A/N: Okay so huge thanks to everyone who helped me with this chapter, especially Corii, Dee, Michaela and Stacey who all helped me get unstuck, otherwise I would've been more late in posting this! Enjoy, and don't forget your lovely reviews, they make Troy and Gabriella more crazy for each other ;).
"Troy, don't make me come up there!" Lucile called out to her son, trying to make her voice sound more annoyed than she really was.
She had called out to Troy three times that he and Gabriella needed to come down from Troy's loft bed so that the families could leave for their drive up to Hot Water Beach where they were having a picnic lunch and making the most of a fairly sunny day.
But Troy wasn't ready to spend the day with parents and younger siblings, he was having far too much fun right where he was. Hovering over Gabriella, his lips attached to the soft skin of her neck.
"Troy," Gabriella whimpered, her fingers tightening in Troy's hair. "She seems serious." Gabriella said half heartedly, knowing that the last thing she wanted was for Troy to stop his ministrations.
"And I'm serious about staying here," Troy whispered in Gabriella's ear, placing a gentle kiss there before he moved his lips back to Gabriella's own, sliding his tongue against hers, his hips pressing harder against Gabriella's, making the teens forget about Lucile waiting for them.
The pair were quickly developing their physical relationship, the previous night when they had gotten over their anger towards their parents making them go to the pool, the pair had swum for a while, flirting like crazy and then finally convinced their parents to let them go and sit alone in the sauna for a short time.
Gabriella swore she saw a small pout cross Troy's face as she wrapped her body up in a towel so that she didn't get cold on the quick walk to the sauna.
"Ready?" She asked Troy, snapping his attention away from her damp skin that the towel wasn't covering.
Troy nodded, giving his parents a quick wave before he put his hand on Gabriella's back, gently leading her away from the pool area. The short walk was silent, the pair communicating instead with smouldering looks and quick brushes against the other's body.
They were both glad when they saw a couple getting out of the sauna just as they arrived, Troy held the door open for Gabriella and then joined her inside hanging his towel on the hook just inside the door and holding his hand out for Gabriella's.
Gabriella suddenly felt nervous to remove her towel from around her body, she knew she had been in her bikini around Troy for the past hour, but his glances had been limited, thanks to the company of their parents, and she felt her stomach turn at the knowledge that he was going to have nothing stopping him from looking at her properly now.
"Brie are you okay?" Troy had asked, noticing Gabriella was frozen in the process of removing her towel. "You don't uh have to take it off." He added lamely.
"No, I'm okay," Gabriella replied shakily, taking the towel off the rest of the way and putting it quickly in Troy's outstretched hand. "Thanks."
Troy tore his gaze away from Gabriella's glowing body, turning to hang up her towel he took a deep breath, reminding himself that their relationship was still growing and he needed to cut the hormones and go slowly otherwise he was going to freak Gabriella out.
When he turned back around, Gabriella was already sitting on the dark wooden bench that ran along the wall opposite the door, so Troy took the few steps across the sauna to sit next to her.
Gabriella surprised not only herself, but Troy as well when she launched herself at him, straddling his lap and attaching their lips, quickly sucking on Troy's bottom lip, asking for entrance to his mouth, making Troy forget all about going slowly as his hands slid down her back to rest his hands against her barely covered ass and pulling their bodies flush against one another's.
All too eager, Troy and Gabriella had returned to Troy's bed after a hurried breakfast, determined to get in some alone time to continue the previous night's exploration.
"Why aren't you wearing your bikini?" Troy mumbled against Gabriella's lips as his hand slipped under her t-shirt, desperate to feel her silky skin against his rough hand.
"Mmm," was all that Gabriella could get out as every inch of her body exploded into flames at Troy's touch. She knew that his Mom was going to catch them any second, but she was unwilling to stop Troy's hand, so instead she caught his lips with her own again and kissed him, moaning into his mouth as he reached his goal and cupped her in his hand.
"I'm coming up!" Lucile announced and the teens heard her footsteps on the ladder, causing them to reluctantly break their kiss, Troy's hand sliding down Gabriella's flat stomach, out from under her shirt to grab her hand as he shot her a smile and rolled off her.
Taking in Gabriella's flushed cheeks and swollen lips, Troy almost forgot that his Mom was just about to enter their space, stopping himself just in time from swooping back down and sucking on Gabriella's bottom lip that was forming an adorable pout at the interruption.
"Okay Mom, we're coming down," Troy said as Lucile appeared in their view, rolling her eyes at her son.
"Now," Lucile stated with a raise of her eyebrows. "Don't make me go and get Joseph."
Troy gulped at the mention of Gabriella's Dad. "Mom! I said we were coming down."
"Just making sure," Lucile smiled. "Are you two still riding in Gabriella's motorhome?"
The night before, after Troy and Gabriella's time in the sauna, Connor asked if Will could ride in their motorhome on the drive to the beach, and Gabriella had quickly said that Troy could ride in their motorhome if the younger boys wanted to sit together.
The parents had all shot each other knowing looks, they were already going to suggest what their kids were proposing, but were happy to let them think it was their own idea, especially at the smiles that appeared on Troy and Gabriella's faces at the approved answer.
Troy quickly looked down at Gabriella who nodded her head quickly, confirming she still wanted Troy to ride with her.
"Yeah I am, is that still okay?" Troy asked nervously, hoping their parents hadn't changed their mind.
"That's still fine," Lucile confirmed. "Now down you two come."
The pair followed Lucile down the ladder and into the main part of the motorhome where Jack was cleaning up the kitchen area and the twins were climbing all over the seats.
"Oi! You two!" Troy scolded his brothers. "You wanna not ruin the seats?" He turned back to Gabriella as Logan and Connor immediately sat down in their seats.
"I better go and make sure my family is ready to leave," Gabriella said reluctantly, knowing that she got to spend the day with Troy, but really wanting to go back up to his bed and continue their activities.
"I'll come," Troy started, but he was interrupted by Lucile.
"Troy I need you to help me make some sandwiches for the picnic," Lucile interrupted. "You can see Gabriella in half an hour."
Shrugging her shoulders, Gabriella dropped Troy's hand, intending to leave but Troy instead wrapped an arm around her waist, dipping his head so he could kiss her lips softly.
"Bye," he whispered as Gabriella's eyes fluttered open.
"Bye," Gabriella choked out, wondering how such a simple, innocent kiss could make her heart leap into her throat.
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"Told you this was a boring drive," Troy complained to Gabriella, stretching his arm around her shoulders. "How much farmland does one country need?"
Gabriella giggled at Troy's question, "Troy? You know we've only seen a tiny bit of New Zealand, right? There's going to be way more farmland over the next 3 months than you'll see for the rest of your life."
"What's your favourite food?" Troy asked, making Gabriella blink in surprise at how he got from talking about farmland to asking her such a random question.
"Um hamburgers. My Grandma taught me how to make the patties myself with her special recipe," Gabriella admitted. "Honestly better than anything you can ever buy."
"Interesting," Troy commented with a smile. "What about your favourite flower?"
"Lilies," Gabriella answered without missing a beat. "What's with the questions?"
"Just asking," Troy responded, dropping a kiss onto Gabriella's forehead. "Colour?"
"Favourite colour of lilies or colour in general?" Gabriella pondered, snuggling closer to Troy.
"Both."
"White lilies, and cobalt blue," Gabriella answered as she looked up at Troy, her eyes fixing on the cobalt blues of Troy and she blushed at her admission.
"Favourite band or singer?" Troy asked, noticing Gabriella's blush but resisting himself from doing something to make the blush darken.
"Jason Mraz."
"Really? A little random there, Brie," Troy teased light-heartedly.
"What's yours then?" Gabriella shot back, trying to turn the question time around.
"No way, this is my time to ask you questions," Troy replied, shaking his head. "Okay so your absolute favourite song ever?"
"Ummm," Gabriella thought for a second. "Can I have two?"
"I think the rules allow that."
"Either 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz or 'Wonderwall' by Oasis," Gabriella said with a nod of her head. "Or!"
"Nah uh, you're not allowed more than two favourite songs," Troy teased, poking Gabriella lightly in the side and making her giggle. "So what songs do you hate?"
"That 'Crazy Frog' song that was around a few years back," Gabriella said. "Will was obsessed with it and I cringe when I hear it now."
"Is that even counted as a song?"
"Of course! It was in the charts and stuff!" Gabriella defended.
"I dunno, Brie," Troy shook his head. "It was more like an annoying cluster of sounds."
"Hate you," Gabriella muttered, trying to shift away from Troy in the tiny space.
"Hate you too, beautiful," Troy replied happily, using his free hand to tilt Gabriella's face up to his own, quickly darting his eyes over to make sure that Charlie was still asleep before he let his lips descend on Gabriella's, brushing gently once, twice before Gabriella pushed herself forward to kiss Troy harder.
"Is Charlie awake?" Maria called out to the teens. "We're only a few minutes from the beach."
Gabriella pulled her lips from Troy, looking over at her still sleeping sister.
"She's asleep," Gabriella answered breathlessly.
"Are you okay, pumpkin?" Joseph called back, hearing his daughter's different voice.
"Perfect, Dad," Gabriella called back, locking eyes with Troy once more, voicing her state more to him than to her Dad.
Half an hour later, Troy and Gabriella were sitting across from each other in a rocky area of the beach, digging in the sand with two plastic shovels.
"Do you really think it's going to be hot water in here?" Troy asked.
"That guy said it would be," Gabriella replied, dumping another shovelful of sand to the pile next to the hole, referring to the man who they had got talking to who had told them a few things about the beach, including that they needed to be careful where they walked because in some spots the sand burnt your feet the water was so hot beneath it.
"How much further til we hit water?" Troy's voice broke Gabriella's thoughts.
"I swear you have the patience of a three year old, Troy," Gabriella scolded with a sparkle in her eye.
Troy winked at her, quickly leaning across the hole and kissing her gently. "I've waited a whole five minutes to do that again."
"Ewww, Troy and Gabriella are kissing again!" Came the disgusted cry of Connor. "That's so gross. You'll get germs!"
Gabriella burst into giggles at the 9-year-old's claims and she gently pushed Troy away from her as the eyes of all their family members fixed on them.
"Let's go back to digging, huh?" Troy laughed, growing slightly red at the attention they had received.
"Let's," Gabriella agreed.
It wasn't long before they reached the water and found out that it was indeed hot, just as the man had said.
"Pity the ocean isn't this temperature," Gabriella complained. "I wanna go swimming, but I don't want to freeze!"
"We'll go swimming tonight when we get to our new holiday park, alright?" Troy bargained, lifting Gabriella's legs and placing her feet in the hole, letting the warm water heat them up.
"You think they're going to let us go somewhere alone, in minimal clothing after how long we ended up in the sauna last night?" Gabriella teased with a light blush as her body remembered the feeling of Troy's hands on her body.
"I don't care how, but I'm going to get us more alone time," Troy promised. "You're like a drug, I just can't get enough."