Chapter Seven: Stay with Me

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It was Thursday, and Gabriella and Josh were sitting at her house watching a movie by them-selves. Gabriella's mother was on a business trip and wouldn't be back for two weeks. She had to leave quite often. At first it used to bother Gabriella, but now she was used to it. Josh was getting bored with the movie and kept trying to get Gabriella's attention. He kept kissing Gabriella's neck and massaging her thigh. Gabriella was getting highly annoyed with this and kept moving his hand off of her leg so she could concentrate on the movie.

"Come on Gabi, this movie is so boring!" Josh said pouting.

"Well do have something better for us to do?" Gabriella asked knowing perfectly well what he wanted to do.

"Actually, yes I do. I would really love to just turn this off and you and I go upstairs and some fun of our own."

Gabriella rolled her eyes. Her and Josh had been dating for a month now, and all he wanted to do was have sex. It was like he was just using her for his own benefit. "We had sex this afternoon. Don't you get tired of doing it all the time?"

Josh looked at her dumbfounded, "How could I ever get tired of having sex. I'm a guy Gabi, we don't get tired of sex."

"Well, I am Josh. Look maybe you should just go home. It's getting kind of late anyway, and I have school in the morning.

Knowing that he wasn't going to get anywhere with her, Josh decided that he would just leave. Besides there was a college party going on that he was invited to, and since Gabriella wouldn't have sex with him, he would find somebody that would. "I guess I will see you tomorrow then babe," Josh said getting up from the couch.

"I have to work tomorrow."

"Well, call me when you aren't so busy then," Josh said getting aggravated. He grabbed his keys and walked out the door. Getting in his car he drove to the frat house where the party was going on in full swing. He spotted a very hot girl that was sitting with some friends. Everyone was pretty wasted. He talked to her for a while before saying, "Hey babe let's say you and I get out of here and have our own party." The two got up and left.

Gabriella was still sitting on her couch watching the movie when her telephone rang. She paused the movie and got up to answer the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Gabs, it me, Taylor."

"Oh, hey, what are you doing?"

"Nothing listen this Saturday there is going to be a party. Do you want to go?"

Gabriella thought about for a minute. She really did need to let off some steam. Her whole relationship with Josh was starting to stress her out. "Yeah, I think I will."

"Cool, I will see you tomorrow at work and give you the rest of the details."

"Okay, see you then." Hanging up the phone Gabriella finished watching her movie and then went to bed. It was going to be a long weekend.

Troy and Chad, his best friend, were at his house playing Halo on Troy's X-box 360. Troy was losing because he couldn't get his mind off of Gabriella.

"Dude, I just beat you again! What is up with you lately?" Chad asked setting down the controller.

Troy set his down too, and rubbed face with his hands. "I don't know. I have just had a lot on my mind."

"Really? Like what?"

"Nothing, don't worry about it. I know I shouldn't be."

"If you say so." Chad got up from the couch and walked into Troy's kitchen. "Hey man, you got anything to eat in here? I'm starved!" Chad said looking through Troy's pantries.

"No you ate everything yesterday. I really should start making you buy my food since you always seem to eat them all," Troy said jokingly.

"I can't help that I love food. So did you hear about that party tomorrow night?"

"Oh yeah, I heard about it. It doesn't sound like too much fun."

"What do you mean? There's going to be tons of alcohol and gorgeous babes for us to hit on. What doesn't sound fun about that?" Chad asked confused.

Troy thought about it for a minute, "I guess I will go with you then."

"I knew you wouldn't say no," Chad said smiling from ear to ear.

It was Saturday night, and Gabriella and Taylor were getting ready at Gabriella's house. Gabriella was wearing some dark low-rise jeans, with a fitting red top, and black heals. Taylor was wearing dark hip huggers with a blue shirt that showed part of her stomach, and black heals. After the girls finished with their makeup, they got into Gabriella's Escape and drove to the party.

Meanwhile Chad and Troy were at Troy's apartment getting ready also. Troy didn't feel like he needed to impress anybody, so he was just wearing blue jeans and a green polo. Chad was wearing blue jeans and an orange polo. He was really trying to stand out. After they applied some cologne, they walked out of Troy's apartment and drove to the party.

Gabriella and Taylor walked inside of the house that the party was being held in. The party was already in full swing by the time they arrived. Half the people were drunk, and the other half were on their way to getting there.

"So do you want to get something to drink?" Taylor asked Gabriella yelling over the music.

"Yeah, I need something strong tonight," Gabriella said as her and Taylor made their way to the table that had the alcohol on it. Gabriella grabbed an unopened bottle of Tequila and started drinking it immediately.

"Aren't you going to mix that with something?" Taylor asked a little shocked.

After taking another swig and Gabriella looked at Taylor and said, " That takes to long. I want to get drunk fast.

Taylor just nodded her head a little worried.

By the time that Troy and Chad arrived, Gabriella was completely wasted. She was on the dance floor grinding with some random guy. When Troy and Chad walked in, Troy spotted her immediately. Then he saw Taylor running up to him with worry in her eyes.

"Troy! I am so glad that you are here! You have to help Gabriella. She drank half a bottle of Tequila, and I can't get her to listen to me."

"Why did you let her drink so much Tay?" Troy asked.

"It's not like I could really stop her. I told her not to and even tried to take the bottle away. But she wouldn't let me."

"Look Chad, you keep Taylor company, and I am going to get Gabriella."

"Alright man"

Troy walked over to where Gabriella was and took her hand. Gabriella looked up at him and smiled, "Troysie! I can't believe you are here!" Gabriella said giggling.

"Yeah, come on Brie, let me help you walk over here."

"Okie dokie," Gabriella said. Troy started to help her walk off the dance floor when Gabriella stopped. "I don't feel so good Troy." Troy didn't have time to react. Gabriella had already thrown up all over the floor and was now knelling down on the ground still puking her guts out.

"Come on Brie, let's get you out of here," Troy said trying to pick her up again.

"Noooo! I don't wanna leave. You can't make me!" Gabriella said stomping her feet on the ground like a two year old. With that Troy swept Gabriella up bridal style and carried her out of the house. Chad and Taylor were following them close behind. Troy got her out, but not without Gabriella fighting the whole way.

Carefully setting her inside of his truck, Troy closed the door. He turned to Taylor and said, "Tay have you drank anything tonight?"

"I was going to, but when I saw how much Gabi was drinking I figured that I shouldn't."

Troy handed her Gabriella's keys and said, "Good then I want you to take Chad back to his house, that is if he wants to go, and then meet me at Gabriella's house. I am going to take her home now."

"Alright. Do you want to go home yet Chad?" Taylor asked.

"Umm, I guess. If Troy isn't going to be here then I certainly don't want to be here."

"Okay then let's go," Taylor said as she and Chad made their way to Gabriella's car. Troy got into his truck and started to drive to Gabriella's house. When they finally got to her house, Troy went to the passenger side and picked Gabriella up bridal style again. He carried her inside and took her up to her bedroom. Laying her on the bed, Troy covered her up and went to get some bread, water, and a washcloth.

"Here Brie, I need you to eat this. It will make you feel better," Troy said handing her the bread.

Gabriella didn't want to eat it but did anyway. "Troy why are you helping me?" Gabriella asked him confused.

Troy took a deep breath and dapped the washcloth on her face, "Because I care about you Brie and I don't want you to get hurt. You shouldn't have drunk that much tonight. What were you thinking? Does Josh know about this, and if he does why wasn't he there for you?"

Gabriella lay there trying to comprehend all the questions he just asked her, "Josh didn't know, that's why he wasn't there. I don't have to tell him everything that I do. Besides I just wanted a night to myself without him."

Troy finally got some hope back. She didn't want him there? Did that mean that things were going badly? Maybe he still had a chance to be with her. "Well since you are doing better I am going to go home. Just call me if you need anything," Troy got up from the bed and started to walk out of her room.

"Wait!"

Troy turned around and Gabriella looked at him with puppy dog eyes, "Do you think that you could just stay here with me tonight?"

Troy knew that he couldn't say no to her and nodded his head yes. He walked back to her bed and lay next to her. Gabriella moved closer to Troy and snuggled next to him. He wrapped his arm around her and the two quickly fell asleep.

A/N: So there you go guys. I hope you enjoyed it. Review please!!!