It's been about 2 weeks since Troy and Gabriella have talked to each other. when they had lunch together, they wouldn't even look at each other, barely spoke. Gabriella was poking at her salad. Sharpay was designing a dress, "Okay, I think I got the perfect dress for sweethearts Andrew."
Andrew groaned, "Babe, do we really-" she glared at him, he gulped, "I mean, yay, I am so excited for sweethearts." Sharpay smiled, and Gabriella bit her lip, and looked at Troy who was poking at his food. Gabriella sighed, "I gotta go." she pushed her tray away and walked out of the cafeteria.
Andrew sighed, looking at Troy, "you know, you can just talk to her." Troy looked up, still poking at his food. "I have nothing to-" "Damn it Troy!" Sharpay freaked, "just fucking talk to her! Can't you both see the hurt your putting on each other!? Just fucking talk to her already!"
Troy got up from his seat pushing his tray away, "I'm not hungry either." he muttered and walked out of the cafeteria. Andrew looked at the gang, "We need to do something..." Sharpay sighed, "But what can we do?"
"Okay guys, watch, watch out, you ready?" Chad threw a peanut in the lemonade and duck his head, when nothing exploded, he looked up, "Are serious? tay you said it would exploded?" Taylor rolled her eyes, and took a sip of her drink.
Gabriella sat at the steps near the theater room and was leaning against the wall. she sighed, and just ran a hand through her hair. "Hey." Gabriella looked up to see Troy coming towards her with his hands stuffed in his pockets. she stood up, "Troy.." he shook his head, "We need to talk." Gabriella nodded, "Yeah we do.. do you wanna go to the rooftop garden?" he nodded.
He followed behind Gabriella and they walked up the staircase that led to the rooftop garden. she turned to him, "Troy, you really hurt me...and I know I hurt you.." she wiped her tears out of her eyes, "I didn't wanna lose you this way..or any way for that matter... you just make me so happy, you're my best friend.. and..and Koby broke up with me.. "
"He broke up with you?" Troy asked, Gabriella bit her lip, nodding and looking away from Troy."He said that...he said.." "what'd he say?" she drew in a breath, closing her eyes for a few moments and opening them. "He said me and you belong together." Troy looked at her, "What?" she nodded, turning to face him. "He said that we belong-" "I heard what you said...I'm just shocked." "About what?" "That the dickhead would actually say-" "Koby's a nice guy, Troy. He's water boy for the team." "He is?" "Yeah." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Huh. I've never noticed."
Gabriella giggled, "your mean..." "And you...are a heartbreaker." Gabriella giggled, "how can I make it up to you?" "Hmm," he pretended to think. "I know one way." "what's that?" He grabbed by the belt loop of her denim skirt, pulling her hips against his and crashing his lips against hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he leans her against the railing, putting a hand on her back so she doesn't fall off the roof.
When the need for breath became necessary, he pulled away. "Now," he whispered, leaning his forehead against hers. "What?" she asked, her voice breathy. He smirked, moving her hair away from her neck, his lips attacking the skin there.
She lulled her head back, arching as much as her back as she could standing up. "Oh...mm." he nipped, he sucked, and he kissed hungrily. Making sure the hickey is a dark one.
Gabriella bit her lip, and giggled as he leaned his forehead on hers. she smiled pecking his lips, "Your crazy wildcat." he smiled, "I'm crazy about you." Gabriella smiled warmly and kissed his lips tenderly, "I'm so so sorry I hurt you-" he shook his head, "Just forget about it. cause it's just you and me now.."
Gabriella smiled, playing with his hair, "I..I just don't wanna lose my best friend-" He crashed his lips onto hers, "You'll"peck-"Never"peck-"lose me" peck- "I love you." the pecking turned into more heated kissing, and she giggled pulling way, "Freeze Romeo.. I want to ask you something... why didn't you... why didn't you tell me your feelings before?"
He looked into her eyes, "Because...Juliet," he said, "...I guess you could say that I was..." "Scared?" He made a funny face, "Me? Scared? I don't think so.." Gabriella giggled, "you're getting cocky." he laughed, "Well, I wasn't scared just...nervous."
She looked at him, "why? Are you scared...of me?" "No," he whispered, leaning his forehead against hers. "Why would I be..well, I was nervous that you wouldn't feel the same way.."
Gabriella wrapped her hand around his neck, and stood on her tippy toes and pecked his nose, then his lips. "Well I do.. and truth is, I didn't know how you felt about me.." he smiled, cupping her face, "Your beautiful.. you know that.. I'm very very lucky."
She smiled, and held his hand that was cupping her cheek, "I've missed you so much!" she hugged him tightly. he smiled holding her close, "Sleepover tonight?" she nodded, "Yes.. I..I want that..I want you." she leaned her forehead on his. He smiled down at her, and pecked her lips, "Then Tonight." she nodded, "Tonight."
**Home Is Where The Heart Is**
That night when Troy came over, They announced to her parents and Andrew that her and Troy were finally together. Right now they were sitting in her bedroom and they were eating chocolate covered strawberries.
Gabriella smiled at him, he looked at her, "Do you want the last strawberry?" Gabriella bit her lip, looking into the bowl, "hmmm" he smiled, "Come on, this could very much be the best strawberry in the whole world, and you wouldn't know that cause your not going to eat it."
She giggled, "Fine then. feed me." he put it to her lips, and she took a small bite, licking the chocolate off her lips, "Mmm you would be right." he smiled, taking a bite and putting it in the bowl. "So, what now?" Gabriella smiled, "I listened to that CD you gave me...I loved it...It meant a lot to me.. thanks."
Troy smiled, moving a strand of hair behind Gabriella's ear. "It's every song that's reminded me of you." Gabriella smiled, grabbing his hand and kissing the tips of his fingers, he laughed, cupping her face and pulling her close to him so he could kiss her sweet lips. God, he loved this girl.
Gabriella pulled away, and kissed his nose, and giggled, "You know, you have learned to be such a good kisser." he raised a brow, "You mean I wasen't before." she shook her head, "I mean before you were just like,I don't know, but now you're like wow." he looked at her, "So your saying I was a bad kisser?"
she giggled, "Don't worry, I taught you well." she kissed his lips softly and leaned her forehead on his. their hot breaths on each other. Gabriella sighed, "I've been doing alot of thinking recently." he looked at her, "what kind of thinking?" she sighed, "I..I've always wondered who my real parents are, you know.. like what were they like? why did they give me up? you know, I just..I wanna find them."
Troy pecked her lips, "I can help you find them. I will help you." Gabriella giggled, then she looked into his eyes, "I may not find them." "Not with that attitude. But you will; with my help..."
Gabriella smiled, "Thank you..." he kissed her lips softly, she wrapped her arms around his neck as he built the soft kiss into something more. Leaning her backward, and then making her lay on the floor with him on top. The kiss got hot, their hands exploring each other.
Gabriella wrapped her legs around his waist, grinding her lower half on his lower half. He moaned, he moved his hand to cup her left breast, until there was a knock on the door. The two jumped apart.
Troy wrapped his arm around Gabriella's shoulders, "Brie?" Gabriella sighed, looking at James and Lilly, Lilly stood up, walking to Gabriella, "of course...she's your real mom. You have the right.."
Gabriella let out a tiny smile, "thank you. Can-can you all let me go alone?" Troy looked at her, "Brie?" "Please...it's something...I think I should do by myself.."
Troy sighed, "Can I at least go with you and wait in the car?" Gabriella sighed, and nodded, "Yes you can do that.. I will need a ride." Troy nodded, Gabriella looked at the man, "May I have her address, does she live here in Alberquerque?"
The man nodded, writing down the address and giving it to Gabriella. Gabriella hugged her parents, "Don't worry.. I love you guys." she smiled softly as her and Troy walked to the car and drove to the address.
**Home Is Where The Heart Is**
Troy pulled up to the small house, and Gabriella looked at it, "Wow...it's..it's nice." she looked at him, "I shouldn't be long." she kissed his lips. Troy sighed, "Brie, I honestly think I should go with you-" "I'm fine." and she got out of car and made her way to the front door. she took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
A few moments later, A woman opened the door, "Can I help you." Gabriella looked at her, she was really pretty. they looked so much alike. "Hi..umm..I..I'm Gabriella Montez.. but umm you probably know me as Gabriella Carter...I'm your daughter." The woman looked at her, "Umm..umm come in Gabriella." Gabriella nodded as the woman let her in, and shut the door.
Gabriella looked around, "You have a very nice house." she spoke softly. "Thank you... may I ask why your here Gabriella?" Gabriella had taken a seat on the couch, and looked at her, "I wanted to see you." "and why was that Gabriella?" "Well you're my mother.."
Her real mother sighed, and sat down beside her, "Gabriella-" "Why do you keep saying my name like that?" Her mother sighed, and the phone rang, and she put her finger up, "One minute." she got up and went into the kitchen. Gabriella stood there, and looked around the house, and her eyes landed on the picture frames on the fireplace. she heard her mother in the kitchen, "No Danny, I don't want you getting in the pool without sunblock..I don't want you to burn.. I love you sweetie."
Gabriella looked at the pictures, pictures of two younger boys. Her mother came back into the room. Gabriella looked at her, "I have brothers?" Her mother named Rosalee, nodded, "Yes." she looked at the pictures, "How old are they?" "10 and 7." she sighed, "Do they know about me?"
Rosalee looked at her crossing her arms, "Gabriella, I think me and you should have a talk." Gabriella bit her lip, and sat down, "Okay." Rosalee sighed, "Gabriella, I..when I had you, your father well, he was killed by a drunk driver, and umm well, I just..I couldn't take care of you-" "Did you still love me though?"
Rosalee sighed, "No...I..I didn't Gabriella...I'm sorry you were a big mistake.. that..that should of never happened." Gabriella looked at her, her heart breaking, "I..I..I gotta go.." she got up from the couch and ran to the front door and walked to the car in tears and getting into the passenger seat.
"Brie, what's a matter-" Gabriella shook her head, "No..No..No! Don't touch me!" she cried, shaking with sobs. Troy looked at the broken girl, "Brie, tell me, what happened, did you see her?" Gabriella sniffled, "I..she hates me...Troy...she hates me-" "that's not true-" "It is!" she turned to him, "S-She.. she said she never loved me, she said I was a big mistake and I wasen't ever suppose to happen! and..and I look just like her Troy! I look like her!"
Troy looked at her, "Brie..." she shook her head, wrapping her arms around herself and leaning her head against the window. Troy sighed, looking at her and then at the door to the house Gabriella had just come from. It was reckless, but this woman had to be talked to. Taking off his seatbelt, he opened the car door. Gabriella watched him walk to the front door, and knock. Her 'mother' opened the door, eyeing Troy like he was an insect. "Can I help you?"
Troy stuffed his hands in his pockets, "Hey, I'm uh...I'm a friend of Gabriella's." "I already talked to her-" "no, you talked down to her...you hurt her-" Rosalee shook her head, "I don't know what your talking about-" "No child is a mistake Miss Carter." Troy said, getting into her face about it, "certainly not Gabriella. What would you do if your mother said that to you?"
"My mother did say that to me, I turned out just fine." Troy shook his head, "No. You didn't," her eyes narrowed. "what do you mean-" "I may not know you, and I may not have known your mother, but if she had said to you what you just said to Gabriella, then she's better -way better- off with out you."
Rosalee looked at him, "How dare you speak to me this way-" "How dare you speak to Gabriella this way... Gabriella is a real special girl, one of a kind actually, there's not many people out there like her, she's loving, caring, beautiful, smart, she got a scholarship to Stanford! to Stanford! and you're telling her she's a mistake? she's far from that Miss Carter, she is so far from that, and is worth so much more then that.."
He walked away and went to the car and found Gabriella curled up in a ball on her seat, "Brie.. baby, it's okay.." he rubbed her back, she shook her head, "I...I look so much like her Troy...I..I didn't ask to be born, why did she have me!" she cried in her hands.
"Hey...hey.." he cooed, wrapping his arms around her, pulling in for a hug, his eyes looked up where Rosalee was still standing. He glared at her, his eyes burning a hundred years of hate against her. She shook her head, retreating back to her house.
Gabriella sobbed against him, "it's all right." "No it's not...she-she hates me...she hates me." "Brie, she doesn't know what she's missing by not being in your life. If your father was alive then-" she looked at him, "he's not Troy. He's not."
He kissed her forehead, "Don't beat yourself up over this, You have me, Andrew, James, Lilly, Taylor, Shar, Chad, and the whole gang, your very loved Gabriella, don't let one person change that, your the strongest person I know."
He cupped her cheeks, "cause I know the real Gabriella.. and I think she's pretty great." Gabriella smiled sadly, and wiped her tears away, "I..I love you Troy." she cupped his cheek and kissed his lips.
He kissed her lips back, after thirty minutes, he pulled away. "Let's get you home." She shook her head, "No...i don't want to go home yet...I just...I need to de-stress." Troy nodded, sitting in the driver's seat and putting it into gear. "The beach it is." She looked at him, "why the beach?" He smirked, looking at her. "Because...it's theraputic there, lots of stones to throw."
The beach was calm and soothing. Gabriella and Troy were in their bathing suits and were jumping around in the water. Gabriella was kicking her feet in the water and splashing around as the water was up passed her knees.
She giggled as she got on Troy's shoulders and then he flipped her backwards. she gasped, "Troy! so not funny!" he chuckled helping her up, and crashing his lips onto hers. Gabriella giggled and cupped his face kissing him back.
They held each other's hand, and they were walking on the beach, "So umm I've been meaning to ask you something." he looked at her, "what's that?" she sighed hugging his arm, "Well I know you and Wyatt Daniels don't get a long" Troy snarled at the name, "But he invited Me, Shar, and Tay to go to his halloween party..."
"And...your going?" Gabriella bit her lip, "Well...only if you go with me." He rolled his eyes, "you want Wyatt to get his ass kicked. Your diabolical Miss Montez." Gabriella giggled, "no I just want you there..in case Wyatt tries anything." "Why would he?" "I just...he stares at me at school, and I don't like it. So I want you as a body guard. You can wear a mask so he doesn't recognize you, and I can wear one too...so we both can be mysterious."
Troy smiled, pulling her close to him, her body crushing against his. No space. "I love a good mystery." Gabriella giggled, "don't I know it." Troy chuckled, "I'll be the phantom and you can be the beautiful girl I take to my basement underground home." Gabriella smiled, "and you have your way?" "Oh your psychic."
Gabriella giggled, "In your dreams." he chuckled, "ow that hurt montez." she smiled, "And so does the first time for a girl." he wrapped his arms around her, "I wouldn't dream of rushing you into anything." he kissed her temple, "I was just joking, I'm ready when your ready."
She smiled, "Thank you." she pecked his lips, "I'm going to the halloween store with chad tomorrow, so I'll let you know what my costume is." he nodded, "Get something that's not too revealing." Gabriella giggled, "aww that means I can't be a stripper?" he chuckled, "Ha, Ha very funny." "You know you love me."