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"Where are you going, Troy?" Connor asked as he watched his older brother trying to coax his dark brown hair into a fauxhawk style in front of the tiny mirror.
"Nowhere," Troy replied honestly, hoping that it wouldn't lead to a follow on question.
"You're wearing a shirt to go nowhere?" Logan pressed, trying his best to copy his brother's hair style, but his dry hair was just falling back down into place as he tried.
"Wait, you're not coming rock-climbing?" Connor asked, his voice laced with disappointment as he saw his brother shake his head.
"Will you two leave your brother alone, please?" Jack interrupted his sons. "He's got a hot date tonight?"
"Dad!" Troy cried out.
"Sorry, son," Jack laughed. "But it's date right?"
"I guess," Troy shrugged. "If that's what she wants to see it as."
"Who are you having a date with, Troy?" Connor interrupted.
"I bet it's Gabriella!" Logan commented, making kissy faces at Troy. "Troy and Gabriella, sitting in a…."
Troy swung around to face his brothers, his expression one of annoyance and that sent the twins running outside laughing.
"Don't take your frustrations out on your brothers," Lucille scolded as she started searching for a sweatshirt to wear out. "All the ingredients you need for Gabriella's dinner are in the cupboards and the refrigerator, I took Maria shopping for them so you should have everything you need."
"And Troy, remember we're trusting you to be here alone with Gabriella," Jack started, ignoring the groan that came from Troy as he rolled his eyes. "We realise that you two have an attraction, but we don't want either of you to get into anything that you will regret."
"Dad, please!" Troy cried. "We don't need to have this conversation, I'm not going to just go and have sex with her… We're.. we're not talking about this, okay?"
"Troy, honey," Lucille started. "We're not trying to embarrass you, this is just something you really need to think about before you act on it."
"Did you two forget that this is our first date, she isn't even my girlfriend yet!" Troy exclaimed.
"Yet," Jack repeated. "Just getting in before a mistake is made."
Troy didn't grace Jack with an answer, instead he disappeared into the tiny bathroom to brush his teeth, knowing Gabriella was expecting him in only a few minutes.
Meanwhile, in the Montez motorhome, Gabriella was wondering why her Mom had insisted she wear a dress when she was only going rock-climbing and to a movie with her family and the Bolton's.
"You look beautiful, pumpkin," Joseph smiled as he watched his daughter play nervously with her curls.
"I don't know why Mama told me to wear a dress," Gabriella complained.
"I'm sure she has her reasons," Joseph replied, trying not to let his smile falter as he thought of his daughter spending an unsupervised night with the boy she was quite obviously falling for.
"I hope so," Gabriella muttered, interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Can you get that, Gabriella?" Maria called from the small room that was Charlie and Will's bedroom where she was getting the youngest Montez ready to go out.
"Sure," Gabriella replied half-heartedly, tugging at her dress as she stood up and took the few steps to the door of the motorhome.
Troy smirked at the look of confusion that crossed Gabriella's face as her gaze settled on him, a bunch of white lilies in his hands.
"Hey, beautiful," he greeted.
"Troy… hey," Gabriella stammered, feeling more self conscious in the dress that showed off her perfect figure.
"Okay so I didn't really have this bit planned, but um, how would you like to spend the evening with me instead of going out with our families?" Troy managed to get out.
"Dad?" Gabriella asked, spinning around to face her parents, Joseph who was trying his hardest to smile, and Maria who couldn't stop smiling.
"Go on, pumpkin," Joseph nodded after a look from his wife, shooting Troy a serious look before he got up and walked to the bathroom.
"Send your parents over, Troy," Maria commented. "And have a good night you two."
Troy helped Gabriella step down from the motorhome, lacing his fingers with her own as he smiled down at her.
"Did you plan this?" Gabriella asked with disbelief and Troy nodded. "I thought my Mom was crazy for insisting I wear this new dress when we were just going out rock-climbing!"
"I asked her to make sure you looked nice," Troy grinned. "I mean, not that you don't always look nice, you look really pretty in anything, but I just thought that since this is our first date and all you'd want to be wearing something…"
Gabriella giggled at her nervous ramblings. "Troy?"
"Um yeah?" Troy asked, pausing outside the door to his family's motorhome.
"Is this a real official date, then?" She asked with a smile.
"That was kind of the plan, but only if you wanted it to be, I know this is all new for us and I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable. Fuck, I'm rambling again, aren't I?"
"Troy! Language!" Lucille scolded as she, Jack and the twins came out of the motorhome, interrupting the pair's moment. "You look beautiful, sweetie."
Gabriella blushed at Lucille's comment, and the pinkness only spread as Troy pulled her gently into his side, his arm wrapping around her waist.
"Thank you, Lucille," she said softly. "Have a good night."
"You too," Lucille smiled. "Remember what we talked about, Troy."
"Bye!" Troy said quickly, stepping up into the motorhome before helping Gabriella inside and shutting the door on his family's retreating backs.
The teenagers eyes met, and it suddenly felt like all the air had been sucked out of the room, drawing them closer together until their lips met in a soft kiss.
"Mmmm, now that's a proper greeting," Troy whispered as they pulled away, his arms slinking around Gabriella's waist.
"Agreed," Gabriella whispered, letting Troy pull her back up to reach his lips once more, his tongue tentatively opening her lips and slipping inside her mouth, curling with her tongue in a heated dance.
"Be my girlfriend?" Troy panted as they broke apart, his eyes snapping open as he realised what he had said.
Gabriella felt like her heart was about to pound out of her chest at Troy's question and she was unable to get an answer out, instead nodding her head quickly in response, her face breaking into a huge grin.
"Seriously?" She ended up managing to get out, just as Troy's lips caught her own again, the force of his kiss making her take a few steps back until her back hit the counter.
"Serious," Troy muttered as he swiftly picked her up, placing her on the edge of the counter before he let Gabriella initiate the kiss, her tongue darting into his mouth, pleading to take control of the kiss.
When air became a problem the pair broke apart, breathing rapidly as their eyes met.
"So girlfriend," Troy grinned a few minutes later when he had caught his breath. "How about you show me how you make your Grandma's hamburgers?"
"Okay, boyfriend," Gabriella giggled, going to hop down off the counter but Troy had her still tightly encased on the counter. "Um Troy? You've got to let me down."
"Soon," Troy replied. "I'm just keeping myself from passing out over the fact that you said yes."
"Those were the best hamburgers in the world!" Troy exclaimed as he swallowed his last bite of dinner. "Can I order them again for tomorrow night?"
"So being your girlfriend means I become a short-order chef, does it?" Gabriella teased as she reached over the table to gather Troy's now empty plate.
"No, you just get to kiss me a lot," Troy grinned. "Hey, you're not cleaning up!"
"Come help me then," Gabriella grinned, sliding off from the bench chair and taking the few steps to the kitchen where she started to run the water, placing the plates and utensils in the sink.
Troy stood behind Gabriella, his front pressed against her back with his arms slipping around her waist and taking the sponge from Gabriella's hand, leaving her pinned between him and the bench as he quickly cleaned up the dishes from their dinner.
"So what else do you have planned?" Gabriella asked as Troy placed the last plate in the cupboard and his head dropped to rest on Gabriella's shoulder.
"Movie?" Troy asked, knowing he had some movies on his laptop that they could watch, but wanting to see if Gabriella had any other ideas for what they could do.
"Sounds good," Gabriella replied, managing to turn herself around in Troy's arms.
"Chick flick?" Troy asked politely, smiling as Gabriella screwed up her nose in response.
"Got any horrors?" Gabriella grinned.
"I have all the Saw movies," Troy replied, taking a step back from Gabriella and holding out his hand to her. "Have you seen them?"
"I haven't seen the last one."
"Come on then, that one's my favourite," Troy lead them to the ladder that lead up to his bed. "You don't mind sitting up here do you?"
"Fine with me," Gabriella smiled, crawling across Troy's bed and making herself comfortable against his pillows as he fetched his laptop before joining her.
"Sorry, it's a little slow to start up," Troy apologised, placing the laptop on the bed next to them before turning to face Gabriella.
"I can think of something we can do to pass the time," Gabriella replied, squealing as Troy quickly lifted her so that she was straddling his waist, their lips quickly connecting as hands started to explore.
Forgetting that they were only meant to be passing time waiting for the laptop to start up, the pair got lost in each other. The feel of lips bruising, tongues tangling and bodies pressing together soon had the room filled with the soft moans of Gabriella and the low grunts of Troy as their bodies reacted to the feelings that were being invoked.
"Mmm, Troy," Gabriella moaned as Troy's lips sucked on the sensitive skin on her neck, harsh enough to leave a bruise before he continued his journey down her neck until he was able to lap at the golden skin of her exposed chest which was right at his eye level due to their positioning. Instinctively Gabriella pushed her body down against Troy's, causing a delicious friction against Troy's hardening groin.
Realising how carried away they were getting Troy gently kissed his way back up to Gabriella's lips, placing a few soft kisses against them as he struggled to catch his breath and control his urges.
A few minutes later and the still breathless teens were snuggled up together, the laptop settled on Troy's lap and the movie starting to play.
"Are you gunna be scared?" Troy teased, and Gabriella scoffed.
"I don't get scared of movies," Gabriella insisted. "Just of real life things, like sharks and spiders."
"Cute," Troy whispered in Gabriella's ear as he pulled her closer to him, leaving no space between their bodies as their attention drifted to the movie.
True to her word, Gabriella hadn't gotten scared at all during the movie, but she still snuggled closely to Troy, through want rather than need. When the movie was finished, their parents still weren't home and the pair headed outside to sit and look at the beach view their camping spot offered, enjoying the peace and serenity while it lasted.