A/N: I am so glad that you guys like it. Like I said before it is based on something that has really happened. My best friend Alicia is Sharpay, my friend Mindy is Kelsi (although she really hasn't been introduced into the story yet), and Taylor is my friend Whitney. They were supposed to come over tonight and help me, but seeing as how it is going to snow for like the first time in seven years(I live in Alabama, we NEVER get snow) they can't come over.

So anyway here is the second chapter I hope you guys like it better than the first 

Disclaimer: I do not own HSM

Chapter Two: The Rules

It was Saturday morning, and Gabriella didn't want to get out of the bed. Unfortunatly, some idiot was calling her on her phone. Gabriella didn't know who was calling her so early, well it was really ten o'clock, but she didn't care. She was going to kill whoever it was.

Gabriella picked her phone up off of her nightstand and pushed the green talk button.

"Hello," Gabriella answered groggily.

"Hey Brie, you sound tired. Did I wake you?" Sharpay answered.

Of course it would be Sharpay that woke her up. She had a bad habit of doing that.

"No, I always sound like this when I answer the phone," Gabriella replied sarcastically.

"Somebody's not a morning person," Sharpay said.

"Not when I don't get home until eleven-thirty the night before, and have worked my ass off."

"Oh, well I guess I forgot what my first day was like. I have worked there for six months, so I am used to it by now."

"Obviously," Gabriella replied stifling a huge yawn.

"So how did you like your first night?" Sharpay asked.

"Umm, well, it was okay. I do have a question for you though. Does Troy have a girlfriend?"

"I don't think so. Troy doesn't date many girls. Which is a shame since he is so hot. Why do you want to know? Secret crush?" Sharpay asked nosedly.

"Kind of. I mean can you blame me? He is so cute! He's tall, muscular, he has the cutest smile, and don't even get me started on his eyes," Gabriella said dreamily.

"Well don't get your hopes up."

"Why not?"

"Am the only one at work that has read the rule book?" Sharpay asked annoyed.

"I skimmed over it a bit."

"Well there is a rule that says that no managers or supervisors are allowed to date regular employees."

"That is so stupid!" Gabriella said angrily. Who in the hell would make a dumb ass rule like that?

"Yeah I know. It has a good reason though. It's so they won't give whoever they are dating special treatment. It would be like a teacher dating a student, and giving him or her good grades."

"I guess I can see why it's a rule. I don't like it though. Oh well, there goes my hopes for Troy."

"Yeah, well hey. I am going to get in the shower, but I will see you tonight at work."

"Alright, bye Sharpay."

Gabriella got out of her bed, and walked into her bathroom. She had really gotten her hopes up about Troy too. Oh well. There is nothing she can do about it now. Gabriella looked in her mirror and rubbed her face. She looked horrible. Since she had gotten home so late last night, she didn't feel like taking her make-up off. Now it was smeared, and she looked like a raccoon. Gabriella wasn't supposed to be at work today until three o'clock. She was schedualed to work in concessions again. Which was wonderful since she was going to get to work with Taylor, Sharpay, and Kelsi. Not to mention Troy too. What the hell, even though she couldn't date him, she could still flirt right? She didn't remember reading a rule against flirting in the rulebook.

Gabriella parked her car as she walked into the movie theatre. She immediately looked over at the concession stand to see if Troy was there. To her disappointment though, he wasn't. Gabriella sighed and continued to walk to the break room. She opened the door and saw Troy standing at the drink machine.

Troy turned around to see who had come in the door and saw Gabriella. "Oh, hey Gabi. I didn't know that you were working today," Troy said as he grabbed his coke can out of the drink machine.

"Yeah, my second day. I am so excited," Gabriella said sarcastically. She took off her coat and put in a locker along with her purse. Pulling a dollar out of her pocket, Gabriella walked over to the drink machine. She stared at the choices, but couldn't decide what to get.

"Having a hard time deciding?" Troy asked Gabriella.

"Yeah, I never know what to get. I normally drink coke all the time, but I kind of want something different," Gabriella replied biting her bottom lip trying to decide.

"Get a Mr. Pibb. It's the next best thing to coke," Troy said smiling at her.

"Hmm, I guess."

"So where are you working tonight?" Troy asked as he took a seat at the table.

"Concessions, again," Gabriella said with a bored tone.

"Hey it's not that bad. You get to work with me, if that helps any," Troy said winking at her.

"No way, that just makes it worse," Gabriella said flirting with Troy. God he looked amazing in his red supervisor shirt. Gabriella wondered what he looked like without it on.

"You should be nicer to me."

"And why is that Bolton?"

"Hmmm, last names huh? Well, Ms. Montez, if you aren't, I can make tonight a living hell for you."

Not being able to date you already is a living hell, Gabriella silently thought to herself. "If you say so Bolton."

It had now been a month since Gabriella had been hired. Her and Troy were constantly flirting all the time. Most people hated going to work, but Gabriella loved it. The more time she got to spend with Troy, the better.

Gabriella was looking for something to wear in her closet. Taylor and Sharpay joked with her all the time saying it was like a mall. Anything you wanted you could find in her closet.

Gabriella was looking over some tops when her doorbell rang

"Coming!" Gabriella yelled as she ran out of her closet and down her stairs. She opened the door to see Taylor, Kelsi and Sharpay standing there. "Hey guys. You know you don't have to knock. I mean you three practically live here anyway."

"Yeah, you should really just get us keys," Kelsi said jokingly.

"So how come you're not ready yet Brie?" asked Sharpay, as the four girls walked up the stairs to Gabriella's room.

"I can't decide on what to wear," Gabriella said as she continued to look through her closet.

"Well, why don't you let us help," Taylor said taking over her closet. Gabriella walked over to her bed and sat down. The girls had all planned on going out to eat that night. After that they were going to go blowing and come back to Gabriella's and spend the night. Some how all four girls had managed to get the night off.

After Taylor had picked something for Gabriella to wear they all got into her Escape and drove to a little pizza parlor in town.

"So I thought we could make things a little more interesting tonight," Sharpay said sipping on her Dr. Pepper.

"And what did you have in mind Shar?" Gabriella asked scared to find out.

"You know the new guy Zeke, right?"

"Yeah," all three girls answered.

"Well, I have been talking to him, and asked him if he could get us some vodka. He is twenty-one, and I didn't think you guys would object," Sharpay said hoping they would all agree.

"It sounds like fun to me," Kelsi said.

"Yeah, I in too," Taylor answered.

"What about you Gabriella?" Sharpay asked.

"I don't know you guys," Gabriella said with worry in her voice. It wasn't that she was afraid of getting caught or anything. Her mother wasn't even going to be home tonight since she was on a business trip. It was just that Gabriella got really horny when she was drunk, and had a bad habit of calling people too.

"Oh come on Gabi. It will be fun," Sharpay said begging her.

"Yeah please Brie," Both Taylor and Kelsi asked.

Gabriella thought about it a little more, and decided that as long as she was careful it wouldn't hurt. "Okay," Gabriella answered.

"Yay!" all three girls exclaimed.

"Come on guys. Let's get to the bowling alley," Kelsi said as they paid for their food and left.

After they bowled two games the girls decided to leave. They stopped at a gas station to get some orange juice and energy drinks to mix with the vodka.

"So where are we meeting Zeke at Sharpay?" Gabriella asked pulling out of the gas stations parking lot.

"Umm, we are meeting him on the side off the movie theatre since he is working tonight," Sharpay replied.

Gabriella drove to the movie theatre, and parked on the side of the building. She really hoped that nobody she knew saw her. Sharpay got out of the car and walked over to a bushy haired Chad.

He was kind of cute Gabriella thought to herself. She watched as Sharpay and Zeke flirted with each other and thought about how cute they would look together. It had been a while since Sharpay had dated anybody. Lucky for her, she could date Zeke and not worry about the rules since he was a regular employee.

Sharpay walked back to the car and got in. "I got girls," Sharpay said excited.

"Good now let's get back to my house before anyone sees us here," Gabriella said driving to her house.

All four girls had been drinking for two hours now, and they were pretty wasted. Sharpay had ending up kissing everyone and walking around naked. Kelsi was dancing around the room singing "Hit Me Baby One More Time," which Sharpay was taking serious. Taylor and Gabriella were still taking shots and laughing at each other. Gabriella started thinking about Troy again for the millionth time that night. She just couldn't seem to get him off of her mind.

"Hey Tay," Gabriella said slirring her words a bit.

"Yuh yeah Gabsters," a drunken Taylor replied.

"Do you have Troy's cell phone number?"

"I think so. Why? Do you want to call lover boy," Taylor teased.

"Why as a matter a fact I do thank you very much," Gabriella said almost falling off of her bed.

"Yeah, here you go," Taylor said handing Gabriella her phone.

Gabriella took Taylor's phone and looked through her contacts. She scrolled down to the T's and found Troy's name. Even his name made her smile. She then pushed the green talk button and listened to it ring.

"Taylor?" answered Troy.

"Nope. It's me. Gabriella," she said giggling.

"Oh hey Gabi. Are you drunk?" Troy asked worried.

"Noooooo! I would never drink," Gabriella said giggling some more.

"Then why are you slirring your words and giggling so much?"

"Well, I may be a little drunk. But shhhh, don't tell anyone. The reason I am giggling so much though, is because I am happy."

"And why are you so happy?" Troy asked Gabriella.

"Maybe because I am talking to you silly," Gabriella said in a duh tone and laughing some more.

"Oh," Troy said as his voice dropped," and why do I make you happy?"

"Maybe because I like you Troy. Have you not notice?"

"Well no actually," Troy said as he scratched the back of his neck. "Gabi you do know that we can't ever be anything, right?"

"Why not," Gabriella asked pouting.

"Because I'm a supervisor and you're a regular employee. It's against the rules."

"Well, I don't really give a shit."

"Well, you're drunk so you aren't really thinking clearly right now Gabi," Troy said.

"Can I ask you something Troy?"

"Sure."

"Do you like me?"

Troy thought about it for a minute before he answered. He did like her, but he didn't know if should tell her or not. He thought that since she was drunk anyway, that she wouldn't remember when she woke up. "I think that you are a beautiful girl Gabi. You're funny, smart, and you're a hard worker. I do like you a lot, but I try not to think about it too much because of the fact that we can't date."

"So you do like me," Gabriella asked excited.

" Yeah, I do," answered Troy.

A/N: So I hope that you guys liked the chapter. Sorry for the long delay. I hope that the length will make up for the fact that I took so long in getting it to you. If you have any ideas let me know. Also I really love long reviews, so the more I get the faster I will post.