"Your date is here, Gabriella!" Chad called. Gabriella and Taylor squealed and they ran out of her bedroom eagerly. As they slowed their pace Gabriella said, "Don't forget, Madison is going to come get you in like ten minutes, okay."
"Yeah," Taylor said fully dressed. They finally walked into the living room and saw Matt and Chad standing in the living room.
"Hi," Gabriella said running her fingers through her freshly straightened and washed hair. Matt smiled and said, "You look hot!"
"Does she?" Everyone turned and saw Mr. Montez coming from the room labeled 'sauna & pool'.
"Uh, come on, Matt." Gabriella said taking his hand and pulling him onto the elevator.
Once they were in the movie theatre in their seats, Matt put his arm around her shoulder. Gabriella turned and smiled at him and he smiled back before she rested her head on his shoulder. Little did she know Troy, Chad, Madison and Taylor were a few rows behind them not knowing that the other two were in the same movie theatre.
"I'm so glad we finally get to be alone." Matt said holding her hand with his free hand.
"Me too," Gabriella whispered before Matt began kissing her. She kissed back and soon his hands found her thigh and her sides. His hands were going closer and closer to wear they shouldn't be and she pulled away.
"What's wrong?" He asked curiously.
"I need to go to the candy stand…thing." Gabriella said quickly. "I'll be right back."
"Okay," Matt said with a smile. Gabriella stood up and walked to her left to the isle by the wall. As she walked she looked down wondering what to do.
"Gabriella's here!" Chad whispered when she passed them not noticing. Troy looked behind them and saw her walking to the door.
"We should leave." Madison said immediately after seeing Gabriella. "She might think we were spying on her."
"Yeah," Taylor said agreeing.
"Why do we have to leave?" Troy asked. "We're not here to spy on her. It was just an accident and this is the closet theatre to her house."
"But girls don't think like that, Troy." Madison said. They all stood up and began to walk to the exit but not before Matt saw them.
"Hey, Madison, Chad," Matt said. "Um, I don't know you two, though."
"I'm Troy and this is Taylor." Troy said.
"And we gotta go!" Madison said dragging them down the steps. They ran down and out the exit door into the cold air.
"Whew!" Taylor said. "I never thought I'd have to sneak from Gabriella."
"Better hope Matt doesn't say that he saw us." Troy said putting his hands in his pocket. He pulled out his hat and put it on. Taylor shrugged and they began walking.
Back at the theatre
"Okay, I'm back." Gabriella said. Her arms were loaded up with Skittles, M&M's, Snickers, Gummy Bears, and other things.
"That is a lot of candy." Matt said. Gabriella opened the Gummy Bears and said, "Yeah, I'm having a sugar rush."
"Okay," Matt said turning to look back at the screen. Forty minutes later, Gabriella finished all the candy and felt herself becoming sick. She felt like throwing up and wanted to go home.
"Uh, can you walk me home now?" Gabriella asked.
"Sure," Matt said. "This movie was boring me anyway. I just liked being here with you."
"Aww!" She said as they stood up and walked to the exit. She was really starting to like him a lot.
Late that night, Gabriella was lying awake in her bed. She decided to go see Troy again. She looked at Taylor and then went to Troy's room. He was sleeping and she saw his chest rising and falling slowly. He looks so cute, she said kneeling by his head. She smiled at his sleeping figure and then moved some of his hair out of the way. Troy sighed deeply but didn't wake up.
"You don't know how much I missed you, Troy." Gabriella whispered resting her head on the edge of the bed on her arms. "I wonder what would have happened if I never moved. But if I hadn't moved maybe I would still not be talk to you."
Troy rolled over away from her and then rolled again opening his eyes. He stared at her for a moment before saying, "What are you doing in here?"
"Nothing," She whispered taking his hand. "I just came to see if you were awake again. I just haven't talked to you since you came."
"Oh," Troy said. "How was your date with Matt?"
"Um, okay," Gabriella said.
"You came back kind of early." Troy said sitting up and pulling her up to sit next to him.
"Yeah, I got sick." Gabriella said with a smile. Troy smiled.
"Well, what do you want to do now?" Troy asked. Gabriella shrugged and suddenly felt like kissing him.
"I don't know…" Gabriella said quietly. "Uh, you want to watch TV?"
"I've been doing that all day." Troy said. Gabriella bit her bottom lip and said, "Oh, do you want to go in the pool."
"Okay but…" Troy said.
"But what?" She asked. Troy smirked.
"You have to get naked." Troy said. Gabriella's mouth dropped as she considered it.
"Okay, alright but you have to do it, too." Gabriella said standing up. She crossed her arms.
"Okay," Troy said. They walked out of the room and walked swiftly but quietly on the heated wooden floor. Gabriella opened the door and they stepped into a large room where the walls were all glass so you had a view of the city. The pool was large and square while there was a hot tub in the corner and the sauna was in a closed off area where there was no glass but a regular wall.
"You go first." Gabriella said pushing Troy towards the pool edge. The whole room smelled like chlorine.
"No, you." He said. Gabriella shrugged and began pulling her shorts down teasingly. She watched Troy staring at her until she finally took off the shorts. She stepped towards Troy and forcefully pulled his shirt over his head. He immediately put his hands behind his back when she dropped his shirt on his head.
"Why are you acting so weird?" Gabriella asked holding on to the top of his pajama pants.
"Nothing," Troy said. Gabriella smirked and moved her lips closer to his ear and said, "I bet I can make you feel better."
"How are you going to do that?" Troy asked.
"I could think of something." Gabriella said pulling his pants down. She smiled to herself before pushing him into the pool.
"Oh, I am so going to get you Montez!" Troy said climbing out the pool with his pants back up on his hips.
"No!" She cried as he picked her up over his shoulder and threw her into the pool. She came back up and pulled his ankle so he fell on his butt with his feet in the pool.
"You're such a jerk!" She said holding onto him. Troy smiled and then leaned back so he could reach for his shirt.
"Why are you always wearing long sleeved?" Gabriella asked curiously. "It's not even cold in here."
"I know but…" Troy didn't finish his sentence and just shrugged. "Aren't you supposed to be naked?"
"You, too," She said smiling. "Come on."
"You don't want to see me naked." Troy said.
"But I do." She said. Troy dropped himself into the water and they waded in the water.
"Okay, let's just do it at the same time." Gabriella said. Troy nodded and he began getting undressed. She smiled and then began undressing herself, too. Her clothing floated up and she watched Troy's do the same thing.
"This is so weird." Gabriella said. "At least the lights are off."
Troy didn't say anything and then swam to the edge of the pool that was touching the glass. He rested his arms on the edge and looked out at the city. Gabriella swam over and did the same.
"You didn't even say anything." Gabriella said.
"I know." Troy said.
"Not even that I have an amazing body." She said. Troy turned to her and said, "You have an amazing body."
"Shut up," She said playfully. Troy shrugged and then dropped himself under the water. Gabriella immediately felt embarrassed and then went under with him. She felt around and finally needed to come up for air. Troy was breathing deeply trying to take in air.
"Troy," Gabriella said taking in air as fast as she could.
"What?" He asked touching his wet hair with his right hand. She peered closely at his arm noticing reddish marks all over it.
"What's on your arm?" She asked swimming closer. She grabbed his hand and looked at it. "Troy, you're cutting yourself?!"
"No, it was last week and I fell. No big deal, right?" Troy said pulling his hand back.
"And you cut yourself, hmm, a hundred times?" Gabriella said getting scared. "Troy, you can talk to me."
"I just told you!" Troy said before swimming to the other side. He hoisted himself out. Gabriella swam to the steps and walked out. On the way to following Troy out of the pool room, she grabbed two towels and handed him one before putting hers on. Troy wrapped his around his waist. "Troy, why are you hurting yourself?"
"I'm not!" He whispered as he opened the door. They stepped out oblivious to the fact that Mr. Montez was standing in the living room taking off his shoes.
"Please, I can help you. Talk to me!" She whispered as she grabbed his wet arm. He winced and she let go realizing that it was the arm he cut.
"Are you two naked?!" Mr. Montez asked quickly. "I knew this was going to happen!"
"Dad, nothing happened!" Gabriella cried. In an undertone she said, "We are so screwed."
"You think?" Troy whispered feeling embarrassed about the fact that Mr. Montez would probably tell Mrs. Montez and then his parents would find out and he would be on the way home to being grounded.
"What do you mean nothing? I see my daughter and a guy walking out of the pool butt naked!" Mr. Montez said turning red.
"You know what, believe what you want!" Gabriella said. "Oh, and you can tell mom but I doubt she'd believe!" Gabriella pulled Troy down the hallway and they parted going to their separate rooms.