AN: WOOT! WOOT! Another update! Keep the reviews coming in people because I take them very seriously… this chapter is when Troy and Gabriella practice their kiss. Hope you guys like it!
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Gabriella let the information sink in for a moment, before finally answering. "Okay...we'll...kiss the next time we see Tyler," she agreed.
Troy bit his lip. "Er...actually, I think it would be wise if we do it now."
She blinked. "Now? But...no one's around, we're alone."
"Exactly...I mean, think about Gabi...the first time we kiss...it's going to be awkward, right?"
"Er...yeah, I guess."
"Right, well...we don't want to kiss for the first time in front of Tyler, he'll see right through us if we're awkward and clumsy. See what I'm saying?"
"Yes...I guess your right." She sighed as she shifted next to him on the bench. "So...it'll kind of like be practice."
"Right...practice," he agreed as he felt his heart start to hammer loudly against his chest. He was about to kiss Gabriella Montez. He was really about to kiss her. His best friend, who stuck by him through the good times and the bad. The girl who made him who he really was… just Troy. Not just some jock or a basketball captain but… Troy.
"Okay," Gabriella finally said. "I'm game."
Troy took a deep breath as he shifted in his seat next to Gabriella. He gave her a quick glance as he scooted closer to her. Troy cleared his throat, so did Gabriella and they both shared another look while they waited to see who was going to take the first move.
"Well?" Gabriella finally asked. "Are we going to kiss or what?"
"Yeah, I'm...working on it," he said nervously. "Give me a break, I'm about to do something I never thought I'd do with you." I think, he added as an afterthought. What? Shut up Troy! You're supposed to be just helping her to get Tyler off of her back and you like Cecilia remember?
Troy was brought back when Gabriella spoke. "I know it's awkward, but like you said...we need to do it," she told him as she shifted towards him.
Troy nodded as he swallowed the lump in his throat. "Er...maybe...we should stand up," he suggested as he stood up and let out a hand to her. She took it and stood up in front of him, her heart skipped a beat when he looked into his eyes.
He really has beautiful eyes, she thought as she found her self getting lost in them.
Troy finally took another breath as he stepped towards her, lifting his hands, hesitating before he finally framed her face softly. He licked his lips before his lips started to drift closer to hers until finally they met for a soft gentle kiss. Troy felt her began to melt right away and through the ringing in his ears he could hear a soft sigh escape her. He quickly drew back and studied her dreamy expression. "How was that?" he asked unsure.
She couldn't help but smile. His nervousness was so darn cute. "It was nice," Gabriella finally said.
"Although, it only lasted half a second." She smiled.
"Right...okay, I can do that," he said and before he could back out, he leaned down and kissed her again, this time pressing harder against her full mouth.
Wow. Her lips were really soft...like satin. Wait a second...he wasn't suppose to be enjoying this, it was just Gabriella. It was suppose to be like staging and motions...not feelings. Then why was his lips starting to tingle and his heart jump to his throat?
Gabriella moaned softly against his mouth as she hesitantly lifted her hands to his chest. She could feel the heat radiating from his body; she wanted him to pull her closer to him so she could dwell into his warmth. As if he could read her mind, she felt him step closer to her as one arm left the side of her face to wrap around her waist, pulling her up against him. Her hands started to travel up his chest before circling her arms around her neck, pressing her body tight against his. He muffled a moan against her mouth and if her mouth wasn't occupied at the moment, she would have smiled.
God, her body fit perfectly! He gripped handfuls of her shirt at the arch of her back as he all of the sudden slipped his tongue between her lips tasting her fully. God, she tasted good! More. He plunged again, causing them both to moan both in pleasure and in shock as the effects on the kiss started to overtake them.
Gabriella finally gasped as she pulled a part, both breathing heavily as they gazed at one another.
"You just gave me the tongue," She informed him.
Troy couldn't help but laugh at the way she said it. It was if she was saying some intellectual fact or definition she read from one of her books. "Yeah, I did," he finally said still grinning. "That's what I usually do when I kiss a girl."
"Wow. You're a good kisser, Mr. Bolton." Gabriella teased.
"Why thank you...same to you, Miss Montez," he replied not really believing they were discussing this just after they experienced a full blown make-out session.
"Well...I guess that's it then," she said quietly even though she was dying to kiss him again. "We broke the ice and all."
"Yeah," he said with disappointment. "But..."
Gabriella's ears perked up. "Yes?"
"I mean...we could always...practice more...wouldn't hurt you know? The more comfortable we are..."
"The more convincing we will be," Gabriella finished for him and agreeing with him so it would give her another excuse to kiss him.
"Exactly," Troy said, silently congratulating himself for coming up with a reason. Which was a good one...I mean it wasn't like he wanted to kiss Gabriella for no reason...was it?
"Practice," he finally said again. "Just practice."
"Right," she said as her eyes flickered down to his lips. "Just practice."
Troy's mouth swooped back down hers, yanking her back to him as he kissed her hard, desperate to get all of his frustration out of him. He had no clue he had been missing the scent of a woman...the feel of a feminine body pressed up against him...the feel of soft lips glued to his. He missed it. It had been ages since he kissed a girl. The kiss grew more passionate...more desperate as tongues and lips met in a fury and hands explored and groped. Troy's hands were wandering up and down her back while Gabriella's fingers were lost in his unruly brown hair.
She wasn't close enough...not by a long shot so she started to hike up her right leg up to his hip. He groaned into her mouth as one hand snapped around to snatch the back of her knee tugging it to bring her closer.
Lips still locked, they stumbled and fell onto the bench. Gabriella fell on her back, while Troy quickly followed, landing completely on top of her. Troy finally left her bruised lips only to kiss her jaw line and down to her neck. Gabriella gasped when his mouth captured her ear. "Oh...wow...Troy that's my ear," she said as she her heart fluttered.
"Thanks for the anatomy lesson, Gabi," he teased as he lifted his head away so he could look down at her. "That was one hell of a practice."
She smiled softly. "I'll say."
He chuckled before he leaned down and kissed her softly. "We better go," he finally said. "The guys are probably wondering where we are."
She nodded. "You're right...and who knows...maybe we'll run into Tyler," she said with a wink.
He grinned. "If we're lucky."
They were both heading out down the door when it swung open and Chad and Taylor almost ran into them. "Hey there you guys are!" Chad said as they walked in. "We were just looking for you and figured you two would be here."
"Oh...sorry," Troy said nervously as he tried to tame his hair with his hands. "We were just...um..."
Taylor giggled and shared a look with Gabriella as if telling her 'Details… later' while Chad just looked confused. "Troy why are you blushing...and Gabi why is your hair all messy?"
Taylor rolled her eyes. "You can be really thick sometimes, Danforth," she exasperated. "Can't you see they've been making out?"
Chad blinked and then studied his two best friends. They were both red, their hairs were out of control and their lips were pale and bruised. Sure signs of kissing.
Chad and Taylor grinned.
"What?" Gabriella asked innocently.
"Are you guys finally together now?" Taylor asked excitedly, starting to jump up and down.
"No...no course not," Troy said quickly. "We were just...practicing."
Chad eyed his friend suspiciously. "Practicing?"
Troy sighed and told him all about what happened in the girls bathroom. "We were just getting the first kiss out of the way, Chad, so it wouldn't be awkward to kiss in front of Claire."
Taylor huffed when Claire was mentioned. "I never did like her."
Troy snorted and said, "At least she doesn't have a crush on you. And by the way, aren't the two of you supposed to be in English right now?" Troy asked, glancing at his watch which read that they had at least half an hour before the period ended.
"Yeah well… we ditched," Chad said simply.
"You ditched class so that you can find us?" Gabriella asked, confused.
"We wanted to see if you were okay, and I guess that you were in good hands," Taylor had stifled a laugh at their appearance just a moment before. Troy and Gabriella both blushed once more.
"How did you guys…?" Troy started.
"Taylor faked spraining her ankle while walking towards the teacher's desk. I offered to bring her to the nurse and… that's it." Chad explained lamely.
"Don't you think Ms. Vetra would find it suspicious if the four of us weren't in class?" Gabriella asked.
Taylor snorted. "Puh-lease. She would still continue teaching blindly even if there's only 3 students in the class."
The four of them doubled up in laughter. Until Taylor suddenly pulled Gabriella aside.
"Hey Gabi, can I talk to you?" Taylor asked.
"Umm… sure I guess… what about?" Gabriella asked innocently.
"You know what…Now, come with me," Taylor said teasingly while leading her down the steps.
"See you later boys!" Taylor called after the guys.
Once they were out of the boys' earshot, Taylor said, "So...you guys are really going all out aren't ya?" she asked with a grin.
"We have to if we want to make it believable," Gabriella replied as she leaned on the rooftop's door entrance. "He's my best friend and I know he'd do the same for me if it was reversed."
"Why don't you guys just get together for real?" Taylor asked, seriously.
Gabriella gasped. "I do not think of Troy like that Tay!"
"Suuuure, you don't," Taylor nudged her, grinning.
"We're only pretending to get Tyler away from me, remember?" Gabriella reasoned, biting her lip.
"I do know that, but come on, you have to feel something for him!" Taylor said, trying to get something out of Gabriella.
"I mean you guys are so close! LOADS of people think you are dating, you guys even flirt constantly and not even notice it!"
Gabriella blushed. "No, we don't."
Taylor rolled her eyes.
"And please, he likes Cecilia, remember?" Gabriella defended.
"Troy haven't even spoken to the girl before yet! And have you heard him mentioning her lately? Complaining that Cecilia might not like him anymore if she saw him with you? No right?" Taylor exclaimed.
Gabriella sighed. "I don't know Tay..."
"I have to know though," Taylor said after a moment of silence.
"What?"
"Is Troy a good kisser?" she asked curiously.
Gabriella stared at her, a small smile playing on her lips. "I thought you only thought of Troy as a big brother and your boyfriend's right there!" Gabriella said, while pointing behind her.
"I'm just curious is all, I do think of him as a big brother and I know for sure know I'm never going to kiss him...that be, too weird. So…how was it?" Taylor asked
Gabriella pondered on this for a moment before answering her. "Actually, it was...nice."
"Nice," Taylor repeated. "Just...nice?"
Gabriella turned to her. "All right it was more than nice," she said. "It was amazing."
Taylor's grin widened. "Amazing? Kissing Troy?"
Gabriella nodded. "Yeah...it was one of the best kisses I've ever had, Tay."
"Well…what are you going to do about it then?"
She looked at Taylor, puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, is this really just pretend?" Taylor asked, still trying to get something out of her best friend.
"Tay, don't be ridiculous, I'm not going to ruin my friendship with Troy just based on one amazing… wonderful… mind-blowing kiss, all right? It was probably just because I haven't been in a relationship for so long, I didn't realize how much I missed being involved with a guy."
"Maybe," Taylor said still not convinced.
"Well, just enjoy it I guess while you can. You two can just be hook-up buddies till the Senior Prom...no strings attached." Taylor said teasingly.
Gabriella chuckled. "Not really, we'll only kiss if they're people around," she said although for some reason she was dying to kiss him again.
"Let's go back up, before the boys gets suspicious. We still have at least 15 minutes left before our next class." She suggested.
"Sure," Taylor agreed as she followed Gabriella up the steps and into the rooftop once more.
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"Hey," Chad greeted the girls when they reached the top.
"Hey...well come on then Chad, I think the lovebirds need to be alone," Taylor said, while giggling at the glare Gabriella gave her.
Taylor linked arms with Chad as they went down the steps and into the empty hallways just as the warning bell rang.
"What did you and Taylor talk about, huh?" he asked playfully as they hung back from the other couple.
She grinned. "What do you think? We talked about you of course." Gabriella said, linking her own arms with Troy before making their own way down the rooftop garden.
"Me huh?" he said not surprised. "Only good things I hope." Troy said, dodging the mass of students that were walking past them.
"Of course," she countered back. "I..."
Troy stopped short all of the sudden. "Shh...hear that?"
Gabriella opened her ears and then heard muffled voices around the corner.
"Yes...it sounds like Tyler and..."
Troy looked at her. "Claire," he said with a scowl. "Come on."
Together they walked to the hallway where the voices were coming from. Troy slowly peaked around that corner but flew back quickly when they saw them. He motioned to Gabriella to be quite and listen by holding up his finger to his mouth. When she nodded, they both leaned as far as they could, straining their ears to hear their conversation.
"We need to somehow prove it's just a scam," Tyler's voice said. "I WILL take Gabriella to that prom. I don't know WHY she's refusing."
"Please...she's just using Troy to make you jealous," Claire said. "Of course she likes you...and Troy doesn't like Gabriella, that's ridiculous."
Gabriella could feel Troy tense up so she rubbed a soothing hand up and down his arm for comfort, but continued to listen.
"We shouldn't talk about this here," Tyler said suddenly. "Why don't we meet somewhere later?"
"Meet me here later after school, when most of the students have gone… around 4.30?" Claire suggested.
"See you then," he said stiffly.
They heard their footsteps disappear and then Troy finally turned to Gabriella. "This is perfect...Gabriella, it's the right time to make our move...they don't know we overheard them so..."
"So, we show up before 4.30," she said catching on with a smile.
"And they catch us kissing...oh, the looks on their faces will be so priceless!"
She giggled excitingly. "You're a genius, Bolton," she said and then leaned up and gave him a loud smacking kiss on the mouth.
Troy blinked before he finally smiled. "Why thanks, Montez," he finally said. "I learnt from the best."
He then grabbed her hand and they both walked off hand-in-hand towards their next class.
Neither of them could wait until later.
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AN: Heya readers! How did you guys like this chapter? R&R please!