Woo, party time! The first part of 2 which deal with Chad's birthday party, enjoy and review!

The Party

"Okay, great rehearsal you two." Miss Darbus smiled at Troy and Gabriella, "Breaking Free is coming on nicely, next week we can start on some of the script and the dances."

"Um.." Troy stuttered, "I don't dance."

"We'll see, Bolton." Miss Darbus patted a mortified Troy on the shoulder, "Have a good weekend you two." She walked out the room, and Troy turned to Gabriella an apologetic look on his face.

"I'd just like to apologise in advance." He muttered putting his hands in his pockets. Gabriella put her bag on her shoulder and looked at her cast mate confusedly.

"Apologise for what, Troy?"

"For any injuries that may befall you when we dance together." Troy said, completely deadpan. Gabriella laughed, and for some reason this caused Troy's stomach to flip over. He hadn't felt that before, what was it? Her laugh was infectious; he broke out into a grin. They had only had two rehearsals together but he could feel a connection growing between them, it was dangerous, she was starting to invade all his thoughts. Gabriella finally stopped laughing and start to walk off the stage.

"I better get going Troy, need to get ready for the party." She checked her watch, 5.00pm, she only had two hours to get to Taylor's house and get ready.

"Oh, yeah. The party." Troy said, her voice bringing him out of his trance, "See you later." He watched as she left the hall, he was becoming completely mesmerized by her.

"What about this one, Gabi." Taylor asked desperately, showing Gabriella the fifth dress she had tried on.

"It's also great, Taylor. Just like the one before and the one before that AND the one before that!!" Gabriella sighed exasperatedly. "Where did you get all these dresses from anyway?"

"My sister." Taylor replied, intently observing herself in the dress. "She's away at college so I doubt she'll miss any of these." Gabriella studied her friend; she had never seen Taylor act this way. She must really like Chad, Gabriella thought. "Okay, I've decided. I'm going with one." Taylor turned to face Gabriella, her hair was held up by a red flower to match a red dress that fitted her perfectly.
"Taylor, you look beautiful." Gabriella hugged her friend.

"Okay, Gabs, your turn, come on we only have an hour!" Gabriella groaned, she was dreading this party, mostly because she was scared of the fact that her and Troy would be together with no teachers around. Taylor was flicking through dresses she had laid out on the bed, until she finally stopped on a dazzling turquoise one. Taylor smiled triumphantly and held it up, it was short, just above the knee and it had thin straps, it was tight around the body and then spread out into a loose skirt. Gabriella had to admit it was gorgeous.

"I'll try it on." Gabriella took the dress and started to undress.

"Welcome, welcome!" Chad smiled at the first guests, he turned to the cheerleaders who had arrived. "Kiss for the birthday boy?" He smirked, only to the have the girls walk away. He shrugged at Troy, "you can't say I didn't try." He noticed Troy looking around, "Looking for Gabriella?" Chad winked.

"No, I just-

"Whatever man," Chad slapped Troy on his back, "they'll be here." Troy nodded and looked down at his shoes. He was wearing crisp black jeans and a jet blue t-shirt, which brought out his eyes completely, they were piercing when worn with the shirt. For some reason he was nervous, nervous of what to say to Gabriella, nervous that if she looked even more beautiful than usual then wondering what to say wouldn't be a problem, he'd be tongue tied.

"Aaah, you made it!" Chad smiled at two girls at the door, Troy turned and his fears were made a reality when he saw Gabriella walking through the door. He was certain he had never seen anyone so breath taking. Her dress hung perfectly on all her curves and her long dark curls brought out her eyes. She was made up perfectly and still looked natural, real. She stood out from everyone else there. It was this moment that Troy Bolton knew for sure that he was falling for Gabriella Montez. He made his way over to her, she was stood with Chad and Taylor who were already in conversation.

"Hi." He smiled, walking up to her.

"Uh..hi Troy." Gabriella replied, taken aback by him. She was completely lost in his eyes, when she had torn herself away from his penetrating gaze she saw the rest of him looked just as good.

"You look beautiful." He said softly.

She blushed and looked down, "Thank you." She looked up and met his gaze, a spark of electricity flowed through her, he made her breathless, scared, excited, and a million other things all at the same time. The only thing he didn't make her feel anymore was anger. The anger she had felt towards him for so long was slowly being replaced by another strong emotion, an even more terrifying one…

"Okay, then." Chad's voice boomed over the large crowd now scattered all around the bottom floor of his house, "the music's about to start, the upstairs is off limits, if you wanna make out do it in the closet! My bedroom and my parent's room is NOT your love shack for the night! Apart from that, have fun!" With that the music began and Troy could hear it was a song he had heard many times before.

"Gabriella, will you dance with me?" Troy blurted out, clearly it wasn't just his heart he couldn't control anymore, his mouth was a victim of her charm.

"I'd love to." She grinned, she held out her hand and he took it, shivers ran down her spine, he led her out into the middle of the living room where other couples where starting to dance.

She looked up at him, and he looked right back, both too nervous to make the first move. The song's lyrics began to sound over the room.

Find Me Here
Speak To Me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place where I find peace again.

Troy closed the gap between them and she laced her hands around his neck, moving closer, his hands trailed down her back resting low down on her waist, she was sure he had left a mark on her skin, his hands felt like they were on fire when he touched her.

Gabriella smiled, the lyrics seemed to match her situation perfectly, ironic. Troy and her were just swaying to the music, like it was the most natural thing ever. Troy felt Gabriella rest her head his shoulder, he smiled and tightened his grip on her. Gabriella lifted her head and looked at Troy.

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

Her eyes drifted down to his lips they were so close, Troy had noticed the same thing, he leaned in slightly, feeling her hands pulling her down gently. She felt his breath on her lips-

"Who's up for a game??"

Okay, I know you all must be SO mad because they got interrupted AGAIN, three guesses who it is... anyway please review and I'll try and get the next part up soon, which involved spin the bottle and two characters getting put in a closet, but it's not who you think...believe me!