Gabriella was walking down the packed hallways. She had just come out of the library from copying down the Spanish notes with Jake who decided to stay behind for a second before meeting her at their next class together with Troy. Gabriella sighed as she knew that she was going to be having a hard time on their next test, she never really thought she missed that much, but in fact missed five pages of new verbs they were supposed to know.

But she knew deep down that that wasn't what was bugging her so much. It was the conversation she had with her mother that morning. Apparently her mom had some meeting to run on Saturday morning at eight and she couldn't make her five to six year old ballet class so now Gabriella had to teach it for an hour.

Gabriella had taught before and found that she kind of liked it, it was relaxing, no pressure on her, and it was fun working with someone else rather than her being told what to do personally. But it was on a Saturday…early in the morning…when she could be with Troy or sleeping.

Gabriella walked past a bunch of students that nodded at her as they all acted like they knew her as she just politely nodded and walked further away from them. Gabriella nearly jumped out of her skin as she felt a hand grab her on her way past a dim lighted classroom. Gabriella felt her body being pulled in as the person closed the door right after she was all the way inside.

The room was a regular classroom. There were about thirty desks in there, facing the green chalkboard as the overhead screen was pulled down and one of the windows were open slightly letting in the semi cool air as the lights were shut off and the room was only being lit by the outside as the green blinds weren't down.

Gabriella looked up at the person who grabbed her and felt a smile come onto her face as she saw the sandy haired boy smirking down at her as both his hands rested on her waist. "What are you doing Wildcat?" Gabriella asked with a smirk toying on her lips.

Troy licked his lips as his body moved closer to hers. Gabriella felt goose bumps on her arms just being around him. She looked up and their eyes met as she breathed in his scent. Her body ached some after the hour she was with the dance team. Instead of just teaching them, she found that she was leading them as she danced right along with them in the center, but now being in Troy's arms made her feel like jell-o.

"Hello to you too." Troy replied coolly as he pecked her on the lips. "I didn't get to talk to you this morning." Troy said into her ear as one of his hands grazed over her stomach lightly making her bite down on her bottom lip to keep from squirming with laughter.

Gabriella sighed, it was true. She had come in right on time for homeroom barely, and then all their morning classes gave out a lot of notes and homework as all the teachers said the same thing… "We want to get you ready for your ACTs."

"That's because I was in the gym this morning." Gabriella answered sweetly as Troy pressed kisses to her neck. Gabriella heard Troy let out a 'uh-huh' muffled into her neck as his tongue left a trail of fire on her skin.

Gabriella looked at the time, they only had four minutes to get to class and their classroom was at least three minutes away. Gabriella really didn't want to leave Troy's arms right now, but for some reason she felt she was proving Jake's unspoken theory about her changing.

Being his best friend had it's perks, and one of them was being able to read what he was thinking sometimes and Gabriella picked up yesterday in her bedroom that he wasn't liking that she was spacing out and not acting like herself. And a part of her was beginning to see that Jake was right. She was changing.

"Wildcat…we have to get to class." Gabriella said as Troy pulled away from her neck and looked up at the clock.

Gabriella saw Troy frown as his two hands slid down Gabriella's arms and their fingers interlaced. "But Gabi we still have three minutes." Troy half whined as he went to kiss Gabriella on the lips but she interrupted.

"But the bell rings in four and it's on the other side of the school." Gabriella looked at Troy sternly as part of her was already giving up on him as she felt his hot breath on her face and neck, his pelvis pushed up against hers, his legs separating her own two legs.

"Not on my schedule. Plus, we're always late, what's the big deal?" Troy asked with a shrug as his lips attached themselves to Gabriella's neck again, he slowly glided his mouth across her skin as Gabriella felt herself succumbing to Troy's ways. "So…you want me to pick you up from the studio tonight?" Troy asked as he pulled away from ravishing Gabriella's neck.

Gabriella looked at him slightly confused until it dawned on her that he was talking about going over to Zeke's. "One thing." Gabriella said with a little smile. "If I'm gonna go then I have to study also."

Troy sighed, "But that's the whole point of hanging out tonight, to get away from all this school stuff before finals." Troy countered softly as Gabriella felt Troy's thumb run over her knuckles.

"Well either way I have to study. So I can either go and hang out with you while studying the great language of Mexico, or I can stay at home without you." Gabriella said in a surprisingly stern tone. See, Gabriella felt proud of herself for actually saying she had to study.

"Okay." Troy connected their lips again for a quick seconds. "We can even call it an early night if you want." Troy suggested as something seemed to click on his face. "Hey, why did you miss the notes yesterday?"

Gabriella giggled. "That's a mystery even to me Wildcat, we better go before we're even more late." Gabriella said as she wiggled free of Troy's body and pulled him along as he still had a confused face on.

When Gabriella and Troy reached their classroom the teacher, Mrs. Kent was in the front of the classroom talking. The wooden door was open as Gabriella and Troy stepped quietly inside. Gabriella's eyes met briefly with the teachers as her own brown orbs looked quickly away from the old green dull eyes that were hidden behind glasses that sat at the tip of Mrs. Kent's nose.

Gabriella didn't hear Troy's footsteps anymore as she didn't take any chances of looking behind her to see him in his seat just in case Mrs. Kent decided to be in a bad mood that day and actually give them a detention for being late. Gabriella spotted her seat by Jake as she made sure that her feet made no noise as Mrs. Kent went on with her lecture and quietly pulled her chair out from the table.

Gabriella slowly sunk in it feeling some kids' gaze on her as she looked around to see that no one was taking notes and Gabriella figured that this was just one of Mrs. Kent's lectures relating back to her child hood so it actually wasn't part of the lesson. Gabriella looked at Jake as she felt his eyes burning a hole through her body.

Gabriella looked up at her blonde haired best friend and gave him a weak smile. Troy and her had managed to be three minutes late. Gabriella immediately wiped the small smile off of her face as she saw Jake's face. His mouth were a perfect straight line as his eyes seemed to tell it all. He wasn't mad, he wasn't sad, he wasn't happy, but more like disappointed, and Gabriella knew it.

Gabriella matched his face as she inwardly sighed. She didn't like knowing Jake was right about this, but she couldn't blame him. After all, he is her best friend who is just concerned for her. She would be too if he was doing stuff differently with Haley.

"Usted está loco." Gabriella sees Jake's mouth moving. She sees him glancing down at his notebook that was in front of him but tilted a little so she couldn't see the answer. She could hear the music. She could hear the people around her laughing, cheering, having a good time with the music blasting in the background.

She could hear the conversations around them about the girl who flirted with John. The boy who got suspended that week because he vandalized the school. Sharpay getting the leading role again in the winter musical. She could even hear how hot these two guys thought this brunette was in the corner.

The only thing she couldn't hear was the words coming out of Jake's mouth and he was three feet away from her sitting across the table as they were trying to study for Spanish in the kitchen of where a local teenage party was being held.

"What?!" Gabriella shouted back as there were speakers in the corners of the kitchen that were hooked up to the sound system.

"I SAID…USTED ESTA LOCO!" Jake shouted as with each word he yelled Gabriella found that she was growing even more irritable. But it wasn't at Jake, it was at the fact that her boyfriend didn't bother to tell her that their whole class was going to be crammed into Zeke's house for a school night party instead of it just being the gang.

Gabriella sighed as she ran her hand through her hair. She was starting to believe that she was becoming even more dumb trying to study while at a party than not studying at all.

Gabriella felt her face scrunch up in confusion as she quickly looked down at her notes and saw what it meant. "I am not crazy!" Gabriella said while faking offense. And then all of a sudden she felt her body lurch into the table as a drunk kid knocked into her.

"Hey!" Jake shouted angrily as he stood up and the drunk guy straightened up.

"Oops…" He let out a drunken chuckle at his own stupidity. "Sorry…" The kid walked away as Gabriella stood up angrily.

"I'm not crazy, but I'll tell you what is…" Gabriella yelled as Jake winced a little at her tone. "Trying to fucking study like this!"

Gabriella started to walk away on a mission to find her boyfriend and give him a piece of her mind, that is until Jake grabbed her arm to stop her from storming off. "Gabs, let's just go and you can talk to Troy when you're a…little…" Jake spoke slowly as if regretting the words as he spoke them. "calmer?"

Gabriella let out an angry, irritated, annoyed huff as she shook off Jake's hand. "Fine." Gabriella spoke in a strained voice and gritted teeth with a sickly sweet smile on her face as if hoping just because she was wearing a smile it would magically make her happy instead of pissed off that she was falling behind. "Let me just say goodbye to my sweet boyfriend and I'll meet you back at your car?"

Jake nodded slowly as his eyes scanned over her to see if she was at least a little bit calmer, but if he didn't believe her then he didn't say anything as he nodded a little quicker. "Okay, I'm just down the street. Plus I have to call Haley too."

Gabriella watched Jake walk away trying to get a hold of Haley as she was sick that day. Gabriella was brought back from thinking about Jake and Haley to the present as the song changed and she scanned the kitchen once more for her boyfriend but found no trace of his cerulean blue eyes.

Gabriella narrowed her eyes as she strode down the hallway and into the conjoining living room as more people walked into the front door with more…beer. Gabriella shook her head as she turned 90 degrees and saw Sharpay draped all over Zeke, Taylor sitting on Chad's lap as his was nipping at her neck, and Troy sitting on the arm of the couch with a red glass in hand.

Gabriella didn't narrow her eyes on him more, but she smirked as she saw him. He still looked like…Troy her boyfriend, he wasn't swaying, he wasn't puking, he was barely even drinking as Gabriella saw him open his mouth in perfect formation and let out one of his chuckles at something Zeke said.

Gabriella started heading over to them. Trying to calm down because she didn't want to make a big scene, she just wanted to tell Troy that she was leaving with Jake to study like she originally planned instead of being taken to a party she had no idea was going to happen.

She stood in front of Troy as his eyes sparkled with life as he stood up while putting the now empty red cup on the glass side table next to the couch as he goes to engulf Gabriella with a hug. "Hey…" He murmured in her ear. "I was just coming to find you."

Gabriella huffed, maybe calming down was just not going to happen that night. "You knew where I was this whole time, no need for finding." Gabriella said as Troy pulled back but kept his hands on her two shoulders.

He gave her a funny look over as if deciding on something. "Are you okay?" He finally asked after a minute of evaluating her.

Gabriella kinked an eye brow. "Depends on your definition on okay." Gabriella replies quietly as she sees Troy's face falter and a frown appears on his face.

"What's wrong?" He asks with concern as his thumb reaches up and puts a loose curl behind her ear.

Gabriella right now hated the tone that he was using with her. It just sounded too much like him…like the caring guy he was that Gabriella couldn't stay mad at just because he dragged her to a party even though he knew that she had to study and without telling her. But Gabriella wasn't going to let that tone distract her. She was mad that he took her to the party without telling her that it was a party.

"What's wrong is that my boyfriend knew I had to study, but yet he brought me to a party without actually telling me that it's a party." Gabriella said.

Troy looks kind of taken aback by her answer. "Wha--…Gabi, I swear I didn't know that it was a party." Troy defended himself.

Gabriella rolled her eyes as she saw that it was already ten o'clock and she still had to get up early the next morning for dance. "Whatever Troy…" Gabriella sighed. "I don't really care, I just want to go home and study like I planned to do the other day." Gabriella said in a tired voice.

Troy looked around at their friends that were caught up in each other and then back at Gabriella. He didn't need to stick around for this if Gabriella wasn't with him. "I can take you home, it's no problem."

Gabriella shook her head slowly. "You don't have to, Jake is already waiting at his car and we still have a lot of studying to do…" Gabriella trailed off as she looked up and saw a flash of hurt cross Troy's face before he put on a fake encouraging smile.

Troy nodded his head faking understanding, "Okay…Well I guess…"

"I'll see you tomorrow morning before homeroom?" Gabriella filled in with a little tired smile.

"Yeah…" Troy said as he ducked down a little and kissed Gabriella briefly as Gabriella kissed back and pulled away after ten seconds. "Are you sure you don't want me to come?"

Gabriella shook her head as she stepped away, "Nah, I'm good. I'll see you tomorrow." Gabriella called back as she disappeared into the crowd.

Troy looked around him and saw that Zeke was sitting by himself as Sharpay had just gotten off his lap and started walking towards one of her drama friends. Troy frowned a little as he sat by Zeke on the arm of the chair, barely sitting at all as most of his weight was on the foot that was firmly on the ground.

He felt bad that Gabriella wasn't able to study like she wanted too. He didn't know Zeke was going to throw a party, the last time he heard it was just Jake, Haley, Tay, Chad, him, and Gabi, not their whole class.

Troy sighed, "Dude, I think this party just put me in a semi dog house." Troy commented staring at the ground thinking back to how Gabriella seemed really disappointed to the point where she didn't want Troy to drive her home.

Zeke looked up to him, and Troy could tell he was a little tipsy. "Chad leaked the word that my cousin got a hold of six half kegs of beer." Zeke shrugged as he continued to look up at his friend. "Plus, how mad could Gabs get?"

Troy ran a hand through his hair, "I don't know, but…she's been stressing about this Spanish thing for a day or two now and I think she's also starting to study for finals coming up before the new classes after Christmas break." Troy said.

"Only a month before break, which means like three weeks before finals. It'll be over before you know it and you'll have your Gabs all to yourself again." Zeke said as he stood up. "Now, I got to go find Shar, but enjoy yourself. Believe me, we all need one before we get more homework dropped on us." Zeke patted Troy on the back as he sunk into the chair now.

Troy would just have to convince Gabriella that he really didn't know about the party the next day at school because why wouldn't she believe him, it was the truth. He also knew that he would have to buckle down too if there was any chance of him passing his finals and passing his classes. He couldn't fail any or else his dad would buckle down himself and ground Troy from his girlfriend and no one wanted that.

So it was decided, Troy would make sure everything was okay between Gabriella and him and then instead of their kind of 'studying' which would end up with them panting heavily on the bed, floor, or couch, he would actually study with Gabriella since she was smart and probably could help him. It would all work out, and if it didn't Troy didn't exactly know what to do. His plan A's always worked.

Author's Note--So what do you think? Kind of a filler, kind of not seeing as it was a semi misunderstanding between Troy and Gabriella. Please tel me what you think in a review, and you guys are great. Thanks--