A/N: Why hello again! Hehe. Well while I'm writing this, I'm pretty much sick right now. Blah. But when you guys'll read this, I probably won't be. Haha. But yeah…I've pretty much lost my voice, and I've resulted into writing more. Hey, you win some you loose some. :-)

Hope you guys liked the last chapter, and I hope you'll enjoy this one.

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Chapter 9

After that night, Troy and Gabriella were inseparable. They were hardly apart; the only time they seemed to be apart was at night time when they had to sleep. But while one relationship was completely blissful for Gabriella, the other one was not. Since Gabriella is not around the house anymore, it has put an even more strain on Gabriella and her mother's relationship. They haven't really talked or blown up at each other since that night; and that's even worse than when they were fighting with each other.

However, Troy doesn't know what is going on. He thinks they are talking; but not yet back into a full relationship. Gabriella has no intentions on telling him, only because she doesn't want to make it a big deal.

Gabriella was thinking about all of this, while lying in her bedroom one random night in October. She was propped up against the window, watching the leaves fall down in all different directions. She half smiled, for being half happy, and half not. All she knows is that she is thankful to have Troy. She didn't know what the feeling inside her was, but she thinks it is love.

Her half smile quickly turned into a full smile, as she saw that familiar truck pull to the side of the curb in her driveway. She heard the honk sound, and she scrambled from where she was perched on her seat, and gathered up her things.

Running down her stairs as fast as she could, she was about to swing the front door open when a voice she hadn't heard in days, sounded. "Where are you going, Gabriella?"

Gabriella turned swiftly around, as her mother stared at her in confusion. She heard the honk sound again, and Gabriella was desperate to leave the house. "It's Saturday night; I always go out with Troy to the club on Saturdays. Don't you remember?" She sighed, as she said her speech as fast as she could, looking towards the window.

"But…couldn't you just stay home for one night? You are always gone, and you don't need to be!" Lisa told her daughter sharply, and all she got was a frustrated and fiery look back.

"Mom…I don't have time for this right now. I'm holding Troy up, and I have to go. I'll see you later" Gabriella responded dryly, giving her one last hard look, before opening the door, and closing it right behind her.

Lisa felt like that door was closing around her heart, instead.

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Gabriella let out a long breath as she hopped down the steps in front of her house. She just survived another fight with her mother…she knew she just needed a moment to calm down before seeing Troy. As she glanced at him waiting for her in his truck, she knew she just couldn't tell him yet that things are just getting worse with her and her mother. That was the one thing she knew about the whole thing.

It was absolutely, positively, between her mother and herself.

When she decided she was okay, she practically ran to Troy's car, swinging the passenger door open. Stepping into the car, she turned to close the door beside her. Before she could even get settled into the car, she moved slightly to look in Troy's way, and felt lips against hers.

She grinned to herself, knowing it had only been a couple hours since she had felt the exact same thing. He can't even go a second longer, can he? Gabriella felt Troy moving across his seat slightly, and she was being pushed gently against the car door. She moved her fingers to trace and wind through Troy's hair, as she felt his hands slide up and down her back heatedly.

They both broke apart, panting, and Troy slid back into his seat, putting the shift into gear. Gabriella giggled as she smoothed out her top that was now slightly wrinkled. "If we keep this up, we won't be able to go overnight without each other!" Gabriella joked, and Troy just shook his head while playfully grinning to himself.

Troy focused on driving, while taking one hand off the wheel, and taking Gabriella's hand into his. "Yeah probably not…by the way, is everything okay? You took an awful longer getting outside than you usually do. Not fully prepped for me, eh?" He asked her curiously, adding on a little sarcasm on the end. He started rubbing little circles on her hand with his thumb.

Gabriella reached over with her other hand to hit him on the shoulder as he laughed, and just rolled her eyes. "Nah…just you know, stopped by my mom to you know, make sure she knew where I was going…" Gabriella said softly, switching her gaze to out the window.

Troy sighed inwardly. Something was definitely not right with her; she said that with such little integrity, that he immediately knew it was something more than that. But he also knew that if she wanted him to know, she would have told him. So he let it go.

They pulled into a parking space at the club, and Troy shut the engine off. He glanced over at his girlfriend for a second and huffed. "You ready?" He asked her, and she nodded. They were both pretty used to it getting wild each Saturday night there.

Troy got out of the car, and walked around to open Gabriella's car door for her, and she just laughed. Troy helped her down out of the car, and shut the door behind her when she was ready. Before they started moving, Troy placed a quick kiss to her lips, and beamed down at her.

"I figured since we won't be alone for a while, I might as well go for one last one" He chuckled, and that caused Gabriella to roll her eyes again at him. He turned his back to her suddenly, and bent down. "Hey, get up my back I'll carry my lady in, since she's wearing heels" He joked.

Gabriella threw her head back and laughed, but jumped on his back anyways. Once she got situated, he started moving towards the entrance. Gabriella sighed, propping her chin on Troy's shoulder, and placing a kiss to his ear quickly showing a sign of affection.

They arrived in side to a fully massive party already, the music blasted, and quiet chatter around the place. They spotted a corner table with all of the gang already sitting there and waiting on them, and Troy headed over there, still carrying Gabriella on his back.

The gang all looked up interested, when they saw Troy's choice of leading Gabriella into the club this week. Last week he had carried her like a bride carried over a threshold.

"Hey lovebirds!" Sharpay called out, and everyone at the table laughed. Gabriella jumped off of Troy's back and crawled into the booth next to Taylor. Troy took his seat beside her, and they cozily wrapped their arms around each other.

The whole group loved to watch them…they seemed to have such a deep connection, that all the gang ever felt they were doing half the time anymore was watching how they interact.

Troy kept placing kisses to her nose, forehead, cheek, and lips as they all sat there chattering around, and they didn't even notice that no one was even talking anymore. They all were, instead, mesmerized over how Troy had Gabriella wrapped around his finger; they watched as he leaned over to whisper in her ear, placing a kiss to it afterwards, and she burst into a fit of giggles.

"Alright" Taylor sighed, putting her water down. "What the heck is with you two? You're even more lovey-dovey with each other than usual…it's so darn adorable, but it never stops!"

Both of them laughed, and shared an embarrassing smile, but they didn't know how to respond to that question. Troy opened his mouth to speak, but instead of directing his eyes at everyone else, he looked straight down at Gabriella. "I don't know…it's just that all of you guys" He stopped and looked at them, waving his arm to circle around the table, "Have known each other all of your lives."

He stared back down at Gabriella, and she gave him a slight smile back. "I guess we're just making up for lost time" Troy whispered almost inaudibly, as he bent down and pressed another kiss to Gabriella's lips. They both heard the girls 'awwing' in the background, and the guys whooping.

They broke apart and Gabriella blushed as she looked away from him. She watched all the couples out there dancing, and felt Troy's arm around her, and she knew she was absolutely lucky to have him. Troy laughed and just hugged her tightly to his chest, pressing a kiss into her hair, knowing that she was feeling flustered.

"Let's Dance" by Vanessa Hudgens suddenly blasted through the speakers, and people started dancing more heatedly than to a slower song. Slowly but surely, both heads turned to look at each other sharing a discreet smile, both remembering that night.

Gabriella laced her hands through Troy's and pulled him up out of the booth. "Come on lover boy, let's dance!" Gabriella chorused, and Troy grinned at her, as she led him through the crowd of people.

Gabriella suddenly felt herself being pushed into Troy's chest, as a few people brushed quickly passed her. "Whoa…you okay there, my damsel?" Troy joked, slinging an arm around her shoulder as if he was protecting her from harms way.

As they both stood there dancing to the rhythm, Gabriella took both of Troy's hands in hers. "Yeah…I think I'm good…" She smiled, knowing that she had just determined that the feeling that she had been having in the pit of her stomach was most definitely love.

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Alright, so I hope that was a lot of Troyella-ness for you guys in here:-) Hehe. I'm trying to decide right now if I should go for writing the climax of the story next, or just adding another filler chapter in…I might actually go for the filler chapter now that I think about it…because I think it's needed to explain a couple things.

Yes, that's it, another filler chapter is up next. I really hope you guys enjoyed this, and remember, the fillers will most definitely not be boring like my ones in the past…haha.

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