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.
Hello everyone! Again, thank you for all of your reviews! Although, I wouldn't mind getting more. The more reviews I get, the faster I'll update! Thanks again! Also, I'm going to be in California for the rest of the week, so I probably should leave you guys with an update…
PS. This chapter picks up exactly where the last one ends. And, you might not like my so much after this one, either. I guess our relationship is like a roller coaster.
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"Wow…" Gabriella said. "…that was a good kiss."
"Just good? It wasn't great?" Troy asked.
"No, you've done better work in the past." Gabriella said while giggling.
"Gee, thanks." Troy said while smiling. "So, are you still cold?"
"Yeah, but not as much as before. Do you want to go back up to my room to dry off?" Gabriella had a tone of innocence in her voice.
"Um…sure." Troy wasn't sure of what he thought Gabriella meant. He shrugged his shoulders, and followed Gabriella back up to her room.
The whole walk up to Gabriella's room was awkward for some reason. They walked far apart from each other; they didn't talk to each other, or even look at each other that much, until they got into the elevator.
"Well," Troy started to say when they walked into the elevator, "that was awk-"As soon as the doors closed, Gabriella pulled Troy to her, and started playfully kissing him.
"-ward." Troy said as soon as they broke away to breathe.
"You were saying?" Gabriella said playfully.
"Uh…nothing." Troy said with a smile. They kept kissing until they reached Gabriella's floor. When the doors opened, Troy looked at them, and let out a groan. It seemed like he was wishing they would close. Gabriella took the hint, and pushed one of the buttons so the doors would close.
"Thank you." Troy said.
"You're welcome." Gabriella pulled Troy back in to keep kissing. They rode the elevator up and down about 4 times, until it landed back on Gabriella's floor.
"Well," Gabriella said reluctantly, "should we get off this time?"
"I guess." Troy said sadly. Gabriella practically dragged Troy off the elevator, and towards her room.
"Poor Troy." Gabriella said sarcastically. She stood in front of her door, and dug through her purse, trying to find the key. "Stupid key."
"What's a stupid key?" asked Troy.
"My room key. I can't find it…it's hiding in my stupid purse." Gabriella kept digging.
"Oh, so now your purse is stupid, too?"
"Yup…A HA! I found it!" Gabriella held up her room key in triumph.
"Wow…so enthusiastic over a room key…" Troy commented. Gabriella put the key into the slot on the door, and opened it.
"WOAH!" Gabriella shouted. She shot behind Troy to shield her eyes.
"What?" Troy hadn't walked into the room yet. "woooah…"Troy said, but not as frantically as Gabriella. They had walked in on Chad and Taylor almost doing more than making out. (A/N:…if you catch my drift)"Alright guys…let's keep it G rated, please." Troy stated.
"Grr…" Chad said while getting off of Taylor. Taylor started blushing.
"Yeah…sorry about that." Taylor said while fixing her skirt.
"Hey…" Chad said slyly. "…why are you guys here together? And why are you all wet? Why do you look so nervous?"
"Well, I got bored…and Gabriella, she-" Troy started frantically.
"Yeah, I was walking outside, and-" Gabriella said nervously.
"-and then I decided to visit, then-" Troy interrupted.
"-then I got bored and pushed Troy in the pool-"
"-and I dragged her with me-"
"-then we came up here to…-" Gabriella hesitated a bit.
"-dry off." Troy said awkwardly.
"Ok." Chad said with a stupid smile. Gabriella started blushing now.
"What where you guys doing?" Troy asked in the same tone as Chad.
"I would care to not disclose that information." Chad said.
"Yeah, whatever…"Troy said.
"Here, Troy." Gabriella had gone into the bathroom, and gave Troy a towel to dry off.
"Thanks."
"It's kinda late." Gabriella said. "Should we say our goodbyes?"
"Sure." Taylor said.
"We'll go outside this time, Taylor." Gabriella took Troy's hand, and led him outside.
"Tonight has been fun." Troy said.
"Really fun…I especially enjoyed pushing you into the pool."
"Well I especially enjoyed pulling you into the pool."
"Yeah, you're still not off the hook for that one."
"Oh really?" Troy said authoritatively
"Yeah." Troy leaned down, and gave Gabriella a short, but passionate kiss. "Goodnight, Gabriella Montez."
"Goodnight…Captain." Just then, Chad came out of Gabriella's room.
"You're still calling me captain?" Troy asked.
"Hey, you told me to." Gabriella said with a smile. Troy returned the smile.
"Dude, you ready to go?" Chad asked.
"Sure."
"Goodnight Gabriella." Chad said.
"'Night, Chad." Gabriella said. She flashed one more smile in Troy's direction before returning to her room. Taylor was standing outside next to the open door.
"Did I see right, or were my eyes deceiving me?" Taylor asked.
"About what?" Gabriella pretended to not know what Taylor was talking about.
"Did I just see you kiss Troy…on the lips?" Gabriella looked down the all to make sure that Troy and Chad were gone, and gave Taylor a questioning look.
"So? Did you?" Taylor asked again.
"…um…"Gabriella hesitated to tell Taylor the truth. "…we may have possibly…kissed." She said slowly, in a soft.
"You did?!" Gabriella nodded. "Really?!"
"Shh!!" Gabriella put a finger over her mouth.
Taylor seemed more excited than Gabriella. "Why am I more excited than you? I mean, come on! You're the one who kissed him!" Gabriella pushed Taylor into the hotel room, and closed the door.
"I don't want this news out." Gabriella wasn't sure how she felt about the whole situation yet.
"Why not?"
"I don't want my personal life plastered all over the tabloids."
"So…you're happy then, right?" Taylor asked. Gabriella started smiling, and blushed a little. "Awe!!" Taylor said as she pulled Gabriella into a hug. "Hey Gabriella, guess what."
"Huh?" She said after their hug.
"You kissed Troy!"
"I know!!" They started jumping around excitedly, like they should have the first time.
At work the next day
Gabriella got to work early, as usual. She expected to see Troy running around the set, but she didn't see him anywhere. Gabriella decided to look for Troy in his office.
Knock, Knock, knock"Come in!" Troy said. Gabriella let herself into Troy's office.
"There you are." Gabriella said.
"Here I am."
"I expected to see you running around the set." Gabriella was walking towards Troy, who was sitting down on the couch.
"I decided to let all of my assistants take care of things this morning."
"Is that so?" Gabriella smiled.
"Yup." Gabriella went to sit next to Troy on the couch. "No, sit here." Troy directed Gabriella to sit on his lap.
"Well, good morning Mr. Bolton." Gabriella said after she sat on his lap.
"Good Morning, Ms. Montez." Gabriella leaned down, and kissed Troy.
"So, any regrets?" Gabriella asked after breaking away from Troy.
"About what?"
"About this, and what happened after I pushed you into the pool."
"The kiss? Well, I do have one regret."
"You do?" Gabriella said questioningly. "Well, then." She started to get off of Troy's lap, but he stopped her.
"You didn't let me finish." Troy kept Gabriella firmly of his lap. "My only regret is that I didn't kiss you sooner." Troy smiled, and kissed Gabriella passionately.
"Wow…good answer." They kissed again.
"Hey look..." Troy said.
"What?"
"No interruptions..." They both smiled, and began to kiss again.
Knock, knock, knock"…or not." Troy said. "Come in!" Angie walked into the office.
"Good morning Mr. Bolton, Ms. Montez" As soon as Gabriella saw it was Angie at the door, she scrambled off of Troy's lap.
"Good morning, Angie." Troy said. He was rubbing his mouth to make sure that he didn't have any of Gabriella's lip gloss smeared on his face.
"Everything is ready to go to begin shooting for today."
"Oh, ok. Thanks Angie." Troy sounded a little disappointed. Angie left the office, and Troy sighed.
"I guess we should get to work." Gabriella said.
"I guess…" Troy said. Gabriella got off the couch. Troy wasn't moving, so she grabbed Troy be the hand, and tried to pull him off the couch, but I wasn't working too well.
"Come on, lazy bum!" Gabriella said. She gave up trying to pull Troy off the couch, and let go of his hand.
"Alright, alright." Troy got up on his own this time.
"I'm going to go to hair and make up. Seeya in a few!" Gabriella gave Troy a peck on the cheek, and left his office.
"Bye." Troy said as Gabriella left Troy's office.
"Oh! Hey Ryan!" Gabriella said.
"Hey, Gabriella." Ryan still seemed tired, like before.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm just tired, that's all."
"You just don't seem like yourself…you know, more 'peppy'."
"I've just been really stressed, lately. I haven't been sleeping very well, either."
"I'm sorry to hear that, Ryan." She stopped, and pulled Ryan into a tight embrace.
"Thanks, Gabriella."
"Hey, it's no problem at all." She smiled at Ryan. "Hey, do you want to get dinner after we're done today?"
"Um, I don't know…"
"Please? It's my treat."
"Gabriella…"
"Come on, Ryan. It'll be completely casual, and fun. Plus, I won't take no for an answer, so you might as well say yes."
"Alright."
"See? I knew I could persuade you! Just meet me out front after we're done for the day. Sound good?"
"Sounds good to me."
"Great." Gabriella pulled him in for one last hug. She could hear him sigh as they embraced. Gabriella knew something else was wrong with Ryan, but she wasn't sure what it was.
At the end of the day, Gabriella went out front to wait for Ryan, only to find him already there.
"Hey there, Ryan."
"Hey Gabriella."
"You beat me here!"
"Yeah, sorry about that."
"Hey, there's no need for an apology. Ready to go?"
"Yup."
"You like Mexican food, right?"
"It's one of my favorites."
"Oh, good. Because if you didn't, we couldn't be friends anymore." Gabriella said sarcastically. Her joke made Ryan start to laugh.
Once they got to the restaurant, Gabriella noticed that people were staring at them. She asked for a table that had privacy so that their fans wouldn't bother them. Once they sat down, and started eating, Gabriella noticed that Ryan started to loosen up, and relax.
"So, are you having a good time?" Gabriella asked.
"I'm having a great time, Gabriella. Thanks for inviting me out. It seems like all I do anymore is go to work, and go back to the hotel and go to sleep."
"Well, I'm glad to break you routine." Ryan laughed again. "I like it when you laugh. You should do it more often." Gabriella said.
"I'll try." Ryan started smiling more.
"Good." Gabriella smiled, too. They spent the rest of the night talking, and laughing about filming the movie. Once they finished their meals, Gabriella and Ryan left the restaurant only to be bombarded by paparazzi. They were both caught by surprise, and stood there for a few seconds, until Ryan snapped back into reality first.
"Come on!" He grabbed Gabriella's hand, and they started running down the street, trying to loose all of the photographers. They ran down the street, and turned down different streets, all in attempt to get out of the public eye.
"Phew! I'm so tired now!" Gabriella said after all of their running. They were now walking down some random street.
"Hey, look…a park." Ryan said. "Do you want to take a walk around it?"
"Ryan, it's almost completely dark out here."
"All the more reason, it's a good hideout from the paparazzi. And it's a beautiful night. It would be a shame if we spent it inside."
"Sure let's go." They walked into the park for a while, until Gabriella spotted the swings. "Oh…"Gabriella said.
"What?"
"I'll race you to the swings!" Right then, Gabriella raced off, and Ryan chased behind her. "Ha! I won!"
"That's only because I let you win."
"Yeah right… I won fair in square. Girl power, baby." She said while nodding her head. She walked over to a swing, and sat on it. Ryan walked behind her, and began to gently push her. "Wow, I haven't done this since the fifth grade." Gabriella said.
"And yet somehow, you always remember how to swing. I guess it's like riding a bike."
"Maybe." Gabriella said. "I can't believe the stars are even more pretty tonight than they were last night."
"They're amazing." Ryan stopped pushing Gabriella, and they walked over to a bench. Ryan put his arm around Gabriella, and she leaned back against him so she could look at the sky.
"I think everyone just needs to stop sometime, and look around. If you don't you miss all of the beautiful sights."
"I completely agree." Ryan said. "Hey…would you like to dance?"
"But there's no music." Gabriella said after sitting up.
"I'll sing to you then."
"Well, if Ryan Evans is singing, then count me in." Gabriella said sarcastically. Ryan stood up, and took Gabriella's hand. Ryan began to hum "What I've Been Looking for" as they slow danced in the middle of a field. (A/N: The version the T&G sing…not the pop-ish one) Gabriella looked into Ryan's eyes. He wasn't looking at her at first, but then their glances connected. They forgot about the world, their problems, and work. After a few moments, they both started leaning in and their lips met in the middle. Gabriella and Ryan shared a soft, but passionate kiss. As soon as they broke apart, Gabriella remembered one important thing: Troy.
"Oh crap." She said.
There's Chapter 14 for ya. See, I knew you wouldn't like it. I'm SORRY!!! I had to do something, otherwise the story would be over! You have to see where I'm coming from….
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