Thank you a million for the reviews ;p You know you guys rock, yeah? I really wanted to leave review replies, but I just realized that maybe that would take too long, so I'm thinking no. And also, I'm sorry about the long delay. I've actually had this chapter up for around 5 days now, it was practically written when I posted the last chapter, but ff has been bugging me. It wouldn't let me upload the chapter, but I'm sure you guys have experienced the same, since there haven't been many updates, or maybe I'm just stupid?

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Forbidden Beauty

Chapter 16.

The sun was slowly sneaking its way through the windows, giving the huge room a feeling of completeness. The furniture, one by one, lit up, revealing a sense of pureness and honesty, that really didn't fit into the room, after what had happened there last night. It was far from pure and innocent, which you could tell, by the two naked figures lying close to each other in the huge bed.

Outside, the birds were singing, indicating the start of a beautiful day. Many people would agree on that, but no-one would ever feel as good as Troy Bolton did, when he woke up.

Troy groaned, his eyes shut tightly. He smiled to himself, feeling the soft material of the bedcovers hugging his naked body. He wanted to stretch his arms, and get out of bed, but on the other hand… he just wanted to lie there forever. He let his arms move around her back, and hugged her closer.

He clearly remembered what had happened last night. He may have been drunk, but not from alcohol. He was drunk on her. It had been the most amazing night in his entire life. Not that he had anything to compare it to, but he was sure it had been good.

He slowly opened his eyes, to stare right into Sharpay's blonde hair. He pushed his head back a little, and found her head resting at his chest, a soft smile on her face. She was almost on top of him, their legs tangled together. His smile grew when she made a content sound, and he pulled her even closer again, letting her body rest completely on top of his.

He slowly leaned in and kissed her on top of the head, and that seemed to wake her up. She slowly opened her eyes, her big brown pools revealing themselves. She looked confused for a minute, but then she pushed herself out of his embrace and down next to him on the mattress. She took a deep breath and turned around to lie on her side.

He did the same, and they were now looking at each other. Sharpay had her arms folded, hands under her chin, and Troy's hands were lying between them. He resisted the temptation to reach out and place a strand of her golden locks behind her ear, because he didn't know if she was really happy he was there. She had moved away from him the minute she opened her eyes, but on the positive side; she hadn't yelled at him.

"Troy…" she said, her red lips barely moving, "What are you doing here?"

He felt hurt for a moment. He didn't really understand her question, or if she was serious or joking. He just took a deep breath and whispered to her; "I … What do you mean?"

"Why did you come here last night?" she asked, "I thought you were out with Gabriella? Or what… Did you just want to fuck me first?"

Troy was still confused… What was she getting at? He watched her as she closed her eyes, and buried her head in the soft mattress. He softly reached out and stroked her shoulder gently, but she pushed him away over and over again. What was going on?

"Sharpay?"

"Leave me alone, Troy!" she whispered, still not looking at him.

"What's the matter?" Troy asked. He really didn't know what was wrong with her, and he was afraid it was something he had done. "Please, Sharpay? What's wrong?"

"Why did you come here, Troy?" she asked, finally looking at him. She had tears running down her cheeks, and she hurriedly brushed them away, "Why did you come here?" she repeated, "To have sex with me, or what? I thought this deal was over! I thought… Did it occur to you, that maybe I didn't want to sleep with you, and you just…"

"But…" Troy paused, "You didn't seem to mind yesterday!"

"You didn't give me a chance to talk!" Sharpay shrieked, "You didn't even explain yourself! You just attacked me with your lips, and you didn't even tell me why you were here!"

Suddenly Troy realized his mistake. He should have talked to her last night. He should have, already there, told her how he felt about her. Obviously, she didn't think of last night the way he did. He felt so stupid!

"Why are you here, Troy? For a fuck, is that it?"

"No…" Troy said, looking deep into her eyes, "I'm here because that was what I wanted…"

"What…?" Sharpay asked, her voice suddenly calm, but he could see relief flash through her face for a second, but he didn't know what it meant.

He sat up in the bed, and moved away from her. His feet hit the cold floor, so his back was against her. He couldn't stand to look at her, "I'm in love with you!" he whispered, "Don't you get it, Sharpay!? I fucking love you!"

She didn't reply, so silence overtook the room. He didn't want to turn around and look at her, he really didn't want to see her face. How could she be so blind? Even Ryan and Gabby had seen it, and she hadn't? God!

Suddenly he heard soft cries from behind him, and he couldn't stop himself from turning around to look at her. She had buried her head in the mattress again. He didn't understand why she was crying. He lay himself down next to her again, and softly started stroking her should and bare back, which was uncovered.

This time, she didn't slap him away, and he took that as a good sign.

"You have no idea…" Sharpay whispered, turning her wet eyes around to look at him, "…how glad I am to hear you say that."

Troy looked confused again, but she leaned in and started kissing his lips, planting a hand on each of his cheeks. He quickly responded and ended falling on top of her on the bed, but she didn't seem to mind, she kept kissing him.

He pulled away, a questionable look in his eyes, "What…?" he paused, "But you just said…?"

She giggled a little, "Troy… I'm sorry, look…" she took a deep breath, "Last night when you came, I didn't understand why you were with me. I thought you came just because you wanted to fuck me, and I was really hurt. Also because you just said, we shouldn't talk, and I…"

"Oh!" Troy exclaimed, when realization suddenly dawned on him, "I didn't know that, Sharpay… I'm really sorry if I hurt you, I just… I just wanted to be with you so much, I really didn't think about it."

She shot him a smile, "Good, because I was… also really confused." She squinted her eyebrows together in an adorable way, and Troy leaned down and kissed her lips again.

He pulled away after a good minute and lay down next to her again. They turned to their sides, and looked each other deep in the eyes.

"Let's start over, then?" Sharpay smiled, "Good morning."

"Good morning." Troy smiled, stroking her chin, "How did you sleep?"

"Good." Sharpay smiled, "I just had sex with the most amazing guy last night, and… Now I'm talking to him."

Troy smiled again, "That's good to hear. I'm talking to the girl that… I'm in love with."

Sharpay's smile grew huger, and she got a teasing look in her eyes, "You know…" she trailed off, "You actually broke your promise."

"My promise?"

"Yeah…" Sharpay said, "You promised me you wouldn't fall in love with me, remember?" she shot him a saying look, and acted mad at him.

"Uh…" Troy said, acting along with her, "Am I gonna get in trouble now?"

"Yup!" Sharpay said, and then she once again attacked his lips with hers. He kissed her back immediately, and they fooled around for a little bit on her bed, just enjoying each others company.

Troy believed that it was almost too good to be true. It couldn't happen. It was almost unbelievable, that Sharpay liked him too. He couldn't quite comprehend it. It was a little scary, actually.

Sharpay pulled away, and placed her head on his chest, "Y'know, Troy…" she trailed off, biting her lip, "I have something I need to tell you before we discuss our relationship further. I kinda think I owe you an apology, because… well, when we started this whole deal, I didn't just do it to be nice to you."

"That much I already figured," Troy smiled, stroking her bare arm, "But I don't know why you did it."

"I sorta just wanted to fuck you." Sharpay said, a little ashamed of herself, "You know, if I was with you, then I would have been with the entire basketball team, and I kinda liked that idea. You know me, and…" she paused, "I'm not really good at this."

"Is this you first apology?" Troy teased.

"As a matter of fact," Sharpay said, "I think it might be! But really, Troy, I really… really like you now. I mean it, you aren't just a fucking buddy for me now, so I want to have a clean start. I'm sorry."

Troy smiled, "Well, it's not like I came to you for the right reasons either, Sharpay."

"No, I know…" Sharpay said, "But don't interrupt me! I still need to tell you one more thing." She turned around, so she was looking at him, a smile playing on her lips, "I love you."

Troy's face lit up, and he planted a kiss on her lips, "I love you too."

"But I still think there's some stuff we need to talk about." Sharpay said, "Y'know, because we didn't really start off on the best terms, and… As I said before… I love you."

"Okay then," Troy said, "We can talk. Just as long as we keep lying here and you don't put clothes on."

Sharpay smiled and looked at herself, and then at him, "Same goes for you, babe."

They laughed a little, and Troy decided to tell her something first, "Actually, that song I sang at the Talent Show, that was for you."

"Likewise." Sharpay just replied, shooting him a small smile.

"I have a question for you…" Troy said, "That day in the Jacuzzi… Why did you leave so suddenly? I know… you're you, and yes, you do weird stuff, but that was… really weird."

"I guess I was a little hurt." Sharpay said, "I mean, you didn't believe me when I said I'd been with Chad, which is true! And… well, I didn't really want to blow up on you…" she giggled.

"But you mentioned something about a secret?" Troy said, hoping she still wanted to tell him.

Sharpay giggled again, "It ain't such a big deal, Troy. I just wanted to tell you that… Well, I liked you a lot. I didn't really know what was happening back then, but I liked it when we spent time together, and… I guess it was love already back then, but I didn't realize it. I haven't really had love before, so…"

"Not with any of your boyfriends?"

Sharpay shook her head, "I've never loved them. They've just been my fucking buddies, and… Just so you know Troy, I would never cheat on you, the way I cheated on Zeke and Drew and… all the other guys."

Troy took her hand and squeezed it tight, "I never thought you would. But it's nice to hear it from you."

She smiled once again, getting lost in his blue deep pools. It was amazing how he made her feel, she couldn't really describe it. Yesterday, she'd felt so useless, sad, heartbroken, hurt and used. Especially the way he acted, because she seriously thought he just wanted to fuck her. But she knew now she probably also handled the situation wrong.

She should have stopped him, and demanded an explanation. Or she shouldn't have doubted his actions in the first place. Troy wasn't that kinda guy, she should know that. He would never just randomly fuck a girl.

But yesterday she hadn't been able to think that far. She had wanted to stop everything, but she couldn't help herself. She wanted him so much. All the desires she'd gotten after all that time they spent together, was right beneath the surface, and they all exploded when he attacked her lips with his.

But she guessed everything worked out okay, anyway. It just took a few tears this morning, but now she was actually positive that things would work out for them.

Troy smiled at her, and let his hand play with her blonde hair, "You're still coming to dinner tonight, right?"

"Of course." Sharpay smiled, "I promised your mom, didn't I?"

"Yeah…" Troy trailed off, "You know, they really like you. But that's probably because you acted all sweet and innocent when you were with them."

"I get my moments!" Sharpay laughed, "Like now. Don't think that just because I'm in love with you and everything, I will start acting sweet towards you. Nuh-uh, that's not gonna happen! I'm still gonna be dominating, unbearable, incredibly hard to be around and totally irritating. Just so you have your warning beforehand."

"It doesn't matter to me." Troy smiled, "I like you when you're all sweet like now, but that would get a little boring. Like when I was dating Gabby, it always got a little boring. But when I spent time with you, I was never bored. And I guess that's what I like so much about you."

"And I like the fact that you stand up to me." Sharpay said, giggling a little, because Troy was tickling her stomach, "Not many guys have done that the way you do. I learned you something, to y'know, stand up against people, that's good to have a boyfriend who can do that." she wriggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"Oh, so I am your boyfriend, eh?"

"I guess you could say so…" Sharpay trailed off.

"Cool…" Troy smiled, "I'm going out with the hottie girl of East High, the one every guy wants to be with. That's quite impressive, don't you think?"

"And what do you call it, that I'm going out with the Basketball Star, the guy every girl wants to be with?"

"I call that wonderful." Troy said, "Especially for him."

Sharpay giggled, but frowned when a thought entered her mind, "You know, Bolton… People wont like this."

"Bolton?"

"Old habit…" Sharpay quickly replied, "But seriously, I know everyone except a Queen to get her King, but really… I don't think anyone would have suspected this. They're gonna freak, they all think you're still dating Gabby, and… Oh my God!; Gabby!?" Sharpay bit her lip, "You were supposed to go out with her yesterday. You didn't just ditch her, did you!?"

"No…" Troy chuckled, "Don't worry, Sharpay. She and your dear twin brother had everything figured out. Seems like they knew about our feelings, before we did ourselves!"

Sharpay giggled, "Well, maybe we should thank them later, then?"

"Yeah…" Troy said, scooting her closer to him, by grabbing her around the waist, "But I think that can wait until later… I'm kinda thinking of other things to do right now. With you… right there… next to me… naked."

Sharpay smiled, "Well, I have other ideas too…" she quickly captured his lips with hers, and rolled on top of him, getting ready for another heated make-out session. He was just getting to flip them over, when they heard Sharpay's door open. They broke apart to find her mother in the door.

"Okay, break it up, lovebirds, and get some clothes on." Mrs. Evans smiled.

Sharpay giggled, and quickly covered them with one of the sheets from her bed. She laid herself close to Troy, and turned to look at her mom again, "Yeah, mom, was there anything you wanted? You're kinda interrupting something here."

"Not much," Mrs. Evans smiled, "I just thought I'd check on you guys. Do you want some breakfast or anything? It's 11:30."

"That would be nice," Sharpay replied, "All that exercise got me quite hungry!"

Troy hit her softly on the arm, and Mrs. Evans chuckled; "I'm not sure I want to hear about all that, Sharpay. I'll get Mrs. Jenkins to come up with something, so please stay under the covers until she's been here." She turned to leave, but paused in the door, "And by the way… Troy, wasn't it?" she smiled, as he nodded, "Nice having you here again."

She closed the door, behind her, and Sharpay giggled a little, "She likes you, y'know?"

"What's not to like?" Troy asked, motioning to himself, "You seem to be loving it all?"

"Yeah, so? You seem to be loving all of me too?"

"Well, you are pretty hot." Troy said, kissing her lightly on the lips, "But that's not really what I like about you, it's just an added bonus…"

"Oh, I love you, Troy." Sharpay smiled, letting the words sink in, "I really do…"

"I love you too."

Yup, so this chapter was originally supposed to explain the dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Bolton, but I thought it would be a little too long, so I figured I would break it into two. The other half will be chapter 17 then. It should be here soon, it's actually written, and I'll just have to do a little editing. Please do review me, though, you know how much it means to me.

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