The next morning Taylor woke up to the feel of soft lips kissing from her shoulder up to her neck. The arm around her waist tightened as she tried to sit up.
"Hey sleepyhead, where do you think your going?"
"Apparently nowhere" she sighed as she stopped struggling and just laid there enjoying her time alone with her boyfriend "can we get up soon?"
"No" he buried his head in her neck as his arms tightened even more around her.
"Can I at least lie on my other side cause my arm is going numb" he released her as she turned to her other side and faced him. He kissed her forehead and looked into her eyes for what felt like an eternity to Taylor as she couldn't tear her eyes from his ocean blue ones.
"If it isn't the two love birds" a voice said from behind Taylor. As Troy groaned she turned around to see her brother standing in the doorway with a smirk plastered on his face.
"Shh, Troy's sleepy, so go away" Taylor hissed as she turned back to Troy who was giving her a bright smile.
"Sorry, no can do sis. The parents want you two over at your lovers house for breakfast in ten minutes" Daniel said ripping the sheets of the two. Taylor begrudgingly stood up and stripped herself of her top and pyjama bottoms before looking in her closet for something to wear "hey, don't do that in front of me it's disgusting" Daniel whined shielding his eyes as he turned to leave "oh and before I go, you should know you will be interrogated about what happened last night" and with that he left the two alone to get dressed for breakfast.
"So is there anything in here that I can wear?" Troy asked wrapping his arms around her waist from behind.
"Top drawer on the dresser over there" she pointed out to him, he kissed the side of her head before letting go of her to get some clothes for himself. In the drawer he found a pair of his sweatpants.
"How did these get here?" he turned around to face her.
"Movie night, you spilled soda on yourself" she answered as she pulled on a pair of shorts and buttoned them before pulling a purple top over her head "stop staring and get dressed"
"Jack, do you know what time you need to make for getting on the track team?" Taylor asked buttering her toast only to have it stolen by Troy and before she could protest he had taken a big bite.
"You need to make 60 meters in 7 seconds and 300 meters in under 2 or 3 minutes, why do you ask?" everyones attention was on Taylor as they all waited with great interest for her answer.
"Extra school activities look good on college applications" she said with a shrug avoiding eye contact.
"So you wanna run track?!" Daniel exclaimed looking incredulously at her.
"Well I'm no good at swimming or basketball and football for that matter. I'm not good at anything that involves teamwork or water. And track I can practise during the summer and then try out as soon as school starts, besides it can't hurt to try"
"But honey, I thought you were gonna try out for the scholastic decathlon again next year" Ms. McKessie said looking at her only daughter with surprise written all over her face.
"I'm not going back to those backstabbers" she muttered buttering a new piece of toast.
"Sooo" Lucille said trying to change the subject "what happened at prom last night?"
"Troy danced with Ryan and got crowned king, I think the crowns still in the car" Taylor answered taking a sip of her juice "wait where did my toast go? Troy"
"Hey it wasn't me this time"
"Well if it wasn't you then who was it?" she was getting more and more annoyed as she didn't receive an answer. Cameron finally reached his hand up as he continued to chew.
"Maybe I should start my own business, I could call it 'Taylor's buttered toast' how does that sound, my two loyal customers" she directed the question to the two Bolton boys sitting next to her.
"Good" both Troy and Cameron said at the same time.
"I don't get why I have to do this with you"
"It's not like you have anything better to do today" Taylor replied to Daniel's whining as she put her things down on one of the benches in front of the bleachers "all you have to do is time me and then we can go home and you can go back to mooning over Becky like usual" she said walking out on the track and getting behind the starting line "be ready with the timer"
"Don't get your panties in a twist grandma, press that button. And, okay, got it. Ready, set, go!" Taylor took of and ran around the track she only had to do one lap under 2 minutes "come on Taylor you only have 30 more seconds, you can do it. Come on run, run for your life!" he yelled to encourage her. When she finally reached the finish line she was breathing hard and collapsed in a heap on the grass near the track.
"What time?" she managed to get out gasping for air.
"1 minute and 59,56 seconds, you just made it" he answered with a big smile "you could have done better but you'll work on it and you'll be able to run a whole lap in under 1 minute and 40 seconds and then I'll guarantee you that you'll make the team and beat all of those rangly, skanky girls, hands down"
"You're good at pep talks. Where the hell were you when I tried to skateboard?"
"Probably mooning over Becky" he said reaching out a hand towards her which she took and he pulled her off the ground "come on let's get home so maybe I can see Becky before she goes to the mall with her friends. I bet you ten bucks she'll wear her red summer dress"
Taylor grabbed her things before they both walked of East High's property hand in hand.
"You're on and I bet you Troy's playing basketball in his yard" she said with a smile as Daniel scoffed.
"I'm not taking that bet, he's always playing basketball if he isn't all love sick with you"
"Why not, you could win"
"Yeah sure and you don't need a shower when we get home"
"Hey don't be sarcastic with me, that's my thing"
"Yeah? Then what's mine?"
"Mooning over Becky, duh"
"You're right, you are the sarcastic one. I see Troy and Gabriella"
"Where" she looked all around trying to spot them.
"Ha, made you look" she slapped his arm and scowled at him.
"Hey, that was unnecessary" he said rubbing his arm.
"Well you have no one but yourself to blame" she said letting go of his hand and walked up the driveway to their house "I can't wait to take a shower, I ran one lap and I'm sweating like a big"
"Hey honey, how'd it go?" Ms. McKessie asked as she saw her daughter come in the door.
"Good, I made it just under 2 minutes" she said continuing on her way up the stairs.
"Baby, when you're finished with your shower could you help me write a shopping list, your brother is eating us out of the house"
"Sure, I'll be down in 10 minutes, no make that 15!" she yelled down the stairs as she walked in her room and saw Troy sitting on her bed staring back at her. She closed her door and walked over to him "no shoes on the bed" she swatted at his feet and he removed them and she sat down next to him "so what are you doing here. I thought you'd be playing basketball with your dad or Chad"
"Dad's buying shoes with mom and Cameron, Chad's with Gabi and I just felt like being with you" he took her hand and kissed it.
"I'm sorry as much as I'd like to spend some time with you, I have to shower and help my mom with the shopping" she said standing up to go to her closet only having Troy hold on to her hand and follow her.
"I'm gonna need that hand when I shower"
"I know but you're not showering right now" he leaned down and kissed her.
"I told you either he's playing basketball or he's love sick" Daniel's voice broke them apart.
"Shut up and go stalk that Becky girl!"
"It's not stalking it's mooning, you said so yourself" he said and walked away leaving the two alone.
"I really have shower, I stink" she said trying to tear herself away from Troy that had her in a tight embrace. He leaned down and kissed her once more.
"Have a shower then and I will see you when you're done" he let go of her and watched as she dug through her drawers and found her necessities before she walked away to the bathroom.
When she returned 10 minutes later with her hair wrapped up in a towel and a pair of shorts with matching vest over a purple top, Troy was again sitting on her bed.
"You don't have a diary do you?"
"No, never had one, didn't see the point in writing about my day and getting close and personal with a book" she answered picking up her hairbrush and letting her hair out to brush it.
"Cool" he leaned back on his arms and looked on as she brushed her hair.
"Taylor are you almost done!"
"I'm coming mom!" she yelled down the stairs while putting away her hairbrush and picking up a head band before grabbing Troy's hand and leading him down the stairs.
"Do I really have to go?"
"Yes, I need to go shopping"
"Fine, I'll see you later then" he leaned down and kissed her softly as his thumbs stroked her cheeks "I love you" he whispered.
"I love you too" they kissed once more before Troy finally left.
I'm so proud of myself right now, I've updated two chapters of this story in three days and this is the longest chapter of this story too so far. Please leave a review and tell me what you think.