Julie. Everyone else was crowded in the living room. "You know, I almost drowned," Emil admitted. "I was swimming with the sharks—"

"Were you now?" Leilani asked sarcastically. Emil nodded and his eyes darted to Reva for a second to see if she was impressed. She looked a little. "Yeah, and then one tried to kill me so I punched it and it started getting a nose bleed."

No one except Leilani and Reva were paying attention. Troy and Gabriella were making out and Selena and Maxine were chatting it up. Leilani rolled her eyes while Reva sat up clearly amused and not convinced. "Then what happened?"

"Well, you see, the shark then tried to get its friend on me, but, you know, I knocked that one out. The other shark swam away and when he did, he hit me right here." Emil lifted his shirt so Reva could see his four pack and she giggled. Leilani had turned to Selena and Maxine. "But anyway, when he hit me, I got a little sidetracked and just sunk into the ocean. Luckily, I used my amazingly fast swimming moves and swam all the way to the shore. When I arrived, people were clapping and cheering for me."

Reva giggled and plopped down on the chair besides him. "Well, here's my own story. There once was a celebrity who was fourteen and she moved to New Mexico with her sisters. They meet these really cool people, especially the fourteen year old. His name was…what was it? Hemil? Amil? Jamil? Oh yeah, Emil. Anyway, they clicked really well and if you looked close enough, you could tell that they flirted and that the girl liked Emil."

Emil grinned and pressed a soft kiss to Reva's lips. Reva's heart fluttered. They both heard cheers and an applause and they pulled away.

"See, that's how you know that's my brother," Troy said. "He has my smooth moves."

"You are so cocky," Gabriella said and pinched his arm. Emil grunted. "No, see, this was all me."

"Yeah, sure. Whatever." Gabriella giggled and pressed a kiss to Troy's lips. Emil turned to Reva and kissed her again.

'Okay, enough lip-locking," Rosie ordered as she came down the stairs. Sammy was in her arms playing with Yoda and his action-figure of Captain America. "I will eat you, you ugly superhero!" he made Yoda say.

"No, no, I will kill you, you ugly bug!" Captain America said.

"Ahhhhh!" Yoda said as Captain America pounced on him. Everyone laughed and Sammy slipped Captain America in his pocket.

G*L*A*M*O*R*O*U*S

"The talent show is here!" Reva announced. "I can't wait."

"I know. Rosie, you'll make it right?"

Rosie had just found a job. She worked as a nurse and had to work late hours a lot.

Rosie nodded. "Yeah, I'll make it. It's at seven, right?"

Selena nodded and hopped on the chair. "I wish mom was here to see us."

"I'll video tape it and send it to her," Rosie promised.

Selena hugged her. "Thanks. Okay, let's go."

"I'm going to ride with Troy," Gabriella said. "Like always. See you guys at school?"

"Of course. See you, sister."

Gabriella quickly ran out to Troy's truck and jumped in. "You know, this truck is equivalent to shit."

Troy laughed and started the car. "Well, this is my baby. My dad had her since I was five. I used to help him fix cars and stuff and I said to him that I wanted to ride Delilah one—"

"Seriously? You named a car Delilah?"

"Yeah. So what? Anyway, I told him that I wanted to ride Delilah one day and that day was when I turned sixteen last year."

Gabriela smiled at him. "I love you, Troy Bolton. You know that?"

Troy chuckled and pulled up into the school. "How could I not? I love you, too."

They both climbed out of "Delilah" and walked into school, hands entwined. "So, Gabriella, Twin and I were planning on singing a song Kelsi wrote," Charlene said, coming up to them. She handed her a lyrics sheet. "What do you think?"

Gabriella looked over the song and grinned. "This song is so cool." She looked up at them. "You'll do great."

"Thanks. So, what song are you singing?"

"Uh, it's a song I made back when I was fourteen. It's nothing really awesome."

"It has to be, you made it," Acelyn said and Charlene agreed. "But, anyway, we have to go. TTYL?"

"Of course. See you later."

"So, I was thinking on being in the talent show," Troy said. Gabriella looked at him. "Doing what?"

"Singing."

"You can sing?"

Troy cleared his throat. "Well, yeah. I mean, sometimes, at least."

Gabriella was already pulling him to the music room. She closed and locked the door behind her before pushing Troy to the leather bench sat in front of the piano. She plopped down besides him and pulled out a song. "What I've been Looking For," she said. "We're going to sing it."

"Has anyone told you that you are a very direct person?"

Gabriella shrugged and situated the sheet in front of her and Troy. Her hands softly danced up and down the keys. Troy watched with interest before starting the song. "It's hard to believe, that I couldn't see that you were always there beside me."

"Thought I was alone, with no one to hold."

"But you were always there beside me. This feelings like no other, I want you to know," they sung in perfect harmony. "I've never had someone who knows me like you do the way you do. I've never had someone as good for me as you, no one like you. So lonely before I finally found what I've been looking for."

Gabriella looked at him and smiled. "Ohh, ohhh."

She stopped her fingers on the last key and Troy turned and smiled at her. "Wow, Troy, you're amazing. Ever think about coming to Hollywood?" she joked. Troy chuckled and kissed her lightly on the lips. "I couldn't. But, we have to get to class."

"Okay."

Two days later…

"Ladies and gentlemen. Boys and girls, welcome to East Highs Got Talent!" Chad, the emcee, boomed into the microphone. He straightened his tux. "Okay, so, how many peas does it take to make a pillow?" There were soft mummers. Chad laughed. "None, because if you lay on it, you'll squash them all!" No one laughed and Chad chuckled. "Okay, I see a desert out there. Hey, and my cousin Sandy. Hey, Sandy!" A few people laughed and Sandy waved. "Okay, well, let's start the show, shall we? First up we have Regina Price playing Lady Gaga's Born This Way on her violin." Everyone clapped and welcomed Regina onto the stage.

"I like your outfit," Troy whispered in Gabriella ear. Gabriella giggled and looked down at her ripped, short denim shorts, her American flag tank top that showed her belly ring and her knee-high black boots. She turned in Troy's arms and smiled up at him. "Thanks. It kind of goes with the song, I guess."

"Are you going to tell anyone what you're singing?"

"Babe, I go on in like ten minutes. You can wait. Plus, you won't tell me what you're singing."

"That's because this is a very big surprise. Hey, I want you to meet my parents after this. After you perform, can you change into something? Emil will hand it to you."

Gabriella nodded. "Okay."

After five more performers went on, it was time for the Montez Trio. They all walked out onto the stage and the crowd erupted into applause and cheers. They grinned at each other before tuning into the song.

"I hopped off the plane at LAX with my dream and cardigan. Welcome to the land of fame excess, am I gonna fit in?" Gabriella sung and then it was Reva's turn.

"Jumped in the cab here I am for the first time. Look to my right and I see the Hollywood sign. This is all so crazy, everyone seems so famous."

Then it was Gabriella's turn again. "My tummy's turning and I'm feeling kind of homesick, too much pressure and I'm nervous. That's when the taxi man turned on the radio and a Jay-Z song was on. And the Jay-Z song was on, and the Jay-Z song was on."

Everyone cheered as they all sung the chorus together. "So I put my hands up they're playing my song, the butterflies fly away. I'm noddin' my head like yeah! Moving my hips like yeah! I got my hands up, they're playing my song, I know I'm gonna be okay. Yeah, it's a party in the USA. Yeah, it's a party in the USA!"

"Get to the club in my taxi cab everybody's looking at me now like "Who's that chick, that's rockin' kicks? She's gotta be from out of town" So hard with my girls not around me it's definitely not a Nashville party 'cause all I see are stilettos I guess I never got the memo. My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick too much pressure and I'm nervous. That's when the DJ dropped my favorite tune and a Britney song was on. And the Britney song was on. And the Britney song was on.

"So I put my hands up they're playing my song, the butterflies fly away. I'm noddin' my head like yeah! Moving my hips like yeah! I got my hands up, they're playing my song, I know I'm gonna be okay. Yeah, it's a party in the USA. Yeah, it's a party in the USA!"

Then Selena went into the bridge. "Feel like hoppin' on a flight, on a flight. Back to my hometown tonight, town tonight. Something stops me every time, every time. The DJ plays my song and I feel alright!"

"So I put my hands up they're playing my song, the butterflies fly away. I'm noddin' my head like yeah! Moving my hips like yeah! I got my hands up, they're playing my song, I know I'm gonna be okay. Yeah, it's a party in the USA. Yeah, it's a party in the USA!"

The crowd erupted into another round of applause and cheers. The trio grinned and bowed before walking backstage. "That was totally awesome!" Sharpay, Acelyn, Charlene and Leilani exclaimed together. The girls grinned. "No, that was incredible," Troy corrected them, coming up behind Gabriella and squeezing her backside. Gabriella squealed and jumped away from him. "Troy!"

"You just enjoyed seeing Gabriella's ass shake in those short shorts," Reva accused. Troy shook his head and smirked.

"Well, that was certainly inappropriate, but I'll let it slide for now," a voice said from behind them. They all turned around and gasped. "Mom!" the trio yelled and threw themselves at her in a hug. Rayline laughed and hugged them close.

"What are you doing here?" Gabriella asked as they moved away.

Rayline smiled her usual motherly smile. "My tour is stopping here for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Then we go on to Nashville."

"This is so awesome!" Reva exclaimed.

"I know. You guys did great out there."

"Thanks."

"Mom, this is Troy, Emil, Leilani, Charlene, Acelyn, and Sharpay. They're some of my friends. My other friends are out in the audience."

"Well, it's nice to meet you." She smiled slyly at Troy. "And you. Gabriella can't be quiet about you."

Troy chuckled. "Well, I'm glad I get talked about. In a good way, of course."

"Yes, definitely. And you must be Emil. Reva is non-stop talking about you, too."

"Yeah, girls tend to do that. Oh, and here, Gabriella. It's your outfit."

Gabriella took the bag from him and smiled. "Okay. I'll change now. See you later, mami." Gabriella trotted off and Rayline walked off to the audience.

"Okay, up next we have my very best friend Troy Bolton singing an anonymous song," Chad announced. The crowd went into cheers and applause as Troy walked out a little awkwardly. He grabbed the mike. "Um, so I have this song. But to sing it, I need someone to sing it with. A girl." Girls from school shot up from their seats and raised their hands up high. Troy shook his head and smiled. He turned and spotted Gabriella walking out of the changing room. She was wearing a purple dress with sparkles dancing across it. It hugged her body perfectly and showed off her amazing tanned legs along with the royal purple pumps she wore. She looked absolutely amazing. "I was actually thinking along the line of Gabriella Montez." She looked up in surprise. Troy beckoned her to come forward and she did.

"You know this song," he whispered in her ear. Gabriella nodded and grabbed a mike from someone from the backstage crew. As the music started to play, Gabriella remembered what the song was.

"If I should die before I wake, it's 'cause you took my breath away. Loosing you is like living in a world with no air, oh." Gabriella sung and then Troy came in.

"I'm here alone, didn't wanna leave. My heart won't move, its incomplete. Wish there was a way that I can make you understand."

"But how do you expect me to live alone with just me? 'Cause my world revolves around you it's so hard for me to breathe."

"Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air. Can't live, can't breathe with no air. It's how I feel whenever you ain't there, it's no air, no air. Got me out here in the water so deep. Tell me how you gonna be without me. If you ain't there I just can't breathe. It's no air, no air. No air, air. No air, air. No air, air. No air, air," Gabriella sung and everyone cheered.

"I walked, I ran, I jumped, I flew. Right off the ground to float to you. There's no gravity to hold me down for real," Troy sang.

"But somehow I'm still alive inside. You took my breath, but I survived. I don't know how, but I don't even care."

They sung the next chord together in the harmony that was unfamiliar, yet so familiar. Everyone went into another chorus of cheers. "So how do you expect me to live alone with just me? 'Cause my world revolves around you it's so hard for me to breathe. Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air. Can't live, can't breathe with no air. It's how I feel whenever you ain't there it's no air, no air. Got me out here in the water so deep tell me how you gonna be without me. If you ain't here, I just can't breathe it's no air, no air. No air, no air, no air, no more. It's no air, no air. No air, air. No air, air. No air, air. No air, air."

"Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air. Can't live, can't breathe with no air. It's how I feel whenever you ain't there it's no air, no air. Got me out here in the water so deep tell me how you gonna be without me. If you ain't here, I just can't breathe it's no air, no air. No air, no air, no air, no air. Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air. Can't live, can't breathe with no air. It's how I feel whenever you ain't there it's no air, no air. Got me out here in the water so deep tell me how you gonna be without me. If you ain't here, I just can't breathe it's no air, no air."

"No air, air. No air, air. No air, air. No air, air. No air."

When they finished they were both breathing hard and everyone shot up from their seat and applauded. "I've never had standing ovation before," Troy whispered to Gabriella. She giggled and grabbed his hand. "Get used to it." She turned them around and they bowed then walked backstage.

"I'm on fire," Gabriella said, fanning herself. "I love that song."

"Reyna's on next," Sharpay said after she finished her song with the Twins and Leilani. "Let's see what she does."

"It'll probably bad," Leilani snarled.

"Or maybe even good," Gabriella said. "Give her a chance. C'mon, let's go to the audience."

"Okay, everyone welcome Reyna Petro dancing to Without You from Rent.

Reyna smiled as she strutted out on stage. She was wearing a jet-black dress that flapped out at the bottom which stopped just above her knees. It was kind of like a figure skating dress.

The music started and so did Reyna. Her body moved peacefully with the soft rhythm of the music. Everyone in the audience watched quietly. It was almost as if they were in a trance at how their eyes followed Reyna's every move.

When Reyna was done, everyone clapped wildly and cheered. Reyna bowed before walking off stage.

"Okay, so I stand corrected," Leilani muttered. "But still, she's still a bitch."

"I should say the same," Reyna said as she waltzed over to them. "You're just mad that I will win."

Leilani rolled her eyes. "That'll be the day."

"Was that song about your mom, Reyna?" Reva asked. Reyna's eyes lowered dangerously over at her. "I mean, because she's dying?"

"Reva," Gabriella hissed. Reva looked at Gabriella. "What? It's true." She turned back to Reyna and smirked. "What? You like saying that our father was a drug-addict when your mother is actually one? Maybe she'll actually die of it." Reyna's face actually showed an emotion. Her bottom lip quivered and she swallowed rigidly. Without a word, which was really uncharacteristic of her, Reyna twirled around and stomped off towards the dressing room.

"Reva, stop it!" Gabriella ordered. "What the hell is wrong with you? Imagine if our father was alive, but dying right now and Reyna said that. How would you feel?"

Reva shrunk back a bit. "She was asking for it. She knew her mom was a drug-addict, but called our dad one."

"It doesn't matter. No matter how bad Reyna is, that was wrong."

Reva sighed. "Well, fine. I'm sorry."

"You should say that to her." Gabriella tilted her head to Reyna who was walking out of the dressing room. Reva sighed and turned to her. "Okay, look. I'm sorry for saying all of that…stuff."

Reyna shrugged. "You know, I really don't care. See you at school tomorrow." Reyna smiled impishly before trotting out the back exit of the school. Reva crossed her arms and looked at Gabriella. Gabriella shrugged.

Rayline came into the room the next second and smiled warmly at everyone. "I got all of that on tape. That was so amazing and cute."

"Thanks, mami."

"Now it's Emil's turn," Reva said, turning to look at Emil. Emil looked up and smiled softly. "Well, when I get singing lessons, I'll get to you on that."

Reva smiled and pecked him on the cheek. Rayline grinned. "I feel so out of place," Selena whined. "I have no boyfriend."

"Oh, but mom does!" Gabriella exclaimed. "Where is he, mom?"

"Well, he's out in the audience actually. I want you all to meet him after the show."

"Oh, yeah, I can't wait!" Selena exclaimed. Reva calmed her then they walked to see who was performing. Gabriella grabbed Troy's hand and lead him into the dressing rooms. "That was a sneaky trick you pulled," Gabriella said. She gripped the collar of his shirt in both of her hand and pulled him closer to her. Troy smirked down at her before pressing his lips to hers.

"Okay, how about this?" Selena asked Maxine as she wrapped a pink, fluffy boa around her neck. "Like Edith would say, 'It's so fluffy!'"

Maxine laughed and put on her own boa. She also put on a huge hat that read Drop Dead Diva on the front. "I would always do this with my aunt. She baby-sat us a lot because our parents were always working and when she baby-sat us, we'd have fashion shows. But it all stopped when I turned fourteen and she passed away."

Selena frowned. "I'm sorry. It's hard to loose someone, isn't it?"

Maxine nodded and took the hat off. "Yeah, but let's not think about our losses. Here, try this thingy on."

"A corset? Hell no."

'Oh, come on. It makes you look sexy. You can try these fishnet stockings and knee-high boots on too."

"Did I or did I not just say no?"

Maxine pulled up a fake gun. "Oh, definitely. This'll go with the hooker look just perfectly."

"Max!" Maxine laughed and started searching for more stuff.

…

"You guys were really good," Oliver exclaimed, coming up to the girls. "I'm doing an article for people in the talent show. Mind a picture?"

"Not at all."

"Thanks." Oliver snapped a picture before running off to Troy and Leilani.

"Where's mom?" Selena questioned. Her sisters shrugged and looked around. Rayline was coming over to them with a man and a little girl clinging to his leg. The sisters all exchanged a glance.

"Hey, guys. How's it going?"

"Everything's fine," Selena said and Gabriella and Reva agreed.

Rayline smiled and nodded. "Good. Well, this is Owen Johnson and his little daughter Elena Johnson."

"I'm five," Elena announced, getting off of her father's leg.

"Hello," the girls said together. Reva, of course, stepped up and held out a hand. 'Hi, I'm Reva. Nice to meet you."

Owen grinned and shook Reva's hand. "Nice to meet you, too."

"I'm Gabriella," Gabriella said, stepping up as well. Selena stepped up next. "And I'm Selena."

"It's nice to meet all of you in person. Elena is especially excited."

"How about we all get to know each other at dinner. We're going to Applebee's," Rayline said. Reva started jumping. "I love Applebee's! Yay! I call shot-gun."

"No fair," Selena yelled, running after Reva.

"I'm taking Troy's truck, mom. Meet you there," Gabriella said. Rayline nodded and Gabriella quickly went to Troy's car. She screamed as she was pulled to the side of his car. "Shh," Troy cooed, placing his lips on her neck. Gabriella sighed. "I thought you were some crazy fan."

"Well, I am crazy for you. So, yeah, I'm a crazy…lover."

Gabriella giggled and hit his chest playfully. Troy pressed his lips to hers. Gabriella giggled against his lips before pulling away. Since he had her pushed against the car, they were still so close. She could feel the hotness of his breath and feel the warmth of his body. She closed her eyes softly and leaned her forehead against his. "I have something to give you," Troy whispered. Gabriella's eyes opened as Troy pulled away from her. He motioned for her to turn and Gabriella did.

Troy reached into his pocket and pulled out something before putting it around Gabriella's neck. Gabriella gasped and looked down at the necklace. It was the letter T and a ruby red stone settled in the corner of it. Gabriella turned to Troy and smiled.

(HSM moment!) "T as in Troy?" Gabriella asked softly.

"Well, I—yeah," Troy said nervously. Gabriella giggled. "Well, it's beautiful." She pressed her lips to his before pulling open the truck door and hopping in. Troy looked dazed and thoughtful for a moment then got in the car himself.

"Troy, pull up at the house," Gabriella told him. Troy looked at her bemused, but pulled up into the drive way. Gabriella got out of the car and so did Troy. "What's wrong?"

(Written By My Friend Bryanna. Warning M-Rated)

"Nothing. Just come on. We'll meet everyone later." Gabriella opened the door to the house and walked in, Troy in tow behind her. She kept walking until they made it to her bedroom. "Troy," she whispered in the darkness. Troy came up closer to her and caged her with his arms. He pressed his forehead to hers and looked down at her silhouette. "Hm?"

"I need you."

"Are you sure?"

Gabriella nodded and pressed her lips to his. Troy reached behind her and opened the door and pushed them in. Gabriella moved back from the kiss and yanked his shirt off. Troy's fingers fumbled with Gabriella's zipper on her dress before pulling it down, her dress following in a pool at her ankles.

He carefully and stealthily picked Gabriella up and she broke the kiss and squealed lightly. Her shoes slipped off her feet and fell onto the hardwood floorboards. Gabriella grabbed Troy's face in her hands and kissed him again. "Troy, the light," she mumbled against his lips.

Troy fumbled around carefully before flipping the switch. Light illuminated the room and when Gabriella pulled away from the warmth of the kiss, she looked into Troy's eyes. His eyes shown nothing but compassion and love and tenderness and Gabriella felt her heart swell up. How had she gotten so lucky? I mean, some boys would've just wanted her for her fame or looks. But Troy looked as if he wouldn't care if she were ugly and fat and poor. He was really in love with her and she was in love with him.

"Sure you're ready?" Troy questioned her as he put her body down on the bed. He hovered over her and looked down at her. The way his blue eyes were so filled with love and care made her want this even more. "I'm more than ready," she whispered, raking her nails down his chest. "I'm ready for this."

Troy pushed Gabriella's body up so she was sitting against the headboard. Gabriella watched him with needy eyes. The way he smiled was sultry and sexy and it turned her on more. Sure, any time she was with a hot boy and they were kissing she would get a tingly feeling at the pit of her stomach, but this was something more. She pressed her legs together as she felt the juices start to flow slowly.

"Troy," she whined softly. "I need you now."

Troy pulled out a condom from his wallet. "My dad always tells me to carry one on me," Troy said discomfited. "You know, in case this happens."

Gabriella giggled and grabbed the condom from his hands. "Well, good. I'm glad you have one. Now…kiss me." Troy slipped his am around her waist and roughly pushed her against his chest. Gabriella didn't have time to breathe before he was pressing his mouth to hers and pushing his tongue into her mouth. Gabriella felt a deep moan rumble out of her mouth.

Her hands reached feebly behind her and she unclasped her bra. The push-up bra fell loosely around her arms. Troy's hands crawled up her arms and Gabriella felt her hair rise. He pulled her bra straps down and the next second her chest was bare.

Troy pulled back and looked down at her, admiring her nakedness. Gabriella felt her cheeks get warm and she covered herself with her arms. Troy grabbed her wrist and pulled her arms to his chest. "Don't," he whispered hoarsely. "I want to see you. Let me."

"It's embarrassing," Gabriella murmured, trying to move her arms back. Troy just held onto her more tightly.

Troy looked up in her eyes and Gabriella felt herself fall more into his heart. "Why are you embarrassed? Gabriella, I've never seen anyone as beautiful as you. You're perfect."

"I'm not."

"Yes you are." Troy lifted his hand and pushed tresses of black hair out of her eyes and behind her ear. Gabriella swallowed and nodded. "Okay, just go."

Troy grinned. "Eager?"

"Stop being a jackass," Gabriella whined. "Make love to me."

Troy smiled and pushed his lips to hers again. His hands toyed with her breast, cupping them in his bigger hands and seeing how they fit. He pulled back from her lips and moved sensually down her slender neck. Gabriella sighed and tilted her head to the side so he could find that one place that made her shudder under his touch.

Troy pinched her taunt nipple and Gabriella squirmed under him. "More, Troy," she begged him softly, running her fingers through his hair. Troy moved down from her neck, her collar bone, the swell of her breast and then to her pink, tight nipple. Gabriella gasped and arched her body into him as he started sucking. "Troy," she moaned.

Troy moved back and looked at the time. It was seven-thirty nine. "We have to hurry," he whispered. "Are you ready?"

Gabriella closed her hand around the condom. "Stop asking," she whispered back. "I'm ready." Just to prove her point, Gabriella reached down and started to unbuckle his belt. She pushed his pants and boxers down at the same time and her eyes widened as his erect friend popped up and out at her. She felt the sweat start to form and bleed. "Oh, wow."

Troy smiled and gave her a deep and passionate kiss. His fingers teased around her cotton covered vagina and Gabriella felt a sensation flaring across her abdomen and shooting downward. "You okay?" Troy asked as he watched her. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was elaborate. "Touch me," she said, barely audible. She swallowed and opened her eyes to look at him. "Please."

"Touch you where?" Troy teased.

"Troy, no games. You know where." Her voice was stone-cold and she gave him a hard and desperate look. But Troy held his guard. He smirked. "No, I don't think I do know."

Gabriella thrusted her hips forward at his hand that was settled on her panties. "Troy," she cried out. "Please."

He moved to her ear and whispered softly, "Tell me."

"My pussy," she chocked out. Troy smiled, satisfied before he hooked his index fingers around the elastic of her panties and pulled them down. "I'll go slowly at first," he promised before pushing his middle finger into her wet tunnel knuckle deep.

Gabriella cried out in elation and her body formed into a complete arch. "Oh God," Gabriella gasped, getting used to the feeling of something other than a tampon entering her. Troy curled his finger then added another.

"Is it good?" Troy said to her, watching as her body jarred from his touch and thrust. Gabriella nodded slightly. "So good," she said. She strained to keep her eyes open and as she did, she looked up into Troy's deep blue pools and felt even more pleasure well up in her body. She lifted her leg and wrapped it around his waist, grinding into him so he could go deeper. Her body tensed and she threw her head back. "Troy," she moaned. Her eyes shut tightly closed as waves of bliss poured over her body. Her walls closed around Troy's fingers and just as she was about to fall over the ledge, Troy removed his fingers.

Gabriella whimpered and gripped his wrist. She looked up at him in confusion. "I want your first orgasm to come from the big part," Troy said. Gabriella nodded and sat up on her elbows. She ripped the condom pack open before sliding the condom over Troy. Just that one little movement made him jump.

"One more time," Troy whispered, leaning down to her lips. "Are you sure?"

"After what just happened, I'd kill myself if this didn't happen now," Gabriella told him. "I just want to get the pain over with and go for the pleasure." She gripped the back of his neck and kissed him gently as he slid softly into her.

She could feel herself tearing and how her tightness pressed against Troy. Her eyes closed tighter as pain passed through her like a hollow wave. She moved back abruptly from the kiss and tried to catch her breath. "I'm sorry," Troy whispered. "If you want to stop—"

"Goddammit, Troy, if you stop I swear to God that I will never let you touch me again and visa versa," Gabriella threatened and Troy shut up. The wetness that bubbled from her a moment ago was still there and helped ease the pain, but it still hurt like hell.

A tear trailed slowly down her cheek. Troy bent down and kissed it away. "I'm sorry," he said again. He cradled her body close to his as if this would stop the pain.

And in a way it did. The pain subsided a bit and she could actually feel the pleasure as his shaft rode in and out of her. "Are you okay?" Troy asked.

"I am now. Move faster," Gabriella demanded hoarsely. Troy picked up his pace and Gabriella gripped at his hair. "God, baby, you're so tight," Troy grunted, guiding himself into her deeper and faster. Gabriella wrapped her other leg tight around his torso and dug her heels into his back. Troy groaned and increased his pace.

Gabriella could already feel the wave rushing back to her. Troy pressed his forehead to hers and they looked lovingly into each others eyes, both breathing hard. "I'm cumming," he groaned. He penetrated deeper into her and Gabriella moved her hips in rhythm with his.

"Almost there," Gabriella murmured, raking her nails down his muscular back. "I love you, Wildcat," she said. Troy nuzzled his nose with hers as both their peeks came crashing over. "I love you, too," he grunted as he let go and Gabriella came right after.

They laid together in the warm silence, just enjoying the presence of each other. Not soon after they both dozed off after.

…

"Troy, get up," Gabriella gasped sitting up. She felt wonderful and just wanted to stay in the bed with the one she loved, but it was almost eight-thirty and they've been gone for an hour.

Troy grunted and Gabriella giggled. "Don't grunt at me! Now get up! It's been an hour and we need to go."

Troy quickly sat up and started pulling on his shirt. Gabriella put on her bra and underwear before slipping into her dress and heels. "Hurry, Troy!"

Troy hopped into his pants, slipped his shoes on and zipped Gabriella up. They were out the door within twenty seconds. "What's the fastest way to Applebee's?" Gabriella asked.

"Um, it's actually two blocks down. We'll get there in like five minutes."

"Okay, good. What's our excuse?"

"Um…I have no idea."

"How about we got held up at the park. Um, there was this late night charity event for old people."

"Yeah, old people with cats," Troy said. "Oh, and wheelchairs that went one-hundred miles per hour and the wheelchair had cup hold—"

"Troy, Troy. I get it. Okay, is my hair sex-crazy or nice and curly?"

"Um…"

'Troy!"

"Okay, no. It looks incredibly like you had sex."

Gabriella groaned and started running her fingers through her hair. "I'll say that I fell. Okay, good. That should make us last."

"Your make-up is smudged…"

"I'll just say we made-out and that's what made us more late. Okay, we're here." Troy pulled up into a parking space and then they both jumped out of the car. As they did, Gabriella checked her missed calls. "Okay, I am so dead."

"May I help you?" the hostess asked.

"Um, we're here for people. Um…them." Gabriella pointed to her family and friends sat at a huge table. The hostess nodded and let them go by.

"What took you guys so long?" Rayline asked. "It's been autographs all night because we waited for you."

"We're sorry, mami," Gabriella said. "We got held up at the park. There was this charity for elderly people—"

"Who had cats and wheelchairs with boosters and cup hold—ow!" Troy rubbed his arm where Gabriella had pinched him. Gabriella rolled her eyes. "Anyway, we got out the car to walk the rest of the way because you know how athletic Troy is. They pulled people off the streets asking them if they would be nice enough to join them and donate money. We stayed a bit and I wanted to drive in the car because my feet were killing me. We walked back to the car, um, and uh, made out and then drove here when we realized how late it was."

"How come you didn't answer our calls?" Reva asked, eyeing them both.

"They wanted all cell phones turned off and I forgot to turn mine back on. We're so sorry."

"Well, at least they're here," Selena said, smirking. "Let's order now. I'm starving."

…

"I have to go to the bathroom," Maxine said. "And Selena, Reva, Leilani and Gabriella have to go too. Let's go." Maxine quickly hurried them along to the bathroom. She turned to Gabriella. "Okay, spill."

Gabriella's hands became clammy. "Spill? Spill what?"

"What you and Troy really did," Leilani said. "There was no charity for elderly people tonight. I would've known. I'm always up to date with current events."

Gabriella sighed. "Okay, we…we had—"

"Oh my God, you had sex with my brother!" Leilani exclaimed. Gabriella quickly clasped a hand over her mouth. "Shut up!"

"Really?" Selena and Reva said at the same time.

"Hey, I'm older than you by two months," Maxine said. "I'm supposed to have my cherry popped first."

Gabriella laughed. "Well, now that my secret is out. Then yes, I did…do it with Troy."

Reva suddenly squealed. "Do you know what that means? You're officially a woman! Isn't that great?"

"I mean, I still feel like a virgin. Just a very…used and loved one." Gabriella giggled. "If that makes any sense."

"That's how I felt when I lost my v-card," Leilani announced. "It was last year at the after party when we won state championships. I did it with Chad."

"Chad? Was Taylor and him together then?"

"No, he and Taylor broke up for a short period of time." Leilani sighed. "But then they got back together the next day. I felt so bad. I couldn't look at either of them."

"Does Taylor know?"

"No…and I can't tell her."

"Tell me what?" Taylor came into the bathroom. The girls all looked at each other, not sure what to say. "What?'

"Um…that Gabriella just had sex," Maxine quickly said. Leilani's body relaxed. Taylor looked at Gabriella. "With Troy?"

"Who else would she have sex with?' Reyna said, coming out the bathroom. She was smirking. Leilani started to tense up again. Reyna went to wash her hands. "You know, it's not good to lie to friends. Especially if the enemy knows the truth." Reyna looked at Leilani for a second before walking out of the bathroom.

"What was that all about?" Taylor asked.

"Nothing…let's go," Gabriella said quickly and they all walked out from the bathroom.

"Were you guys taking a dump or having really hot, kinky lesbian sex?" Chad asked. Troy spit out his drink and wiped his mouth. He turned to look at Troy. "What did you just say?"

"Daddy, what's hot, kinky lesbian sex?" Elena asked Owen. Owen cleared his throat. "Um, something you don't need to worry about."

"We weren't having…that," Gabriella said as they all sat down. "We were touching up our make-up."

'Doesn't look like it," Troy said. Gabriella stomped his foot and gave him a pointed look. He got it and nodded. "Oh, yeah. They did touch up their make-up. I can see the difference. They look prettier." All of them gave Troy looks and he shut up.

The rest of dinner went by smoothly. Well, except for Leilani. She and Taylor were best friends and if Reyna opens her big mouth to Taylor, they would be…ex-best friends. Leilani sighed.

After dinner, Troy, Leilani, Chad and Taylor all used Troy's truck to drive home while Rosie, Sammy, and the girls took the Escalade. Rayline, Elena and Owen took Rayline's Lamborghini.

"Is mom staying with us?" Reva asked Rosie. Rosie shook her head. "No, she's staying at a hotel really close to us though. We don't have enough room for Owen and Elena."

"I like Elena," Sammy said. "She said she liked how Yoda looks. She said he looks like a really fluffy bunny."

"Really?" Reva said. "Is she blind?"

"Shut up, Reva," Gabriella said. "I'm trying to listen to Cee Lo Green's Fuck You."

"Gabriella," Rosie warned. Gabriella giggled and she, Selena, Reva and Maxine sung along with the lyrics.

They pulled up at the house ten minutes later and all pilled out. "I'm going to sleep," Gabriella said after checking a text message. Maxine followed her. "What? Troy coming over so you guys can have sex again?"

"Shush," Gabriella said. Maxine peered over her shoulder to see the text and smirked. It read: CUMING over 2 spank that hot ass. B there soon.

"You guys are really disgusting," Maxine said. "Seriously, you just had sex and—"

"Shut up, Max. I'm not going to let him in." Gabriella smirked. "Come on; let's watch Rent, the best movie ever."

A little bit into the movie, there was a knock on Gabriella's balcony. Gabriella looked at Maxine to see her sleep. She smiled and went to her balcony. "Be quiet," she said unlocking the door. "Max is sleep."

Troy shrugged and pulled off his shirt. "That's fine. Now, let's snuggle."

Gabriella giggled and jumped into her bed. Troy came right in after and pulled her body close to his. "I bet Justin Bieber never did this to you."

"What Justin and I did is none of your business," Gabriella said, smiling extensively. Troy smirked then bent down and pressed a hard, long kiss to her lips. He slipped his tongue into her mouth and let it caress her own. Gabriella suppressed a moan as Troy lifted himself up so he was straddling her and his hard-on pressed into her.

She moved her hips around and looked up longingly at him. "God, baby," Gabriella groaned. Troy smirked and leaned down to her neck. He gently trailed butterfly kisses all over her neck then found that special place that made Gabriella whither and moan.

So she wouldn't make any noise, she pulled his head back up to her and kissed him. His hard-on just dug deeper into her and Gabriella felt herself get tremendously turned on. She pulled back and gasped. Troy rolled off of her and smirked at her.

"Let's just snuggle," Gabriella said breathlessly and wrapped her arms around him.