After shattering his ankle in a skiing accident, and is no longer able to play basketball, Troy becomes a film director. Little does he know, the once love of his life, Gabriella Montez, is one of the actresses on his set. He also gets a big surprise from an old high school classmate. Troyella and Chaylor
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Also, there's alot going on in this chapter. I warn you, it's a marathon-er! It's almost 3000 words, that's how much of a marathon-er it is!! I worked really hard on this one, so I hope you enjoy it! Ok, without further adieu (except the disclaimer...) I present to you chapter 11 of Lights, Camera, Action!
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Gabriella and Taylor woke up at 6:30, so they could get to the set by 8:00 in the morning. Taylor knew that she was going to see Chad, so she took extra care in getting ready. She wanted Chad to see her at her best.
"Hey, Gabriella, what should I wear?" Taylor asked. She was standing in the middle of the hotel room in her bathrobe.
"I don't know, just something casual, I guess. I really doesn't matter what you wear." Gabriella was standing in front of the bathroom mirror, putting make-up on. She had her robe on, too.
"Are you sure? I want to look…professional, I guess." Taylor let out a sigh.
"Well, you have to remember that you're going to have a lot of down time. I am scheduled to film for eight hours today. So, something comfortable would be smart."
"Yeah, but…" Taylor put her back to the bed, and flopped down on it.
"But what?" Gabriella came out of the bathroom, and flopped on the bed next to Taylor.
"I don't want to show up in my sweats."
"Why not? The only person that's there to impress is Troy, and that's only because he's the director…" Gabriella said.
"There's probably going to be someone else, too." Taylor said while raising her arm.
"Ah, yes…I forgot about Chad."
"Exactly. That's why I can't figure out what to wear. I want Chad to notice me."
"Uh huh...'She's a man eater!!'" Gabriella started singing.
"Ha! I'm the man eater…what about you?"
"Hey, I haven't eaten a man in six years." Gabriella said in a serious tone.
"What the crap?" There was a pause between them, and then they started laughing hysterically.
Gabriella and Taylor got to the movie set twenty minutes early, so Gabriella could give Taylor the grand tour. They walked in, and headed to the conference room.
"This is where I met Troy for the first time on the set. This would also be the same location where I yelled at him."
"Really, how interesting." Taylor said, while nodding. They continued the tour.
"This is the room where I get my hair and make-up done. And further down the hall is Troy's office, I won't bother showing it to you."
"Why not? I want to see it."
"Ok then, follow me!" They walked down the hallway. Once they got to Troy's office, Gabriella knocked on Troy's door.
Troy's POV
Knock, knock, knock
"I'm coming!" I wonder who's knocking at my door. It had better not be any bad news. Wait…
Before he opened the door, Troy pressed his ear against the door, because he could hear Taylor, and Gabriella through it.
"So, anything special happen here?" Taylor asked.
"No, but almost…three times." Gabriella said. Jeez, girls talk about weird things, Troy thought.
"Three times? Why don't you just go up to Troy, and plant one on him?"
"Taylor, you know I don't work that way. The moment has to be...right." Gabriella said.
"Right?" Just then, Troy opened up the door.
"Yes, right." Gabriella said. "Hi Troy!"
"Hello, ladies." Troy said. "What's right?"
"Me." Gabriella said simply.
"Alrighty then." Troy stepped out of the way, and let Taylor and Gabriella in to his office.
"Troy, it's ok that I'm here today, right?"
"Why wouldn't it be? Just as long as you don't go around destroying stuff, I'm ok with it."
"Ok, good." Taylor said. "You know Troy, this office is really nice."
"That's what everyone keeps telling me."
"Taylor, it's advisable that you don't start spinning in circles in Troy's chair. Chad did it yesterday, and got really sick." said Gabriella.
"That does sound like something Chad would do." Taylor said. "Speaking of Chad, where is he?"
"Oh, he's around somewhere, I guess. You know, if you wanted to find him, I would check the doughnut table."
"Ok." Taylor got up from her seat. "I'm going to go find him. I'll find you later, Gabriella."
"Ok!" Have fun!" Gabriella said in a peppy tone. Gabriella watched Taylor leave the office.
"So, how was your night after I left?"
"Oh my gosh, it was so much fun talking about you!" Gabriella said sarcastically.
"Oh, I'm sure. It's impossible to get enough of Troy Bolton." He said, with equal sarcasm. Gabriella broke out laughing.
"Right." She said.
Taylor wandered around the set, looking for Chad. She was having no luck for five minutes. She decided to take Troy's advice, and look over by the doughnut table.
"There you are!" Taylor said while walking up to the table. Chad turned his head around to see who was talking. Unfortunately, his mouth was stuffed full with doughnuts.
"Twawuh?" Chad said. Taylor just stood there, and shot him a confused look. Chad took the time to swallow his doughnut, and tried speaking again. "Taylor?"
"Hey Chad." Taylor said with a smile.
"How's it going?" He wanted to give her a hug, but before he did so, he wiped his hands on his pants to get the powdered sugar off them.
"It's going great, Chad." Taylor said while still hugging him.
"Good, I'm glad to hear it! Jeez, I've missed you after all of these years!"
"I have too, Chad." Taylor said sincerely, "It's been a long time." She gave him a meaningful look.
"So, what are you doing during while your here?"Chad asked.
"Nothing, really. I'm just supposed to 'kick back' while Gabriella is working."
"Ok, cool! We can hang out together."
"Sure! Do you want to explore the set with me?" Taylor asked.
"Sounds great, let's go!" Chad put down the doughnut he had in his hand, and started to look around the set with Taylor.
"It's amazing all of the things that they do here!" Taylor said in awe of all of the set pieces. They had been walking, and talking for about an hour by now. Chad walked up to Taylor, and placed his arm around her shoulder. She smiled, and placed her arm around his waist.
"You know what? This is really cool. I've never been on a movie set before." Chad said. Taylor gave Chad another smile.
"Hey, do you wanna go and watch Gabriella and Troy at work? I think it would be cool to see how making a movie works."
"Sure, let's go!" They walked through the set, to find where Troy and Gabriella were filming. Chad still had his arm around Taylor's shoulder, and Taylor still had her arm around Chad's waist.
"CUT!" Troy shouted, "Alright guys, go ahead and take lunch. Just be back in thirty minutes, please." Just then, everyone dispersed off the set.
"Holy crap! He really is here!" Taylor said, but only loud enough for Chad to hear.
"Who?"
"Ryan Evans!"
"Where? Whoa! He looks exactly the same!" Chad said.
"Hey guys!" Gabriella said to the still touching Chad and Taylor.
"Hey, Gabriella." Said a very distracted Chad. "Ryan!"
"Chad? Taylor? Wow! What are you guys doing here?" Ryan was somewhat excited to see them.
"Man, I haven't seen you in..." Chad was trying to think of the last time that he'd seen Ryan."
"I think it was high school graduation." Taylor said.
"So, are you two still together?" Ryan asked.
"Huh? Uh, no." Chad said quickly."We're just hanging out."
"Troy, this is all so interesting! I never would have guessed that so much work goes into making a movie." Taylor said.
"Thanks, Taylor. Yeah, it's a lot of work, but I love my job. I wouldn't trade it for anything."
"Troy, it's so good to hear you say that." Taylor said.
"Hey, Troy, what's for lunch? I'm hungry." Chad complained.
"Um, I'll have Angie bring us lunch, and we can just eat in my office. Any objections?"
"Although I would love to join you, I actually have a lot of things to go over." Ryan said.
"Are you sure?" Gabriella asked.The gang started walking towards Troy's office. Gabriella stayed behind to talk to Ryan.
"Yeah, I'm a little behind of memorizing my lines, and stuff."
"Ok, but if you change your mind, we'll all be in Troy's office."
"Ok. Thanks, Gabriella." Ryan said with a smile. Gabriella stood there, and studied Ryan for a few seconds. He seemed tired, and overworked.
"Ryan, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired."
"Ok. Have fun memorizing your lines...I guess." She gave him a big hug. Gabriella started to walk away, "Hey Ryan? Remember to have fun once and a while, OK?" Ryan smiled, and gave her a nod.
"Ok, thanks, Angie…bye."Troy hung his cell phone, and stuck it back in his pocket. Gabriella had caught back up to Troy. Chad and Taylor were walking ahead of Troy and Gabriella in the hallway.
"Ryan seemed like he had alot on his mind when I waas talking to him. He seemed really tired, too." Gabriella said.
"Really?" Troy said, but not in a unsensitive way.
"Yeah...but I not quite sure what to do about it, though." Gabriella said. "But, on the brighter side, Taylor and Chad seem to really be hitting it off."
"Really? Huh, I haven't noticed." Troy said. Gabriella smacked him in the arm.
"Are you kidding me?" Just then, they reached Troy's office, so their budding argument stopped.
"So, Troy, when is lunch getting here?" Chad asked, as he was rubbing his stomach.
"Whenever Angie brings it. She said that it would probably be about ten minutes." Taylor and Chad were sitting on the couch, and Troy and Gabriella situated themselves on the ground.
"So…what do we do until then?" Taylor asked.
"Hey, I know!" Chad said excitedly, "We should play Truth or Dare!"
"NO!" the other three said in unison. (A/N: Isn't that what they ALWAYS do in Troyella fics? OK people, let's gain a teeny bit more creativity!)
"Gee, sorry." Chad said with his arms raised in defense. "Well, I don't hear anyone else making a suggestion." Chad said, looking around the room. "Why can't we play truth or dare?" Chad was complaining by now.
"Chad, I have nothing against the game of Truth or Dare, I just don't want to play with you." Troy said.
"Hey! Why not?" Chad asked.
"Because you're the worst player of Truth or Dare in the history of the world. Ever." Troy said.
"I am not!"
"It's true, you are, Chad." Gabriella said. "One time, you dared me to jump off of the Empire State Building."
"What's wrong with that one?" Chad asked.
"A, I would have died, B, we were in New Mexico at the time." Gabriella said.
"Yeah, and then another time, you dared me to give my mom a hug." Taylor said.
"I don't see what's wrong with that one either." Chad said.
"No, there's nothing wrong with I, it just wasn't a very good dare." Taylor said.
"Then you dared me to punch you in the face." Troy said.
"Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking that time." Chad said. His enthusiasm for hte game started to die down.
"And then that one time, you dared Sharpay to-" Gabriella started.
"Ok, I get it! You guys don't want to play."
Knock, knock, knock
"Oh, good! That should be the food." Troy said, getting up from his spot on the ground. "Hey, Angie!" Troy said after he opened the door.
"Hello, Mr. Bolton." Troy stepped out of the way of the door so she could get in to the office. "OH! Hello Miss Montez! I didn't see you there."
"Hey, Angie. How's it going?"
"Uh, I'm fine. Thank you for asking." She walked over to the table, and unloaded her arms of the food. Chad immediately shot up from the couch, and headed towards the table to get his food.
"Mmm…so hungry…" Chad said. He had a blank look on his face.
"And how are you doing Mr. Danforth?"
"Wha? Oh…I'm fine….just really hungry…" Chad never broke his gaze from the food.
"Jeez, Chad. Could you be any ruder?" Taylor said as she stood from the couch.
"Oh!" Troy said. "Sorry, Angie. This is Taylor McKessie. She's another high school buddy."
"Hello. Ms. McKessie." Angie said as she shook Taylor's hand. "Well, I must go. I have a million things to do!"
"Thanks again, Angie!" Troy said.
"Your welcome, Mr. Bolton. Ok, enjoy your lunches! Bye!"
"Bye!" The four said in unison. As soon as Angie left the room, Chad basically dove into the food. The rest stared at him in awe.
At the end of the day, Troy drove all of them back to the hotel Gabriella was staying. Chad and Taylor were in the back, Chad had his arm around Taylor's shoulder, and she was leaning against him. Gabriella was sitting in the front seat. She couldn't help but smile when she saw Chad and Taylor "cuddle".
Once they arrived at the hotel, everyone walked up to Gabriella's room. On the elevator up to Gabriella's floor, Troy and Gabriella stood about four feet apart on one wall, and Taylor and Chad were hugging along the other wall. Troy had a disgusted look on his face, while Gabriella couldn't have a bigger smile. Once the elevator doors opened, Gabriella grabbed Troy's hand quickly, and dragged him out of the elevator.
"Whoa! What are you doing?" Troy said in a shocked tone. She was still holding Troy's hand while running down the hall towards her room. She only let his hand go to open the hotel room door. When she got it open, again, she grabbed his hand, and dragged him into the room.
"HA! Finally! Phew!" Gabriella said.
"What the heck was that for?"
"What? I wanted to give Taylor and Chad some privacy!"
"Privacy?! Gabi, they've had privacy the entire day."
"Shut up, Troy!" Gabriella had her face smushed against the door, and was looking through the peephole on the door.
"What?"
"I can't hear what they're saying when your talking!!"
"Jeez, sorry. Hey, tell me if they're about to kiss."
"Why?"
"Both of them have interrupted……uh…never mind."
"Troy, you're really weird." Gabriella started smiling, but it wasn't because of Chad and Taylor. Gabriella looked away from the door, and looked at Troy. He was sitting on the floor "Indian-style" and Gabriella's feet.
"Are they done yet?"
"I think they're almost done...oh wait! I think they're about to kiss!"
"That's my queue! Sweet revenge..." Troy said in demonic tone.
"What?" With that, Troy jumped up, and headed out the door.
"Hey, Troy." Chad said in an annoyed voice.
"What's up Chad?" Troy had a wide smile on his face. "Alright! Let's go! Good night, Taylor!" This time, Troy dragged Chad down the hall, and into the elevator. Taylor walked into the hotel room, with a disappointed look on her face.
"Stupid Troy." Taylor said.
"Soooo, what did you guys talk about out there." Gabriella had a stupid smile plastered on her face.
"Nothing really." Taylor said. "Buuuuuuut…Chad asked me out on a date!" Gabriella ran over to Taylor, and they started 'happy dancing together'.
There's a little Chaylor thrown in to the mix! The next chapter will be their date, and I promise to update sooner! OK! Thanks! Oh, and that was a really REALLY long chapter!! Sorry to those who prefer shorter chapters!
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