"Taylor sweetie, Troy's here" Ms. McKessie said opening Taylor's bedroom door and peeking inside the room "aww honey, you look absolutely beautiful" she said stepping in to the room and embraced her daughter in a hug.
"I'm nervous and this isn't even my prom" her mom laughed and let go of her keeping her at arms length.
"You have nothing to be nervous about, you look stunning, Troy won't know what hit him" Taylor let out a big breath trying to calm herself down before she went downstairs to face Troy.
"Don't puff, you make it seem like you're walking towards your own death sentence. It's just Troy, your loving boyfriend, waiting downstairs to take you to prom. Now move it mister or you will be late"
"Ever heard of fashionably late?" Taylor joked trying to take her mind of tonight's festivities. She reached over and grabbed her mom's hand before moving out of the room and descended down the stairs where Troy was standing with his parents laughing as her brother gave her boyfriend some ground rules for the night. Lucille nudged Jack who looked at her with questioning eyes only to have her subtly point to the stairs without attracting any attention from the two young men by them.
"Don't let her out of your sight-"
"And most importantly make sure she is having a good time" Ms. McKessie said walking up behind her son letting go of Taylor's hand.
"What, no, that's not one of the rules!" he cried jokingly not seeing Taylor behind his mother.
"Thank you bro, love you too" Taylor said sarcastically. Both Troy's and Daniel's mouths dropped open when they saw her.
"Okay seriously dude, don't let her out of your sight" Daniel said once he snapped out of his trance.
"Don't worry dude, I won't" Troy said snapping out of his own trance, he turned back to facing Taylor "you look beautiful" he said leaning down and kissing her cheek. He was startled to her his mother squealing.
"Sorry don't mind me, go on, kiss as much as you like" she said stepping behind her husband when she saw the fierce glare her oldest son was giving her.
"Stop glaring at your mother son and hold your girlfriend, it's picture time" Jack said holding up the camera to focus on the kids "come on you can stand a little colder together" he whined seeing them stand next to each other their hands clasped together.
"How about this then" Troy said as he moved to stand behind Taylor and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"That's more like it now smile" he snapped a picture of the two "alright now one with your brothers"
"Aww, do we have to" both Daniel and Cameron whined at the same time.
"Yes, now stand next to your siblings" both boys moved over to the couple with a pout and huff. Cameron stood in front of Taylor and leaned against her as she ran a hand through his hair and Daniel stood next to Troy with his hands shoved down in his jeans pockets.
The two walked hand in hand from the parking lot towards the school. Taylor was becoming more and more nauseous the closer they got to their school.
"Troy!" someone yelled from behind them. Both turned around to find Sharpay strutting up to them "I heard you were nominated for prom king. I hope you win, then we'd get to dance together. Just like old times" she looked at Taylor and gave a fake smile "oh Taylor I didn't see you there, how you been?"
"Good, can't complain. How's the college hunt going?"
"No, no, no I'm not going to college, I'm gonna be the next big thing on Broadway. But when you apply to college I'm sure it would look good if you would been in the scholastic decathlon" she said thinking she was pouring salt in the open wound.
"I'm sure it would, but I'm thinking about going in another direction, try something new for a change. There's Chad and Gabi so we gotta go but before we do I just gotta ask. How much did your daddy pay to get you into Broadway?" Troy hid his smile as good as he could behind his hand pretending to scratch his nose as they walked away from Sharpay and meet up with Chad and Gabriella at the entrance and waited for Ryan and his date to show up. Only thing was they weren't each others date as Erik, Ryan's 'date' put it, they were just two friends going to prom together.
"May I have this dance" Troy asked holding out his hand for her.
"Yes you may" she said placing her hand in his and let him lead her out on the dance floor. They swayed in time to the music playing throughout the cafeteria they were in.
"Mind if I cut in" Ryan asked from behind. Troy looked over at Taylor to make sure that she was okay with the proposition.
"No, no, go ahead, have fun" she said stepping away from Troy and walked back towards the table sitting down next to Gabriella that was laughing looking over at the two young men standing in the middle of the dance floor gawking after Taylor. Troy shrugged his shoulder at Ryan before grabbing his hand and pulling him closer.
"While we're here we might as well dance" Ryan nodded "just one little question first. Who's gonna lead?" Ryan didn't answer, he only took Troy's right hand on his shoulder and put his own on Troy's back while swaying to the music. Occasionally there would be an elegant spin.
"Here you go ladies" Chad said handing both Gabriella and Taylor a cup of punch before sitting down next to Gabriella and resting his arm on the back of her chair leaning closer to her "where's Troy?" he asked looking around for his best friend.
"Dancing" Taylor said pointing towards the dance floor "with Ryan"
"What!" came the voice of both Chad and an equally shocked Eric as they looked and as said saw the two dancing. The end of the song came and Ryan dipped Troy a little both girls giggled at the sight.
"You know it's funny. You say you're not his date but you sure act like it" Taylor said taking a sip of her punch and looked over at Erik who didn't seem to know what to say to that.
"Wonder when they're gonna announce who's king and queen?"
"At this rate, probably when hell freezes over" Chad answered Gabriella as Troy and Ryan came back to the table and sat down on either side of Taylor.
"You do know I came out there to dance with you" Ryan stated leaning his arms against the table.
"Yeah, but it was fun watching you two" Taylor answered with a small smile as she leaned against Troy and kissed his cheek.
After having danced with Chad, Ryan and even Gabriella once, Erik really wasn't one for dancing although he did once with Ryan after he had begged him for an hour straight. The title of prom king of course went to Troy and the queen just happened to be Sharpay although both Gabriella and Taylor thought she had bought the title which Ryan couldn't deny he thought too.
"That was fun" Taylor said as they stepped out of the car they had parked in Troy's driveway and headed towards Taylor's house. Seeing as Daniel and Cameron was over at the Bolton's house having a guy night while their parents were out at some restaurant with some of their friends.
"I guess" Troy said looking on as Taylor opened the door to her house and stepped in.
"What do you mean you guess?"
"I had to dance with Sharpay, you know the whole time we were dancing she tried to kiss me or touch me, places where she never should, only you, when you're ready" he said pulling her close and kissed her temple.
"I'm not but when I am you'll be the first to know" she pulled out from his embrace and locked the door behind them before she took his hand and started pulling him up the stairs.
When they were in her room Troy pulled down the zipper on her dress and watched as she took it of dress and carefully hung it in the back of her closet. She was beautiful in her black silk and lace underwear Troy thought as he watched her move towards him. She undid his tie and took of his shirt leaving him to take care of his pants as she went to find something comfortable to sleep in.
"I have one of your T-shirts maybe you can sleep in that?" she tossed it to him as she found some pyjama pants and a top to sleep in herself. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked over at Troy that was sitting on the bed looking at her.
"Come here" he held his arms open for her and she came to him like a fly drawn to a light she came and he enveloped her in his arms and held her tight. With her in his arms he laid down on the bed and pulled the comforter over them both.
"I love you" she whispered inhaling deeply as she could smell his cologne.
"I love you too" he kissed her forehead as they just lay there in each others arms waiting for sleep to overcome them.
I know this isn't one of my best chapters but I still think it's okay and I promise you all I'm gonna update this more often. One and a half months for 1,600 words is a little to long of a wait for so little.
But I hope you all liked this chapter, I hope I'll have the next one up by Thursday. Please leave a review if you have the time.