Chapter 3

Recap

"Just shut up and sleep." Troy stood up and picked the pillow on the ground. He smiled evilly and chucked the pillow right on her face.

"OW!" Gabriella said, glaring at Troy. A lightning appeared, giving the room a dim light. Gabriella finally had the chance to see Troy's face through the darkness. When she did, she froze with her mouth hanging open and just staring at Troy. She wasn't sure if she saw a 'blue eyed' , Troy.

"What?" Troy asked confused.

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"Come here for a second." Gabriella said but Troy just backed away.

"Are your eyes blue?" Gabriella said running to him and looking him right on the eye.

"Oh crap! I'm not wearing my green contacts!" Troy thought.

"No.. Its green." Troy lied and ran out of her room.

The next morning, Gabriella woke up early. She went down and saw her mom cooking breakfast.

"Oh hey Gabriella. Could you wake up Troy for me?" Carla asked.

"Sure." Gabriella answered, running to Troy's room.

When she entered, she saw Troy sleeping peacefully

"Gosh! He is such a cutie!!" Gabriella thought with a smile. She walked closer to his bed and shook him a little.

"Wake up Troy!" Gabriella said softly, which did no good in waking him up. She shook him again but nothing happened.

"How do I wake him up?" Gabriella asked herself, facing Troy. She bent down and just examined his face. Suddenly, she felt Troy grabbed her arm.

"What the--" She was cut off when Troy suddenly pulled her down causing her to lay right on top of him.

"What is he doing?" Gabriella thought, trying to get out of his grasp but Troy just wrapped his arms around her waist tightly.

"Troy, let me go!" Gabriella exclaimed. When she looked up, she saw Troy still sleeping with a small smile on his face.

"Let me go!" She kept repeating and eventually, Troy woke up with a puzzled look.

"Gabi?" Troy said and Gabriella froze for two reasons, one - because he never called her Gabi before, and two - he was amazed by his stunning blue eyes.

There was a moment of silent until finally, Gabriella noticed their awkward position. She quickly jumped off and stood up, blushing.

"Why were you on top of me?" Troy asked with a smirk.

"You wanted to kiss me don't ya!" Troy teased and Gabriella frowned.

"You wish Bolton! I wasn't gonna be positioned on top of you if you didn't pull me right onto you." Gabriella shotted back and Troy just stared at her confusedly.

"What? I was sleeping the whole time." Troy said.

"Then you are a very strange sleeper. I wouldn't get too close to you when I'm sleeping. You might do something to me in your sleep!" Gabriella smirked and Troy blushed a little.

Gabriella didn't want to embarrass him more so she decided to walk away. Suddenly, she stopped.

"Troy you have gorgeous eyes! Why do you wear green contacts?" Gabriella asked, puzzled.

"Because blue eyes make guys look weak. Its such a soft colour!" Troy said and Gabriella shook her head.

"You're wrong." She said walking out the room.

Both of them were now dressed up and eating breakfast.

"Oh by the way, Gabriella, Troy we have a party to attend to tonight and its formal. All your friends are coming too." Jack said while Troy groaned.
"But mom, I don't have anything to wear." Gabriella whined.

"Oh don't worry dear. I already bought a gorgeous gown for you and I'm sure you'll look beautiful in it." Carla smiled while Troy smirked.

"Whatever she wears, its not gonna change her appearance Mrs Montez." Troy said while Gabriella and Jack glared at him.

"Its true." Troy said defensively.

"A girl can always turn more beautiful than ever. I won't be surprise if you won't stop staring at Gabriella tonight!" Jack told his son.

"I'll prove you wrong!" Troy challenged.

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The night finally came and Gabriella was in her room finishing her make up. Gabriella's mom and Mr Bolton had to be in the party earlier than them which meant that Troy had to drive Gabriella to the party.

"Geeky Gabriella are you done yet??" Troy yelled from outside Gabriella's door. He was leaning on the wall looking very bored.

"Please don't call me that! And yes I am done!" Gabriella called out. She went out of the room and saw Troy, not even noticing that she walked out.

"Are you ready?" Gabriella said shyly.

"Just shut--" When Troy turned to look at Gabriella, he couldn't help but stare in amazement. He just stood there frozen.

"Damn! I never knew Gabriella is hot!--- No! Troy snap out of it! She's a geek remember?" Troy thought, his heart pounding fast.
"I will not loose the bet to my dad! So stop staring Troy!" Troy thought trying to look anywhere else but Gabriella.

When they arrived at the location, they looked around, searching for their friends.

"Where are they?" Gabriella asked.

"How am I suppose to know." Troy frowned. Suddenly, a random guy came up to Gabriella.
"Hey there pretty lady. Can I escort you?" The guy asked flirtatiously. Gabriella looked over at Troy who was glaring at the guy. He walked over to him and simply stomped on his foot.

"Can't you see that I'm her escort?" Troy said grabbing Gabriella's hand while the guy looked down at his sore foot.

"Why'd you stomp on his foot?" Gabriella asked curiously.

"He's annoying." Troy shrugged.

"So you will just hurt people because they annoy you?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah. End of discussion!" Troy said while frowning.

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"What's taking Gabi and Troy?" Sharpay asked her friends.
"I don't know." Chad shrugged not even caring.

"Is that them over there?!" Taylor exclaimed pointing at Troy and Gabriella's direction.

"Oh my gosh! They truly are cute together!" Sharpay squealed.

Troy and Gabriella walked towards their friends quietly.

"Hey guys!" Gabriella said noticing her friends' amused faces. Troy and Gabriella never realised that they were still holding hands.
"Hello. Umm…. Did we miss something?" Sharpay smirked pointing at Troy and Gabriella's hand.

"What are you talking about ice queen?" Troy looked down and saw his hand intertwined with Gabriella's. He quickly pulled away blushing.

"Excuse us boys!" Sharpay said dragging the girls including Gabriella away.

"What's going on Sharpay?" Gabriella asked confusedly.

"Gabriella! Troy and you look so cute together!" Taylor said with a smile.
"Last time I checked you didn't want me to be with him." Gabriella said.

"We know but why were you guys so… cozy?" Kelsi smirked.

"We were not cozy! Troy just saved me from a creepy guy!" Gabriella defended.

"So he's your night in shining armour now?" Sharpay questioned.

"Guys can we just drop the subject? Please?" Gabriella begged.

"Fine! But this is not the end Gabi!" Sharpay said while the others girls laughed.

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"So Troy, I see some connection between you and Gabriella." Chad said wiggling his eyebrows.

"There's no connection between me and Gabriella and don't ever talk about anything like this again!" Troy said not wanting to talk about Gabriella anymore.

"Sure thing man. But I reckon she looks hot tonight." Jason and Troy just glared at him.

The girls finally came back with smiles on their faces. After a few minutes, each pair started to walk to the dance floor and dance eventually leaving Troy and Gabriella alone.
"If you think that I will ask you to dance, better think twice." Troy smirked.

"I am not waiting for you to ask me. Maybe someone else will dance with me." Gabriella grinned looking at a handsome guy approaching her with a smile. Troy frowned and quickly grabbed Gabriella's hand before the guy could come any closer.

"Troy where are you taking me?" Gabriella asked with an amused look on her face.

"Just follow me." Troy said heading to a very unfamiliar place.

They finally arrived at their destination and Gabriella couldn't help but stare at the view.

"Wow! Its beautiful here!" Gabriella exclaimed with a huge smile.

"I know." Troy said sitting on the bench and looking straight at Gabriella.

"So what do we do now?" Gabriella asked sitting next to him.

"I don't know." Troy shrugged.

"Troy can I ask you something?" Gabriella started.

"What is it?" He replied.

"Do you know that you're a nice guy?" Gabriella said and Troy froze.

"Yeah right. Explain to me why people call me 'The Devil'." Troy laughed.

"Because they don't know the real you." She said and he just raised his eyebrow.

"And you do?" He asked.

"Not really but I can see how much you care about the people close to you. I love seeing you laughing and talking with our parents happily. You're an entire different person when you're at home." She smiled which made Troy's stomach to do back flips.

"Let's just go." Troy said trying to get away with Gabriella's explanations of him becoming a nice guy.

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Gabriella woke up Saturday morning feeling dizzy and sick. Mrs Montez told her to stay at home and rest because she needed to go to an emergency meeting.

"This is not fair. I'm all alone in this huge house." Gabriella said while coughing. She grabbed a book and started reading.

"Who said you're alone?" Troy asked appearing from the door.

"I thought you were hanging out with your friends." Gabriella said confused.

"I was. Here eat this." Troy said with an annoyed tone, handing the soup that he made.

"Umm.. Thanks." Gabriella said shyly with a slight smile.

"Just shut up and eat it." Troy said walking out.

"Were you worried about me? Is that why you came home early?" Gabriella suddenly asked. Troy paused feeling the heat rise up to his cheeks.

"Of course not!" Troy lied but Gabriella knew that he was lying. Troy walked out quickly and slammed the door shut.

"Oh my gosh! This soup taste terrible. I bet he made this though." Gabriella thought happily.

"I guess its eatable." She whispered and continued to eat.

Troy walked to his room and can't get over the fact that he was actually worried about Gabriella because she was sick.

"Damn it!! I think I'm falling for Gabriella!! This is not suppose to happen!" Troy thought, frustrated. He started to play some basketball in the backyard to take his mind off certain things or a certain someone.

"I have to do something to prevent myself from falling for Gabriella!" Troy told his self. An idea struck him and it made him sad to think that he had to do it in order to forget about his feelings for Gabriella. But will his plans work?

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I hope you like it! Sorry if Gabriella and Troy didn't dance in the party but I promise they will, soon!! So what do you think of this chapter? Please review.