Chapter 5

Recap

Troy ended the song. He read through it and suddenly crumpled the paper.

"Stupid song! Makes me more confused!" Troy thought chucking the piece of paper near a plant. The bell rang so he quickly head down the stairs and to his next class.

"Should I go back to ignoring her and being mean to her? Or just be nice to her? Which way should I choose?" Troy thought to his self confusedly.

End of Recap

Its 1am in Troy's clock but he still couldn't sleep. He just simply couldn't stop thinking about Gabriella even though he tried so hard to pay no attention to his feelings for her.

"That's it! I have to ask her this question that's whacking my brain all day!" Troy said, standing up and heading to Gabriella's room which was just next to his.

He stormed out of his room and quickly opened Gabriella's door without knocking. He suddenly tripped on something, causing Gabriella to wake up from the noise.

"Troy?! What are you doing here?!" Gabriella asked, still angry about what Troy did with the poor guy who got a lump on his head because of him.

Troy suddenly forgot why he was there.

"Crap! What am I gonna say?" Troy thought.

"Umm… I have a homework due tomorrow and you have to do it!" Troy lied.

"What?! Troy its 1:15am!!! Why are you torturing me?!" Gabriella almost shouted but suddenly remembered that she might wake up their parents.

"I love to see girls get frustrated." Troy lied again.

"Shut your big mouth Troy! You're making the situation worst!" Troy thought.

"Oh ok. Well congratulations because I'm really frustrated right now! Gosh Troy! Why do you make me do your work in the middle of the night?! You make me your slave and order me around! Damn it Troy! I'm so exhausted of fighting you and following everything you say! Why do you have to be so mean to me?? Why do you hate me so much??!!!" Gabriella yelled angrily not caring anymore if she woke up the neighbours or something.

"That's the thing Gabriella!!! I don't hate you! I'm freakin confused!! When you came, everything became complicated. I don't know who I should be!!! A nice guy or a devil!! Damn it Gabi!! I've fallen for you and I don't know how to control my feelings that I decided to be such a jerk to you just to try and forget this feelings for you!! But guess what!! I can't because… damn it, why do I have to fall for such and angel like you!!" Troy yelled while Gabriella just stood frozen at her spot with shock ness written all over her face. She never expected him to say those words. In fact, it was the last thing that she would ever imagine Troy would say to her.

"You know what just--- just forget about what I said!" Troy said shaking his head and quickly walked back to his room before Gabriella could even say anything.

"What just happened?" Gabriella asked herself looking very shocked. She unknowingly fell back on her bed not knowing what to do.

"He likes me? He actually likes me?" Gabriella whispered.

"Gabriella you are so stupid! He likes you and you yelled at him like it was the end of the world!! What am I gonna do?" Gabriella exclaimed, facing the pillow.

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The next day, everything was totally awkward between Troy and Gabriella. Mostly to Troy because he was the one who admitted his feelings.

"Gabi, can I talk to you for a second?" Carla asked her daughter.

"Sure!" Gabriella said quickly walking out of the kitchen where Troy and Mr Bolton was in.

"What is it mom?" Gabriella asked as soon as they reached the living room.

"Did you have an argument with Troy last night?" Carla asked curiously.

"Umm… you heard us?" Gabriella asked nervously.

"Not really but we heard some noises." Carla said and Gabriella sighed in relief.

"We kinda got into a fight." Gabriella admitted to her mother.
"Gabi you better fix everything between you and Troy. You're gonna be brothers and sisters soon. You have to get along." Carla said softly. Gabriella couldn't help but wince when she heard the part that Troy and her are gonna be brothers and sisters. She wants to be more than Troy's sister.

"I'll try mom." Gabriella said as they went back to the kitchen.

In Troy's car, everything was dead silent. He wasn't even listening to the loud music like the usual.

"Troy--" Gabriella started but was cut off by Troy's sigh.

"Look Gabi, about what I said before.. Its wrong. If you don't feel the same way, just pretend that it never happens so we can just get on with our lives." Troy said softly while Gabriella sunk back on her seat.

"Should I tell him that I like him too?" Gabriella asked herself. Before she could say anything else, the car stopped and she realised that they had arrived at school.

Gabriella was awfully quiet and surprisingly, the girls didn't notice. At lunch, Gabriella went to the rooftop to think things through.

"I'm confused. Does he really like me?" Gabriella asked as she sat on the bench. Suddenly, something caught her eyes. She looked over at a plant where a crumpled paper was lying on.

"What's that?" Gabriella picked it up and unrumpled it.

"Where do I go from here??" Gabriella said as she read the title of a song.

"Did Troy write this??" Gabriella thought.

"Who else could've written this since Troy was the only one who goes here. Is he really confuse like what he said to my last night?" She said in her mind.

Suddenly, she heard footsteps. She turned her head around only to find Troy looking back at her.

"Oh umm… I'm just gonna go." Troy said turning around, ready to walk away.

"Troy wait!" Gabriella called out and Troy paused.

"What?" He asked.

"Can you umm… sit with me??" Gabriella stuttered and Troy just shrugged and sat next to her.

There was a really uncomfortable silence between them.

"What now?" Troy asked softly.

"Umm.. Did you really mean what you said to me last night?" Gabriella asked nervously and Troy just nodded slowly in response, blushing like crazy. Lucky for him, Gabriella didn't see it since she was looking at the ground the entire time.

"Well umm.. This is kinda umm awkward or whatever but I think.. Umm.." Gabriella started as Troy grew impatient.

"Cut to the chase, Gabi." Troy said.

"Ok, ok.. Fine.. I think… I umm.. Feel the same.. Umm I like you… too??" Gabriella stuttered, feeling her heart racing to the next galaxy.

"Really?" He asked with a sudden enthusiasm, shotting his head up.

"Yeah." Gabriella said with a small smile, fiddling with her fingers. She could feel her cheeks heat up.

"So ummm.. Well what are we gonna do?" Troy asked. He'd never felt so awkward in his whole life and yet so wonderful at the same time.

"I don't really know." Gabriella half shrugged.

"I guess this is where I come in. Umm.. Gabriella, will you be my girlfriend?" Troy asked nervously. Come to think of it, Troy had never asked a girl to be his girlfriend. Its always the other way around that's why he's not really used to it.

"I'd love to!" Gabriella said as they both hugged.

"Wait!" Gabriella suddenly pulled away while Troy just stared at her in confusion.

"We're gonna be siblings soon Troy! This is wrong!" Gabriella suddenly felt guilty for some reason.

"Gabi we can't do anything about that. But technically, we're not brothers and sisters yet. We can keep it a secret." Troy said with a serious look on her face.

"I never hid anything from my mom before." Gabriella said and Troy sort of rolled his eyes.

"Come on Gabi. Break a rule for once in your life." Troy said and suddenly, the bell went causing them to groan. They both head to their classrooms together without saying a word.

Gabriella was in the classroom sitting quietly. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice that her friends were watching her the whole time.

"Do you think she's ok?" Kelsi whispered to Sharpay and Taylor.

"She's been day dreaming since she got to class." Taylor whispered back.

"We should ask her what happened." Sharpay said and the girls nodded in agreement.

"Gabi!" The girls said in unison, and at the same time, making sure not to get caught by their teacher.

"Gabi!" They called again but Gabriella was too busy thinking. Finally the bell went causing Gabriella to snap back to reality. Before she could walk out of the class, a hand swiftly grabbed her arm.

"What the--" She turned around to see her friends giving her a 'what's going on' look.

"Gabi what's up?" Taylor asked.

"Nothing's up." Gabriella replied and tried to get away from them but they wouldn't let her.

"Spill Gabs." Sharpay demanded and Gabriella sighed in defeat.

"Ok well, last night.. Me and Troy got into a little.. Fight." Gabriella started and the girls nodded telling her to continue.

"Then.. Ummm.. He kinda said something personal." Gabriella said.

"What did he say?" Sharpay asked with interest written all over her face.

"That umm.. He kinda told me that… he'd fallen for me." Gabriella whispered so softly that the girls needed to leaned down, for them to be able to hear.

"Oh my gosh! Are you serious?!!" Sharpay exclaimed which attracted almost everyone in the hall.

"Yeah just yell it out why don't you." Gabriella said rolling her eyes.

"No way! Did he actually said it?" Taylor asked, super shocked.

"Yup." Gabriella said with a little smile on her face.

"I see someone's in love too!" Kelsi said, noticing Gabriella's smile.

"Well, umm.. He kinda asked me out and I don't know what to do!" Gabriella said and the girls' eyes widened in surprised.

"Wait are you saying he asked you out?" Sharpay asked, shocked. She dragged the girls to a place where the others couldn't see or watch them since they were feeling a little uncomfortable when people stare at them.

"Duh! That's what she just said Sharpay! Aren't you listening?" Taylor smirked.

"Whatever." Sharpay said.

"You should definitely go for it! I think Troy really likes you." Kelsi said and Gabriella couldn't help but grin.

"You think so?" Gabriella asked and the girls automatically nodded their heads.

"Troy never, I mean NEVER asked anyone out. You're someone special Gabs." Sharpay announced.

"But how about our parents? He's gonna be my brother soon." Gabriella said a little sad about their situation.

"He's not really your brother yet so.. Just go with the flow. Go out with him." Taylor said and Gabriella smiled a little.

Suddenly, the bell rang causing them to jump up.

"What's with the bell interrupting my conversation today?" Gabriella thought.

"We better head to class." Gabriella said.

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Troy and Gabriella finally arrived home. No one was there except them since their parents were still at work.
"What do we do now?" Troy asked, chucking his bag on the couch.

"How about we watch a movie? What movies do you have in here?" Gabriella asked walking over to the lounge room.

"I don't know." Troy shrugged walking towards the couch.

"How come you don't have any romantic ones?" Gabriella whined.

"Yeah sure, just expect me and my dad to watch romantic movies. No freakin way! Do we really look like the people who watches chick flicks?" Troy said with a 'duh' tone.

"Let's just watch 'when a stranger calls' then." Gabriella said putting on the movie. She slowly sat next to Troy instinctively.

Somehow, the two ended up being a little too close. Gabriella was cuddled with Troy with her head resting on his chest while Troy's arm was around her shoulder.

"I feel so safe in Troy's arms even though everyone thinks he's a devil that always hurt people. I don't think he is." Gabriella smiled. The movie finally ended but neither of them moved. They were so comfortable in their positions. Gabriella sighed and finally stood up. Before she could get any farther, Troy grabbed her hand and pulled her onto him making her sit on his lap.

"Troy what are you---" Before Gabriella could finish her sentence, a pair of soft lips where gently crashed onto hers. Shockwaves swiftly ran through their spines. Gabriella was COMPLETELY and ABSOLUTELY shocked. Then suddenly, she relaxed and started to kiss back. They were enjoying the moment when suddenly, they heard a gasp in the room…..

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Here's the next chapter! I hope you like it! Thanks for reviewing! I love all of your reviews! By the way, for those who didn't know, Zac Efron is gonna Vanessa Hudgens' love interest in her new music video!! I can't wait! Lol Please review.